Category: Spanish

  • Happy Two-Year-Using-WordPress!!

    Today, two years ago, I began using WordPress!

    I’ve gone through… several WordPress updates (some of them messing up with the website), many CSS styles~~~~ and a LOT of topic changes AND even MORE~~~ category additions~~~ and of course, one of the first proper posts was a rant, coz Amy loves ranting. xD However, in those days and age~~~ Amy ranted about many topics into one post~ the rant turned from a Dixie Chicks forum heated discussion, to how crappy Jennifer Hudson winning an Oscar was. LOL I still feel the same way though~~ Rinko Kikuchi so totally kicked major butt there~~~

    Topics haven’t changed much actually… I still rant about Oscar, and AM so into Japanese films. Haven’t seen much Rinko Kikuchi since then though… as I am still waiting for Brothers Bloom to come out anywhere I might be able  to watch.

    Similar to today, a year ago… well not exactly today, since I didn’t blog on March 3rd 2008 –  but 7th, I blogged Julyssa’s Greta Garbo’s book gift. WOOOOOOO – Julyssa!!! It’s been a year since that gift!! Thank you SOOOOO much. Greta Garbo photographs are sooooooo AWEsome. Ne? xD

    So thank you, WordPress~ Two years together! xD

  • Woah, March Already?

    Gotta be careful, I could yawn and it will be December next. LOL’

    So award season is over… but that only means it’s time to begin the hunt once again~~ Posts on February reached the +40 mark… in fact, I matched my December record of 44 posts. And considering February has less days, well~~ Here come the quiet months though… March, April, May. They kill me.

    Also, don’t forget the BackStreet Boys…

    Plus… Yu Aoi Film Discussion~~~ Next up is Otoko-tachi no Yamato – or Yamato for short. Still there, haven’t found the time to re-watch that ++++ Hachimitsu to KURO~BA~ or Honey & Clover. Haven’t forgotten…

    Today though… next to last episode of The L Word, which ends next week with a 2hr episode… not looking forward to IT per se, but AM looking forward to just finish once and for all. LOL’ To ger your Sholly (Shane+Molly) fix – do your thing.

  • Full BackStreet Boys Unbreakable Concert Review

    Okay, if you haven’t read the Quickie one, do so here –

    I needed some time to find the setlist, which I couldn’t really find so you’ll have to rely on my memory and how it connects the online videos of the concert. Lucky for you, Wikipedia did a fairly good job… I think.

    Here’s the songs that were played:

    1. Larger than Life/Everyone/Any Other Way
    2. You Can Let Go/Unmistakable/I Want it that Way
    3. She’s like the Sun – Howie’s Solo
    4. Show me the Meaning of Being Lonely
    5. More than That
    6. Spanish Eyes
    7. Trouble Is
    8. Incomplete
    9. Drive by Love – AJ’s Solo
    10. Panic
    11. Blow your Mind/I Got You – Nick’s Solo
    12. Quit Playin’ Games (With my Heart)/As Long as You Love Me/All I Have to Give
    13. Nunca te Hare Llorar/I’ll Never Break your Heart
    14. Inconsolable
    15. Welcome Come – Brian’s Solo
    16. The One/Treat me Right/The Call
    17. Everybody
    18. Shape of my Heart (Encore)

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  • BSB Unbreakable Latin America Photos!

    It’s 4.20am, so quit it. I worked hard to get those photos out as soon as I could… over 700 photos, that were reduced to a little over 600, because 100 shots were awful. I managed to get at least 20% useable photos, some pretty good too~

    But you’ll see…

    All photos are not public yet, only half… but I’m already tired. They will be made public this afternoon. They are about 145 photos. Low resolution… big enough to post online and share via e-mail. If you do, a link back to amy-wong.com ~~ you’d better do.

    For bigger resolution, I mean… RAW files~ or big JPGs, email me~ all contact info needed in the following link with the photos…

    Head over here… watch and read.

    BackStreet Boys

    That one up there is a big stitch… 4 photos into one.

  • BackStreet Boys in Lima – Quickie

    … Review.

    Just got back about 30min. ago from the BackStreet Boys concert in Lima.

    Prayer circle before the show in Peru! on TwitPic

    And the only thing I have to say, I was not dissapointed. Even though the event started as annoying, and the male Bouncers lack the BALLS. Guess what! Female Bouncers carry the balls around these concerts~ Yes, they were the only ones who didn’t take shit from those who wanted to stand in the alley.

    Arrived just in time, when Adammo was singing. Meh, they were okay~~ Their lights sucked though, so couldn’t get many pictures. They had that chick from Latin American Idol… you know, the one everyone says can’t sing? LOL’ – what’s her name… Sandra Muente – The girls behind me actually said Nicole Pillman sings better. I’m of the opinion neither does that great…

    Then came Belanova, which was an UMPH better than Adammo, but hey! They are supposed to be less new, right? But stil, wasn’t too impressed with them. The lead singer, Denisse Guerrero, reminded me of  Jenny Schecter… which is not exactly a good thing, you know? – Mia Kirshner is prettier though.

    And UGH, did they have to sing something from High School Musical? WTF, whatever song that was. High School Musical, please~~~ get a fucking grip! Funny thing is, when the singer announced it was their last song and they were leaving us with the BackStreet Boys, everyone stood up and SCREAMED their shit out. I actually felt really bad for both groups…

    I did see a bunch buying the Adammo album though, so not so bad about it.

    The WORSE part about those two, and the waiting for the BSB show was the freaking fans trying to sneak in the front rows through pretending to ‘just stand’ in the alley. Funniest shit about that? Everyone united together in a freaking epic battle against them calling the Bouncers, and shouting at them.

    Once the police got involved – you know, nothing too serious… they just came in – all those ‘people’ (more like cattle) went to their backseats, and we all cheered just like Mel on Braveheart. Hilarious.

    Then finally, the lights went out and the show began. It was AWESOME. Just what I’m gonna say until I get to work on my photos which will probably be in the afternoon, after my class. I took my 8Gb card, and it’s at least filled up to half. According to my calculations, I should be going through around 700 or 800 high resolution photographs.

    In the meantime? How about some BSB Twitter…

    OMG Peru!!! You guys are NO joke.

    Wow. We almost killed a lot of Peruvian people. They were attacking our car and we almost ran over a whole lot of you.

    LOL!

    Just a tease… the show had a bunch of medleys of good old BSB songs – Quit Playin’ Games, I’ll Never Break your Heart, As Long As You Love Me, All I Have to Give, Everybody, Larger than Life, I Want it that Way, Show me the Meaning, The One, Spanish Eyes… or in this case “Peruvian Eyes” LOL, The Call, Shape of my Heart, More than That, Incomplete~~

    Can’t really recall if they sang Everyone though~~

    Videos online should be making its way through the week~

    Photos this afternoon, or over the weekend~~~

    Also! They said they were making the new album (as they mention on Twitter), and that they’d be back.

  • The BackStreet Party’s Alive in Lima

    Oh yeah~

    BackStreet Boys are finally in Lima. Actually, I just found out – because I was checking in case tomorrow’s concert was canceled… but no, it’s not. I’m excited. xD

    But to tell you the truth, apparently not AS excited as some of the fans that went to the airport.

    Crazy violent video, eh? Well, the guys are also twittering~~ and here are some of their funny twittering, typos and all~~ from their arrival to Lima.

    OMG- Lima, Peru is crazy yo!! Hundreds upon hundreds of you at the airport. Wonder how the rest of the tour is going to stack up! Viva Peru!

    Mmmmm…..Pisco Sours! Said in Homer Simpson style- HD + BL

    Ceviche Time!! HD, Brock and Nic

    Can you believe I’m eating again?? Howie

    we are eating Loma Saltado! – (yes, they did type “loma” instead of  “lomo”) xD

    See… everyone loves eating. Actually, I just had my fair bit of eating~~~ I did Chinese food though… REALLY good nonetheless~~

    Anyway, am super excited for the concert. And should be going to bed to BSB music tonight to get in the mood.

  • This Month’s My Life as a Soundtrack Deezer!

    Bummer~ Couldn’t find some tracks from the playlist I made in my iPod~~ 5 in fact, ARGH! And Deezer won’t even let me play some of the songs that I did find… They should let you add your own mp3 from a URL, right? Like MixWit used to??

    Screw you Deezer, buahaha~

    Here’s my YouTube Playlist~

    You don’t know what My Life as a Soundtrack is? Check this post.

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    1. I’d Start a Revolution – Aimee Allen – Opening Credits
    2. Citizens of Tomorrow – Tokyo Police Club – Waking Up
    3. Campus – Vampire Weekend – First Day At School
    4. The Lucky One – Au Revoir Simone – Falling In Love
    5. Scream – Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson – Fight Song
    6. This Is Me, This Is You – Marit Larsen – Breaking Up
    7. Hump De Bump – Red Hot Chili Peppers – Prom
    8. God is a DJ – Pink – Life’s OK
    9. Beautiful Dreamer – Mates of State – Secret Love
    10. Clunk-Rewind-Clunk-Play-Clunk – Los Campesinos! – Mental Breakdown
    11. Go Forward – Lisa Gerrard (Whale Rider OST) – Driving
    12. Tonight I’ll Be Lonely Too – Alison Krauss – Flashback
    13. Quedate – Andrea Echeverri – Getting Back Together
    14. I’ll Never Tell – Emma Caulfield/Nicholas Brendon (Buffy Once More with Feeling OST) – Wedding
    15. 喂！喂！(Wei! Wei!) – Hello! Hello! – Bibi Chow (Zhou Bichang) – Birth of Child
    16. Earth Intruders – Bjork – Final Battle
    17. If Tomorrow Never Comes – Ronan Keating – Death Scene
    18. When I Get Where I’m Going – Brad Paisley & Dolly Parton – Funeral Song
    19. 不留 (Bu Liu) – No Staying – Faye Wong – End Credits

  • 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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  • 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