kiera knightley?

tuesday night can only mean one thing....pub quiz. time to let my nerd-ism shine. actually...i'm half nerd half idiot. it might seem as if i'm smart and intelligent...but actually i'm just a fool in disguise.

anyway...nominations for the oscars are out. seems like a gay cowboy movie is the favourite to win best picture and probably best director. funny...i read somewhere that this would probably be the oscars with the lowest viewer ratings ever. chances are...more people would've watched the nominated best documentary feature "the march of the penguins" than all of the nominated movies combined. with the exception of "munich"...all the other movies are low budget independent films. gone are the days of "titanic" and "lord of the rings". most of the movies that are nominated probably wouldn't even be screened at local theatres. i guess the government can't blame us for seeking out pirated dvds if they're not going to give us the opportunity to even consider watching it in the cinema.

i'm disappointed that johnny didn't get nominated for charlie. i've always been a big johnny depp fan and i think he really deserved to be nominated. oh well...hopefully the academy will think likewise sometime soon. i'm so not a reese witherspoon fan so i'm hoping that felicity huffman wins best actress this year. i caught a glimpse of "transamerica" and from what i could tell she gave an excellent performance. funny...she's always been a TV actress...with the exception of magnolia and raising helen but those were tiny little roles. and now after one attempt as the leading lady in a motion picture she gets nominated.

anyway...enough entertainment talk. i have yet to watch half the movies and performances nominated this year so i can't actually judge. i'm hoping that "crash" wins best picture though...and who knows...kiera knightley could've done amazingly well. i guess i have to watch "pride and prejudice" to find out.

so i've been thinking a lot about this whole singapore vs. malaysia thing. i've decided not to pick sides. over the years i've actually learnt to enjoy my time in singapore. i miss my home dearly...which explains why i'm back almost every week...but i must admit that singapore has its plus points. nothing fantastic and nothing that's more important than friends and family but it does make me smile sometimes. and i do miss being there when i'm back home in kl...for extremely long periods of time that is. so will i stay in singapore...or will i terminate my service in april? i have yet to decide. chances are i'll stay till august but the terms and conditions have not been discussed so i'm not going to put my homecoming plans on hold just yet.

the chinese new year spirit seems to have faded. with everyone returning to work yesterday and most establishments re-opening i guess we have to face reality. the holidays are over...it's time to get back to work...it's time to sleep slightly earlier and wake up early in the morning. so the festivities has ended...for now. but i do foresee a killer of a celebration happening this weekend before the final day of chinese new year dawns upon us. plus...papa gambler is coming back...hopefully bearing gifts from vegas.

in the meantime...it's off to the dvd shop...i'm thinking brokeback mountain...capote...history of violence...munich...and whatever secret treasures i can find.