What have I been watching lately 3

1. The Mirror (1997)
A movie turn documentary. Weird but still I kept watching it for the sake of not wanting to waste it. (3/5)

2. Offside (2006)
I just realized as I write this review that the director of this movie, Jafar Panahi is the same person who directed The Mirror. The story managed to move me. (4/5)

3. In this World (2002)
A docudrama (first time coming across this term) portraying the journey of 2 Afghan refugees. (4/5)

What have I been watching lately 2

Not so lately as the title goes. But I really feel like writing about them. These movies are graphically awesome. You can definitely tell that they put so much money into these movies. It's a good thing that all of them are box-office films.

1. Hero (2002)
I like how they play with color to indicate the different point of views.

2. House of Flying Daggers (2004)
The twist at the end is perfect. I, at least, didn't expect it.

3. Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)
Jay Chou FTW!!! And oh my... don't you wish to live in a palace like that?

4. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000)
Only early this year that I finally had the chance to watch it. The love story in the desert is cute.

5. Red Cliff I (2008), Red Cliff II (2009)
Tony Leung FTW!!! Zhao Wei's love story is very touching, I cried when the man she love died :(

6. Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon (2008)
The story also explain the battle of Red Cliff. It's weird though to watch this movie right after watching Red Cliff since the characters are portrayed differently.

What have I been watching lately 1

Making full use of my local library membership, I rent many CDs each week. Here are some of them:

1. Memento (2000)
This movie does give me a headache since the scenes are presented in a reverse order to portray the feeling of a person suffering from anterograde amnesia. Very creative although at the end I went "What? He's the one who.....". (4/5)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c7/Memento_poster.jpg

2. Paris, je t'aime aka Paris, I love you (2006)
A nice collection of several shorts stories although not all of them are my taste. (3/5)

http://pariswhereyouare.typepad.com/.a/6a011570bd57a3970b01157221a778970b-pi

3. Le Grand Voyage (2006) 

A very interesting story about a journey of a father and a son driving a car to Mekah. (4/5)

4. Linda Linda Linda (2005)

A story about 3 Japanese high school girls and a Korean exchange students practicing for their school festival. Very heartwarming and refreshing. I was so surprised to see Matsuyama Kenichi aka L plays a small role in this movie. (4/5) 

  http://a4.idata.over-blog.com/1/01/56/49/AAAA/linda-linda-linda-film.PNG

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Savoring my hours of solitude!

Dorama

So many drama to watch, yet so little time.


I hope I find some times to watch these dramas:
1. Tokyo Dog
2. Majo no Jouken
3. Mr. Brain
4. Code Blue
5. Yukan Club
6. Change

Eid Mubarak

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri

You know that you are 'old' when people stop giving you 'duit raya'. 

Syawal 1st, 1431 H

^_^

Just wanna share with all of you some of the beautiful people that I used to adore.

http://harrypotter.ugo.com/images/students/slytherin/draco-malfoy.jpg

Draco Malfoy is undeniably my first major crush. Although he is not that very good looking, but his bad boy aura attracted me somehow. Plus, compared to Harry and Ron, he is definitely more charming and interesting. Although I am not really interested into HP movies anymore, but he is still one of my favorite characters ever.

http://asiabeam.com/gallery/d/34631-1/Hideaki+Takizawa+16.jpg

Okay Draco Malfoy as my first crush is definitely a lie. Haha. My first crush was Hideaki Takizawa. I was 12 when I watched News no Onna. I thought he was very cute then. And last month while browsing Mysoju for a new drama to watch, I came across his latest drama, Orthros no Inu. After 10 years, he is still as cute as he used to. Anyway, I heard that he is gay. But who cares, aren't all JE boys have that syndrome?

http://yeinjee.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/japan-yui-aragaki-001.jpg

I like Agaraki Yui simply because she is pretty and has an innocent look. Although her acting is not really convincing but I still like her in My Boss My Hero and Papa to Musume no Nanokanan.

http://blog.fooyoh.com/_data/pandakun/images/20080305/yeh1.jpg

I usually hate females who play males character in drama. But in Yoon Eun Hye case, I didn't. In fact I like her. She is adorable in Coffee Prince and The Vineyard Man. I generally think that she is pretty. But I wonder how in some pictures, she look extraordinarily stunning while in some pictures she look plain. Hmmm... guess it's the magic of make-up.

http://chicmomsie.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/jay.jpg

Okay this is the first singer that I really I like. I know some people think that he's ugly but to me he is good looking. I admire him because besides being a singer, he is also a composer, lyricist, director, businessman, etc. His voice is not as nice as Lee Hom's but I still like it. He definitely has his own aura as an entertainer.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KscRkReLBEs/SkeNFJ8ncfI/AAAAAAAAAMA/254xd6zk5ZA/s400/Nakamaru%2BYuichi%2B11.jpg

Here is my latest interest: Nakamaru Yuichi of KaT-TUN. He is the least good looking and most underrated member of KaT-TUN. I somehow found him interesting.

Precious One

"Someday, someday you're fated to meet someone you'll love.
Before you realize it, they'll be by your side."

KAT-TUN, Precious One

 p/s: Tengah musim gilakan KAT-TUN jadi asyik dengar lagu dia orang.  Tak lama lagi lega la ni.

Distorted Tunes Test

Finished watching Detective Conan movie 12, Full Score of Fear. The case revolves around a bunch of musicians. I was carried away by the story that I took a tone deaf test right after that. Here are the results:

Hearing Test Results
You correctly identified 20 tunes (out of 26) on the Distorted Tunes Test. Congratulations! You have a fine sense of pitch.

Here is the link for the test.

credit: Google

A moment to remember/Eraser in my head~

A very saaaaaad Korean movie worth watching
released in 2004, the actors are new to me
heard that it is a remake of a 2001 Japanese drama, Pure Soul
haven't watched the drama but this movie is sure good
and yeah, it inspired the Bollywood movie, U Me Aur Hum
if you like The Notebook kinda story, this movie is perfect
4/5 and a standing ovation from me.

http://www.freewebs.com/4coolstars/simpposter.jpg