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Children Of Men

By on Saturday, July 7, 2007

Children Of Men is set in a gray dystopian London of the future. Mankind is on the verge of extinction because of no children being born for previous eighteen years. The world is in chaos as desperation and gloom set in. Theo (Clive Owen) was contacted by Julian (Julianne Moore) to help her with a mission. The initially reluctant Theo eventually was convinced. What happens next is a frantic run while being chased by those who would stop the mission. During the whole thing, Theo doesn’t go around dispatching his enemies left and right but he’s as heroic as any, more so even. Some claim this movie is the new Blade Runner. I’m not quite sure about that but it is nonetheless a good sci-fi/action movie.

Rating: 4/5

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Lunch@ADB

By on Friday, July 6, 2007

Had lunch at ADB today with Aby, Car, Julie, Kelay, and Lem. I ordered and ate a lot: fried rice, Peking duck, shrimp balls, a fruit plate, papaya shake, and even a bottle of water (crazy since the water from the water dispensers are sure to be really clean). And though I wouldn’t say the food was spectacular (but then again I’m not really a food person), it’s nevertheless pretty good. And that’s from a company cafeteria. In fact, it would be good to work at ADB if only for this reason. Hmmm.

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Dreaming of You

By on Monday, July 2, 2007

by Selena

Late at night when all the world is sleeping
I’d stay up and think of you
And I’d wish on a star
That somewhere you are thinking of me too

Cuz I’m dreaming of you tonight
Till tomorrow, I’ll be holding you tight
And there’s nowhere in the world I’d rather be
Than here in my room,
Dreaming about you and me

Wonder if you even see me
And I wonder if you know I’m there
If you looked in my eyes would you see what’s inside?
Would you even care?

I just wanna hold you close
But so far, all I have are dreams of you
So, I wait for the day and the courage to say
How much I love you (Yes, I do)

I’ll be dreaming of you tonight
Till tomorrow, I’ll be holding you tight
And there’s nowhere in the world I’d rather be
Than here in my room,
Dreaming about you and me

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Online Guitar Lessons

By on Saturday, June 30, 2007

Just thought I’d share this. I’ve been practicing my guitar for the past weekend or two now (and am I so rusty!). I’ve been following these online beginner guitar lessons by Dan Cross at About.com. It’s pretty good. It’s helping me unlearn bad habits and learning lots of new stuff.

Practice Scales:
Chromatic Scale
E Phrygian Scale
Blues Scale

Practice Songs:
Leaving On A Jet Plane (Lesson 1)
Brown Eyed Girl (Lesson 1 and 2)
House Of The Rising Sun (Lesson 3)
Last Kiss (Lesson 3)

Other Practice Songs:
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Crazy Love
Cryin’
I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing
Patience
Your Love

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Transformers

By on Friday, June 29, 2007

Transformers is the movie version of the Transformers animated TV series. Like the TV series, it is about the battle between two opposing groups of ‘bots: The goodie goodie Autobots and the evil Decepticons. I’ve never been a fan of the TV series. So I’m sure I wasn’t able to completely appreciate this movie version. Still, I liked it well enough especially since the ‘bots were much more intricate and complex than their TV series version and the action much more frenetic. Yes, it is first and foremost an action movie and it provided a lot of action kicks. You can’t help but be thrilled as the ‘bots transformed, ducked, spun, and pummeled, and shot at each other. This was especially true during the climactic battle in the middle of the city. Buildings and rampaging ‘bots: always a great combination. And human military forces weren’t so bad either. Aside from the action, there was a little bit of comedy, romance, and drama thrown in for good measure. Good movie. Now can somebody please make something like this for Robotech?

Rating: 4/5

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