Movie review: Book of Eli

Book of Eli

Duration: about 120 minutes.

Synopsis: Directed by The Hughes brothers, it's about a lone man who fights his way across America just to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind. "Book Of Eli" stars Denzel Washington, Mila Kunis and Gary Oldman.

My views: i went into the cinema without knowing anything about this movie, not even the genre. it was slow at the beginning, but when the action came, it was mad awesome, really cool luh! heads & hands flying off the body, but on the contrary, it was about the bible. enjoyed the depth of the story & the faith the man held. towards the end, i find it quite contradicting but still, pretty good, love the fighting and all, just a bit ironic.

Ratings: 3.5 out of 5! absolutely worth watching, but i still walked out complaining about the ending!

Movie review: Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler

Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler

Duration: about 130 minutes.

Synopsis: An exciting psychological thriller starring Tatsuya Fujiwara as Kaiji, man forced to enter a deadly gambling competition aboard a cruise ship, to erase a large financial debt. Based on Nobuyuki Fukumoto's hit manga series which has sold over 11 million copies, Kaiji is a 26 year-old job-hopping bum who suddenly finds himself riddled in debt after a shadowy loan company informs him that he is responsible for a loan taken by his friend (who has since gone missing) and whom he casually co-signed as a loan guarantor for!

My views: japanese movies never fail to impress me, quite thrilling and mind-boogling. initially i thought it would be the usual chow yun-fat, god of gambler kind of movie, but no, the games they played were really interesting, the second game especially. i shant elaborate more, wouldnt wanna be a spoiler. this movie somewhat tells me that, to be a leader or a loser in life, you are in charge of it yourself. to take the chance or let it lapse and be a loser for life, you decide. lastly, the psychology and what we always refer to as "reverse psychology" and "reverse reverse psychology" in this movie is superb!

Ratings: 4 out of 5! watch to believe, go get your tickets!

What's up with my life

alright, finally have time for something more personal. have been watching a lot of movies lately, i think i have 3 or 4 more reviews in queue. & playing mahjong almost everyday, uhmm at least 5 times a week. my dad even commented it's my holiday job.

anyway, went JB last wednesday, like finally! damn long never go there for cheap thrills. so we ktv-ed and watched Book of Eli, stay tuned for the review! so while singing, we had lots of food, like really a lot =.='' i wondered if we were there to eat or sing.

a plate of mince meat with rice, too salty.
2 plates of chicken wings & drumlets, was okay.
mushroom soup & garlic toasts, awesome!
fingerfood like nuggets & fries, awesome too!
and our drinks, ... so were we there to eat or sing, i really do not know.

& some (fillintheblank) pictures, ...

i like to take "mirror-shots". hah not really. but anyway, my phone's no longer looking that plain!

oh yeah talking about the iphone, it was a really really random decision to buy it, passed by and randomly decided to buy it, hence i went home to get my IC (yeah no idea why my IC's always not in my wallet). & i have to admit, iphone's really awesome! and for that, i signed a new contract with new number under my own name =.='' which means every month i have to pay my bills myself. 

so now, presenting my debut project bling bling! (wtf was that?! i dont know where did that came from. no not me, i didnt type or say that)

can you spot my name?

please dont say no, i will be super sadded. ='(

actually i do know luh, it's not obvious enough, but realized it too late.

now can see?

binge in sakae last friday.

i went sakae with two guys who dont take raw fish =.=''

my kajiki! havent had them for damn long already, my favorite sashimi!

somebody's salmon mentai. wasted!

damn gross cos he soaked it in hot water. =.='' i ate the other piece & madness, it was full of awesomeness.

for the rest of the time, i forgot what i did other than mahjong & movies. because, ... no photos.

so anyway, both my favorite artistes are coming to singapore this month. mega upset because i get to go to neither :( 

JAM HSIAO & ADAM LAMBERT!

firstly because i do not have companions for it. secondly i am not so generous to buy two tickets and offer anybody to watch it with me just because i need a companion. (yeah, people will only go if it's free).

but still i feel so depressed about it. like both my fav, at the same period, & in the whole universe, i think i only adore the two of them luh. major depression ='(

alright, last two pictures, hello kitty poker cards! not a fan but i think they're so cute!

Movie review: Being Human

Being Human
Duration: about 110 minutes.

Synopsis: Max (Mark Lee) is a hardworking but unscrupulous employee for a mildly successful slimming centre “Natural Beauty”. In his efforts to increase company profits, Max decides to purchase supplies from a counterfeit brand. When he is found out, Max is fired. In his retaliation, Max decides to open a rival company “Max Beauty”, using the same counterfeit beauty products and imported slimming pills. Max’s conscience (played by Taiwanese celebrity Nono) appears to advise him against these actions but is duly ignored. Max will eventually realize that what comes around, goes around and what it means to Being Human Being.

My views: overall i had expected more humor but i was greatly disappointed. the storyline was just so-so, with moral of the story telling us to act with your conscience, because what goes around comes around. the acting of all the casts are great, but still i left the cinema feeling disappointed and sort-of-cheated. especially with the commotion of the Jack Neo scandal and all, even if it is to promote his new movie, i think it was a tad overrated. the only part i laughed was the NGs, seriously.

Ratings: 2.5 out of 5! you might wanna wait for tv to show, or when the dvd releases.

Movie review: Alice in Wonderland (3D)

Alice in Wonderland (3D)

Duration: about 110 minutes.

Synopsis: 17-years-old Alice attends a party in the Victorian estate only to find she is about to be proposed to in front of hundreds of snooty society types. She runs off, following the White Rabbit into a hole and ends up in the Wonderland, a place she visited in a similar manner 10 years before, yet doesn't remember. Wonderland was a peaceful kingdom until the Red Queen overthrew her sister, the White Queen. The creatures of Wonderland, such as the Cheshire Cat, Tweedledee and Tweedledum and the March Hare ready to revolt, wait for Alice to help them. With the help of the White Queen, Mad Hatter and the Caterpillar, Alice starts seeing the flashbacks of her original visit, back when she was seven.

My views: was expecting more from the visual effects as it is 3D, and for that, i found it to be quite disappointing. but other than that, i find it a jovial piece from Tim Burton, entertaining and vivacious. the animations, characters and costumes and such are pretty impressive. as for the plot, (i have never read the book before, so i will only be commenting on the movie itself), it was pretty good, a really lighthearted piece. so maybe you can forget about catching it in 3D, i feel that it was maybe just a little bit prettier, but having to pay almost double for it, nahhh...

Ratings: 3.5 out of 5! definitely worth your time!

*****

currently blogging from my phone, will do a proper update soon!

another 3 more reviews coming up, so stay tuned!

hasta la vista!

Never let a man define who you are

found this on the internet, ...

If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away.
If he doesn't want you, nothing can make him stay.
Stop making excuses for a man and his behavior.
Allow your intuition (or spirit) to save you from heartache.
Stop trying to change yourselves for a relationship that's not meant to be.
Slower is better.
Never live your life for a man before you find what makes you truly happy.
If a relationship ends because the man was not treating you as you deserve then heck no, you can't "be friends." A friend wouldn't mistreat a friend.
Don't settle. If you feel like he is stringing you along, then he probably is.
Don't stay because you think "it will get better." You'll be mad at yourself a year later for staying when things are not better.
The only person you can control in a relationship is you.
Avoid men who've got a bunch of children by a bunch of different women. He didn't marry them when he got them pregnant, why would he treat you any differently?
Always have your own set of friends separate from his.
Maintain boundaries in how a guy treats you.
If something bothers you, speak up.
Never let a man know everything. He will use it against you later.
You cannot change a man's behavior. Change comes from within.
Don't ever make him feel he is more important than you are, even if he has more education or in a better job. Do not make him into a quasi-god.
He is a man, nothing more nothing less.
Never let a man define who you are.
Never borrow someone else's man.
If he cheated with you, he'll cheat on you.
A man will only treat you the way you allow him to treat you.
All men are not dogs.
You should not be the one doing all the bending, compromise is a two-way street.
You need time to heal between relationships, there is nothing cute about baggage, deal with your issues before pursuing a new relationship.
You should never look for someone to complete you, a relationship consists of two whole individuals, look for someone complimentary, not supplementary.
Dating is fun, even if he doesn't turn out to be Mr. Right.
Make him miss you sometimes. When a man always knows where you are, and your always readily available to him, he takes it for granted.
Don't fully commit to a man who doesn't give you everything that you need.
Keep him in your radar but get to know others.


i found some of them to be really true, and applicable in my own case.
while reading through these, i really thought about myself and my love life, what have i become of.
i think i've lost myself in this relationship.

Movie review: Little Big Soldier

Little Big Soldier
Duration: about 100 minutes.

Synopsis: A Foot Soldier (Jackie Chan) and a General (Wang Lee Hom) from rival states become the sole survivors of war. The Soldier captures the wounded General, hoping to use his enemy as a ticket to freedom by handling him over to the warlord. Along the long and winding journey, the two men at loggerheads meet with the most amazing encounters… starving without water and food, seductive scheming songstress, a stalking ferocious bear...

My views: much better than i had expected, leehom's actually pretty good in acting uh! quite a jackie chan masterpiece, love the humor and all, the tricks that jackie chan used to fake his death. (i actually laughed quite hard in the cinema =P) overall i quite like the storyline, and i absolutely love the tribe's costumes, especially the girl's whip, i think it's totally cool! a really entertaining movie!

Ratings: 3.5 out of 5! pretty good, 挺好的!

Nuffnang Contest: Alice in Wonderland

My favorite character in Alice in Wonderland is the Mad Hatter! I think he looks really awesome with all the styling, costumes & make-up and plus, in the movie Alice in Wonderland, it was played by Johnny Depp! That gives me another 200 reasons to like this character and look forward to the movie! I do not know much about the character though, as i've never read the book, but from Nuffnang's exclusive sneak peak about the movie, Mad Hatter is portrayed as someone who is fearless and went to great lengths to protect Alice. Really anticipating this movie as it it directed by Tim Burton, totally cool!





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I hope this would spice up your day! because it did make me smile

as i tweeted, this morning was really bad. woke up & found myself really sick, without knowing what caused it. & my first thought is how am i gonna survive the rest of the week, with 4 papers to go within five days. then, when i was rushing out, i couldnt find my thumbdrive & keys, which are usually in and beside my wallet respectively. then, i bruised my shin, well quite near the ankle there. then, i did very badly for my papers. though i thought i was pretty well prepared.

:( then i had to bathe with this

anyway, i think i need to cut my pointy nails. because...

which results in this...

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well really dont feel like cutting them away, now i kinda love the pointy nails!

anyway, it's my mom's birthday today. my sister bought her a cake and guess what she said?
she doesnt want it. sigh, stupid family problems.
dont even feel like wishing her happy birthday. gahh!


away with the woes, lemme share a text that po sent me today!


This math test can predict your favorite idol.
(Try it without looking at the answer.)


Step 1: Pick your favorite number between 1 and 9.

Step 2: Multiply the number by 3.

Step 3: Add 3 to the answer.

Step 4: Multiply it by 3 again. You should get a 2-digit figure.

Step 5: Add the two digits together and that's your final answer!

Step 6: Now scroll down and see the prediction!

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1. Michael Jackson
2. Barack Obama
3. Madonna
4. Taylor Swift
5. Alicia Keys
6. Britney Spears
7. Megan Fox
8. David Beckham
9. Von Yvonne


VERY WISE CHOICE! HAHAHA! :D


well, hope that was fun for you, because it kind of made my day!

I think that's what they call heartbroken

my life is now pretty disturbed and screwed.
just this week, so much has happened, way too much for me to handle.

i felt my heart sink, it ached so badly i could hardly breathe.
it felt terrible. i think that's what they call heartbroken.

for once, i was so depressed, so lost.
even now as i am typing, i still do not know what went wrong, & what to do.

anyway it's exam week. but i couldnt focus at all.
all these stress and agony, someone please take them all away.

thank you friends & strangers, for all the encouragement & such on facebook, twitter & msn.
maybe without all the kind words, i would have lost my sanity.

if we meet again, i'll pretend i have never been hurt before, & love you all over again.
the short-lived happiness was well worth it, even if it means you'll still leave in the end.

i am foolish, & had been a fool for you, twice.
i'll be the fool again, even if that makes it thrice.

my heart, it hurts.

Nailed by Yvonne! Episode #3: For Chinese New Year 2010

alright, my nails for CNY are totally, ... not related to CNY. just did whatever i felt like doing. finger nails are very similar to Episode #2's. the bow was done by myself! using ribbons, i know it's way too big but anything smaller than that is too hard for my clumsy hands to sew, then i added a nail dangle & i think they are a perfect match for each other.

love the bow & dangle although they look really sore and out of place.

for my toes:

Movie review: The Wolfman

The Wolfman
Duration: about 120 minutes.

Synopsis: Lawrence Talbot is a haunted nobleman lured back to his family estate after his brother vanishes. Reunited with his estrange father, Talbot sets out to find his brother, and discovers a horrifying destiny for himself. His childhood ended the night his mother died. After he left the sleep Victorian hamlet of Blackmoor, he spent decades recovering and trying to forget. His brother's fiancee, Gwen Conliffe, tracks him down to help find her missing love, Talbot returns home to join the search. He learns that something with brute strength and insatiable bloodlust has been killing the villagers, and that a suspicious Scotland Yard inspector named Aberline has come to investigate.

As he pieces together the gory puzzle, he hears of an ancient curse that turns the afflicted into werewolves when the moon is full. Now, if he has any chance at ending the slaughter and protecting the woman he has grown to love, Talbot must destroy the vicious creature in the woods surrounding Blackmoor. But as he hunts for the nightmarish beast, a simple man with a tortured past will uncover a primal side to himself, ... one he never imagined exists.

My views: this movie is not for weak hearts, from beginning to end, they will try to scare you by the sound effects for at least 10 times. but every part was kind of expected, except one, which made me jump. storyline is not bad, but still way below Underworld. when they are transforming into the werewolves, it's pretty cool. lots of blood and semi-gory scenes.

Ratings: 3 out of 5! watch it only if you have too much time to spend

*****

Happy Chinese New Year to all my readers & friends!

Gong Hei Fatt Choi! & happy Valentine's too! hope everyone's having a good time!

A Day at the Cathay!

(please click to enlarge the image! (total of 7 images) still fixing this, Yvonne apologizes for any inconvenience caused!)

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For CNY, i cut my waist long hair to a short bob!

finally got some new clothings for cny! or maybe i was over productive in shopping, other than dresses, a skirt & tops, (i resisted buying shoes because i still have heels that are worn only once or never =.=''), err everything i bought were dark colored, other than my new satin sleepwear in red! & new bedsheets in pink/beige. next to get is lingerie! i totally overspent despite saying i will not be buying any clothes (which is logically impossible)

just had the last presentation of my education life today, well i screwed up the entire presentation because of a technical error, was given a chance to redo it but i told the teacher it's okay, i'll just make do with it. it's just an A grade gone but at least i will not fail that module. well to me, gpa is not important luh, no plans to continue studying, hence ...

& so instead of mugging, i just borrowed Photoshop CS for Dummies from the school library & i am gonna finish reading it as soon as i can! i really have lots of things to do, havent get my hair & nails ready for cny. ahh speaking of nails, boyf suggested something which i think is totally cool but very not my style. still thinking if i would do it or not, but if i didnt, i will do it some time this year so that you guys can use it for next year okay!

you know, ever since i stopped reading, i thought i lost the passion in that, but when i just borrowed this book, i realise that the only thing i cannot, err not willing to read is school-related stuff. you know, i used to really love reading, i finish danbrowns in less than 4 days (per book), it took me less than a day to finish the biography of cleopatra, always reading architectural & design books, 2 days to finish a mitchalbom, a day to finish literature texts, etc etc. i can even get hooked on reading newspaper =.='' just one article after another, blah blah but i just cannot read my notes. i am super confirmed now it's because of interest. if you ask me to choose again, i will not choose banking & finance to study.

okay so, for cny, i cut my waist-long hair to a short bob.

how is it?

well truth is i didnt cut my hair. out of boredom i did that. bleah!

right now i really have lots of things to do but i just dont know where to start. ugh!
i really wanna catch some movie but i really dont think i have the time.

top 4 movie i wanna catch:
1. Monga (okay i dont think it's available in singapore)
2. Little Big Soldier
3. The Wolfman
4. Armoured

hopefully i have time for them!

alright, off to read my book-for-dummies-like-me.

Nailed by Yvonne! Episode #2: Adding Rhinestones & Pearls

i've received a couple of emails requesting me to show how i stick on the rhinestones which i said, lasted me for at least 10 days & eventually i had difficulties taking them off.

here's a close-up

so here's a video of how i did it.



my first time doing a video so, ... i would say there are lots of spaces for improvements. but anyway, hope that helped!

also, i would like to clarify that the method i used may not be the correct way, but surely, this is what i find works best for me (even better than nail glue), & also, it should be the cheapest way.

i have actually done a set of nails for valentine's and cny, but the photos really ... sucked. the flash was way too strong and it just doesnt do justice to the nails itself. after much consideration, (a tough choice!) i have decided to not post it. hopefully i can improve on my photography skills, or get better lightings & camera :D

so that's all for now!
stay tuned!

Movie review: The Tournament

The Tournament
Duration: about 100 minutes.

Synopsis: Every seven years in an unsuspecting town, ‘the Tournament' takes place- a secret hitman competition between 30 of the world's deadliest assassins; with the last man standing receiving a $10m cash prize. The Tournament is set up by a syndicate of high stake billionaire gamblers, watching the mayhem unfold via CCTV cameras, betting on its outcome.

The killers are implanted with tracking devices and are given palm pilot monitors so that they can locate their opponents. But one killer has cut the tracker out and local drunken priest Macavoy has inadvertently swallowed it. Beautiful hitwoman Lailai is still haunted by her last hit- an innocent pregnant woman. She seeks redemption by trying to protect the priest until the bug works it way through his system. They manage to kill or evade most of the assassins, but reigning champion Joshua tracks them down. The innocent woman was his wife Mary, and he demands to know why she was killed instead of him. Joshua learns from Lailai that Mary was always the target, ordered by syndicate organiser Powers to ensure he took part in the tournament. Joshua goes to wreak bloody revenge on the ringmaster!

My views: i've watched this movie in october last year (read here). & the next day, i was telling my friends to watch it, it's freaking awesome. the show is like ... battle royale, killing each other to ensure your own survival. the gore & brutality is (hope i dont sound sick by saying this) AWESOME! a lot of action & blooooood. i cannot exactly remember the details but i remembered it as a very awesome movie, and i wouldnt mind catching it the second time (in fact i am planning to do so) because, the suspense is so thrilling! (why do i feel like my english has become so crappy =.='') if you are a sucker for over-the-top action-filled & full-of-gory-scenes movies like i am, you'd love this movie as much as i do.

Ratings: 4.5 out of 5! enjoy the bloodbath!

Movie review: 14 Blades

14 Blades
Duration: about 120 minutes.

Synopsis: Trained in clandestine combat from childhood, the Jinyiwei were masters of the 14 Blades. Above the law and with a license to kill, they devoted their lives and lethal prowess to the service of the Emperor alone.When the Imperial Court is taken over by evil eunuch Jia, the best of the Jinyiwei, Qinglong is assigned to steal a list identifying those still loyal to the Emperor. Unbeknownst to Qinglong, the Jinyiwei have fallen under the control of Jia, and during the mission he’s betrayed and barely escapes with his life. Now as the most wanted man in the land Qinglong must seek out and rally the loyalists to rise against Jia and restore the Emperor to power. In his way are the deadliest assassins in the land, his former brethren, the Jinyiwei.

My views: typical storyline but quite a masterpiece nonetheless. donnie yen's body is really ... hot! you also get to see former ms hongkong doing a "striptease", okay her name is the movie is Tuotuo (strip strip literally). & for once, i find wuchun really good looking, i dont really like his usual looks, fair looking pretty boy. but in this movie, where his fashion sense bears a 90% resemblance to captain jack sparrow, i find him too hot to resist! really really drop dead handsome when he's tanned! the fighting scenes are really awesome too!

Ratings: 4 out of 5! watch to believe, go get your tickets now!

Free flow of xiao long baos! & my debut bimbo blog post

i have done two tutorials for my nails, but havent got time to edit it. thinking of posting only one of it because the other one is very badly done =.='' shall see if editing's able to salvage it.

anyway, i know i dont often post photos of myself here in my blog (truth is i hate taking photos) but here's my debut bimbo blog post.

i particularly love this shot!

two days ago, boyf went for his medical checkup and then we went tiong bahru plaza to kill some time. there's this cool shop at the basement that sells a lot of junk food imported from ... japan? dont think so lah, japanese brand but most probably imported from china. HAHAHA. anyway, i found my favorite & it's 2 bucks only! & it's cheaper than other places i assume? (but more expensive than what i paid for in shanghai lahhh)




then, we went holland village to binge!
steamboat buffet plus free flow of xiao long bao (小笼包), how awesome is that?

our first serving of 小笼包

then we ordered another 4 servings, it's really good!

i totally regretted ordering other food, and should have just drown myself in the 小笼包s.

it's like a little bun, full of awesomeness. 

how awesome you ask, very very very awesome!

before going out.

public toilet =.=''

while eating. 

this picture is mad hilarious.

i did not stuff two 小笼包s into my mouth, i didnt, i didnt, I DIDNT! *roll eyes*

okay i did =.=''

another picture of the eye & fingers!

okay lah, please dont let that image of me stuffing food into my mouth stay in your mind, 

i still prefer people to think of me as cool & (whatever).

another great product from pokka! personally, i prefer it when it's at room temperature. 

when it's chilled, it kind of taste bland =.=''

so that's all for today, will most probably post the nail tutorial tonight or tomorrow!

p/s: i am like a burglar in my own house, sneakily nomming the CNY foodies. cannot resist lah!