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