Monday, March 31, 2008

once and for all

Why is it that when someone offers me food and I politely refuse (“no thanks I’m full”), they always say something like “On a diet?” or “Afraid you’ll get fat?”. This is especially prominent in Asians, I know they are teasing, but it’s really annoying because you know they’re hoping I’ll say “Yes” so that they can go into a full blown wawawas on why you should just enjoy food etcetera while the truth is that most times, they,too, hope to lose a size or two. 

 I don’t treat eating as a chore.  When I say I’m full, I’m really full, trust me, if I want your food, I’ll have it (and if I like it, you’ll be goddamn sorry). Sometimes, I just don’t feel like eating or I’m not tempted by whatever’s on your plate. And by the way, yes, I don’t want to get fat, who in the hells actually ASKS for excess BMI?

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Wednesday, March 26, 2008

La Orfanata

I’ve seen my share of horror movies and out of those, I onlylike The Others and The Haunting. I’m very picky about actors in general, butI’m even worse when it comes to horror movies.  I can’t stand horror for horror’s sake, such as the onesfeaturing long haired stop-motion chicks in white (The Ring, The Grudge,Shutter), teen slashers (Scream, Prom Night), they are okay as boredom killers,but other than that, you’re better off waiting for Scary Movie’s spoofs.

By the way, can everyone in the movie industry stop makinghorror movies with the aforementioned stop motion chick? Scary thing off theassembly line is not impressive.

Yesterday, I shrugged off the possibility of a sleeplessnight and went to see The Orphanage (La Orfanata) all by myself.  Shit BLEW ME the crap AWAY. Not onlydid it make me jump out of my seat (very embarrassing when the people to yoursides are strangers), it also made my throat corked tight by the end—a hugefeat considering I don’t cry at movies except during PMS.

The Orphanage is about a family who moved into an oldorphanage, which the mother used to live in as a child, from here on, you knowwhat happens. I don’t know why people still do this, moving into spooky houses,it’s like they’re asking for it. 

Today, I found out that Hollywood has its grubby little claws on a remake of this excellent movie. It’s sad that the American movie industry can’t come up with a good original horror movie anymore that they have to remake every European and Asian horror flick. Suckiness alert.

I slept quite well after the movie, by the way. Although showering is now a mostly open-eye task. 

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Sunday, March 16, 2008

2 more things that freak me out

1. little boys in musicals.

    (especially when they start singing in english accent and sound like they’re born with the wrong set of genitals)

2. excessively cheerful people
    (One of the girls in my Dutch class has a permanent grin plastered on her face. Emote, robot)
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Couch Potato

Haven’t done much in Singapore except for house chores and fat accumulation. I’ve watched countless DVDs and read a book. But other than that I’ve been very very “zen”. By “zen” I mean very very lazy. It rains every bloody day here, I might as well be in London.

Actually, I’d much rather be in London.
But I digress. 
The only book I’ve read is a “young adult” novel. That’s a fancy way of saying “children’s book” with several pages of illustrations, no less. 
Coraline by Neil Gaiman is a story along the line of Lemony Snicket’s Unfortunate Events series, except scarier. Coraline, the main character finds a portal in her house to another house where her “other parents” live. These parents have black buttons as their eyes and trap souls of other children and have captured her parents. Coraline has to free all of them or else she has to live with the creepy couple forever. 
There is a stop motion movie of the book out, with Dakota Fanning (surprise, surprise) as Coraline. It isn’t directed by Tim Burton, though, which sort of disappoints me, he would have made this thing a classic. But I still plan to watch it if I ever get a hold of it. 

I watched Wizard of Oz for the first time ever. Better than never. I liked it, I can see Judy Garland’s appeal and I understand why it’s a classic . I tried to watch my first Akira Kurosawa movie, The Idiot, which is an adaptation of a Dostoevsky novel but it’s too heavy, so I stopped halfway. I also saw Bride of Frankenstein for the first time and am halfway through F.W Murnau’s Tartuffe (though I have to say I much prefer the likes of M and Faust). Saw Sweeney Todd (finally!), loved the blood and gore. Last week, my friends and I caught Step Up 2, which is a good movie if you know what you’re in for and not expect more.

I also tried watching No Country For Old Men but I got bored 1/4 through, so maybe I’ll continue next time. just for Javier Bardem.
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