Saturday, January 29, 2011

Flash-ed.

 

I really love flashed pictures with shadows. Coz it makes things look much more realistic. You can see every single streak of hair clearly and all the details!

 

Some pics I took today. Flash-ed and with shadow yay. =) Pretty poster-like eh.

Theme: Annoyed. Frustrated. Angry.

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Wat are you looking at?

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Scream it out! I personally like this one best. =D

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Okay this one has nothing to do with the theme. Just like it. Haha. Btw here’s my grey lens. LOL. Notice the pair of lens I wore in the bob hair post was brown.

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I can smell the ice in the air.

TQ For Making My Day. =D

 

LOL. I still can’t help laughing now! =DDDDD So many ppl had fall for my bob hairstyle hoax!

My silly bf was like, “Why you go cut it? Zzz. You said you wanna leave it longer. Haiz.” And then I told him to read my blog. He said he read it, so I thought he knew it was all a hoax. After 15 minutes, he suddenly said again “I can’t get used to your new hairstyle la. Too short. Why you go cut it??”

LOL!!! I was like “I THOUGHT YOU READ MY BLOG?!” TEEHEE! So I urged him to read my blog again, thoroughly this time! XDDDD In the end he was like “PHEWWWWWW!!!!!!!”

It was sooo fun! And a lot of my friends in FB commented too. Some of them said, “Eh?? I thought you just went for a haircut 2 days ago?” or “I thought you said you wanna leave your hair long??!!” I continued the lie saying that I just had an adrenaline rush and ran to the saloon and cut it! HAHA! They tried to be nice by saying my bob hairstyle looked cute or “it makes you look younger” (quoted from Tar). Though I clearly knew it was too short and made me looked soooo super ugly! XDDDDDD

Eric, the much more “truthful” one, didn’t say it was nice. Instead he commented, “So do you like it?” HAHAHA.

Nice one, Eric. After he read my blog post he was like “You cheated your readers!” And he said he was thankful I didn’t cut my hair! =DDDDD

 

So yesterday, I basically spent my evening laughing in front of the computer like somebody insane. =DDDDD Thank you guys for making my day! =DDDD

 

 

Haha.. Some pics to end the post! Just bathed and waiting for my hair to dry. I prefer it to dry naturally coz hairdryer isn’t too “healthy” for the hair. And the dyeing and perming had pretty much destroyed my hair. XD So yea. XD

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So here am I. The totally natural look. With my retainer on and no lens. XDDD My before-sleep look. ^_^

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Good night everyone! =DDDD

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Bob. =)

 

I can’t believe this. I guess it is the adrenaline.

I actually went to the saloon again today and cut a bob head. AM I CRAZY?? I think so. -.-

 

 

So yea. Super short bob. Here goes. Lalala~

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Kinda make me look like a kid again. Hmmm…

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Please tell me I have made the right decision. Please…

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Hmmm.. Not too bad oso right? Right??!

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=DDD I actually cut my hair after leaving it sooooo long!!

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WAHAHAHHAA! Did you all fall for it? XDDD

I didn’t cut my hair at all! HAHAHA~ I’m just too bored so I pinned up my hair to make it into a bob head. TEEHEEEEEE! Tell me if I gotcha! TEEHEEEE!

LALALALA.

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I’m just too bored. -.-

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Strictly A Narcissistic Post.

 

Beware ppl. Coz this will be a post full of narcissistic pictures.

 

LOL. Went for a hair trim today! At first just wanted to redeem my free birthday hair treatment coz the saloon was totally full on my birthday so I didn’t have time to do the free treatment that day. However decided to trim my whole head as well considering that it had been a long time I let my hair grew like weeds. Hahaha! So better attend to it before it looks too messy! =DD

 

A much more refreshed look after the hair trim! =) Worn my new knitted dress! I love the neckline. =) MAD LOVE!

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Blurred the background coz it was ugly. XD

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Having an extremely good mood today due to the nice haircut and the perfect weather! :)))) So please pardon the huge size of the pictures! LOL! I love big pictures!!

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I love being vampire-ish. ^_^

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I didn’t know how in the world did I manage to edit it until like this. But yea. I hope my hair is really this colour! =DDDDDDD

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Nice smell! ^_^ Forgot to ask what hair treatment cream they used. Whoops. xD

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Changed into another dress. HAHA. Lacey one.

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Love the details at the sleeves!

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Changed AGAIN! XD Maroon dress with lace. :)

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Owh yea, and my new bag is LOVE! =))) Whoops. Can’t see it well coz both the dress and bag are dark.

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Haha. Much better now! :))

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SUPER GOOD MOOD TODAY! =DDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Léon (The Professional)

Frankly I didn't know about this movie until I had a conversation with my friends a few months ago. We were discussing about who was the most beautiful girl we had ever seen. And my friend said, "The little girl in the movie 'Léon' has been the most beautiful for me, even until now."

This sparks my interest. Why in the world will a little girl be so beautiful to someone? It was yesterday when I saw a photo album of Natalie Portman in China Facebook with the title that attracted me.
"The Little Girl in Léon, and Now The Black Swan."

I read the comments in the album and got to know that I could find the movie in XunLei. I decided to watch it.

The movie is the film debut of Natalie Portman in 1994, Portman was 11 when she first read the script and was offered the role.
This post is not going to be all about Natalie Portman. Yes, I'm in love with her, but I'm so much more in love with the movie. It touched me so so deeply, it still pain me whenever I'm thinking about it.





Story:

Léon (also known as The Professional and Léon: The Professional) is a French-produced English-language 1994 thriller film written and directed by French director Luc Besson. It stars Jean Reno as a mob hitman, Gary Oldman as a psychotic DEA detective, and a young Natalie Portman, in her feature film debut, as a 12-year-old girl who is taken in by the hitman after her family is murdered by corrupt police agents.













Natalie Portman as Mathilda Lando. A little girl who lives with her dad, stepmother, stepsister and stepbrother. She only loves her 4-yr-old brother and hated the rest of the family. She was abused most of the time. That makes her mind so much older than what she appears to be.












Mathilda's dad had been paid by corrupt DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) agents to store cocaine in his residence, but he had stole some for himself and got caught. A whole cadre of DEA agents stormed the building, led by the drug addicted psychotic Norman "Stans" Stansfield. He murdered Mathilda's whole family except Mathilda as she went out shopping for groceries that time.













When Mathilda came back and witnessed the carnage, she calmly passed by her apartment and walked straight to Leon's door. Leon was her neighbour, a man who seemed to lead a normal boring life. She held all the groceries she bought in her hands, and pressed the door bell, wishing for Leon to open the door for him. Coz if he didn't, she would be killed.












"Is life always this hard, or is it just when you're a kid?" asked Mathilda.

"Always like this." said Leon.










Mathilda realised that Leon was actually a hitman, or a "cleaner", as he called himself. She wanted to avenge for the death of the little brother she loved, so she asked Leon to teach her how to be an assassin. In return, she would do all the housework and teach him how to read.












Jean Reno as Leone "Léon" Montana is a hitman (or "cleaner," as he refers to himself) living a solitary life in New York City's Little Italy. His work comes from a mafioso named Tony (Danny Aiello), who operates from the "Supreme Macaroni Company" restaurant. Léon spends his idle time engaging in calisthenics, nurturing a houseplant that early on he describes as his "best friend," and (in one scene) watching old Gene Kelly musicals.

Here's the scene of my beloved Leon watching Gene Kelly. =)
He's in everyway as pure as a child. He can be indestructible when he is on his mission, but his life is as simple as you can think of. He only drink milk, taking care of "his bestfriend", a plant. He started his killer career when he killed a man when he was 19 for a girl he loved.










Leon with huge eyebags drinking milk. =)












Gary Oldman as Norman "Stans" Stansfield. The psychotic corrupt DEA agent leader. He truly defined the word "PSYCHO". I could feel my blood ran cold when I saw him. Especially the scene when he shook the box of green and white capsules and ate one capsule before he killed anyone.

Stans: I like these calm little moments before the storm. It reminds me of Beethoven. Can you hear it? It's like when you put your head to the grass and you can hear the growin' and you can hear the insects. Do you like Beethoven?










The moment Leon opened the door for the helpless Mathilda, his life changed forever. Mathilda had let him had the taste for life, something he had never ever had before.

Here's the plant that Leon said was his best friend.

"It's my best friend. Always happy. No question." said Leon.











Leon always make sure the plant gets sufficient sunlight and water. He even bring it along when he is on the run when Mathilda from the attack of DEA agents.









Mathilda realised that she had fell in love with Leon. This is my favourite part. =)

Mathilda: Leon, I think I'm kinda falling in love with you.

(Leon chokes on his milk)

Mathilda: It's the first time for me, you know?

Leon: (wiping himself off) How do you know it's love if you've never been in love before?

Mathilda: 'Cause I feel it.

Leon: Where?

Mathilda: (Stroking her stomach) In my stomach. It's all warm. I always had a knot there and now... it's gone.

Leon: Mathilda, I'm glad you don't have a stomachache anymore. I don't think it means anything.











These pictures are my fav. It was the scene where Mathilda tried to make Leon remember all the names of the famous ppl such as Marilyn Monroe, Chaplin and Gene Kelly. :) So she played this dress-up-and-act game and let him guess what character she was playing.











And when it was Leon's turn to act. He was so stiff!!! XD He was supposed to act John Wayne but super failed. In the end he gave up and didn't want to play the game anymore although Mathilda tried to cheer him up by saying he was amazing.












Mathilda acting as Chaplin! :)))











It totally broke my heart when Mathilda and Leon was trapped in a room surrounded with all the DEA agents outside. Leon used an axe to make a hole in the wall for Mathilda to escape, but he couldn't escape himself.

Mathilda: (crying uncontrollably) I don't want to lose you, Leon.

Leon: You're not going to lose me, you've given me a taste for life. I want to be happy. Sleep in a bed, have roots. And you'll never be alone again, Mathilda. Please, go now, baby, go. Calm down, go now, go.





Natalie and the director, Luc Besson, who also directed La Femme Nikita. =))) Love him!!!












Leon disguised as a wounded DEA agent during the attack and he was about to escape successfully. Unfortunately Stans recognised him, sneaked up to him and shot him.

Before he died, Leon handed something to Stans. It was a ring-shaped thing. He told Stans, "This is from... Mathilda."

It was a pin from a grenade. The whole building exploded and Leon died together with Stans. It was the last present he gave to Mathilda.

Gary Oldman with Natalie Portman.













Leon left a big sum of money for Mathilda at Tony's. Mathilda went back to the nursery school and the teacher demanded her to tell her the truth. Here was what she said to the teacher.

Headmistress: Now tell me what happened to you.

Mathilda: OK. My family they got shot down by D.E.A. officers because of a drug problem. I left with the greatest guy on earth. He was a hitman, the best in town, but he died this morning. And if you don't help me, I'll be dead by tonight.

It sounds so ridiculous and outrageous to the headmistress, but I felt so sad when she said it. ='(













Leon training Mathilda to be an assassin.









This movie truly touches me. The lines, the characters, everything. The love between a 40 yr old man with a 12 yr old girl seemed so absurd, but their life had shaped them differently. The young girl with an old mind and the old man with a pure childlike nature. What will happen when they come together?





Do go watch it or download it. And remember to watch The Long Version, which is around 133 minutes. ;)

I Léon.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

It's a blizzard out there.

It's the first time I'm NOT happy to see such heavy snow.
The snow already melted yesterday and I was planning to go see the doctor this morning. When I got up around 6am and looked out of the window, my heart ran cold. It was totally white out there, and it snowed soooo heavily!!! Even heavier than the one in December! :'((((
I was pretty sure I couldn't make it to the hospital so I cancelled the plan.

I posted on FB about my sickness and the snow, and around 9am something, Ellen called me. She said she got something to give me and asked me to open the door. I walked to the door with a dizzy head and when I opened it, omg, there was darling Ellen with a bowl of noodles in her hands!! She cooked it herself!! How sweet!! :)))) I was totally touched. :) She said she saw my FB status this morning and decided to cook for me. She kept saying that the noodles wasn't tasty coz she didn't put much salt inside, but I had to say it was really really delicious! I gobbled everything down in less than 15 minutes!
Thank you soooo much my dear!!! :)))

Another hugeeee thank you to Telmuun!! I called him in the afternoon to ask if he was going out, perhaps he could get me some bread or something, but he was still sleeping that time, so I told him it was okay. Then after an hour, he called me and told me he would be going out and asked me what I needed. :) I told him I just need a bread for lunch. Guess what he got for me?
He got me a packet of strawberries, yogurt, pudding, 2 huge packets of bread and 2 bottles of juices!! OMG! And when I wanted to pay him back, he refused to accept. So touching.. T.T Thank you Telmuun!!!!
So glad to have awesome friends like them! I love you guys sooo much!!!
A video taken around 7.30am this morning. It was a total blizzard out there. :(((

Anyway I'm feeling much better now!! The fever is pretty much gone, just runny nose and sore throat left. I have to keep remind myself not to rub my nose too much or else it's going to bleed. :'(

See ya guys!

Lonely Study Life. :(

 

I’m feeling so so soooo lonely now coz all my friends have already gone back to their own countries for winter hols. :(((

Anyway, I hope I can have this super cool alarm clock to wake me up! AHAHAHA! Or…. NOT, my hands gonna hurt and I won’t be able to play violin omg! XDDD

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Accompanied Miki and Hirai to buy some souvenirs back to Japan for their friends. :) We bought these hats that day! :DDD

In Secret Recipe. :)

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Hirai’s salad. XD Looks yummy.

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Brown and grey! :)

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I had a bowl of tomyum noodle! :)))))) Didn’t have tom yam for such a long time! Really miss the taste. :)

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After shopping for so long, we decided to head back, and then I spotted this cute mascot at ground floor so I ran all the way to take pics with him/her! XDDD

Miki said this picture looked funny, it was like the mascot trying to sell me something. XD

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I dunno why it put 3 fingers out. XDDDD

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Btw I still dunno what exactly is it. XD A bean? Heh??

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I’m soooo sick now. Caught a cold and I think I need to go to the hospital later, but heck, it is snowing sooooo heavily outside now!!!! It’s the very first time that I actually get upset watching the snow! T.T I’m kinda afraid that I might faint on the way to the hospital.

Anyway, god bless me! :)))

Ciao ppl!