Friday, June 29, 2007

Eternal Sunshine of A Spotless Mind.

I've just watched Eternal Sunshine of A Spotless Mind.
I have to say, its an amazing piece of movie. The whole movie just absorbs you and has a meaning that is so deep. Its a story about love but not at all superficial, unlike teenage dramas or even phantom of the opera, this move conveys a message about romance.

I would say the movie is quite complicated and you really need to concentrate. You couldn't really like get off your seat during the movie. Whenever, i went to the kitchen for some food and left the movie playing, i had to rewind it so as not to miss parts in case they are important.

I could talk lots about the movie, but i guess i won't. I really hope everyone gets a chance to enjoy it.

The meaning is really deep, so its not that easy to understand if you are lazy to think.

Anyway, do watch it if you have the time.
Its like the best sophisticated-romance movie i've ever seen. Must watch for romantics
Anyway, Enjoy.

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Saturday, June 16, 2007

I'm different.

I'm not in the mood for anything. I see my guitar lying on the floor, i picked it up, i plucked a few strings and i lay it back on the floor. I don't play my favourite football computer game anymore, i seem to get bored of it. I wouldn't even want to hug my plush toy when its on my bed. (My plush toy is seldom on my bed, it always falls below my bed.)


Alot is going thru my mind. The feeling i have now is "frustration at nothing.". I'm easily annoyed but i don't show because i don't have a reason to. After much much thinking, i think i realized i'm different.


I'm different from the people around me, I like things that others don't. I probably see things in a different perspective that others wouldn't agree with. Is it better or worse? Personally, i wouldn't say i see things in a better perspective than others but i always find some people so predictable. It's like i've been there, done that kind of feeling. Its like in a particular situation, you are bound to react a particular way. With this , that particular way you see things, that particular way you react will not be the same as mine. What do you do? You start giving little comments, sometimes criticisms. That when said aplenty, will irritate the fuck out of me. Because you judge me, when i'm criticised, i don't tend to argue or do anything. I'll probably just be silent not because i succumb, not because i agree, its because i know if i start, we'll probably end up nowhere except bearing a childish grudge on each other.


Another reason because i don't hit back because you'll probably win. You'll seek a thrid-party opinion and the opinion would likely agree with yours, because you both think the same, feel the same, agree on the same things. The reasons i know all these is because, you see, its predictable.


If i stop here, and you have read my blog, and i came to ask you a question a few days later

" Ae, you think nice this thing nice anot ah?"

(In your mind thinking, Rod hates people to judge.)

"You think nice , nice loh. You think not nice , not nice loh."


Shallow and Childish? Its like somebody told you to stop doing something, and you purposely stop it completely just to make the other party feel miserable.


From this entry, i'm not really trying to tell people what to do, what to say, what to feel, what to think. This is just how i really feel, maybe it does serve as a reminder to consider or maybe if you feel that i'm just thinking thrash talking thrash, i state that please do what you always do. I don't want a week later from now, all the people around me to become robots.


Being friends, we all seek self-assurance from each other. Thus, we are fairly vulnerable to each other's comments. Its natural. However, sometimes in order to your point across you tend to be harsh. I used to say that "Don't bother what others say, just be yourself.". That led me thinking, are opinions always bad? Some comments and opinions can actually lead you to become a better person. Thus, i do agree with a saying "listen to your friends' advice, for they are the best."

To this point, everything was written prior to my operation. Thanks everyone who showed their care and concern. Its been okay. Thanks ALOT guys.

Back to the topic, about opinions, comments and advice. I don't know much but what is it about mockery among friends? A little fun-poking is nice and real funny, but going to the extent to mock at your friends? What are you trying to prove? That you are a person with a real good sense of humor? Maybe, when you mock, you feel good. But then again, you just irritate the fuck out of me. Truth to be told, we've grown. Probably my perception had changed a little, a little less like what it was before.


I really wouldn't want to end up like Hitler. One main reason why Hitler failed was because he wouldn't listen to his advisors during times of crisis. He just mainly disregard any opinion that doesn't agree with his. As a result, he made errors and have gone insane. Lost the war.

I don't really know what i am saying in this post maybe i'm just paranoid or something.
I felt we had paradise but we managed to fuck it all up. People don't get along with each other because of shallow, dumb things. I just thought we are larger than that. =D.

If you don't get what i'm writing, then i probably wouldn't too. I wrote all these in seperate days so the emotion isn't as strong as the 1st day so i have probably forgotten much of what i wanted to say. Anyway, just hope we have great lives ahead and if you have the time watch " The Girl Next Door", i just watched it the 3rd time, as good as ever. Its like a teenager's fairytale story, lol. Best-teen movie in my opinion.

Hahaha.
Oh ya, Thanks again for everyone who cared. =D


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Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Gwen's Romance.

Hi. I am going to talk about Gwen Stefani's romance. Not sure why, even though i'm not a big fan of hers but she has two very beautiful songs which is actually related to each other. "Don't Speak" and "Cool". "Don't Speak" is actually from her band No Doubt, a band which previously Gwen Stefani was in. She had a boyfriend of 7 years named Tony Kanal. Tony Kanal is a actually the bassist of No Doubt.

She and Gwen Stefani were actually lovers and they played in the band together. After they broke up, Gwen wrote the song "Don't Speak" prior to breakup which inflicted alot of pain on her.

This are the lyrics to the song "Don't Speak"

You and me
We used to be together
Everyday together always
I really feel
That I'm losing my best friend
I can't believe
This could be the end
It looks as though you're letting go
And if it's real
Well I don't want to know

Don't speak
I know just what you're saying
So please stop explaining
Don't tell me cause it hurts
Don't speak
I know what you're thinking
I don't need your reasons
Don't tell me cause it hurts

Our memories
Well, they can be inviting
But some are altogether
Mighty frightening
As we die, both you and I
With my head in my hands
I sit and cry
It's all ending

I gotta stop pretending who we are...
You and me I can see us dying...are we?

Chorous.
Don't, Don't, uh-huh Hush, hush darlin'
Hush, hush darlin' Hush, hush
don't tell me tell me cause it hurts.

You can actually see the video of "Don't Speak" , before the music starts, at the beginning of the video, there is a scene of Tony Kanal picking a rotten orange from a tree. The video ends with Kanal replacing the orange in the tree. In the vid, you could see Gwen Stefani and the band trying to be professional and not be too emotional and Tony Kanal and Gwen Stefani avoiding any kind of contact yet in some parts of the video Gwen would just sing to Tony in his face, drastically, full of drama.

That was years ago, when i was still a kid. Now Gwen has gone solo on her career and she has huge success and she sung a song cool. This song is also for Tony Kanal as Tony and her girlfriend actually went to Gwen's house to congratulate her upon her engagement to Gaven Rossdale, the lead guitarist and vocalist of the band "Bush". They actually met on tour of Bush and No Doubt and things just happened between Gwen and Gavin.

Thus, Gwen wrote and sung this song "Cool" for Tony. From this song, it says that Tony and her still stays very good friends though things couldn't happen between them. The video follows the song's theme closely and depicts the relationship that Stefani has with a former boyfriend, who is played by Daniel González. Gonzalez actually plays Tony in the video of "Cool" and the girlfriend of tony in the video is actually played by Tony's actual girlfriend Erin Lokitz. There are brief flashbacks to the time when Stefani and her former boyfriend were dating, where she wears a brunette wig, representing her younger self. The video of the song also shows times where Gwen feels uneasy about the past.

Here are the lyrics of "Cool"
It's hard to remember how it felt before
Now I found the love of my life...
Passes things get more comfortable
Everything is going right

And after all the obstacles
It's good to see you now with someone else
And it's such a miracle that you and me are still good friends
After all that we've been through
I know we're cool

We used to think it was impossible
Now you call me by my new last name
Memories seem like so long ago
Time always kills the pain

Remember Harbor Boulevard
The dreaming days where the mess was made
Look how all the kids have grown
We have changed but we're still the same
After all that we've been through
I know we're cool

And I'll be happy for you
If you can be happy for me
Circles and triangles, and now we're hangin' out with your new girlfriend
So far from where we've been
I know we're cool.

I really liked this paragraph,

Remember Harbor Boulevard
The dreaming days where the mess was made
Look how all the kids have grown
We have changed but we're still the same
After all that we've been through
I know we're cool

Harbor Boulevard is probably where the band jam their songs, or the place where Gwen and Tony used to go when they are younger.
Look how all the kids have grown - Talking about the band members of No doubt, how they have all grown older now compared to the years where the had huge success and fame.

The rest of the lyrics sort of just explains itself.

Here are the links to both the videos.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=welnlg3svTw&mode=related&search= (Don't Speak)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=rjzzK8tIbOc ( Cool)

They are really nice songs. Do listen.=D

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