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Monday, 28 July 2008

Sharing is caring

Yes boys and girls, it's that time of the year again! Time to share some songs and other share-able stuff with all of you. Well, mainly songs though. Anyways, without further ado.. Lemme show you what's behind door no. 1!!

Krystal Meyers, I'm pretty sure none of you have ever heard of her. She's a 20-year old American Christian rock musician. Released two albums and releasing one more sometime this year if I'm not wrong. Anyways, she is has been closely linked to Avril Lavigne and other young, punkish, energy bursting female rockers out there but personally, I think she sings like the girl from Paramore. Err... Hayley Williams.

Whoa, just realised that the two kinda look alike. Freakyy...

Anyways, on to the music. Krystal Meyers sure have quite a few Christian rock songs on her albums but out of them all, I personally recommend only two: The Beauty of Grace & Only You Make Me Happy.



Only You Make Me Happy - Krystal Meyers

Unfortunately, there's no music video for Only You Make Me Happy, which happens to be my favourite. But.. Owelz. Nevermind then. Yeah, so that's it for behind door no. 1 ladies and gentleman!
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Next, we have door no. 2. Another song that's been playing in loops in my head for the past few days. It's none other than... Viva la Vida by Coldplay!!

Yep, just as the album artwork and the song title itself suggests, Viva la Vida is a song about war. Or rather.. After the war. The superb thing about this song is the background music of strings. Orchestral, heavenly and truly magical ensemble of strings. It is one of the most amazing instrumental music I have ever heard. Don't believe me? Check out the music video for yourself:



Alrighty, so that's it for the time of sharing. Will post up more things to share around on my blog nextime! [=

Saturday, 26 July 2008

One Day Late

Aikz.. It's 3:31am in the morning now and I'm sitting here in front of my laptop. Just what the hell am I doing you ask, and I say: "Something that I should've done 3 hours and 32 minutes before."

Happy 7th month anniversary darling!!


Monday, 21 July 2008

Why So Serious?

It's the biggest hit movie this year so far yet. The soon-to-be superhero movie of the year. The last production of a movie star that left the face of earth too soon. The long awaited sequel to the so-so start Batman Begins. Yes, it's none other than Batman: The Dark Knight.


Batman: The Dark Knight starts off with the Joker (Heath Ledger) doing his thing around Gotham City, wreaking havoc and leaving a trail of destruction wherever he goes. This brings about the attention of the local mafia / mobs and the Joker manages to convince them to rid off their problem in Gotham - Batman himself. However, Joker's true notions was just to unmask Batman just for the fun of it, and he won't stop till he get what he wants.

On the other hand, a new hero has appeared on screen - Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart). He's the new District Attorney and the all-righteous/justice/rid the world of evil good guy. His role in the movie was a beacon of hope for the people of Gotham that a day of justice would actually come. In other words, he was kind of like the "Messiah" that has been finally sent down from Heaven to Gotham.

As for Batman (Christian Bale) himself, he has to juggle between fighting Joker and his many devious yet meticulous/fool-proof plans and helping the police force and rising white knight, Harvey Dent in maintaining his reputation.

To top it all off, Rachel (Maggie Gyllenhaal), Bruce Wayne/Batman's old love has moved on and found new love in none other than Harvey Dent. This only complicates things between Bruce and Rachel as he is willing to give up Batman anytime for her but Gotham needs a hero, which is believed to be Harvey Dent. However, the true story is that Batman has to get his hands dirty and get things done to maintain that belief.


On to the movie review and my personal rants. This movie, in my opinion is gonna be the blockbuster of the year. If Harry Potter or James Bond is unable to deliver a stunning performance as this one that is. This Batman movie speaks volumes of the entire Batman series, standing out amongst all others. Why so?

First and foremost, throughout the movie, there was never a dull moment. Watching it, you'll be gripping the edge of your seat, heart full of anticipation, a mixture of fear and excitement as you plow through the 2 1/2 hour movie. Yes, I said 2 1/2 hour. Despite the fact that it spans such a long time, you won't feel any loss of time when you watch the movie.

As for the movie plot, it is amazingly intricate and good as it tells about the peak of Joker's criminal career and also how Two Face came to be. Action was plenty, not to mention gadgets and other creative inventions. Also, the movie was much darker and complicated than other Batman movies, Batman also faces external dilemma with the world outside rather than his internal mind battles like in Batman Begins.

Now for the main course of this review, the main reason why Batman: The Dark Knight rocked everybody's socks off. Here to steal the spotlight, Heath Ledger as the Joker.


We all know that Christian Bale plays the main role with his slick, playboy personality and style as Bruce Wayne and the dark crusader in the night with his raspy voice as Batman. But... His lack of acting skills and.. Ultimately, EMOTIONS. And other qualities that he didn't have to put him in the limelight of the movie.

Anyways, Heath Ledger playing his role of the Joker was... simply AMAZING in the movie. His acting, his total transformation from his previous movies and metamorphosis into the crazy-ass Joker. Heath Ledger completely transformed the image and opinion of Joker in everybody's minds.

With the ghastly white paint/makeup on his face, his sliced up mouth with the slap-on red lipstick and the supposedly sick-green hair, Joker played his mastermind plans in the movie flawlessly. In addition to his sick sense of humor, his heartless murders and meticulous plans, Joker is the ultimate mind-player criminal because he is able to twist and in a way, f*ck around with Batman's mind.

But the best part is that Heath Ledger totally changed from his previous characters into this sinister, evil and murderous villian who does all this just for the fun of it. Imagine this...

Heath Ledger as a Knight

Heath Ledger the Casanova

Heath Ledger as a gay cowboy




turning into...





this psycho-maniac of a Joker

Anyways, my point here is that: Heath Ledger did an excellent job in playing his role of Joker till the point of kicking Batman out of his rightful throne as man of the movie and thus stealing the spotlight all to himself. His acting is the main reason why the movie's such a big hit, and without Joker.. The Dark Knight wouldn't have even seen the light of day.

Unfortunately, all good things come to and end. As everybody knows, Heath Ledger passed away earlier this year due to overdose of medicine/drugs (if I'm right...). We all mourn the passing of this talented and promising actor who had a bright future ahead of him. However, there's a rumour going around that Joker killed him.

Meaning, Heath Ledger's involvement in Batman: The Dark Knight and his role as Joker caused his death. As shown here:

Ledger recently told reporters he "slept an average of two hours a night" while playing "a psychopathic, mass-murdering, schizophrenic clown with zero empathy ...

"I couldn't stop thinking. My body was exhausted, and my mind was still going."

Prescription drugs didn't help, he said.

I personally believed that Heath Ledger psycho-ed himself to death over the role of Joker. His dedication and commitment to the movie proved to be his end. Hence, Dark Knight will stand as Heath Ledger's cinematic gravestone, and trust me when I say that this is his best and last performance yet. I would like to say that, Heath Ledger deserves mention and many many nominations / awards or whatever for this last movie of his. Standing ovation please.

This said, I would like to urge everybody to watch this movie. Forget all the other movies I said MUST WATCH or whatever else. This is a keeper for decades and decades to come, so catch it in cinemas and also buy it on DVD or something. Trust me, it is that GOOD.

P.S. Sorry for the super long ass post, but I just felt that I hadta do this movie justice. Especially with a dead actor who was the true Dark Knight of the movie.

Saturday, 19 July 2008

Hey Sexy Ladies (Part II)

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Tuesday, 15 July 2008

Hey Sexy Ladies (Part I)

"WATCHED" (inside joke with my classmates -.-) a few movies recently namely Get Smart & Wanted and here are the movie reviews. One sentence to describe these two movies: Incredibly sexy female main characters. XD

Get Smart: The movie's about this loser agent wannabe technician, Max (Steve Carell) who dreams and wants to be an agent. His wish came true when an evil organisation struck the agency and he was forced to become an agent, partnering Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway) who recently went through a face makeover. Having the element of being unknown to the enemy, these two then set out on a mission to bring down the evil organisation and save the world.

In this movie, yeah, the main character is obviously the klutz agent wannabe/technician Max . However, I'm not concern at all about him but it's his partner that I have all eyes on. She's none other than Anne Hathaway.

Phewwwitttt man!! Would you just look at her? Anne Hathaway is completely different in this movie than her previous Disney engagements - Princess Diaries, Princess Diaries 2 & Ella Enchanted. She was smokin' hot as a secret agent and her ass-kicking just increases her hot-ness. C'mon, who doesn't like to see a chick kicking some tough guys butts around? Or better yet, a chick with a gun. XD

Anne Hathaway was oozing with sex appeal throughout the movie, especially during the Russian dance scene. Her in that glittering dress, and especially when she tore the hem of the dress to shorten it so she could climb through a manhole and through all those lasers. Yow!!! Nosebleed man.. Even Steve Carell had a hard time keeping his eyes off her ass as showin in the movie. I'd say it was the same situation in real life too. Haha.

Anne Hathaway sure has come a long way from Disney movies as shown here in her role as the sexy female agent in Get Smart. Although her past 2 movies Brokeback Mountain and Havoc included nude scenes of her, she has diverted away from those boob-flashing movies to now a more mature and seductive character as she finally grows into a full-fledged woman. And with that body of hers.. Who is to deny that? XD

Can you believe that this is Anne Hathaway?

Anyways, it's getting late so I'll do the post on Wanted some other time. Catch Get Smart if you can, it's a funny movie filled with laughs, old school 007 tricks and gadgets and not forgetting the incredibly yet surprisingly sexy Anne Hathaway. What more can you ask for?

P.S. The black & white picture of Anne Hathaway you see above? It's currently my desktop wallpaper. XD

Friday, 11 July 2008

Mash Ups

Recently, I stumbled upon a couple of mash-ups and fell instantly in love with them so as my duty to my fellow readers, I thought it would be nice to share it. Sharing is caring. =D Heck, it makes one hell of a post/update anyway.

First things first, just in case you don't understand what "mash-up" is...

Wiki says that a mash-up or bootleg is a song or composition created from the combination of the music from one song with the a cappella from another. "A mash-up is a song created out of pieces of two or more songs, usually by overlaying the vocal track of one song seamlessly over the music track of another." Read more about it here.

Anyways, without further ado, lemme introduce to you all, the King of Mash-Ups:

Peter Bull aka Norwegian Recycling

Yes I know, you all are scratching your head why did I just post a picture of a random someone on my blog. Well, this man here is the mastermind behind all the mash-ups I'll be sharing with you all later on.

Why did I dubbed him the King of Mash-Ups? Simple. Because all of his mash-ups are absolutely killer. Yes, you may know of other more famous DJs or artists who does mash-ups also but trust me... Peter Bull / Norwegian Recycling is worth giving a shot. Don't believe me? Check it out for yourself:








These are just a few examples of his genius works. You can find the rest on his YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, and his official website at Multiply.

After you've watched all the videos, went to all his websites, downloaded all his songs... Now join me in unison as we drop our jaws in awe and proclaim him a genius at the art of mash-ups. All hail Peter Bull aka Norwegian Recycling, the King of Mash Ups!!

Monday, 7 July 2008

Life's a beach/bitch

Life's a beach when everything's going swell.
Life's a bitch when everything's going downhill.

Life's a beach when everything's Hakuna Matata.
Life's a bitch when the whole world is on your shoulders.

Life's a beach when everything's sugar, spice and everything nice.
Life's a bitch when you have none of that but all of Chemical X.

Life's a beach when your "Recently Played" list is full of happy Disney songs.
Life's a bitch when your "Recently Played" list is full of Em0 songs.

Life's a beach when you have all the time in the world to do everything and anything.
Life's a bitch when you're pressed for time and still have to do everything and anything.

Life's a beach when you have no worries and no concerns.
Life's a bitch when you start worrying.


So why bother giving a shit? Because I care, that's why.

Life's a bitch.

Tuesday, 1 July 2008

When you have nothing to blog about...

They say, a picture says a thousand words. So here's tons of pictures of a panda's growth. Something random to update. Enjoy! =D

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