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Yummy in my Tummy

September 25th, 2004 8 years, 269 days ago

[Edit] Just adding this here because it didn’t warrant its own post. Just saw some music video by Joss Stone called You Had Me, a typical girl power pop song. It’s about how she’s breaking up with her boyfriend who had apparently spent all her money. Fair enough, but the video has her write a Dear John letter, stick it on the fridge, and then leave so her boyfriend can find it when he gets home. What kind of ‘girl power’ is that? [/Edit]

Once again, it’s time for Friday’s Feast.

Appetizer: On a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 being highest), how attractive do you think you are?

Hmm… On how attractive I look, I’d say a 7. On how attractive I am, I’d bump it up to an 8. I reckon I carry myself with more confidence than a lot of other girls/ladies and that counts for something.

Soup: What local restaurant would you recommend to a visitor to your town or city?

Thought long and hard about this one but I’m stumped. I’ll admit it, I can’t speak or read my race’s language and so I don’t dine anywhere that doesn’t have an English menu. The only time I go to proper Chinese restaurants is when I’m out with Mom and the only time I go to the local noodle shops and such is when Willie takes me. Thus, I don’t have enough experience with local restaurants to be able to recommend any.

Salad: What’s a lesson you had to learn the hard way?

Only one? I’d prefer a few.

If it is rainy, and you are walking along a downhill path of which one side is covered in moss, walk on the clean side. Otherwise you will fall.
If it is rainy and you are walking down a wet staircase, watch where you step. Otherwise you will fall. If you do happen to trip, take care when getting up. Otherwise you will fall again.
If you still want to use it, don’t make a mobile phone go swimming more than three times.
After you sleep with someone, you will no longer be friends.
Think about what you’re thinking before you say it. Many of our daily thoughts are actually rude and offensive and should never leave our mouths.
In a crowded market, never ever walk with your bag to the side of you. Instead keep it in front of you at all times. (Bye bye wallet.)
Most friends aren’t real friends.

Main Course: Name something in your life that you feel you can depend on 100%.

My mother’s love.

Dessert: If you could see the front page of a newspaper from September 24, 2104, what would you imagine the headline might be?

Perhaps something to do with the weather and how Hurricane Bob’s causing some trouble.

Me writing a future headline about how so-and-so is now at war with so-and-so, or how the leader of so-and-so was overthrown would just be asking for trouble, wouldn’t it?

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Alien vs. Predator

September 10th, 2004 8 years, 284 days ago

I just got home from watching Alien vs. Predator, Willie dragged me to it. My opinion: absolutely shit, but amusing shit. Thankfully I’m not an Alien or Predator fan, so I wasn’t too disappointed. I say if you’re a fellow non-fan, wait until you can rent it. If you are a fan, stay very far away.

Warning: possible spoilers ahead.

As I expected, the movie was filled with trashy action, bad acting, and plenty of clichés to go around. What I didn’t expect though was to not be the least bit frightened and instead spend the last half of the movie with a silly grin on my face.

I want a Predator friend! Loved the bit where the main Predator character caught a baby alien that had leaped at him, broke its neck, then giggled. He giggled! I haven’t seen the Predator movies, but from what I’ve just watched, they seem quite amiable. They may be a bit oversized, but not nearly as much so as humans we like (e.g. Yao Ming), and they giggle, purr, and don’t hurt unarmed people.

Oh, and I hate how the movie’s tagline was, “Whoever wins, we lose”. It’s rather misleading when Woods (Sanaa Lathan) teams up with the Predator to survive and save the planet.

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Bellefire

September 8th, 2004 8 years, 286 days ago

Ack! I just heard these people on TV singing Jewel’s “You Were Meant For Me”. I’m not a huge Jewel fan, but I absolutely adore that song. They butchered it! Evil, evil women.

[Edit] Speaking of bad music, get this woman off my TV dammit! For some reason TVB feels the need to play her “Bad Ass Strippa” song at least once a night, and it’s the kind of thing that makes me raise an eyebrow, look away and feel rather embarrassed for her. [/Edit]

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The Bourne Supremacy

August 29th, 2004 8 years, 296 days ago

Just got home from watching The Bourne Supremacy. Not quite as smooth as The Bourne Identity but fabulous anyway. We (the audience) did get thrown around a bit, both with the action scenes and the plot, but not enough to blemish the experience. Hah, it was enough to make Willie feel pretty sick though, he was halfway to throwing up when we got out. The cinema we watched in it had a huge screen, so I think everyone in there got a bit dizzy during the fight/chase scenes. Oh, and Matt Damon absolutely rocked in it.

I wasn’t very impressed to see some ladies next to us bring along a very young child with them, she only looked about four or five. I guess what they do is up to them, but I just don’t think it’s the kind of movie a kid that little should be brought into.

And here’s something you don’t see everyday:

That would be a very large, yet controlled fire burning right on the sidewalk. I have no idea why it was there, we first saw it at around 9pm and it was still going at 1am. Maybe some holiday I don’t know about?

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Collateral

August 11th, 2004 8 years, 314 days ago

Still on my mini-hiatus, but I just thought I’d pop in to give a quick review of Collateral while it’s still fresh in my head.

After having seen it, I officially remove Tom Cruise from my list of the most overrated actors. I thought it was brilliant. I’d recommend it over I, Robot, Spidey 2 and every other movie I’ve seen recently. Vincent (Tom Cruise) and Max (Jamie Foxx) were both incredibly fascinating characters. If you haven’t seen it yet and plan to, I’d stop reading now as I can’t guarantee I won’t give anything away.

While I didn’t find Cruise’s performance to be earth-shattering, it was very impressive. I thought Foxx, however, put on an incredible show as Max. Found this quote at Hollywood Reporter and it sums it pretty well.

“Foxx, meanwhile, runs a gamut of emotions brilliantly. Beginning his shift with bored indifference, he experiences blood-chilling fear, fumbling attempts to escape his predicament, a burning desire to outsmart this wise guy and finally a need to dig deep inside himself to assume roles he never imagined himself playing in life.”

I’m glad they didn’t drown such a great story in action, and what they did throw in was quality stuff. Michael Mann did an exceptional job with the nightclub scene; not too frenzied, not too methodical.

While not perfect (the train chase ending was a bit on the predictable side), it comes a lot closer than most movies.

Going off on a tangent, it’s the only Tom Cruise movie I’ve ever watched that I actually found him attractive in. Lol, and it was the movie where by the end of it I wasn’t wishing he would just die all ready (think Last Samurai). Unfortunately, it’s the only movie of his I’ve seen where he actually does die. He should keep that ‘Vincent’ look, might sound a bit random but I never noticed before what a perfect nose he has.

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I, Robot

August 6th, 2004 8 years, 319 days ago

I thoroughly enjoyed seeing I, Robot last night. It is not a movie that will change the world, nor is it a movie that you’ll remember next year. It is a movie for a hot summer’s night when all you want to see are some impressive computer graphics beating the crap out of each other and Will Smith in boxers.

For those who have also watched it, wasn’t Sonny just the sweetest? Heh, or maybe I just have a soft spot for creepy-friendly characters. I loved the fightscene in the hallway between him and the other NS5’s, very cool. Willie’s opinion of it was that it was okay, but no different from other robot movies such as AI and Bicentenial Man.

Ooh, and look what I found before we went into a movie…

Saw that G2000 was having a sale and I was lucky enough to find a pretty little top for a fraction of the original price.

Har har, I’ve infected Willie and my turtle obsession. When I met up with him earlier today I was delighted to hear him announce, “I had a dream last night… And Dorothy and Waffle were there!” Dorothy and Waffle being my two turts of course. Heh, well I’m glad he’s used to me chatting about turtles so much, he knows that if we’re ever going to live together the place will soon be overrun by them.

I do so badly want a Chinese box turtle. Aren’t they beautiful creatures? (Photo courtesy of the World Chelonian Trust.)

They cost about HK$200 (just over US$25) for a juvenile over here. I know it’ll be a life-long commitment but that’s one of the reasons why turts appeal to me so much. I think a companion animal that will stay with you your whole life and grow old with you is a lovely idea. If I do get a Chinese boxie it probably would be next year at the earliest though. Dorothy and Waffle need me to save up for so many things for them first, new filters, UV bulbs, heaters…etc. Heh, Willie joked that I probably wouldn’t even take care of a child as well as I do my turtles. Very sad, slightly disturbing, but most likely true. Well, I never claimed to be a people-person.

[Edit] I shall now completely contradict what I wrote last night by plugging a friend network. Anyone here use MySpace? If you do, look me up! I just joined to see what it’s all about and now I’m a lonely and friendless noob. [/Edit]

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Men and Winning

July 10th, 2004 8 years, 346 days ago

Well, Mom and I managed to resist bringing home a new pet, but to console ourselves about that fact we brought back a new tank, turtle dock and cave for Waffle. It was a bit strange though, after setting it all up and putting him/her in, he (I think I’ll just refer to Waffle as a he until he’s old enough for me to determine his sex) jumped into the water, swam around and was obviously quite enjoying the larger space, then got out onto the dock and proceeded to do a big poop right in the middle of it. I couldn’t stop laughing at Mom’s reaction, “Bad turtle… Bad turtle!” I don’t know if it was territorial, excitement or what, but it sure was amusing.

What is it with men and winning? Heh, I admitted to Willie that when we play pool I often mess up on purpose so that he’ll win (because one-sided games are no fun) and he started bombarding me with questions. “When do you do it? How often do you do it? When’s the last time you did it?” Lol, he wanted the satisfaction of really beating me, so we went and played a few games and I let him win a couple to humour him.

Oh yes, and has anyone all ready gone to see King Arthur? Was it any good? Just want to know if it’s worth HK$60 and a couple hours of my time.

Hmm, on that subject, which movies have you watched where at the end you think, “That was a complete waste of two hours of my life.” Not many movies either irk or bore me that badly, but I remember that that was my exact thought after watching Tomb Raider. Heh, good thing it was just a VCD and I hadn’t payed to go see it at the cinema. Scary Movie 3 and the 1998 version of Psycho were also pretty bad.

And since the Furry Friday are in the process of moving, I thought I’d try Friday’s Feast this week.

Appetizer: If you were a color, which color would you be, and why?
I’d have to go for purple, a blend of calm blue and fiery red. Sounds a lot like me. Plus it also symbolises extravagance, dignity, independance and creativity. As far as extravagance goes, I like to think I’m not materialistic but I know that I really am and as for the last three, they’re all things that I strive to own.

Soup: When was the last time you went to the doctor, and what was your reason for going?
Haven’t had to go to the doctor’s in a couple of years, and that was only for a check up before I started on birth control pills.

Salad: What do you collect?
Not much right now. I used to collect anything to do with Eeyore, but I’ve run out of space in my room to keep everything (it grew to a rather massive collection)!

Main Course: What were you like in high school? Name one thing you miss and one thing you don’t miss about those days. (If you’re still there, imagine how you’ll remember it in the future.)
I went through three distinct phases in high school, the ‘teenybopper’ phase, the ‘depressed’ phase and the ‘rebel’ phase. I guess I miss my friends the most, I went to high school in three different countries and four different schools, and I regret losing touch with a lot of people that I met. I will never miss the last school’s ‘in crowd.’ Shallow, conceited and thoroughly disgusting people.

Dessert: Pretend you’re standing in front of your home, with your back towards your home. Describe the view – what can you see? Trees? Cars? A zoo? Wal-Mart?
One of Hong Kong’s top all boys schools.

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Spidey 2

July 8th, 2004 8 years, 348 days ago

Saw Spidey 2 last night. Good movie, tons better than the first in my opinion. Faster paced, more graphics, more action, more fun. I very much enjoyed Tobey Maguire’s performance (and doesn’t he have gorgeous eyes?). Everything felt so well balanced, just enough talk verses action, soppy scenes verses funny ones and so on. And Alfred Molina made a great Doc Ock.

It’s very unlike me to not be able to think of things to comment on about movies, but I just can’t this time. All I can say is definitely go see it!

Been going out much too much lately, so today is a stay home and study day. Blah. Aah well, at least I’ll be going out with Mom for a short while in the afternoon just to look around the fish street (it’s turtle street to me). Heh, our household has had turtles on the brain for the past few days since we bought Dorothy some feeder fish and it’s been very amusing watching her hunt them down. Willie asked me if I felt a bit guilty about it, and I do, but even though I’m vegetarian I dislike vegetarians who turn their pets into herbivores when it’s not their natural diet.

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Troy

June 23rd, 2004 8 years, 363 days ago

A bit late, but here’s the Sunday Brunch. This week’s topic is Fun in the Sun.

1. Do you prefer the beach or a pool?
If it’s sparkling clean (a rare find in Hong Kong), the beach, otherwise the pool.

2. What kind of tan are you most likely to get during the summer: a beautiful, bronze, laying out in the sun for hours tan; a gradual, few minutes a day tan; a “farmer tan” from working outdoors; or do you just get as red as a lobster and peel the next day?
The gradual, few days a minute tan. It’s not very gradual though, I tan pretty easily so after a few minutes it’s all ready noticable the next day. I think I’ve only ever burnt once in my life in Palau because the sun was so harsh. Not even hours of basking in Melbourne’s sunshine makes me red, so I guess I’m lucky.

3. Which summertime water activity are you more likely to enjoy the most… boating, jet skiing, waterskiing, swimming or floating down a lazy river on a tube?
I could go for boating.

4. What is your favorite picnic food?
Just a good sandwich. Yummy and not at all messy. Potato salad is also good, but mayo tends to give me a tummy ache.

5. Do you know how to cook on a barbeque grill?
Yep, and I’m surprisingly good at it (surprising because I’m vegetarian, so I cook for everyone else then go eat an apple or something).

Watched a late showing of Troy last night (it was only released in HK last week). I really enjoyed it, but I always have to dissect movies, so bad points first then good points.

Firstly, whoever played Helen was terrible! I’m rarely so harsh in my criticisms of actors/actresses, but she really did seem to ruin a lot of the scenes. (As far as the best acting goes, definitely Eric Bana as Hector and Peter O’Toole as Priam!) She’s an important character during the beginning, but I didn’t feel that she managed to draw the audience into the movie at all. You’d think Helen of Troy would project beauty, instead you get ’somewhat pretty’. Also, not all, but a good portion of the movie felt emotionally void. I can’t put my finger on what it was, but there was definitely something missing. I could tell a lot of the audience felt the same way, instead of feeling for the characters we were often left biting our lips trying not to laugh.

Now for the good points… Loved the action. Nothing compared to say, the Two Towers, but still good entertainment. Hah, afterwards Willie kept copying Brad Pitt’s little jumpy move, great inspiration for us small people! On the subject of Brad Pitt, I didn’t think his performance was nearly as bad as I was lead to believe it would be. I thought the scene with Priam and Achilles in the tent was fabulous and that it made the movie. Oh yes, and I very much enjoyed Odysseus’ (Sean Bean’s) craftiness. Kinda makes me want to see what the Odyssey would be like as a movie.

And now some random points. Lol, Willie was pretty happy to see Orlando Bloom have to play the coward. I say was, because I quickly deflated him by letting him in on the fact that when Paris was cowaring at Hector’s feet all the girls in the cinema were actually awwing and wanting to take care of him! We both agreed that Brad Pitt in that leathery thing was not good though (anyone else hear the outfit squeak when he sat down?) and that his legs are too skinny for it! And true, many parts weren’t true to the Iliad, but then again I wouldn’t want to watch a ten year long movie anyway.

Waffle, our new turt, is settling in well. He’s all ready starting to come out of his shell (hahaha ) and not get all shy when we approach. I think he’s happy, he’s got deep water and a nice warm light (neither of which he had before) and is taking full advantage of them both.

Had to visit my father’s earlier today. More on that soon.

[Edit] Hey anyone want a free custom layout? Seriously. I’m suffering from designer’s block and designing for others always seems to help kick start the creativity since. I guess I just get bored of designing for myself all the time. So yes, if you’re interested just leave a comment with a few keywords on what you’d like the layout to look like (e.g. clean, summery, retro, sunsets, Orlando Bloom…etc) and I’ll choose someone. [/Edit]

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The Day After Tomorrow

May 30th, 2004 9 years, 22 days ago

Watched The Day After Tomorrow last night. I loved it, absolutely loved it. I can understand why it didn’t exactly exactly get the best reviews, it was drowned in cliches, the acting was nothing to rave about, the scene with the wolves was just plain trashy, but it was good anyway.

For me, the best parts were the amazing special effects (who cares if the whole movie relies on them, it’s what we want to see), Ian Holm (the only one who did any decent acting in my opinion, love him), and the fact that they didn’t try and make it too melodramatic. I didn’t find it to be a film that makes you tingly inside and want to love all of mankind, I found it to be two hours of sitting back, switching your brain off and being entertained.

Worst parts? The wolves! Everyone in the cinema started laughing at that point, especially when that wolf kinda winked at Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal), and the whole chase was just stupid. Second would have to be the relationship between Sam and Laura (Emmy Rossum). Pure “ugh”.

Oh, and throw Mexico closing the gates into the good parts section. Come on, that was funny.

Not been up to much other than that, lots of work to get done, plus I’m teaching myself PHP. My birthday’s in a week, not sure what I’ll do for that. I haven’t really been into celebrating it since I was seven. Last year Willie and I just went to eat in a nice restaurant, but nowadays we prefer to patronise small coffee shops and such, much more relaxing.

Unprovoked update: When you change your theme, it should now keep you at the page you were at rather than redirect you back to a default theme change page. Also, there’s now a subnav under the main navigation that links to all the pages in the section that you’re viewing. No big updates other than that, just a few cosmetic changes to some of the pages.

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