Tuesday, March 31, 2009

how would you want to be remembered?


As I remembered, the greatest man (or woman, some may dispute) on earth passed away five years and three hundred and sixty-four days ago. He leapt from the 24th storey of a particular hotel in Hong Kong while suffering from depression. The suicide note, as many of you already know by now, has been used by the editors many many times in their everyday life to encourage and spur each other on through daily challenges. But let's not dwell into that today.

It is amazing that words and actions have so much power. People will always remember what we said and did in our lives long after the picture fades into nothing. Personally, I remembered my ex-principal from middle school as the saviour who saved us from boring lessons by declaring half days after half days after half days whenever he deemed fit. And its kind of sad considering the good job he had done before he was ousted from the hot seat. The loveliest man in 2003 who plunged his way into the abyss is still remembered as the person who mesmerised millions of women (and men) through his sensual dance moves and tantalising roles in films that shocked the film industry.

The more important question : How would YOU like to be remembered?

Believe it or not, everyone impacts someone else everyday. When you open a door for a person whose hands are full, you just impacted that person. Through that little act of kindness, you expressed, "You are important enough for me to take time out to make your load a little easier. The key to immortality is to live a life worth remembering.

I for one, would like to be remembered as the man that I thought myself to be and hope others perceived me in the same way. I want to be remembered as a true human unaffected by the trials brought forth by the constantly grinding society, a true friend and a loving son and brother to the people around me. Most importantly, I want to be someone who has touched my dear readers (no, not literally but metaphorically).

I challenge you to take the next 3 minutes and think of how you want to be remembered. Rich and famous perhaps? Artistic bum? World's greatest friend (yes, a dog)? I leave this thought with you while we count down to the fateful day six years ago.

It is never too late to start taking steps. Bless you all.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Viva La Vida


What a great concert!
1 hour and 40 minutes of pure entertainment!
A blardy idiot keep knocking into me while swinging his arms in the air!
Chris Martin is definitely more talented than Ricky Martin!



Sunday, March 22, 2009

十个古惑仔,九个衰到底

(that's not Mai Hao Wei)

十个古惑仔,九个衰到底

I've been dying to watch this since it was released a year back. Somehow, the thought of paying $20 for the dvd held me back for a year. I cannot tell you how glad I was when I saw it lying it a heap of discounted dvds at the neighbourhood mall near my place. I finally laid my hands on Run Papa Run for a mere $5.

The film reunites Louis Koo and Rene Liu again, after the acclaimed (really?) "Happy Birthday". Koo is casted as a gangster boss again like many of his past works while Liu is a fresh lawyer who falls in love with Koo and bears a daughter for him. As fatherhood confronts him, the movie is essentially about how Koo tries his best to change for the better for the sake of his growing daughter. What makes a man want to be more than he is and to pass something good and hopeful into the hands of his son. This creates a conflict between who he is and who he wants to be in the eyes of his daughter. As a result, he resorts to any means to hide the truth.

I like the chemistry between the two leads and the comic timing of Louis Koo. He has gone a long way from the 小白脸 in the past to a true actor nowadays. His versatility has been showcased over the years, though his forte still lies in being an accidental hero like in Connected. Somebody I know even call him the next 郑少秋, which I politely screamed "Hell, no". This movie is practically a Louis Koo vehicle for him to showcase his acting range. I must say, he is truely and indeed one of the best leading man material in Hong Kong. His portrayal as a young and wild gangster, to a hysterical middle age father who puts his family above self and as a helpless old man towards the end of the movie is indeed commendable. And most importantly, I just love his tan. And Rene is just the same old Rene : doe-eyed, sickeningly sweet and affable as the woman behind the man.

I would recommend this to all Hong Kong movie fans. Even though it does not add anything new to the triad genre, it provides a fresh perspective on the genre by adding a dimension of human-ness to the 陈浩南 and 山鸡 who glorify the dark triads of underground HK.

Does anyone know how much a tanning machine cost nowadays? 喂

Thank you for reading.

we're sh*te and we know it

To be in love is merely to be in a state of perceptual anesthesia

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Cortina

tough luck.

Thursday, March 12, 2009

三岔口


如果必須要活著

能否得到你共行

話未道盡就要放手

在半路中一聲不響

如今假想你活著

才可偷生繼續行

造物玩弄幾番交錯

人潮內能偶遇

但卻看不真

如果這一切是個岔口

何解只得我獨個守候

情狂意亂

重尋這一個是你嘛

人為何沒答話

如果找真相令我放手

求不必轉告讓我荒謬

情無折舊

仍然想思憶中佔有

即使呼吸

再沒有

情無折舊

仍然想思憶中佔有

即使呼吸

再沒有

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

The Melancholic Case of Zhang Xiao Rou

http://blog.sina.com.cn/blessxiaoou

no, its not fraud where the money goes towards my gold-plated toilet bowl.

Save her life, save a dream

If you can afford, do lend a helping hand. Stop reading Tohari Paijan's 'top class' 马后炮 for a month and help the poor girl out.

your money will go a long way ...

Saturday, March 07, 2009

脑缺氧

i've been called a jerk, dick or prick, but nothing beats having my name screamed at the top of my boss's voice

with my luck, if i bought a life insurance policy with every cent from my coffers, I wouldn't die.

Stephen King is afraid to sleep in the dark.

Sometimes, I look at myself in the mirror and i hear a guffaw of laughter from my teddy bear.

Stay positive in your life, and take cyanide for breakfast.

fake 真爱

I live by one rule: No office romances, no way. Messy.. and inappropriate. But, I live by another rule: Just do it...Nike.