useless information retained after watching the Oscars

1. Title above too long. Don't fit nicely in a post. Revise.


2. KL Red Carpet 2007? You've got to be kidding!!

Star Movies and Astro will kick off the event with KL Red Carpet Live from the "Breakfast With The Stars 2007" at JW Marriott Hotel.

Local stars like Camelia, Fauziah Latiff and Erra Fazira will take part in the event.

Viewers can catch the KL Red Carpet Live on Feb 26 at 8am, followed by the 79th Annual Academy Awards and Star Movies Red Carpet at 9am.

-New Straits Times

Apparently not.

To have local celebrities dressed up to the nines just so they get to 'experience' the red carpet treatment ala Hollywood style at 8 IN THE MORNING and then catch the Academy Awards on a presumably projected screen in a hotel in KL is just damn sad.


3. When William Monahan walked up to accept his Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Departed, the lady announcer in the background made a boo boo. She said that The Departed was adapted from a Japanese movie, Infernal Affairs instead of a Hong Kong movie.


4. Good thing the director, Martin Scorsese, who incidentally won Best Director for the same movie, righted the wrong in his 'thank you' speech.

"And Andrew Lau's original film from Hong Kong, the wonderful *Asian cinema."

*Yay to talented Asians!


5. I got Martin Scorsese and Steven Soderbergh mixed up. Don't know why, don't know how. I was waiting for a tall bald guy to appear but saw a short white haired gentleman instead.

Hold on, is Steven Soderbergh tall and bald? I vaguely remember. It was light years ago when he won Best Director for Traffic.

Wait, did he win?

Aih.. forgeddit.


6. I like the way 'Scorsese' roll of your tongue when you say it.


7. Pan's Labyrinth won a number of awards. Movie looked very interesting from the clips that were shown. Shall watch it.


8. At the risk of sounding politically incorrect, it is my humble opinion that Halle Berry and Denzel Washington paved the way for African-American actors and actresses to now have a more significant presence in the race for the Oscars.

If not for Halle Barry, Jennifer Hudson wouldn't have bagged the award for Best Supporting Actress in Dreamgirls today. She's new and not white (don't hit me please).

Forest Whitaker, on the other hand, rightly deserves to be recognised like so many other veteran African-American actors. He took home an Oscar for Best Actor in The Last King Of Scotland.


9. Both Forest Whitaker and Jennifer Hudson gave thanks to God. The latter said,

"Look what God can do."

Indeed. He makes the impossible, possible =)


10. I smiled with *pride when Helen Mirren ended her acceptance speech by lifting her golden statuette saying,

"Ladies and gentlemen, I give you The Queen. Thank you. Thank you very much."

*Ridiculous, I know. Just because I studied in the UK -_-"
I don't even 'surge with pride' in my home country.
Wonderful! Very patriotic of me.
Actually, got la. Very rare one here.


11. Ellen DeGeneres look good in suits.


12. Reckon An Inconvenient Truth won both its nominations because it's Al Gore.

Dreamgirls had three nominations for Best Song: Listen, Love You I Do and Patience. And the award went to? Melissa Etheridge, I Need to Wake Up from An Inconvenient Truth.

How convenient -_-

...

Gosh, please don't tell me you fell for that? Of course not! It won because of the very important message the documentary conveys.

...

That, and also because it's Al Gore =P


13. This is Freedom of Speech:

*"America did not vote for Jennifer Hudson and she's nominated for an Oscar. America voted for Al Gore and he didn't get... (claps and laughter from the floor)
It's a little confusing/complicated(can't remember)."

-Ellen DeGeneres

*Not verbatim.


14. Lilian Too, that Feng Shui lady predicted that Little Miss Sunshine would win Best Motion Picture when interviewed by Channel [V]. She claims that Feng Shui affects everything including Oscar Nominees. She said dunno what la. Something about the 'SUN' in Little Miss Sunshine outshining its competitors, stuff like that.

Ahem, The Departed won la, auntie!

So much for Feng Shui. Pfftt. *If you don't mind, I think it's best if you departed. Thankyouverymuch. Dooristhatway.

*I know, lame attempt at a joke. No matter. I like.


15. And these, my dear readers, are the things I make mental notes of. Excellent la.

GONG HEI FATT CHOY

To everyone,

Here's wishing you
A Blessed Chinese New Year!

May you have a joyous time with your families/friends during this festive occassion.

xoxo


Happy Birthday Ah Ma. Wish you were here. Miss you very, very much.

melancholic thursday

chinese new year

yesterday wasn't very okay to begin with. didn't say much. back after three years and not a hint of excitement. dreading the days leading up to the lunar new year. mostly in a deep and pensive state.

reunion dinner's not the same. family shrinking rapidly. ah ma passed away a little over a year ago. loved her very much. was still in uk. no one informed me. first uncle just recovered from surgery. colon cancer. second uncle not so good. mouth cancer. "six months, if lucky", doctors predict. diagnosed in november. first two cousins(bro & sis) not in talking terms. cousin sister can't stand the sight of cousin brother's wife. third cousin just upped and left to macau with wife and baby in tow. wife a little mental.

grandparents
eight uncles and aunties(seventeen including spouses)
fifteen cousins

grandparents
an uncle and an aunt
have passed on.

two aunties
four cousins
elsewhere
only know the whereabouts of third and sixth cousin.

then us
all 'here' at home but not really here.

the glue that once held us together is no longer present. it breaks my heart. must learn to let go of the old and embrace the new; new family members, new lives. the old i will treasure. have to believe all will be okay. dysfunctional but i love us still.


GOD

beginning to find my footing. the Solid Rock with me. not in uk.
james 4 says,"draw near to him and he will draw near to you."
i didn't. he reached out first. too self-absorbed. humbled by his love. still lots to wrestle with. experiencing little breakthroughs. God's grace abounds.





the boy

from ipoh. opines that, "i damn drama". i do overreact sometimes. labelled a 'drama queen'. he's just not used to kl drama-mamas.
city girls. a lot more to deal with.

faith. still an issue. sigh.


brother

leaving next thursday. will miss him. sigh.

melancholic thursday

chinese new year

yesterday wasn't very okay to begin with. didn't say much. back after three years and not a hint of excitement. dreading the days leading up to the lunar new year. mostly in a deep and pensive state.

reunion dinner's not the same. family shrinking rapidly. ah ma passed away a little over a year ago. loved her very much. was still in uk. no one informed me. first uncle just recovered from surgery. colon cancer. second uncle not so good. mouth cancer. "six months, if lucky", doctors predict. diagnosed in november. first two cousins(bro & sis) not in talking terms. cousin sister can't stand the sight of cousin brother's wife. third cousin just upped and left to macau with wife and baby in tow. wife a little mental.

grandparents
eight uncles and aunties(seventeen including spouses)
fifteen cousins

grandparents
an uncle and an aunt
have passed on.

two aunties
four cousins
elsewhere
only know the whereabouts of third and sixth cousin.

then us
all 'here' at home but not really here.

the glue that once held us together is no longer present. it breaks my heart. must learn to let go of the old and embrace the new; new family members, new lives. the old i will treasure. have to believe all will be okay. dysfunctional but i love us still.


GOD

beginning to find my footing. the Solid Rock with me. not in uk.
james 4 says,"draw near to him and he will draw near to you."
i didn't. he reached out first. too self-absorbed. humbled by his love. still lots to wrestle with. experiencing little breakthroughs. God's grace abounds.





the boy

from ipoh. opines that, "i damn drama". i do overreact sometimes. labelled a 'drama queen'. he's just not used to kl drama-mamas.
city girls. a lot more to deal with.

faith. still an issue. sigh.




brother

leaving next thursday. will miss him. sigh.

Dear mum,

the reason why Don and I tell you absolutely everything is because you accept us just the way we are so, THANK YOU. You are undoubtedly the coolest(and prettiest =D) mum ever! But you know what's cooler? That you're MY mum.

xoxox





BLESSED 55TH MUMMY!



*This sounds so much more like a Mother's Day 'card'. Fail.

fifty five



Mum threw a huge(we occupied the entire place) b'day bash at Renaissance's Vogue Cafe this arvo.

Despite turning a little OLDer tomorrow, mum's happy as can be.

=D



And honestly, I think she's just way too fine to be more than half a century old, don't you?

=P


McLeod's daughters



Blessed



Accidental Artistry

"Distance does this to everyone"

he says.

What have I gotten myself into?

Fret not however, for I am prepared to face any torment if it so wishes to come my way.


A month ago today, was the last I saw of you. It has ONLY been ONE MONTH so why does it feel like it's been forever? I'm hoping that the rest of February and March will zoom by with a blink of an eye.

*blink*

...

*blink*

...

Throughout our time together, I'd successfully remained detached from my feelings. Nevertheless, there are days when I catch myself thinking of you and it dawns on me just how much I like you and miss you even though I've consciously refrained from doing so.


Isn't it silly of me to try to keep my emotions at bay since one can never be too sure when it comes to dealing with matters of the heart?

"The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?"

- Jeremiah 17:9 (NIV)

He wins

CONTINUE FROM previous post

Firstly, I want to clarify the italicised statement I made in the post below. I suppose it's reckless of me to loosely proclaim my beliefs based on the assumption that people get what I mean.

So, disobedience...
Knowing that God's grace and mercies are new every morning shouldn't be an avenue for us to do 'what we want to because it makes us feel good'. We shouldn't indulge in doing 'what we want' because it only satisfies us temporarily(the operative word here is temporary). We know too that no matter what we do, only God can fill that emptiness which so many of us feel.

Who are we that God should so love us, right? Dah la we're so undeserving, want to abuse His love for us some more. Disobedience will also render us unusable by God, which is quite a sad thing actually. There are of course exceptions to the general rule because no one can truly understand the mind of God.
---

I have strayed from God, very subtly and it has brought me to where I am today. I've been compromising my values and my principles. It saddens me that this has happened but what distresses me the most is that I am okay with my current state even though I extremely dislike the person I've turned into.

This relationship.. I seriously believed that I would also 'make room' for it to blossom although acutely aware of what the Bible says. Then, the day came when I was confronted with the issue of 'our faith'. I explained, reasoned, answered, clarified, justified, rationalised but to no avail. The whole episode troubled me deeply.

And then it hit me...
I'd never compromise God! (even though I thought I would)

So, when love and faith collide, FAITH PREVAILS! =D

And I'm very glad that it is so too for this would mean that no matter what my spiritual state is, God still very much resides in my heart. Of course this doesn't mean I'm not going to get back on the 'correct track' and run the 'correct race' la.
;)