Something funny

This video is really funny! Many people recommended it so I watched it. I really love the techno version of the Lord of the Rings soundtrack.

The second video is combining the lyrics of the song "Spectacular" in Moulin Rouge into Harry Potter OotP film. It is a genius piece of work as the lyrics reflect what is showed in the video.

I love the part where Dumbledore says "The Triwizard Tournament is Spectacular, Spectacular!" and makes those whooshing sounds. The part where Karkaroff is 'singing' "It's a little bit funny, this feeling inside". is really great too. It was originally sung by the evil Duke in Moulin Rouge.

Common sense is taking a break

This is absolutely classic!

Check out the link: http://www.twilightlexicon.com/2009/03/27/hey-kids-dont-try-this-at-home/#comments

What's next in this crazy world we are living in? Seems like people are getting weirder and lamer as each day goes by.

The news: A 13-year-old boy went around biting people and his father blamed it on the influence on Twilight.

How funny is that? There is something mental about the boy but what's worst is the crazy notions his father had. He's clearly delusional.

Like the comments the 'news' attracted, I feel that some people have too much time on their hands that they want to be a part of the limelight in the local papers.

Twilight lexicon couldn't have put it any better. "In our opinion, Twilight is no more likely to have you chow down on classmates than Harry Potter is likely to have you jump off a building on a broom stick.
We’re really hoping that as Dr. Phil says that “common sense hasn’t taken a holiday” and that obviously there’s a lot more going on here than than movie mind control. The last thing we need is a warning of “don’t try this at home” stamped on the DVD’s a la McDonald’s coffee which amazingly is hot and hurts if you spill it on yourself."

Oh boy, I really want to see news that reports on some people leaping off buildings because they are Spiderman and thinking they could fly with a broom. Note the sarcasm here?

One of these days, to prevent getting sued, all the things, ranging from DVDs to brooms to utensils should have a stamp of warning on them.

Well, well, does that mean that since New Moon movie is coming out, we will be reading news on how some delusion kid try to cliff-dive because Bella is doing it? Wow, the suicide rate will be on the rise.

How about biting animals instead? Since Twilight is all about "vegetarian" vampires. That way, the boy won't even be getting jailed because of it. He can just say, :"I like my meat rare, very rare."

Hmm, what about those scenes about approaching strangers or leaving for Italy without letting your father know? They are not being very responsible.

I wonder...

Into Thin Air book review

I love the books by Cindy Miles! I've said this once and will say it again.

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It's so hard to find good paranormal romance novels nowadays.

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Sure, there are plenty of them out there that touches on vampire hunters and what's not. I don't like books like that.

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Into Thin Air is the second novel by Cindy Miles. It's a very sweet book with a interesting plot-line. Best of all, the characters from Spirited Away are also featured here.

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Ever since reading Spirited Away, I've been wanting to get my hands on a sequel. No such luck on finding fanfiction based on Cindy Miles' books. Spirited Away is a great find in the library indeed, right after the beloved Twilight.

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I've read all 4 books by Cindy Miles. My favourite is still Spirited Away, followed by Into Thin Air. There's just something magical about these 2 books as compared to the other 2.

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One is about a ghost falling in love with a human. The other is about an angel and his Intended who is neither dead or alive.

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Sigh, the only other story I've read about a ghost and human is The Mediator series by Meg Cabot.

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I still wish that Spirited Away can be made into a movie but it may be a bad idea.

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Reading Cindy Miles' novels makes me want to visit the Highlands in Scotland. It will just be great to see the towering castles of yesteryear and learn more about the culture there. Another destination to note down on my long list of vacation spots.

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Nightmares

Watched Sweeney Todd and Beverly Hills Ninja at my cousin's place yesterday.

I've always wanted to watch Sweeney Todd since it's release. However, all of yesterday night was spent relieving the "gory" scenes. I couldn't sleep and heard the clock strike at least 3 times.

Actually, the movie itself isn't that scary. There's only a couple of scenes that are more gory and disgusting. Furthermore, with my over-active imagination, my sleep was totally disturbed.

It's really laughable now in the morning , thinking about yesterday night. I kept telling myself this isn't real, it's all a show etc, to no avail.

Now, I can't see a meat pie without thinking about the Sweeney Todd. Gah, the images still keep flashing through my mind.

Went to Marina Barrage yesterday evening. We had dinner at the 7th Storey restaurant and reached home around 10+pm.

Singapore New Moon movie release date

The Singapore release date for New Moon movie had been out. 3rd December 2009 is the date to be marked on the calender. I'm aware that the countdown clock on my blog follows the date of release in USA.

It's days earlier than the release date for Twilight movie but still days behind the original release date in USA.

I'm not that excited as I've been for Twilight movie. Things change, people change. The image of the movie franchise has been tarnished and my faith has dropped.

Regardless, I'll still watch the movie and buy the DVD. I hope that this time round, I'll not laugh as much and respect the movie more.

I want the inept screen-writer to do better at following the plot-line of the book instead of doing what she thinks is right. I want the movie to be faithful and stay true to the book. Now that the actors and actresses have experience (I hope), they will try to be more into character.

Ha, it's not as if I'm the only one who have a problem with the screen-writer. Many fans has express their strong, negative feelings for her. Great minds think alike.

Nights in Rodanthe book review

I had finished reading Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks.

It's a really nice book, quite a tear-jerker. I cried when I was reading it. Maybe, it's because I'm more emotional than others.

Anyway, it's a recommendation. It's a traditional girl meet guy story but there is a twist. They both have children and are middle-aged. They both have emotional baggages and painful pasts to carry. They met at a seaside Inn at Rodanthe. They fell in love. There is no "they lived happily ever after" but the love they had will always be kept in the heart of the woman.

In 2008, there was a movie adaptation of the book. I don't think the movie was that good compared to the book. I only watched the first part of the movie yet the essence seemed wrong. Too many things were changed.
The love between Adrienne and Paul wasn't showed clearly but perhaps it's because it's still the first half of the movie. I should watched the whole movie before making any judgement.

Nicholas Sparks is a good, male romance author. From I've seen and heard, his stories don't have happy endings yet the love is more profound than other romance books.

But, sometimes, it's quite hard to read these kind of books. Not only will I cry, I'll lament about it.

Now, I'm starting on Brisignr by Christopher Paolini. I bought the book long before my exams.

I was so angry when I opened the plastic covering to reveal that the paper cover of the book had been slashed by a penknife.

My precious hard-covered book...

I can't bring it back to exchange since it was bought a long time ago and there is no evidence that it was dued to them.

Review for Pride and Prejudice

I am reading Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.

It's a great story but 1/4 of the time, I have no idea what they are talking about. The complex sentences, heavy vocabulary and 19th century manner of speaking makes my head aches. I have to re-read over and over to make some sense. Then again, most of the time, I just pass it.

I feel like reading some of her other works, like Sense and Sensibility and Emma. Maybe I will read Emma first, since there are movie and TV shows about it. But, whether I can manage to borrow it is another matter.

Suddenly, I don't feel like reading that much. I don't know why.
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Something nice to share. This is a sign in a Rome laundry shop, "Ladies, leave your clothes here and have a great time."

Grades for Sem 1.2

3 cheers to me!

Received my Semester 1.2 results today. Holy crow!

Shockingly, I got B+ for Marketing. Woah, what was that? I was still praying, "Not C".

B for OB and Accounting 2. What can I say? I deserved that grade, no more, no less. My accounting skills are atrocious, not to mention, I've been so careless. As for OB, there's nothing much to say.

A for Business Statistics and MacroEconomics. I'm happy and if I get anything less, I might just go and bang my head on the wall. Both are my "pet" subjects and I expect myself to do well in them.

Z for French! Now, that's something to cheer about! I'm really, really pleased with it. I know I'm going to get A, but a distinction, never. I dreamt about it but didn't have much confidence that I will get it.

My GPA for Semester 1.2 is 3.56. Oh well, a little far off from 3.7 in Semester 1.1. Overall, I'm happy and nearly screamed when I saw the grades. That's how glad I am.

PS: Taking French was the best thing that happened to me. I love the language and in return, give me a good grade.

QingMing festival 2009

It will be the season for QingMing Festival again.

This year, we had it earlier than usual, thus there were no jams and not a lot of people.

Woke up very early on a Sunday morning. The family went to have breakfast at McDonald's, as it's customary of us to do so every year. Waited for my grandparents and cousins' family to reach. They had breakfast at McDonald's too.

I actually look forward to this activity every year. What can I say? It's the only time, besides Chinese New Year, to meet up with my relatives.

Gathered with my other relatives to offer offerings and joss sticks to the ancestors. The weather was hot, which is great. At least the ground will not be muddy and squashy.

I had a good time soaking up the sunshine which results in a headache later on.

My brother is making that "lecher" face.

We are Cullenists.

The family and relatives.

Latest (or not) New Moon and Eclipse movie news

Alright, some official news about New Moon movie.

After weeks of speculation, it's now confirmed that Dakota Fanning will be portraying Jane in New Moon movie.

New Moon is set to be released in theaters in 20th November 2009 with Eclipse in 10th June 2010 in USA.

Solomon Trimble who acted as Sam in Twilight movie won't be returning for the sequels.

First of all, Dakota Fanning has experience. She had starred in many movies. Since my wish for New Moon is that Taylor Lautner remain on as Jacob, and it had been fulfilled, I'm quite alright with other news. Unless...

However, Fanning does seems a little old for the role of Jane. Jane was described as a young girl who looks like an angel. Fanning is a little too "teenager" for Jane. Oh well.

I'm also wondering how on Earth can Summit afford her pay-check. She is classified under high-listed actresses, I think. She worked under big names before. I hope Summit don't burst their budget by recruiting big stars. They can instead focus on providing "special" special-effects and CGI.

Next, why is Eclipse been set to release in such an early date? About 6 months after the production of New Moon? It was also said that Chirst Weitz won't be directing Eclipse.

I can wait, tons of true fans can wait. I would rather take quality over quantity. Stop churning out movies like they don't matter at all. Don't they know that mass-production is the worst thing ever?

If Summit thinks that the twilight fan-base is a gold mine, they are right, of course. One day, they will get too greedy and get buried inside. But, they can rest assured that won't happen anytime.

The fan-base is getting too large and I don't think it can be called a fan base anymore. It's more like, "twilight is cool now so I'm a fan" OR "Robert Pattinson is hot so I'm a fan of twilight". Sheesh.

Eclipse is my favourite book. I love the plot and characters best there. With Twilight movie being a disappointment, I'm worried about New Moon movie and naturally, Eclipse movie.

The stunts and special effects gets harder and harder with every book. If the budget remains small, then nothing will go well.

The change in directors irks me. Why must it keep changing and changing? But, it can be good news, IF, the director proves to be inadequate in the directing. Whether the change proves to be a good thing or not remains to be seen. But I hope Christ Weitz will be a better director than Hardwicke.

It was said that a director's job is to direct and makes sure everything runs smoothly while a scriptwriter's job is to provide the script for the actors to act out.

If the scriptwriter did a bad job in transferring the plot from the book onto paper, the director and actors can't be blamed for the crappy movie.

Which, in my opinion, was the root of the problem for Twilight movie. The bad script, together with the "unique" way of directing, weird and OOC acting of the actors made the whole movie a bad adaptation of the beloved book.

Once bitten, twice shy. That's a good saying indeed.

I know there's no use of reminiscing the past. But I can't help to feel reluctant to trust Summit again.

I seem to be losing the faith in the movie franchise. I can't help it. I think I'd rather read the books again and again.

That being said, I would still watch the movies and buy the DVDs. Let's just treat them as memorials.

I'm still looking forward to New Moon movie. I'm looking forward to seeing Lautner and the whole story-line. I want to see if Christ Weitz does a good job and whether the scriptwriter deserves another chance.

One last thing, as stated above, Solomon Trimble won't be returning, which is kind of sad. He is a dedicated actor who is really good to his fans. He even went to research and study the language of Quileute. He's also the only person with native blood acting as a native American which makes him "real".

This means that the role of Sam will be taken up by yet another actor. I can't believe the decisions Summit comes up with most of the times.

Changes in directors are still OK, but, changes in actors in the middle of movies is a very bad move.

Yes, some people said he's only a minor character and in Twilight movie, he's got only 1 line. But consistency is the key to making successful movie sequels.

For goodness sake, don't go around saying that people won't notice, the truth is, if they can complain about details not being included, they can recognised the change in actors.

It seems like acting is not about devotion and passion anymore. Money is the most important thing on Earth.

Updates

OK, I have not been updating my blog.

Firstly, there's nothing much to update anyway. Secondly, I'm still having fun in the message boards of twilightlexicon, coming up with absurb answers to questions.

Over a 100 posts. I'm having a great time laughing at all those original and witty answers.

I borrows books again. What irks me was the book I want got borrowed mere minutes before I went to the library! I knew I should have left house earlier. The library opens at 11am, I reached there at 11.40am. The book I want was gone.

That's it. I'm reserving it.

No chance in borrowing PS I love you and The Notebook. It was said that the former is a tear-jerking movie. Wow, I'm going to cry.

Ahh!!!

Holy Crow, I'm going to have a heart attack soon.

I'm really worried about my laptop's "health". I was just going about my usual websites, when they prompted me, saying that there was viruses and trojan horses.

My heart just ran cold and I feeling rather light-headed. What! This can't be happening to me.

I don't know what to do... I'm not good with computers programming or anything computer related. I don't know, I'm running my own anti-virus scan now.

Oh, please, let there be nothing wrong. What I hated most was trojan horse, they sneak up on you, without any warning and then Bam!, your computer is infected. Stupid people.

What I can do is to disinfect those programmes, God, let everything be alright. I can't afford to have my laptop send for repair again. It's already been the 2 times.

I'm going to warn my brothers to stop downloading stuff onto my laptop, I found out that one of the trojan horse is actually from the game's website. What the *****.

Gah!!!

Holiday and fun

I need a break.

Yeah, sure, it's holidays for me now. What I meant was, I want to go overseas. It's partly a joke and partly true. It's not very sensible of me to go on a trip when there is global recession, hence the "it's a joke".

I read a report on the influx of tourists going to Australia and England due to the falling exchange rates. I want to go there too. The last time I went to Australia was when when I'm not yet in Primary School. My memory isn't that good, so I need to refresh it.

There are so many countries I want to visit, mainly the Northern Hemisphere (Europe, USA, Canada) and Oceania Countries (Australia and New Zealand).
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On another note, I seem to be getting 'lame'. I like it though. I never thought I had it in me to write those notes. I'm always giving "stupid" and sacastics remarks about things. It's good that there is a place to put them.

Recently, I'm back to life at the message boards of www.twilightlexiconblog.com. To cut long story short, this is the thread where I've been most active. http://www.twilightlexiconforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=4703&start=480. cassis_rose is my alias.

I like my answers a lot. A person asked, who is the Volturi? I replied, is is a support group for freaks with freaky powers.

Some of the people's answers makes me laugh, a lot. It's so fun, that even my brother joined. He thought up of a brilliant question, why is Aro's skin so wrinkly and papery? And I'm going to replied, he has not been using moisturiser. Hahaha.

I really "love" some of these people, they are so witty and original.

Happy day

Yesterday had been a great day.

Went to KK Hospital to visit a relative and bought a "flower basket" at the gift shop. I saw some really cute bouquets of fake roses. I think they are made of sponge.

Guess what, I bought it. It's very beautiful and looks quite real.

At night, went for dinner but didn't shut the windows as we did not think it will rain.

Ha, it really rain that evening. At first, it started as a drizzle and though I asked my father to go back, he didn't want to. The rain got heavier then small again, we didn't care much. My father said our tables and floors won't get wet because there was no strong winds.

We went home, drenched. It was still raining, and I was laughing so much. It made me thought of the musical "Singing in the Rain".

I can't remember the last time I got drenched.

Till next time~