Month: February 2009

  • Rest of January, Half February Films~

    Last viewed films list before the Indie Spirit, and Oscar this weekend! I think I did pretty okay for a bit more than a month… you think?

    How’s YOUR movie watching?

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  • Yu Aoi Film Discussion – Guuzen nimo Saiaku na Shounen – Worst by Chance

    Decided to do this one already! Just to get going… this goes all the way back to… Before Hana & Alice? 2003! A lot of faces on this one… you might recognize many~

    About the film:
    A 2003 film directed by Su-yeon Gu about a high school student named Hidenori Kaneshiro (Hayato Ichihara) who lives in Tokyo as a Korean-Japanese, who gets bullied for being half-Korean despite being raised Japanese. Because of this, he’s developed a reckless answer to life’s problems by not caring about anything in the real world… except maybe his sister.

    Genre: Drama, Comedy
    Starring: Hayato Ichihara, Mika Nakashima, Shin Yazawa, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
    Special appearances by: Akira Emoto, Rie Tomosaka, Yu Aoi, Kimiko Yo, Yoshinori Okada
    Duration: +1:50hr

    Below, the spoilers~

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  • More Sholly Fanart~

    A few days ago, I posted some Sholly fanart over my portfolio. I thought I’d post that in here as well… just in case. Since my blog seems a bit more visited than my portfolio.

    hi amy wong - letter monsters

    Check the process over here… and the full size here.

  • My Life as a Soundtrack~

    I’ve got another list of songs for you~

    care to do yours too?? It’s the same business~

    1. grab your music player of choice (iPod, iTunes, Windows Media, etc)
    2. activate shuffle
    3. the song that plays for each category~~
    • Opening Credits
      East Village Opera Company – O Mio Babbino Caro Redux
      this actually has a nice intro for an opening sequence. I accept. ^^
    • Waking Up
      Matchbox Twenty – If You’re Gone
      kind of a downer song for waking up, no?
    • First Day At School
      Tegan and Sara – Back in Your Head
      this soundtrack has all the flare of a RomCom, no? Back in Your Head on the First Day at School
    • Falling In Love
      Gianmarco – Te Mentiria
      Again… I’m sure I’ve got something against love.
    • Fight Song
      The Futureheads – First Day
      this one has a nice energy for a fight sequence. trouble-maker amy!! Fights on the First Day.
    • Breaking Up
      Greenday – Homecoming / The Death Of St. Jimmy / East 12th St. / Nobody Likes You / Rock And Roll Girlfriend / We’re Coming Home Again
      hahaha, such an epic breaking up song~
    • Prom
      The Sunwater Diaries – Age Old Question
      Prom’s the Age Old Question? LOL – xD
    • Life’s OK
      Faith Hill – Dearly Beloved
      sounds like either a wedding, or a funeral… something church-y going on here.
    • Secret Love
      St. Vincent – Marry Me
      uh-oh. is that a request?
    • Mental Breakdown
      Greenday – Extraordinary Girl
      great… must have a mental breakdown to be an ‘extraordinary  girl’
    • Driving
      Melanie C – Protected
      … ‘coz me’s dangerous at the wheel? xD
    • Flashback
      Bjork – Innocence
      oh… falshback to my innocence? does that mean I’m not no more?
    • Getting Back Together
      Lauryn Hill – Can’t Take my Eyes Off of You
      *i love you baby!* xD
    • Wedding
      Anika Paris – It’s About
      what the…
    • Birth of Child
      Aqua – Barbie Girl
      oh, geez~~
    • Final Battle
      The Ark – Hey Modern Days
      final battle for modern days? xD
    • Death Scene
      Yugo Kanno – 暖簾を守る (Noren wo Mamoru) – Protect Reputation (Osen OST)
      Actually… kind of a nice song. LOL
    • Funeral Song
      Dixie Chicks – Baby Hold On
      ugh, break my heart already~~
    • End Credits
      Pink – Who Knew
      the end! who knew!! xD

  • Alfie

    So… 2260 songs, and this is what shuffle could do? LOL’ Let’s see how you like it…

    In response to Julili~~~

    INSTRUCTIONS:
    1. Put your iPod or other music player on shuffle.
    2. For each question, press the NEXT button to get your answer.
    3. You must write that song name down no matter how silly it sounds.
    4. Tag friends who might enjoy doing this as well as the person you got this from.

    IF SOMEONE SAYS “IS THIS OKAY” YOU SAY?
    Yael Naim – Yashanti – apparently it means ‘I slept’ ‘LOL

    WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
    Feist – Mushaboom… maybe I feel a little bit like a Lacoste commercial. xD

    WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
    Marit Larsen – Is It Love

    WHAT IS YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE?
    Yael Naim – Lachlom – means ‘to dream‘? – aww~~ I’m meant to dream? xD

    WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
    Lang Lang – Ode to the Yellow River… don’t get it either, since it’s an instrumental. My motto is to be Chinese?

    WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
    The Beatles – I Should Have Known Better ~~~ why? WHY?!

    WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT OFTEN?
    Tegan and Sara – Freedom… hahaha

    WHAT IS 2+2?
    Marit Larsen – Only a Fool~~~ only a fool knows how to sum. xD

    WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIENDS?
    Andrea Echeverri – Lactochampeta ~~ this has to be wrong in some level, right?

    WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
    Julieta Venegas – Andar Conmigo ~~~ my life story is hanging on my own?

    WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP??
    Justin Timberlake – Summer Love/Set the Mood Right ~~
    wanna have a summer L. O. V. E, ridin’ with the top down /// and I wanna set the mood right haha.

    WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE??
    Feist – Inside and Out ~~~ sounds like I puke. Though, that’d be my insides out, non?

    WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
    Tracy Chapman – Save Us All ~~ me the superhero!

    WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
    Alexandre Desplat (Benjamin Button OST) – Alone at Night
    see, another clue as to why I will not have a wedding

    WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
    5ive – Keep on Movin’
    Please, everyone… life goes on~~ xD I’d rather they’d play “When I Get Where I’m Going”
    by Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton

    WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
    Pink Martini – Bolero… eh, ok?

    WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
    Jay Chou – Yuan You Hui (Carnival)
    maybe that I like to party? Which is not~~

    WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
    Beethoven – Spring (Nodame Cantabile OST)
    awww, soothing as spring?

    WHAT’S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
    Avril Lavigne – Nobody’s Home
    Yes… sorry, Avril, right? You’re shocked?

    HOW WILL YOU DIE?
    Kate Nash – Mouthwash
    hahaha, gotta stop brushing and flossing then

    WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET
    Andrea Echeverri – Que no Haria~~~ apparently, NOTHING.

    WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
    Utada Hikaru – Take 5 ?

    WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
    Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova – If You Want Me [listen to it]
    GAWD, that lyric kills me~~

    WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
    Jay Chou – Dong Fang Zhi Dian (Palace of the East)
    does that mean I’m getting married in China or something?

    WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
    Christina Aguilera – Understand~~~ ok…

    DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
    The Cranberries – Ode to my Family
    That’s sad~ my family only?

    IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
    John Mayer – Why Georgia
    Just to make it clear. I don’t know anyone named Georgia.

    WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
    Foo Fighters – Stacked Actors
    I don’t get it. Too many ‘faux-actors’ … faux-celebrities? Dead to all Reality TV Stars!

    WHAT WILL YOU TITLE THIS POST?
    Lily Allen – Alfie

  • Countdowns for this week~

    Let’s see… *amy opens google calendar*

    4 days (technically 3) to Independent Spirit Awards – which I already voted for. If you get i-Sat, they will be broadcasting it on Saturday at 5pm GMT-5.

    Following that, ACADEMY AWARDS. BIG BIG day, probably live blog Red Carpet, and complete ceremony. Plus, Hugh Jackman will be hosting, and he’s hot and funny. That’s on Sunday 8pm GMT-5, probably red carpet will beging 3 or 2 hours before that~~~

    Next week (25th)~ Backstreet Boys concert! LOL’ I am excited, after missing the one in Vancouver because embassies SUCK hairy balls. On the music front, BSB mania probably begins on Sunday night after Oscar.

    6 days after that (March 3rd), anniversary #2 for this WordPress blog.

    And finally, on Sunday March 8th – Final two-hour episode of The L Word. Which reminds me… we are on what- episode 5 already?? Where’s Clementine Ford. I demand Shane and Molly scenes!

  • Hi Amy on Letter Monsters

    Flickr user JOEYBLOG made an alphabet in the shape of monsters to help his son learn it. Pretty cute and fun! I made myself a wallpaper.

    hi amy wong - letter monsters

  • Yu Aoi Film Discussion – Henshin

    You’re in luck! Well, that depends on perspective~~ I was lucky (or not) to watch Henshin and it turned out to be the film right after my previous review, so I killed two birds with one stone. So here we go…

    Something about the film:
    (by me, ‘coz everyone misguided me to this film)
    A 2005 film about Junichi (Hiroshi Tamaki), who has recently gone through a brain operation, and while his recovery seems to be going on the right direction, not all is well inside his head. Before the surgery, Junichi was a nice guy, hard working, a painter… and a loving boyfriend to Kei (Yu Aoi). Now, however, he has quit his job, has violent outbursts, has stopped painting, and is not longer interested in his girlfriend.

    Genre: Sci-Fi Thriller Drama with Romance
    Starring: Hiroshi Tamaki, Yu Aoi
    Duration: +1:30hr

    Below, the spoilers~

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  • Discovery Kids Back in the 90’s

    This is an un-official “Why the 90’s Ruled or Not”.

    Remember those days when Discovery Kids (Latin America) was actually for kids – you know, 10-13 year old kids – and not babies~~ I mean, COME ON! Teletubbies??? Shoot me in the face already!!

    Back in the day, when I was a 10 year old kid… my family first got cable. If I recall correctly, Discovery Kids Latin America used to be in channel 65 or 85 or something, and it had awesome programming for intellectual kids like me~~ Truth be told, most my younger cousins didn’t watch Discovery Kids ever, but I did… and I’m an avid TV watcher since I was a kid. That’s my market~

    What did I used to watch on Discovery Kids? Well, I had my first introduction to the Internet thanks to them! Cyberkids was one of the programs I used to watch, and probably shaped me in the way that I am today… you know? Blogger, Web Designer, Web Surfer~~~

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  • Some more YAM

    It’s V-day, so my non-V-day gift to all of you it’s more YAM. Yup, 2nd issue is done.

    YAM - Issue 2

    Featuring Coraline, which opened this past Thursday here in Lima (only dubbed). We are also taking on Best Picture Nominees, and our picks that shoulda been BP. We are also talking about Duncan Sheik, Melinda Doolittle, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Lee-Hom Wang, Franz Ferdinand… and many other reviews!

    Now, if you’re ready~~~ head over here to get it.