A move.

So the first decade of the millenium is just around the corner, and in light of big changes and stepping stones, I am finally taking action, and moving.

This blog, of course.

I've been with blogger since I started off writing online some 5 years ago. I've ventured into livejournal for awhile, but it was private, and keeping two online blogs is just Hard Work!

And while our calender system is coterminous, i hope my shift would be too.


So yes, this is me just trying to keep up with times and all that jazz. And while this new space is still only nascent, i need to start figuring out how wordpress works.

Goodnight/day x

More of Mr. Pronounced EM-MICK

Hahaha he's so funny :D

http://www.myspace.com/valemmich

Sunlight Searchparty

Val Emmich. First spotted in Ugly Betty Season 3 as Jesse, as Betty's new love interest and hot neighbour. Looking for his album. Anyone? ;)

Hosanna

Hosanna" (Greek transcription: ὡσαννά,
hōsanna) is the cry of praise or adoration shouted in recognition of the Messiahship of Jesus on his entry
into Jerusalem, Hosanna! Blessed is
the one who comes in the name of the Lord![3] It is used in
the same way in Christian praise.

Overall, it seems that "Hosanna" is a cry for salvation; while at the
same time is a declaration of praise. Therefore, it may be derived that
this plea for help is out of an agreeably positive connotation.

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosanna

We need to be saved. We praise because our needs are fulfilled and we are, yes we are, saved.

Christmas, Birthdays, Reasons, Gifts, You, Me, Love

Merry Christmas everyone! Taking my chances before this day slips into the 26th of December stealthily, quietly :)

Can't believe it's already Christmas. Can't believe 2009 flew by so quickly. Time really zoomed over our heads and out of the window, leaving us with no clue. Time as the superglue for this year. And the next, and the next, and the next. And the next.

Thank you for your well wishes, gifts, and presence. They mean alot to me :)

So even though this holiday was not 'Christmas-sy' (it never really is anymore), it was still as special. Because I don't think I can ever stop being amazed at how wonderful life is for me. Just being surrounded by family and friends, knowing that God sent His Only Son to come, to bring peace and joy, to free the oppressed. To save. And for that I am extra-thankful on this day, for God who is Lord over all, planned for this even before you were on the blip of the radar.

You are honestly the reason for Christmas (:

Have a blessed Christmas. I hope you receive many gifts and love as you are loved - more than you can ever fanthom.




And eat more ham & turkey & logcakes & lollys.

Comme des enfants

Alors tu vois, comme tout se mele
Et du coeur a tes levres, je deviens un casse-tête
Ton rire me crit, de te lacher
Avant de perdre prise, et d'abandonner

Car je ne t'en demanderai jamais autant
Déja que tu me traites, comme un grand enfant
Nous avons trop rien, a risquer
A part nos vies qu'on laisse de coté

Et il m'aime encore, et moi je t'aime un peu plus fort
Mais il m'aime encore, et moi je t'aime un peu plus fort

C'en est assez de ces dédoublements
C'est plus dure à faire, qu'autrement
Car sans rire c'est plus facile de rêver
A ce qu'on ne pourra, jamais plus toucher

On se prend la main, comme des enfants
Le bonheur aux lèvres, un peu naivement
Et on marche ensemble, d'un pas décidé
Alors que nos têtes nous crient de tout arrêter

Il m'aime encore, et toi tu m'aime un peu plus fort
Mais il m'aime encore, et moi je t'aime un peu plus fort

Et malgré ça il m'aime encore, et moi je t'aime un peu plus fort
Mais il m'aime encore, et moi je t'aime un peu plus fort

Encore, et moi je t'aime un peu plus fort
Mais il m'aime encore, et moi je t'aime un peu plus fort
Et malgré ça il m'aime encore, et moi je t'aime un peu plus fort
Mais il m'aime encore, et moi je t'aime un peu plus fort
Et malgré sa il, m'aime encore, et moi je t'aime un peu plus fort
Mais il m'aime encore, et moi je t'aime un peu plus fort
Et malgré ça il, m'aime encore et moi je t'aime un peu plus fort
Mais il m'aime encore, et moi je t'aime un peu plus fort

If I take my heart's advice,

So I love you. I friggin' love you.


That is all I can blog about for now :)

Screw the odds!

They think that you're taking advantage of me. They think that I'm using you.
But they don't know us. They think that we're ugly but I know that we're
beautiful. And we can adapt to a hostile environment.

Lexie Grey, Grey's Anatomy

The comeback of Grey's Anatomy into My Life. I'm going slow, after all slow and steady wins the race (supposedly) and I'm halfway through season 5, yes one season lag. But I've honestly Forgotten how GOOD Grey's is! It's probably my favourite (and the Best) TV show of all time! Like it gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling inside, and it sometimes moves me to tears, and its comical, and the characters are so flawed and likable!


And apart from slowly making my way back into the contemporary world of season 6s and Fringe and popular music, I Do Not take back my "It looks lame" comment about Avatar (the movie). It IS lame, but with enough good bits to make it a pretty good movie.



Seeing that Avatar was written and developed nearly 15 years ago, with a super hugeass budget of about $235million (According to wiki) you would think that the storyline would not brink on boring, but it is in fact pedestrian, at times snooze-worthy. Lucky it's secondary 'cause James Cameron delivers and tops an average plot with special effects that makes it worth your money if you watch it in 3D.

*Spoilers!

It is 2154. You are not on earth, but on a fictional planet called Pandora, with everything else -from the money-faced fiends seeking to exploit a place they do not deserve to live on, to imperfect characters (in this case, physically) caught in dilemmas but obviously choosing to oppose the dark side in the end - in place.

Pandora is home to an indegenious species called the Na'vi. They are huge and blue, and have tails. But other than their abnormal height and bioluminescent skin, they are very much human. Enter Parker Selfridge (Giovanni Ribisi), head of the aforementioned money-face fiends, who wants to get the very expensive mineral, Unobtanium - a 2154 version of today's oil - from Pandora, but he obviously closes an eye to the name of this supposedly precious mineral (hint?) as well as the fact that Unobtanium (Lame!) is found deep underground, beneath the size 15 feet of the Na'vis.

Welcome researcherGrace Augustine (Sigourney Weaver), chain-smoking, brilliant scientist who is interested in the culture of the Na'vis. She forms the Avatar programme, which creates human-Na'vi hybrids, which/who are controlled by a human while he 'sleeps'. Protagonist Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), former marine who has lost the use of his legs, is called to replace his dead twin brother, a scientist for the Avatar programme, in controlling of one of the Avatars because of his genetic match. So off Jake goes into a tiny but undoubtedly expensive machine, without experience or knowledge of the 'culture and ways of the Na'vis'. His avatar - surprisingly!! - can walk and run and do all sorts of things Jake in his human form cannot do.

Fast-forward the part where he/his avatar goes into the jungle and is seperated from the team by some really dangerous creatures, and who should save his life but our leading lady, Neytiri (Zoe Saldana), a female Na'vi, your VERY mordern version of pocahontas(who dresses really skimpily) (but I cannot bear to call her hot, since she is, after all, blue and freakishly huge?).


Neytiri

Neytiri decides to trust him because some pretty jelly-like substance thingys are attracted to Jake, and she brings him to Hometree, her home where her dad rules over the Na'vis (I keep typing Nazis) They decide to accept him and teach him their ways after Neytiri's mom decides she likes the taste of Jake's blood.

This he does after orders by Colonel Miles (Stephen Lang) to fit in and gain the trust of the Na'vis, ultimately persuading them to leave Hometree which sits over a large deposit of Unobtanium. However, Sully is caught between his newfound love for the Na'vis' culture and the bad guys who promises life to his legs if he is successful in his mission.

Fast-forward once again, and Sully is now initiated into the tribe of Na'vis. However, one day, Sully in avatar form wakes up and sees bigass bulldozers. He realises that the deadline is up, and finally decides to tell The People the truth, urging them to evacuate. They however, feel betrayed and ban him, and he pleads with Selfridge for another hour to save the People, but he runs out of time and passes out. Back at base he, Grace, and Norman are detained, but Trudy Chacon (Michelle Rodriguez), a pilot, breaks them out, but Grace is shot and badly injured.



Rodriguez as hot pilot Trudy Chacon


Famous for her tom-boy roles in Lost, S.W.A.T, The Fast & the Furious, and Resident Evil.


Director Cameron chose her after watching her in Girlfight

They return to the jungles, and Sully realises the only way to gain back the trust of the Na'vis is to tame and ride the Toruk, a very dangerous bird, and earns back the respect of the Na'vis. He pleads for them to save Grace through a supernatural voodoo kind of healing at a tree but it doesn't work. Not giving up, Sully stirs the Na'vis up and decides to fight back, at the same time reuniting all the clans of the Na'vis.

After some pretty awesome fighting scenes, they - of course - win, and everyone lives happily ever after the end. Oh yes, not before Sully decides to transfer his soul into his avatar.

Yes, it is a very long movie, but I maintain that the plot somehow runs out of imagination. However, the screen is definitely wide enough to blow you away. I had to stop myself from brushing away the specks of dust from the movie that seemed to be right in front of me. And yes, the effects, they make your money worth it.

Worthington, I thought did pretty good. Unknown face with good reviews. Rumoured to take Christian Bale's place in Batman 3? Even though Bale did throw a tantrum, I don't think so. Worthington will always seem like he has knobby knees to me now.

You know you've been away from Singapore for too long when...

1. You cannot remember the buses that go to the bus stop nearest to your house.

2. You cannot remember what colour line the nearest MRT station to your house is.

3. You take the train to town (City Hall) but end up at Pasir Ris.

4. You drive along the CBD and ask "Is that (a) new (building)?" like a gazillion times.

5. You are amazed at the vast amount of reclaimed land.

6. You have sudden cravings for food like cheap thai take-away from thai-la-ong2 and indomee.

7. You require the assistance of cooler people to bring you to cool places i.e Timbre

8. You are appalled that the price of a plate of chicken rice is as high as $3.

9. You HAVE to keep eating, and eating, and eating, and eating, and eating. And eating.

10. You cannot even read simple chinese.

"You brought home a stray"

Stop. 'Cause if you don't want to be with me - if this is too much for you
right now, it's okay. But you're gonna have to break up with me. 'Cause I'm
not going anywhere. I can handle the mess. So it's up to you.

You comin'?

- Alex, Grey's Anatomy

of quotes (and you)

It is a risk to love.
What if it doesn't work out?
Ah, but what if it does.

-Peter McWilliams

"this is sort of indie bluegrass"

I just love the feel of this band. They're pretty amazing, like an edgier version of coldplay.

Since returning to Singapore...

1. I have stalked so many people's facebook profiles - yes, more than I ever have so all those quizzes about me in your stalker list? Try again.

2. the furthest I have travelled to is probably Island Creamery! At serene centre! Haha so nOob!

3. I spend most of my day in my brother's room, shamelessly exploiting mioTV and being on skype! Can all of you just please finish exams already!!

4. I've spent more on shopping than I have in one month back down under.


On a sidenote, Terence, I reallyyyyyy want my hdd back? tyvm ^^

belt out the high notes

just the beginning

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Headbands?