Friday, July 14, 2006

I want it! I... just... want... it!

I was changing my profile details (for more details of course, since it's called details) but it will never want to show a-note-too-long for the movies I like and why are they so. Pasting them here.

I altered if you dont like, so? (tsk tsk, I am not that kind of person... hahaha)

Anyone with likely likeness?

The Village-because of the revelation of how stretched one could be to run away from reality,
Kill Bill II-because of the alternative cinematographic techniques especially the part where the blood was oozing ,
Dogville-because of the indescribable level of shocking after the arduous chapters,
Shutter-because it tells us not to do something bad or it can really come back to haunt you and break your neck,
Jaws-because it made small me to think that there would be a shark attacking me from the bath tub.

Another winter day, has come and gone away

There is an uninvited cacophony of emotions lately.

Little confused; little depressed; little excited; little troubled; little lost; little pissed off; little indecisive. Guess those syndromes do not fit a particular sickness. Probably there will be less blogs from me lately. But well, that doesnt really matter. :D

ps:I plan to do some up-close personal interviews of friends around, do you think it's good?
ps: Thank you note for those stopped by and concerned. I know, it's barely noticeable anyway. Hahaha

Thursday, July 06, 2006

FIFA Oscar

Best Director : Luis Felipe Scolari
Best Actor : Cristiano Ronaldo
Best Supporting Actor : Cristiano Ronaldo
Best Script : "Anyone who understands soccer saw that the referee wasn't fair," Cristiano Ronaldo.

Leave Rooney's case alone. This guy is sick! I am wondering if half of his practising time is on learning how to fall down looking real without obvious external force. Did anyone hear he get boo'ed everytime the ball was with him? That was just... pleasing. :))


Free acting class


Oh, the goalkeeper Ricardo Pereira got to get some credits. Strong desire to at least equalize spurred him up to French penalty area at the last minute and an acrobatic passing nearly made him hero, yet again. So cool and genuine.

Why could a team consist of such different people?

Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Italy won!

So wouldn't it be exciting watching Italy and Portugal? :D

Italian coach Lippi, fearing for penalties, made a bold move to replace the uninspiring midfielder Camoranesi (good move, good move) with a forward at the second half of the extra times. Daunting risk and it paid.

I am more than happy to support any teams that play well in a game. Eh, was I prematurely supporting Portugal?

Tuesday, July 04, 2006

那夏
七月落霞
茫然
还忘返

秋冬去
秋冬去
还虚无
还流离

小事疏疏
大事侃侃
雪花飘呀雪花漂

那是怎么样的日子啊
落魄的是回忆
可失魂的

是今晨

Saturday, July 01, 2006

Transportation Systems

I was driving back to hometown yesterday evening. Making exit at Alor Setar Utara toll of the PLUS highway, I headed to the bus station to drop a friend.

It has always been very distressing to me to get to there from the toll. For a distance of merely 4 kilometers, there are 7 traffic light stops. Even more upsetting, they don’t work in sync that it was as if there is one devilish monster behind the scene that makes you stop at every of them. There is definitely no existence of any AI elements and certainly lack of human intelligence in traffic planning. From the "Bandar Raya’s" bus station back to Jitra, I had to go through at least another 10 traffic lights for a distance of around 15 kilometers. I bet you will at least stop at at least 7 or 8 of them, helplessly watching the next traffic light turning green without any cars utilizing the time of green.

I don’t feel like labeling this as dumbness. But I think it’s near. Was it lack of exposure to the better world outside? Was it simply laziness towards in-depth analysis? Or was it just under-developed technical comprehension? I do not know. What I know is I go to the LHDN every year without knowing what I am paying for.

I am one of the fans of the group of traffic lights at the main road at Greenland Penang that it will gracefully let vehicles on the main road to get thru the lights at once with no expense at those coming out from the side. Brilliant idea to coop with the massive traffic. Shame on Kedah government.

Shout, Kedah Maju 2010. But I am sorry.

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Not very far from Northern Malaysia, a dazzling engineering masterpiece of transportation is unveiled and utterly outshone what we have here.

I am not a pro-China oversea Chinese. But I wish to pay tribute to this bold and aspirated engineering artwork, tagging sturdy human civilization and progression of the Chinese people. The Tibetians and Chinese took only 5 years to realize this dream. One year ahead of the schedule. Salute to the 1100-km Tibetian Railways.

And who is moved to take a ride on this?

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It has been months after the tug-of-war-like announcement of the Second Penang Bridge and the Light Railway System.

Minister of Transportation: The tenders are still under scrutiny.

For which one costs most?