Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

The 6th movie Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince didn't fail like the previous movie, Order of the Phoenix (which was really a messy one), infact it is the best Harry Potter film yet! I heard a lot of people saying that movie 6 is boring, I have two guesses, 1, either they didn't read the books and all the wanted to see an action packed movie or 2, they expect every little gritty details to be included in the film.

Book 6 is one of my favourite books in the series, not because its filled with action but its very tasteful story telling leaving you with a lot of question marks that will be revealed in Book 7. And I think the movie did actually successfully captured the main plots of the book and actually TOOK TIME to tell the story, the slow story telling was long gone after the Chamber of Secrets movie. The film was filmed tastefully with the superb CGI, I like the tone set here in movie 6, long gone were the days that Hogwarts has this warm glow filled with magic, this time, Hogwarts is filled with this gloomy atmosphere that tells that doom is coming (Doom did came at the end of the movie, won't be a spoiler in case you haven't read the books or watched the movie). The characters have more soul in this film, (e.g. Hermione, Snape, Dumbledore and Draco Malfoy's emotional turmoil). All these made the film to be the most matured one out of all the movies. Credits must be given to director David Yates that he did not spoil the story like the one he previously did, but made it into one the best Harry Potter film yet.

So if you are just only following the movies and not the books and expect the "WOW" factor from all the actions, that forget it, don't watch (I mean, Harry Potter's phenomenon was always because of its story, not its actions, there are so many fantasy gig out there nowadays, go on and watch those if you like action packed movies), go read the books if you must, I bet you will be hooked. But do come back when movie 7, part 1 and 2 is out, because action is guarrantined as it is the final showdown of the world of good and evil. Anyway, I might watch movie 6 again in the cinemas, who knows?

Anyway 溏心风暴 airing in Channel U soon! One of my favourite TVB classics. Haha...

Movie rating: 4/5

Last year was terrible for me, but I still don't feel this bad as now. Maybe physical illness will never be as bad as emotional turmoil. My heart has switched to an ultimate sian mode at this point of time. I can only say army has made me mature a lot and in a very short time, I still remember February this year, I am still having some childish mentality when events after events has woke me up violently, maybe it is God's way of preparing me for the age 21, an age when someone is deemed to be mature. But it seems all these problems, human relationships, uncertainty in life, problems after problems in my circle of life has made me into an angry person. I start to hate seeing things going in the wrong way. I am never going to go back to that childish and always happy "Jie Ge Ge", (Now I realise what a disgusting nickname it is, by the way) or whatsoever anymore. I feel numbness in my heart and it has been there for few months. I just cannot be happy.

Anyway, quarrantine is over, I was like a jail bird for the past 9 days. And we have shitty schedule coming up because of H1N1. And people please, if you come back from affected countries, please zi dong yi dian, go quarrantine yourself at home for 7 days, PLEASE! Its not a joke or something that you can throw away from your brain! Innocent people like us is also affected, so have some social responsibility, PLEASE!

Oh, and on a lighter mode, this is the movie I have been anticipating since 2 years ago.



HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE!!! *CHEERS*

Out on July 16, but I can only watch after 28. Haiz... Qi dai qi dai!!!

You are so fickled with the word "sincerity", you have long lost my trust, so you should be the last one to even comment on anything so please shut up...

很多人说，当兵会改变一个人，对，说得没错，至少它让我挥别了童真与懵懂，也让我看清原来人与人之间的关系是这么脆弱的。我悄悄的隐退（这不是刻意的），竟没人发现，也没有人在意，证明我在那我曾天真以为是天堂的大家庭里面所建立大部分的那些友情是扎不实的根，甚至只是一些吃喝玩乐的朋友。当我需要安慰的时候，伸出双手竟摸不着任何东西，很想大声呐喊，让人注意到我其实还存在，但又何必呢，大家把你忘了就是忘了，当我出现时才说声Hi, 太假了吧，让我难过的是，我在那大家庭里呆了那么久，现在才来觉醒，发现原来在那里想找个比较了解你的人几乎没一个，一切都流于表面，好假，假到痹。大家可以说我怎么不反省，我就是看不到我那里做错了，我做人和交朋友都讲真心，甚至有时还觉得被 take for granted, 但我得不到一样的回应，我心中有很多愤怒和失望，要我怎样参加接下来的“复兴”活动，我也不怕得罪谁了，反正我不会像以前那样投入，应该伤不了我多少吧。我一定要说出来，不让会憋死的。

最近还看到让我觉得恶心的事，这位朋友，你如果不想帮人就干脆说不想帮，没人勉强你，但你何必要假惺惺的答应了在找个烂借口临时退出，如果你觉得你没错的话，那你的 priority 观念一定出了很大的问题，这就是你表现对弟兄姐妹的爱吗？有得玩就预你一份，不然需要付出的最好别找你。你的行为，你以为没有影响力吗？至少你已让我对这大家庭的失望加多了一层。

我说这些不为了什么，我是挣扎了很久才决定写了这篇文章，我不是想挽救任何事才写的，毕竟大家已回不去当初的感觉。

当然，这段时间让我了解一些存在边缘人的感受，我看到一些真心之人，但我需要时间疗伤，希望你们了解。

愁人节 - 谢谢 谢安琪 唱出我的心声。。。

手脚冰冷的筋竭衰老的晚间借宿于街角的对佳节有否兴趣
失去依靠的早晚空肚的猛火里丢失所有的谁又来问暖一句
大节日里愿望有伴侣但在你身边是谁独个面对疾病与药水浑沌里烟花迷醉

街里爱人一对对互送鲜花千杯不醉你的噩运继续追无人扶持行前行后也失据呆呆张开一张嘴无缘故会渗眼泪 hey 对你哪有节日会记叙别活在梦幻里

需要温暖的苦恼生计的与遭到威逼欺压的有些会引起兴趣
失去工作的不再坚壮的与一众朝不保晚的期望谁问津一句
在节日里但愿有伴侣现实你身边是谁越去面对越是往下推独自对天闹情绪

街里爱人一对对互送鲜花千杯不醉你的噩运继续追无人扶持行前行后也失据呆呆张开一张嘴无缘故会渗眼泪 hey 世界哪有节日可嘉许消灾解困万岁

普世欢醉燃狂热情绪尽力购物寻趣你却没有睡进驻垃圾场里吃过夜的饼干碎 wow
佳节众人一对对互送鲜花心意祝福句你总只靠两条腿到处去看哪里有个家归去呆呆张开一张嘴无缘故也会恐惧 hey 盼会有个节日可嘉许纾灾解困万岁

衣着矜贵的温暖饱满的与身处福中不觉的这天你有否兴趣听他诉苦几句

Joey Yung StarLight Concert 2009 @ Max Pavilion

Recently, I went to Joey Yung's StarLight concert 2009 at Singapore Expo, Max Pavilion with Dao Yi and Wan Yi. It was great even though there was a 小插曲 before the start of the concert. I will go into details. As everybody knows, Max Pavilion only has one main entrance unlike Singapore Indoor Stadium which has many entrances. The organizer of the concert did not really did a good job on controlling the queue outside the concert hall. Initially when we reached, there was a queue, however after some hooha, everybody from the back rushed forward and everybody became one lump at the entrance.

Then all of a sudden, there was this lady in her mid 50s shouting at the top of her voice at the auxiliary police standing nearest to us.

Crazy lady: "Why you all never organize properly!!! Why let people jump queue!!! We waited here for so long!!! Blah blah blah..."

Every time the auxiliary police tried to open his mouth and explain, this crazy lady would raise her voice, it is quite obvious that she didn't want to listen to any explanation. However this crazy lady continued to shout until it became a nuisance to the crowd around her. Someone at the back said "泼妇骂街, what can she do by shouting non-stop". The three of us also start to feel irritated, Dao Yi and I was laughing at her disgraceful behaviour, Dao Yi was saying something like, "Go home lar, so noisy", I told him to shut up before I start to rattle off too, AHAHA... I was saying something like, "Shut up lar, so noisy, don't know for what". But our conversation was not meant to be heard by the tigress roaring at the police. We did not realise her daughter was standing just beside us. 俗语说“有其母，必有其女”, her daughter in her mid 30s suddenly shout at me, "Shut up lar! Little boy! What do you all know!?" Hello! I am not a little boy, unlike her mum and her in their mid 50s and 30s respectively still shouting like those in Woodbridge in the public. Suddenly the fire in my heart burnt like people poured kerosene, I shouted back at her.

Me: "Hey! Whats the problem with you!"

Daughter: "Whats the problem with you too!, you all jump queue!!!"

Me: "We where got jump queue, we are just following the crowd, everyone is doing the same thing!" (We REALLY never jump queue lor)

Mum at the background: " You shut up!!!, you shut up!!!..." Don't know for how many times.

Daughter: "Why you talk so much!!!"

Me: "Why!? Cannot talk now is it!? Har!? Cannot talk is it!?"

Her mum suddenly scream, I also don't know what she said: "!@#$%^&*()"

The whole crowd at this very moment "OOOOOORRRRRRHHHHHH!!!!!!" at the woodbridge personnel. This couple infront and few girls at the back said something like “Auntie，浆老了，还喊喊喊！” The guy infront said "Aiyo, shame shame shame ar~~~!!!"

At this point the crazy hag could not hold herself anymore SCREAMED: "ALL OF YOU SHUT UP!!! SHUT UPPPPPP!!!!!!".

All this while after my last sentence I was laughing nonstop with the whole crowd and eventually got into the hall with the crazy hag still screaming at the back. Maybe practicing the screaming session when the concert starts. This two english educated ladies don't know why come here to listen to a pop singer who sings Cantonese and Chinese pop songs. GO HOME LAR!

But come to think of it, this is one of the most dramatic moments of my life and first time in my life, I scold a crazy hag infront of so many people...

Let you see the crowd at the entrance.



After we entered the hall, I realized that we are only 7 rows from the stage!!! I go Sammi's concert also not so near lor. Haha... Wan Yi bought Joey's Hong Kong StarLight concert 2008 DVD right after we entered, haha...


The stage, much much downscaled compared to Hong Kong's.


Woho! Going to start soon!!!


Wah, so many people!


AHHH~~~ Come out already!!! Singing her first song “唇楼”. This 造型 is quite special, she has CDs on her hair!




Joey giving her opening speech!




握手时间!!!


This is the best shot, I have taken so far.


Joey singing "Loving U".


This portion she sang a lot of Singapore female singers' Chinese hits like Stefanie Sun's “我不难过” and Tanya Chua's "Love's Beautiful".


This part was sexy.


Joey singing "跑步机上”.

Every time I go to any concerts in Singapore, I felt like I am in a midst of people watching opera like what Dao Yi said. People here don't get high easily. Come on! You are here to watch a pop singer! Your idol? So please be more high lar!!! Throughout the whole concert, Dao Yi, Wan Yi and I are like three crazy people from woodbridge shouting, screaming and cheering for Joey at the part of the hall we were seating. I felt paiseh at moments you know, but I didn't really care. Haha... But our efforts were not paid off, at the power medley portion, when we were very high and only a few around us stood up, Joey came to the part of the stage closest to us, there she saw three crazy concert goers waving at her and you know what? SHE WAVED BACK!!! AHAHA... See? If everybody stood up and got high, she won't notice us. Haha... Come on lar, Singaporeans, next time be more spontanous can not? Throw face leh, the fans from other countries see liao hor... Haiya...


POWER MEDLEY!!!


POWER MEDLEY!!!




Joey singing “挥着翅膀的女孩”, her super famous song.




Concert's "official" last song, "全身暑假”.

It was only when she came out for encore that everyone started to become very high and started standing on their seats. 这才像演唱会嘛！！！




Everyone stood on their seats. Super high!!!


Haha... Had a high night, lets take a photo with "Joey"! Anyway, I bought the concert poster. Haha...

Conclusion

Joey Yung is probably one of the last divas in Hong Kong, I think she is the only candidate that can take over Sammi Cheng like Sammi Cheng could take over Anita Mui as diva. Her stage presence, charisma and body language is just awesome! Oh! And she dance really really well, because from what I remembered, she could not dance when she just entered the showbiz, through hardwork, she has groomed herself to be a promising dancing diva. I think the concert is worth the money, really enjoyed myself, all the way JOEY!!!

真是天真。。。

“有时候不是对方不在乎你, 而是你把对方看得太重” ，这句话是我最近在一封电邮看到的，看了感触良多。在我以往的很多段友情里面，我不害臊地说我是那个比较主动的那方，因为我很珍惜友谊这回事，也渴望得到对方一样热情的回应。但慢慢发现每次自己像个笨蛋那样一厢情愿，我看是时候学乖了。现下的感觉就像是自己越飘越远的那般感觉。。。我曾经以为很要好的一堆朋友也不以为意。我发现在他们的当中有没有我的存在已不再重要了。可能也是自己的问题，自己所谓言语和情绪的坦白已伤害了某些人。原来友谊这回事也有底线的，但当初有人说的太理想，让我无意的为所欲为。现实还是残酷的，以为能承受坦白，现在想想也只是非常天真的理想。。。 是时候 move on 了吧。。。我想往后会更加懂得经营友情， 但当初一些很真的一面可能不会那么轻易摆在人前了吧。