Escape All Reality, Sucker Punch.

Call this a new madness or just a plain new hobby of mine but I think I love this thrilling ride of watching movies whenever I need an escape off my reality. I have finally found a slight hole in my busy schedule for me to escape and watch Sucker Punch after much consideration since its premiere week. I thought, if I continue to hesitate to actually just go and watch the movie, I might not be able to watch it at all. I should just drop everything I am holding on to and just get some two hours off my life and just go watch this movie. The deal is that the movie worth every minute I steal from the twenty four hours off my life.


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Sucker Punch is basically an action-fantasy movie—like Alice In Wonderland but minus the insane characters and the bunch of random colors thrown here and there but replaced by girls in sexy outfits and machine guns and all sort of weapons a man could possibly imagine. I am not really good in trying to describe this whole situation, you should just try Wikipedia. I know that usually it would be the males who are practically excited over movies with hot babes and as much guns as they could find in one movie—but I do not know why I am excited for Sucker Punch too. I guess I am weird in all the wrong way—not that I have mutual interest with any of the female casts. I am just a fan of things that are creative and beyond imagination.

Baby Doll—of whom I assume the main protagonist—is send off to an asylum after the death of her mother and the incident that caused the death of her younger sister. In the asylum, she encountered an altered reality just before a lobotomy procedure. Her alternate reality consisted of her as an orphan, sold to a brothel and she is scheduled to be sold to High Rollers in five days. Surely Baby Doll met the dancers of the brothel—Sweet Pea and her sister Rocket, Amber and last but not least Blondie. Although most girl did not actually get along with Baby Doll well, except Rocket, they soon became friends who planned to escape by searching the four things they needed to escape the brothel while Baby Doll mesmerized everyone else with her somewhat passionate dance and entered her third alternate reality—a world where she became a fighter with her fellow friends and fought against all sorts of machinery and creatures.

It basically tells a tale about a girl and her alternate realities, as it has been the only way she could escape the cruel reality that she has to undergo lobotomy and suffers inside an asylum after the death of her family. She met friends who are brave enough to follow her and her escape plan.

Personally I think that the movie is creatively produced. I mean, who would have such imaginations to create a movie like this. The storyline is rather clean and neat although for some who might not think much while watching movie, this could become quite a question. I like how it plays around with our minds, to dig deeper into as much alternate realities a human could posses. I love that it transform a reality into another reality that is sweet and promising that no one would ever want to leave. I don't know what the director thinks when he directs this movie but I like the way the movie flows until the very end. I even like the way it ends, the way it twists our thinking and finally presents us with an ending that is rather almost perfect.

Honestly, I like the character Amber by Jamie Chung and Sweet Pea by Abbie Cornish. It is not that I do not like the character Baby Doll—it is just that I don't like to like the main protagonist that much. I love how Amber has her own sense of insecurity and how Sweet Pea is defined as the toughest and the one who have control over her self. I love the way Sweet Pea made her self strong and brave for her sister, Rocket.


The music featured in this movie is amazing—the song Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) performed by Emily Browning is currently my new favorite original soundtrack song off the movie itself. Who knew such cute actress could sing nicely in such song. Throughout watching the whole movie, I am partially interested in most of the songs featured in the movie. The songs used fitted the mood of the movie just nicely and it created a more intense feelings while watching it.

Overall I do think that Sucker Punch is quite a good movie for a fan of any action-fantasy movie. I mean, where else could you get a movie with hot babes running around carrying machine guns, swords and all sort of weapons and kill creatures and machinery. Even my lecturer agrees that this movie is one way of escaping reality for a moment it self. I dare to say, I am listing this movie as one of my favorite action-fantasy movies. You should spend some time off your reality and go watch this movie too, I bet you will like it as much as I do.

The Malay Chronicles, Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa.

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Truth to be told, I went to watch Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa (in English translated as The Malay Chronicles: Bloodline) with my dearest best friend last Monday. I know I should not waste my time watching a movie when the fact this week is my mid-term examination week but I can't actually resist the epic movie. I mean, surely the trailer it self already makes me feel half of my heart is already inside the cinema. With a great movie like this, I don't really mind spending RM11 for my ticket.

I personally love this epic movie—regardless that I am not a big fan of epic movies. I mean, I don't really spend my time watching some epic war movies. But Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa might just be an exception because it is such a good movie. It was well-made and well-executed. Of course, as usual there will be minor flaws here and there but this is such a good Malaysian movie—even though eighty percent of the movie uses English as it main language medium. I understand, it is to be easier for foreigners (well, consider that almost half of its casts are foreigners too) to understand.

I look at this as a good way to teach foreigners about our old folklore and tales. I mean, I have heard about this tale of Merong Mahawangsa but only after I watched the movie that I went for some quick research. Yes, I am that crazy sometimes. The casts are amazing, make it that I don't have any complains against the casting of Stephen Rahman-Hughes as Merong Mahawangsa. Such a handsome actor, I must say. My mom only thinks that he is the major reason why she watches the movie.

On another note, such amazing CGI techniques for local people. Not as amazing as Lord of The Ring or whatsoever, but still such a great work for the people of Malaysia to feel proud of. Everything is rather clean and neat, I like it. The music arrangement, magnificent and incredible. I do not mind listening to the music scores over and over again throughout the movie itself. Honestly, I am still listening to its theme song sang by my mother's favorite male singer, Anuar Zain—Sedetik Lebih or the English version titled The Memories Remain—because it is such a great masterpiece.

If you are not a fan of local Malay, I still recommend that you give Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa a chance to amaze you. I mean, my father is still amaze by the movie and he does not watch any Malay movie at all if you ask me. The movie is great and I may let my bias speak on my behalf but it is great. I dare to give it five out of five stars, considering that I do not watch Malay movies at cinemas. I do not waste my money for my own local film industry, yes I am that horrible. But this Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa, I don't want to spoil it for anyone who has not watch.

Go and watch the movie your self and you will absolutely believe my words. Such a good production from a local production house. This is what I could call a great Malaysian movie—a movie that brings our local filming industry up to a new level.

I will be spending another RM11 for the premiere of Sucker Punch this Thursday, as if I don't have to study for my examinations. And this is not any kind of advertisement for any sides that may gain benefits for the movie. I am solely doing this because I like this movie and my intention does not relate to any production or any kind of beneficial people.

Love Is Never Ugly, Not Beastly Either.

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I found my self currently addicted to two things after watching Beastly—the theme song Broken Arrow sang by Pixie Lott and the handsome actor, Alex Pettyfer. It is official, Beastly is making its entrance into the list of my favorite romance movies. Regardless its flaws and its lack of every other thing, I would watch Beastly for five times in the future if I could. End of story, Mr. Pettyfer is the most handsome beast ever to walk on the surface of this Earth. No, I do not want to include any of those beast idols in this list.

It was rather pathetic that I went to watch a romance movie all by my self. I quietly walked into the cinema, following a couple who walked in front of me. Like serious, it was horribly awkward and pathetic in the same time. But hey, at least I am not the only one who went to watch a romantic movie by my self. Hello, there is nothing wrong with going to watch romantic movies by one self. It is actually rather relaxing, because you could watch the movie well without getting into some conversation with the one next to you. Ah, I like this experience and I want to continue this bad habit.

Beastly—the movie is generally cheesy and cliche, yes. It is basically a romantic movie about the modern Beauty and The Beast. One could actually expect how the end will be right from the beginning but it is not really a bad movie to watch. I mean, I enjoyed the chemistry between Pettyfer and his on-screen romance, Vanessa Hudgens—regardless that watching Hudges felt like I am watching some Disney's movies. But, she acted in Beastly quite wonderfully, though she is no where near the Lindy portrayed in the book. But honestly, Pettyfer does not portray the real beast as in the book too. But hey, you do not hear me complaining about it.

Personally, I like the flow of the movie. It is rather quick and simple. This is not the best romance movie you could watch but it is still something that entertains you, if you a hardcore fan of romantic movies like I am. There are scenes that manage to make me want to cry—although I do not favor the idea of crying all by my self alone in the cinema—and yes, it hurts too when I saw Pettyfer dealing with the pain he has to bare after becoming a beast. Although, he does not look that ugly as a beast in this movie.

The ending however, it is like a 360 degrees transformation from the real ending from the book but when you are watching a Hollywood movie based on a book, you should expect that it will not be the same as how the book ends. I have learn my lesson. Disappointed, I have to admit that yes, I am quite disappointed with how the movie ends. I will basically love it better if it could end similarly to the book. It lack the dramatic effects once it reaches in conclusion. Yes, it still brings in the same conclusion to the book but I want the dramatic flow of it. I will not say any more about the ending because obviously I do not want to spoil it for anyone who has not yet watch. Go and buy your own ticket and watch the ending by your self.

I could actually list down a lot of my favorite scenes but the ultimate favorite scene of mine would be the scene where Hunter (portrayed by Pettyfer, the transformed Kyle—which in the book he changed his name from Kyle to Andrian but it became Hunter in the movie for an unknown reason) looked at at Lindy (portrayed by Hudges) from outside the train she was on, when he saw her started to read his letters and suddenly wished that she never read it in the first place. I did not know why I like that scene so much, but I guess I like that Kyle/Hunter was afraid that once Lindy knew his true feelings towards her, she might not love him back—obviously because he thought he was too beastly for Lindy. Hey come on, if a beast actually has the same personalities as Kyle/Hunter, I would love to spend the rest of my life with him too.

It is hard not to like the character portrayed by Neil Patrick Harris because I love his cynical jokes throughout the movie. A blind man who goes to regular school and has a sense of sarcasm in most of his words, I like that. I quite admire the appearance of Mary-Kate Olsen as Kendra, the witch. I freaking love her sense of style, especially the shoes she wore. I mean, I want to steal all those funky outfits and shoes she wore, like seriously. She should have more appearances so that I could continuously admire her sense of style.

Guess that I am going to watch this movie for the second time probably some time next week—because my younger sister is currently begging me to bring her to watch it. I don't mind the second time though because I still love this movie. I am considering the idea of buying the DVD once it releases to add into my small collection of DVD of my favorite movies. I could give any reasons to continue to watch Pettyfer topless throughout the movie over and over again. Ah, my pervert side is coming out again.

On Days When Movies Matter.

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The modern adaptation of my all-time favorite Beauty and The Beast—Beastly—has been a movie I am dying to watch every since I came across its Wikipedia page while searching for something which I would choose not to reveal. I used to have a huge crush on Alex Pettyfer since he starred in the Stormbreaker in 2006. Honestly, that was five years ago—when I was much too oblivious to actually consider what movies I would watch. At the age of fifteen, even something as lousy as Stormbreaker seemed rather intriguing. I blame my gullible side.

Any way, I am looking for the perfect time to go and watch Beastly. I don't really favor the idea of going to watch a movie all by my self—because other people would simply look at me and label as pathetically alone and an outcast—but I don't think any of my friends would want to spend more than an hour watching some adaptation of Beauty and The Beast with me. I am thinking about Monday—there will not be a long queue for ticket and I could make it back to college for my two o'clock class.

It is rather unfair that I have three movies lining up in my wish list this month—the epic Malaysian movie Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa, Beastly and last but not least, Sucker Punch—and two actually have Vannesa Hudgens. I mean, I like her from High School Musical, but this is actually too much. This has been one of those rare times when I am really intrigued by the trailer of the Malaysian epic movie, Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa because firstly, it is a KRU Studio production thus I could expect some awesome CGI off the movie and secondly, how could I not like Stephen Rahman who played the main lead? I mean, he is gorgeous. As for Sucker Punch—I am just a sucker for a movie about a bunch of girls in skin tight outfits and armed with freaking dangerous weapons as they kick the assess of everyone who stands in their way. Enough explanation, right.

I am still considering the idea of going to watch Beastly by my self this Monday. I like the idea, but I don't think it is appropriate and I don't think that my money will like this idea too. Face it, I promised my friend to go to her favorite Korean merchandise shop this Thursday and I could expect my self to spend like hell over things I like. I am already facing a critical financial problem. But I really want to watch Pettyfer in Beastly.

Let me be honest—Pettyfer gives me the major reason why I really want to watch Beastly. I mean it, seriously. I would do anything to watch him, regardless the hideous scars and tattoos because boy, you look oh so mighty fine even with those. God, I have to stop this madness towards boys.

One Hell Of The Horror Ride.

Successfully finished the first class for News Reporting today—one hour earlier than the scheduled time because our lecturer is amazing like that. However, I have to spend more than an hour battling against the lousy administration department along with another perhaps thirty to forty other unfortunate students who have their time tables all awesomely messed up by the administrative system. Way to go, our college.

My awesome guy friend told me that we both have an advance subject in our time table thus I have to drop that subject—unless I want to be beyond awesome and crack my brain open all by my self—and add in another subject instead. The lousy administrative system has its own epic fail moment for sure. Unfortunately, the new added subject—The Study of Film—does not trigger my interest by any bit.

After leaving all the hustle and bustle of the lousy administration department behind happily, I decided to watch a movie with my friend—of who I have promised to watch movie with since the beginning of this week. She got her wishes fulfilled because I have unwillingly dragged my self to watch the Malay horror movie she was dying to watch. Bought the tickets and wandered around KLCC for more than a hour like a pair of crazy teenagers. Hey, we are awesome like that.


Khurafat is the title of the movie and oh my, was it one hell of a thrilling ride. I squeaked and screamed like a coward shamelessly for the first time in my entire life inside a cinema. I was literally hiding my face behind my bag and behind my hands. My heart was beating faster than during the marathon I joined several years ago in high school. I was completely horrified. Mr. Director, thank you for the horror ride.

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However, I watched the teasers of The Green Hornet outside the cinema before going in for the movie Khurafat and damn it, I am dying to watch it. I solemnly swear I want to watch it for the delicious treat of Jay Chow in it. Oh my, we are talking about the incredible Jay Chow. I mean it. I am going to watch that movie regardless whatever that might happen. Make it this week or next week, I am going to watch it. I don't care about the reviews, all I care about is Jay Chow and his ass-kicking appearance—plus the comedic parts of the movie that cracks me up even through the teasers.

Come to think about it, I should ask my niece to accompany me for a trip to awesome treat of Jay Chow in The Green Hornet soon—since I have irresponsibly promised to take her out for a treat sometime. I am a mean auntie, I know it.

Movie Tonight.

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Is currently watching what seems to be one of the movie my dad and I both shared as one of our favorite movies—Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull. It is also raining outside. The sound of the raindrops against the roof makes it very interesting tonight. My night will be complete if I have a bowl of buttered popcorn. Although I have a choice of Cheezels or chocolate ice-cream with nuts and marshmallows. How funny it is to sit on the couch in front of the television with my dad sprawling comfortably on the other couch next to where I am sitting—both fascinated by the movie we have once watched at the cinema. We are both not making any sound. Somehow, I find this situation very engaging. I love how I am able to be a daughter who stays in the same living as my dad in the same moment, watching something that secretly, we both like. I have spend most of my nights in my bedroom—I have not making this silent connection with my dad at home anymore—just the connections we have when I hitch a ride to college on his motorcycle.

Back To Hogwarts.

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I went to watch the premiere of Harry Potter and The Deathly Hollows last night with my parents, my younger sister and my dearest nephew at a nearby cinema. Surprisingly, it was easy to get five tickets on its premiere day—mostly due to the fact that the movie opened on a public holiday—it was Aidil Adha yesterday.

The movie was incredibly great—if my mood wasn’t terribly spoiled by some losers who practically didn’t have any manners at all. They came in for the movie late; they made noises throughout the movies and teased everyone who was practically sobbing by the end of the movie (spoiler alert). Those boys sat close to my seat and I was so close on throwing the bottle I was holding at one of them. In the middle of the movie, I even purposely said out loud a Malay cursing word to those boys—and eventually get one glare from one of the boys. Good for you, at least you know someone hates you boys.

Honestly, I love this first installment of the last movie in the Harry Potter’s series more than the last two movies. I was greatly disappointed with the slow pace of the previous movie and the fifth movie wasn’t as great as I expected (because I love the fifth book the most—highly incredible—and don’t try to judge me, I do read all of Harry Potter’s books, excuse me). I love its smooth flow and its pace. It isn’t too slow, it isn’t too fast.

I am not going to ruin the movie to anyone who hasn’t watched it. I recommended everyone to watch it. It is a good movie—great acting, great script, great adaptation from the book to the screen and great development. I love the overall outcome of the movie. And even after all these years, I still think Daniel Radcliffe is as fascinating as he always is from the beginning.

How cute could the couples in the movie be? I almost squeal upon the scene between Harry Potter and his girlfriend, Ginny Weasley (spoiler alert again) and had a smile on my lips during the cute moments between Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley. I think they are all cute beyond anything else.

There are several possibilities that I can’t wait any much longer for the second installment to premiere in 2011. I mean I’ve read the book again after watching this movie last night and was totally engaged in it for the second time. I try imagining the dueling scenes over and over again in my mind but it get really ugly when I do it by myself. I am going to let the movie finishes it off next year.

Standstill Life.

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While watching Tuck Everlasting—a movie of what reminded me on why I actually love underrated movies and good novel adaptations, I became highly interested in the question of an everlasting life—or in a simpler explanation, an immortality. The nature of one would never die and to live eternally. To have the ability to defy death and live a life as a breathing human being on this Earth forever, without a fear of death itself haunting every single minute of a life.

If I happened to ask this question to my self perhaps five years earlier, I would swear to say that I would give everything to achieve immortality—to have to live my life forever without a death as my end. To live a life without a fear of death and its consequences, of living a life to not think about Heaven or Hell—it would be a life I would exchange with anything. Immortality promises me a life of a never ending, as I would standstill in one current age and stay that way forever. It is like frozen in time, literally.

But now that I discovered the movie five years late, I would have to decline this matter. No doubt that I would want to live my life until the very end, but never would I imagine an endless life. I would stay solid and frozen in an age of which I would not experience aging as it takes over my life. My life will be the same repetitive life that will never end. That scares me even more than death it self would. Sure, it will be great to know that I will have no fear against death but to not have fear of death is not a life.

To me, a life is a cycle of being alive and being dead. You are born and have the chance to be alive on the lifespan only God knows how long and an end is put in your life when death comes by. Death teaches us to appreciate life even if it hurt to the point of dying it self but no matter how ugly life would be, death is a promise. To fear death is one of the advantages of being alive, to know an end is coming and to achieve what will would. I don’t believe in living the life to the fullest, but life is worth the living—even if it hurts like hell.


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Why choose to live a life eternally when we know, even the most painful life would finally come to an end? Perhaps the perfect reason on why people would trade souls for immortality is not because of the fear of death, but because the fear of aging itself. People are scare to grow old—to have gray hair and wrinkles and to live a solitary life as age reaches 80 or 90. As for me, aging is a process of life. One can’t ever run away—even with the help of Botox or plastic surgeries—because even if age is just a number, it reminds you of how long you have been alive.

Imagine a life tomorrow will be exactly like a life yesterday. No matter how pessimistic am I, I can’t let myself drown in this suffocating imagination of to live a life over and over again without an end, thus I would wish for a better life even with a worst end. I will rather wait for death than to have no fear of death and live immortally in a frozen time line. I want to live a life of which I am proud of, and rather than to fear death, I will open my arms and wait for it to come, because even if it does, at least I know that I have lived my life well and have no regrets. I would want to grow old, to gain experiences and discover life through a pair of eyes of an old lady, if my lifespan spans long enough to allow me to found gray streaks in my hair.

Don’t be afraid of death, Winnie. Be afraid of an unlived life.

- Angus Tuck, Tuck Everlasting

Don’t be intimidated by death and the fear of it and let it stop you from living a life no matter how fucking painful your life is. Just keep on breathing and be thankful that in this minute we are repeating the inhaling and exhaling process of keeping alive, someone dies. Someone has to stop living a life and yet we are still blessed to continue, to keep moving on—until the time comes, someday.

Influences From Within.

I am a fan of horror movies. This is a complex of mine - to like something that scares the hell of me. There is something about horror movies that make me feel good or rather, feel better about life. Perhaps the part that goes, thank God I am not that girl who is being chase by a serial killer. Sure, I would love to scream and curse at the television over and over again while watching horror movies but never would I let my self be a character in one. I am too much of a coward to be one.

My friend recommended that I watched From Within today and so I did, because I have been dying to watch it ever since it came out on the review section of the lousy teen magazine I forced my self to buy twice every month (just so that I know how it feels to giddily go to the bookstore and fit my self into the community of teenagers who flipped through pages looking for saucy tips and trends).

Unfortunately, this movie isn’t as gore as any other horror movies would be. It is mediocre in its own perfection; it fills right in within its on perspective. Overall, a nice horror movie for the weak-hearted, a movie that fills in with depth and questions. This is a horror movie that rather than leaving you scared to switch off the lights at night, it makes you question the reflection of your self that you see every now and then in the mirror and ask your self what would influence you the worst.

To hardcore fans of horror movies, this might be quite too subtle for your taste but surely I did jump from scenes to scenes throughout the movie. Yes, it is too cautious for a horror movie but yes, it is a good horror movie too. I love the performance by Thomas Dekker and his on-screen partner, Elizabeth Rice. But what I really love about watching this kind of movies is that I could spot few names I know - Britt Robertson, Kelly Blatz, Rumer Willis, etc. Not really an outstanding cast lines, but quite a good one.

The movie relates to obsession to religion, excessive believe of there are only good and evil and not in between and the matter of influences. Because of different beliefs, people would blindly believe in everything to cling on their belief because somehow, it always goes like that. This is an obsession no one would admit. I would like to believe that there really is something in between good and evil, something that every human has but not yet discovered or is not properly explainable. This invincible thing between good and evil is what keep us all human, rather than being God or Devil.


After watching the movie, I realized that this movie talks about don’t let the evil take control of you from the inside. It is a simple horror movie that wouldn’t make you scream but enough to make you want to think. I like the sweet sorrow moments between the main characters that aren’t truly highlighted but it gives me such warm to see. Don’t like it? Well, you could just skip it. But you could watch it for Dekker though.

I like the movie for its complex simplicity that feels close to who we really are deep within our self. It reminds me of what I cling onto and what I truly believe in. I would never question my religion as I am faithful to it, but it question the trust I place upon many things that I live with. It makes me think that sometimes we aren’t influenced by our surroundings; we are influenced by our self, a voice that sometimes speaks to us from within.

CN Blue is Coming Back

CN Blue is making their comeback. Now that FT Island is busy with their major Japanese debut, FNC Music surely knows how to make more money - by letting their second band into the spotlight with a comeback. I have no complains about that though, I love having CN Blue back with new songs (well, I know my mother will be extremely happy).


The MV teaser was released yesterday - I got a bit late since I was out with my dad when the teaser was released. The title track is “Love” and from the teaser, I don’t know whether it was just me but I have a slight déjà vu case when it reminded me of FT Island period with “바래 (I Hope)”. Jazzy club with cheesy MC, yeah things like that. They reminded me of The Beatles maybe? Jazzy club with cheesy Bring back the 50’s I assume? I am a bit worried about their hairstyle though I do love what Jungshin has - no more ninja hairstyle. But I spotted Minhyuk with shorter hair. Well, got to have a clearer look first before saying anything.

But I love the way this MV teaser works. Not just it doesn’t feel like a MV teaser but the superb English on the beginning and the ending of the teaser makes it feel as if it was a movie teaser instead. It gives such a different vibe from any other teasers out there that doesn’t excite me (excluding FT Island, whatever they do excite me) and it makes me want more instantly. Wow, FNC Music has sharpened their English unknowingly huh? "...amazing music is coming to you..." well, I surely hope the music is amazing.

About the song - oh I love it already. To wait until May 19 gives me headache. Why everything must comes out on May 19 - FT Island major Japanese debut single and CN Blue mini-album, both on the same day? Oh FNC Music, talk about knowing the way on how to make a fan of both bands to spend more money on both bands! Oh well, just wait.

In case nobody realizes this, FNC Music has two official YouTube accounts. THIS is for FT Island and THIS is for CN Blue. I guess they want to separate both bands’ videos unlike any other entertainment companies that combined all videos from all artists together. Don’t go and panic when the account you subscribed to has no videos from either FT Island and CN Blue.

2009, Writer's Favorites (Plus a Bonus of A.N.JELL)

Title; 2009 Writer’s Favorites
Side Note; This is Influenced by Biasness ㅋㅋㅋ

December's Surprises.

Welcome December!
It’s already 3rd December~ time flies fast this year.
Soon, in less than a month we’ll be stepping into 2010.
I hope it’s going to be a great year, as great as 2009 as been for me.

Well, I have good news for myself.
I got my work as a tutor and a baby-sitter back again, until December 15.
Been some time since I last tutored someone after my surgery,
And it feels good to finally have something to do to kill my spare time.
Although it’s just temporary, I hope it will bring me lots of sweet memories.

My parents have plan for a family vacation this upcoming Christmas.
We always go for a family vacation on Christmas except for last year.
And considering my elder sister and her family isn’t coming along ; I am not sure whether I am excited or not.
They plan to go to Langkawi Island in Kedah and I admit it is one of the islands I really want to visit but I am not sure why I am feeling so down about it.
I am not as excited as I was back when I was younger, when I would scream in happiness whenever my family went for a vacation.
I didn’t suggest much when my parents ask for my suggestion on where we should stay, what we should do or where we should visit.
Whenever they start to talk about the upcoming vacation, I’ll go into my bedroom and pretend to be asleep even when I am not.
What is wrong with me?
Why am I acting so weird when I am supposed to be happy?

On the other hand I finally update my Facebook account after so long.
Well, I actually make a new account though.
I kinda lost my old password and I am not in the mood of gaining it back.
Can’t believe people are actually active in Facebook when I don’t like anything about that website at all.
Nothing seems to excite me about that website.
I can see my friends doing stuffs everyday but all I do was commenting to other’s wall whenever I feel like I want.
Shoot, I found it boring when everyone else is enjoying it.
Dang, what is wrong with me?
I’m sticking with blogging and Twitter better.
These two are the best for me, it suit me very well.
I am not Facebook-kind of person anymore.
Nothing about Facebook, MySpace, Friendster of anything else matter to me anymore.
Blogging expresses myself better and I’m sticking with it for a long time.

Today marks the 5th times I watched the Korean movie 해운대 (Haeundae or it is titled as ‘Tsunami at Haeundae’ in Malaysia).
The DVD with Malay/English subs has been released and I have watched it for the 5th times because my nephew, Little Hongki, was so obsessed with Tsunami lately.
He keeps on asking me to fast-forward the movie scenes to where the tsunami starts in which it bugs me a lot.
But sincerely, 해운대 is a very good movie.
At first I thought it was kind of dragging, perhaps the first one hour but soon I realized everything at the beginning tells a whole different story when the tsunami strikes the Haeundae beach.
It still scares me sometimes, to think about the huge tidal wave hitting my country, just like back in 2004.
I totally love Ha Jiwon’s marvelous performance in this movie.
She is very talented and has always been my favorite actress since I saw her excellent performance in my family’s favorite drama, 황진이 (Hwang Jini).
The storyline is very creative and touching - especially the story of the divorced couple who regain back their love during the Tsunami.
I am not going to write any spoilers here, go and watch it yourself.
It’s really good.

Ah, another thing.
I was following my mom to Carrefour last week when I entered this VCD/DVD store just for fun while my mom was busy looking over some clothes.
I almost jump in surprise when I saw the Malay subbed DVD of 찬라한 유산 (Brilliant Legady) already being sold in Malaysia!
Lee Seunggi's drama with Malay sub - the best thing ever!
It is RM69.00 and I am going to buy it.
Even more surprising, I found 3 different DVDs of FT Island’s concerts in Japan - their First Island Concert Live in Japan, their First Dream concert and the other one, I think it was the Yokohama Blitz live.
And because it is re-package in Malaysia (I think so because the DVD cover is way different), it is sold at a very cheap price of RM40.00!
Way cheaper than the Rock Prince DVD in which I bought for RM120 and here I am thinking that why is it their Japanese releases are so damn expensive!
Amazing, a small shop could sell so many Korean DVDs!
I wanted to buy the FT Island’s DVD but then again, I can’t really watch any performance with Wonbin anymore or else I'll cry.
I’m just going to save my money in case they release the DVD of Men’s Stories.
But still, I am going to get my hands on 찬라한 유산 DVD and wait patiently until 미남이시네요 DVD is releases with Malay sub.

I am done with my daily update,
And now, I am off to watch some more episodes of My-HiME.
I am addicted to this 2004’s anime now.

One Band, Many Songs.

I opened an e-mail from my cutest (yet angsty) friend, JC just now.
Ah ~ not in the mood of posting.
But well, here is the e-mail from her anyway.

"...Diella, you should try and do this thing.
I want you to choose only ONE
ARTIST and answer all the questions with songs only from the ONE ARTIST you
choose.
Answer all questions honestly.
I want to see this post on your
blog too.
Or else, I'll kidnap Seunghyun *insert evil laughs here*

From JC (who secretly falling in love with Leader Choi's charms)..."

JC, don't you ever dare to touch my Seunghyun.
Or else I'll kidnap your Seungri too!
----

Pick Your Artist:

FT Island
Anyone who know me would had thought this correctly

Are you a male or female:

여자는 몰라 (Girls' Don't Know)
See the word 'girl' in the title?

Describe yourself:

The One
I am the one and only me.

How do you feel:

행복함니다 (I'm Happy)
I shouldn't be sad today.

Describe where you currently live:

Heaven
Ah ~ as much I wanted this to happen, it is just so unexplainable.

What's your Occupation:

Primadonna
Yes, the full time job I currently adored.

If you could go anywhere, where would you go:

FT Island
This mean that I want to go to meet FT Island, or just kidnap them for fun.

Your favorite form of transportation:

Train
Haha ~ couldn't believe I actually have a perfect song for this.

Your best friend is:

눈물이 두가까운 사람 (Person Who Is Closer To Tears)
Not sure about this, but I don't care.

You and your best friends are:

Troublemaker
Gee, just realized this after I remembered this song title.

What's the weather like:

마법 (Magic)
Well, the weather is like magic right now, it's unpredictable.

If your life was a TV show, what would it be called:

멋쟁이 vs. 에뿐이 (The Cool vs. The Pretty)
I'll be the pretty and the five boys will be the cool.

What is life to you:

인형처럼 (Like A Doll)
Life is nothing like a doll to me, huh?

Your current relationship:

바램 (Hopeful)
I am single, and I am hoping for a boyfriend.

Your fear:

눈물이 흐른다 (Tears Are Flowing)
I am scared of my own tears.

What is the best advice you have to give:

Life Like a Musical
No, this doesn't mean life is like High School Musical or what-so-ever.

Thought for the Day:

결혼해줘 (Marry Me)
You hear that Seunghyun, come and marry this noona fast.

How I would like to die:

1분 1초도 (1 Minute, 1 Second)
I want to die fast, and beautifully if it is possible.

My soul's present condition:

바래 (I Hope)
This is so expectedly random.

My motto:

I Believe Myself
Hell yes, I am believing myself no matter what happen.

----

JC, this is so random.
Give me something harder or even more interesting next time, will you?
But you know I love you!

제씨, 사랑해!

T-Ara's 거짓말 Part 1 MV

Video Credit to ;; SMarie7 @ YouTube

I didn't went online for a day and there is like a thousand updates I needed to catch up with. OMG ~ I am already tired of reading too much news this morning. So, T-Ara had their official debut on MBC Radio Star on 29th July, yesterday, but unfortunately, I didn't watch that show, so don't ask me how the girls did in that variety show. I don't know, all that I know is that the girls showed their own personal talents. That's all. Enough. I don't know more.

The MV of T-Ara's song, 거짓말 Part 1 had also been released, staring 대한민국 남동생 or translated as South Korea's Little Brother, Yoo Seungho. Honestly, I think he is cute, but I don't actually go crazy on him so yeah, practically I am too biased to like him what-so-ever. The teaser was released several days ago and the MV was released yesterday. For me, I loved the MV. As I said before, the concept of the MV was six girls dating one man, so obviously it was a case of deceiving loves, just like how the title meant. The MV was almost well-made, almost perfect and the acting by the six girls of T-Ara (Jiyeon, Hyomin, Q-ri, Soyeon, Eunjung, Boram) were awesome. I think the girls, especially Hyomin and Boram looked extra beautiful in the MV. I loved their parts, somehow linked together. Jiyeon was the one riding the motorbike with Seungho, Eunjung the one he danced with at the club, Hyomin was the one with camera, Boram was the one riding the bike with Seungho, and I think Soyeon was the one having dinner at the restaurant while Q-ri was the one who baked cake with Seungho, right? I am not sure about Soyeon and Q-ri since I couldn't really differentiate the two of them yet, so forgive me if I got it mixed up and wrong. The MV suit the song very well, and I could actually feel the emotions showed by the girls. How the girls hated being deceit, and I adored the beginning of the MV, when a girl (couldn't recognized who though) threw a glass towards the TV. The clothes they wore in the MV looked awesome too. The choreograph for the song seemed to be fun too, it actually made me wanted to learn it.

Okay, now that the MV had been released, we have a better look at who sing which part. I am not sure about the singing part, but I believed all the girls have strong vocals to start with. One thing that I found interesting was that, Hyomin, my favorite member of T-Ara was actually the one who raps in the song. Wow, that's a shocker. I thought her voice sounded different when she sang the ballad for Cinderella Man's OST. Well, this made me wonder though. Why is it, all the of my favorite members from almost all groups seemed to be the rapper? Hyomin, the rapper. Seunghyun, the rapper. Wonbin, used to be the rapper. Nicole, the sometimes-rapper. Eunhyuk, rapper. Yoobin, the rapper. OMG ~ as much as I loved reviewing on vocals, it seemed I loved rappers more. Among all the girls' vocals, I think I liked Boram's voice the most. I might be slightly biased over her, but I think I'd seen her in KBS Star Golden Bell with her father, if I am not mistaken and I actually liked her. Her image, she showed an innocence of a girl, that's kind of made me slightly biased over her. Hyomin, have a strong resemblence of SNSD member, Jessica and I realized this ever since she appeared in FT Island's Heaven MV. Eunjung was also my favorite because she looked mature and friendly, and not to mention beautiful even after she acted a the ghost for the movie 고사 and got her heart broken by Hongki in 천동 MV.

As a conclusion, 거짓말 Part 1 had already been my favorite so far so the MV made the song sounded way better. I loved it, and this MV made me want to fall in love with Yoo Seungho too. He is extremely cute. Now, what is left to do is to watch today's MNET M!Countdown where the six girls of T-Ara will have their debut performance. I am wondering how they will perform. Will it be okay? Or will be not?

One thing excited me now other than that is waiting for tomorrow's KBS Music Bank live on KBS World. I got to watch FT Island, KARA and T-Ara altogether on one LIVE music show. I hope tomorrow is going to be the best Friday ever, except for me still being sick.

20090718 Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince

So yesterday, as I mentioned in my Twitter, I went to watch Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince just because I got 4 free tickets from Golden Screen Cinema. I went to watch it with my parents and my younger sister, because my elder sister wasn't really a fan of Harry Potter.

Well, I am always an avid fan of Harry Potter ; used to force my dad to buy me all the books, from the first one until the last one, the seventh book in its series. I enjoyed reading both languages available in my country, English and Malay, so I have both. Selfish much?

So, about the movie, well, the sixth book, Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince was never really my favorite. I loved the third book, Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban and the seventh book, Harry Potter & The Deathly Hollow the most so when we decided to watch the sixth movie in Harry Potter's series, I kind of wondering, will it be exciting?

Honestly, it was just an average movie. It was kind of exciting, filled with several humors and romances between the main characters but I think it was lacked of action, perhaps because in the book itself, it doesn't have much actions. I preferred Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire more, because it had more actions. But I knew, I shouldn't expect much actions from Harry Potter.

But I would say the movie was perfectly made. I loved the other aspects of the movie, the acting was awesome, the development of characters to more mature, the more emotions showed by the characters, the scenes, the slight suspenses, though not much, there were suspenses. The final scene was emotional, I almost cried, so that was the best part of this movie.

Overall, it was a good movie. I am not saying I hate it, but I am not saying I am loving it too. Perhaps if I watch it for the 2nd time, then I will be able to say something about it.

Now, I should wait for the final movie to be release, can't wait to watch the final war between the Death Eaters and the Harry Potter's allies, though it will take probably years.

20090428 슬픈보다 더 슬픈이야기

I want a ball-joint doll like this too.

Though it kind of scares me ;

But still, it's pretty.

슬픈보다 더 슬픈이야기
Romanized as Seulpeunboda Deo Seulpeun Iyagi ;
Which roughly meant Story Sadder Than Sadness.

Catchy title, right?
It's a title of a Korean movie,
Starring Kwon Sangwoo, Lee Beomsu and Lee Boyoung.
Haven't watch it,
But still, I am loving the OST ;
Especially the song from Lee Seungchul.

My friends from Seoul told me the movie was great.
Everyone cried ;
Yet it made me wondered about the title.

Is there a story sadder than sadness?
If there is, what is it?

What is it that is sadder than sadness?
Death?
Lost?

I wanted to know what is it that is sadder than sadness itself.