Yesterday, watched the new Bond film Casino Royale at vivocity. New bond guy is actually not too bad! the movie is indeed a new style, new era of Bond movies.....the way the storyline is, filming....even the theme song not sung by someone famous. Blond and blue eyes, you hardly can associate this image with 007, but it was convincing enough cuz the fighting scenes against the villians were exciting......bond seem tough again.it wasnt perfect but better than expected.
some romantic cheesy moments were odd..... when 007 fell deeply in love with the lead actress. suddenly became so wimpy (like Samshik...haha).....
before the movie, they showed a few trailers....namely Spiderman 3, the new andy lau movie and the new jay chou movie. all looked kinda boring actually.
spiderman turn bad in part 3, and the movie trailer looks really messy. like cut and paste sequences....i think this may not be good as 2. looks kinda dark and predictable.
the jay chou and andy lau period drama are 2 of the many chinese movies surfing on the hollywood chinese wave.....but i think that is kinda of passe already. 2 trailers really look identical with the massive computerised army fight scenes, lavish costumes and english narration......yawn.......everything is so americanised.
jay chou looks like he will not have much lines in the show, all i see is him making aggressive expressions getting ready to fight. andy lau one looks dull also......all about fighting again, costumes all black.
maybe they should market original HK movies like Internal Affairs to the west rather than this.
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Friday, November 10, 2006
Blue Dragons....eck....
Tomorrow instead of a nice sleep late Sat.......dun have! now tomorrow is our ''beloved'' company Family Sports Day........so exciting man....haha!! anyway i have been tasked to come at 9am to help with logistics for my House. yes ......back to the good old school days where we are divided into various coloured teams to compete each other.
champion house get prizes of course....whole idea is to get company closer together. i wonder if this will help in anyway. its funny cuz since i have been in this co, there were some teambuilding events, but yah, during the event, everyone group together, stay close for a few hours, after the event ends...everyone just goes separate ways! i guess its really tough for working adults to maintain good friendship beyond work nowadays. everyone is just caught up in their own things.
its weird how humans behave. my chinese teacher was commenting on this a while back....you can see a person everyday but in the end not even know the person at all. its something that cant be explained.
my old gang has all left the company, still keep in touch but its more fun with them around.
we had so many nicknames for fellow colleagues.......its just hilarious. we often use these secret codes to talk about them
one particular gal whom join about a week after me.......after one silly email from her, knew we definitely can click. she is full of silly humour......that email she sent contained a new word "saiview".......i nearly laughed off my chair!!! it was to describe a certain person and the office fengshui......anyway......only a few of us can understand all these codes we created. there are also many more.....
She is a typical Saggi person, always like to go out shopping or something despite have 2 kids at home. same here for boss secretary.....also cant stand staying at home. just have to out although 1 baby at home. my sis as well......
funny that most the pple i can talk to are into a few board categories.........Saggi, Cancer, Scorpio and Leo. Virgo, gemini, aries, capricon, Taurus,pisces....so so--average....and least friends come from Libra, Aquarius
anyway, lets see what happens tomorrow. at the moment my House is so call in the lead, my ever competitive house leader has the support of certain influential pple which i think is a smart way of getting members participate more. another friend is not so lucky.......she doesnt really know how to get the pple together to win for his house, so struugling. in the end, this becomes a chore and not fun....its stressful.
champion house get prizes of course....whole idea is to get company closer together. i wonder if this will help in anyway. its funny cuz since i have been in this co, there were some teambuilding events, but yah, during the event, everyone group together, stay close for a few hours, after the event ends...everyone just goes separate ways! i guess its really tough for working adults to maintain good friendship beyond work nowadays. everyone is just caught up in their own things.
its weird how humans behave. my chinese teacher was commenting on this a while back....you can see a person everyday but in the end not even know the person at all. its something that cant be explained.
my old gang has all left the company, still keep in touch but its more fun with them around.
we had so many nicknames for fellow colleagues.......its just hilarious. we often use these secret codes to talk about them
one particular gal whom join about a week after me.......after one silly email from her, knew we definitely can click. she is full of silly humour......that email she sent contained a new word "saiview".......i nearly laughed off my chair!!! it was to describe a certain person and the office fengshui......anyway......only a few of us can understand all these codes we created. there are also many more.....
She is a typical Saggi person, always like to go out shopping or something despite have 2 kids at home. same here for boss secretary.....also cant stand staying at home. just have to out although 1 baby at home. my sis as well......
funny that most the pple i can talk to are into a few board categories.........Saggi, Cancer, Scorpio and Leo. Virgo, gemini, aries, capricon, Taurus,pisces....so so--average....and least friends come from Libra, Aquarius
anyway, lets see what happens tomorrow. at the moment my House is so call in the lead, my ever competitive house leader has the support of certain influential pple which i think is a smart way of getting members participate more. another friend is not so lucky.......she doesnt really know how to get the pple together to win for his house, so struugling. in the end, this becomes a chore and not fun....its stressful.
Thursday, November 09, 2006
Girl Power
Nana
Kuromi - Maid Cafe.....i got the last one.....Mai-lish Cafe Kuromi! kawaii....... heheh
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
RW
Passed by the Popular Bookshop at JE after (zzzzzzzzzz.....) work tdy......decided to check out the latest english albums....boy! its definitely a long time since i bought an eng album. Popular is not exactly the best place to for a well stocked catalogue of eng albums....but if you want latest latest commercial chart ones can. haha. price also can lah.
Saw Robbie William's new album Rudebox. Wonder if i shld get it.....its silly cuz on one hand i just saw his latest MV "Lovelight" on channel V, and it was pretty cool and groovy......robbie is just unique in his own way.....and his little special charm and attention seeking ways. always thot he was the different and outstanding one in Take That. and yah turn out to be. like where are the others now u know....
On the other hand, felt a bit affected that he cancelled his whole Asian Tour! I am of course not any big fan of his ...but its really not good news to hear that he cancelled this much anticipated tour...and only the asian cities. lots of pple were mad and said they wont support him again.
this is the reason:
Robbie Cancels Asian Tour Dates.
16th September 2006 09:26:38
Robbie Cancels Asian Tour Dates.... Robbie Williams has cancelled the Asian leg of his current world tour, blaming stress and exhaustion.
The Angels star was scheduled to visit Shanghai, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Singapore, Mumbai (Bombay) and Bangalore in November (06) - but his spokesman insists that, after forcing himself to struggle through dates in Europe and upcoming shows in South America, honouring his Asian concerts is "asking too much".
The singer's representative said Williams, who has been performing in Milton Keynes this week (begs10Sep06), is "extremely tired" after kicking off his tour in May.
Hitting the "entirely new territories" of India and China "would have greatly added to his workload".
sounds lame? dunno man.....like why only asia? he will continue with the Australian dates on Nov30. sigh.....maybe just gotta to accept the fact he is not so comfortable in asia so if tired, here cancel first. well....he has a point..."new territories". but i guess maybe ticket sales werent that fantastic also...just a guess.
anyway, i decided to get the CD. music is music! and i must say its rather interesting material.
Title track Rudebox is well.....basically rude! haha......but robbie can get away with this kind of thing. maybe censorship board here also relax liao......but his rudeness and swearing is just him...his typical trying to be funny and amusing style. this album he has gone to embrace dance music ....just like madonna who went back to disco etc. its fun enough. lots of 80s style electro beats too. anything 80s i like! there are 17 tracks on this and 5 covers.......theres a tribute to madonna, collaboration with Pet Shop Boys, and songs about 80s and 90s. lyrics and rapping some say sound cheesy but i think these pple dun know his concept and style.
i have seen some interviews he gave on TV in the past (he did visit Spore for the VMA in 02 or 03), quite hilarious......very witty and funny, direct.....quite a real guy (i hope).
i admire stars who dare move out of their expected genre of music...its tough but gotta start somewhere. thats why, i think the chinese music scene is really bad now....everyone is basically playing safe. now what they call hot is like r&b, hip hop.....huh?!!! that was like 6 years back when jay chou came on scene. ever since its been like that and everyone follows.
is the market that small? chinese pple are prob more than any other race in the world? well perhaps the chinese pop music industry is still not as developed as the western one.
or maybe majority of chinese people like prefer basic ballads, love songs at the end of the day. forever will be like that. One good news is maybe Elva is back, maybe she can give that Jolin a run for her money.
then in the shop, i saw compilation album of the 'latest' hits....like Pink - Stupid girl, Nelly f....whatever...Promiscuous....and nearly wanted to but it! aiyoo.....i finally realised maybe this is a sign of getting old(er)...ahem.....haha. used to detest this kind of compilation when i was in school. whereas my uncle would always buy this type...latest hits. i will suan him like dun have this that, this song already so old etc etc. now its happening to me....haha. i dun of course follow the pop scene that closely anymore so only know the so call hit songs. but or course only the better ones lah. anyway i didnt buy cuz there were some terrible songs inside too.
Saw Robbie William's new album Rudebox. Wonder if i shld get it.....its silly cuz on one hand i just saw his latest MV "Lovelight" on channel V, and it was pretty cool and groovy......robbie is just unique in his own way.....and his little special charm and attention seeking ways. always thot he was the different and outstanding one in Take That. and yah turn out to be. like where are the others now u know....
On the other hand, felt a bit affected that he cancelled his whole Asian Tour! I am of course not any big fan of his ...but its really not good news to hear that he cancelled this much anticipated tour...and only the asian cities. lots of pple were mad and said they wont support him again.
this is the reason:
Robbie Cancels Asian Tour Dates.
16th September 2006 09:26:38
Robbie Cancels Asian Tour Dates.... Robbie Williams has cancelled the Asian leg of his current world tour, blaming stress and exhaustion.
The Angels star was scheduled to visit Shanghai, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Singapore, Mumbai (Bombay) and Bangalore in November (06) - but his spokesman insists that, after forcing himself to struggle through dates in Europe and upcoming shows in South America, honouring his Asian concerts is "asking too much".
The singer's representative said Williams, who has been performing in Milton Keynes this week (begs10Sep06), is "extremely tired" after kicking off his tour in May.
Hitting the "entirely new territories" of India and China "would have greatly added to his workload".
sounds lame? dunno man.....like why only asia? he will continue with the Australian dates on Nov30. sigh.....maybe just gotta to accept the fact he is not so comfortable in asia so if tired, here cancel first. well....he has a point..."new territories". but i guess maybe ticket sales werent that fantastic also...just a guess.
anyway, i decided to get the CD. music is music! and i must say its rather interesting material.
Title track Rudebox is well.....basically rude! haha......but robbie can get away with this kind of thing. maybe censorship board here also relax liao......but his rudeness and swearing is just him...his typical trying to be funny and amusing style. this album he has gone to embrace dance music ....just like madonna who went back to disco etc. its fun enough. lots of 80s style electro beats too. anything 80s i like! there are 17 tracks on this and 5 covers.......theres a tribute to madonna, collaboration with Pet Shop Boys, and songs about 80s and 90s. lyrics and rapping some say sound cheesy but i think these pple dun know his concept and style.
i have seen some interviews he gave on TV in the past (he did visit Spore for the VMA in 02 or 03), quite hilarious......very witty and funny, direct.....quite a real guy (i hope).
i admire stars who dare move out of their expected genre of music...its tough but gotta start somewhere. thats why, i think the chinese music scene is really bad now....everyone is basically playing safe. now what they call hot is like r&b, hip hop.....huh?!!! that was like 6 years back when jay chou came on scene. ever since its been like that and everyone follows.
is the market that small? chinese pple are prob more than any other race in the world? well perhaps the chinese pop music industry is still not as developed as the western one.
or maybe majority of chinese people like prefer basic ballads, love songs at the end of the day. forever will be like that. One good news is maybe Elva is back, maybe she can give that Jolin a run for her money.
then in the shop, i saw compilation album of the 'latest' hits....like Pink - Stupid girl, Nelly f....whatever...Promiscuous....and nearly wanted to but it! aiyoo.....i finally realised maybe this is a sign of getting old(er)...ahem.....haha. used to detest this kind of compilation when i was in school. whereas my uncle would always buy this type...latest hits. i will suan him like dun have this that, this song already so old etc etc. now its happening to me....haha. i dun of course follow the pop scene that closely anymore so only know the so call hit songs. but or course only the better ones lah. anyway i didnt buy cuz there were some terrible songs inside too.
Whats up with people who like to wear corny slogans t-shirts? i can never understand what exactly they are trying to express when wearing it. Like tdy in MRT....one door in...a guy wearing a yellow quite tight fitting t-shirt with bold words "Will Shag for Food".........is that funny? or does he really mean it? or is it cool? dunno lah, the design and fonts of the t-shirt look crappy anyway. those bold big words.
Funny thing is coming thru another door, is a lady wearing a black t-shirt "I am better when i am bad" or something....haha!! Again big big words over the t-shirt. she looks normal office girl, 30+.
so funny, all these pple go to work in such togs. maybe this guy and girl should have looked towards each other direction. who knows they will be a match made in heaven.
I must admit i have a big slogan t-shirt but at least that one is not so in yr face.
Its from Izzue and says...A Group of People...or thing" something at least will get u thinking on what it means.
Funny thing is coming thru another door, is a lady wearing a black t-shirt "I am better when i am bad" or something....haha!! Again big big words over the t-shirt. she looks normal office girl, 30+.
so funny, all these pple go to work in such togs. maybe this guy and girl should have looked towards each other direction. who knows they will be a match made in heaven.
I must admit i have a big slogan t-shirt but at least that one is not so in yr face.
Its from Izzue and says...A Group of People...or thing" something at least will get u thinking on what it means.
Monday, November 06, 2006
Happy Be-lated Birthday Kuromi!
My fave character ...the one and only cool and cheeky sanrio character Kuromi celebrated her birthday on Halloween....31 Oct! haha.....
its quite amazing how Sanrio developed their characters with such interesting personalities and profile. Japanese people just put a lot of thoughts and feel to everything. even Kuromi's star sign make sense to her look and feel.
its quite amazing how Sanrio developed their characters with such interesting personalities and profile. Japanese people just put a lot of thoughts and feel to everything. even Kuromi's star sign make sense to her look and feel.
well, i can relate to her!^^....hee so happy that i found 2 very cute Kuromi figurines yesterday too. boy they didnt cost cheap but she is just too cute to resist! the figurines are of Kuromi working in those Maid-Cafes in japan. All dressed up in black and white maid costume, you will see 6 different Kuromis..breaking a tea cup, standing at the cafe ad welcoming customers, putting ketchup on an omelette, looking at a bowl of noodles, preparing a drink.....all very cute....cuz she isnt a really good waitress and there are some anxiety on her face! haha.
After many many months...i also finally read the 2nd issue of Nana....dunno why it was lying around for so long......first issue, i bought the cheaper tw version but truly as a modern day Sporean woman, its really quite difficult reading in chinese although studied that subject for over 10yrs. second issue i bought Shoijo Beat version...the US version....yup Nana talking in american style english...but its so much more of a breeze reading thru it ...haha. it aint cheap though....about double the price!! but its difficult to translate and paste the english words nicely in those manga talking bubbles. 2nd issue was more upbeat.....really cool.....like how the both Nanas....finding their apt, decorating it and forming their friendship. Rocker Nana is indeed scary and cold looking but she can be a rather good listener and loyal friend i feel. Cheerful Nana is a typical simple minded rather air head in a way but so positive and sunny.
Envy that cheerful Nana found a cool job in Tokyo.....a retro furniture shop! well, thats the cool lifestyle and culture vibe they have in Tokyo. something you can never find here!!
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