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These Are My Movie Dads of 2013

… or maybe I’m just projecting too much, but I thought 2013 had a lot of Father/Son-Daughter relationship movies. Even when it wasn’t literally a blood-relation, like in the more clear case between Idris Elba and Rinko Kikuchi (et Ashida Mana) in Pacific Rim, or the more blurred relationship between Jiao Xu with Mr. Go in Mr. Go.

I cried in a couple of these ones, but I won’t tell you which. LOL

From left to right, top to bottom: Koreeda’s Like Father, Like Son; Miracle in Cell No. 7; Metro Manila; Pacific Rim; Saving Mr. Banks; Silent Witness; About Time; Police Story 2013; Instructions Not Included; and Mr. Go.

Posted on July 9, 2014 In Chinese, English, Films, Graphics, Japanese, Korean, Sharing, Spanish, Stills amy wong, ashida mana, china, disney, guillermo del toro, jackie chan, japan, kore-eda, korea, latin america, musings, rankings, reasons why my dad is cool, rinko kikuchi

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15 Indian Movies for People who Hate Bollywood

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Partly translated in English~ but fully in Español at Cinencuentro.

Posted on June 18, 2014 In DVD/BR, English, Films, Graphics, Jobs, Misc., Music, Sharing, Spanish, Torrents & Digital Streams amy wong, blog, by amy wong, distributors, independent, india, internet, madhuri dixit, musical/choreography, peru, rani mukerji, rankings, shahrukh khan, shakespeare, subtitles, tabu (actress), vidya balan, vishal bhardwaj, yam, youtube

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You came, then you left, only leaving behind the starry sky~

Paraphrasing this different…

小时候，爸爸说《睡不着的时候就看看天空找到最亮的那颗星星，魔法师就会送你一个美梦》。睡梦中，我知道魔法师带着爸爸回来了。

When I was little, dad used to say, “when you can’t sleep, just look to the sky. Find the brightest star, and the magician will grant you a beautiful dream.” In the dream, I know the magician will bring my father back.

Father’s day is coming up soon, and all the promotion has made it a difficult start of the month. This is the latest song to make me cry.

Posted on June 6, 2014 In Chinese, English, Music, Music Videos, Sharing amy wong, death, huang zhong ping, mayday (taiwanese band), music video, musings, quotes, reasons why my dad is cool, subtitles, taiwan

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All My Biases in One List Ranked

Too much awesomeness into one.

What made it to the list and where it placed? Some of my biggest biases placed lower than expected, and some that I don’t want to be my bias placed high on there~

Head over there and do your thing~

Posted on May 2, 2014 In Chinese, English, French, Fun, Graphics, Japanese, Korean, Misc., Russian, Sharing, Spanish actress, amy adams, amy wong, anne hathaway, annette bening, aoi miyazaki, audrey tautou, ayumi ito, bae doona, by amy wong, canada, carey mulligan, cate blanchett, charlize theron, charlotte gainsbourg, china, chulpan khamatova, dakota fanning, ellen page, eva green, evan rachel wood, fan bingbing, france, gong li, gwyneth paltrow, helena bonham carter, huzzah, india, japan, joan chen, jodie foster, juhi chawla, julianne moore, juliette binoche, kate winslet, korea, kou shibasaki, kwai lun-mei, latin america, laura linney, li bingbing, madhuri dixit, maggie cheung, marion cotillard, mary-louise parker, mia wasikowska, michelle williams, miki nakatani, naomi watts, natalie portman, nicole kidman, olivia thirlby, olivia williams, penelope cruz, rachel mcadams, rachel weisz, rani mukerji, rankings, rinko kikuchi, russia, saoirse ronan, sarah polley, scarlett johansson, shu qi, spain, tabu (actress), taiwan, tilda swinton, toni collette, vidya balan, yam, yu aoi, zhao wei (vicky zhao), zhou xun

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10th Imaginary Fandom Anniversary

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On March 20th, 2004, I watched Good Bye, Lenin! Though my rekindling didn’t happen until last year, I feel it’s somewhat an important day. Plus, I had my Vancouver ticket, so why not? I didn’t prepare anything special, though I was thinking of re-watching the movie. Turns out I’m kinda movie-busy until the end of the month, so I doubt I can re-watch anything.

But I went image web-hunting :)

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お父さんへ
元気ですか？
私は元気ですけどさびしいになった。でも、お父さんのためにエイミが幸せになりたい。約束する。

Posted on March 9, 2014 In Japanese, Sharing amy wong, by amy wong, death, musings, reasons why my dad is cool

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Best of the Foreign 2000s

January 24, 2014

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I also made a [nomination] list of all my favorite foreign things of the last decade. If I had included all movies, general suspects would have applied (eg. Children of Men, Dancer in the Dark), but still remains a very ME list. I hope you like the selection, and don’t hesitate in suggesting films to watch.

Check all nominees and comment here.

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Five YAM Magazine Posts for 2014!

January 1, 2014

Happy new year, everyone!

Sorry for the lack of posts last month. To make up for it, here are five posts so you can catch up to my 2013 and to get you going this 2014.

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2013 in Movies (Silly Edition)
Top50 Songs of 2013 [Xiami sorta complete Playlist]
The Indian Movie Journey – Phase I
Indian Cinema Success
Diez Peliculas del 2013 [spanish only] [google translate]

Deserts Chang’s You Were Here with Me

It’s been nearly two months since my dad’s passing, and this Deserts Chang song came in my iPod’s playlist. Titled You Were Here with Me (我想你要走了) in English… it seems to be a contradiction with the literal translation. I know ‘wo xiang ni‘ means “I miss you” but wouldn’t the literal translation be “I want you to go“?

Loneliness is hovering over me
I watch clouds rising, rain falling
My mood is getting down
My mood is getting down

Perhaps at the exit of Dream
Peace has embraced outpouring of emotions
In the blink of an eye it dawns on me
In the blink of an eye it dawns on me

You’re about to go
You’ve said it all
((Your) life story is finished.)
You’re about to go, you’ll be happy

Perhaps at the exit of Dream
Peace has embraced outpouring of emotions
In the blink of an eye it dawns on me
You said you wanted a pillow that you could sleep to your heart’s content

credit: Semantic Nuance’s

Posted on November 24, 2013 In Chinese, English, Music, Sharing, Spanish amy wong, by amy wong, death, musings, reasons why my dad is cool, taiwan, translation

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I want you to remember that…

It seems like a cruel joke that now the memory of my dad is forever linked to Dexter. It isn’t enough that the both of us watched the show, and that I was waiting for the final season to be completely subtitled so he could watch it.

Now, the final episode in which Dexter bids Harrison goodbye and Deb is able to let go is the moment my dad bids me goodbye and finally lets go. It’s almost scary that the Dexter FB page posted this message the day my dad passed away:

The post seems to be gone now, but when that showed up, I couldn’t help but express my incredulity. “I want you to remember that every single day until I see you again. Daddy loves you.” I will, dad. There won’t be a single day in which I don’t think of you and how much I miss you.

— Oct 26 2017 edit —

Here on Facebook and Twitter.

Posted on October 26, 2013 In English, Screencaps, Sharing, Spanish, Television amy wong, dexter, musings, quotes, reasons why my dad is cool, tv drama / tv series / miniseries

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