eng- ness

exam's over and now comes the beginning of total eng-ness, well, not so much yet since I still have lab works to do next week. This morning, we moved to the next block becoz they decided to keep all the Masters and ppl like us who are staying back to this one block and our block will be used for those coming in from outside for their whatever programs. I don't know, but we have these people coming in and out all the time. We kinda got used to it though, given the fact that our college was the only one being half-private.

My arms are really sore now. But I had a really good sleep just now ^_^ I think I'm not gonna be sleep-deprived from now on hehe xD But lab might be from a 8-5 basis though. Depends on my progress.

I'm going back on the 21st Nov, basically that's next Saturday. Same flight as my cousin who started her 1st year here. So um...yeah. I need stuffs to watch, seriously. I was on a movie marathon the past two days. But now I'm out of movies. I wanted to catch The Fourth Kind (although I just found out the whole " based on true story" propaganda was all fake. Still, I'd want to watch it if anyone has it. Yesterday, like I mentioned somewhere, that 2012 movie was sold out. Practically sold out.

And now I'm gonna crap about *end of the world* issue.

Do we really fear death that much? Do we really fight for our lives? I mean, we see people struggling to live, to make it out there. I know, this coming from a middle class person, what do I know about survival right? I was watching Celeb to Binbo Taro (yes, I used approximately half a year to actually finish this show) and I was thinking,the way they portray the rich and the poor in there might be ridiculous and way over the lines, people do live like that.

I'm not entirely sure how this world is really gonna end. I mean, what's the end of the world anyway? Is it extinction? Or the whole planet's gonna blow up and become dusts in the Milky Way. No one knows for sure. I was listening to a Christian friend a while ago about the chapter of Revelation in Bible. I never read that chapter. wait, maybe I did, but ages ago so I can't remember much. And of course, different religions have different versions of their own. I do admit that I do not have the right to question how much one fears of death. I've never been to that part in my life and *god forbid* that it happens soon. I think what I fear more is how I'm gonna miss all the people I leave behind if it ever happens to me.

Jeez...I'm talking bout death. Why? Must be the eng-ness. *_*

To me, whenever there's an end, there's always a beginning. And I think we should all look forward to the beginning rather than the end.

* I just realized the movie I've been dl for almost a week might finish tonight!!!* yippee~

Live the moment!

Fear by One Republic
Album: Waking Up

No sleep
Today
Cant even rest when the suns down
No time
Theres not enough
And nobodys watchin me now

When we were children we'd play
Out in the streets just dipped in fate
When we were children we'd say
That we don't the meaning of
Fear, fear, fear,
Fear, fear, fear
We dont know the meaning of..

When we were children we'd play
Out in the streets just dipped in fate
When we were children we'd say
That we don't the meaning of
Fear, fear, fear,
Fear, fear, fear
We don't know the meaning of..

Wish I
Didn't know the meaning of...

trick and treats

Just some stuffs me and my sis got my little cousins...

And here is something I got for meself...xD

Black Black chewing gum!
I never tried it before so here goes!


So damn expensive...RM4.50 for something shorty like this.

2012

It's a bit overwhelming till the bit that I don't really get the *hype* with this movie. Not that it isn't good, actually, it's pretty entertaining, well, with the past attempts to make a movie about the *end of the world* or *apocalypse* this one actually comes quite close into making me feel, not fear, but the special effects seem better somehow. I was afraid that the effects would look kinda fake-ish but they're unexpectedly still acceptable.

Anyways, they did mention the whole Maya tribe's calendar thingy and all about how it ends at 12 December 2012. Now according to recent research, apparently that is not true when they find out that it doesn't end there. It's like a cycle or sth (go read it up if you're curious enough). So that's the Mayan calendar issue.

Now let's move to the movie, so basically, it can never be complete without the politicians who *oh so greatly* " fought" for human race. Or to keep our species alive bs. And yes, there's always this person who will play that shitty role to frown upon by people and all, and yes, there'd always be this normal person who fought for their family and would go to certain lengths for survival. And he would always end up as the hero.

Of course we have John Cusack here ^_^ I don't mind him, he's good. The last movie I saw of him recently was Serendipity, yes, that was kinda old but nice. I liked him in there. He's cool. So I enjoy watching him here. His family was entertaining too, each of them have their own quirks. It's just kinda seem too convenient to me though that his ex-wife's boyfriend had to die off. That was way way way too easy! I mean, just coz the majority of people might be rooting for John's character to go back to his wife, they had to write her bf's part off like that. he could have lived and just live happily anyway. I don't know why I'm bothered by this though...>.>

The special effects like I mentioned, were acceptable but there was this plane part which really really felt like a RPG game. Seriously, they should just create a game named 2012 and we can play their roles and be pilot and FFLLLYYYY~~~~!!!!!

Yeah, and in the process, you could be lucky enough to hit off the tip of the Eiffel Tower like they did yeah >.< Not forgetting the one really weird scene where they have choppers carrying those animals like elephants and girrafes few thousand feet across the sky?

They are definitely trying to save species here! Reminds me of Moses and the Ark. It's almost the same concept. So you can just go imagine that yeah.

Overall, it was good. Action scenes doesn't look too bad, or fake. I mean, you know, you just have to imagine stuffs like these.

A lot of things were discussed throughout the movie, moral values, humanity, families, love, revenge, and etc...one can always argue about the subject of humanity. What's with the group of geneticists selecting certain groups of people with special genes? T_T

And apparently, I'd like to know the reason why the director chose Africa to be the Land of Survival for them...xD the irony? If you wanna see how famous landmarks get crushed or drowned, this is the movie for you. Landmarks mentioned include of course the White House (duh), Eiffel Tower, Vatican city in Rome, Mount Everest, and some others which I've forgotten. Pardon my short term memory coz I slept at 1.30am the night before, so I practically was trying to open my eyes throughout the movie, which I managed to do so.

Luck definitely plays a huge role here. The power of luck. xD

The Orphan [movie]

So I watched this movie with a friend (makes it less frightening? maybe...) but anyways, it really isn't all that scary or tragic or haunting really. It's actually just a normal thriller where you know...

Imagine this: Some mentally challenged patient from an asylum broke out and started a killing spree. It's just that in this case, imagine the *grown up* as a child (although in this case) SPOILERS AHEAD!!!~ Don't tell me I didn't warn you. So in this case, it involves some sort of dwarfism genetic disorder which caused the called *grown up* to look/appear like a child.

So there, I pretty much spoilt a lot alone there xD But I'd still recommend the movie really. If not for the suspense or thrill, just for the absolutely amazing and shall I add, stunning performance from the actors? I mean it. I am impressed. This time though, the credit goes to the female group. There are only two guys in this movie, one plays the daddy, another plays the brother kid. They're kinda so-so but that's what required for their part, so the attention goes all the way to the females in this. I'm not being a feminist or sexist here, for the record but they were wondeful, if not the actresses, the director did a damn well good job, directing them on how to act.

First the main character, played by Isabelle Fuhrman, a young kid of only 11 years old when she filmed this. She's pretty much unknown, at least to me (since this is the first movie of hers for me), but she's good. She's convincing and at such an early age, kudos to her to have done far far better than MOST of the kids her generation and ehem...shall I say even some of the much older generation? But yeah, she's really good. Her role is definitely challenging, conniving and her way of speech...leaves me "wow".


Second goes to Vera Farmiga, seen her in Nothing But the Truth and liked her performance in there, however her role there was shortlived as her character died early and so, the attention goes to Kate Beckinsale. Anyways, in here, again *amazing*. I think she can do so much better than this. Don't take this wrongly. What I really meant is that she can do even better than this and I really hope she keeps getting challenging (maybe far more so) than this one in the future coz I do think she's a good actress. Her role here is a mix of a disturbed (mildly) mother of two, would've been a mother of three until her third child died of stillborn which caused her to resort to pills for depression. She sees a psychiatric who turned against her judgment later on in the movie. Yes, she's someone depressed who couldn't let go off her child and someone who set up a little garden and roses as memorial for her child. But the mother instinct kicks in immediately once she senses danger lurks. What really made me like her character is how protective she is towards her children and at the same time, having doubt and pressure from her hubby and mother-in-law but NEVER EVER loses her stand and confidence and trust in herself. It's a good drama to see her having conflict within herself and also towards the people around her.

Lastly, the little kid who plays the sister. Okay, i better keep this short xD She's definitely loveable even as a deaf kid and innocent. *_*

Overall I give this movie a 4.0/5 as a mild thriller and a 4.5/5 for acting performance.

There are not much surprises but you do want to know the ending. So it makes you crave for more. I did guess some actions correctly which made me go " yay, I saw that coming". So yes, at some parts, they might be predictable but it's the action that you want to see.

Of course this is not a popcorn movie where you sit on the couch with your ten year old kids all cuddled up watching but I like the family crisis they bring up, like dealing with death of their child, the bonding between two *broken* couples, interaction with the kids and their love for them (in which I mean protection of parenthood). They're all in here. And the last action scene was awesome. Didn't see it coming though, and I think the two actresses, Vera and Isabelle really did some a**-kicking performance in that particular scene. it's good. Go watch it now if you still haven't!!!~

Movie list !!!~

Regarding my last movie list, I've only watched Burning Plain (couple of days ago). It was uh...fine I guess, not the kind to release commercially but since it was from the same director of Bable, it's yeah...that kind of style but I kinda like Charlize Theron's acting in there. And I can't get myself The Time Traveler's Wife yet, and Julie & Julia...sigh.


Anyways, here's my new list. See, I felt like just pouring them all out now, after confining myself to my notes these couple of days this is the time to release whatever's on my mind now. The Fourth Kind, stars Milla Jovovich. The last movie I've seen her in was let's see...The Resident Evil? LOL. That was ages ago. But I think she fits these types of movies. I can't imagine her in romance film, just action. This time? It's Aliens. So let's see how she performs here. Reviews so far are pretty supportive.

Not a huge Cameron Diaz fan but it's the lack of movies nowadays that I have to resort to stuffs. This sounds fine, mystery.


This is the movie I'll (hopefully) catch tomorrow. Let's hope it won't be sold out or full xD

It's nice to have things to look forward to~ this goes the same with the *backpack trip* of ours in the years to come xD

nothing to do?

I finished my last paper approximately...*lemme count* 6 hours ago ^_^

As usual after each paper, I'm gonna have this heavy head kinda feeling which makes me restless and wanna sleep or just lie but not to the point of sleeping...It's funny really. And now that it's my last paper, I'm too ecstatic to sleep lol. I'm looking forward for tomorrow's outing with my friends to watch 2012 at Midvalley. Tonight we might gather in my room to watch The Orphan.

What else...oh we went outside for lunch just now, partly to celebrate my this Sibu friend's birthday (supposedly tomorrow but since everyone's still around today, we might as well celebrate) and it took me by surprise coz they asked me cut the cake together (well, my birthday's on the 9th) and they actually went out for dinner with me already the other day but I guess, they just wanna celebrate again lol...

And somehow it made me feel much older xD Celebrating your birthday twice? *_* Haha...but yeah, I crave for birthday cake. And for like couple of years I haven't even eaten any birthday cakes. Not that I'm the kind of person who's like " Oh, birthdays must celebrate and eak cake"...but i guess when you're away from home, away from your own family and friends back home, sometimes you feel like celebrating it all the more than ever.

Anyways, it's funny how I was downloading this Joan of Arc movie (the TV version, not the Hollywood movie " The Messenger" ) for couple of days now...hopefully it'll be done by this Sunday. Then I can enjoy it xD I've watched it but that was many years ago. It ws 1999 btw. 10 years ago!~ Then, I was checking out of my room just now (15 minutes ago) at the office and the huge TV there was showing The Messenger. Is is just a coincidence? Anyways, I think I prefer the TV version with Leelee Sobieski rather than Milla's version. Luc Besson's version made Joan's character look like a mad girl with scizophrenia. Though that is arguable but she's supposed to be a saint (at least 500 years after her death right) So yeah ^^

I have One Tree Hill, Tokyo Dogs and Flashpoint with CSI waiting for me to watch. sigh...but i don't feel like watching now. Yay for holidays!!!~

feeling old?

Just turned 22. I've no idea what time exactly did I actually pop out of my mom's tummy but basically, I've lived 22 years on this planet. I'm not even gonna count the days coz it makes me feel so ancient.

But anyways, i think I'm liking it. I mean, we all grow older day by day, there's no reverse to it, unless you're living in a fantasy land like Benjamin Button. So, I'm taking it well.

Does it change me to a better person? Time will tell but as days go by, years go by, I think I am trying to be a better person. It's not gonna come easily, but trying is a good effort. A good start.

Does it make me more mature?
Yes, I really think so. Year by year you get to experience different things. Different emotions. Meet different people and it does make you more mature. This being my 3rd year, I do feel *old* and being a senior, it gives you a different feel as you mingle around your juniors. You feel superior but not to the point of being a stuckup.

Responsibility is increasing too. I so need to think of my future. I've been floating around in this vast sea for so long that I've somehow lost my direction but I guess, going with the flow doesn't sound too bad either. So, I'll see where it takes me.

Lastly, this is not an attempt to be written in this manner. I just turned 22, so spare me. *_*

I havent eaten birthday cakes for so long! I'm craving for one now.

Anyways, I just wanna say " I just turned a year older and I'm feeling great! lol" For a reason, I felt much better this time around than the years before, I don't know why. but that's a good sign, right?