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終於看了一直想看的卡通。超愛卡通。。嘿嘿。。趁我生日，就招了一大堆人去看。我們一群人，佔了整行坐位，好好玩。

Up 很不錯，把人生都寫得很真。從小時候的天真，到長大了的愛，結婚後的平凡，滿足，失望，接受，看開，樂觀和恩愛的生活，到最後的失去，無措，害怕，孤獨，不舍，和最終的新的方向和滿足，都刻畫得很明確。故事里也描寫了人性的黑暗，貪婪，追求名譽的一面，也表達了人的善良，忠心，愛，和無條件的接受。

卡通里的對白不多，有些部份是利用相片的方式來表達，卻很成功地讓觀眾了解到其中的意義。情節和其他電影比較，有些部份對有些人來說，可能有點慢，偶而會有主角沉默地思考的時候，卻令我很有共鳴。印像最深刻的對白，是那小孩說的，“It is the boring things that I remembered / missed the most”。我想，男主角當時必然想起了和妻子平凡的生活吧。

有時候，生活太忙了，太多活動了，會令我們忘了或忽略了自己最想要的是什麼。這部卡通，值得再看。該會買來收藏吧。

生日快樂。謝謝你們。

五月天 - 突然好想你

詞、曲：阿信｜唱：五月天

最怕空氣突然安靜 最怕朋友突然的關心
最怕回憶突然翻滾絞痛著不平息 最怕突然聽到你的消息

想念如果會有聲音 不願那是悲傷的哭泣
事到如今 終於讓自己屬於我自己 只剩眼淚 還騙不過自己

突然好想你 你會在哪裡 過得快樂或委屈
突然好想你 突然鋒利的回憶 突然模糊的眼睛

我們像一首最美麗的歌曲 變成兩部悲傷的電影
為什麼你帶我走過最難忘的旅行 然後留下最痛的紀念品

我們 那麼甜那麼美那麼相信 那麼瘋那麼熱烈的曾經
為何我們還是要奔向各自的幸福和遺憾中老去

突然好想你 你會在哪裡 過得快樂或委屈
突然好想你 突然鋒利的回憶 突然模糊的眼睛

最怕空氣突然安靜 最怕朋友突然的關心
最怕回憶突然翻滾絞痛著不平息 最怕突然聽到你的消息

最怕此生已經決心自己過沒有你卻又突然聽到你的消息

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最愛的五月天。公司把所有網上電台都 block 掉了。。本人只好在 youtube 里制造自己的 playlist，還蠻好玩的。。嘻嘻。。千万不要連 youtube 也不讓我上啊。。

五月天，超棒的！從中學他們第一張專輯到現在，都沒怎麼令我失望過。每首歌，曲和詞都很不錯。最近聽見了這首，很喜歡。《天使》也不錯。

姓吳的無業遊民，快點去 download 給我！

李聖傑 - 手放開

代禱文書插曲

I am in charge of writing and sending out prayer request in email every week. Last week, a married friend's prayer request was, "Peace & tranquility at home..." and people started asking questions since her husband was there as well. They thought they had a fight. So, I didn't hear the last part "for pets" as she has 2 dogs, hamsters and rabbit. So, I sent out the prayer request...without the "for pet". She received like 5 emails asking her if everything is alright.

Today, her prayer request is, "Willingness to go back to cooking food and cleaning house and do all the wife stuff". So, I jokingly asked her, "How about we short it to 'Willingness to go back to be a wife?'" Everyone started cracking up.

Misunderstanding happens all the time. =)

He's Just Not That Into You

Finally, the movie came out!

Finally, got someone and some time to go and watch it!

Although the movie is good, it is not as lesson learning as reading the book. The book is much better if you truly want to learn something. The movie is more "humane" so to speak. Yet, I do give credit to the script writer for being able to cramp all those point into the moive. It is a movie worth watching. =)

The Mummy

Finally, I step my foot back into the movie theater again. Can't even recall the last time I went to watch movie, might be more than a year ago when Mabel was still in IA. I am able to eat lunch or dinner on my own but was never able to go to watch movie by myself. Just felt weird. Luckily I got CJ with me...too bad CJ didn't watch the Sisterhood's first movie, otherwise, we can watch the 2nd one. Need to find out where the dollar theater is in this town...can do a movie marathon Saturday someday. Or maybe can go by myself this time? Since I wanted to watch the Kung Fu Panda...Hmmm...

Finished watching The Mummy. Kinda disappointed actually. Not enough mysteries and clues and the female main character was no longer the same person. I like the original cast better. She is prettier and sexier...hehe...(Okay, I know I do look at woman a lot). They used many popular actors from Asia. I thought Jet Li said he is no longer going to do any action movie? Maybe I am wrong. Anyhow, the whole 3 headed flying western dragon thingy really doesn't fly for me and the whole beast thing doesn't do it either. So boring. Didn't even tell me why he went back into the palace when they are fighting and try to raise all those 5 elements? Or maybe I missed that part? A little bit more humor and suspension could be added into the fight too when the bone army is fighting with the mud army. The Emperor should be portrayed to become someone who is more evil, who is trying to kill all the main actors instead of attacking them only when they attack him. The Yahtzee was cool though. I want a pet like this!! Sigh...I missed snow. >_<

Oh well, when a movie makes me check my watch in the middle of the show...hehe...is not a good movie, or at least, not good enough for me.

So hot...100 F!!! Stupid TX weather!!! Make me so sleepyyyy...But also give me the excuse to drink my beer. Hehehe...Nap nap nap!! ZZZzzzz.......

Eternal Flame

Finally, I found out the name of the song! Still can't find it yet, but, youtube would do it for now.
I have heard someone sang this song once when I was young and the chorus stuck in my head since. For no reason at all, the song came up in my mind again. I really like the opening and the chorus..so nice..

1 mystery solve.

Good night.

BITCHOLOGY

Got this forwarded email from a coworker and it sounded so true!!

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When I stand up for myself and my beliefs, they call me a bitch.
When I stand up for those I love, they call me a bitch.
When I speak my mind, think my own thoughts or do things my own way, they call me a bitch.
Being a bitch means I won't compromise what's in my heart. It means I live my life MY way. It means I won't allow anyone to step on me.
When I refuse to tolerate injustice and speak against it, I am defined as a bitch.
The same thing happens when I take time for myself instead of being everyone's maid, or when I act a little selfish.

It means I have the courage and strength to allow myself to be who I truly am and won't become anyone else's idea of what they think I "should" be.
I am outspoken, opinionated and determined. I want what I want and there is nothing wrong with that!
So try to stomp on me, try to douse my inner flame, try to squash every ounce of beauty I hold within me. You won't succeed.
And if that makes me a bitch , so be it. I embrace the title and am proud to bear it.

B - Babe

I - In

T - Total

C - Control of

H - Herself

B = Beautiful

I = Intelligent

T = Talented

C = Charming

H = Hell of a Woman

B = Beautiful

I = Individual

T = That

C = Can

H = Handle anything

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Cheers!

He's Just Not That Into You

He's Just Not That Into You --

by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo.

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Finally, after a few months of procastinating and dragging, I finished this book. It is a highly recommended book by most people who read it including my friends. I promised myself I would write a review after finishing this book, and here it is!

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He's Just Not That Into You If:

1. He's Not Asking You Out
2. He's Not Calling You
3. He's Not Dating You
4. ------
5. ------
6. He Only Wants to See You When He's Drunk
7. He Doesn't Want to Marry You
8. He's Breaking Up With You
9. He's Disappeared on You
10. He's Married (Or Emotionally Unavailable)
11. He's a Selfish Jerk, a Bully, or a Really Big Freak

This is a summary I took from the Table of Contents. There are more examples and explanations after each chapter on how these rules applied. It is good to learn that there are many excuses that we accepted from guys, are sometimes just plainly unacceptable. I can relate to this book pretty well by experiences especially experiences from the discussion with my girl friends.

Dating game in this country is much harder than back home, or maybe, as we get older, it gets harder. Everyone is afraid of getting hurt. While we were young, when we go to lake or beach, we just jumped right in and have fun. As we get older, we will test to see if the water is cold, check if the water is clean, and see if there is any dangerous creature or something harmful in there before we even decide whether we want to jump in or stay out. It is sad but that's how we learned to protect ourselve and at the same time, shutting others out. Maybe most of my friends are more of an Analytical person than an Emotional person. Emotional people will tend to give it all out and live with no regrets. Analytical people, they would probably try to figure out all the goods and bads and calculating the costs and risks before they jump right in. Is it lucky to be an Analytical people? Or is it better to be an Emotional one? I think I'd rather be an Analytical people when it come to work, but be an Emotional one when it comes to love. Live life with no regrets, eh?

Overall, this is a very great book. I would highly recommend it too all my girl friends, single or not, or guys, who would like to learn what is the right way to treat girls.

After reading this book, when I heard stories from my friends and realized that those guys are just not that into them, I am still kinda hesitated to tell them. Writing this after-thoughts might help some people out there who are wondering about this book. It is actually a very helpful manual.

Time to ditch the one who is just not that into you and give a chance to find the love you deserved. All people --- Men, Woman, Gay, Straight, or otherwise -- are entitled to awesome relationships while they are enjoying their stay here on Earth. ---- Greg

〈十面埋伏〉 & 〈２０４６〉

〈十面埋伏〉
很無理頭，非常非常地沒道理！剛看了〈十面埋伏〉，感覺好無聊。整個劇情不太有道理的，武打也過於夸張、不實際，男女演員的演技也沒有什麼發揮的餘地，有的時候，卻不出色，怪不得每個人都不推荐這部戲啦！
從劉德華說起吧，我從來都不喜歡他，看了這部戲之後，對他更是反感。好噁心吶！特別是他和章子怡那一幕情愛鏡頭或那一段情，好像一個死不認老的老阿伯想吃嫩肉一樣，不知丑字怎麼寫！而且，故事也沒怎麼說到他們之間的感情發展，好像是劉德華一直一廂情願地以自己的愛來束縛別人一般。而且，當他有机會發揮自己的演技時，他卻表現得平平，毫不出色。
其他兩位演員是我蠻喜歡的，所以，不想批評太多。但，還是覺得章子怡最近拍戲真的是露太多了，問題是在，有些時候，是不太必要的，她還是露了。可最近的戲都是如此了，就如〈Underworld Revolution〉和〈Matrix Revolution〉一般，那些不必要那麼深入的情愛鏡頭，他們都拍得特別入骨。
武打場面也太過誇張了。戲里，章子怡和金城武的武功不是很高強，但，當他們完全不動站在那兒讓官兵拋竹攻擊時，卻可毫發無損地被所有竹子圍困著。而且，地上不知何時埋了好多尖銳的竹子，但，當所有官兵被擊倒在地時，那些竹子卻不見了！好不邏輯！！

〈２０４６〉
〈２０４６〉，好奇怪的一部戲，也好特別的一部戲。聽說這部戲很久了，終於都有機會看，怎麼會錯過呢？結果，看戲看至凌晨三點半！我雖然明白這部戲的劇情，但，它背後的意義，還是蠻耐人尋味的。嗯。。還是不太明白他的戲。不過，好久沒見到木村了，還是蠻歡喜的。。嘻嘻嘻。。。他的唇，還是那麼地性感。。。天哪！我這花痴快要暈眩了。。。
梁朝偉在戲里真的好會逗女孩子歡心呢！原來壞男人比較多女人愛！
“我雖然很怕聽見你的答復，但我還是要問。”如果每個人都能那麼勇敢，人生的遺憾可能會減少很多吧。
“愛情有時也是有時間的，認識得太早或太遲，結果是不一樣的。”
“只要你自己永遠不放棄，你永遠都會有這個机會。”

對你有感覺 - 光良 & 江美琪

My favorite new song with my favorite singers..It is too hard to sing though. Damn!! Why am I not gifted with nice voice like her??!! *sobs*..

The Family Stone

Cheryll recommended The Family Stone and CL and I watched it last night. It is a great movie. This movie is particularly interesting because the character of each family member were very different. They have a gay and deaf son, who is dating an African American guy, a laid back observant son, a spoiled youngest daughter and all those sort of different character. It describes how most family are. Not all of us are similar, not even if we are raised in the same family. We are different in one way or another no matter what. That's what makes us unique. If you are a SJP supporter, you probably will feel disappointed because her character was not lovely. I won't go too deep into the details but there are some things that I really need to get it off my chest after watching this movie.

**Movie Spoiler Alert**
The part that I don't like, and don't think is realistic at all, is the ending. Till now, I still don't think, and can't accept the fact that the brother, Everett, who planned to marry the older sister, Meredith, ended up dating the younger sister, Julie. And the older sister, Meredith, ended up dating the younger brother, Ben. It is unacceptable for one person to date his/her best fren's ex, not to mention their siblings! It is just not realistic at all! The worst part is, all these happened in 2 days! C'mon, be REAL!

Overall, I still like this movie especially the part where the big kids were chasing around the house and fighting with each other. It just reminded me of me and my siblings.

Just breathe..

This is one of my favorite songs by Anna Nalick. Breathe...just breathe. My defense will be schedule on the 10th of May, hopefully. Which also means that my thesis has to be out 2 weeks before that. Good luck to me. What I need now is breathe...after so many bad news.

Breathe (2AM)

2 AM and she calls me 'cause I'm still awake,
Can you help me unravel my latest mistake,
I don't love him, winter just wasn't my season
Yeah we walk through the doors, so accusing their eyes
Like they have any right at all to criticize,
Hypocrites, you're all here for the very same reason

'Cause you can't jump the track,we're like cars on a cable
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button girl,
So cradle your head in your hands
And breathe, just breathe,
Woah breathe, just breathe

May he turn 21 on the base at Fort Bliss
Just a day, he sat down to the flask in his fist,
Ain't been sober, since maybe October of last year.
Here in town you can tell he's been down for a while,
But my God it's so beautiful when the boy smiles,
Wanna hold him, maybe I'll just sing about it.

Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table.
No one can find the rewind button boys,
So cradle your head in your hands,
And breathe, just breathe,
Woah breathe, just breathe

There's a light at each end of this tunnel, you shout
'Cause you're just as far in as you'll ever be out
These mistakes you've made, you'll just make them again
If you only try turning around.

2 AM and I'm still awake, writing a song
If I get it all down on paper, its no longer
Inside of me, threatening the life it belongs to
And I feel like I'm naked in front of the crowd
Cause these words are my diary, screaming out loud
And I know that you'll use them, however you want to

Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button now
Sing it if you understand.
And breathe, just breathe
Woah breathe, just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe.