Being a HUGE fan of Neil Gaiman's, I can't wait for his story, Stardust to be told in a movie form.
Me thinks Claire Danes as Yvaine was perfect. The cross-dressing pirate, Captain Shakespeare is played by Robert De Niro, personally I would much prefer Johnny Depp aka Captain Jack Sparrow. Love him but we'll see how De Niro carries it off. And Ian McKellen (Gandalf from LOTR) as the Narrator - brilliant. Love his warm, grandfatherly voice. Another favorite choice of mine, Morgan Freeman. Not too keen on Sienna Miller as Victoria but we'll see. And then we have Michelle Pfeiffer who is finally back taking the role as Lamia, the evil witch! I'm just so excited!
You know I have a feeling Mr Tay won't wanna watch this with me. He hates fantasy / magic / prancing fairies / dark faeries kinda movies. Hence, I didn't get to watch Pan's Labyrinth, waiting for DVD now
Stardust - Coming to cinemas near you ~
Neil Gaiman didn't quite like the tagline they are using, "Stardust. This summer a star falls. The chase begins." Neil said, "My own suggestion, "Stardust. It's not a sequel to anything," was appreciated but, probably wisely, rejected." Personally, I think I prefer the first one. Hmm.
09 May 2007 01:47 PM To: David Tay Lik Sing Subject: Important message by Ms Low
Hello Mr Tay,
When you call 016-xxxxxxx you'd get no answer because you know why? The very smart (and beautiful) owner brilliantly left it at A507. So, the only means of communication that you and I are going to have is by email or the conventional office phone which, by the way is boring because I can do none of the "bi bi" "mwah mwah" "(insert cute sound)" etc in the presence of The Boss who is sitting next to me. Please be informed that I will finish my yoga class at 7pm, thus can I expect to see you at the new wing lobby by 7.30?
Please reply, else I'll have to kill you later.
Regards, Angie, Pik Har LOW Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) - ASEAN IBM Malaysia tel: +60 3 230 xxxx tie line: 61 936 xxxx fax: +60 37726 xxxx
1.BMW The boy has been dying for one eversince Ice Age.
2. Malboro ciggies Although I do not advocate it, it's His Royal Majesty's birthday afterall.
3. Cufflinks He loves them.
4. Colorful balloons Every birthday boy should always have balloons. Because I said so.
5. Futsal footwear Because the boy loves his futsal (and he has kicked some asses too!)
6. Armani Mania That perfume is just so him. I did not choose this for him as he has already been using this way before I knew him. So, my guess is, it could be introduced to him by his ex-gf? Betul ah, bi?
7. Mwah What is a birthday without mwah-mwahs from your loved ones
8. Prancing bikini girl Mr David LS Tay LOVES Girls in Bikinis. Period.
9. Magic wand Albeit a little sissy, but a magic wand for the birthday boy to make many more birthday wishes!
10. Bonus Baby, give you 4 months bonus, good?
11. Genie lamp *rub rub* Ask for 29 more wishes! (or more)
12. Yet another BMW (this one's a limited edition) One can never have too many BMWs.
13. IKEA curry puffs His favorite! My favorite too!
14. A brand new brain Good to have. La la la ~~~~~
15. Hugs More hugs from ME ME ME and only ME!
16.Cheers!
17.Bikini Me?
18. Candy Hearts - Dosage: To be taken one per day.
19. Chickadees This 29 year old boy man, LOVES Chickadees, I kid you not.
20. Booze Champion
21.MORE BEACH HOLIDAYS FOR YOU! (and me)
22. McD's French Fries "He's Lovin' It"
23. Smiley Sun for more Sunshine throughout your life!
24. Birthday cake JPEG will do for now
25.LOVE God please show him the way to guide him thru the right path in loving me more. Amen. Muahahhahaha!
26. Rainbows for him to find his pots of 'gold' in life
27. Happy Birthday Sticker Boy I just thought it's cute
28.Cupcakes
29. Carebears! Ok, this one isn't what he likes but I like ok!
"A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within." - W. Durant
Mr Tay and I watched Apocalypto yesterday and it was mindblowingly astoundingly brilliant.
Directed by award-winning director, Mel Gibson, only he could pull off a film in a total foreign language and produced it so wonderfully good. In Passion of the Christ, he had the whole film in Aramaic which he did the same for Apocalypto, but in the Yucatec Maya language this time.
I'm not doing a full review about it but I just have to say this. I couldn't help feeling SO FREAKIN' ANGRY throughout the movie. Mel's brilliant in this matter, I feel. In Passion of the Christ, I couldn't stop tearing and this time, instead of just sadness, I felt anger building up in me as the story progressed on. Mr Tay could testify to the fact that I had numerous outbursts yelling, "HOW COULD THEY DO THIS!", "YEAH, KILL THAT BASTARD!" "OMG, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW COULD ANYONE BE SO CRUEL!!!"
It was THAT gripping for me.
The Hero
Mr Tay made one very interesting statement while watching it.
"Notice how we human glorify the great architectures of the Angkor Wat, Pyramids, Hanging Tower of Babylons, Great Wall of China, etc... saying how magnificent they are, where in fact these exact buildings were built entirely by men or slaves captured and forced to just like these people in Apocalypto. So, do we still glorify these so-called 7 Wonders of the World?"
That's something to ponder on.
Watch Apocalypto, if you haven't. Dubbed as The Most Powerful Film of All Time, click on the link to read about it. Or just go to Wikipedia la.
That's all about this wonderful film, while I go do this:
Apocalypto - Goofy Picture of Mel Gibson
1. Find a copy of the Apacalypto teaser trailer such as at http://apocalypto.movies.go.com/ or though any search engine.
2. Fast forward to around the 1:45-47 mark.
3. Go frame by frame.
4. There is a single frame of director Mel Gibson standing with some of the actors. He has a goofy grin on his face and a cigarette in his teeth.
Our loot among others: cabbages, eggs, grapes, soya milk, jelly (yes, mr tay is making his infamous jellies again!), sweet and sour sauce, chicken thigh, pork, dory fish, Chickadees, etc. Noticed the Pink and Blue hand towels? Wahahahha!
Boy: What's with the pink hand towel? Girl: Don't care, I like *pout* Boy: You are turning my place into a female place la. Girl: See, I bought pink and BLUE Boy: Gawd, you're torturous.
La la la ~~~ See how pretty Pink Handtowel looks on Mr Tay's bathroom
Pink goes first before the Blue!
Oh by the way, I bought Mr Tay this pair of loafers
Just got back from the HomeDec exhibition in KL Convention Center with Mr Tay.
I love how they do up the bathroom booths - the sink bowl, marble top, modern looking faucets, etc so I roughly have a good idea on how I would want mine to be And seriously, no matter what they say about induction hobs, I would STILL want induction hobs! They look so much sleeker and easier to clean up! I learnt one thing today: Ceramic hobs vs Induction hobs. Go for the induction ones because if you have kids at home, it is much safer. Apparently, induction hobs surface do not heat up to the extent of burning point whereas ceramic hobs will burn you if you are not careful enough. So at first I, who didn't know the price of those hobs, went to the first counter that I saw and the price of the induction hob was RM8000++. I was like wtf... there goes my dream of having a nice stove top. I THOUGHT all induction hobs are around that price but noooo, the other counters that we saw was roughly priced at RM2800+ and RM3500+, so ada chance la of me getting one Girl: But why so big difference in price?! Boy: It's all because of the brands la bi.
Then, we saw some nice looking Rainshower system that I love so so much. Didn't purchase because I haven't gotten the keys to my place yet!!! Mr Tay bought a toilet paper holder, you know those silver toilet paper protector, for his brother. And the biggest purchase has to be Mr Tay's sliding door for the kitchen. According to him, each time when I cook, I smoked up the whole unit and oil particles escape to the hall, rooms, etc. So, we got a pretty good deal from this fella and he would be coming sometime next week to do the measuring and installing
So, we got home and I just did some money transfer transactions for my bills and at 2pm, I'll be going to the Flea Market @ The Curve and meeting Sue there. We're going to take a loooongggg walk INSIDE and OUTSIDE of Curve today! And I quote her, "We're going to shop till we drop!" Gawd, I love flea markets
