dry wood fierce fire

i fell in love with this show coz its SOOO NICE. not only is it a super funny romantic comedy show, it stars my idol, louis koo(gu3 tian1 le4). the plot is superb and the love... just great. it can make u laugh AND cry... wow... i really enjoyed it and even recorded it down on tape. here's the summary, copied off a webpage.

While sometimes forced and a little clumsy, this ultra-light romantic comedy features an amiable comic tone and a fun pairing of Miriam Yeung and Louis Koo.

It features an offbeat, slightly strange female lead in Miriam Yeung, and a handsome male lead in Louis Koo. The two play coworkers in an office setting, and like Needing You the threat of gossip and office politics is always around. Furthermore, the two don't have a lot in common at first, but form a burgeoning friendship due to mutual respect and a few convenient plot devices. Then a third party (played by Flora Chan) gets in the way, so our two heroes must admit their feelings or face life without each other. Or something like that. Yep, just like Needing You.

Alice (Miriam Yeung) works for "Ladies," a female-only magazine. However, publisher Michelle (Flora Chan) decides to merge "Ladies" with "Gents", an all-male magazine that employs Ryan (Louis Koo) as one of the chief editors. As you'd expect, this leads to your standard male/female office politics, but the quirky quotient is upped thanks to Alice's status as a fourth-generation Chinese herbologist. That means Miriam Yeung gets to spend a good third of the film engaging in wacky cultural shtick, i.e. prescribing herbs at the office, cooking traditional remedies, and practicing kung-fu all over the place.

Alice's antics around the office provides most of the film's comedy until the film's real plot comes to light. Here it is: Alice finds Ryan incredibly attractive, but he's sort of a lout towards her. Still, the two become friends when Ryan falls for Michelle and vows to win her love. Alice decides to help Ryan win Michelle, not noticing until it's too late that her own affection is growing stronger. She hides her true feeling until Ryan discovers it. Then Ryan must choose between the two women, deciding who he really wants to live with for the rest of his life. Ryan's(Louis Koo)'s indecisive nature as a Libra also proves a problem here as he contemplates his emotions, and also which furniture to buy! He had to choose between a relation that gave him a comfortable happy feeling and another which gave him sparkles and adrenaline flow. He chose the latter as she was the one he truly loved.

Like all romantic comedies, the fun comes not in the outcome of the film, but in the journey. In that, Dry Wood Fierce Fire stalls, as the buildup to the eventual blessed union consists of wacky shit. Ryan and Alice shop for furniture but stop to fight with a beggar (Cheung Tat-Ming). They engage in Three's Company-type antics when Michelle visits Ryan, and Alice must hide herself in the fridge. They get their hands stuck together with epoxy, which means we get a short sequence of them holding hands. The comedy is certainly agreeable and fun, but nothing new occurs here.

Director Wilson Yip has a track record for terrific handling of character. That skill is lost here because he's directing a romantic comedy. When dealing with the horror trappings of Bio-Zombie or the cop soap opera of Bullets Over Summer, Yip has brought hidden depths to typically character-free genres. However, the usual romantic comedy situations at work here are too mechanical to allow for any hidden depths. There is the occasional moment that accomplishes much more (a dinner scene between Alice, Ryan and her parents is surprisingly affecting), but those moments are buried beneath recycled romantic comedy devices.

Still, the performers shore up the film's laziness. Louis Koo has shown surprising comedic instinct. In contrast to usual Libra-style "aw-shucks" romantic leads, Koo has shown the willingness to lampoon his own lady-killer image. His performances in this film and La Brassiere have opened up a whole new range of roles for him.

And, Miriam Yeung is a charming performer despite her limited repertoire of mouthy, innanely perky characters. Her comparison to Sammi Cheng is an understandable, but ultimately questionable one. Superficially, the two resemble one another, but the characters they play are quite different. Yeung is the quintessential "jade girl", the girl-next-door who charms thanks to her perky, pure-hearted attitude. Cheng's characters seem to have more complex emotions, and her acting style is natural and even deceptively subtle. Yeung is likable, but Cheng is currently the better actress.

Yup so there u go, another movie added into my favourites list, super romantic yet funny, a rare movie to catch. NOTHING beats hong kong films man... the plot and the way its filmed is just... too nice. :)
OH YEA and btw, MY COM's REALLY GARBLED UP! it may crash anytime, and im lucky to have internet explorer working again last night at about 12 or 1am. well, if it crashes, i cant blog anymore or read other ppl's blogs... :(

happy hsien ^^

late morning... or afternoon?

i slept at 2am coz i went out to play lan till 11.30pm. woke up at 3pm today. just ate a humongous lunch. i noticed that sleeping later sorta makes u puff up more? no idea. anw, the reason why i woke so late is coz of the piling up of little sleep and the exhaustion of two days of ava duty. Its gruelling, just sitting there and wasting 8 hours away. there was nothing to do but occassionally take the video cam and record segments of the OGL activities. I didnt bring a book, so i couldnt read. My handphone games started to get annoyingly boring as well. yesterday, after OGL workshop and 4 plus, i reached home, bathed, den went out to lan at coronation, a 40 min bus ride there, in total travelling time would be 1 hr. i had a good sleep, and when i reached the lan shop my eyes couldnt open man... the contacts were so dry. heh, so i had to warm up first before really playing well. yea, and it was the usual sushi eating thingy at 9.30pm again. this time the sushi cost 10 dollars! but there was much more to eat. oh ya, never eat the raw salmon sushi. i thought it was nice, but since its raw, they put some japanese ginger or something under the salmon, and it just makes u wanna puke. i recall that time when playing lan i ate that, and had to swallow it coz there was no dustbin nearby. my face turned green i think, too bad it was dim in the lanshop so i couldnt see.

oh ya i forgot to talk about the OGL workshop itself. well, it started out in the reading room where they talked about stuff and gave things to copy down. The presbytarian high sec sch students were invited, and they were real fast learners of the dance later in the MPH. they also did a cheer for us, saying that aj rox. they were sort of right behind in the dance, like presbytarian students behind and aj students in front. well... yea but other than that, the students interacted with them alot and made them feel accepted. tt was quite nice to see. their cheer was great and united, not to mention loud. quite creative. hmm talking about cheers, the presbytarian peeps said we werent enthu enough lol. well.. i particularly like the vesta cheer(is that how u spell it? i dunno), the ooh, ah ah ah, ooh, ah ah ah thingy. creative and cool. lol. i filmed from the top of the MPH where the PE dept was nearby. it was soooooo boring. oh ya i forgot to mention a funny thing that happened to me, for the 2nd time so far i think. while in the toilet peeing, i pulled the pants too hard and the top button came off wth. so my pants was like ultra lose and would drop any moment, and i had to tuck out more to cover the zipless area. :( when i went to do pull ups to cure boredom, the pants nearly dropped off and lim kok wee walked by so... :S but luckily he din say anything. :D the 19th students council came back to watch. during ava duty, the camera ran outta batt and we had to borrow a cam from the teacher... tedious sia. there were two supervising teachers, ms ng(not carolyn ng, but a short and young one), and a big-sized guy. dunno his name. yea then lunch was next and it was chicky rice again. variety plz. i still recall one of the girls was whining about no vegetables, and her voice was that kinda very 'teh' type, so ya... abit funny in a cute way. then it was first aid briefing which was real funny. we were taught different types of wounds and how to treat them, how to treat fractures and dislocations by using slings made from bandages, how to use wire gauze, how to cure cramps/ cuts and bruises etc. so many 'dummies' were employed to 'demo'. yea, funny sia. halfway thru the mic sounded like it was continuosly farting. my fault, forgot to turn the main power on :S blur sotong. yep, then after the hands on session to make a real sling, and other demos of how to elevate ur legs above ur body level to let the blood flow back, the first aid session ended. oh ya, there was the mention of STD, and the 7 Rs. STD i forgot what it meant coz i was dozing off, but its definitely not seuxually transmitted disease. the 7 Rs, included Rest, dunno wad, dunno wad, dunno, dunno, dunno, rush to hospital. yea. then came debrief. it was REAL LONG, defeats the purpose of the word, BRIEF. yep tts all. ill update next time. bb

hsien

OGL WORKSHOP!!!!

waliew today must be one of my siannest days... OGL workshop started around 8am, all the way to 4.30pm. and wad was i doing? i was in charge of taking video clips!! wow COOL. yea it sounded real cool in the beginning... 'wa i get to take video!' but den hor... haf to keep moving here movin there, take at diff angles, take every group in action... SIAN. it was rather fun re-living all those cheers and games... but from a 3rd party and non-participating view, it was rather boring. yea slacked around, slept on cupboards and chairs and tables, talked cock with yi xuan... talked with my friends... sigh. worse thing is, there were only two of us on duty. WORST thing is... today is only the first day. out of five days. cool.

Dances and all that were held in the reading room, and yea... it took ages for the dance steps to be slowly taught. caught a long nap on the table... nearly drooled on a cupboard, my previous sleepin place. hmm. glanced around and saw some ppl i knew in the workshop. yea... today was some sightseeing for me too. maryam, vanessa, yijun attended the OGL workshop. dwayne was the assisting councilor. yeap. i was SO BORED and cant believe i wasted 9 hrs just stoning and zuo boing. wa liew!! occupied myself with going to canteen buy food, buy drinks, go toilet, go do pull ups, and wad else... sleep. yea. there was free lunch provided. chicken rice that tasted like... rice, not chicken. i dunno maybe i was so sian that i lost taste. but it wasnt that lovely. talked cock with the photographic society ppl. well, gotta be sociable :) act cute and stuff... took photos of me sleeping T_T den after a long awaited wait, it finally ended. we gleefully followed the ppl to LT1, den realised how blur we were as we left all the AVA equipment back at reading room. ok we walked all the way back. door locked. *faint*. went back to take key. walked back to readin room. i looked worse than a fireman with all those equipment piled on me. two ppl carry everything. great. sian. recording room door locked, teachers having conference. mr lin not around. paiseh, walk in walk out. outside, no teacher watching, took packet of instant coffee mix. squeezed wadeva remaining hot water outta the flask. drank coffee. tasted like shit. but did wake me up a little. went home with yijun and another fren. talked about stuff. ate chocolate and cheese pancakes. full. went home. play solitaire showdown with contacts still on. tired. slept. woke up. am typing this now. stopping now. bb

dreamy hsien.

POLY

had SVA filming today at 8pm... was raining and sky forgot to bring sunglasses, so my scene and his was not shot today. So i went to NYP with sky and talked about Singapore Idol over a macdonalds meal. Now this is where the real issue im gonna talk about now starts.

Sky's almost decided on going to poly. Wad is happenin to our class... sky said 'i like aj but i dun like the ppl'. Why is this happening?! our class is one of the most unique classes that ive ever been in, with strong personalities and characters. But has the balance btw such personalities tilted, to that of overpowering? to that of... cold treatment?! gosh... im feeling a mixture of confusion, sadness, and agitiation. Sky related to me scenarios of why he chose to go poly. Firstly, he talks with class 32 ppl more than our own class ppl. He doesnt have many friends, unlike in SRJC or his secondary school where things went fine. He feels so lonely, lacking motivation and communication, and doesnt feel accepted. He told me of things i never witnessed before, though a chance it may be a one-sided view, i accepted it there and then. He said that in math lessons, he sits alone, no one to talk to. In chinese lessons, he sits alone or with the chinese teacher. He said he tried to sit with the class, but they mostly ignored him or wad. I get different comments from different ppl about the truth of this but im just stating what he said, the arguing part comes later. I tried to persuade him, saying that if frens dont talk to u, it doesnt mean they dun treat u as one. For me eg, im rather introverted.. but i can still fit in i think. i told him about the disadvantages of poly, and how arguments and misunderstandings take both hands to clap; if he doesnt change his stand, ppl wont as well. I told him about being able to adapt to situations and be more flexible, and not just giving up 1 year of education just becoz of this. his reply was that he could find no happiness, that he wants a carefree, happy sociable life. I told him about all education systems being the same and that if u feel this way in jc, ull probably feel that way in poly as its to do with ur own character or perception. when ur mind is so focused on a problem and its solutin, u will be set on going poly, u only see one path and dun see the other solutions, tts why we must consider all factors ... going to poly is just like a temporary escape route, the problem still remains, with urself, the ability to adapt and all that thingy.

Yea and this is basically most of our long talk. Ppl say that if he doesnt wanna change how can we change... i dunno... bystanders, be the judge. Ive seen situations in class where i feel ... shocked... people.. stir up issues, point fingers, criticise behind ppl's back. i shant point out names, coz i respect these ppl and their privacy, but for those reading it and know who u are, it will sting ur conscience. im bein a little harsh, verbally, but it has been harsh on me, and a friend, as well. cant ppl be abit moe forgiving and understanding, and not criticise or instigate issues? i dun get why ppl get so worked up over some little thing as little as a character flaw. Wouldnt critising reflect more on ur own flaws? no one is perfect. in fact, critising makes u uglier than the person. maybe i havent seen enough of the world. maybe ppl with my character wont survive in the working world, where backstabbing and criticism is what gets u to the top(said by a fren who is no longer in aj). i dun really think so... if the person backstabs me, if it suits his conscience, ill just forget it. no reason to make the person's life a living hell. Im not talking like the issue is still hot, its not, but its not resolved as well. Ppl instigate negative feelings as a whole towards a certain person, and... i dunno things just happen so fast now that u look back. put urself in his shoes man... after hearing things said behind his back, i can feel hurt even if im not the targeted one... put urself in his shoes, if ur so intolerant of a little flaw, ull be wanting to go poly even more. im not saying that the whole class is wrong, there are very nice ppl in our class and everyone can be nice when they want to. Similarly, when the dark sides reveal, it can be ugly. im no longer caring about who started it and what not... a quarrel involves both parties, and it takes twohands to clap. even if its he who started it, being involved in it and pursuing the matter with criticism doesnt make one a better person as well. ive said before, over 1 year, even enemies can become friends. well, now its not anymore about pinpointing. i noe ive just done that in my entry, but tts a little background in case ppl dont know whats going on. it may not be totally right but its wad i gather and think so far. even if the issue is past, now someone is leaving becoz of all this accumulated issues. i noe its not nice to bring up such a sensitive and harsh issue in the fun holidays, well, maybe boring holidays, but i have too before its too late.

so now the pressing issue is, i told sky to try to change, to forget and once the new year starts, take it like fittin into a new class. and thus i beg all of u, plz accept him... character flaws might re-surface again, but, after 1 yr of it, im sure ull be able to adapt to it as well. prevent anymore friends from leaving, plz. no more... no more....
T_T

sad hsien

ncc camp

ok here goes..my night back at chinese high in ncc annual camp. Firstly when i reached had warm welcomes and greetings... ahhh thats the beauty of prolonged friendships... the greetings are especially warm and tender. I was carrying this huge bag containing mahjong, contact lens, and alot of other thingys... and in the other hand i held a huge piece of cardboard(couldnt find mahjong paper so... oh well :D) yea then i went with two of me ncc mates to eat prata at some place near beauty world. The prata was served in silver plates, and the curry was quite little. Had a HORLICKS GODZILLA drink! WOW it was LOVELY!! a little red juicy sweet cheery lay floating on a sea of thick whipped cream, covering a sunny blob of vanilla ice cream that was especially sticky. the blob of icecream was covered in chocolate powerder, and beneath that was shattered ice and thick lovely horlicks... drank every drop of it... yummmmmmmmmm

Ok played mahjong and 'kop' milo during the camp. haha thats the goody thing about being seniors. and the highlight of the day: wargames!! wahahah seeing those sec1 ppl fighting was like watching a cartoon comedy fighting show. They danced about and posed in stances, LOL. then they said things like 'eh sorry... who start first?' LOLOL. its a game to chiong and be rough all u can!!!! not be gu niang :D yea anw, so funny lar... den they shout and chiong hor, got one time they chiong their own teammates LOOOOL. ok then it was the seniors time to play waahaha. i guai lan... go and play around with them. i went to ask 'eh wheres ur sock?' (the game's supposed to be about pulling the sock off the guys arm). den when the guy replied i pulled it off lol. But the star of the day was none other than the strongest guy in my part, dick lee. wa... that guy now in judo... and he could even kill guys taller and bigger sized than him. It was a rough nite of pulling, dragging, and thrashing about. ahh... den sleeping was a problem as they were all playing mahjong, and some were in the lecture theatre watching new police story, in which i joined in.

there was a problem with the vcd so i tried something and the whole thing restarted to the beginning WTH! i had to SLOW FORWARD it all the way to the point we left off... and GUESS WHAT. AT THAT POINT, IT WAS TIME TO SWITCH CD! I fainted on the spot -_- yea we watched the vcd till 3am! den i couldnt sleep on the chairs in the LT... so hard and uncomfortable... i tried sitting up to sleep... but cannot i would fall to one side. so... bo bian... slept 1 hr in all... woke and played computer in one of the classrooms, with slight body sores, then went home. yea... thats basically all. and i haf a headache now coz once i reached home at 8 plus, i fell asleep till 3pm. so tataz for now zzz

exhausted hsien

boring day...

wa kao... super boring sia... whole day play maplestory. its real fun lar, really takes up time while u just indulge in mindless killing and enjoy the graphics. i guess i get kick outta such mindless killing games... but there is a catch.. when u level up u get that satisfaction :) and u have to think wad weapons to buy and how to spend ur experience points etc. overall a cute and nice game for bored ppl... its nice ok, even if its for bored ppl :D. im bored.

later still got ncc annual camp. i choose to go back, coz i miss my sec sch and ncc. i haf to forgo 34/04 movie today and my sec4 class gathering! :( well... tonight there will be war games!! and i trained yesterday just to prepare for the rough night today. sigh... im getting sickeningly weak. i feel as though ill faint once i start running... hmm tts basically wad happens when u sit at ur com for 2 months playing and opening ur mouth for food. Stamina... i need it somehow. yux... i noticed this really huge blackhead on me nose and tried to squeeze it out... but it left a scar omg... hope it heals fast.

hmm my sis came back from australia not too long ago, and though this is late news, its counted recent as i just remembered it today, right now, after peeing in the toilet... -_- hmm other than a HUGE bag of sweets she bought, she also bought many cute thingys like cups with air bubbles in them and tweety bird designs printed on the outside. they were really nice... there was also this koala bear stapler!! with the mouth open to fit the stapler inside LOL so cute! then there was this keychain with many different colours of aboriginal sand... so pretty :) there were many other stuff but i didnt really bother to look coz i was playing games -_- sigh..

Days are so boring... chatting on msn... playing games... searching for new games, searching for hacks for games... downloading songs.. wad else to do. go out play lan... everytime i go out till very late... ill feel totally drained, physically, mentally, and ... pocket-moneylly -___- den ill wake up real late in the morning and be some sick lethargic pile of lard. yea... i heard from many friends that they are going to work in the hols.. kao... ive never tried that before and am not about to do so... i dunno why... my pride? or... just plain laziness? or... i enjoy too much le cant bear to walk out into the 'working society' ... whoa abit too serious le... nvm, play comes before work so... yea, me and my escapist mentalities ><

i dunno wad else to say le... i hope there will be more opportunities for the WHOLE class to go out together again, and while big groups tend to make interaction between each and everyone less, it still is a chance to see everyone and the class be a united body again, so yea why not. erm, im totally ignorant of any remedials comin up whatsoever, so ppl, plz remind blur hsien. thx. i guess i just blogged for the sake of keepin me entries up to date... so till next time, and till i think of some new stuff to blog down, tata ;)
blur hsien ><

relations

ok this is the edited version of my post, TAGBOARD AINT WORKIN! arghz... i need a new board :(
OoOoOooo... this is such a lovey dovey period of time! ppl are gettin into relations real fast and its all so sudden! well, i can accept it of course, but its sorta awkward. hmm... love love love :D some ppl are really courageous to do the asking out thingy... heh, im not that type.. haha i dunno man... after the last time, i not really in the mood to 'look' le :S but ill keep on waitin :) maybe its just the inherent libra nature to sit, watch, observe, and wait :) but yea love is in the air man. Dunno why during this jc period ppl get so romantic easily. Well.. some get into relations juz to be of the 'attached' status, luckily none of the ppl i noe do that :) well, some arent sure of what they really want and whether they really love the other person or not. Some are overly worried, worried that things might not go right, lackin confidence in self. some worry about horoscope clashes and worry about the future. Well, a relation is all in ur hands, for u to steer. no matter what the problem is, both parties can always compromise and accomodate. Well, love transcends all worldly things and materials, and... i dunno. this is gonna be a real short paragraph that im writing coz i really cant grasp such a vast and complex subject, and am lazy to think more. So all those couples out there, best wishes, stay happy, and love each other k? ciao

thinking hsien

I FORGOT!!!!!

BOOHOOOOOOOOOO i forgot to wake up for remedial today!!!!! i truely wanted to go, and was in the midst of a nice ol' dream when i bounced outta bed and shouted: TODAY GOT REMEDIAL! i looked at the time and saw 11.40, and i was like 'PHEW', still can make it for 1pm remedial!!!!!!!! omg blur sotong me... i switched on me hp and received a msg from youjun saying he not coming, so i replied at 11.50, asking him 'how to sign ur signature' LOLOL. den another msg from yijun came saying 'where are u why u never come?' LOL dats when i opened my inbox and checked the econs timing, and i nearly fell off my chair waaaaaaarghz. the sad part is not being able to see frenzzzz. the happy part is ... well... being able to rot more at home? sianz.. eating a prematurely prepared lunch, consisting of egg, ham, and sausage?! no vege!!! wa liew tts the food i eat at home man... no wonder im ballooning up. today is friday... hmm... SATURDAY MUST GO TRAIN!! anybody who wanna come is welcome. ill be doing intensive!

Ahh yesterday i reached home at 12.30am, coz i played lan from 4pm to 10pm at coronation plaza. LOL during the lan at around 9 plus we rushed down to cold storage and bought LOADS OF SUSHI ALL FOR 4 DOLLARS! half price! but the auntie also quite good, give us all of the REMAINING sushi :D yea... lan was super fun lar with lotsa laughter lol, right kai? ;) and oh yea i tried out maplestory in the lanshop... cool...den i ate dinner outside, and took a bus home with me fren and talked cock all the way. We ate at King Albert Park, and boy we did hilarious things. I folded a straw chain that was super long: it could stretch 3 tables or more, and i carried it around; ppl were lookin lol. we even wanted to try sucking water all the way thru that straw chain, but we figured if we did so, there would be no more water in the cup! hahaha so i went to get 2 cups of free plain water, and wow, they gave me longkang(drain) water. EEEEW one of the cups' water was YELLOW, and it looked like diluted PEE wth!my fren was clever enough to think of lemon tea, but i still didnt dare to drink it... yux... yea so walked to the busstop with fren and playing with the straw... broke it in half gave him, lol... we looked damn childish lar. while at the busstop my straw, which was hanging over my shoulder, poked the face of a girl behind(from macdonalds) and she scolded 'nabei, hit me...' LOLOL, i juz looked at her with sian look den turn around again. and while i was swayin and bouncin about, the straw hit her again! wahahha. she flicked it away again but i bo chap her dis time le lar... not like i purposely wan :D den they muttered something about 'ask him to kiss you' this kinda shit... i couldnt make tail of what they were talking... they finally left and it was good riddance. reached home, bathed, talked to yijun about good news, and proper outfits, den finally fell asleep at 2am!! so tts about my day... for yesterday and early morn of today. -_- teel nexsht time, sheeya. buai buai all the loyal sir'ees and ma'amrees around :D:D (and this is not spellin error, juz... actin cute? lol)

happy hsien ^^

early morning

yippee! its a bright sunny morning! too bad the blinds are coverin the windows and im only making an assumption... but oh well... the sun does rise in the morn hor? :D:D so... had a dreadful night as i couldnt sleep till maybe 3 or 4am. Just kept turnin around in bed with thoughts floodin my head and thinkin of all kindsa things. One thought was that we havent thanked the teachers for their help thruout this year. yea and i kept sheddin tears as a yawned incessantly. as a result my nose got all blocked. sian... and to worsen things i got a friggin headache! well... i tried all kinds of sleeping positions but didnt work... and i kept on havin to pull my shirt back down again coz when i kept on turnin around it would so irritatingly roll up. arghz. and so puffy eyed me got up for awhile(2 seconds), den lay down again. dis time i shut off all thoughts and tried to do some... meditation? tried to... force myself to sleep? like imagine myself drifting off or wadeva.. cant explain it.. but it sorta worked! before i dozed off i wondered if i shd have tried out the traditional milk method =/

Oh yea before i forget, and in case anyone does, go do the survey/feedback thingy for CDP at IVLE. back to topic.. i watched a recorded movie yesterday, and it was one of the very bestesty cheena movies ive watched so far. its 'casino raiders' acted by andy lau and wang jie. SO TOUCHING man... i cried like dunno how many times... no wonder i teared more easily than usual last night when i was tired. It shows the love of the father for his child, the willingness to cut off his gambling right hand just to save his super cute daughter. wahaha so cute man the little girl... chubby and big eyes. in the beginning she was chained up by some ah ma... so bad :( so she got all defensive and when she was eatin noodles and wang jie(the dad) wanted to clean her mouth, she took the fork and posed defensively with noodles still hanging outta her moutH!!! omg burst out laughing man... yea... and it also shows touching scenes btw andy lau and his lover... how they love each other so much that they sacrifice. Under pursuit by those secret societies, she knocked andy lau out and let him drift off in a boat, leaving herself behind to hold them off, when she already had a broken leg. :'((((( in the end SHE DIED, and the expression on andy lau's face as he turned back and saw her gettin beaten to death just made tears flow uncontrollably. Andy lau got blinded... and this is when perseverance is shown, where even a blind person and a one-hand gambler can come back for revenge, and ultimately win! okie summary over lol... super nice show la.. i wont overwrite this show and 'dong fang bu bai' for sometime man... worth seeing many times. ;)

sianz.. recently got abit of bloggin spirit back.. dunno why. maybe coz the games ive been playin have all lost their novelty. bleahz. any new games to play?!?! i still havent download maplestory coz it takes ages to do so... arghz. and tagboard aint working!!!! i dunno.. for 3 days le. sighzzzz. did facial yesterday and i realised that i cant keep my mouth close when the mask hardens... me mouth will auto open wan coz the mask makes ur whole face so bluudy tight. first u rub ur face with some facial wash that has sediments in it to clean and open the pores, den u wash it off and put on the mask to tighten the pores. cool huh. -_- den u have to wait for it to dryyy, and i went to do some chattin on msn WITHOUT SPECS while waiting. The whole thingy took about 30 - 40 minutes, den i went to bathe straight away to wash it off. haiz, can see im runnin outta topic to talk off le. Later steel got remedial at 1pm!! and yup this time i didnt see the time wrongly, its 1300 hours, 1pm! not 1.30 pm like i saw it last time LOL. cya guys there, ciao

sian hsien

sian!!

wow econs homework supposed to be done by tmr(thurs) and im still drinking grass jelly and feasting on a huge packet of rice. who cares? its delicious :D anw back to topic, i removed braces yesterday... eeew and the doctor cleaned me up... so pain! :( he did this mould thingy for me so that he could make the retainer... doesnt that make me the retainee?! OH NO :P kk he filled this mould with gooey stuff, den pressed it into my freakin mouth... YUX, the goo almost flowed into my windpipe and i was gagging!!!!! i was praying for the goo to harden faster... blargh nearly choked :( okie everythin's fine and dandy, braces out already :) but THE TEETH HURT?! maybe its coz they were bound in that position for so long, the sudden release would coz some pain... hmm.

Looks in the mirror... oh god... im visably chubbier. good or bad? i dunno i cant judge myself... my eyes always see wrong things. maybe a bowl of icecream and some nuts will help me slim down later while i sit on the sofa and watch tv and probably dose off. yea, slimming programme... -_-

Im runnin low on money yes si'ree!!!! been goin out to lan gaming and whatnot, and have been spending :( wanna watch some movies... argh i dun feel like doin any homework, and nothing really happened coz im at the com the whole day playing eating sleeping. I cant possibly blog about the food i eat or what games i play or what i dreamt of. hmm had an interesting dream last night... :) was quite lovely...anw dreamz arent meant to be said out so yea..

yux ive been waking up as late as 12.30 everyday!! but tts coz i sleep at 2 or 3 am at night -_- im NOT a morning person man... i wake up feeling all puffy and shit!!!!!! and it takes me around 30 minutes to warmup and get into shape. sux... a totally piggy hsien :( when am i gonna move me lazy bum and get to the treadmill :( Now... i havent done facial in AGES and ive gotta do it sometime!!!! aarghz face gettin rough too! noo... lack of moisture, the facial soap im usin leaves my face taught and dry after usin it... not good. pimples! not many but... i guess its the curry and meat that ive been abusing recently. ahh but oh well im glad i recovered from my old sickness a week or two ago. I dont believe in goin to see the doctor, i believe in self recovery coz if u go to see the doc and take too much medication, ur body will be reliant on the medication to get well and tts not good.

had a fun chat with youjun and family last night. talked about our feminine side, at least mine.. and tts coz i spend so mch time in the toilet tidying myself etc ... well i believe a person must be presentable on the outside, as well as on the inside. bein metro aint that bad ba :D yea and i talked with youjun about movies. One great movie was 'xiao qian - a chinese ghost story by tsui hark animations'. oh god that show just ROX, and the longing to watch it hasnt dissipated yet, though ive watched it so many times on recorded tape. too bad i erased the tape for other shows :(:( anyway the storyline is SO GOOD! its so mystical and fairy-tale like, involving romance btw a boy and a ghost! it aint scary, excellent graphics combines romance, emotion, HUMOUR, and action! The ghostbusters were SO FUNNY and cute, esp that beardy round guy and his 'bo ye bo luo mi thingy'. It just makes u feel like u wanna be part of that lovely story, want it to come to life... want to experience that lovely fairytale... *dreamz* . yep tts all for now, boring eh? cant believe i crapped so much. and oh yea, everythin with the family is fine le. tts how quarrels are la, erupt awhile den die down. so tata for now

happy hsien :)

family troubles

Has it ever occured to you that sometimes we take our parents for granted? Since birth till now, a total of 17 years, we have been in that same family, and throughout these years, quarrels have surely ensued. I dont know about u all, but for me, my parents' characters/horoscopes clash, and though they can be very very nice, accomodating and caring parents, they aren't accomodating towards each other. Why issit moms are always nicer than dads? sigh. Maybe its the way they were brought up, maybe its the harsh kampong conditions last time that moulded them into something that is different from our generation. My mom always would say something about never rushing into marriage, coz once ur in it, the 'ugly sides' reveal. As the child, i can only sit in this two party verbal war and listen. Quarrels have even escalated to mentioning of divorce, and recently ive done pw on rising rates of divorce and thats abit ironic. Only yesterday a huge quarrel ensued btw my mom and dad again, and this time, divorce was mentioned again. Tears just flowed uncontrollably from my eyes as i heard both parties' sobbing and pleading voices... i really could not bear to see a family which has been there for me for 17 years just go apart like this. i mean, if a divorce were happen, a part of the family would be gone, forever, and i cant live on without it. Communication breakdown... a quarrel involves both parties, and in such a rage either party will forget that he or she also has a part to play in the quarrel and that it takes both hands to clap; thus he/she will be blinded by rage and not know what he/she is talking. Sometimes the blame is totally shifted onto the other party, accusing him/her of starting the quarrel. Why cant we just be abit more forgiving. Lets say someone scolds u or says something that provokes u, for a change, we could try not to flare up, and just say in a calm voice 'why u like that... :('. For my parents, its a clash of characters, and to change one's character is hard, but to change the attitude towards each other is easy. If matters are not related to infidelity, then it is very minor, and parents are just blowing the issue up. Why cant everyone just compromise and accomodate? Accomodate each others' flaws, be more tolerant. Flaws viewed from another angle can be uniqueness. Though yes some parents can be real irritating, but just let it burn for awhile and forget it, not keep it in ur heart, buried there, only to be dug up during quarrels to pin down/humiliate the other party. Let it be, forgive and FORGET. the past is history; only if we remember such ugly memories, will we become ugly ourselves, mentally. Such accumulated hatred will only serve to paint another ugly image of the other party, such that everything he/she says is immediately wrong. sometimes people feel inferior, that everything he/she says is wrong, so that person becomes grumpy and moody. Thus we must all try to understand each other, esp in a relation. Why cant a peaceful family exist. Even enemies would have become friends in a period of 17 years, what more a family.

My mom told me that in US, people get divorced like there's no tomorrow. These people never really spare a thought for their partners or themselves. They never even bother to make an effort to better the marriage. They treat marriage as a material thing, that can be thrown away as and when they wish. Some people treat is as a threat, that whenever their partners dont behave well, they divorce. Some people even purposely get divorced just to get the money. What is this man... thats totally debasing the sanctity of marriage and love. The vows made before the institution of marriage mentions that 'be loyal to each other till death do us apart'. Such a vow should be kept, and i believe if u truly love a person, u wouldnt bear to hurt him/her or break up the relation. The reason a couple comes together is to spend time with each other, accompanying each other till ripe old age, not quarrel all the way and break up the marriage. Sigh... so yea, between tears and sobs, i reasoned with my parents from a third party view, and made a firm stand that i did not want divorce. It was really sad... :'( im close to crying again while typing this, coz it pains me to see a family like this. till next time

sad hsienz

aye aye ma'am

Yo everyone! hsien is back!!!!!!! ;)*bounces about* :D:D to all loyalists, sorry for the looooooong pause, coz i was deeply engrossed in a new game called MU ONLINE :D but ppl have been asking me to update me blog, so yes siree! here i am with a new post! haha after so long nvr type or blog, all the ah beng language starting to come out sia... singlish! :P >_<> Isnt it ironic, when sch is on everyone wants hols, when hols come ppl want sch! for me its coz i wanna see my friends! just seeing them is enough for me... :)

anyway, ive been playing games and games and games. And i watched 'DONG FANG BU BAI' last night... really nice show... ive always been a fan of chinese movies, especially this kinda 'wu xia xiao shuo' :) the storyline is so nice, and involves romance and action... the movie was especially intricate and fast paced, and i really marvelled at the way it was developed. I watched the show all the way till 1am and i did not find a moment boring. Hmm.. games... im basically playing online rpgs or mmorpgs now... coz one thing it takes up time, another is that such games are so fascinating... i can even forgo chatting online for such games. :D not to mention games like ragnarok online and maplestory are soooo cute! those anime round faces with big innocent sparkly eyes!!! EEEEE cant stand cute things man.. :D:D yea and basically ive been sitting on the chair at me com, eating and playing. :D:D yea... growing fat fat heex. I just went to train yesterday and surprisingly i can still keep my 9min pace for 2.4... i dunno... maybe its all to do with a person's weight? yea, trained at the gym with yijun den we went swimming! taught yijun how to swim breast stroke... so fun! yijun forgot to bring goggles so when he rose to take breaths he was like looking around with eyes closed, and that struggling face was like so funny. Had loads of laughter. He was a fast learner and yea... we also played 'holding our breath' competition. I trained in this before so i could hold rather long. I also practiced swimming '1 breadth without breathing' thingy, coz as i said this improves stamina ALOT! LOL i almost forgot the most funny part. Before we entered the pool... GOSH IT WAS SO COLD! once my feet touched the water, IT FROZE! so me and yijun were like hopping about in undies... not daring to enter the pool! so first we dipped our legs in... and the shocking cold numbed us man... whoa... we tried using our hands to spread water across our bodies and apparently it got less cold. so me and my 'mind over body'thingy made me jump into the pool! WOW i curled up inside the pool man. i hate that feeling lol.yea the only way to get less cold is to keep swimming! and after such a long period of not swimming butterfly style, i was surprised i could do 3/4 laps.. -_- yea and i found my new-liked style: backstroke! :D Heh, there's also a recent relation sprouting up :D youjun youjun :) well, relations should be kept private as far as i concern, thus ill leave u all in suspense :D hmm... love and all its glory... the most intangible thing can sometimes cause the most pain... at this age we can only lose ourselves in that vast ocean of love... floundering about in uncertainty. I wanted to write a full-length essay on 'love' about a month ago, but never really got down to it coz there were too many things to cover. im plain lazy too :D oh yea there was this website yjun introduced me to, its real good coz it tells ur personality. I was shocked, 90%of it was true. Im ISFP: introverted, and dunno wad... u all see for urselves :) take this test: http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp
http://www.personalitypage.com/ and this site tells u ur personality
its real fun to get to noe urself better - as yijun said the journey of self discovery! wahaha

yea, so while the remedials in the holidays give us more chance to see each other again, ill be back at me com playing :D hmm, i hope everyone in 34/04 stays ;) so that we can have more fun and laughter in a brand new year. it wont be long, thus we should cherish our time left together. Let the holidays - the long absence of each others' company, intensify that 34/04 bond, and the longing to see each other again. Friendship is unbroken by time and distance, thus i hereby announce, that u have a friend in me. :) cya guys ard, u rock, take care, ciao

hsien rock on