When I was a kid, when I was like 6-7 years old, I really want to have this plastic toy watch. It's not even a working wrist watch. It's just like a plastic bracelet with a clock face right in the middle. It's not even expensive, I think it cost around 80 cents - RM1.20, or may be cheaper. It came in various colors - pink, blue, green, yellow. My eyes and my heart were set on the yellow one. Light yellow, with white face and two tiny red needles. I wanted it so, so bad. I saw it on my cousins' hand. I saw it at the junk food vendor's stall every time I followed my mom to the weekend's market.
But I was too afraid to ask for it. I was afraid that my mom would say 'No' I was afraid that even if my mom had bought it for me, the toy watch was too bloody expensive that my mom had to sacrifice on not buying something that was more important.
That's how it went; I never took my chances. I couldn't bear the possibilities of being turned down. I believed that rejection would break me worse rather than keeping false hope that one day I will owned that plastic watch.
So, what I did was, I constantly prayed in my heart that in one fine afternoon, when my dad returned home from work, he would bring with him a yellow, plastic toy watch - exactly like the one I'd been dreaming of. Day in, day out, I just waited and waited and waited. But, of course, I never got the watch. It's not my parents' fault, I kept thing to myself ,they didn't have the slightest idea.
The movie was not actually that bad. Ada jugak lah part-part yang kita buleh ketawa2. The problem is why do every FEMALE CHARACTERS in that movie have to be so GEDIK?? Looking at Fazura 'tergedik-gedik' was entertaining at first - the 'oh my prada!', 'oh my Gucci' tagline were admitably very funny, up until she said 'oh my jimmy -choo!' (in a fake sneeze, wtf?) The 'tergedik-gedik' parts, seriously need to be toned down.
I think the funniest bit in the movie was when Fazura and Aaron Aziz sedang menyoal siasat one of Datuk Zak's wife (lupa either Umie Aida or Sh Sofea) : the wife said something like "Mestilah dengan perempuan sial tu!", then Fazura stupidly asked; "Perempuan sial yang mana?", and as a reaction to that Aaron Aziz rolled his eye and gave Fazura the 'how-stupid-can-you-be?' look.
I was a bit dissapointed, sebab ramai orang cakap the movie was good. Thanks to this guy, ndak jugak lah rasa menyesal sangat spend my RM 8 on my tiket wayang :)
He played this character, Faqir, who was head over heels for Maya Karin.
And he looks sangat-sangat cute kalau dari pandangan sisi hehehe..
Yes, that's officially my 'Best Movie' pick for 2009, so far. And since we're now already in the month of November, I don't think there will be other movies to top it.
This is my sort of movie. The special sort of which I could watch again and again and again. The sort that made me happy+sad at the very same time. The sort that always put a smile on my face every time I watched it. The sort of movies that always come with great songs made perfectly for my ears.
This is my sort of movie, the sort with the simple winning formula :
Nerdy Boy + Quirky Girl
It always work for me. Most of my all time favorite movies have this equation in it. So, if this formula also works for you and you do think that nerds rock and you really do think that dating any one of the CH703 Food Jammer's boy would be really awesome, then I recommend you to have these in your DVD collection :
1) Juno Nerdy Boy : Michael Cera Quirky Girl : Ellen Page
2) Garden State Nerdy Boy : Zach Braff Quirky Girl : Natalie Portman
3) The Wedding Singer Nerdy Boy : Adam Sandler Quirky Girl : Drew Barrymore
4) Wristcutters : A Love Story Nerdy Boy : Patrick Fugit Quirky Girl : Shannyn Sossamon
5 ) Almost Famous Nerdy Boy : Patrick Fugit Quirky Girl : Kate Hudson (the legendary Miss Penny Lane!)
6) Eagle Vs Shark Nerdy Boy : Jemaine Clement ( that fella from HBO's Flight of The Conchords) Quirky Girl : Loren Horsley
7) The Last Kiss Nerdy Boy : Zach Braff Quirky Girl : Rachel Bilson
8) Napoleon Dynamite* Nerdy Boy : John Heder Quirky Girl : Tina Majorino * This is the scariest type of nerd ever portrayed in a movie. I do have limit on the sort of geeks I dig, and Napoleon is it. But the movie's awesome none the less!
9) The Fight Club Nerdy Boy : Edward Norton (geeky and disturbed and shopped at IKEA, haha nice combo, I like!) Quirky Girl : Helena Bonham Carter
10 ) Spider-Man / Spider-Man 2 (the third was a dissapointment..) Nerdy Boy : Tobey Maguire ( Peter Parker is like the best geek icon ever..!) Quirky Girl: Kirsten Dunst ( not really that quirky, but she's feisty enough)
and of course, finally..
11) (500) Days of Summer Nerdy Boy : Joseph Gordon-Levitt Quirky Girl : Zooey Deschanel
(500) is great! The song for the opening credits is "US" by Regina Spektor, like how awesome is that??!! It was so excellently narrated. At first I found myself falling for Summer (Zooey) free-spirited character, and her idealism about a relationship-without-label thingy, but as the movie progressed I started to drift to Tom's (Joseph G-L) side as his pain growingly became relateable - uncertainty, in any circumstances, sucks!
Go watch this movie. It's nice, it's simple, it's heartfelt, it's just awesome. And it is not a love story.
Watched "Inglourious Basterds" with my friend, Mr.R last night. It was a mid-nite show,an 11.30pm show. Mr.R actually wanted to watch "Whiteout", screening at 12am. But I told him that 'Basterds' is a waaay better choice. I told him it's Quentin Tarantino's so it gotta be good. He didn't have the slightest idea of who on earth is Quentin Tarantino? You see, Mr.R is the sort of cinema-goers who enjoys mainstream, commercial movies and don't seem to be bothered by who's the director?who made the soundtracks?what the critics say about it? etc..etc.. So, to simplify things I just told him that Quentin Tarantino is one of my all time favorite director. Then he asked me to name any other Quentin Tarantino's movie? I said 'Kill Bill'. He looked blank. I said 'Pulp Fiction'. Still blank. I rest my case. I just told him Tarantino is not that famous, but I like him a lot. But even after that he still hesitated on agreeing why we should watch 'Basterds' instead of 'Whiteout'? So, I said : I want to watch Brad Pitt and he instantly said ok.
My say about that movie? - it was GREAT. Tarantino is brilliant as always - definitely my preferred kind of funny. Brad Pitt, with the accent - uber hillarious! And that guy who played "The Jew Hunter" - trust me, watch this movie, you gonna hate that character so,so much. But there's just one ultimate drawback : I HATE reading the subtitles!
I never actually expected that the people in the movies gonna speak French and German like most of time! It's not even Tarantino's fault, I blame it on the people who's in charge of inserting the subtitle. Why can't they used bigger, brighter font?? At some point, I was so dizzy trying to focus too much on reading the subtitle I felt that I almost puke!
or maybe, just maybe; I should get my eyes checked. Maybe it's not the subtitle people's fault at all hehe..
And how was Mr. R first impression of Quentin Tarantino? Hmm..I'm not so sure. Well, he managed to stay awake the whole 2 and a half hour through, which is good considering he had quiet a reputation of falling asleep at movies screened past 10pm. He said the movie was good, but I am not at all convinced, no spark of enthusiasm came out from his comment.
He's still not done with wanting to watch 'Whiteout', though. Fine, I can tolerate watching Kate Beckinsale getting all scared and icy cold in the antarctic. Afterall, he did says ok on watching Brad Pitt slaying Nazis and marking swastika on their foreheads.
I was browsing through my Facebook pages, while my 8-year-old nephew, Haziq, sat next to me and watching super-attentively as I showed him how to plant all those virtual veggies on Farmville.
I don't think Farmville really amused Haziq much. Although his eyes are stuck to the computer screen but he kept asking me : "Kenapa Mama Jam ndak main Mafia Wars?" and "Mama Jam, best kah tu Vampire Wars tu?" But I decided to keep playing Farmville, he would leave if he got bored enough, so I thought. Still, Haziq didn't move a bit.
Then, a notification popped-up, saying that a friend had left a comment on a picture of mine. I clicked on the link, which led me to this picture :
Haha! This picture was taken 94?95? can't remember exactly. I think it was 1995, we were barely 17! Wow..this was like 14-15 years ago. Those are the stairs that led to our classroom. At that time, our precious 5-years in boarding school time, even wearing a white t-shirt with prints at 'Turun Petang' time was considered 'mildly-rebellious'. Because we're only allowed to wear white, so maksudnya yang 2 orang pakai baju hitam di atas tu memang otai lah! hahaha ketua peylang tu!Oh, lupa..yang pakai sandal brown tu pun kira melakukan 'dosa besar' jua tu!
OMG, this picture sure brought a lot of memories and a smile on my face :) Suddenly, little Haziq asked : "Di mana Mama Jam begambar ni?" ,curious on where was the picture taken. I answered : "Ini gambar Mama Jam masa sekolah dulu" Then, Haziq blurted these out, in some sort of a 'disbelief' : "Eeh, sama ja pun muka Mama Jam ni!" Yaaay! to Haziq's eyes, I look exactly the same as I was 14 years ago.
Should I take that as a compliment?
Or should I take that as a cue to grow up and make changes?
But then, come to think of it, what sort of changes do I actually need? the way I dress kah? Should I no longer wear checked shirt and cartoon-prints t-shirt? should I ditch my multi-colored sneakers? or should I doll-up a little bit more? maybe learn to apply eye-liner? or some blusher to highlight my hidden cheek bones? (cheek bones? what cheek bones? adakah anda bermimpi?) or ndakkan la mo buat plastic surgery plak kan? wakakakakaka...
Appearance wise, the only thing that I actually should take care of is : YOUR WEIGHT, you stupid fat-ass!
Hehe..other than that, I am happy being Haziq's Forever-Young aunty!
Wow..how fast time flies? 2 more days to Hari Raya. Yaaay..!
Thank God, my baju Raya siap on time. I only make a pair this year. Same as last year. I am not really a fan of Baju Kurung. The only good thing about Baju Kurung is the fact that when I am looking forward to wear it, this could only mean one thing : it's Hari Raya time yeeeeha!
So, Happy Hari Raya to all. Maaf Zahir dan Batin kalau ada salah dan silap. Here's a song for you guys. It's not a Hari Raya song. It's just a song that I like. Don't really care if you don't like it. Have a great Raya!
