Que me

Yesterday was fun. Soonming recruited a few of us to help out at an event which at the time I had no idea what it was. Oh, Nirvana. 富贵集团. Wait is it..? Yes. That 富贵. It's basically afterlife service. Coffins, cemetery, burial ground and stuff like that. It's the recognition night for the company.

There's the stage crew, lighting, music etc. A lady and I were in charge of the multimedia stuff. Slideshows and videos. Oh it was at the 新湖滨 restaurant. Straits Garden or something? I don't remember. Though I'm pretty sure it's the only restaurant in jb to have a huge neon lighted lobster with its whiskers (or whatever it's called) moving.

Um it wasn't that hard of a job but again wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. We just brief through everything. Didn't had time to really rehearse anything at all. A few minor setbacks. Some clips not working. And people. They just screw it up with their spontaneous.. ness. We had like slides arranged accordingly to the names of the awardees for them to go up on stage to receive their medal, trophy, prize, or whatever it is. And they just went up chaotic..ly. Thus the guy's picture appeared on the screen when the lady was up on stage bla bla bla.

The event was hosted by 黄文鸿. Familiar name huh. I only went 'Oh... him...' when I saw his face. Apparently he's the DJ for 100.3 fm. And the show itself was quite interesting. There were dance items. Twister... something. Their crew name. A group of six or seven girls. One was quite pretty. I think to be able to dance like them you need to fulfil three criteria.

1. You must be young and thin.
2. You must have long hair so you can whip them around every three seconds.
3. You must be daring enough to wear short. And thick make up. Like bullet proof thick.

Then there was 变脸!!! Mask or face change. A traditional chinese art of magic. It's a guy who dresses in this chinese opera costume wearing a mask. He dances and poses around then bam! His mask changes. It was my first time watching it live and up close. I was right in front of the stage. The guy's a master who performs internationally (could be just Singapore and Malaysia). Anway, damn he's fast!

Was well worth my time

It was very impressive. The change happened before you could even say 'what?!'. Even before you could pronounce the 'wh'. That fast. He ran down the stage and performed it close up to the guests and the VIPs. In the end the last mask change revealed his face. Middle-aged man. Don't judge a book by its cover. Seriously, this is the biggest reward of the day for me.

It ended sooner than I thought. We then each got an angpau. Nice of them to fetch us home. So that's how event management works. Quite the challening task. Day not wasted.

* RM50 *

I don't see what anyone can see in anyone else but you

Happy 24th to the lovely and talented Ellen Page!

This young canadian actress from Nova Scotia totally caught my eye when I first saw her in Juno. Love her style. Very real, down to earth, funny, tomboyish, and the fact that she's not trying to be sexy-diva-gorgeous. And tell me she isn't adorable!




I watched a few of her movies.

Juno
Smart People
Whip It
Hard Candy
The Tracey Fragments
X-men 3
Peacock
An American Crime
Inception


Very interesting films. Especially Juno, Hard Candy, and Inception. This versatile actress is going to do great in her future. I'm looking forward to her films this year!

* When I feel strongly about something, I'm not that quiet. - Ellen*

365

How many blank cards do you see?

I'm a lefty.

So are they. (The ones that I've heard of)

Leonardo Da Vinci
Michaelangelo
Raphael
Pablo Picasso
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Napolean
Julius Caesar
Alexander the Great
Joan of Arc
Charlemagne
Helen Keller
Neil Armstrong
Sir Isaac Newton
Albert Einstein
Benjamin Franklin
Henry Ford
Prince Charles
Prince William
George H W Bush
Barrack Obama
Bill Clinton
Harry Truman
Mark Twain
Lewis Carroll
Charlie Chaplin
Jack the ripper
Sir Paul McCartney
Ringo Starr
Jimi Hendrix
Seal
Eminem
50 Cent
Justin Bieber
Lady Gaga
David Letterman
Jay Leno
Jim Carey
Angelina Jolie
Brad Pitt
Tom Cruise
Pierce Brosnan
Drew Carey
Robert DeNiro
Whoppie Goldberg
Nicole Kidman
Lisa Kudrow
Sarah Jessica Parker
Oprah Winfrey
Ben Stiller
Jerry Seinfeld
Slyvester Stallone
Bruce Willis
Keanu Reeves
Julia Roberts
Mike Tyson
Rafael Nadal
John McEnroe
Lin Dan

... a bunch of baseballers, a few kings and queens, and Bart Simpson.

Lefties magicians or cardicians that I know of are Lee Asher, Bill Malone, John Carney, Eric Jones, Andrei Jikh, Jonathan Bayme and probably a few others.

And of course my friends. Jia En, Qayum, Afiq, Dyi Perng, Usha, Xin Hui, Ke Xin, Helen and Daniel Tan. Some must have slipped my mind.

Anyway being left handed is something that I have forgotten. Not like memory loss. But I forgot how different I am from others. Special. Unique. Rare.

Lefties take up about 15% of the world's population. And if both parents are righties, the chances of having a lefty baby are only 2%. Though there is a high tendency in twins for one to be left-handed. I read that lefties triumph over righties in sports that require spatial judgement such as tennis, baseball, swimming, fencing. And that lefties are more creative and artistic. Something to do with the right brain.

And of course there are bad news. Lefties are more keen to become alcoholics. And we're more exposed to the threats of illnesses. Insomnia and a few others. I once read that lefties generally die faster than righties, by 9 years or something. Later I found out that that's just crap. Or it could be that the latest one I read is crap which uncraps the one before. Or not.

This world of 85% righties is of course, built for right handers. And that's why life is somewhat harder for us.

1. I can't use the scissors properly.
2. I can't write properly with a watch on my left hand. (explaining why I don't wear one)
3. When I write, the ink stains the side of my left hand.
4. If I sit to the right of a righty and use chopsticks, we'll have a chopstick battle.
5. I so want to step the gas pedal with my left foot which I will then look like an idiot.
6. I can't play a normal guitar or anything that's right handed.
7. When learning card magic or flourishes, I'd either have to get a mirror and learn from the mirror image or mentally reverse everything from right to left.

Still, I'm very thankful to be a left hander. It's what I am. It's what I'm proud of.

* I secretly think that lefties are just awesome. *

Roses are red, violets are... violet?

If hearts link like rings

Valentine's Day was yesterday. I didn't had time to blog. I was too busy romancing, spending all day long cuddling, having deep conversations and extremely intimate time with... my cards. Yes. I spent Valentine's Day alone. For the 17th time. Well it's not exactly like that. Valentine's Day wasn't really in my context anyway so it was just a regular Monday for me. No one in the right mind celebrates Mondays.

But honestly, I don't know what Valentine's Day is. First off, the origin. I looked up wiki and it said something about chrisitian matyr Saint Valentine I think. So is it celebrated only by Christians? And people associate it with Cupid, a Roman god. So... it's a christian festive celebrated by the Romans?

And undeniably the people who were the happiest on that day weren't the couples nor the lovers. It's the florists, restaurant owners, gift shop owners. Businessmen. I wouldn't call it schemes or scams but it's a powerful tool that they use to boost their sales. Couples that are deeply in love (the ones who take Valentine's Day seriously) would do anything (or maybe just many things) to make their partner happy. So when the whole world is buying gifts for their mates, how could they not do the same?

So. What is Valentine's day?

A. A day for romance
B. A day for love
C. A day for expecting your beau to surprise you with an incredibly sweet gift or some crazy act like spelling your name with umm... fireflies?
D. A day that has all the seemingly right reasons to make a whole in your pocket

The truth is. If love is real and love is true. Everyday spent with your lover is a Valentine's Day. Of course the actual day will more or less make things more romantic but it shouldn't be the only day where one has to think of how to make him or her happy. Valentine's Day is a strong reminder for us to do things, things more than just gifts to show love towards your other half on that day but again makes people forget about the remaining 364. Don't fall for that.

True lovers will just take Valentine's Day as a fun day to take a break from life and chill with your mate. Grab dinner. Hang out. Exchange gifts. And see how creative each other can be to maybe come up with a surprise. Have a laugh.

And for true love, commitment, trust, faith etc. The true essence of a relationship, those are written in the actions of their daily lives. It's in all the small things. The porridge he cooked you when you were sick. The sweater he used to cover your head from rain. And the porridge she made you when you were sick because you lent her your sweater. Valentine's Day does not and should not differ.

I am confused by my own words.

* It takes a long time to decide to do nothing. *

I miss your days

My heart falls head first

Saturday was chu jiu I think. Not yet done with Chinese New Year. I had some friends over. Two of my age and another eleven or twelve of my juniors. Xy xh ck sp by jm wx kh tp rt. Maybe I have missed out a few of you guys. My sisters too invited some friends. About sixteen of them. So there was more or less thirty people in my house.

Have fun. Eat. Drink. Play. Lose money. Overall to have a great time.

Played a few rounds of cards. Win lose win lose win lose. In the end I think I made about one or two bucks. And dp cabut before he could pay up. I let it go.

To honour my friends, I made them a cake! I had baked cakes twice but they were of the same flavour, Oreo Cheese. So I wanted to try something new. Keep things fresh and interesting. Marble Cheese! I just baked the cake the night before like at 10pm so I wasn't really in the mood nor had I the time to take pictures of it.

When it was cake time, xh snapped a shot of it. Apparently she did not notice the heart shape that I specially-deliberately-purposely-intentionally made with chocolate which was supposed to be unsweetened but was sweetened anyway because it was close to valentines day though I have no valentine so it made no sense at all but I did it anyway because I rock. Yea I decided to extend my habit of writing very long words to very long sentences.

Um. I would say it's a fail. The cracker base fell apart. Had something to do with the butter. And the cake itself. The taste was there. But it was sticky and lumpy. Like not puffy enough. Probably because of the heavy cream. Honestly I think it wasn't far from what a marble cake would taste like but still I don't think anyone liked it very much. 3/10.

Except for the 9 ♥

Moving on. Uh they saw my messy room. And my card collection. Hope my image wasn't ruined. Uhh then I showed them magic. An effect that requires a prediction which I wrote down earlier. I think it went fine. At least they got surprised. It's undeniably one of the most clever effects that I know of. Took me quite a while to see through it.

Uhh then we played Heart Attack. Some game that involved counting and slapping. I did not molest anyone. The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. It's math. So I definitely did not violate anyone in anyway anytime anyhow anywhere anywhatever.

Then they moved on to other houses. I don't really understand the point of exchanging oranges. You receive two and you give back two. And you take the ones you received to give it to others. So in the end you don't eat any of them. I sense redundancy.

* Matching red black checkered dresses *

Popcornless

I've been blogging for a few years now. So far I have the nonsensical-crap-poems posts, how-was-my-day posts, update posts, rant posts, and other miscellaneous ones. I thought I try something new. MOVIE REVIEW!!!

I have great taste in movies so what I say is highly believable. Not.

*Heeee my first 'not' joke.*

The Green Hornet

2011 Action Comedy starring Seth Rogen and Jay Chou. Seth Rogen like I mentioned in one of the posts before is one of my favourite actors. That's why I've been very excited about this one. In a way I was also quite eager to see how Jay Chou would fair in a hollywood film.

This movie is a hero sidekick movie with a twist. The Green Hornet (Seth) was supposed to be the hero but he didn't really do anything useful while he's sidekick Kato (Jay) did most of the fighting and stuff. But of course it was the Green Hornet who essentially saves the day. Duh he was covered by Kato.

Okay first, Seth Rogen. I think he did great in this movie. I pretty much loved all of his movies. Knocked up, Superbad, Funny People etc. Extremely hillarious. His uh-huh-uh-huh laugh was epic. Props to him.

Now, Jay Chou. He had big shoes to fill since Kato was last played by legendary Bruce Lee in 1960's or 70's. And sorry to say, he didn't do that well. English was the first problem. Kato was from Shanghai, so it's perfectly natural that he doesn't speak good english. But instead of speaking mediocre english like Kato should, Jay tried to speak like a caucasian. The slang, accent, everything. He did not pull it off. At sometimes he spoke good, and most of the time he sounded stupid. It sounded pretentious.

Though the role suited him well. Kato's a cool asian guy. And Jay has the full package. Black hair, small eyes. His acting was just okay. Not really to my liking. When I see his no-look face in the movie I really think that he's just worrying about the script. It really was his honour to work with such talented actors. Oh Cameron Diaz was in it too. Hm she looked old, she is. She was a minor role and she was okay.

Overall very funny and enjoyable. and I'm pretty sure this won't win any awards at all. Good try though.


7/10.

Black Swan

I watched thiafter midnight on the first day of Chinese New Year. A psychological horror film starring Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis. I haven't really seen any Natalie movies but I remember Mila from Forgetting Sarah Marshall. She also played the voice of Meg in Family Guy.

So this one is about a ballerina who struggles to play her roles in The Swan. The Swan, you know, Tchaikovsky. Uhh girl turns into white swan, must find true love to break the curse, evil black swan seduces the true love, white swan suicide, finds freedom in her death. Though in the movie it's a modern version of it where the ballerina had to play both black and white swans. Natalie Portman got the chosen among the ballerinas. Under immense pressure and paranoia, she started to hallucinate stuff. Like feathers popping out of her skin and some other psycho madness.

Mila Kunis was just there, another ballerina. Ah I had forgotten all of their names in the movie. Anyway Natalie got paranoid and worried that she wanted to take her role. Uhh and somehow they had lesbian sex. Kinda reminded me of Jennifer's Body.

This is a creepy movie no doubt. Wasn't funny nor romantic in any sense. So wasn't really my type. I only watched it cause I heard and saw reviews that it's good. Natalie's acting skills are really really amazing. And did you know she's a Harvard Degree holder?!! And did you know she made a rap music video with her cussing all the way?!!! I mean a girl who's pretty, smart, talented and can rap, that's like an 11!!!

So it was a great movie, acting and plot wise, but I didn't really enjoy it. A bit too slow for me.


6/10

Life As We Know It

Ah romantic comedy. Starring Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel. I didn't know Katherine Heigl until I realise that she kinda stars in many romantic comedies. 27 dresses, Knocked Up, The Ugly Truth etc. And Josh Duhamel, other than being Fergie's husband, I know nothing about him. Are they still together? Am I the only one who thinks that famous people are bound to get divorced and remarried and divorced and remarried and divorced again?

Holly (Kat) and Messer (Josh) were to raise Sophie (a baby) cause her parents, their friends died in a car accident. The two didn't get along at all. The baby was chaotic. And soon they started to get the hang of it. Fell in love. Some stuff happened. Split apart. Some other stuff happened. Got together finally. Happily ever after.

I'm a sucker for romcoms yes, but I wasn't really feeling this one. It's nice. But nothing too special. Funny yes, sweet yes, other than that I think it's just okay. Though I literally went Awww!! at one point. More like Ahhh!!! + Aww!!!. Anyway it's a light hearted movie and I'm not asking for anything more than that.

I liked it overall. Probably will not rewatch it. Katherine Heigl doesn't look old. Both of their acting were good. Very true and real life like. An honest movie.


6.5/10

*Passing mark is 5, not 4.*

Pleased to please ya

OHHH MYYYY GODDD!!!!!!

The music video for THE BALLAD OF MONA LISA is finally released!!!!

I just saw the music video today. Actually I went to the MTV website yesterday when it was already up. Though the clip wasn't available in my country. Crap. So I had to wait for it to go up on youtube to watch it.

Here it is. The wait is no more.




I thought the music video was really amazing. A story was told, what I'm really not sure of. Hm I'd say there's been a murder. And Brendon, playing the ghost perhaps, tries to reveal the murderer's identity. Like clues left behind in the Mona Lisa drawing as in the Da Vinci Code. Though I can't really understand the what do the 'rules' mean. And also I don't know why is Brendon dressed like Count Dracula.

I really like the steampunk theme, the costumes, the set and the visual effects. Though the part with the net gun thingy made me laugh a bit. And to me the song definitey does not sound like the video. That surprised me a little. Which is always good. I think they stand a good chance in winning some awards with this piece. Still, I like I Write Sins' music video better. I think it blends in better with the song.

Apparently I heard it was shot at the same exact set as I Write Sins Not Tragedies. And by the same director as well. Definitely you can see the shadows of I Write Sins in Mona Lisa. The top hats, the wooden house, the crowd, the strange make up and outfits.





So Panic seems to have gone back to their alternative punk rock style like in Fever. Hm I definitely will miss their country alternative rock music in Pretty. Odd. That was my favourite album or theirs. Anyway, I'm looking forward to their new album Vices and Virtues!

*Poor Spencer didn't get much on screen time*

Bunnies are rabbits right

Hey guys.

I'm back from KL. Chinese New Year celebration was off the hook. It's the year of the Rabbit! Honestly I am not exactly sure what it means for all of us but people come up with all sorts of corny stuff to make this year sound like the best one ever. Prosperity, fortune, good health, great love life, it just never gets old.

This year I did not went back to my father's hometown which is all the way up in Kelantan. Not sure why but it's not my decision anyway. I did visit quite a few relatives and friends. Tons of food, not so many red packets. Overall a pretty good time.

Chu Xi - Eve

My grandma flaunted her culinary skills. There were more or less ten dishes altogether. Hainanese chicken, albalone, prawns, 五香肉, 鱼漂 and a few others. Quite the spread. My uncle, his wife and his two children came over of course. My dad invited his UTM friend, Mahmood, a PhD student from Bangladesh. Speaks good english, very nice guy. It was a fabulous dinner.

Chu Yi - Day one

Visited my grandparents' place. Got together with my mum's siblings' families and lau yu sheng. Um it's basically chinese rojak. The yu sheng and the keropok were the best. Everyone was happy. Then some friends visited my house. Ah I missed Jwenda and Alvin. Had fun chats with them and showed them card magic. Of course I taught her some as well to blow her friends away which by now she probably already did. For dinner, we had steamboat at home.

Chu Er - Day two

Singapore! Went over the Uncle Keat's house. His three daughters are fun, but very noisy. Like hellish noisy. Had lunch there then moved on to Uncle Tai Heng's. HDB flat. 28th floor. Khai Dean and Khai Dan were looking great. Talked about Dan's life in poly and how things are over there. We talked and watched Alice In the Wonderland, a movie I hadn't watch before this because I thought it would creep me out like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory did. Seriously that movie was freakish as hell. Johnny Depp please stop playing roles like these. At night went to Vanessa's place! Hung out till about 1 am.

Chu San - Day Three

Up up up to KL. Oh I bumped into Yumin during lunch. What are the odds? Reached there only at about 3pm. Visited my grandma's late sister's husband's place. Everyone was looking pretty good. Had dinner together. Then went to my grandma's brother's place. Granduncle Robert. In Damansara if not mistaken. This guy was the architect who singlehandly drew Tian Hou Gong. No joke. And yes he's wealthy. Right outside his house I can see a Peugeot SUV. Then there's a Subaru Forester. Inside there's a Mercedes-Benz. And I forgot what the other one was. Met with his son, Simon's family. Had chats about my future. And again I performed card magic for Simon and his wife. Apparently uncle Simon himself was pretty intrigued and fascinated by magic. And his wife was interested in magic when she was my age. Like they totally get it. They get me. Honeslty I felt touched more than anything else.

Chu Si - Day four

Drove all day visiting friend's of my grandma's. I seriously have not seen them before. I don't really know them at all. So the only thing that kept me awake was my baby cousins, food, and feeding my baby cousins food. Anyway it was rather tiring. Our visits ended in the evening and we called it a day. Had dinner at Asia Cafe. I had a pizza all to myself. The Quattro. Which is Mozarella, Parmesan, Blue Cheese and Cheddar. And I downed half of my sister's spaghetti carbonara. Cheeeeeeeesed to the max. Very satisfying.

Chu Wu - Day five

Did nothing. Dad went to meet up with his client so we just waited. Played a few rounds of cards and that was it. Then we went back. I burnt a cd for my dad with about 30 contemporary songs that are of my taste. My attempt to expose him to 2011 music and the prove that music is not dead after The Beatles or MJ. Uhh. I played it and well. Let's just say we have generation gap. Oh on my way back we stopped for a while and I saw a guy with a rifle. Freaking cool. Uhh traffic was smooth. And we all reached home safely.

So that was my Chinese New Year celebration with my family. Just today I met up with a few of my friends. We had lunch at Jusco. Actually just Weiqing and I. The others watched us eat. Then I went to Woonann's place. We uhh.. encouraged cash flow. I ended up making about RM10 I think. Haha to think that I sat at the table for more than an hour just to make that 10 bucks. Ah well, it's not about the money. It's about winning. Haha nah it's about the fun. But seriously losing money sucks.

Um I think I'll meet more friends before the 15 days of Chinese New Year ends. Right. Happy Chinese New Year to all. Have fun, stay safe. =)

Emperor one piece suit? Haha

It's a miracle that this isn't blur

This little guy remembers names well

*I don't really wear red although it's my favourite colour. *

Boy meets girl

Top Shot

Really into movies nowadays. English movies to be specific. I search for movies to watch via the names of my favourite actors. Not all of them are A-list actors like Tom Cruise, Natalie Portman, or Johnny Depp. Still I love their acting and how natural they can be. Right now, I would say my top ten favourite actors are:

Seth Rogen
Michael Cera
Jim Carey
Jennifer Aniston
Nicolas Cage
Will Ferrell
Zooey Deschanel
Jonah Hill
Steve Carrell
Adam Sandler

I'm guessing that you only recognize Nicolas Cage, Adam Sandler, Jim Carey. If you're into chinese movies, you probably know none of them at all. You're missing out.

And as you may already realise, most of the actors and actresses above mostly starred in comedy films and romantic Comedy fillms. Which is exactly what I'm addicted to nowdays.

ROM COM.

A few years back. I didn't like romantic comedy. I do love comedy all along, but the romantic part turns me off. Only since last year I really got into in. And it was JUNO, that got me adoring romcoms. So far I probably watched about 20 to 30 romcoms. Not a lot. And I don't plan to watch those that go way back to the 90s'. Okay let me try to list the ones that I have watched.

Juno
500 Days of Summer
The Switch
My Best Friend's Girl
50 First Dates
Wedding Crashers
Knocked Up
She's The Man
The Ugly Truth
The Proposal
Good Luck Chuck
Valentine's Day
I Love You Man
I Love You Phillip Morris
Cyrus
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Nick And Norah's Infinite Playlist
The 40 Year Old Virgin
27 Dresses
Legally Blonde
He's Just Not That Into You
Paper Heart
You, Me And Dupree
The House Bunny
Easy A

...and probably a few more.

Yup. And of all the ones I've seen, my favourites has to be Knocked Up, Wedding Crashers, Forgetting Sarah Marshall and of course, Juno. They're so light hearted, relaxing, hillarious, and touching to watch. Of course there were lots of those 'aww...' moments. Though I didn't really teared in anyone of them.

I know I know. Like aren't guy suppose to like movies like Transformers, Terminator and others that are full of action? Don't get me wrong I do like Transfomers, quite a bit. Actually second the romcom is comedy, and after that is horror films. Action isn't really my thing.

Umm well they are like Pringles, nice to eat, very popular, and most people love them. But after watching it you forget all about it. Romcom is more like... cheesecake. Hmm. Mad awesome, delightful, melts in your mouth and the taste stays there for a while. It gets you into deep thoughts, often led to daydreams. And they are often incorporated with sarcasm, irony, dirty jokes. May sound weird but I sometimes find dirty jokes incredibly funny.

Great thing is, I think about how terrible it is to get into those sticky relationship situations like those in the movies. Like you like a girl, then she's your best friend's fiancee, then you have already a girlfriend, then you found she's your sister, and someone dies, and everything gets screwed up. And I look at myself and go 'Thank God I'm free from all those troubles.' Cause more often than not, real life relationship problems are much worse, and doesn't not have a happy ending.

Anyways, that's what I have been up to lately. Watching girly movies alone. This is not my other side, it's pretty much my only side. Then again, I do card magic, likes to bake cakes, does not play dota. So clearly this can't be too much of a surprise right. Oh I painted my kitchen the other day. Sexy red. Has nothing to do with Chinese New Year.

Hm, so what should I watch tonight?

*I want to bake cookies.*