因为实在太无聊了,所以小小地搜寻了一下;只找到这一首,有常常的独白。 这歌叫 “窗”, 有两个版本; ( 一 )专辑:未来的街头,( 二 )专辑:未央歌。
( 一 )专辑:未来的街头 version:
因为实在太无聊了,所以小小地搜寻了一下;只找到这一首,有常常的独白。 这歌叫 “窗”, 有两个版本; ( 一 )专辑:未来的街头,( 二 )专辑:未央歌。
( 一 )专辑:未来的街头 version:
I have been wanting to catch this movie for a long time, it was one of those pre-movie adverts that was shown while waiting for the actual movie to be screened in the cinema. Honest truth, the action caught my eyes, so did all the slick moves and... not forgetting Angelina Jolie. :)
Finally caught it, i think its great... the story, the humour, i really enjoyed it... not going to say more, u shld really jus go catch the show. :)
WANTED (Writeup: Courtesy of Cathay Movies Online)
Rating: NC16
Consumer Advice: Violence & Some Sexual Scenes
Genre: Fantasy-Thriller
Language: English with Chinese subtitles
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Cast: Morgan Freeman, James McAvoy, Thomas Kretschmann, Terence Stamp and Angelina Jolie
Based upon Mark Millar’s explosive graphic novel series and helmed by stunning visualist director Timur Bekmambetov—creator of the most successful Russian film franchise in history, the Night Watch series—Wanted tells the tale of one apathetic nobody’s transformation into an unparalleled enforcer of justice. In 2008, the world will be introduced to a hero for a new generation: Wesley Gibson.
25-year-old Wes (James McAvoy) was the most disaffected, cube-dwelling drone the planet had ever known. His boss chewed him out hourly, his girlfriend ignored him routinely and his life plodded on interminably. Everyone was certain this disengaged slacker would amount to nothing. There was little else for Wes to do but wile away the days and die in his slow, clock-punching rut.
Until he met a woman named Fox (Angelina Jolie).
After his estranged father is murdered, the deadly sexy Fox recruits Wes into the Fraternity, a secret society that trains Wes to avenge his dad’s death by unlocking his dormant powers. As she teaches him how to develop lightning-quick reflexes and phenomenal agility, Wes discovers this team lives by an ancient, unbreakable code: carry out the death orders given by fate itself.
With wickedly brilliant tutors—including the Fraternity’s enigmatic leader, Sloan (Morgan Freeman)—Wes grows to enjoy all the strength he ever wanted. But, slowly, he begins to realize there is more to his dangerous associates than meets the eye. And as he wavers between newfound heroism and vengeance, Wes will come to learn what no one could ever teach him: he alone controls his destiny
Ok.... its sunday now.... i shall stop being cranky... stop being difficult... stop worrying... even if its killing me.
Its been a pretty long time since i cant get to sleep... Usually on a bz schedule these days, i shld be sound asleep by 9pm or at least 11pm bah... But now i am sick from tossing and turning in bed...
Its either the coffee, or you or my work lor..... why i backside itchy... not i regret but i really put myself in a difficult situation... sigh... then work suddenly pop up in my mind... wat a fantastic human system.... automatic work popup in mind when confronted with something you are at loss in wat to do....
Ah.... headache... argh.................................................
I cant sleep!!! I cant breathe!!! ARGH!!! ALL UR FAULT!!!!
I realli got to correct myself... the usual humorous me was too straight and actually took what she said seriously...
i met up with my fren finally, i promptly contacted my fren to meet up so as to pass her the belated red packet. When we finally met, the first thing she actually said was: "So lunch coffee???" i was caught off guard but these words but thank God i din "HUH" out loud.
I had to turn her down as i was with my family, who were already upset for waiting for me as i attending church service and them shopping.
But i am happy... happy that it wasnt like the previous post!
The not so good:
My fren who eagerly wanted to meet me up after work recently, give me a surprise... she suddenly hi me and ask me to meet her on the same evening... to catch up... so she said...
I happily told my fren how touched i was to hear her remembering wat a "wet time" i had at her wedding luncheon.... (i'll save that story for the time being...)
Then i realised tdy tat she merely wanted to get the red packet which i din manage to pass to her on tat wedding luncheon... (i already say i tell u that story another time...)
i am sad... very very very sad... not becos she hurt my feelings, but becos ..... yah she hurt my feelings... i'm a jelyfishy k, i'm FRAGILE!
The good:
I sent 2 postcards to 2 of my frens form Sydney, becos i know they were sort of in their lull times rite now... and one of them "feedback" to me that she was thrilled and she tear-ed (流泪) as she told me how she cried when she saw the postcard. Cos she realized that i had her on my heart even as i went awy for holiday. Thus, she brought it everywhere with her, showing it off to her colleagues and frens.... i'm really speechless... But it made my day becos it made her day betta.
(I'm gonna mail her a towel next time!)
Well, it out of my system now... for good... for every 1 smile or even the sound of it, it erases the sadness out of my memories...
For memories that i cannot erase, i jus leave them aside... there is nothing i can do abt now, maybe it will resolve later when the time comes... though it may hurt more then.
Well, tot i'll drop the conventional way of blogging down my days where i could "breathe"... the fishy is losing her "jely"; so jus a summarizing post for the rest of the trip.... which is.... WOAH! a whopping 7 days!!!
Eeks! i din realize tat man!... Sounds long lah, but it felt like it was a moment ago...
Let's see wat i can use from my diary...
Sydney Vacation Day 03: 16th June 2008, Monday
MONDAY was COTTON ON day, my dear travelling mate finally got round to spending some Oz dollars.
Then next was to head 4 Chinatown, but decided to stop 4 late lunch @ Naughty Chef 4 my fav noodles called PHO...
Din really noe wher 2 go, so Darling Harbour we went. Walked really far, really really really far.... Then saw someone tat looked like May Phua in e visitors center.
After e short rest, finally saw e harbour & a one legged bird... Steady looking despite its handicap.
Alittle torn abt goin 2 e Wildlife "Park", really wanted 2 go in... But still cannot tahan those reppies!
Nothing much 2 do, fren was bored... Poor gal, i've gt no clue how 2 make her day... I'm simply 2 boring a person 4 her *sigh*
Hunter Valley here we come!
Tmw will be a BETTER DAY!
Sydney Vacation Day 04: 17th June 2008, Tuesday
Wakey wakey, rise & shine!
The bus waits 4 no man... Off we go 2 catch e 8.15am bus (may I remind u tat its 6.15am in Sg hrs)
2 grumpies boards e bus in e most grumpy manner possible... in silence. It lasted till arrival @ e HV day tour meeting pt. The bloody brilliant me 4got e vouchers, but they let us go along anyway... We had 2 fork out extra cash 4 lunch :( as I 4got our paperwork aka lunch vouchers.
A fab crowd of 7 was our day tour, with visitations to 4 wineries, and a cheese place. Tasting was catered by all e wineries we visited. My trusty travel mate & myself were intoxicated!!! And i do mean literately.
Loved e grp: Shelley was really nice, David was frenly, Bryan was REALLY entertaining (and boy did he really ENTERTAINED our dear teacher), Louise & Alex were calm & contained... Lastly, there was US! We had FUN :)
Alittle "argh" tat we din opt 2 stay one nite ther, but its still great fun. :)
Sydney Vacation Day 05: 18th June 2008, Wednesday
Finally e day... Our day one for Bienale Sydney 2008... Finally a day with OBJECTIVE! OH YEAH! Can't help but b excited ^_^
Armed with a heavy breakfast of fruit & walnut bread with sides of cheese fruit stew, big bowl of cereals, an tomato spinach & mint omelette and ending it all w a homebrewed latte... Compliments of e Number 71 B&B :)
Its off 2 MCA-Museum of Contemporary Arts! Some of e stuffs r quite interesting, but I only rem a few...
1. Argentina artist's work in 1962 or 1965; He "nailed" a christ like figure onto a US fighter plane... How sarcastic!
2. A photo was displayed w 2 glasses, both had same amount of water, interesting thing was e water lvl were slanting in opposite directions. He did it by spinning e table w glasses of water. Quite ingenious I must say.
3. ''I CAN'T WORK LIKE THIS!" An installation w dented nails on e wall, plenty of nails on e ND w an opened toolbox & hammer. Cool.
4. Foam pipes pumps out tubes, crafted in shape-like syringes. Artist wanted 2 show authorial pressured environment. Something tat's alive, e foam pumps works in cycles ... As would a water fountain. Can look @ tis 4 long time.
5. Film works; Started w themes on joyous celebrations of crowning royalty, w scenes from many diff movies, then assassination of e monarch figure. Then e word REVOLUTION is splated over e screen.Themes of shock, fear and panic... Ending w despair. Interesting & abit funny. But question remains, if revolution's ending is w despair, not as joyous in e monarchy beginning, wat gd is revolution?
6. Horse hung high... alot to say but now dunno how to put in words....
7. Shapes in contours cut out into 3d, hanging in e air... dunno how to effectively describe but it was the shadows of these installations that caught my eyes instead.
8. Installation w a long pole, one end hangs industrial spot light & e other w a fan. Its left 2 spin or move in any manner it wants... Exploration of air & light as an art medium; 2 ends in parallel, as moon would 2 a planet.
Etc... Etc... Etc...
Sydney Vacation Day 06: 19th June 2008, Thursday
No gd, no gd... E nitemare has barely gone by and morning came too quickly. The mention of wine not only irks me, but scares me... The episodes tat follows are e terrible smell and e worst gastric ever.
Cockatoo Island was the obvious choice when e Manly Ferry was not included in our 1 wk transport pass.
Saw some more art works, but did not catch all.
But a certain stranger did caught our attention, and many others too. She was alone and alittle too friendly, but not to us. Her behaviour led my mind to many thoughts... i'm a meow, of cos i'm curious why she like tat and wat made her ticked the way she did and etc.... not much conclusion though, but the impression of her stayed with me... i'll blog on if i arrive at any conclusion @ all in the near future of 5-10yrs.... *grin*
Then its finally the last performance @ SOH 2 view was titled " Just becos everything is different doesn't mean everything has changed " It was really one of e highlights of tis trip. We approach e performance w no clue, except w e writeup from website. We were glad 2 find tat it was a standup comedy act by a man claiming tat he is Bruce Lenny, which we find it suspicious as he look alittle too young 2 be the man he claimed 2b.
It was a well spent evening!
Sydney Vacation Day 07: 20th June 2008, Friday
Something wrong with my travelling fren tdy, dunno why she say she dun wan breakfast... maybe tired, but it disturbed me.
When dwn for breakfast, asked for scrambled eggs under ystd recommendations... quite shiok! Bacon & scrambled eggs is a heavenly combination, esp when the bacon is SO BIG & CRISPY... and i appreciate it when our nice breakfast lady boss does nice presentation for the foodie.
We went to UNSW to make enquiries on admission and pre-requisition for their course, and etc etc etc... grab some brochures and head for Gallery of NSW for more Bienale viewing!
The place is huge, as before, interesting stuffs came up and very soon there was ART OVERLOAD! The light and interesting start point were the chalk drawings on the gallery walls and as i went in, there were marker drawings on glass windows at a corner. These drawings were abt current affairs, on how the artist see things on various topics. Simple and humorous, very easy to understand... as if u were reading a comic stripe.
Another work that came across with a deep impression is a super dark room, where a short film was showed with super woofer sound accompaniment. When we entered, was pitch dark, and i cant even see the five fingers of my hand when i had it stretched before me. It was scary, ppl bumping into ppl and everyone stepping on each other. We decided to sit down and stay put, jus to see wat is up... finally it all came to light... It was a video showing someone diving into water... all the mysterious and curious tots dropped to "WOW LAU!" for me... kekekeke i no arty mah... cannot make simpler and less scary meh....
Then it was the ZOHAN nite, a comedy we been eyeing to watch, hoping to experience the Sydney cinema viewing. The place is ok, but my travelling mate says we complained alot, the moment we enter we complain le... gt alot meh? hmm.....
Anyway, she found the movie ok only... i guess disappointed was more the word for her? I found the movie to be very "qin qie", and i did enjoyed it thoroughly. My guess is probably i can identify with the movie.... maybe bah...
Sydney Vacation Day 08: 21st June 2008, Saturday
Lady Boss was not kidding man! She say change bed, i tot she wanna change bedsheet again or she forget she also had it change the day before... But she really wanna CHANGE BED for us. *faint*
Time for lunchie with teacher, this time is 2 TNS teacher and a ex TNS student luncheon. The last time round the poor teacher was famished while waiting for us, this time we resolute not to let her go hungry. Nice hot Chinese lunch of Porridge, tempura styled calamari, claypot beancurd and dough fritters! Hot meals are my fav in winter times!
Then we parted with her to go Newtown! Its a place strongly recommended by Lady Boss. It was an area with shophouses rather than shopping centers, many shops to buy from and many cafes & eateries. Spotted a small place gathered with ppl, found a bunch of young ppl making artworks out of cardboards with signs asking for donations. How appropriate it was to have this scene under a full wall painting with words "I HAVE A DREAM". This scene invoked flood gates of tots for both of us i guess...
Paddington's Max Brenner was a disappointment, wat i had seen previously was alot more awwwwwwwwwwwww-ing; sorry to see my fren go "huh ah...ok lor"
Sydney Vacation Day 09: 22nd June 2008, Sunday aka LAST DAY
Day started with shopping @ shop nearby while waiting for teacher, then continued with shopping @ Bondi Market @ Bondi Beach. Saw a stall selling his art pieces, they are really very nice to putting up in homes. But he declined my request to take pics of it for nicole to see... She did ask me 2 buy such paintings for her hse if i saw any. Darn! i shld have asked hw much, if affordable i shld have bought for her! ARGH!
In celebration or rather making ourselves feel better that we were due to leave in hours, we treated ourselves to a bottle of nice champagne and a full rack pork ribs. Yummy... Our table is 3 Asians share a full rack, the other table is each non-Asian a serving of half rack ribs!
Finally, our last stop for shopping... MAMBO! My dear fren gone crazy when she saw the sale price tags... all the AUD$5 and AUD$10 made her lose her mind... it unleashed the green hulk monster in her... no she does not need anger mgmt like the movie, she is jus too repressed from her shopping. And it can no longer be contained on the last day. *GRIN*
Then we went back late, and the called cab went away. Thank God for a prayer answering God, else dunno where to find cab man!
We're all sad to leave for airport and board the plane home. This was, for me, just a trip to get away and breathe... but some more happened...... and it stirred the waters for re-structuring.
Someone said: " Dun envy others becos of wat u see or hear, becos you have not heard the other side of the story where they suffered or toiled."
But i say tis now:" Dun envy others, u too can have the desires of your heart too."
I was invited to a drinking chalet by colleagues, which i agreed readily. Well, i haven't really been out with my colleagues before, cos i usually work alone and am away @ my customers' places more than in my own office. But i guess i still have a handful of ppl there whom i do call them my frens.
This is the first time in the many years since we know each other that i ever wished her Happy Birthday, and the first time i took notice of when her DOB was... to commemorate this i set out to get her a gift. Surprising, i knew wat i wanted to get for her. And it was great to know that she loved wat i bought. ^_^ hahaha...
Now, the main point.... DRINKING PARTY...... alcohol is one medium that can break ice very easily. Especially, when everyone is tipsy...
*grin*
Indian Poker mixtures of Martell (40%), XO(40%), Johnny Walker, Beer, Chinese liquor(56% & 60%), plenty of good red wine, etc... really brought moment of joy for all.
This is a not bad drinking crowd, will definitely join them again if can make it.
Once upon a time, there were 2 goats. They both were vexed with work and sorely disappointed in their environment. They decided to take a break and go out enjoy for the day.
Goat 1 passed all the decision making to Goat 2, while Goat 2 tried to sound and make the decisions based on Goat 1. And they went round the merry go round for 15-30mins; tired from going in circles, they slumped heavily onto public resting benches. After several minutes, they finally went for coffee and cheese cake...... only to find Gloria Jean's New York cheese cake to failed in their assessment.
With food in the tummy, things began to take a turn for the better, they started to shop, and bought stuffs..... They shopped, and shopped, and shopped and shopped. They finally stop when they noticed the stores had their gate grills half way down. It was only then they realized they had not taken any dinner. *chuckle*
When they finally sit down for dinner, they were amazed at the time their watches and mobiles showed... 2307hrs.
With a filled tummy and handfuls of spoils from shopping, Goat 2 felt happy. Looking at Goat 2 smiling, Goat 1 felt happy; Cos at the end of the day, at least one of them made it to happy land.
Chicken franks, sauteed mushrooms,
And the next stop another fantastic must do, the tower of the observatory! The tower has a underwater section where u can see the underwater world of the red sea, i believe its an enclosed area... else i dunno why the fishes will come so near the glass... i noe i am not that attractive to fishes.... Its a beautiful place!
And the most interesting thing is, there is a mailbox inside this underwater area. The sign says that if we were to post cards or mails from there, there will be a special stamp logo of the observatory on the article. The silly me, run all the way back to the entrance area to get postcards and happy happy come back write... with the closing time closing on me... i think i thrashed the cards... :( When i am done, i realized that i am left with only 2 stamps... !#%#^#%$#@! So in the end i only send out 2 from there... As for the rest, i only post it at the city center... 