Monomane - Chibi Maruko Chan
Have I told you? I love love love love love love, I mean LOVE Chibi Maruko Chan. This show is simply, amazing for its simplicity.
Saturday, July 29, 2006
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Very cool
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Another year has gone by
And I've gotten older by a year.
I wouldn't have guessed where I am today a year ago. At that time, I was a jobless but a pretty happy part-timer with such wonderful people at work and as friends. Things haven't changed dramatically, I still feel like the same person I was, only a year older by experience (no major breakthrough in that area).
We had a lovely dinner at Ajisen Dining in Taka the other night. Small affair, but fun nonetheless. Spending your birthdays with friends is the way to go! I often fantasize spending it traveling alone, but the thought of being in a foreign country with strangers celebrating birthday alone is at the same time intriguing but lonely. Or should I be doing that?
Just heard a great news! I'm so excited to hear from expecting parents, my eldest brother and sister-in-law, that it's going to be a ....I will be an Aunt soon enough! Can't wait.
It's also World Cup month! As usual, I would jump on the bandwagon and share the excitement with the world even though I was never interested to see a football match other than World Cup's. Entire nations would take off work and wake up at 3 am to catch 20 people running around chasing a ball. Speaking of which, that's what exactly what I was pondering to do until this moment (of course I'll go to work, but Brazil's match with Croatia is happening at 3 am - now is 10.30 pm). Hmm...Soccer is powerful, even more powerful than Olympics in that it motivates people to do great things (and sometimes, stupid and dangerous things). I can feel it, strongly, the passion that people of nations (warring nations included) share on this game. It brings their differences together for 90 minutes of adrenaline rush and during this 2 halfs, billion of eyes will be glued to their TV screens. What, I ask of you, can do that besides World Cup? No wonder they call it the 'beautiful' game. Well, hope my favorite BRASIL will win. GO BRASIL!!!
Hope this year will bring joy, luck and happiness. To you all and to the world. :)
Sri
I wouldn't have guessed where I am today a year ago. At that time, I was a jobless but a pretty happy part-timer with such wonderful people at work and as friends. Things haven't changed dramatically, I still feel like the same person I was, only a year older by experience (no major breakthrough in that area).
We had a lovely dinner at Ajisen Dining in Taka the other night. Small affair, but fun nonetheless. Spending your birthdays with friends is the way to go! I often fantasize spending it traveling alone, but the thought of being in a foreign country with strangers celebrating birthday alone is at the same time intriguing but lonely. Or should I be doing that?
Just heard a great news! I'm so excited to hear from expecting parents, my eldest brother and sister-in-law, that it's going to be a ....I will be an Aunt soon enough! Can't wait.
It's also World Cup month! As usual, I would jump on the bandwagon and share the excitement with the world even though I was never interested to see a football match other than World Cup's. Entire nations would take off work and wake up at 3 am to catch 20 people running around chasing a ball. Speaking of which, that's what exactly what I was pondering to do until this moment (of course I'll go to work, but Brazil's match with Croatia is happening at 3 am - now is 10.30 pm). Hmm...Soccer is powerful, even more powerful than Olympics in that it motivates people to do great things (and sometimes, stupid and dangerous things). I can feel it, strongly, the passion that people of nations (warring nations included) share on this game. It brings their differences together for 90 minutes of adrenaline rush and during this 2 halfs, billion of eyes will be glued to their TV screens. What, I ask of you, can do that besides World Cup? No wonder they call it the 'beautiful' game. Well, hope my favorite BRASIL will win. GO BRASIL!!!
Hope this year will bring joy, luck and happiness. To you all and to the world. :)
Sri
Saturday, April 01, 2006
Ramblings on Saturday
I'm happy.
I'm always happy on weekends. I'm a generally happy person.
I'm also shy.
And self-conscious.
I find beauty in stillness.
Not just movement.
Some called me anti-social.
But I beg to differ.
I can appear aloof.
But I'm passionate.
I wear smiles on my face everyday.
Am I genuine?
Hey, why take life so seriously?
Up and downs don't matter.
It's the only constant in our lives.
Live each day.
I'm happy.
I'm always happy on weekends. I'm a generally happy person.
I'm also shy.
And self-conscious.
I find beauty in stillness.
Not just movement.
Some called me anti-social.
But I beg to differ.
I can appear aloof.
But I'm passionate.
I wear smiles on my face everyday.
Am I genuine?
Hey, why take life so seriously?
Up and downs don't matter.
It's the only constant in our lives.
Live each day.
I'm happy.
Saturday, February 11, 2006
The Way Home 回家
Oh man, for the past 2 hours I just bawled out watching this movie. Another gem that came out of the arsenal of increasingly wonderful Korean movies, The Way Home tells the story of a boy and his grandmother. Simple and very beautiful. It is not over the top or sentimental like any other made-to-pull-your-heart-strings movies.
At first, you feel like smacking the little brat in the head, but the director picked the right kid to act the part of Sang-Woo, he has the ability to be obnoxious yet you couldn't help thinking we've all been in his shoes at some point in our life, getting increasingly hurtful and insensitive as we grow up. And a grandmother as selfless and pure as this one can really make you re-evaluate your life and your environment to make you want to move to a rural village and watch the world go by. She never speaks a word during the entire length of the movie, yet she conveys her emotion and affection to her grandson so well it can tear your heart out. She always gives in to his demands. When Sang-Woo wants a Kentucky Chicken, she walks under the rain to get a live chicken, cooks it in a pot of water, and give him the whole chicken, allowing herself none. Not a word was uttered when Sang-Woo screamed he wanted "fried" chicken instead and cried like children do when they didn't get what they wanted.
The story ends beautifully, and the good news is no one dies (which usually happens in this kind of movie). It feels real and Sang-Woo finally got around when he realized how much his grandma has done for him. Before he departed back to the city, he gave her a set of postcards. Since she couldn't read nor write, he addressed the postcards to himself, at the back side he draws the picture of his beloved grandma as being sick, lonely, or simply missing him with the words "I'm sick", "I'm lonely", and "I miss you" so that she can send those out and he would know immediately. That was heartwarming. :)
I have to comment, great story! The synopsis states something like the kid represent our material world and the grandma our mother nature. Nature is silent and patient, but in the end it is our most cherished resource and we should learn how to live close to nature. Kudos for the director for writing this movie as well. The reason why Korean movies are so popular today lies in the strength of its stories. Respectable actors too can play out the characters well. All I can say is, the attention and popularity that Korean movies in Asia and the world are getting are well deserved.
At first, you feel like smacking the little brat in the head, but the director picked the right kid to act the part of Sang-Woo, he has the ability to be obnoxious yet you couldn't help thinking we've all been in his shoes at some point in our life, getting increasingly hurtful and insensitive as we grow up. And a grandmother as selfless and pure as this one can really make you re-evaluate your life and your environment to make you want to move to a rural village and watch the world go by. She never speaks a word during the entire length of the movie, yet she conveys her emotion and affection to her grandson so well it can tear your heart out. She always gives in to his demands. When Sang-Woo wants a Kentucky Chicken, she walks under the rain to get a live chicken, cooks it in a pot of water, and give him the whole chicken, allowing herself none. Not a word was uttered when Sang-Woo screamed he wanted "fried" chicken instead and cried like children do when they didn't get what they wanted.
The story ends beautifully, and the good news is no one dies (which usually happens in this kind of movie). It feels real and Sang-Woo finally got around when he realized how much his grandma has done for him. Before he departed back to the city, he gave her a set of postcards. Since she couldn't read nor write, he addressed the postcards to himself, at the back side he draws the picture of his beloved grandma as being sick, lonely, or simply missing him with the words "I'm sick", "I'm lonely", and "I miss you" so that she can send those out and he would know immediately. That was heartwarming. :)
I have to comment, great story! The synopsis states something like the kid represent our material world and the grandma our mother nature. Nature is silent and patient, but in the end it is our most cherished resource and we should learn how to live close to nature. Kudos for the director for writing this movie as well. The reason why Korean movies are so popular today lies in the strength of its stories. Respectable actors too can play out the characters well. All I can say is, the attention and popularity that Korean movies in Asia and the world are getting are well deserved.
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