05 > 06

Well, finally we have come to the last day of 2005.

2005 was a crazy year for me, absolutely a roller-coaster ride, more so when it comes to my involvement in this 'circle'.

Just have a look at my phonebook, the list easily expanded twice it's size througout this year lol. And everytime going through the list, I felt like looking into my past, all these people who at certain time were and in some cases still are part of my life.

"So these are the ones I've met.. those are the ones I would never have the chance to meet again.. and the rest are the ones whom I have yet to meet.."

I know many do 'housekeeping' every now and then to clean up their phonebook list, not me though, cos I rarely delete numbers from my phonebook. Friends or not, I want to remind myself of the people I have met and also any mistakes I have made in the past.

Experiences tend to change a person, for better or worse. For me, I think there are some changes within me, but most of the time I want to think that I am still the naive boy that I have always been, with simple motivations and simple needs.

As we crossover from 2005 into 2006, I wish all of you the best in your endeavours and may you all find your peace and happiness :-)

Love for the impossible

Felt like something that would only happen out of a movie script, but ironically it happened to me.

I mean how often does one fall in love with a masseur? It only took me my first time to a massage and 'bam!', for some reason I got infatuated with the masseur.

Either this makes me sound like another desperate horny gay man or the masseur was simply too cute with a charming personality, or both, anyway what matters was all I could think of was the masseur on my way back home after the massage.

I think maybe I'm just not the massage kind of guy, I mean how could one possibly mistaken the intimacy of a massage as any other gesture than a professional service offered by a person who was just doing his job of making you feel comfortable?

I find that I have a knack of looking for love in all the impossible (and ludicrous) places. Why is this so? Is it because of my love for the impossible? Or is it because it is only the impossible that is worth my love?

What's most funny was that the masseur actually had the same name as me, now just how am I supposed to forget that? I really love fate and the silly dilemmas it put me in sometimes.

Merry Christmas to you too..

This is for those who I couldn't bring myself to reply an sms to and to those who I didn't have the courage to initiate an sms.

May all of you find peace and happiness.

One wedding and two movies

Recently attended my first ever personal friend's wedding. It may not be the first wedding I been to, but it was certainly the first time this particular thought came to me: Is wedding a lavish way of having yourself to become the main character of a storybook for one day?

For everything of the wedding is about you and your spouse. It is an occasion where others celebrate with you that you have found the love of your life, learnt the true meaning of happiness, becoming whole.

When you think about it, are all these money and effort worth it?

If you ask me, I think they are. And part of me that night was stung by this realization, for I knew I would never have the chance to become the main character of the story like this couple do, at least not in this life.

I guess these thoughts will follow me the next time I attend another one of my friend's wedding, followed by another, and another..

Ok, enough of my sentimentalist crap, back to the two movies!

First would be Narnia, I have not read the books before, but I looked very much forward to the movie.

As things turn out, the simplicity of the story, the 'cliche-ness' of the bible-inspired turns of events got me into a rather sleepy mode that night when I watched it at the cinema. I dunno, maybe I'm just too spoilt by the more dramatic and action-packed blockbusters nowadays, this first movie on Narnia felt like the first movie of Harry Potter, at which I almost fell asleep as well in the cinema.

Somehow I just didn't feel enchanted, engrossed or sympathized with the characters. Hopefully the sequels will fare better, if there are any.

The second movie is King Kong, which I watched at IMAX. I have to say, watching this movie at IMAX is so much more worth it than watching it at a normal cinema, cos everything seem so much larger than life and the film was so clear I felt like watching a DVD on a super-enlarged screen.

For King Kong I carried an even higher expectation, especially cos The Star gave it 4.5 stars, which I dare say is a REALLY rare thing. But even with this very high expectation, I was not dissapointed after watching it.

The movie had no trouble in letting us know that this movie IS about Ann and King Kong. And it really succeeded in showing us the chemistry, expecially with the expressive eyes of Ann and King Kong (computer rendered to almost perfection).

I was moved at certain point, but as the movie reaches the end, I kinda got detached a bit, cos the scenes became sorta draggy. I mean, I can only be touched so many times watching the scenes where Ann looks lovingly at Kong. After one too many of such scenes, I just kinda felt numb.

But who am I to say its not touching? On my way out of the cinema, I can hear plenty of girls having THE 'nasal problem' :-P

One thing just wanna add, I was surprised to see Tom Hanks' son in the movie! Not sure whether he's the one who acted in the Roswell series, but he sure look a lot like his old dad nowadays, which is not a bad thing really :-)

Recent movies

Corpse Bride - Touching. Love is about sacrifice.

Chicken Little - Funny and somewhat touching thanks to the chicken father. And with all due fairness, I do think Chicken Little tend to over-play it's cuteness sometimes.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Cool and full of action, best so far. Gotta love those hunky wizards from the all-guy school, yum..

Zathura - Overall average, not bad because Tim Robbins is in it :-P And there's also that cute kid (the elder brother of course, not the squeeking little one), who I love in a very un-pedophilic way haha.

Aeon Flux - The OMG feature perfect Charlize Theron in her most sexy and cool role yet. You can practically hear the guys getting mesmerized in that perfectly-adorned-super-elegent-yet-sexy-sleeping-robe scene of hers. And there are so many shots in the movie that just screamed uber coolness. Suffice to say, Aeon is now officially my new heroine. And please not forget, the equally yummy Marton Csokas :-)

Howl's Moving Castle - Although not the best work of Hayao Miyazaki, still exudes plenty amount of charm and beauty. A definite feel good movie which you'll enjoy on a sleazy weekend, I know I did :-P