Showing posts with label interests. Show all posts
Showing posts with label interests. 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:
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Introducing - Charlotte Martin
Thanks to Xuan, I came to know Charlotte Martin. And now I absolutely love the woman. Stunningly amazing vocals, hauntingly beautiful piano work, and lyrics that read like poetry.
On Your Shore
A favorite of mine.
Beautiful Life
Hear it for her crystal clear voice and simple but engaging piano accompaniment.
Stromata
I thought this video was...weird. I think she prefers live performances rather than to a camera.
I am on a search for her CDs. If anyone sees anything, tell me ok?
On Your Shore
A favorite of mine.
Beautiful Life
Hear it for her crystal clear voice and simple but engaging piano accompaniment.
Stromata
I thought this video was...weird. I think she prefers live performances rather than to a camera.
I am on a search for her CDs. If anyone sees anything, tell me ok?
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Introducing - Aqualung
My current favorite artist, somewhere beside Radiohead and Coldplay :)
Brighter Than Sunshine
Strange & Beautiful
Read on Wikipedia that "Strange & Beautiful" was used in a Volkswagen Beetle ad. Good choice!
Brighter Than Sunshine
Strange & Beautiful
Read on Wikipedia that "Strange & Beautiful" was used in a Volkswagen Beetle ad. Good choice!
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Websites to pass time on the internet
Extensive list that I will keep on adding and updating.
Games
1. Friv
http://www.friv.com/
A site jam-packed with flash games to play to your heart's content.
2. 1980 Games
http://www.1980-games.com/us/
Games from the 1980, such as Super Mario Brothers 3, Donkey Kong, Mega Man etc.
3. Eyemaze
http://www.eyezmaze.com/
Another flash games website consisting games made mostly by a Japanese game designer known as ON.
Videos and Pictures
1. I Can Has Cheezburger?
http://icanhascheezburger.com/
A laugh-out-loud site with cat pictures and hilarious captions in broken English.
An alternative dog site would be I Has a Hot Dog!
www.ihasahotdog.com
2. Crunchyroll
www.crunchyroll.com
There's youtube, and there's Crunchyroll. The difference is I can find a lot more anime in Crunchyroll, plus play games on the website.
Manga and Novels
1. Kuku DongMan
http://comic.kukudm.com/
Manga for your heart's content! Chinese translation. Careful not to click on the links as some are baaaaaad. Just click on the mangas and you'll be fine.
2. FanFiction
www.fanfiction.net
The ultimate website for fanfics (fiction wrote by fans). I contributed a few stories of my own there as well XD
3. Everything2
www.everything2.com
The name says it all. A mind-boggling website full of articles of EVERYTHING. Well, almost. From poetry to fiction to serious discussions; from serious titles ("Religion") to the funny ("Bathing Cats in the Toilet"). What I like most is to get to the end of the article, then have a whole list of other related topics to choose from. I would pick the most interesting title and go from there. It's a bit like lottery. Either you hit something hilarious or something as dry as cardboard. But it's the adventure that counts!
Games
1. Friv
http://www.friv.com/
A site jam-packed with flash games to play to your heart's content.
2. 1980 Games
http://www.1980-games.com/us/
Games from the 1980, such as Super Mario Brothers 3, Donkey Kong, Mega Man etc.
3. Eyemaze
http://www.eyezmaze.com/
Another flash games website consisting games made mostly by a Japanese game designer known as ON.
Videos and Pictures
1. I Can Has Cheezburger?
http://icanhascheezburger.com/
A laugh-out-loud site with cat pictures and hilarious captions in broken English.
An alternative dog site would be I Has a Hot Dog!
www.ihasahotdog.com
2. Crunchyroll
www.crunchyroll.com
There's youtube, and there's Crunchyroll. The difference is I can find a lot more anime in Crunchyroll, plus play games on the website.
Manga and Novels
1. Kuku DongMan
http://comic.kukudm.com/
Manga for your heart's content! Chinese translation. Careful not to click on the links as some are baaaaaad. Just click on the mangas and you'll be fine.
2. FanFiction
www.fanfiction.net
The ultimate website for fanfics (fiction wrote by fans). I contributed a few stories of my own there as well XD
3. Everything2
www.everything2.com
The name says it all. A mind-boggling website full of articles of EVERYTHING. Well, almost. From poetry to fiction to serious discussions; from serious titles ("Religion") to the funny ("Bathing Cats in the Toilet"). What I like most is to get to the end of the article, then have a whole list of other related topics to choose from. I would pick the most interesting title and go from there. It's a bit like lottery. Either you hit something hilarious or something as dry as cardboard. But it's the adventure that counts!
Monday, September 22, 2008
Introducing - shoppingNsales
This is crazy. A website totally dedicated to shopping sales:
"shoppingNsales will bring you the current sales, best deals, shopping bargains and warehouse sales in Klang Valley, Malaysia.
We are dedicated to find the best bargain, to hunt down the greatest deal, source all warehouse sales events and place it up here for all of you.
Malaysia is a fantastic Shopping Destination, and we hope that with all our effort put in, you will enjoy the shoppingNsales Blog. And like all good things, please don’t keep it to yourself, do share it with everyone. :) "
So the "about us" on the website tells me.
This is not good for me. My eyes light up every time I see a "Sales" poster and I lose all control of my legs. Ask Myen. He had to literally drag me away from every shop during the Mega Sales Season.
And then I found this website!! Totally unhealthy for my purse and my sanity XD I find myself jotting down every sales I want to go in my little organiser, planning ahead every month and thinking up victims I can drag down with me.
Well, shopping IS fun. Indulge me ;)
shoppingNsales
"shoppingNsales will bring you the current sales, best deals, shopping bargains and warehouse sales in Klang Valley, Malaysia.
We are dedicated to find the best bargain, to hunt down the greatest deal, source all warehouse sales events and place it up here for all of you.
Malaysia is a fantastic Shopping Destination, and we hope that with all our effort put in, you will enjoy the shoppingNsales Blog. And like all good things, please don’t keep it to yourself, do share it with everyone. :) "
So the "about us" on the website tells me.
This is not good for me. My eyes light up every time I see a "Sales" poster and I lose all control of my legs. Ask Myen. He had to literally drag me away from every shop during the Mega Sales Season.
And then I found this website!! Totally unhealthy for my purse and my sanity XD I find myself jotting down every sales I want to go in my little organiser, planning ahead every month and thinking up victims I can drag down with me.
Well, shopping IS fun. Indulge me ;)
shoppingNsales
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Lilith
Before Eve, there was Lilith.
God created Adam and Lilith from the earth, and therefore were considered equals. Adam, with his man ego, demanded that Lilith be underneath him during intercourse. Lilith, enraged, cursed and flew away.
Adam complained to God, "The woman you gave me has run away!" Immediately God sent three of his angels - Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof - after Lilith. They found her beside the Red Sea, where she became a lover to demons, producing many demon children every day.
When told to return to Adam, Lilith refused. As punishment, a hundred of her children will die every day. In return, Lilith took revenge by harming newborn infants of the children of Adam. "I shall have dominion over baby boys for eight days after his birth, and dominion over baby girls for twenty days after her birth. However, if I see your names (the three angels) or your forms in an amulet, I will have no power over the infant."
And thus was Lilith brought down generations after generations, as a seducer of men, a symbol of lust, and the killer of children; the lover of demons, producer of chaos, and the mother of all demons.
The above was from a Jewish myth. The widely accepted version of the Bible does not include the tale. However, people have argued that Lilith was hinted early on in the Bible. Genesis 1:27 does state "God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them." This would not be Eve, as Eve was made out of the rib of Adam later on.
Personally, I am intrigued by this female called Lilith. Giving the old societies that look upon men as dominant and superior, a female like Lilith would have been frowned upon. A docile and less threatening female like Eve would have been prefered instead.
Take away the mythology parts of the legend, namely the demons, the angels and such, and you would be left with a story about a woman running away from her dominant husband with a huge ego, refusing to be treated as inferior. The mythology parts may have been added in as to demonize the attributes of woman that the big-headed males of that time thought undesirable.
Fast forward to the 19th century, where the feminist movement started to make waves. The women demanded equality, something that Lilith demanded from Adam in the first place. If there are people who take offense that I'm comparing them with Lilith the demoness, as she is widely known, I apologize. I, however, would rather like to think of her as the First Woman, the woman that we should have been but was cut down and shaped as Eve.
I found an article in which the writer tweaked the story of Adam, Lilith and Eve a bit. Couldn't find the website back but here's how it goes: Eve managed to climb over the gates of Eden to explore a bit, where she found Lilith waiting for her. The two woman chatted and influenced each other in their own ways, which left Adam puzzled over the changes he found in his usually docile Eve. A bit like Eve getting educated on feminism by Lilith.
As I was reading up as much as I could on Lilith, I also found this wonderful quote by an Armenian writer, Avetik Isahakyan: "But though Adam's lips said Eve, his soul always echoed Lilith." I guess that's why men always tend to stray.
God created Adam and Lilith from the earth, and therefore were considered equals. Adam, with his man ego, demanded that Lilith be underneath him during intercourse. Lilith, enraged, cursed and flew away.
Adam complained to God, "The woman you gave me has run away!" Immediately God sent three of his angels - Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof - after Lilith. They found her beside the Red Sea, where she became a lover to demons, producing many demon children every day.
When told to return to Adam, Lilith refused. As punishment, a hundred of her children will die every day. In return, Lilith took revenge by harming newborn infants of the children of Adam. "I shall have dominion over baby boys for eight days after his birth, and dominion over baby girls for twenty days after her birth. However, if I see your names (the three angels) or your forms in an amulet, I will have no power over the infant."
And thus was Lilith brought down generations after generations, as a seducer of men, a symbol of lust, and the killer of children; the lover of demons, producer of chaos, and the mother of all demons.
The above was from a Jewish myth. The widely accepted version of the Bible does not include the tale. However, people have argued that Lilith was hinted early on in the Bible. Genesis 1:27 does state "God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them." This would not be Eve, as Eve was made out of the rib of Adam later on.
Personally, I am intrigued by this female called Lilith. Giving the old societies that look upon men as dominant and superior, a female like Lilith would have been frowned upon. A docile and less threatening female like Eve would have been prefered instead.
Take away the mythology parts of the legend, namely the demons, the angels and such, and you would be left with a story about a woman running away from her dominant husband with a huge ego, refusing to be treated as inferior. The mythology parts may have been added in as to demonize the attributes of woman that the big-headed males of that time thought undesirable.
Fast forward to the 19th century, where the feminist movement started to make waves. The women demanded equality, something that Lilith demanded from Adam in the first place. If there are people who take offense that I'm comparing them with Lilith the demoness, as she is widely known, I apologize. I, however, would rather like to think of her as the First Woman, the woman that we should have been but was cut down and shaped as Eve.
I found an article in which the writer tweaked the story of Adam, Lilith and Eve a bit. Couldn't find the website back but here's how it goes: Eve managed to climb over the gates of Eden to explore a bit, where she found Lilith waiting for her. The two woman chatted and influenced each other in their own ways, which left Adam puzzled over the changes he found in his usually docile Eve. A bit like Eve getting educated on feminism by Lilith.
As I was reading up as much as I could on Lilith, I also found this wonderful quote by an Armenian writer, Avetik Isahakyan: "But though Adam's lips said Eve, his soul always echoed Lilith." I guess that's why men always tend to stray.
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