Friday, March 31, 2006
of looking like oranges
been meaning to post this since i first saw Xabi Alonso put on a red shirt, but never got to it.here it is:
breaking up opposition's play and spraying passes across the field is his business
the invisible man who stalks and terrorizes his ex.
They look SOOOooOo alike right??
first time i saw Xabi, Hollow Man instantaneously came to my mind.
maybe they're long lost twins or some shit..
i know who my long lost twin is,
Weezer lead singer Rivers Cuomo.
that's what peter once said, kononnya i look like him.
i'm utterly flattered, but bar the mop of hair & thick-rimmed glasses, my resemblance to him is as close as how a peeled orange looks like an apple.
Posted by ~z at 11:23 PM
Sunday, March 26, 2006
doo da du
| Your 2005 Song Is |
 Feel Good Inc by Gorillaz "Love forever love is free. Let's turn forever you and me." In 2005, you were loving life and feeling no pain. |
really?? how can I not feel pain? I'm no Superman.
Eh, wait, Superman also can get hurt wan rite, only takes more damage before he feels the pain.
whatever.
mp3:
Gorillaz vs. Cake - Never Feel Good
Posted by ~z at 8:12 AM
Saturday, March 18, 2006
2 in 1
Underworld : Evolution
1st of all, this movie is stupid. 2ndly, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
If you live in the country I live in where Oscar-winning gay movies and movies about Israelis assasinating Palestinians are banned, you would know that the original Underworld was never shown in Malaysia.
I don't know how this sequel made it through our censorship board since it's filled with nothing but crap. yup, this movie is nothing but action, fighting, blood-sucking, killing and Kate Beckinsale. Which is also why you should go watch this movie if you love all of the above.
The whole movie is seemingly shot in perpetual darkness as it's about the neverending fight between vampires and lycans (geek term for werewolves). There's virtually no story-line so I'm not gonna waste my time on that. The 1st 20mins is kinda confusing with lots of references to chracters from the 1st movie, but once you realise that this movie is pointless, you'll begin to enjoy it.
The fight scenes between the wolves and vampires are way cool with lots of CGI effects. Oh yeah, and Kate Beckinsale is super-bloody-hot.
In a skin-tight leather suit throughout, she alone's probably worth paying the movie ticket for. The much hyped about love scene with the forgettable Scott Speedman where she takes off the leather suit for the only time in the movie was expectedly (and dissapointedly) cut off in Malaysian cinemas. Wonder how her husband-director Len Wiseman could stand there behind the camera watching his wife make love with another man. Overall, this movie is complete-mindless entertainment. Why I love this movie:
1. Kate Beckinale looks bloody hot in a leather suit.
2. Cool action scenes..especially the final one involving the big batman (can't remember the chracter's name) and the helicopter.
3. Kate Beckinsale is freakin-glass-melting-temperature hot.
V for Vendetta
caught the premiere of this movie on Thursday, and I just realised that it was the first time I ever saw a movie at Midvalley. =p
"People should not be afraid of the government, governments should be afraid of the people"
A very entertaining show, this was my first outing with college friends..another 1st =p
Based on a graphic novel, it stars Hugo Weaving (of Elrond and Agent Smith fame) as the terrorist-hero V. You won't get to see his face throughout the entire movie though. Set in a future London, where they is a curfew time, the government is ruled by a High Chancellor and the London Underground is shut-down, V tries to start a rebellion against the government with his freaky Guy Fawkes-mask on the whole time.
lots of knife kung fu action inspired by the Matrix's Wachowski brothers, lots of classical music (Tchaikovsky, me thinks?), and lots of the alphabet V (it gets sickening at some point) throughout the entire movie.
The graphic novellist who started it all, Alan Moore thinks it is shit, and even had his vendetta against V for Vendetta printed all over the NY Times.
I THINK it's a must-watch, you get to see the British Parliament Building get blown up (yea, Big Ben included), you get to see Natalie Portman bald, and by the end of the show, you can add a significant number of words that start with the letter V to your vocabulary.
"For anyone looking for something totally different in this most overworked of Hollywood genres (comic-book superheroes), this is it."- Rotten Tomatoes.
Posted by ~z at 5:32 PM
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
life goes on
can't complain about my results. there was no miracle. got the very least I deserved. hopes for scholarships as good as gone, but giving it a try anyway.B*** : hey, wanna join me smoke weed? me and S**** on our b'day.
~Z : what??
B*** : come on la. i'm doin it just for fun.
~Z : ...
B*** : try it out lah. you've only got one life, why waste it?
~Z : YOU've only got one life, Why waste it?
they're a lot of things i wanna do before i die, pointlessly making my life significantly shorter by smoking weed, or smoking anything else for that matter, is not one of them. i rather live years longer than give it up for a puff of marijuana. not gonna waste my life away. not like that.
mp3:
The Format - Give It Up
great tune, great theme..listen to the lyrics.
ever seen the simpsons? its freakin funny, and enlightening as well since the Philosopher of the Decade is the main chracter. =p
watch this : The Simpsons in Real Life
Posted by ~z at 11:02 PM
Sunday, March 12, 2006
D-Day
Went shopping at The Curve today and bought shoes and some books. On the way home, Dad had to take a u-turn to head back to PJ, and after the turn, lo and behold, were a group of traffic policemen who had "set up shop" there.Traffic police are smart nowadays, they wait at u-turns under flyovers coz you have to slow your car down and you would be surprised and unprepared for them. Surprised and unprepared was my father as he desperately tried to sling the unused seat belt over his arm. It was too late anyway, he had already been spotted, and the Men In White gesticulated for him to stop. This guy who had an Anti Rasuah badge on his shiny white uniform walked up to the car:
Anti-rasuah policeman (ARP) : (points at seatbelt) apa ni?
Dad (D) : Eh? (phony astonished look on face) tak pakai properly arh.
ARP : tengok driving license.
D : (rummages in wallet, hands card to ARP)
ARP : eh, ini kad tnb la. u kerja tnb?
Dad had accidentally (i think), handed his tnb staff card instead.
D : sorry, sorry wrong card. ya, tnb. (continues looking in wallet)
ARP : so, tariff akan naik ke?
D : yalah, tak boleh terus macam ni lagi la, tnb rugi banyak.
ARP : mahal-lah, kenapa naik lagi??
D : eh, tnb rugi banyak lah, tak boleh buat apa.
ARP : (smiles and just waves us off)
~Z : he's letting us off?
D : (real astonished look on face this time, drives off as quickly as possible before anti-rasuah man changes his mind)
the shoes i bought
i don't usually buy nike coz i prefer supporting the underdog (i.e. adidas, reebok.) but these look too good to resist.
looks familiar? coz the world's best player wears it too =p
autographed by the man himself...
ahah..no, just kiddin.
tomorrow's the day. everybody's getting worried over a tiny slip of paper. i've decided i'm not gonna care. i mean it's not like you can do anything to change it. what's done is done, look ahead, don't get stuck up in the past. i'm just gonna accept whatever i get, with grace.
i'm worried though about my piano theory exam tomorrow. it's in dj in the morning so i don't think i'll be at tmn sea on time. the thing is, i'm almost sure of at least getting a merit, but £50 is awarded to ppl who get distinction and i don't mind an extra RM350 in my pocket. it's not fun to be sitting for an exam and collecting results for another exam on the very same day you know.
anyway, hope tomorrow goes well for me in both.
All the best to everyone for tomorrow. Fingers-crossed.
Posted by ~z at 8:11 PM
Friday, March 10, 2006
one step at a time
Another long overdue post thanks to non-stop tests and whatnot...Last Sunday, Thiam Beng, Sueh Lung, yang, Brian and I took part in the KL International Marathon. That's nothing new..but this year, instead of joining the 7km run, i signed up for the half-marathon..First off, I don't know how I let yang persuade me into running 3 times what I usually run, and more than double my longest run. And add that to the fact that the last time i ran before that was A-G-E-S ago. Best of all, we played 2-hrs of futsal the previous day, so my legs were aching before the run even started! In that moment of folly, i already paid yang 30 bucks, so I thought, what the heck.
Thiam Beng and Sueh Lung joined the full marathon, (that's bloody 42 kilo m's btw) and my hat's off to them for finishing within the 6-hr qualifying mark. Reached there around 5am I think but there was already a throng of runners gearing up for the marathon. I failed to spot kennysia among all the bald africans and chinese women who looked like men.
So, yang, brian and I started off rather well, reaching the 10km mark in 1hr10mins but what was bloody annoying was, the 1st 3 refreshment stations we reached were already out of drinks..We pay 30bucks and they can't even make sure they have enough for all the runners?!?!
Anyway, I ran with yang for the first 15 km or so till my body finally gave in. My legs just refused to move any faster than a slow
GAAAHHH!! really really regret not pushing myself more but i got a lovely medal in the end anyway. Definitely better than all the previous ones i got.
Looks much more..proper..=p
What's so fun about putting your body under physical torment for 3 hours on a Sunday morning? you say. Well, it's the personal satisfaction you get at the end of every run knowing you made it becaused you persevered and pushed yourself to the limit just to get to the finishing line.
I finished in 1111st position according to the chip system. among the last few of the finishers.
Embarassed? no.
Dissapointed? yesh. but I'll definitely give 21k another try some other time.
Posted by ~z at 8:59 PM
Saturday, March 04, 2006
Walk The Line
Finally watched it last weekend, been waiting for its release here ever since it opened in November in every freaking corner of the Earth except Malaysia. For those in the dark, Walk The Line is a musical biopic of The Man In Black - the late, great, Johnny Cash.
So I called GSC (TGV's not showing it for god knows what reason), to book the tickets beforehand, and guess what, this epic biography which won 3 Golden Globes and is in the running for 5 Academy Awards is classified under "other English movies"...
?!?! even bloody big black momma's house comes before that.
The cineplex was at most an 8th filled, which is really just sad. On to the movie, Joaquin Phoenix totally kicks ass with his brilliant portrayal of warm friend Johnny and his alter ego/stage personality Cash. The chemistry between June Carter (played by Reese Witherspoon) and Johnny Cash is thoroughly compelling, with both actors giving Oscar-calibre performances to own their roles without fear. This movie is more than just a biography of one of the greatest country and blues songwriters, it is a love story which is all the more engaging because it's true.
If you enjoy country music, you'll love this movie. Heck, if you like any type of music, you'll still love it anyway. The movie is filled with lots of Cash classics impressively performed and sung by Phoenix and Witherspoon themselves. Phoenix learnt the guitar and totally immersed himself in Cash's work just so that he could play the part to perfection, totally deserving the Oscar IMHO. Witherspoon's angelic voice was soulful, and her southern country accent was lovably believable. There's even a brief cameo appearance by Tyler Hilton as The King himself-Elvis Presley.
GO WATCH THIS MOVIE!!! Like, NOW!!!!
Rotten Tomatoes gave it 84%, I give it a 9/10. It'll be the best RM10 you ever spent.
