I'm sorry to say that I've gotten hooked by the channel 8 drama, 'The Little Nonya'!
Its not as if the acting's stellar or fantastic and the plot's rather tragic and crappy at times. But because the plot is SO DAMN tragic, I'm sorta addicted because I have this urge to find out just how tragic people's lives can be! Very morbid. But that's human nature. The extent of the bullying and mental torture in the drama is of epic proportions man.
Just an observation though. I realized that many of my favourite characters always end up with very very tragic endings. They either get raped and turn mad or they are victims of unrequited love and end up getting murdered. That said, I also noticed that I almost NEVER like the main characters. No idea why though.
Poor Yuzhu! Seeing her terrible fate unfold has got to be one of the most excruciating experience on television ever. And poor Chen Sheng as well. =(
Can't wait for the serial to end though. Release me from all the emotional cliff hangers!
Oh my god, these three videos are amazing! Tina Fey is damn funny and I love her impersonation of Sarah Palin! SPOT ON! I have no idea how Palin ever manage to clinch the Republican vice-presidential candidacy, I mean, here we have a woman who totally doesn't know anything about politics. Her interviews make her sound so so stupid, and I dunno, is she even a REAL human? For all you know, she could be some stretford wife with really cool glasses or a cyborg built by the desperate Republicans as a last ditch candidate. Heck, she could even be George W.Bush in drag!
ANYWAY. Tina Fey rocks my socks! I really should be studying for my end of surgery posting test on Thursday, but here I am laughing my butt off. Ah well, what can you do about such things eh?
I was watching the latest episode of "康熙来了" on the youtube when I chanced upon a whole barrage of comments that really irked me. Basically, fans of 陈汉典 (who is the assistant host on the show) were writing tons of disparaging comments regarding the way the two hosts (蔡康永 & 小s) were treating him. They seem to think that the two hosts were ill treating him and that they didn't like him and were thus doing it on purpose. Eventually, they started to criticize the two hosts instead, saying awful things about them that were mostly untrue. (Some of the more 'spirited' commentators even suggested that 陈汉典 was the only funny aspect of the show and that the show would suck without him!) Most of the flack seemed to be aimed at 小s, which got me really really pissed because many of you would know that I absolutely adore her. She is one the funniest and unique hosts out there and her no-host-barred, in-your-face brand of humour is the reason why so many people enjoy watching the show in the first place.
I personally enjoy watching "康熙来了" because of the unique chemistry between 蔡康永 & 小s. I think that the only reason why the show works is because of this unique chemistry: their incessant bickering among themselves, their witty remarks targeted at not only their guests but also each other, their tag team approach of asking the most awkward questions. The show started out with just the two of them and they succeeded in making a name for themselves through this amazing chemistry. Indeed, many of the best episodes are made even before 陈汉典 was even added to the whole equation. To even suggest that 陈汉典 is the reason why people should watch the show is just blatant rubbish, because honestly, the show made its name without him and it'll do just fine without him as well. I honestly think that the show would collapse if either of the two hosts, 蔡康永 & 小s, were excluded, a fact that was proven when 小s went on maternity leave, not once, but twice over the course of the show's 4 year run so far. The episodes without her are some of the most dull ever.
I am not a fan of 陈汉典, but I don't dislike him either. I appreciate him for bringing some amount of humour to the show, but I don't think he is such a great addition to the show either. The show's watchability DOES NOT lie on his shoulders. His job is to be cannon fodder for the two hosts, a target for their acerbic wit and jibes. It is his job to be poked at, to be made fun at, to even be the target of their insults. I hate it when people just get all passionate about this and start jumping up to his defense and keep saying that he isn't respected and he isn't well taken care of in the show and that the two hosts are jealous of him and are thus mistreating him by making fun of him and insulting him all the time. If anything, what 蔡康永 & 小s are doing to him is far from mistreating him, in fact, they are literally helping him, giving him multiple chances to perform.
EVERY SINGLE JIBE AT HIM IS A CHANCE FOR HIM TO PERFORM. And its not as if the two hosts really hate him or something. I think 蔡康永 & 小s really like him, and the only reason why they are willing to let him wander around the show and do stupid things on it is that they actually see some talent in him and are willing to take him under their wing and allow him to develop some of those talents. Besides, all the insults and jibes are just part of the show, or as the Taiwanese would call it, 电视效果. They are just there to make the show more entertaining, to give each episode more humour and selling points. So seriously, its not real. Its just SHOWBIZ, and there's absolutely no need to read too much into it.
And seriously, 陈汉典 is funny, but he is not that funny. Some of his jokes are quite stale and most of the times, he just repeats his gags over and over again. His imitations are funny yes, but sometimes, he justs overdoes it and then it gets irritating and annoying. I get really irritated when people go on about him like he is some king of TV or some amazing talent and that he should be venerated or something, and that he can seemingly do no wrong. It somehow feels like 陈汉典 is always perfect and if they don't like something about the episode, it has to be 蔡康永's or 小s's fault.
I love "康熙来了". I especially love the two hosts. But I hate the way people seem to forget all the wonderful work they have both put in over the past 4 years to make the show a runaway success, and then stand on some new upstart's side to criticize them. If you don't like them, then stop complaining and don't watch the show, because let's face it, the show is called "康熙来了", and not "汉典来了". It's their show and it's they who put the humour and spirit into it.
Every weekend, I watch repeats of the classic Channel 8 drama, "东游记" also known as the "Legend of the 8 Immortals". Its one of my favourite Channel 8 dramas ever, and one of the last before I entered secondary school and stopped watching Channel 8 dramas altogether.
What I loved about the show then was its charismatic cast, that while not Hollywood perfect, had perfect chemistry and really portrayed their characters well. And of course the story between the characters, especially the whole friendship and camaraderie theme among the 8 Immortals, in particular that between the three 2nd generation immortals (who later became the most powerful of the lot): Lu Dong Bin, Han Xiang Zi & He Xian Gu. Now that I'm rewatching the series, I find that I love the show for exactly the same reasons, though I must say the animation, based on today's standards, is really tacky.
My favourite characters are Han Xiang Zi, He Xian Gu and Zhang Guo Lao. Han Xiang Zi because he is the perfect gentleman and I wanted to be like him, He Xian Gu because of her strong sense of righteousness and loyalty to friends and Zhang Guo Lao because he is so funny! How I wish I were an Immortal and I could be flying in the clouds and saving people!
Oh and it had an amazing theme song too! Absolutely loved it!
I've been watching season 2 of "The Amazing Race - Asia" on and off now. I love "The Amazing Race", its such a fabulous concept, and it really tests team's ability to work together - how they communicate, how they pluck up the guts to do crazy stunts, how they encourage each other, how they push their bodies to their physical limits and beyond. Plus you get to see different places and do things that you'll never ever do. Makes me wonder what it'll be like to go on the race too.
I've many fantasies and daydreams, and one of them is to go on the race, and I've always wondered who I'll pick to go on the race with me. Will it be a friend or a family member? If its a family member, it'll definitely be my brother, so he'll be in charge of most of the physical stuff and I'll be in charge of more on the general knowledge and information part. But I highly doubt he'll want to go on the race with me. Haha. If its a friend, I have a problem regarding who to pick. All my friends that I consider close enough to go on the race with me seem to have quirks that make them unsuitable for the race. And maybe that's the point exactly - that I know them too well to know that our team dynamics would end up quite screwed. Haha. But the thing is, I know myself too well and I know that I'm not easy to work with in stressful situations - I can be very enthusiastic about stuff when I'm in a good mood, but can become very unco-operative when I'm in a bad mood.
Come to think of it, I would probably be quite a bad team-mate. I don't really have any good qualities that would help in the race, apart from my extensive knowledge about world cultures and world geography, which could be useful in certain circumstances, a tad bit articulate, and alert for strange stuff, and at my very best, can come up with multiple ideas that may or may not work. Oh the fact that I have guts to eat strange stuff - like live octopi and squids, worms and what not. And I can drive, both manual and auto! But other than that, I don't really have any other good qualities to help in the race - I'm not physically fit, I don't have a photographic memory, I am not that street smart, and I'm not ambitious and driven to win. Maybe the best quality about me is that I'm very easy going, so if my teammate is the ambitious and outspoken kind, he can push me along as well and I won't lose my temper or what not. I'll just go along as best as I can. Makes me sound more like a burden than an asset really.
Alternatively, it'll be cool to be the host of the amazing race. You don't have to do all the crazy stuff, and yet, you can just go along for the ride. My kind of holiday. Perfect.
Presenting to you, my other favourite from "超级星光大道", the eventual champion, Yoga 林宥嘉!
Okay, youtube video overload. But I really like his voice! It has a mesmerizing quality that kinda sucks you into the song. Its not loud and powerful; or unique and floaty, but it has its own flair. A kind of accessible flair to it. Not overly dramatic, easy on the ears, lovely to listen - a very friendly voice. Friendly. Yes, that's the word! Friendly and accessible. Plus he is kinda dorky. Which totally adds to his accessible image. And seeing as to how I'm kinda dorky myself, its always wonderful to see a fellow dork doing so well and up-ing the reputation of dorks everywhere! So way to go Yoga! YOU ROCK!
Recently, I've been following the Taiwanese pop phenomenon that is "超级星光大道". Its not a new show: the first season, which I'm currently all gaga over right now, ended in July or something, thus it has been creating much buzz since the beginning of the year. But I've only recently started becoming obsessed over it, mainly due to the fact that channel 56 is currently airing it every Thursday night, and also because Kailiang never shuts up about it. Haha. Add in the fact that four of the competitors came to town over this weekend, and you have additional hype, with which to take my obsession to even greater heights.
To those who are unfamiliar with the show, its basically a national song singing competition, somewhat similar to local versions of such shows like 'Singapore Idol' and 'Project Superstar'. However, "超级星光大道" has some major differences compared to our local versions, for example: the results of the Taiwan version are all based on professional judges' opinions i.e absolutely NO sms voting or that kind of popularity voting nonsense. Also, the quality of the contestants are a hundred percent (maybe even two hundred percent!) better than our local contestants. And these two factors add up to ensure that the quality of the singing on the Taiwanese show is superb, and makes for perfect entertainment.
Today's clips feature one of my two most favourite contestants - 潘裕文, or Peter Pan (I kid you not, that's really his name!) Oh and he is a Gemini too! (that explains why he has that depressing emo quality!) He finished overall third in the competition, but to be honest, I think he could have been second. 潘裕文's voice has a very distinct quality that makes you feel like you are floating, and at the same time, makes you feel sad. A cross between feeling happy, and utterly depressed. Its superb! And the songs he sings are very suitable for that special voice of his. Its just pure magic! Watch and see/hear for yourselves!
A duet with one of the judges, 袁惟仁. The song that they are singing is a piece composed by that particular judge himself and its called '旋木' which was also sung by the legendary diva of Chinese-popdom, Faye Wong. It happens to be one of my favourite songs of ALL time.
Another duet with another legend in Chinese Popdom - 林志炫. 林志炫 is another God of Song that is famous for his amazing ability to hit the high notes. I think he helped 潘裕文 alot in this experience, and it really unlocked his potential. AMAZING PERFORMANCE of another amazing song, '离人'.
OH MY GOD!!!!! 这么会有人会唱歌唱得那么好听???????
I'll be back to introduce other amazing talents from the show in future entries!
Its that time of the week people.... where I post Grey's Anatomy spoilers on my blog. But this time, I'm really torn between listing down the spoilers and not listing down the spoilers... cause I really don't want to spoil it for you all. But I have so many things to say and I really need to blog about it. Cause this time, its the big one. Its the finale. The last episode of the third season. *Sob!* So I'm saying to all of you out there who watch Grey's and don't want to be spoilt, don't proceed any further than this.
Grey's Anatomy, Season 3 Episode 25 - Didn't We Almost Have It All. Didn't we almost have it all, indeed.
I think we tend to get so caught up in the moments of our lives and then we realize that everything that we have or may have, may not be exactly what we want or wish for. And then we give it up. Or we lose it. And then we realize that seriously, we shouldn't have given it up or let ourselves lose it. So in the end, we ask ourselves the rhetorical question, "Didn't we almost have it all?"
After one hell of a season, we have finally come to the end of the 3rd season of Grey's Anatomy. Its been a rough rough ride. We have characters dealing with issues that are significantly darker than those faced in season 2, we have relatives dying, people getting married, people almost drowning, people committing adultery and now, we have come full circle. The shocks have come, the sad sad conclusions have come. To quote Meredith, "Its all over. So over." So so over indeed.
If you haven't noticed, I'm trying to postpone the writing of the spoilers, entirely for your sake. See. I have given those of you out there who are still wavering enough time for you to turn back (if you want to that is). Although I must admit, all the tantalizing bits and pieces that I have left along the way would probably do nothing in helping to reduce the level of enticement faced by you guys. But if you are still here, then be warned because after this paragraph, its gonna be all spoilers, spoilers and more spoilers along the way! So turn back now!
Seriously. SERIOUSLY. Seriously.
... ... (You were warned!)
Its the finale. And questions have been answered. Who is the Chief's candidate for Chief? Not Addison - no surprises there, cause she is, after all, going to LA. Not Burke, cause seriously, did you expect Richard to give it to him after he sorta betrayed his trust with the shaky hand? Not Sloan - which is sorta a bit of a non surprise, yet also a surprise to me. I always thought Sloan would have made an interesting Chief, and that the Chief had every reason to choose him, because, Richard wouldn't mind ruining Sloan's life. Haha. Also, it'll be an interesting place for Sloan's character to be, to advance as a character in season 4. So yes. Its Derrek, only the twist is that Derrick doesn't want it. He throws it back at Richard, telling him that Richard is STILL the best man for the job. Which leaves us wondering if Richard is gonna take this offer seriously, and whether he chooses to stay on, especially since its sorta hinted that he and Adele are gonna stay together now. So let the speculation begin.
Who is Chief Resident? Surprisingly, it isn't Bailey. Its Callie. Understandably, Bailey's sad. Disappointed, betrayed, all those kind of stuff. The poor girl thought she had the place firmly in her hands, especially after the chief sorta anointed her as the chosen one. But alas, it isn't her. She feels like she's lost it, when just a season ago, she seemed to have it all. And its a lesson for Bailey, and if we have seen any change in Bailey, its the way she's become less of the Nazi that she is. We see she's vulnerable, she has doubts, she has feelings. And it'll be interesting to see how she reacts to not being the top dog any more in the next season, especially when her interns are now gonna be residents.
Speaking of her interns... not all make it through the test. George fails. When faced with the option of retaking his internship year, or giving up his place at Seattle Grace, he seemingly choses the latter, in what appears to be a seemingly convenient move to end the whole Callie-George-Izzie triangle. But then he meets the new batch of interns, which happens to include the very infamous girl from the bar. And surprise surprise - she's Lexie Grey. Mer's very own half sister who's coming to SGH, and form the looks for it, has the same taste in men as her elder sister. (sorta expected that really. Hehe.) Something tells me that George is gonna repeat his internship year, and that way, we are gonna see more of little Lexie... who is quite hot by the way.
Alex and Ava. She leaves, but not before he gives Alex a choice. To give her a reason to stay in Seattle, to leave her bad marriage. In an unbelievably heartbreaking scene, she beseeches, even begs Alex to tell her the words she wants to her, to tell her to say it, to tell her to stay, to give her a reason to stay. But he doesn't say it. He can't commit. He tells her to stick to her decent, but boring husband. He lets her go. And how ironic it is that it is Addison who finally makes him come to his senses, that he loves Ava, and shouldn't give up the opportunity to be with her. So he runs back to find her. But its too late. She's gone. (Frankly, I was quite happy they didn't end up together because I really didn't want another Denny situation.)
Izzie and Callie. Two women fighting for the same man, oblivious to the fact that the same man they love, is right now, in his own state of crisis. Izzie declares her love for George, in what is a typical Izzie move. Which is in direct contradiction to what she did in her previous episode where she denies having feelings for him. She also asks George if he loves her, demands to know that George loves her - thankfully, we aren't treated with the answer. Meanwhile, Callie wants to have a baby, and George compiles to her request. And in what could be seen as Callie issuing a challenge to Izzie, she tells Izzie that she's been appointed as Chief Resident and that George and her are gonna try to have a baby. So she's issuing a challenge to Izzie, telling Izzie that she's both her boss at work, and that she and George are taking their relationship to the next level. So the love triangle, made even more complicated with George failing his exams, is still unsettled... and we can be sure we are gonna see more of it in the next season.
Meredith and Derrek. Cristina and Burke. Two couples in love. But somehow we get the feeling, these two couples are really actually just one problematic couple, just extensions of each other really. Meredith needs to see Cristina get married, because she needs to believe in Cristina being able to find her happy ending.(which she feels, is a direct reflection of her own ability to find happiness.) She needs to have something to believe in. She needs this wedding as much as Cristina herself needs it. Cristina is, meanwhile, having cold feet, but she handles herself well, and surprises everyone when she doesn't bail. (not when everybody expects her to.) She doesn't run away, and although she does freak out at one point because her vows have been scrubbed off, Meredith manages to convince her that she can do this. And she can do this! She's actually determined to do it. And just when she is about to start walking down the aisle, Burke does the unimaginable. He walks in and cancels the wedding. Telling her that she's free, that he's sorry for making her the person that she has becoming, so different from the Cristina he and everyone knows. All this despite having written such an amazing set of vows for Cristina, he suddenly realises that the woman he is marrying, is no longer the woman that he loves, that he has changed her, with all his pushing, into someone else. The utter sadness of it all. AND HE ACTUALLY LEAVES HER.
And Cristina is devastated. So utterly devastated. In one of Sandra Oh's most amazing scenes ever, she screams, 'He left. I'm Free. DAMN IT!' And the last scene where Meredith rushes to be with her best friend in her most desperate time of need, helping her remove the choker given to her by Mrs Burke, and cut off the wedding gown, and then just hugging her. Oh my god. So so sad, so so tragic. And it has a kind symmetry to that of the ending of the first episode of the season, where Meredith helps Izzie out of her prom dress. Sigh. Poor Cristina. I hate to see her so distraught. Makes me so sad.
And you can see that Meredith is severely affected by this, because she sees this as a parallel of what is going on in her own relationship with Derrick. She now feels that there is no possible happy ending for both Cristina and her, and she sorta effectively hints that she is ending her own relationship with Derrek as well, in which she sees there is absolutely no future with him, because she holds the view that the relationship will only end like Burktina's did - in disaster. And this had to happen immediately after the conversation she has with Derrek, where he asks if she was really committed to the relationship like he was, and if she saw no future in being with him, to cut him loose. So will it be the end of Mer and Der? I dunno. But the sudden appearance of Lexie Grey in SGH isn't going to make things any easier for them.
And so we are left with alot of questions and new possibilities for our favourite doctors in Seattle. I love them, and I feel so sad after the finale. Especially the last few scenes of Cristina just breaking down. SO so sad. 2 months before any new episodes of Grey's come to life, and for now, we can only speculate about the things to come. Lets hope the next season wouldn't be so tragic and sad. Let the interns, who are now residents, be the ones bullying people! Woohoo! =p
To cap it all off. A nice song from Grey's itself. "Breakable by Ingrid Michaelson"
I have mixed feelings about the latest 2 hour special episode of Grey's titled "The Other Side of This Life". I loved the fact that it was two hours, but I hate the fact that majority of the two hours, was devoted to the possible spin-off that was being planned. There were so little scenes of Seattle. Half the time, I kept wondering if my favourite doctors in Seattle Grace were actually still around at all. Instead they kept showing scenes of LA, of strange doctors we hardly even know about. And may I also add that the acting of the LA cast definitely isn't as amazing as the Seattle cast, but of course, that may be attributed to the long time collaboration of the original Seattle people and thus, they already have a certain level of fantastic chemistry with each other. The LA cast's acting, is kinda stiff. But who knows. Maybe if we give the LA people a bit more time they might develop some level of chemistry and then the acting might actually pick up. But of course, that's if the producers actually go ahead with the spin-off.
What I loved about the episode though was that despite being very focused on LA (and not on my favourite doctors in Seattle) it was very Addy-centric. DR.ADDISON FORBES MONTGOMERY is so classy, sexy and hot. I'm in love with her, her style, her wit, and oh god, her hair. I want to run my fingers through it... gosh. So so so so SO so SO soft, silky and hot. Plus she is so funny. And cool. I love the fact that the episode just had so many scenes of her, doing her thing, being the kind of gal that she is. Intelligent, focused, emotional, and sometimes ditzy. I'll feel so damn sad if she really leaves Seattle Grace. There'll be a gap there that just can't be filled.
I loved the whole idea of Cristina being forced into the whole wedding package thing, and how she actually wants to go through with it for Burke's sake. Which goes to show how much she has changed as a person (which is what Dr. Colin Marlow said in the previous episode or two)from someone who would never compromise her personality in a relationship, to someone who is now willing to do anything to make her other half happy. She has grown! She has changed for the better. She's becoming less robotic definitely. And it adds a certain factor of reality to it, because people do change when they are growing up. (pity the wedding gown scene wasn't as hilarious as the photos of them actually shooting it. haha.)
I love the fact that Alex is finally getting some back story and focus here. I listened to the official podcast on Grey's and they said that Alex is by far the least explored character in Grey's. And that's why people love him, because he adds that whole mysterious factor to the show. We do know a little about his childhood, growing up with an abusive dad, learning wrestling to protect his mom from his dad... we know he is an outward jerk-ass with an inner, softer side in him. But his story is obviously the least explored. And I'm glad that he is finally really becoming someone in the show. I love the fact that he is bonding so well with Meredith and Izzie now. I dunno, I just loved that scene. And from what Eva said, something must have happened to Alex that made him the person that he is today, someone who actively shuns anyone who has feelings for him, and he for her. (and the way Alex responded, just serves to show that he has lots of secrets yet undiscovered)
I hated the fact that Meredith's stepmom died. I mean, why are the producers so mean to Mer? She has like, how many people dying around her, and to make her dad slap her because she had to tell him the news? Thatcher is an idiot. But I actually felt that that scene was very well shot, very powerful, emotional scene, with solid acting. But still, Mer doesn't deserves so much pain. She is dark and twisty, yes but lighten up the horrors please?
And Izzie and George? Someone stab them with a ten-blade or use a surgical drill to puncture their stupid brains. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE! O'Malley, stop being such a indecisive jerk to Callie, and Stevens, stop being a vixen trying to steal a married man. SERIOUSLY. How can they actually think what they are doing is RIGHT? It is so horribly wrong. So so so immoral and despicable. And yet they are going about as if they have the right to do this. To keep doing this. THEY KISSED IN AN ELEVATOR. The elevator cord should have snapped and sent them plummeting to their doom. ARGH.
Oh speaking of elevators, I love the whole concept of the talking elevator god that Addison thinks she encounters. But I was kinda hoping that the whole talking elevator was really a figment of her imagination though. The idea that it was really a security guard speaking to her just isn't as fascinating as the whole 'I think I'm insane' thing.
Two more episodes before season 3 ends... I'm feeling kinda sad, but at the same time , I can hardly wait!
Oh shit! I thought S01E17 - The Company Man, was already the best episode of 'Heroes' ever. But S01E20 - String Theory, just blew everything that I had already established about the series away. What an episode!
I'm feeling quite depressed by it really. Haha! Everyone is either dead, evil, or ambiguously evil/good. It so so depressing. I was like 'what the f***!' when a certain person turned out to be another person. Hell of a twist. If the world is gonna be what it is going to be, I seriously see no point in living in it. SERIOUSLY.
Anyway, I hope Hiro does manage to go back and make everything right. I can't imagine all the people hooking up and dying. Its just so freaking weird. And depressing. ARGH.
My exams started with Anatomy today, which I felt was quite a smooth paper.
So its one down, two more to go. But it feels like the whole thing has ended already. I came home and just watched TV. Can you believe that I was stuck on Oprah for an hour? I know, I know, kinda pathetic but she was doing this fascinating story on Crystal Meth addicts who were just out of rehab and describing how difficult their road to recovery was. Some of the stories were very inspiring and thought-provoking, I just couldn't find the will power to stop watching it. Its pretty sobering to note that so many Americans out there, ranging from 17 year old teens to 30/40 year old soccer moms who are addicted to such a deadly drug. Quite tragic.
For the uninitiated, Crystal Meth is the latest drug that is being widely abused in America. Oprah describes it as an epidemic. And its causing a lot of trouble there because 1. its cheap, 2. you can actually make it at home, 3. its being abused by millions of Americans, whether they be old, young, or middle aged. They actually call it 'The Devil's Drug' and 'Poor Man's Cocaine'. Its quite scary actually, because the drug effectively compromises your brain function by literally burning holes into your brain. So you gradually start to lose all kinds of mental functions: you can't feel emotions, you can't judge right from wrong, you can't weigh the consequence of your actions, you can't think straight, you can't work, you can't sleep, you can't communicate. An overdose of it just causes you to become brain dead. I don't think it has arrived on S'pore shores yet (and I hope it never does) but if any of you out there is thinking of taking Crystal Meth (or any other drug for that matter) do think carefully about what you stand to lose. In other words: Don't do it. (I placed that warning above because I happen to feel that I know quite alot of potential drug abusers. Haha. You guys know who you are! Drugs aren't the way to go man.)
ANYWAY. I digress. I was saying (before I launched into that whole tirade above that looked remarkably like a GP essay) that I came home feeling as if the whole exams are over. Watched TV, surfed the net. And when I tried to start studying, I fell asleep for 2 hours and when I woke up, it was dinner time already. And now I'm typing this entry. Tsk tsk. Was telling Matthew when we were queuing up for Subway at lunch, that I really don't feel like studying anymore and he said 'DAMIAN! Come on! Just two more days! Just two more days and it'll be over!' He's right you know. Just two more days and I can give up mugging for like... another 3 to 4 months? But you know, its always harder now that its so near to the end.
We were also discussing about the fact that pros are actually here. Its so surreal don't you think? It almost felt like yesterday when we just started M1. And now, we are actually at the end of M1. Wow. Makes me wonder what I spent my previous academic year on. Anyway, its Biochem tomorrow. The most dry and tedious of the lot. I hate studying for Biochem. Its always the greatest pain in the *ss. Argh. And the paper isn't going to be a piece of cake. Can you imagine? 10 MEQs and 3 30 mark essays? In 3 hours? *shakes head*
Oh well. Enough already. I really should go do what little studying that I can manage. Just two more days. Just two more days. Just two more days...
I watched "Afterhours" which aired just 30 mins ago. On hindsight, I kinda regret watching it, because it has left me in an extremely unproductive mood right now. If I didn't watch it, I probably would have maintained to discipline to actually do some revision on DNA, and not erm, be here typing this.
"Afterhours" is funny. Okay... so its not "Friends" funny, or "Scrubs" funny, or even "Seinfield" funny... but nonetheless, its funny for a local production. Seriously. I think local sitcoms are so... hopeless. I mean PCK was horrible. I had no idea why it managed to last so many seasons. I think Channel 5 should have stopped making sitcoms so long ago and should start making dramedies instead - which incidentally, is the trend of American TV these days.
Its been ages since some local dramedy was actually made. I love local dramedies by the way. I used to watch stuff like 'Spin' and 'Chase' and 'Chemistry'. Though 'Spin' quickly devolved into some teeny soap opera, 'Chemistry' had a really bad storyline that just became rubbish, and 'Chase'... was actually quite good. Haha. And since 'Afterhours' is a continuation of 'Chase' I decided to catch it anyway.
What can I say? Typical storyline, typical characters, typical lines. But still watchable. The acting's okay. Not horrible, but not Oscar worthy as well. But if there's anything I wanna complain about the show, its the fact that the show lasts for too short a time. I mean... half an hour isn't even enough for adequate exploration of the issues that are brought up. The show does have potential to become much better, and I think, making half hour episodes only serves to bury that potential. Make the episodes an hour each! Do it, do it, do it! Otherwise... the show just seems too short.
ANYWAY. Watching 'Afterhours' reminded me of this Jamie Cullum song:
"So what game shall we play today? How about the one where you don't get your way? But even if you do, That's okay." - "Get Your Way", Jamie Cullum
Flirty lyrics! I heart flirty lyrics! Its been ages since I listened to my Jamie Cullum albums! But anyway, yes, 'Afterhours' reminded me of that song. Nothing like a smooth, jazzy number to put you in the mood for love eh? *smirk*
Am loathing the idea of logging off to read about DNA. Argh sigh. Shall listen to the itsy bitsy voice, belonging to my conscience, whispering in my head, and go do some reading now.
I can't believe that I spent the last... hour and a half blog surfing. Just scrolling through various people's archives... not because I wanted to read about their lives (which, I am sure would be very interesting, but now's not the time, especially when I have my books and notes on the table right in front of me, staring at me as if they were breathing down my necks...) but looking for those good old blog quizzes/lists/thingies.
You know... those blasted lists of questions? Which people circulate via e-mail and stuff, and then start tagging each other to do? Those blasted lists of tons and tons of never-ending, often infuriating, meaningless questions? That once started, is gonna waste like at least an hour of your time, answering and answering questions... while you struggle to come up with interesting answers when your mind is already quite dead.
Yeah. I was looking for those kind of stuff. I must be crazy, because, I know that once I start doing one of those lists, I'm gonna take forever and then, my books will really kill me. But I dunno, it just hit me that I've not touched a blog list, or quiz for that matter, for quite sometime now. There used to be a time when my blog was filled with such things. Nowadays, you hardly find them on people's blogs, its like they went extinct or something.
Needless to say, I failed quite miserably in finding a quiz/list to do. So yes, in conclusion, I wasted an hour or so, trying to find something for me to waste time doing. Not bad, not bad.
I don't feel like doing any studying today because of the intense amount of work I did yesterday. I covered the whole of upper limb in one freaking day, and I'm quite traumatized by that. Accomplished, yes, but traumatized as well. And today, I'm supposed to finish Blood and start a little on DNA. But I just feel like resting, and that's the problem about such schedules. You created them, and you just have to stick to them. Or else... well. It'll be like, pointless that you created one in the first place.
Oh oh! I was watching ER yesterday when one of the attendings at the hospital, Dr Mark Greene asked a bunch of medical students, while handling a patient who had a fractured wrist, about the anatomical snuff box. He asked 'anyone can tell me what bones make up the floor of the anatomical snuff box?' and the students didn't know the answer! And guess what? I DID! So I became damn high and started shouting the answer. But then the funny thing happened, Dr Greene said 'don't know the answer? its the navicular bone.' To which I went, "NOOOOOOO!" BECAUSE EVERY FREAKING M1 student who has lived through the past 8 months of medical school would know that the answer to his question is THE SCAPHOID and TRAPEZIUM bones! NOT THE NAVICULAR! Because you know why? BECAUSE THE NAVICULAR BONE IS FOUND IN THE FOOT! NOT IN THE WRIST! WOO-HOO! I KNEW MY ANATOMY! AND THE HEAD OF THE ER IN COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL DIDN'T! WOO-HOO! (which left me feeling very pleased about myself, but then he went on to treat some other patients in a state of cardiac arrest and then said some load of jibberish, so much so I immediately felt quite stupid again.)
But anyway, its just a little anecdote ( I think it would qualify as one...no?) for all my medical school friends out there. There's actually some point in all this mugging. Some level of it has managed to sink in and stay in our brains. We are getting better and smarter at this. The day will come where we'll be the ones scaring future med students with all the strange talk about 'saline' and 'dopamine' and 'CT scans, blood gas, portable X-rays STAT'.
Sigh.
I still have the urge to do some quizzes and blog lists. Anyone with stuff like that, please recommend me. Will probably do it tomorrow or tonight, as long as I at least manage to finish my revision on Blood.
Oh and I've gotten back to my old habit of watching tons and tons of MTV in the morning. I remember my study break days in secondary school and JC, was all about watching the MTV channel in the morning. Haha. Brainless entertainment. All the music videos, some of them so bad and just can't watch it. Hahahahah. All the expletives and violence, all the (sometimes) bad singing and rapping. All the senseless punk rock bands (there are JUST so many of them these days. I can't stand them! Whatever happened to all the soft rock/emo rock/non-punk rock bands?) Bet you guys didn't know one of my former fantasies was to be an MTV VJ? But I bet I'm too short to even qualify for auditions. Muahahahahhaha.
I better leave now. That's already quite a lot of time wasted.
Warning: Spoilerific Entry Ahead! Henceforth, Episode 18 of the third season of Grey's Anatomy will be dubbed as 'the incestuous episode'. Haha.
Oh my god. I'm so grossed out by the whole idea of George and Izzie naked, in bed together. So gross, so gross, so gross. Whether or not they had sex together, we don't know, and I'm pretty thankful that we aren't treated to scenes of them all hot and heavy. I think the whole Mer-had-sex-with-George-and-then-started-crying nightmare was enough. And now this? SO DAMN GROSS lah. I mean, George and Izzie are like brother and sister. How can two people as close as siblings end up sleeping together! SO DAMN GROSS RIGHT?
On a more light hearted note: the latest episode marks the first time that all 5 interns spent the night at Mer's huge house! A Grey's Anatomy milestone! =) Ahuh, guess what? George is no longer Mer's roommate! Mer gave his room to Alex! Which is so cool. Finally, a chance to give Alex a chance to have greater screen time and more character development. Anyway, by a stroke of luck, the five interns all spent the night at Mer's at the same time. Cristina had a big argument with Burke and decided to take refuge with Mer, Alex took up residence in George's room, and just across the corridor, Izzie and George may have had some pretty wild and rough 'best friends forever' action. OH GOD. SO GROSS.
I dunno why I got so high when I noticed that the 5 interns were all like, spending the night in the same house. Maybe its because it gives this sense of family - that finally, we see the whole family structure the 5 of them have coming to shape. Its such a poignant moment, got me thinking about "Friends" too. But anyway, I'm happy, wee-hee. Except for the whole Izzie waking up to find, in abject horror, George naked beside her thing. OH GOD. GROSS.
Callie is gonna be so mad when she finds out about this. Hoho.
Sorry for the rather bimbotic entry. Wanted to write something more intellectual, but today's a Grey's viewing day, and that took priority!
Weekend mornings are just about the most non-existent times in the world. Its just impossible to get anything done. For starters, you wake up late. Its like a natural reflex or something, the body JUST knows if its a weekend, and would then adjust its internal body clock to make you wake up at a much later time than when you would normally be up. Then there's the amazing platter of TV shows on air on a weekend morning. There's cartoons, there are repeats of taiwanese variety shows, there's a whole ER marathon for BOTH Saturday and Sunday mornings. Its no wonder I don't actually get any work done on weekend mornings. Haha.
Anyway... I did what I swore to do yesterday, which was to play two extremely long rounds of AOE3. Two free-for-alls, two battles of me building huge powerful armies and pounding the opponents into mush. I love it when my cannons fire and hit some opponents army or (even better!) villagers; then they give a mighty big shriek and get thrown into the air and fly over like ten feet, before crashing down and that's it - they're dead. Okay, I know the whole chunk up there sounded weird. But heh, that's how I unwind, either blog angry entires, listen to sad, melancholic music, or play video games where I get to, single-handedly slaughter whole civilisations with cannons and guns.
Watched ER this morning. Its up to season 3 already! Woo-hoo. Just another 9 more seasons to go before I manage to catch up with the latest season that's still airing on American TV right now. Haha. Anyway, my favourite character, the medical student John Carter just graduated in one of the episodes! So he's now John Carter, M.D.! And that was the title for the finale of season 2. It was kinda nice to see him finally being called as a Doctor. No more 'Mr.Carter', everyone calls him 'Dr. Carter' now. And his mentor gave him a labcoat with the words 'John Carter, M.D.' printed on it. His first lab-coat as a Doctor. Pretty neat huh. But of course, his first day as an intern was a disaster. Haha. He had tons of blood splurting at him, and had to handle both the ICU and the ER. Makes me shudder thinking about my future as a clueless houseman. Sigh.
Oh I love this song by 五月天. The tune isn't much, but I love the lyrics.
"世界纷纷扰扰喧喧闹闹 / 什麼是真实 为你跌跌撞撞傻傻笑笑 / 买一杯果汁 就算庸庸碌碌匆匆忙忙 / 活过一辈子 也要分分秒秒年年日日 / 全心守护你 最小的事（最重要的事)" - 最重要的小事 by 五月天 So erm, sweet right? Bittersweet maybe. But yeah, I think its very meaningful.
The MVs extremely draggy though, just skip the first and last min or so to get to the song proper.
Sigh. I think I shall stop and go do some studying now.
"At the end of a day like this, when so many prayers are answered and so many aren’t, we take our miracles where we find them. We reach across the gap and sometimes, against all odds, against all logic, we touch." - Meredith Grey
Oh my. I just caught the latest episode of Grey's season 3 and I feel like a total wreck now. Not that it was as devastating as the promos claimed to be, because trust me, it turned out the way any Grey's fan would hope for, but because Grey's have a way of just making you feel like a total wreck. Which is just amazing. It just touches you, makes you think. Which is the whole point of watching it in the first place. Amazing TV.
Peishan keeps concluding that Grey's is a very sad show. Which is so so true. I can't help but think that there wasn't a single episode where all the characters were ever happy. Yes, there are always down right hilarious moments in the episodes, those kind of LOL moments in the show... but most of the time, the characters aren't happy. They are all so so flawed, that even if they are happy, they are happy at the expense of others. (ahaha) I mean just look at them. How can they be happy? But the thing is, even though its such a sad show, it makes it so addictive and realistic, because sometimes, our own sad sorry lives are reflected in it. Which is why so many people just keep going back for more and more of Grey's.
And the fascinating part of the episodes is the way so much emotion is always packed in the last 5 minutes of every single episode. I love the endings of Grey's episodes. Its like, the whole point of watching the episode, is in the last 5 minutes, where some amazing song starts playing, where Mer's voice over starts concluding, where different scenes of individual characters start showing; its like a collage that is finally being pieced together. And everytime it happens, I get this rush of emotions that makes it hard to function once it all ends. Always happens. Without fail. Guaranteed plus chop. (OMG. Coffee shop singlish!)
Anyway, here's another song from the ending of a Grey's Anatomy episode.I heart the Grey's Anatomy soundtrack. Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers are geniuses for 1.creating Grey's Anatomy and 2. for being able to, time and time again, choose the right songs to use as the ending pieces, songs that match the scenes that are being screen to a tee. I have the second soundtrack, but not the first. Tried to buy the first, but they have for only from import, and its freaking ex! like over 50 dollars or something! =/ Anyway, the song being featured today... Its called Swan by Unkle Bob, an Indie Band based in Glasgow (which, for some of my Geography-challenged friends, is in Scotland). A very short song, but I dunno packed with emotion.You should watch it in the context of the episode, just note that this song is being played in an amazing, and oh so heart-wrenching sequence where Izzie and Denny encounter each other again. YES, you read me right. Grey's fans who have watched up to season 2, Izzie and Denny encountered each other again, can't tell you how, and can't tell you why, but its just amazing.
I realised my taste in english music these days is very melancholic. I dunno, I have little patience for over the top singing these days. You know, those screaming lungs kind of thing, that Mariah, Whitney, and the likes love to do. But the english music I listen to these days, are all those quiet, loungey-jazz, folksy, emo type soft rock and stuff. Which tends to become very depressing sometimes. I can't stand big band, old style screaming anymore. (which is why I'm not watching Dreamgirls and American Idol.) Is it me, or have I become seriously old? =/
你怎么可以这样 笑容打败太阳 甚至比我 还要更好看 我虽然无力抵挡 但是日子还长 总有一天换你为我疯狂" - 怎么办, SHE
Hoho, I think this song is damn cute. And "花样少年少女" is damn funny. Why can't chinese high be like 樱开男校, with a compulsory hostel system and all, and of course a girl hidden among our midst to makefun/bully/fallinlove/irritate and stuff? Anyway, I always feel that the drama happens in schools with compulsory hostel systems. Cause the students become lonely and have no one to depend on and thus, start forming stronger friendships (or from another angle, weird, sorbid relationships. HAHA)
The week's been pretty rough, and just when I thought I would have the whole weekend for mindless tv entertainment, every online-video scavenger's worst nightmare has come true. Argh.
The "Heroes" links aren't working anymore! Or rather, they aren't public anymore! Which means I couldn't continue my marathorn today! Not without requesting to be a friend of the person who posted the video anyway... (and of course, him accepting my request and sending me the episodes)... But the good news is, peekvid seems to be coming out of beta soon... and I'm hoping when it does come out of beta, I'll be able to watch "Heroes" on it as well. God damn it! It sucks when you are in the middle of something filled with suspense and mystery, and just when you thought that you can finally get some answers and stuff, you find out that you are now stuck at where you are and can't continue on with it. Oh the torture.
Just in case you were wondering though, I did request to be the owner's friend. Wrote a whole sob request, saying how it isn't shown in Asia and all, and how much I love it and need to watch it. Yes I know, sounds desperate and needy, but heh, I need my episodes of "Heroes". You can't expect me to just rely on the eps shown on cable, not when I've gone so far into the storyline, and when cable is showing eps so slowly. The anticipation and the need to get the answers to all those questions is just too much to bear. I hope he accepts my request. Or else I'm really screwed. I could seriously go all "Niki Sanders" and start ripping random people apart.
Oh yeah, another thing. I didn't go to Chinatown last night. Was supposed to go with my extended family as a sort of tradition thing, but I decided I didn't want to go in the end (No prizes for guessing what I chose to do with the time made available though) Not that I minded not going. I was never really a big fan of it, considering the fact that I hate crowds and stuffy places. All the claustrophobia and all. But of course, I got into a big fight with my mom over it, and boy, she did say some dirty things that made me extremely fired up. Threatened to not allow me to go on holiday to Europe and stuff. Which obviously served to do nothing but get me all riled up. Still am pretty mad at her. I hate it when she turns all COD on me. Like she expects to run my life for the rest of my life or something. Ah well. Just have to ignore her prissy fits and just move on. Don't really need her approval in every aspect of my life anyway.
Nothing else to add. Just waiting for my "Heroes" to be delivered.
Name: voldemort33
XY, 01/06/1987, s'porean typical geminian free-thinker moody & eccentric thinks far too much for his own good med student (be afraid. be very afraid!) demon45_6f@hotmail.com
crazy craves
music (jazz, rock and lounge) day-dreaming drawing & photography animals (sheep!) chocolate and tea! seafood, noodles and soup!
pet peeves
noisy crowds over-possessive, insecure, whiny people two-faced hypocrites housework and homework being called 'rich' rushing to do stuff crying, pesky kids
deepest darkest desires! (aka wishlist!)
to be a doctor (with a heart of gold!) a dog my own condo apartment a driving license and my own four wheel drive my own comic line someone to hug
