10,000 BC

initially i was pretty stoked to see this movie. especially after the release of the first trailer. mammoths...sabre tooth tigers...warriors...all that jazz. i was hoping it would be like apocalypto...which by the way was one of my favourite movies. after the release of the 2nd trailer i was kinda disappointed especially when the main character could be heard speaking in english in somewhat of a strange accent.

but my oh my...i wasn't at all prepared for what i was going to see. nothing seemed to work..from the script to the camerawork to the effects to the cast. it all seems too familiar. you've probably seen it somewhere else and chances are you'll recognize it. i lost count of the amount of times i smacked my head and went "WTF!?!?"

and come on...mr d'leh (who's the protagonist here) comes from a starving tribe but he's able to cross mountains and multiple climate zones in a matter of days. on top of that...he meets some very colourful people in some of the most outrageous pieces of clothing that should belong on the catwalk.

complete disaster. now i shall go redeem myself by watching something worthy of my two hours.

am i smarter than a 5th grader?

probably not...

i honestly can't remember what i learnt back in standard 5...
come to think of it...i can't remember what i learnt back in form 5...
maybe i just choose to block out such information...
or maybe i just wasn't in school enough to learn anything...

so this was me when they asked "how many sides are there to a trapezoid?"..
"what is a trapezoid?"...
yes...i know it makes me sound like a complete idiot...
and i probably am...
i fail 4th grade mathematics...
i fail 1st grade social studies...

can't wait for the next episode...
i've fallen in love with the show :)

forgiveness

people do many idiotic things throughout the course of their lives...
i know i'm guilty of some of them...
unfortunately, we're programmed to be full of flaws...
what's important is that we learn from those mistakes...
we bounce back and persevere and hopefully come out stronger and wiser...

but there are just some things that cannot be forgiven..or forgotten...
not by others but by ourselves...
people in general are pretty forgiving...
as much as i'd like to believe i'm a forgiving person i think the hardest person to forgive is myself...

once in awhile...i end up stepping on my own toes...
i end up hurting myself...
and sometimes i think i do it on purpose...
its like some sort of self inflicted punishment for the wrongs that i've done in the past...
i keep replaying those mistakes over and over again...
in some ways i think i do it to remind myself that i'm only human...
in other ways...i think i do it to make sure that it doesn't just become a passing memory...

either way i don't think i'll ever forgive myself...
i've learned to live with it...
i've learned my lesson...
and i believe i came out of it stronger and wiser...
so i'll put it in on the shelf for now...
i might never forgive myself but i think its time to stop punishing myself for it...

*insert title here*

wow...i completely forgot that i had this space to share my thoughts...
its been a wild year end....
made a lot of new friends...bonded with existing friends...
i had my fair share of adventures and few misadventures...
but in this particular moment i can't think of any to mention....
maybe tomorrow something might crop up...
until then....AVP2 sucked...:P

Singapore my 2nd home

finally...i'm going to singapore for a holiday...
its only singapore...its not supposed to be a big deal...
but i miss the place...
i miss being able to just be by myself and walk around aimlessly...
sit on the bus and just go round the island...
read a book or do crossword puzzles at a cafe...
sounds kinda loner-ish but sometimes we all need some alone time...

gonna be there for the jacques loussier concert...
at the same time i wanna squeeze in a bit of shopping since it is afterall the christmas sale...

on a different note...
the european union film festival is on this month...
the movies they have lined up are pretty interesting...
can't wait to watch them next week...
i've already seen "Elina"...a swedish family drama...
and it was surprisingly pleasant...
i actually loved it...
there's another string of press screenings next week that i have to attend...
looking forward to it...
i'm a foreign film junkie...
but until then...its back to work...

god save steve mclaren

it was a tragic ending at wembley stadium a few minutes ago...
i would like to say that the english tried very hard but they were pathetic in the first half...
they looked like they were a better team during the second half but gosh darn it...too late....
and what's with the croatians?
do they hate the english that much?
give chance lah....
did russia pay them off?
i'm sure there's some money exchanging hands as we speak...
whether its from russia to andorra...
russia to croatia...
england to andorra...although that didn't work...

oh well...steve mclaren is gonna kena spanking...
guess that will probably be his last game as england's national coach...
if it isn't...god save england... :P

on a brighter note...i'm gonna go watch federer play sampras tomorrow...
it's probably gonna be a sure win for federer...
and exhibition matches aren't really very competitive anyway...
but ooh...federer is hot in a joaquin pheonix kinda way... :)

'tis the season

it feels like only yesterday that i bought my tickets to the match of the century...
federer vs sampras in shah alam...
the match is next week and i'm pretty excited...

but before that...there's beowulf...
one of my highly anticipated movies of the year...
watching it on thursday with my fellow movie buds...

then there's harith iskandar and jit murad doing stand up at actors studio at the end of the month...
i've seen harith...i've seen jit...but i've never seen them perform together...
this should be interesting to watch...

and finally...there's jacques loussier in singapore in december...
since i missed his performance last year i figured i should go this year...

i'm still considering going for the acoustic instalment of Live & Loud...
then again...i only want to see james morrison...
not sure whether it'll be worth it...

the timing is perfect too...
i'll be in singapore just when the christmas sale starts...
i haven't been back to singapore in almost a year...
looking forward to going back for awhile....
i miss it :)