Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts
Friday, January 15, 2010
Introducing - Once
This was the first song that I caught when I changed the TV channel to Star Movies. Didn't think too much about it when I just left it on.
As the movie continued, I was shown a powerful story of love between two people, which was more beautiful than most sugar-coated Hollywood romance movie churned out these few years.
The other strong point of the movie was its music, which was soulful and spoke to me deeply. Days later I'm still listening to the songs I fell in love with.
I could make this blog into a movie review, but I don't want to. Hey, there's always IMDB.com if you're really interested. Suffice to say this movie gem from Ireland (which gave us U2, The Cranberries, The Script...) left me with watery eyes and I never stopped thinking bout it since then.
Ending this with my favorite song of the movie:
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
2008 Wesak International Film Fest
Went to a film fest on 21 June, Saturday, or more specifically, the 2008 Wesak International Film Fest. If you don't already know, I am a HUGE movie buff. I try to watch as much movies as I can, preferably those that have garnered good reviews.
I didn't know about this film fest until after 16 June from The Star newspaper. I'm constantly trying to catch up with my stack up-ed newspaper. A few day's delay is normal. Once I even found myself reading the papers a whole month late = = But I digress.
The film fest was held in Malaysia Tourism Centre, which is very conveniently located just near KLCC. There's a monorail station, Bukit Nanas, and an Putra LRT station, Dang Wangi within walking distance. In fact, I'd have to say it's the perfect venue, what with big, comfortable auditoriums and halls to show the movies and some merchandise.
And what movie choices they were! They all have the common theme of Buddhism, but not in the preaching sense, as some might have supposed. The movies chosen came from around the world, such as Thailand, China, Tibet and the western countries.
My movie companions on that day were TiMyen and SoonTeng, and later joined by JiaXuan. The movies we went to were "Milarepa" (Tibetan) and "Oseam" (Korean). While the first movie had me and Teng very amused (the scene with a man running so fast that all you can see was a trail of smoke a-la Road Runner; and the horse-chase scene where the tiny ponies were forced to work their puny legs at top speed, which in our opinion, looks very silly), the message in the movie was clear: Revenge is for suckers. No, I mean revenge would not let you attain anything.
The second movie, however, had me bawl my eyes out. Inside I was crying, very shallowly, "My makeup!!" XD Oh dear, if they were out to get my precious tears, they could have just pried my eyes out. JUST KIDDING. I won't spoil the movie for you, but if you were to have the chance to watch it, remember to bring a tissue box. A beautiful anime from Korea.
During lunch we strolled around the place. The place is beautiful! We spent a huge amount of time playing with the fishies XD.
The starfish wants to kiss you.
And there were people making rice picture too.
And there's a giant Willy Wonka's chocolate factory too! No, I mean a chocolate boutique. Rows and rows of beatifully wrapped chocolate! Oh we were in heaven! And the price, oh my goodness I can't pay for them! They were obviously targetting the financially bloated tourists = = But there are individual pieces selling for RM 3 each. Our purses were feeling a bit tight that day, so we passed.
But if they were selling those really unique ones individually, I wouldn't have mind. I'm talking bout chocolates with mango fillings, coconut fillings, durian fillings, pineapple fillings, kiwi fillings, papaya fillings...I'm not kidding. They really do sell these in boxes. XD
You should have seen us taking the bus to KLCC for lunch. We were fumbling around like 100% pure-bred tourists. "Which bus to take ah?" "That bus can or not?" "We walk lo~" "Wah, dun wan la~" And when we DO get on the bus: "Wah, so convenient o, can take bus straight to KLCC o~" "Eh when to press the ring ring ah?"
After finishing lunch and successfully getting back to MTC via bus, upon jumping down the bus we were like: "Wah, you see you see, so many place can go o~" (we were looking at the Hop-on Hop-off bus sign) "I wanna go I wanna go~" "The sun very shiny la, wan stand here meh?"
Total fumbling tourists :)
So anyway to boost our country's tourism sector, we will arrange for KL one-day-trips somedays! We will join the likes of my friend, who wrote his experience in his blog, Project Transmission, and be good Malaysians and travel domestically! Via bus or whatever! And again act like the good tourists fumbling around in good o' Malaysia.
I didn't know about this film fest until after 16 June from The Star newspaper. I'm constantly trying to catch up with my stack up-ed newspaper. A few day's delay is normal. Once I even found myself reading the papers a whole month late = = But I digress.
The film fest was held in Malaysia Tourism Centre, which is very conveniently located just near KLCC. There's a monorail station, Bukit Nanas, and an Putra LRT station, Dang Wangi within walking distance. In fact, I'd have to say it's the perfect venue, what with big, comfortable auditoriums and halls to show the movies and some merchandise.
And what movie choices they were! They all have the common theme of Buddhism, but not in the preaching sense, as some might have supposed. The movies chosen came from around the world, such as Thailand, China, Tibet and the western countries.
My movie companions on that day were TiMyen and SoonTeng, and later joined by JiaXuan. The movies we went to were "Milarepa" (Tibetan) and "Oseam" (Korean). While the first movie had me and Teng very amused (the scene with a man running so fast that all you can see was a trail of smoke a-la Road Runner; and the horse-chase scene where the tiny ponies were forced to work their puny legs at top speed, which in our opinion, looks very silly), the message in the movie was clear: Revenge is for suckers. No, I mean revenge would not let you attain anything.
The second movie, however, had me bawl my eyes out. Inside I was crying, very shallowly, "My makeup!!" XD Oh dear, if they were out to get my precious tears, they could have just pried my eyes out. JUST KIDDING. I won't spoil the movie for you, but if you were to have the chance to watch it, remember to bring a tissue box. A beautiful anime from Korea.
During lunch we strolled around the place. The place is beautiful! We spent a huge amount of time playing with the fishies XD.
The starfish wants to kiss you.
And there were people making rice picture too.
And there's a giant Willy Wonka's chocolate factory too! No, I mean a chocolate boutique. Rows and rows of beatifully wrapped chocolate! Oh we were in heaven! And the price, oh my goodness I can't pay for them! They were obviously targetting the financially bloated tourists = = But there are individual pieces selling for RM 3 each. Our purses were feeling a bit tight that day, so we passed.But if they were selling those really unique ones individually, I wouldn't have mind. I'm talking bout chocolates with mango fillings, coconut fillings, durian fillings, pineapple fillings, kiwi fillings, papaya fillings...I'm not kidding. They really do sell these in boxes. XD
You should have seen us taking the bus to KLCC for lunch. We were fumbling around like 100% pure-bred tourists. "Which bus to take ah?" "That bus can or not?" "We walk lo~" "Wah, dun wan la~" And when we DO get on the bus: "Wah, so convenient o, can take bus straight to KLCC o~" "Eh when to press the ring ring ah?"
After finishing lunch and successfully getting back to MTC via bus, upon jumping down the bus we were like: "Wah, you see you see, so many place can go o~" (we were looking at the Hop-on Hop-off bus sign) "I wanna go I wanna go~" "The sun very shiny la, wan stand here meh?"
Total fumbling tourists :)
So anyway to boost our country's tourism sector, we will arrange for KL one-day-trips somedays! We will join the likes of my friend, who wrote his experience in his blog, Project Transmission, and be good Malaysians and travel domestically! Via bus or whatever! And again act like the good tourists fumbling around in good o' Malaysia.
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Watched a Hindu movie today, "Viruddh". Had a very pleasant time! The story was nice, the actors and actresses were amazing to watch, and Amitabh Bachchan is my favorite! Made me think of those days where I would wait eagerly for Saturdays midnights to watch good Indian movies starring Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and others.
Sadly I can't tell one lead actress from the other XD To me, Kareena Kapoor looks just like Aishwarya Rai! But the men have more distinct features, and are easier to tell apart. Actually, I have trouble differentiating Tamil from Hindu. Wikipedia doesn't help much. I wish I know someone who can help me point out the differences :(
Now I'm deeply interested in watching "Sivaji The Boss", which has set a box-office record in the Indian community.And I want to rewatch "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai". Watched it before, but I've totally forgotten the story. Are any of you guys interested in watching Indian movies with me :) ? Make sure there're good subtitles!
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Went to Carrefour today and saw they're selling exotic pets in the hypermarket too. Terrapins, crabs, and even scorpions. Sure, some people would love to be different and keep those as pets than the all-too-familiar cats and dogs. But to me, I think it's unfair to the animals.
It's perfectly fine and beneficial to get a cat or a dog as pets, because they live better with us humans. Do you know while cats can live perfectly fine as strays, dogs are doomed once they hit the streets? Set a dog free and it won't live more than 2 years. Cats don't mind our company. In fact, they happily play on our love for them. I'm not sure about hamsters in the wild, but I guess they're fine as pets too.
But tortoises, monkeys, birds, and snakes? Most of the trading is legal, but I personally think that's getting too much. They're perfectly happy in the wild, they don't need us to take care of them. In fact, these pets suffer greatly under human care. Most owners keep them for their own enjoyment, and most get bored of them pretty quick. They either die from poor care or get released into the wild, only to die because they were never taught how to survive on their own because some heartless people caught them while they were still young, or wreck havoc on the area's ecosystem balance. Most of the exotic pets come from dubious tradings too. You might think that star tortoise sold in a pet shop is very cute, but a lot of them come from illegal tradings that contribute to their dwindling number in India. And do you know that clever talking parrot or macaw comes from South America, where they can fetch a very high price, but by catching them without restraint causes the macaw population to drop tremendously over the years?
http://en.archipelago.gr/story9-53.html
So do everyone a favor. You want to keep a pet? Adopt a cat or a dog from the pound or shelters. Instead of destroying our already delicate natural ecosystem, you're helping to solve stray problems and save them from getting put down.
Think about it.
Sadly I can't tell one lead actress from the other XD To me, Kareena Kapoor looks just like Aishwarya Rai! But the men have more distinct features, and are easier to tell apart. Actually, I have trouble differentiating Tamil from Hindu. Wikipedia doesn't help much. I wish I know someone who can help me point out the differences :(
Now I'm deeply interested in watching "Sivaji The Boss", which has set a box-office record in the Indian community.And I want to rewatch "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai". Watched it before, but I've totally forgotten the story. Are any of you guys interested in watching Indian movies with me :) ? Make sure there're good subtitles!
***
Went to Carrefour today and saw they're selling exotic pets in the hypermarket too. Terrapins, crabs, and even scorpions. Sure, some people would love to be different and keep those as pets than the all-too-familiar cats and dogs. But to me, I think it's unfair to the animals.
It's perfectly fine and beneficial to get a cat or a dog as pets, because they live better with us humans. Do you know while cats can live perfectly fine as strays, dogs are doomed once they hit the streets? Set a dog free and it won't live more than 2 years. Cats don't mind our company. In fact, they happily play on our love for them. I'm not sure about hamsters in the wild, but I guess they're fine as pets too.
But tortoises, monkeys, birds, and snakes? Most of the trading is legal, but I personally think that's getting too much. They're perfectly happy in the wild, they don't need us to take care of them. In fact, these pets suffer greatly under human care. Most owners keep them for their own enjoyment, and most get bored of them pretty quick. They either die from poor care or get released into the wild, only to die because they were never taught how to survive on their own because some heartless people caught them while they were still young, or wreck havoc on the area's ecosystem balance. Most of the exotic pets come from dubious tradings too. You might think that star tortoise sold in a pet shop is very cute, but a lot of them come from illegal tradings that contribute to their dwindling number in India. And do you know that clever talking parrot or macaw comes from South America, where they can fetch a very high price, but by catching them without restraint causes the macaw population to drop tremendously over the years?
http://en.archipelago.gr/story9-53.html
So do everyone a favor. You want to keep a pet? Adopt a cat or a dog from the pound or shelters. Instead of destroying our already delicate natural ecosystem, you're helping to solve stray problems and save them from getting put down.
Think about it.
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