Heroes

I'm finally catching on Heroes after everyone's been buzzing about it for a year now. 'The Japanese guy who could stop time' - so they revel with that fascinated and infatuated look, which misleads me to anticipate a cool guy who should fulfill every category of charm. Indeed he IS charming, in a RICE BALL sort of way. The one who bends time and space is a squeaky spectacled shortie who has a child's innocence and a grave sense of righteousness.

Claire's 'instantaneous healing' ability is simply grotesque. Skull ripping murder is nerve jumping. It seems the wrong choice for late night entertainment but I simply can't withdraw from the show. Super hero story no matter how cliche it sounds still hasn't lost its magic. According to what wiki provides, they planned out the story all the way up to 5 seasons and it unfolds in a typical American comic style, building up the jigsaw puzzle slowly piece by piece.

The Indian professor and the mysterious murderer nicknamed 'Syler', both remind me of Ondaatje's 'Anil's Ghost'.

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Rumors are flying Google may launch gPhone. I hope it's true.

A particular scene in Forster's 'Maurice' has become ingrained in my mind. Rain pours with a monotony nothing can break. There's something about the rain, Penge and his lost battle with Clive. Defending his last trace of pride he kissed the starched cuff, agreeing to put the past behind. When Clive left, when the door was closed, he lay down his head on the window sill and let the rain sprinkle. In the movie it's such that Maurice opened the window in the middle of the night, leaned his entire body out and soaked himself wet through and through. The thunder and the thumping on the roof drowned out his yelling.

Repeated mentions of the rain, the rain, and the rain. It feels raw out of Forster's own memory. It's simply excruciating.

But I won't murder Clive. It's all very stupid.

色戒

李安新作《色戒》（9月28上映），改编自张爱玲同名小说，讲的是美人（汤唯）诱杀汉奸（梁朝伟），但那女人不幸动了真情，最后反而被汉奸追杀（Synopsis by Zhu）。这么说大概没人想看了。。。被印上NC-17的禁令，我觉得再暴露也不会达到《天边一朵云》那个水准吧。

海报颜色蛮漂亮的，贴两张上来。从右往左还是从左往右读也许是导演的心机。




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疯Tra

Tramy是个不达目的决不罢休的山羊座，有着狂妄燃烧着的牛劲和冲动。不知为什么我每次看到她皱着眉头攻破难关时都有“拱猪”的印象，不过就是这点让我觉得这个人很可爱。

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Mr.Bean

Google launched google sky in addition to google earth and now you can navigate millions of cosmo images. Star-gazing the southern hemisphere online while you're up north. I wonder if these images are updated in real time.

Mr. Bean is our 20th century Charlie Chaplin, no? Mind you this British actor was an Oxford engineer.

Interesting interview quote, sounds like Mr. Bean is Atkin's Mr. Hyde
"It started off as this persona I seemed to acquire when I was first called on to perform a comedy sketch without words. And as soon as I was denied a means of verbal expression, I became this naive, immature, selfish person," Atkinson says.

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There's one type of people who really bring me into rage. People who are Nazi-like and who insist upon their predisposed prejudice and refuse your right to even argue. F*^& you.

Really hate it when period comes. It's the time of month I long to opt out of female body but the only left option being a male, I don't fancy that either.

Darren Hayes was alleged with racial abuse and the case was still hanging for further investigation. I say the timing can't be worse. How could you go around promoting the new album with a tarnished reputation, regardless of its truthfulness. I do hope this drama won't bring him down. He's been through enough struggle for the past few years.

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Quote of day
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what things ought to be. - William Hazlitt

mahjong

I don't know how to play mahjong.

That's not the point.

Some random 'facts' I read these couple days, which you might find interesting.

Mahjong may give rise to 'epilepsy', studies say. I can't help wonder if other major gambles give rise to the same syndrome. Keeping your brain in a consistent state of tension is gonna be a real trauma no matter what games you're engaged in...

李碧华的《水袖》里有一章讲马，黑马、白马和汗血宝马。

“印象中秦代有所谓‘汗血宝马’，明知不可得，写上去好玩而已。据说这宝马飞驰，汗出如血，乃天子之马云云。一天下间就有那么煞风景之事，后来让我知道，原来有一种寄生虫，寄生在马的臀肩和背部，每两个小时现出小疱，流汗，小疱向外渗血。。。。。。真扫兴！”

我不太明白为什么会有人视汗血马为宝，既不好骑又不好看。我看一定是被那马的糟样恐吓住了。

Efficiency is doing things right while effectiveness is doing the right thing, i.e. prioritising. So you won't be blindly busy. The theory is that people are conditioned to receive instant gratifications but the real rewards only come after long hours or days of hard work. You simply won't have the patience to see it through.

I think a big part of my self-loathing comes from poor prioritizing skills because I'm very self-indulgent and hedonistic.
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