Start time: 1418hrs

I was told yesterday: "Your blog is detached from you." (I can't remember the exact words, but that's the gist of it)

I took that to mean that I don't write about what goes on in my life everyday. Thinking about it, that's both true and false.

I don't write about the little things that happen to me daily 'cos that's not what this is about lah. My blog is not a diary or a log of every damn thing, haha.

To me, it's an outlet for me to share little snippets of each day that I find interesting and worth remembering, and also worth taking the time and effort to type out.

I'm sure that anyone who reads my blog will get a pretty good idea of what I'm like, and what I like. Stuff like music, movies, food... I write about these topics all the time.

I'm glad my blog has a direction nowadays. No bitching about people, no whining, no !#$%s here and there. 'Cos that's really what I'm about. :)

End time: 1423hrs

0152hrs

Listening to: Semisonic - Closing Time


Someday I'll tell the story of how the above song helped me think up my first e-mail address, haha. But for now, let's get on with the review of today's film:



Robots (2005)

20th Century Fox proves with this action-packed animated feature that it is up there with Pixar and DreamWorks in this film genre. The protagonist (heheh this word is nice) is Rodney Copperbottom (voiced by Ewan McGregor, he of Moulin Rouge fame), a young inventor who moves to the big (Robot) city to fulfill his childhood dream of meeting Big Weld, "the greatest robot in the world" according to his daddy (Rodney's, not Big Weld's).



Rodney has a close relationship with his parents, and they give him their support in moving to the big city. Once there, he bumps into Fender (voiced by Robin Williams) and gang, a bunch of old rusting robots who are finding it hard to find spare parts to repair themselves because...



... Big Weld has gone into seclusion, and his corporation has been taken over by the evil Ratchet (Greg Kinnear), whose focus is to get rid of all the old robots who "can't afford to upgrade" (sounds like HDB, hoho :X).



The rest of the movie is filled with very fast-paced action, witty dialogue and great visuals. My favourite robot joke: check out the signs on the washroom doors, hahahaha. Hilarious. xD (To fully understand, please go catch the film.)



There's a passing resemblance between the voice actors and the animated heroes, don't you think? Robin Williams is really funny as the weirdass Fender, and Ewan McGregor takes a break from the serious stuff (Star Wars Episode III, akan datang) to voice the all-around good guy Rodney.

Other voice actors like Halle Berry, Amanda Bynes and Drew Carrey round off the cast. Overall, I really enjoyed the film and there were many, many times when I laughed out loud and scared the five-year-olds sitting in front of us, haha. Sharon really enjoyed it too; she was laughing really loudly at the funny parts and going "oh nooo!!!" during the "scary" ones, heheh. :X

Lester's rating: 4/5 stars!

1630hrs

Listening to:



Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway (2004)


I'm very much taken by this American Idol winner's voice and her music. Despite having a debut album that didn't produce anything memorable (anyone remembers "Miss Independant"?), Kelly Clarkson has overcome the second-album jinx and delivered a much better punch the second time around. Last month, she opened the NBA All-Star Weekend 2005 activities in Denver, Colorado:



Kelly did a super rendition of "Since U Been Gone" (grammatically incorrect title but a damn catchy song!). For those of you who have heard this song, my favourite part is the bridge when she hits a really high note... and man she nailed it live that night! (y)! She may not be the hottest girl singer around based on looks, but the overall package works pretty well for me, haha. :$ (who says you can't be a star if you're fpp and have dsb? :P)

The rest of her album is extremely listenable, and I'm still deciding if "Breakaway" or "Since U Been Gone" is my favourite song from it, haha. If Avril Lavigne were a few years older, lost that kiddie attitude and ate a few more cheeseburgers, she would be like Kelly! Hahaha. :) Definitely the most popular of all the AI winners so far... where's Fantasia and Clay Ruben now anyway?

Up next: the Robots review!

1051hrs

It seems like the recruitment drive has, well, gone into overdrive. On today's radio show were two recent graduates, telling all the impressionable 19-year-olds out there listening to P10 how great their alma mater was.

That's all well and good I guess; what irked me was how those two (a guy and a girl) spoke.

Guy: "The States are [sic] doing that too."
"Soft-skills (what the heck is this anyway?) was [sic] taught to us."

I'm not sure how to emote what the girl said, but she had a really weird hybridised American/British/Australian/Singaporean accent (go figure). And all those "assss-em-yewwws" just made me change the channel. Luckily, Switchfoot was on Power 98, heheh.

Continuing the recruitment drive....tomorrow on The Morning Show (no stupid baby Ts on my blog, hoho): SMU's canteen uncles and aunties come in to speak about how business-minded the students are when buying their mee pok and chicken rice!

2013hrs

Listening to: Norah Jones - Don't Know Why


A door was slammed in my face today.

As with most doors, it hurts when that happens.

Letting go and walking away is always the hardest thing to do, isn't it. But I've given it all I have to give... and that's that I guess. This, is really the last time.

Good luck and all the best. Hope you'll have as much fun as I did; hope it'll change your life, as it did to mine.

0000hrs

Listening to: Jay Chou - Shi Jie Mo Ri


Everyone's creating quizzes about themselves... I did it so long ago, in 2002! Sheesh. Anyways, here's an updated quiz on me. Personally, anyone who can get more than 8 correct is either a) my sister, or b) cheating! Hahaha.

Have fun. :) I'll announce the highest scorer at the end of the week!

2117hrs

Listening to: Rob Thomas - Lonely No More


I've been meaning to put my $20 HMV voucher to good use, but haven't gotten around to it yet. Anyway, why would I wanna buy stuff from HMV! After thinking a while, I decided to buy CDs that are not readily available at other stores.

But even then it's not easy. Both HMV outlets in Singapore do not have this:



The Goo Goo Dolls - Live In Buffalo (2004)

I'm a sucker for live albums. Come August, if any of you dear readers out there decide to find it in your good hearts to get me a birthday present (hah!), a good live album would be a great choice, hoho.

If this one doesn't work out, then I may consider this one, something I've been eyeing for over a year:



John Mayer - Any Given Thursday (2003)

But last I checked, it costs $50+ at HMV, what the heck. Hmmm.


Anyways in other news, there's this song I'm hearing now that's kinda nice. Anyone knows Rob Thomas? The guy who did the Grammy-winning "Smooth" with Santana? The lead singer of Matchbox 20 Twenty? Well apparently he's got a new album out... the first single "Lonely No More" sounds kinda Latin a la Marc Anthony! A little cheesy but still, very catchy.

Finally, if you suakus still dunno who Rob Thomas is, here's how he looked last time:



BUT apparently Rob has gone for some sort of an extreme makeover, and he now looks like this:



WHOA! Is it really him?! Someone get on the phone and ask who's his stylist! Haha. :)