See Tasmania

The Cradle Mountain


I am heading south for the Christmas. I am taking a flight at 6pm on Christmas day to Tasmania for 5 days trip. Last time when I visited Tasmania was about 7 years ago with Dave, Keith and Carl. I barely can remember anything about Tasmania since it's been so long except the Ghost Tour at Port Arthur, and the cold winter night in the chalet at Cradle Mountain. This time is the first time I am giving my new Canon 10D a good run in Tasmania and hopefully will take some nice shots. So I won't be able to update my blog for the next 5 days or so until I get back.

Till then, whoever driving long distance to celebrate this festive season, take good care of yourself and drive safely. Whoever staying home and celebrate with family, well EAT MORE, and diet next year, shouldn't hold back on the Turkey and the Christmas Pudding. And whoever doesn't give a shit about Christmas, well just try to be happy and PROZAC might be an option! HAPPY MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!

FOXTEL! Go To Hell!

What about take the remote and shove it up your big fat liar's ass!!!

Now will the real Rupert Murdoch please stand up?! Will the real Rupert Murdoch please stand up?!

I am pretty much giving up on Cable TV! FOXTEL! PAY PER VIEW!!! Now they can go and fuck themselves! It must have been fate that I am not going to get Foxtel Digital. I've relocated since Last July and decided to switch to Foxtel Digital at the new place, and thats how the whole saga begins...

1. July : Moved into new place. Called Foxtel to get it switch over. New place, they can't install cable, so have to go for Satellite. Ok, that's fine with me but which means I would need approval from the body corporate to get a satellite installed. And they will send the form out to the body corporate themselves to get it sign off.
2. August: we heard nothing neither from Foxtel and the body corporate. So we rang FOXTEL again. They said they never heard back from our body corporate either, so they decided to send the form to us and hand over to the real estate agent and let us handle it. So we got the form days later, handed over to real estate agent. Weeks later we rang back, they said they had posted the form over to them so is up to us to deal with the body corporate... thanks MARCIA! Fucking stupid bitch won't even bother about this shit. So we started calling the body corporate and everytime we called we always got the phone messages.
3. September : The whole calling continued into September. Eventually, we thought is necessary to think of a clever message to leave on their phone. So we called them up and said "There has been an emergency at one of your property at ...., please phone back ASAP". And bingo, they called back straight away and think maybe there is a fire or something happened which is a cracker after we told them is about the Foxtel issue. Then what they told us that we have to wait for their general meeting in October and then they will bring up the issues with everyone from the premises and see whether we can go ahead with it which is rather bullshit if you ask me. So we just had to bite the bullet and wait.
4. October: Ok, now is time to have an update, we rang back, now the body corporate said the general meeting has been postponed but he said he can't see any problem why we can't go ahead with the installation. Is like ... DUH! If you said that in the first place then we didn't have to fucking waste the whole month or so waiting for the approval! So straight away we contacted FOXTEL and arranged for the installation and surprise surprise, the waiting period is like 1 month. So the installing date they can gave me is mid December so I agreed to it, better late than never.
5. November : The day we've booked for the installation was the hottest day so far in Sydney this summer. The technician came to our place 3 hours late, and then told us they can't do it because of the heat, would be too hot to go up and install the satellite on the roof. So reschedule needed. And the next available date is in December. Great.... I keep telling myself better later than never.
6. December : Now waited long enough and furstrated, is time for the installation again. This time no one turned up and a call came around 4pm, the girl told me the technician had an accident (LAME EXCUSE) and all others are booked out and asked me whether I can reschedule another date. I was fuming and said "NO"! I think she got the message and put me in the priority in the queue and to have the installation day on yesterday. I wasn't happy at all with this kind of crap service but since I already waited long enough, so one more extra day it would make a different anymore so I thought I would let them come 2 days later.
7. Today : Well, well, well. Guess what.... it rained in the morning for only 10 minutes, and then the technician called up and said the weather was too wet to go up to the roof, and asked me to reschedule to another day. I laughed out loud and asked him he must be joking cuz this was the 3rd time reschedule. So I pretty much told him I will deal with Foxtel myself and ask them to cancel my account cuz I've had enough. But minutes later he rang back and said he had a drive around my place and told me our place is not too high so shouldn't be a problem to get the satellite installed the same day. I thought that was a relief as I was about to give FOXTEL a call. Ok, I waited whole day till 2pm, no sign of him, frustrated. Gave him a call, and he changed his fucking mind!!!! He said he is not going to make it and asked me to reschedule again!!! I don't think I have the time to let them mucking around! So I basically rang FOXTEL up in bad mood and going to ask for cancellation. I got this in house number which they normally rang me up when they want me to reschedule, so I gave the number a call back. A guy answered, I told him my situation, and he said "I will put you through to the department to deal with this" and "beep", he fucking put me on the customer support voice menu and had to go through from the beginning!! FUCKING GREAT!! Then an indian guy answered the call and again, I had to tell him my situation and asking for cancellation. Fucking FOXTEL they won't even let you cancel your account and trying to reschedule a newer date for you and the best the indian can do is 25th of Janurary next year! There is no way I am going to wait for another month and he understood and put me to the cancellation department. Now, same story, same procedure, they still wont let me go and insisting to reschedule a new installation date for me but they will try the best for a closer date. The guy who answered the phone couldn't make a decision, he asked his manager, the fucking manager couldnt make a decision, and he has to email all the technicians to get a closer date and let me know with 24 hours. Until now, I havent heard back, shall I really bother about it anymore?!

I WOULD NEVER EVER GET CABLE AGAIN unless there is good shit and about 100 channels like in US and UK. Here, you pay $80 for all old sitcoms, repeats, documentaries and news.... is whoreshite and FOXTEL CAN SUCK MY DICK!!! THE END!

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

It's so not funny that we all can't even laugh at ourselves.

I think I am the unfortunate one ended up watching this movie. One word - FUCKING CRAP! Okay... maybe 2 words. As Dave gave me 2 free tickets which gonna expire end of this month, so we decided to go for a movie tonight. The choices are limited as most of the good ones are releasing on Boxing Day. So either Team America or Lemony Snicket. As Pete wasn't fancy of Team America, so we decided to go and see Jim Carrey what he does best, the facial exercise.

BINGO!!!! The whole movie, Jim Carrey definitely had a good exercise on his face. When you watching this movie, it gives you a sense of deja vu like you were watching The Mask, or maybe The Grinch, could be the Joke in Batman Returns too. It's just JIM CARREY!! I just checked imdb about this movie, the genre listed as "Adventure / Fantasy / Comedy / Family (more)". Adventure, yes I will gave the prop to the stage settings, nice visual effects. Fantasy, okay maybe the actors were having fantasy, cuz I think most of the audience almost falling a sleep. Comedy, okay... don't even get me start on comedy, I was so tempted to walk out of the cinema twice!! Family??! yes don't even fucking waste your time and money on this piece of shit. And lastly, "more"??? MORE?!?! wtf is there for more?!?!? This movie is so ROJAK I can't even do a proper review for it. If you don't mind the shit movie, you might have yourself a little treat right at the end for the credits. I was more interested in the ending credits than the movie itself. The credits was nicely done and designed but the movie is still CRAP!


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TOTAL : 3.0/10

Carnivale

As lacking of Foxtel since I moved house. I've been waiting since July to have the muthafucka Foxtel installed at the new place and till now I am still waiting for it!! First we asked for switching over to digital at new place, then found out we need to install a new satellite, so went to body-corporate to get approval and waited for months, and finally we got the approval and then the date i've booked to have the satellite installed was the hottest day in Sydney few weeks back. And the technician came over had a look and complaint is too hot and he couldn't climb up the roof to install it under the hot sun, so postponed and have to rebook another installation date. And now, tomorrow will be the day I have it rebooked to get it install. If they are not going to install tomorrow, then fuck it, I will ask them to cancel all together. I am not fucking paying it for nothing and I've been waiting long enough and I don't think I even miss it anymore!!! MUTHA FUCKA!!~

~phew~! Anyway, as a result without the Cable TV, I found myself watching ABC and SBS more and more often and discovering all the good new shows. From UK slapstick comedy Little Britain, to Michael Palin travel show discovering the Himalaya, I started to become an ABC whore and having a date with the channel every thursday and saturday night. And very unusually to have US sitcom to show on ABC, but they had taken the latest Emmy awards winning sitcom by HBO, Carnivale, on board. Briefly the trailer they've been putting on did get my intrigued and the first episode was on last night and I did like it.

CARNIVALE follows a traveling carnival as it wends its way across the Dust Bowl, focusing on Ben Hawkins, a mysterious 18-year-old fugitive with hidden talents who is taken in by the carnival, and Brother Justin, the charismatic, shadowy evangelist who will ultimately cross his path. The series takes place at a time of worldwide unrest, with evil on the rise around the globe and the Great Depression wreaking economic and social havoc here at home.

The cinematography is pretty impressive and the promotional poster is quite beautiful drawn as well (pic above, click for a bigger version), and the old freak show style circus is quite a good idea for a mystery devil's advocate storyline. I normally try not to watch sitcoms cuz once you watch the first episode then you are hooked and have to watch the rest. So I set myself to Carnivale, and this will be the only sitcom I will follow till the end.

Every Sunday 8.30pm on ABC

A very long engagement

Manech Mariez Mathilde!!!


As I won't be here during boxing day and in Tassie, so I've decided to go for the sneak preview of the latest film by Jean-Pierre Jeunet called A very long engagement. After seeing Amélie, I fell in love with Jean-Pierre Jeunet's work. Well maybe not one of his previous production, the Alien : Resurrection, it was just okay. But before Amelie, I knew he had another hit movie called Delicatessen back in 1991, where his name started to get recognised internationally. Pete just bought the DVD the other day and it was such a little quirky funny comedy and I loved it. So this new film called A very long engagement is definitely a must on my list when I first I saw the trailer on Apple. And not to mention Audrey Tautou is taking the lead role again in this film after Amelie with her brilliant performance.

A Very Long Engagement, based on the acclaimed novel by Sebastien Japrisot. The film is set in France near the end of World War I in the deadly trenches of the Somme, in the gilded Parisian halls of power, and in the modest home of an indomitable provincial girl. It tells the story of this young woman's relentless, moving and sometimes comic search for her fiancée, who has disappeared. He is one of five French soldiers believed to have been court-martialed under mysterious circumstances and pushed out of an allied trench into an almost-certain death in no-man's land. What follows is an investigation into the arbitrary nature of secrecy, the absurdity of war, and the enduring passion, intuition and tenacity of the human heart.

Again, you will be amazed with Jean-Pierre directing skill and the cinematography. There are awesome paranomic landscapes, amazing CG of the war time combat, I don't know why, a foreign film always pay so much attention to details compare to the Hollywood ones thats what makes them more exciting and refreshing to see something different. In this movie, you will see a lot of familiar faces if you have seen Amelie. It is a love story, but a totally different love story compare to Amelie. The whole movie switching time line back and forth, and there are about 20 odd major casts in the movie, so I have to admit I was bit confused what is going on and who is who as they all speaking french! But at the end it did sort of jigsawed itself back together. I think if you expecting this movie to be like Amelie, then you will be very disappointed. I do have to admit the movie is totally different from what I expected after seeing the trailer, thought it will be a simple love story but it isn't. However if you are expecting another great film from Jean-Pierre Jeunet, then yes this is definitely another jaw-drop brilliant scripted film by this talented frenchman.



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TOTAL : 8.0/10

Ole Glory, Orpheum!

Went to Orpheum today again to catch a sneak preview of A Very Long Engagement. I will talk about the movie later, but this time I brought a camera along and took some pictures inside Orpheum cinema. The art deco and neon lights are just too impressive. And not just that, even the wheel chair access is way too cool with a lift up the railing into the cinema. And when movie starts, the red velvet curtain starting to rise, the neon light dims...is definitely a perfect place for arthouse films goers. During weekend there even has performance of organ on stage before the movie starts in the biggest cinema at Orpheum.

Balls, Balls, Balls

Dave asked me whether I am making rumballs this year as I was popular with my balls. But I am pretty lazy to bother this year and last year so I had no intention to get my hands dirty. He wanted to make some and bring back and share with the family and wondering whether can make them together if I am into it. So I said yes as I can make some and bring back to office and share with others.

Chatswood Westfield was pretty much packed so no intention to stay long. We just had the lunch then quickly popped into Coles got all the ingredients we want and back home started making the rumballs while watching Ricky Gervais stand up "Animals". He just too fucking funny.

So pretty much spent the afternoon sitting around dining table making rumballs. And I thought what the heck, might as well get the Xmas tree out and give the house a facelift. So today I am pretty much in the xmas productive mood and got the whole house in Red and Green. Fun.

How to make Billy's Rumballs

Dark fruit cake
a small bottle of Bundy Rum
Cooking White chocolate
Snakes lollies pack

1. Mesh up the fruit cake in a bowl.

2. pour 2 bottle cup full of rum into the mix.

3. Try and roll the cake mix into a ping pong ball size. If is too dry to roll, pour bit more of rum and try again.

4. Melt the cooking white chocolate in a bowl over low boiling water. (do not let water get into your chocolate as water doesnt mix with chocolate, and try to use a metal spoon).

5. Use a teaspoon and pour a small amount of the chocolate on top of the rumballs and let it drip on the side. You might need to nudge a bit to let it form a nicer dripping shape.

6. Choose only Red and Green snakes and chopped them up into small pieces.

7. Put about 4 - 6 pieces of Red and Green snakes on top before the chocolate set.

8. Once done, put it inside the fridge and let the chocolate set and there you have it.

No more boring rumballs this festive season.

Garden State

Aarrggghhh!! you mutha fucka!!!!!


It was Pete's birthday, and Dave had alot of unused movie tickets to finish by end of this month so we decided to go and catch a movie. I don't usually go to cinema on wednesday night because waking up the next morning can be a challenge. But since is a special occasion so we've decided to go and watch Garden State. Loads and loads of good reviews regarding the movie and I even bought the soundtrack before I see the movie. The trailer was intriguing enough with good fine tunes so it was a must in my movie list.

Zach Braff, all I know about this name is he appeared in the comedy ER sitcom, Scrubs as a doctor. But suddenly came out a brilliant by Zach Braff! A movie that written by him, directed by him and he even plays the main role in the film. Andrew Largeman (Zach Braff) is a depressed, out of work actor eking out his existence in Los Angeles. But a fateful call from his father has Andrew heading back to his home state of New Jersey. As he's about to confront his the personal demons in his life, Andrew just may find that life is worth living. But only when he can deal with the conflicts that arise from he and those around him.

A low budget, honest movie but brilliantly scripted with clever humour that makes you laugh and brutal truthness of a man's life that makes you cry. Natalie Portman is quite a cutie in the movie, but everytime she cries, the girls in the cinema cried at the same time. It is a very hearthwarming movie that really make you start to think what your own life is all about. I totally dig it and I will say is the best movie I've seen this year.


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TOTAL : 9.0/10

永遠﹐ 梅艷芳

Suddenly feel like listening to Anita's oldies. I had compiled quite a number of songs by Anita on MP3, but is just not the same. When I was in primary school, my brother and I normally went crazy whenever there is a new album released by Anita. We normally will buy it first hand and listening over and over again. And it was casette, normally only lasted 10 times of play and the song will go all wobbly. People called Anita, "Madonna from the East" because of her exagerrating costume, style. Everytime when she released an album, she will always had a surprise awaiting for the fans out there. Unfortunately, Anita Mui passed away early this year, died of cancer. Very sad indeed, she never marry, reached 40s, and Queen of the Canto pop. When was young, never able to afford to go to concert, I am glad that I did go to her concert 2 years ago in Sydney, was one of her final concert. I am so pleased that I finally saw her in real life. Hmm.. very nostalgic indeed. Here's one of her earlier song probably sums up of her successful career. And the CD cover probably from one of the best album cover I've ever seen. So I've decided I will hunt down all Anita CDs again and it will definitely a good collection to pass on for many generations.

飞跃舞台
在台上我觅理想
系要找到理想一于要站在台上

换过现在模样终归会声威再响

做个威水形象甘点算痴心妄想

任我翻与滚都会得各样赞赏

就算高峰最顶听不到欢呼拍掌

未怕在尽头上只得到一声叹息

就算踏尽前路只找到心中痛伤

亦要高叫声呼叫声赞誉拍掌

一世未后望望向新理想

系要凭力拼未怕苦不慌张

只靠手一双就要攀高峰

就算身带伤未停步要达到理想

亦要不退缩未回望

飞跃起未停步

向上

And I have collected most of the Anita Mui past album covers on the next page. Enjoy.

I AM ANGRY!

I AM SO ANGRY!!!!

Recently people pisses me off and rubbed me the wrong way! Why people can be so thick and think they can get away with what they said or done is actually can be hurtful. They always think they are so cool and whatever you've done is lame and sad but then when they've proven they are the lamest one by other people they just carry on with a silly grin on their faces? Where's the integrity?!

And then there's some other people who thinks they know everything, I called them "Mr Know It All". Everytime you mentioned something, they will have to say something even better than you or whatever they own or they did will be much better than yours. Fucking "kiasuness" is fucking killing me!

SUCK SUCK SUCK!

2 little sucking catfish come to the rescue!


The bunch eating their meal happily in a nice clean tank.

The tank getting filthy with algae due to the warm humid weather for the last couple of days. So decided to have a big clean of the tank and hopefully it will last till I am away at Tasmania during Xmas. In the mean time, today decided to introduce 2 algae eaters - Sucking Catfish. They shouldn't post any harm to the goldfish so long there is algae for them to suck on cuz the lady at the pet shop said they might start to suck other fish for their slime if there is no algae for them to eat. But I am sure they can have a big feast with the algae I have in the tank within days. And the Elodea plant is growing like mad!!! The CO2 unit I bought obviously is working! I had 3 bunches of the Elodea and they grow almost 10cm in a week! Now I have about 6 bunches in the tank and eventually I will be able to sell it back to the shop!

76 trombones and a big parade

I confest, I am a EBAY ADDICT! I got nothing better to do tonight so I just started browsing through Ebay and look for bargains. I just simply clicked on "Going, going, gone" section where things will be end in the next 5 hours. And I saw this listing and I suddenly felt nostalgic. I used to be in Brass Band at high school for 5 years as a Tuba player. I trying now to blow my own Tuba, but on the 3rd year when I was in the band, I was assigned to be the Bass section leader. And even achieved the best section of the year. Sometimes walk by some band performance on the street, and I do have an urge to pick up a Tuba and perhaps continue with the hobby again. But every single fucking musical instrument is expensive. And playing tuba alone without a band is just simply stupid! It will just goes So, Do, So, Do, So, Do, all night long! But when I look at this auction on Ebay, the tuba looks so beautiful, shiny golden body..... mmm.... can almost have sex with it!

USB ROCKS!

I ordered a few cheesy Xmas decorations online at Mr Gadget and finally arrived today. As cheesy as it can get, I put them on the top of my monitor at my desk in office. I bought 2, one is a Snowman with 6 colors keep rotating, and another one is a Santa hitting drum along 6 Xmas jingles and they both run by just plug it into a USB port, nifty at the max! Colleagues looked disgusted with my good taste, frustrated with the constant jingle. Don't you just love Xmas.

Ocean's Twelve

George: Stop putting up that English accent, is fucking annoying and CRAP!
Don: Eh eh eh?


There is exception sometimes a sequel is just as good as the first one. In this case, Steven Soderbergh has done a great job on Ocean's Twelve which just released last night. I quite like the first one so quite excited about the sequel after seeing the trailer and decided to go for the first screening last night.

This time, basically Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia) tracked down the Ocean's 11 and wanted his money back... plus TAX! Which means they Ocean's 11 will have to do another big deal to pay him back in Amsterdam. Great locations, great casts, what else could you ask for? However, the plot this time doesn't really focus much on the whole gadgets, stealing frenzy perspective but more on the casts themselves and of course introducing the new celebrity into the crew Catherine Zeta Jones. Julia Roberts still in the movie but she looked pale and sick, sunke eye sockets, and thin like a twig due to her pregnancy. But she probably had one of the best part in the movie with a "guest appearance". That probably is the most hilarious in the movie.

Although there are few bits that I think just plain stupid for instance how the french dude stole the treasure in the museum. Good that they bring back the groovy tracks they used in the first one. Good tune, good locations, good casts, good plot, so what else can you ask for?! It just a good movie of 12 people having a ball. Right at the end I think there is an outtake they didnt cut it out and just left it in the movie. I could imagine how much outtakes will be included when the DVD comes out. And I think there are some scenes being cut out to fit into the time length as I noticed some pictures from the movie in the imdb site which is not part of the movie. The Ocean's 11 boxset definitely in my wishlist!! Here's my review :



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TOTAL : 8.5/10

All I Want For Xmas...

Today I just experimented a little. I thought wouldn't it be good to let people around the world to share what they are wishing for this Xmas on a website?! So I just created a website where people can email from their PC or MMS from their handphone to the website with the pic of the present they want. Santa Clause is online shopping this year and your wish might come true! And please spread the words around and share the love!

All I Want For Xmas...

Pepe growing up...

Snowball Fight

Found this game today and couldn't help myself been playing it whole day. Too addictive! Just how much fun it can be throwing snowballs at other people! Hint: Aim the groin!! OUCH!

Chicken Giant Mofo Burger!

After the Rhodes encounter, went back all the way to Crows Nest and had my lunch at Chooka's. Pete keeps telling how great this chicken burger he's been having for lunch a couple of times. So this time I have to see it myself! So we ordered the "Chicken Giant Burger" and waited for like 15mins, the burger finally came out and I was like "Holy Fuck! That's HUGE!!", To sums it up, here's what you got :


Nice soft flour powdered bun

Creamy Salad

Tomatoes

Fried Egg

Tender juice chicken breast

2 rashes of fried bacon

1 fried pineapple fritter

Melted Cheese

Lettuce

Soft bottom bun


Ooohh yes..... I was in heaven!

A giant swedish trap!

There is a new shopping mall just opened at Rhodes, near Homebush Bay Drive so I thought I would go and check it out how crazy people can be when comes to shopping. The mall looks massive from the outside but when I walked around inside, it was just so-so. I think the whole mall should just called THE SWEDISH EMPIRE - IKEA! (By the way, the skinhead guy in website is soooo creepy!) As reported, people been camping outside overnight just so they can grabbed a bargain of a $50 sofa which normally costs $350 at IKEA. From grand opening day, IKEA will have cheap sale on certain items each day that lasts 2 weeks.

I stepped inside IKEA, walked through the entrance, up the escalator, and I said to myself, "Fuck! I am trapped!" The crowd was massive, and everyone acting like they never seen IKEA before checking every single items and pricelists. And the KIASU-ness kicks in, even they don't come into IKEA with a purpose but they still wanna grab something on the way out like a Ice cube tray or just a crappy folded paper boxes. So pretty much I spent about 20 minutes inside just trying to find my way out cutting through crowd, finding quickest way out through shortcuts. By the time I got out there thought I can perhaps grab a bite at the foodcourt, but the foodcourt was like "WTF?" Huge space but only 3 stalls opened. I was upset and drove all the way home and had a nice big Chicken Giant Burger instead. Recommended by Pete, it was yummy! $7.10 well worth it.

De-lovely

Life should never ends with a ballad.

Nothing better to do on Sunday night so decided to head to Orpheum and met up with Dave to see De-lovely. It was recommended by him, when he showed me the trailer and I thought it was not that bad apart from Robbie Williams and Alannis Morissette appearances in the movie. This is a movie about the life of Cole Porter, AKA a biopic thats what they called it nowdays. I have to admit I haven't heard much about Cole Porter, but I am definitely familiar with a few songs by him like "Anything Goes", "Night and Day" and "I've Got You Under My Skin" etc.

Anyway, Orpheum Cinema in Neutral Bay is defintiely the most appropriate venue to watch a film like this. I've been to Orpheum a number of times and everytime I go I always in awe by the art deco ceiling, neon lightings and figures inside the cinema, is just wonderful and you don't get to see it very often. If you haven't been to Orpheum cinema well you definitely missing out one of the most important part of the Sydney film industry history.

I sat down and lets the movie begins. I am not quite familiar with the director's name so I did a search, and found out the previous movie he did was Enough by J-LO which was appalling! Despite the J-Lo lame kung fu act, Irwin had definitely done a great job in De-Lovely portrating the love story between Cole and Linda Porter. If you don't know much about Cole Porter like me, well basically the movie is all about how Cole becoming famous with his cheekiness in songs, and falling in love with Linda however leading a double life together with the homosexual side of his. Funny thing is I googled the songs by Cole Porter and found a lot songs by him with titles indicating his homosexuality like: My heart belongs to Daddy, You're the Top, All I've Got To Get Now Is My Man, He's A Right Guy, I'm In Love With A Soldier Boy, I Always Knew, and many more.

There is definite no one can play Cole and Linda in this movie better than Kevin Kline and Ashley Judd. The story telling technique of Cole's life in this movie is fresh and different. Songs after songs written by Cole performed by singers like Robbie Williams, Diana Krall, Natalie Cole, Sheryl Cole, Alannis Morisette, Elvis Costello and many more definitely like the icing on top of a cake. And there are few other things I like about the movie as well for instance the makeup effects especially showing the aging of Kevin Kline's character and the The camera work and editing are imaginative especially in a series of circular tracking shots which seamlessly meld one timeframe with another.

I know you are thinking blending endless musical songs into a movie will be just as cheesy as Moulin Rogue by Baz Lurhmann but I can guarantee you that Irwin has definitely captured the love and devotion between Cole and Linda perfectly in the movie. After you've seen this movie, you will wish people nowdays will still showing love through songs and will definitely look for a copy of the soundtrack after seeing this movie. I highly recommended it. Here's my review:


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TOTAL : 8.5/10

Snapshot an awe

I was so excited about this new camera that I picked up last Saturday even though the deal with this guy was so cheesy like in a movie. I had to wake up early in the morning to drive all the way to Turramurra to do this deal as the seller had a cricket game whole day and won't able to make it but only early in the morning. When I got there, I had to make a phone call and asked the seller to come and meet me at the address he gave me. So I waited there, and this Black guy came out from somewhere totally different from the address he gave me. So he greeted me and showed me the camera in the bag, explaining all the equipments are inside the bag etc and telling me he is from Jamaica and how it has different plug. I already kinda expected he would have got the camera from Ebay or some other countries as the offer I got the camera is quite reasonable for a Canon 10D. But the camera body does look good and spotless and here come the cheest part, I have to take out my wallet and gave him a stack of $50 right on the spot, next to the busy Pacific Highway. And he started to count the money right on the spot, this is the part I hated the most. I know it was totally a "LEGAL" transaction next to the road, but it fucking look like I am buying drugs off him and definitely look like an activity can easily attracted some police attention. But anyway, I just quickly said thanks and made my way off the crime scene.

I took the afternoon testing out the new baby. I went to Dubbroyd Park and follow the bushwalk to take some pics of the mother nature. The results are awesome especially the strong depth of field on this camera is impressive. But the seller only sold me a 64mb Flash Card which easily used up after few shots. So today I checked out the Ebay and found the latest fastest 1Gb microdrive Flashcard and placed an order. Hopefully I will get it on time before my Tasmania trip this Xmas. Here are some samples from the camera.

SAW

Vanessa Wagner at DragRace


Always love a good horror movie, so decided to go and see SAW after work with Jay and Pete. I didn't know much about the story behind it I just know it is a scary movie and I want to see it. This film has been compared to SE7EN by critics, but I think they are totally different kind of approach of making a horror film. Not until last Friday I've read the news on SMH about this movie and the directors. 2 Melbourne RMIT students turned a low budget film into a US$50 million blockbuster movie. One of the condition to get their $1.8mil budget for the film from the production company, one of them had to be the main character in the film. Needless to say, the acting skill in this movie is questionable.

A very clever way to keep the film low budget is to shoot the film entired indoor and only a few locations. The whole story pretty only focussing on 2 guys being kidnapped and chained up to a pipe in a deserted toilet. Of course, there's always a reason why and ended up there. Throughout the whole movie, is just like a big guessing game, you just won't know who is the killer and why he done it till the end. I love the tensions at a few scenes, where just silence, dark especially when Adam using his camera flashlight to brighten the room just for a friction of second to find his way out. And yes, puppet always so freaky and gives me the creep! I don't like puppet much so this movie definitely made a horrible one.

Well, apart from the bad acting and some stupid script which makes a group of girls behind me laughing out loud, yes it was like a renactment of Rose and Jack from Titanic, but overall I highly rated this film and definitely worth to watch. And the best tongue twister I can come with for this film :

His jaw dropped cuz he saw him saw his foot with a saw in the SAW that I saw.Ok, maybe I tried too hard but here's my review:


Story :

Popcorn Level :

TOTAL : 7.5/10

Holy Fucking God is Xmas!

Haven't been able to update the blog for a while due to workload and parties. It seems like my schedule for the next few weeks had planned itself already. Is not that I don't like Xmas, the turkey, the presents and my trip to Tasmania should be awesome. Kinda looking forward to it.

I've been busy just trying to get a CD ROM out for the client Medibank Private and I haven't really have much time or interest to do anything else. Finally I managed to get it done within 2 weeks and today sort of can slow down and relax abit. Along side, there's a few client and company Xmas parties and friend's birhtday to attend. So that will keep me busy till Xmas. Just went to Virgin Xmas party last night and I didn't stay long cuz has a deadline today. Everyone said it was an awesome night, but I felt minggling with strangers from other companies and making small talk just not my strength of field here. Even though I wish I could have stay longer now after they told me what happened to a girl last night by taking her top off and just passed out on the floor! As a matter of fact while writing this entry, party is happening upstair in the office, I obviously really a sociable person in no hurry to go up there and say hi to everybody.

Xmas is not always just about parties but of course there is something better you can do like Shopping!! Don't you love fighting with the crowd at the mall to think of a nice presents to buy for your family and friends?! But thank god my family is in Malaysia and they don't practice Xmas, so I don't have to worry about the presents part but I do have to buy a few presents for the occasion of playing Secret Santa in office. I don't mind that, something fun to do, and is always fun to humiliate someone in front of everyone isnt it?! A colleage and I thought maybe we can decorate our desk in the office and run a competition and have an award for the best fucked up decoration ever! So I designed a little card (pic above) and sent to everyone to get them going but looks like everyone will be too busy before the festive season, include myself, and the fucking weather was so hot for the last couple of days, so I don't think anyone in the office will really fucking bother about the whole boring loser competition.

Yeah, seems like the traditional Xmas spirit has gone and another kind of spirit is the new "spirit". Go and fuck off and party hard and HAPPY FUCKING XMAS EVERYONE!