.:: My Diary ::.
Sunday, January 06, 2008
what if i told you i'm not like the others
Gee, I haven't done a Birthday Post in a loooong time.
Let's have a triple shot, shall we?
Happy birthday you January Boys (HAHAHA get it? Like the movie December Boys with Dan Radcliffe? Hahahahahah shit I'm not right in the head. That is the dumbest thing I've said all year.)
January 2nd
Hong Yee
Thank youuuu for always sending me home and tahaning all my shitty lame remarks and being Kai- Ning's super chivalrous other half (yes, yes, people. Chivalry is NOT dead!) and giving me car advice. I am SO sorry I couldn't make it for your bbq. I owe you big time =)
Andrew
I'm very much aware this picture is shitty XD I don't have a single decent photo of you la.
Andrew is: My part-time jamming kaki, part-time Bash-Fu Han-kaki, full-time joker.
Andrew has: A nice car dammit.
Andrew should: Bash Fu Han more often.
January 6th
The Singular Most Bitchy Male (Make That Human Being) Ever Born
Happy birthday you vile slut.
You make Paris Hilton look like Florence Nightingale.
Stay hideous.
Stay retarded.
Stay bitchy.
Big birthday hugs to you all! (read: Hong Yee and Andrew)
As for Beeyotch...*tosses over a bone*
AIYO I'M KIDDING LA.
soraya
+ SoRaYa updated @ 12:42 AM
Saturday, December 29, 2007
sound the alarm like a vulture on the nation with silver
Rock Corner, I love you to death.
Mine, mine, alllll mine =)))))
soraya
+ SoRaYa updated @ 12:21 PM
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Switchfoot is comingggggggggg!
*runs around screaming*
My first introduction to Switchfoot was probably when I heard about their song Learning to Breathe, in '02.
Back then they were pretty much unknown in this part of the world...
...and now, 5 years on, every new single of theirs is played on the radio. (I guess that move to Columbia really made people sit up and notice.)
Nevertheless, although they have achieved mainstream success, I love them anyway =))))Anyone interested?
soraya
edit: OHMYGOD. I have just foreseen myself at the concert. If they play On Fire, I swear to you I will cry.
+ SoRaYa updated @ 6:06 PM
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
(overdue birthday post, heehee.)
Happy Belated Birthday to...
RONNIE RADKE.
(that one, the dude in red.)
omfg why do you have to be so yeng.
HAHA.
+ SoRaYa updated @ 1:05 PM
Sunday, December 16, 2007
this chapter could've played out differently
I know: I should be studying my grey matter out for next Jan's cursed exams, especially after my shitty performance in my mocks. And yet here I sit, pulling a TIME and making my own list (the latest issue of TIME features all manner of lists regarding the year's ten best of nearly everything), because I'm sick of Maths and the thought just came to me out of nowhere and I want to do as horribly as I can in my exams (yes, yes, I'm kidding).
And so:
The Ten Movies I Enjoyed The Most This Year
(The list includes movies not necessarily released in '07, but were watched this year.)
The movies I watched this year have encompassed a variety of genres. Some have been painfully inane (read: John Tucker Must Die). Some have been guilty pleasures, like Transformers. There were even some which I ended up watching entirely by accident, because I was just bored out of my mind and looking for entertainment--Yours, Mine and Ours being an example. But the following are the ten which stood out: not necessarily because of cinematic brilliance, but because I just plain loved them.
#10 Everything Is Illuminated
Based on the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, this was quirky and wryly comic AND it had Eugene Hutz in it, who was strangely adorable throughout. Oh and lots and lots of music from Gogol Bordello! Smart move, in my opinion.
#9 Notes on a Scandal
Even if this scored in every aspect of What Makes A Crap Movie, I'd probably still have loved it, because of Andrew Simpson and his shmexy accent. Rawr. Cate Blanchett is one lucky biatch.
#8 Kids in America
Despite the dubious poster, which would've ordinarily made me scream bloody murder--"SLUT-O-RAMA!"--and the fact that Nicole 'I-Got-Knocked-Up-By-J-Madden' Richie is in it, Kids in America was surprisingly enjoyable. The theme of freedom of speech among students struck a chord with me, seeing how little of it we deprived Malaysian kids are allowed. (DJians who hate Datin What'sherface and would like to take Her Royal Bitchiness down a peg or two, take note.)
#7 Mirrormask
Mirrormask is based on Neil Gaiman's graphic novel of the same name. I taped it off Astro once, watched it, deleted it, and then I realised how much I'd liked it, so I taped it a second time when it came round again. That probably sums up my love for this, which I daresay had more of a fantasy feel than Stardust. Oh and the lead male character, Valentine, despite remaining masked for almost the whole movie, is annoyingly endearing enough to trump Tristan Thorn. Sorry Charlie Cox fangirls.
#6 V for Vendetta
Well, whaddaya know? In position of male protagonist we have the magnificent V: another masked character, another charismatic creation. His name even starts with V, just like Valentine. Shit I think I'm developing a complex. But no matter. V for Vendetta somehow manages to be relevant, stylish, and worthy of garnering a cult following all at the same time. Action-thriller is rarely a genre I watch, but if all action-thrillers were like this (alternatively, if they all had protagonists like V), I might consider converting.
#5 Little Miss Sunshine
Little Miss Sunshine = the little indie film that could. At the core is a dysfunctional family just trying to get their little girl to her beauty pageant in time. The happy-fying poster and Abigail Breslin's sunshiny smile are facades concealing darker things: suicide, drugs, the deplorable act of hypersexualing young girls barely out of diapers. Much to love about this Independent Spirit Award winner.
#4 Les Triplettes de Belleville
Let me put it this way to compare two breeds of animated film. Disney is Enid Blyton, and Les Triplettes de Belleville is Haruki Murakami. As cheerful anthropomorphic creatures prance through lush Disney fields belting out all manner of melodies, three old hags sit around a table in Les Triplettes de Belleville eating frozen frogs for dessert. I love this film to death. I love the intricately-detailed, gloomy landscape of rainy French evenings and the overexaggerated character design. As much as I love the perfect world Disney magic creates and the happy schmaltz it entails, I would save this movie instead of my ancient Disney tapes in the event of a flood. Scout's honour.
#3 Pan's Labyrinth
Hands down best fantasy film of the year. The Golden Compass has its troupe of polar bears and Stardust has Ben Barnes *dies* but Pan's Labyrinth is exactly the way fantasy should be: darkly luscious, gorgeous, scarily wondrous, and goosebump-inducing, because it's just that good. The Pale Man scene will go down in my history as one of the most gripping I've ever witnessed. Guillermo del Toro's self-described parable is almost a living breathing creature itself, reaching out with gnarled hands and a beckoning, enigmatic smile. I doubt I'll look at fairy tales the same way ever again.
#2 The Science of Sleep
Look ma, it's a cloud-riding patchwork horse. Wow.
No, seriously. Put aside all presumptions about The Science of Sleep: it is mesmerising. The visionary director Michel Gondry may have earned a firm fanbase after Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, but the ethereal quality of The Science of Sleep made it more appealing, to me, than the former. Or maybe it's just Gael Garcia Bernal XD Coming out from the cinema felt like waking up from a confusing, surreal dream--but a good one.
#1 Amelie
If you, like me, are a sucker for romance; if you, like me, are in love with love, then please please please: instead of indulging in yet another vapid J. Lo rom com, watch Amelie. Yes, the mindless fluff of a Kate Hudson vehicle can be very easy to watch, but how often do romantic films leave you all aflutter, swept-off-your-feet, and glowing as if it is you who is the one in love? Amelie has been around for some time, but I only watched it this year on a sudden whim when I dug it out of a DVD cupboard. Now I shudder at how close I came to never encountering the whimisical masterpiece that is Amelie. Possibly my favourite movie of all time.
Other films considered for the top ten were, in no particular order:
After the Wedding
A La Folie...Pas du Tout
Hairspray
Hors de Prix
Three Times
The History Boys
Les Egares
Finding Neverland
Across the Universe
Un Long Dimanche de Fiancailles
Down in the Valley
Okay back to C3. Shit that was fun. And it made me forget how badly I suck at Trigo. Maybe I should make top ten lists more often.
soraya
+ SoRaYa updated @ 5:36 PM
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Today marks 23 years of existence of This Most Excellent Highly Droolworthy And Unfathomably Talented Creature.
My love for you will last a millenium or two.
Happy Birthday.
Happy Birthday.
Stay hot.
+ SoRaYa updated @ 4:11 PM
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
I don't care if you're bi.
Or if people think you're weird.
Or a kid stuck in a 24 year old's body.
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+ SoRaYa updated @ 11:04 PM