1. One book you have read more than once
Hmm.. i think there are more than one book that fall in this category.. but.. i can safely say that I re-read the entire Harry Potter series a couple of times.. and probably Roald Dahl series of books for kids, and whatever Enid Blyton books i have (including the entire series of Famous Five)
2. One book you would want on a desert island
The book version of the movie "Cast Away"?? this way i can cry and relate to the poor man on the isloated shore.. ooo.. can i get more than one? i think perhaps an "desert survival book"
3. One book that made you laugh
How about a SERIES.. that would be the shopaholic series..
4. One book that made you cry
The colour of hope by susan madison
5. One book you wish you had written
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (let's just say.. my net worth would be more than the queen of england)
6. One book you wish had never been written
None.. one man's meat is another man's poison
7. One book you are currently reading
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion by David Hume
8. One book you have been meaning to read
Organisational Behaviour on the Pacific Rim by Steven McShane and Tony Travaglione
9. One book that changed your life
Five goes to smuggler's top by enid blyton.. first book i read that spawned my reading fanaticism
Tagged By: Corinna Choh
Tagging: Whomever.. just do it! heh.. makes you realise which dimension you live in! hahah.. i think i am stuck in my 12 year-old self..
Friday, September 15, 2006
ok. dont ask me why i am doing another of these movie reviews and as it is i am going mad from schoolwork. i was a
superfrau today. instead of feeling all-powerful and pleased from accomplishing an astonishing feat of things, i feel tired and irritated.
time for a movie that really left me clueless. it makes u wonder why people do the things they do. its like, one of the lamest, stupidest, iq-deflating, time-wasting, pointless movie of all time. and yet...
movie - napoleon dynamite
this movie follows the protagonist, napoleon dynamite, as he goes through high school in some small town in the states. set in the 80s - early 90s, with the sort-of retro clothes and the days of the sort-of big hair, even the movie has a certain grainy quality to it - then again, maybe it was the problem with the disc. ha. he is a total geek, lies most compulsively, and is so un-cool and politically-incorrect that you almost feel sorry for him.
although, the movie is slow at times and a little weird, there will be times when you simply laugh out loud at the sheer absurdity of the things napoleon and his geek friends say and do.
try to watch till the end. it gets really good. watch out for napoleon's dance scene. and when his brother (i think) sings his - totally tuneless and yet geeky-ly managed to make a tribute to technology in the process - of a wedding speech. and the horse.
welcome to dorkhood.
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
ok. yes i watch way too many movies. well, more like dvds. but whatever.
shall stop mindless raving about the awesome movies that i watch but instead blog about them. shall start with the couple of movies that i watched when i was in berlin.
Movie - Requiem for a Dream (2000)
ok. requiem for a dream. this would definitely fall into the category of a drug movie, with the likes of
trainspotting and
spun. its really bleak and it shows the characters sliping into the murky chasms of their delusions as the show goes on. the soundtrack is awesome and opening track is incredibly familiar. this movie is so full of emotion, the ugly scaly monster part nonetheless. it goes up and goes down and it takes you on an emo roller coaster ride. done in really short takes, this film barrels through, almost uncontrollably to the end.
Combined with the talents of connelly, leto and wayans, this movie is one of a kind. and it really opens our eyes to a world (yes, albeit exagerrated) that most of us wouldn't come across. its one that you would admire (for the lack of a better word) and yet wonder why you admire it.
go watch this. if u can find it in singapore that is. or ask me for it. i think i have it somewhere.
-bigsis
Monday, September 11, 2006
Go see Kenny's Bobble! The Art's House! Tmr is the last day! heh.. enjoy the pics!
we made sushi the other day for dinner! did about 6 varieties! YUM!
enjoy the pics!!
Sunday, September 03, 2006
yes. i need a time out. and i'm sick.
yes. i need to read the stack of papers. and i need to get back with the violin and ballet thing. and. and. and. yada yada blah blah
yes. i know.
well, if you still want to, you can still see kenny's artwork at the Arts House, which is next to the Victoria Concert hall actually.
Go to Kenny's Artwork site and see some click-ies we took.
for now, its bed rest for me.
-bigsis
this movie follows the protagonist, napoleon dynamite, as he goes through high school in some small town in the states. set in the 80s - early 90s, with the sort-of retro clothes and the days of the sort-of big hair, even the movie has a certain grainy quality to it - then again, maybe it was the problem with the disc. ha. he is a total geek, lies most compulsively, and is so un-cool and politically-incorrect that you almost feel sorry for him.
yes. i need a time out. and i'm sick.