I enjoyed my last weekend a great deal and i caught Shrek 3. It was absolutely hilarious and i loved it. It's been some time since i caught such a brainless yet funny film. It was great being able to catch up with my favourite cousin and her 2 girls.
We spoke a little and it's a pain when you realise that the people closest to you are talking behind your back and to make things worse, it's those unpleasant things you know you'd never say something like that about them. I don't like it when someone whom your umbilical cord was once tied to and that you have had so much respect and love for, say stuffs behind you and your respect for them seem to have eroded over the years due to such comments which have obviously been made known and propagated with the help of a couple of malicious chatterboxes.
I have always thought that my parents gave me limitless supply of freedom because they never asked about my life, interfered my relationships or nagged about my results. Slowly i came to realise, maybe they just can't be bothered. However, with that in view, i do secretly hoped that my parents do care and they just wanted to give me a free hand to handle my own affairs. This is clearly not the care. Hearing terrible remarks some people made behind my back, practising favouritism, are just some of the little and insignificant examples that i have to share. Everything i do or attempt to do puts me right on the higher end of the list amongst others on "How to be a good child to your parents". I'm not blaming life and all and i still think one of them loves me and has given me all he could but it's the entire package that comes with the gossip. I simply do not like it.
I'm glad i still have got my cousin, my brother when he doesn't quite irritate me and the man who has given me all he's got for the past 26 years.
Strangely, Tubby's Mom, someone whom i was terrified of, now pushes my head and tells me that lunch is getting cold, attempts to feed me udon salad is more like Mom. Not that she can ever replace anyone in particular but as i told Tubby last night that he should feel really lucky to have a Mom like her and had been there for him all the time. She has added alot of value into my life and giving me alot to look forward.
I digress.
Shrek's been a great film and i would encourage all of you to watch it. It's all worth it and there isn't a single boring moment. I give it 4 out of 5 popcorns!
Showing posts with label Reviews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reviews. Show all posts
Monday, June 04, 2007
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Phantom Of The Opera
Bravo! I'm definitely not the first nor the last person to make sure a comment and it's absolutely brilliant. I love it. The precision, the set, the cast are all top notch.
I was trying hard to keep myself awake throughout the show, not because it made me sleepy. I just had a hard week i guess. Given a chance, i'd love to watch it again. Thank goodness the coming week is gonna be a short one.
Musicals in general, do not welcome late-comers and in fact, if you're late, you will not be admitted until the intermission. But given the nature of Singaporeans who simply love to be late for everything, was unsurprisingly late for the musical and interrupted everyone else. Due to the limited leg room, the whole role of people had to stand up when this couple came in late for the musical and unfortunately for all of us, they're seated right in the middle of the semi-circle. These people should just be taught a lesson and not be late.
On top of their punctuality issue, the management actually had to block out phone reception for the entire theatre. Despite all that, there were people who still took their phone out to check/play half way through the show. I'm not scomplaining just about everything but you know when the theatre is dark, someone whose playing with their phone will look damn obvious. C'mon, give the cast due respect. the rightfully deserve them and just because you've paid for it, doesn't mean you're king. I've paid to enjoy my show in peace as well!
After the show, i ran into Twiggy and Miss Pan Pac. Of all people, only Miss Pan Pac shared my schoolgirl craziness squirming over the body of the Phantom and how cute we can imagine him to be just by the size of his shoulders. Ooohh...Swoooonnn...
I'd love to catch the Phantom again in my lifetime. It's great and all worth it.
I was trying hard to keep myself awake throughout the show, not because it made me sleepy. I just had a hard week i guess. Given a chance, i'd love to watch it again. Thank goodness the coming week is gonna be a short one.
Musicals in general, do not welcome late-comers and in fact, if you're late, you will not be admitted until the intermission. But given the nature of Singaporeans who simply love to be late for everything, was unsurprisingly late for the musical and interrupted everyone else. Due to the limited leg room, the whole role of people had to stand up when this couple came in late for the musical and unfortunately for all of us, they're seated right in the middle of the semi-circle. These people should just be taught a lesson and not be late.
On top of their punctuality issue, the management actually had to block out phone reception for the entire theatre. Despite all that, there were people who still took their phone out to check/play half way through the show. I'm not scomplaining just about everything but you know when the theatre is dark, someone whose playing with their phone will look damn obvious. C'mon, give the cast due respect. the rightfully deserve them and just because you've paid for it, doesn't mean you're king. I've paid to enjoy my show in peace as well!
After the show, i ran into Twiggy and Miss Pan Pac. Of all people, only Miss Pan Pac shared my schoolgirl craziness squirming over the body of the Phantom and how cute we can imagine him to be just by the size of his shoulders. Ooohh...Swoooonnn...
I'd love to catch the Phantom again in my lifetime. It's great and all worth it.
Friday, May 11, 2007
Movie Review: Priceless
Taken from GV's website: Jean, a shy waiter working in a grand hotel, is mistaken for a young millionaire by beautiful, scheming adventuress Irene. When she discovers his lowly status, Irene beats a quick retreat. But love struck Jean has no intention of letting her escape, and pursues her to the Cote d'Azur. Quickly running out of money, he adopts his beloved's lifestyle, setting himself up as a gigolo and moving into a magnificent luxury hotel. Irene at last accepts this new Jean. She starts to give him advice, she grows closer and closer to him, not realising that love is working its subtle magic on her too.
The acting is fabulous. Audrey Tautou is beautiful (She's the girl from Amelie and The Da Vinci code). She's got the legs and abs every girl would die for. The dresses she wore, Wow. The shoes, Wow. The hotel, Wow. The parties, Wow. The love without a price tag, triple Wow.
This is the sort of lifestyle every girl longs to live without the pre-requisite to sleep with disgusting rich men though. Loads of shopping, beautiful hotels and beaches, chilling out and not having to work on a weekday afternoon but then again, how boring would it be to be living it out without meaning to life. I am glad that both of them found true love in the end but in reality, this will never happen. C'mon, what's for lunch?
4 out of 5 Popcorns
Having said the above, this is a must watch movie.
The acting is fabulous. Audrey Tautou is beautiful (She's the girl from Amelie and The Da Vinci code). She's got the legs and abs every girl would die for. The dresses she wore, Wow. The shoes, Wow. The hotel, Wow. The parties, Wow. The love without a price tag, triple Wow.
This is the sort of lifestyle every girl longs to live without the pre-requisite to sleep with disgusting rich men though. Loads of shopping, beautiful hotels and beaches, chilling out and not having to work on a weekday afternoon but then again, how boring would it be to be living it out without meaning to life. I am glad that both of them found true love in the end but in reality, this will never happen. C'mon, what's for lunch?
4 out of 5 Popcorns
Having said the above, this is a must watch movie.
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Popcorn Review: Provoked (3 1/2 out of 5 popcorns)
Happy Labour Day! To me this day doesn't mean anything more than a public holiday, yoohoo! Enjoying every moment of it...
Went to watch "Provoked" last night. Not exactly a fantastic show but i liked it. Not so much because i've read alot of the case, more that it's a show on how women got together and stood strong against the world. It's truly brave to be able to stomp abuse and get out of it unscathed, almost. I would like to get everyone to watch but knowing most of you would curse and me and tell me that this is more of a DVD show. I think shows like these should be encouraged so people in general are more aware of the true events happening in life and what we've got to do to stop or encourage it. i'm sure there're loads of other cases that can and should be made into movies as well.
We'll be watching Spiderman tonight. I know alot of people must be cursing and swearing that i've got the tickets and could watch it but frankly, i'm not very excited because i've never been a Spiderman fan. then again, if it's a good movie by itself without any inking to the previous episodes, i'd probably enjoy it even more.
Was planning to watch Nightmare Detective but apparently it's off the chart. Damn it.
Has anyone watched Born Into Brothels? It's the sort of documentary movie. If you've watched it, could you give me a mini review? I can post it on the blog??!! I think i'd wanna watch it...
Is this going to be a movie week or what?
Went to watch "Provoked" last night. Not exactly a fantastic show but i liked it. Not so much because i've read alot of the case, more that it's a show on how women got together and stood strong against the world. It's truly brave to be able to stomp abuse and get out of it unscathed, almost. I would like to get everyone to watch but knowing most of you would curse and me and tell me that this is more of a DVD show. I think shows like these should be encouraged so people in general are more aware of the true events happening in life and what we've got to do to stop or encourage it. i'm sure there're loads of other cases that can and should be made into movies as well.
We'll be watching Spiderman tonight. I know alot of people must be cursing and swearing that i've got the tickets and could watch it but frankly, i'm not very excited because i've never been a Spiderman fan. then again, if it's a good movie by itself without any inking to the previous episodes, i'd probably enjoy it even more.
Was planning to watch Nightmare Detective but apparently it's off the chart. Damn it.
Has anyone watched Born Into Brothels? It's the sort of documentary movie. If you've watched it, could you give me a mini review? I can post it on the blog??!! I think i'd wanna watch it...
Is this going to be a movie week or what?
Monday, April 30, 2007
R v Ahluwalia
Still remembered this case from my Criminal Law classes. One of the landmark cases that brings the difference between men and women's mindset and the latter shouldn't be punished unnecessarily for not reacting like a man.
Gist of the case as follows: Kiranjit Ahluwalia entered into an arranged marriage and suffered years of abuse from her husband. In May 1989 she threw petrol into his bedroom and set it alight. Her husband died six days later of his burns. She was convicted of murder on 7 December 1989 and appealed against her conviction. The first ground of appeal was that the judge wrongly directed the jury that a plea of provocation depended on establishing a ‘sudden’ loss of self-control; the second was that he failed to take into account that the defendant was suffering from ‘battered woman syndrome’, producing a state of ‘learnt helplessness’. The successful ground of appeal was the third. Medical evidence was available but not used at the first trial showed that the defendant was suffering from a major depressive disorder; this could have provided the basis for a successful plea of diminished responsibility. The conviction was quashed and a retrial ordered.
Before the case, murder could only be mitigated with provocation and diminished responsibility. Provocation must be immediate and DR must be some sort of lost of mind. Ahluwalia did not fulfil either requirement and failed in both appeals. On the third appeal, her lawyer brought up battered women syndrome. Women do not get provoked like men whose reaction is almost immediate. These anger stay in women and get built up slowly only to erupt like a volcano one day.
Southall Black Sisters were the ones who helped Ahluwalia out of murder and retrialed for voluntary manslaughter which greatly reduced the sentencing. Southall Black Sisters, a not-for-profit organisation, was established in 1979 to meet the needs of black (Asian and African-Caribbean) women. Their aims are to highlight and challenge violence against women; empower them to gain more control over their lives; live without fear of violence; and assert their human rights to justice, equality and freedom. For more than two decades they have been at the forefront of challenging domestic and gender violence locally and nationally, and campaigning for the provision of support services to enable women and their children to escape violent relationships. This case also brought women being abused out into the light and gives women all around the world more recognition and acknowledgement.
The movie, "Provoked" is a true story based on this landmark case, stars Aishwarya Rai, Naveen Andrews, Miranda Richardson, Robbie Coltrane, Nandita Das and Steve McFadden. Aishwarya Rai, supposedly the highest paid actress in India, was also Miss World 1994. Recently married to Bollywood star, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya was once abused (says my colleague, Mrs Simpson), which may also explain why her performance in this show won many critics over. Although there are varying comments and some mentioned that the show was not factual enough, well a movie's a movie. Mundane things in life may not command box office, unfortunately. I am going to watch it tonight and hopefully, i'll enjoy it.
Gist of the case as follows: Kiranjit Ahluwalia entered into an arranged marriage and suffered years of abuse from her husband. In May 1989 she threw petrol into his bedroom and set it alight. Her husband died six days later of his burns. She was convicted of murder on 7 December 1989 and appealed against her conviction. The first ground of appeal was that the judge wrongly directed the jury that a plea of provocation depended on establishing a ‘sudden’ loss of self-control; the second was that he failed to take into account that the defendant was suffering from ‘battered woman syndrome’, producing a state of ‘learnt helplessness’. The successful ground of appeal was the third. Medical evidence was available but not used at the first trial showed that the defendant was suffering from a major depressive disorder; this could have provided the basis for a successful plea of diminished responsibility. The conviction was quashed and a retrial ordered.
Before the case, murder could only be mitigated with provocation and diminished responsibility. Provocation must be immediate and DR must be some sort of lost of mind. Ahluwalia did not fulfil either requirement and failed in both appeals. On the third appeal, her lawyer brought up battered women syndrome. Women do not get provoked like men whose reaction is almost immediate. These anger stay in women and get built up slowly only to erupt like a volcano one day.
Southall Black Sisters were the ones who helped Ahluwalia out of murder and retrialed for voluntary manslaughter which greatly reduced the sentencing. Southall Black Sisters, a not-for-profit organisation, was established in 1979 to meet the needs of black (Asian and African-Caribbean) women. Their aims are to highlight and challenge violence against women; empower them to gain more control over their lives; live without fear of violence; and assert their human rights to justice, equality and freedom. For more than two decades they have been at the forefront of challenging domestic and gender violence locally and nationally, and campaigning for the provision of support services to enable women and their children to escape violent relationships. This case also brought women being abused out into the light and gives women all around the world more recognition and acknowledgement.
The movie, "Provoked" is a true story based on this landmark case, stars Aishwarya Rai, Naveen Andrews, Miranda Richardson, Robbie Coltrane, Nandita Das and Steve McFadden. Aishwarya Rai, supposedly the highest paid actress in India, was also Miss World 1994. Recently married to Bollywood star, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya was once abused (says my colleague, Mrs Simpson), which may also explain why her performance in this show won many critics over. Although there are varying comments and some mentioned that the show was not factual enough, well a movie's a movie. Mundane things in life may not command box office, unfortunately. I am going to watch it tonight and hopefully, i'll enjoy it.
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Music and Lyrics
I won't say that this movie is a must watch but unless you love Hugh Grant. Look, which girls don't actually take a second look at this guy, you've got to admit he looks fabbo for his age. At 40, all men should look like this. Then again, it'd be like a gay city. It's a relief to know he still like sex, with women of course. Behind closed doors may be that i would never know and have no intentions of finding out. The show is more of Hugh Grant than Drew Barrymore. Well at least to me, she's more like a support than the lead. Of course, i'm biased, he's cute and i can't resist a charming chiselled looking, blue eye bloke.
In modern times, we always look at songs as music plus lyrics but have we forgotten the Bach and Beethoven? Lyrics have played many crucial roles in the lives of you and me. Well at least to me, as you can see from the previous posts, i've never undermined the power of lyrics and the impact it creates. "Would you lie with me and just forget the world" talks about my inner desire yet came through when "Chubby Teddy" appeared and you wouldn't believe how much it digs into me and how strongly i feel for the meanings of the song on a different level. It's like a hidden yet blatant desire and now, fulfilled. I'm sorry i don't quite sound coherant right now and like many other times, i never try to be simply because i'm writing this blog like the way i feel at this instant and you should be able to imagine me telling you this as if i'm putting down a narration in black and white.
Music and lyrics are like Yin and Yang and it'll go hand in hand. Cheesy as it may sound, i'm sure there're lyrics to the most classical and instrumental pieces around. They all tell a story, whether we see it, feel it, relate to it, is a totally separate issue. They all have moods, emotions, up and downs, you just have to search within yourself for the lyrics that should go with the music of your heart.
I found my lyrics, have you found your music?
In modern times, we always look at songs as music plus lyrics but have we forgotten the Bach and Beethoven? Lyrics have played many crucial roles in the lives of you and me. Well at least to me, as you can see from the previous posts, i've never undermined the power of lyrics and the impact it creates. "Would you lie with me and just forget the world" talks about my inner desire yet came through when "Chubby Teddy" appeared and you wouldn't believe how much it digs into me and how strongly i feel for the meanings of the song on a different level. It's like a hidden yet blatant desire and now, fulfilled. I'm sorry i don't quite sound coherant right now and like many other times, i never try to be simply because i'm writing this blog like the way i feel at this instant and you should be able to imagine me telling you this as if i'm putting down a narration in black and white.
Music and lyrics are like Yin and Yang and it'll go hand in hand. Cheesy as it may sound, i'm sure there're lyrics to the most classical and instrumental pieces around. They all tell a story, whether we see it, feel it, relate to it, is a totally separate issue. They all have moods, emotions, up and downs, you just have to search within yourself for the lyrics that should go with the music of your heart.
I found my lyrics, have you found your music?
Monday, February 26, 2007
The Pursuit Of Happyness
It's been such a typical Monday morning. Everything felt lazy and sedate until you click Send/Receive on your Outlook, only to get tons of emails coming in without a stopper. Subsequently, you'll go into this mad no break working frenzy then of a sudden, you'll realise, hey i need my breakfast or my morning tea. Getting those feet to walk to the pantry was torturous. Then i look back, how the weekend actually went, it sent a smile across my face. It wasn't exciting or exceptional, it was as sedate if not even more lethargic. All i wanted to do was to lie in bed and not get up. The temptation of McDonald's breakfast didn't quite succeed.
It can't get any better than waking up slowly to catch the next show and aptly titled, The Pursuit Of Happyness. It wasn't one of those superbly brilliant shows but I'll recommend it just because it's a touching story based on the real life of Chris Gardner. Will Smith did a great job together with his son Jaden. The most touching scene had to be the one they hid in the "cave", running away from the rest of the world seeking shelter in a toilet. It will trigger some soft spot if not your tears. Go watch it and tell me what you think.
I found my happyness by just staying in bed whole day long...
It can't get any better than waking up slowly to catch the next show and aptly titled, The Pursuit Of Happyness. It wasn't one of those superbly brilliant shows but I'll recommend it just because it's a touching story based on the real life of Chris Gardner. Will Smith did a great job together with his son Jaden. The most touching scene had to be the one they hid in the "cave", running away from the rest of the world seeking shelter in a toilet. It will trigger some soft spot if not your tears. Go watch it and tell me what you think.
I found my happyness by just staying in bed whole day long...
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