1st Movies in UK Cinema

Don't judge me.

I know I have been in the UK for the past 1 over years but I am a very homey person in the sense that I don't spend much on clothes or entertainment like movies in the cinema. No doubt I spent money on food but food is essential in life no?

Anyway, yesterday night I finally had the chance to watch movies in the UK cinema. Honestly, the cinema is not much different from back home so there were no 'WOW' factors involved like how I felt when I went to the toy store in London. Now, that was WOW!

Last night was a very very exciting night. I did something kinda illegal =P
I borrowed a senior's unlimited movie card to buy ticket for free. I know it's wrong and hence the excitement. When Kepochi-the-Busybody bought the ticket, my heart were racing and I was so scared that we'll get caught! And when we entered the cinema, I had real hardcore palpitations and even tremor! Yes, I'm such a coward. Hey, I got palpitations even by looking at the edge of a white paper of my classmate's exam paper during a small test so shoot me!

Bourne Legacy

I have to admit, maybe due to the excitement and adrenaline rush from all the ticketing issue, I find the front part a wee bit slow. I know they were trying to explain and relate back to the previous Bourne movies and hence it was kinda draggy but towards the end, it was good. Compared to the previous Bourne movies, I think it lacks something, don't ask me what.

The Expendables 2

Now this movie is just hilarious, corny and has very funny lame script. There were a few parody scenes such as when Arnold Schwarzenegger appeared, catch phrases like 'I'll terminate your butt', 'I'll be back' etc just cracked me up. Chuck Norris appeared too and Ennio Morricone's spaghetti western theme song plays whenever he presented himself on screen. (Is it me or does Chuck Norris looks like Tim Allen? )
A few other catch phrases were there to laugh about too like 'yippie-kai-yay' from die hard and 'what's next? Rambo?' LOL.
I like what Bruce Willis said 'we all should be in the museum!'. Yes, you all should be, so that you guys will be remembered forever =)

Right, I felt that this movie is just so fake with all the blood bursting at each gun shot and I wondered how hundreds of men can't even aim and shoot at this 6 hugely build guys. You could have thought that with so much surface area to aim, they could have got scratched a little? Oh and sorry but I have to mention about Mr. Stallone's and Mr. Van Damme's make up, too much foundation perhaps? And why Jet Li only appeared in the beginning? Another thing to note, Liam Hemsworth as Billy Boy was a bit cute for this movie maybe? But I am not complaining because he reminds me of Legolas in Lord of the Ring =P

But in all honesty, I like and enjoyed the movie. It's nice to see all the old famous macho actors come together and remind us of how great they were back then =)

Movies on plane

I know someone is dying to read something outside the medicine life but too bad, I am still not in the mood to blog about things to let you read too much into me =P

Right, Movies on the A380 plane that I managed to watch in between my 40 winks.

1. The Avengers

Yes I know, I am so outdated and so late but hey, don't judge me. I was preparing for me exams and there were too much to watch on youtube! So how did I feel about this movie, honestly? It was just OK for me. Any particular character that I rooted for? Nil, Zilch, none. Somehow, this movie was not as good as what I expected. Note to oneself, never set an expectation if you wanna enjoy the show.
I'm still waiting for the movie that will make me go 'WOAH~' like how the 1st transformers did back in 2007.

2. Battleship

Yup, the movie with Rihanna in it. Well, I thought that Rihanna was acting just like herself. I've watched her on Norton Graham Show and I felt in the movie, she was just being herself or maybe she was also acting in the chat show and if she did, she's good then no? Overall, I felt it was quite interesting and I like the characters in the movie. As you know, I was leaving my homeland and should be feeling homesick and all but surprisingly, I did not cry nor teared up during the sad parts like when the brother died. Hmm, I wonder why. I love Liam Neelson and every time I see him, the famous quote from Taken will appear on my mind 'I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you' LOL

3. 50/50

There were tonnes of other movies to watch but I chose this based on Joseph Gordon -Levitt's face. From the poster, you can see and assume that he plays the lead character right? Yup, you guessed right. Anyway, it was interesting to watch him act as a cancer patient and how he cope with his life receiving treatment, watching his cancer friends die, talking to therapist, staying with a cheating girlfriend, having a friend who uses the phrase 'my best friend has cancer' to get laid etc and most of all, to have a perspective from a young cancer patient who did not see this coming. I have to say I paused to nap for a few times but I finished the movie and that got to mean something right?

4. Date Night

Yes I know, this movie is ancient (2 years old ) but 2010 was my huge exam year! Anyway, typical stupid jokes, cheesy lines yet an entertaining movie. Having Steve Carell and Tina Fey together was brilliant! Totally enjoyed the show =)

I think I slept a lot hence only got to watch 4 movies...or did I miss some out. It's OK, it's old movies anyway =P

Right, I'm down with runny nose thanks to the weather (but it was so sunny and windy this afternoon =/) and hopefully the movie and Japanese food plan later will work. Fingers crossed =)

Movies and Ballet performances

Besides meeting with friends and eating, I had time to catch a few shows.

I just finished watching You Are The Apple of My Eye, a Taiwanese romantic movie at youtube.

I have to admit that I was sort of able to relate a bit. The feeling of being courted, the feeling of knowing someone really likes you, the feeling of being treasured and the feeling of liking that person back yet you didn't want the courtship to end hence you decide to just keep quiet about it.

After finishing the show, I was stalking my crush's Fb =P
Seeing him happy, I am happy for him too but I don't like his current gf. Not trying to judge but I feel he could have got a better one. But as long as he's happy, then good for him =)

The other movie that I recently watched was The Amazing Spider-man at GSC.

The movie started off with the best music ever and for the whole movie, besides the plot, I was very very aware of 2 things.
1. The background music and soundtrack
2. Andrew Garfield looked and acted like my friend in the movie.

Now, imagine watching the movie without any background music. It'll be so boring and so monotonous right?! Gosh, the music was just perfect for each scene and it makes the whole movie 100% better!!! I would love to buy the soundtrack but is it worth it? For the other issue, AG really really reminded me of my friend throughout the whole show!! His every smile, every move and every hesitation while thinking really really resembles him!!! It was really a little...distracting. LOL

The other show that I watched was the International Ballet Gala at Istana Budaya

I really enjoyed myself but I was too tired and some variation was a little too slow for me. This show was a-must-see according to mom's yoga teacher because of the world class dancers who took their time to appear in M'sia. It was a great show =)

After the show, I saw my ballet teacher/ ballet school principal and a few of my other ballet friends where we did the SP Production at Istana Budaya too. Coming back to IB, it really reminded me of all the great times practicing and rehearsing for the show. Months of hard work and time and of course new friends from all over the M'sia's ballet school =)

The Gala Programme

Le Grand Pas de Deux

Choreography: Christian Spuck, Jin Yao*, Wei Wei

Pas de deux from ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

Choreography: David Nixon O.B.E., Ena Hirose, Hironao Takahashi*

Contemporary Solo

Steve Goh

Pas de deux from ‘Spartacus’

Choreography: Irek Mukhamedov O.B.E., Kyoko Tomimura*, Nobuo Fujino*

Wedding Night Pas de Deux from ‘Madame Butterfly’

Choreography: Stanton Welch, Karina Gonzalez*, Joseph Walsh

Pas de deux from ‘Romeo and Juliet’

Yuan Yuan Tan*, Damian Smith

‘The Red Violin’ (pas de deux)

Choreography: Jie Choong, Ena Hirose, Hironao Takahashi*

Grand pas deux from ‘The Sleeping Beauty’

Choreography: Ben Stevenson O.B.E., Karina Gonzalez*, Joseph Walsh

Pas de deux from ‘Turandot’

Choreography: Natalie Wier, Jin Yao*, Wei Wei

Grand pas de deux from ‘The Nutcracker’

Choreography: Stephen Jefferies, Kyoko Tomimura*, Nobuo Fujino*

Pas de deux from ‘Diving Into the Lilacs’/ ‘Somewhere in Time’

Choreography: Yuri Possokhov/ Edwaard Liang, Yuan Yuan Tan*, Damian Smith

* International Award Recipient.

Programme subject to changes. Part of proceeds goes to selected charities

Guest Artists (tentative)

Yuan Yuan Tan ‐ Principal Dancer, San Francisco Ballet, USA

Damian Smith ‐ Principal Dancer, San Francisco Ballet, USA

Joseph Walsh ‐ Principal Dancer, Houston Ballet, USA

Karina Gonzalez ‐ Soloist, Houston Ballet, USA

Jin Yao ‐ Principal Dancer, Hong Kong Ballet

Wei Wei ‐ Soloist, Hong Kong Ballet

Nobuo Fujino ‐ Former Principal Dancer, Hong Kong Ballet

Kyoko Tomimura ‐ Former Principal Dancer, Hong Kong Ballet

Ena Hirose ‐ Principal Dancer, Ena Ballet, Japan

Hironao Takahashi ‐ Premier Dancer, Northern Ballet Theatre, UK

Steve Goh ‐ JS Dance Theatre, Malaysia

Mood Swing?

I know, it's typical for a female to have mood swings and guys always refer it as 'the month'.

Obviously I am not in 'the month' but I think I just snapped at my friend.
I asked her if she wants to join us watching the Olympic Torch Relay tomorrow evening at town and she replied 'I might be getting bus pass to pick my parcel at Cove.'
Then I waited thinking there might be another reply coming.
.........
I just took my phone and replied: So you joining or not?
Before clicking send, I added a =) at the back.

Then I reflected back and realised I was being very mean by replying that way...

BUT

There was no answer in that message. No hint of Yes/ No/ Maybe joining right? Am I right or am I too dense to understand what she meant by that reply? Well, at least I put at =) at the back <.<

Hmmm....

Maybe knowing exam is in another 7 days away while I watch Mirror Mirror (Snow White)

and

Hunger Games

just irritates me.
Why am I wasting time NOT STUDYING?
Hoping for a fail?
Great =/

Oh the plan of going to Tassie to visit my friend is out of the question as well since dad gently rejected that proposal with a  'I won't say no but it'll be good if you stay at home and help your sis with her SPM. What will other people say seeing you flying here and there? Later they think I am rich.'
GREAT......just freaking great.....what am I going to do at home for that 7 weeks? Better just stay here...at least I don't need to do any housework for others or feeling hot and sweaty all the time or.....shit, why am I complaining when I have the chance to go home...smack me.

I need to grow up...don't mess with me >.

Koizora movie

Just finished watching 2 movies in Youtube and I have to say, it has been a long time since I watched a korean movie that is slow yet interesting and a Japanese movie that always never fail to make me shed tears.

The Japanese movie that I watched was Koizora.

This movie is a love story between this couple. Watched it at Part 1 and Part 2

The main actor hair is just so cool and it's white!!

I'm totally in love with that hair style. He's also the same actor who acted as Kazehaya in Kimi Ni Todoke Aka =)

Next is Daisy

You can watch it at Youtube as well.

It's an urban romantic melodrama between a young painter, an interpol detective and a professional hitman.

Nothing much to say about the actors and actress besides I like how the hitman (the guy on the left in that poster) looks (not very typical Korean and mysterious) and how I like the story develop even though it can be quite slow. Not the typical love story too.

Right, should start to hit the books. Ja ne~~
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