LeT's PuT A SMiLe oN THat FacE!!

Go watch it. If you already did, go watch it again. I did. On consecutive days. Actually it was on the same day. Midnight show on Sunday, again on Sunday evening. It was that damn good, and it lived up to my expectations as well (I was worried I had my expectations too high and it would disappoint, but it didn't). I did manage to catch it in Queensbay on the day I posted my last post.

Words won't do the movie (or the Joker) justice. Just go watch it if you haven't. If you did and you didn't like it, I'd recommend you go to the doctors instead of the cinema the next time around.

Oh, and if you tell me you didn't find the Joker the least bit disturbing/scary, you're either lying or you don't have a pulse.

I'm such a fanboi. =/

Why So Serious?

Ever since The Dark Knight was announced last year, I've been eagerly anticipating the release of the movie. It's the first time (to the best of my knowledge) that I've so looked forward to watching a movie. The main reason why I'm so hyped up over it is none other than the gleefully maniacal villain of the movie, The Joker.

He's one of those few villains that are truly scary. Being evil is one thing, but being evil without any logic or purpose is truly terrifying. When facing a villain, we can take some comfort in that we can understand why he's doing what he's doing and try to predict his next move. The Joker though, is unpredictable in every way and seems to create chaos and disorder just for the sake of it all, and he does it with his own brand of twisted humour. He's someone that can really entertain in the movies, but not someone I'd like to meet in real life.

Heath Ledger's portrayal as the Joker really surprised me. I didn't really paid attention to him before, but his role as the Joker really made me sit up and notice just how good he is. It's just too bad that he's gone.

Anyways, if tickets are available, I'll be catching the Dark Knight tonight at Queensbay Mall. Yay! Such a bonus that I'll be catching the movie in a top class cinema, unlike dingy Star Cineplex back in Kuching.

To end my post, here's a couple of movie stills that'll cheer you up. Let's put a smile on that face!

Something Original Please?

Haven't been reading the papers for the past month or so and I've been totally uninformed on what's going on in our world. Only just found out that Badawi's stepping down in 2010, Najib will probably be succeeding him and that Anwar's been stirring up a hornet's nest resulting in him being arrested on sodomy charges. Again.

I don't really have much to comment on Badawi's stepping down, I've been really indifferent to his reign. I doubt Najib will be better than Badawi, if he's not worse.

Anwar's case is what I really want to talk about. I find it quite unbelievable that he's being arrested for sodomy charges AGAIN, timed so conveniently just as he's about to cause major problems to the government.

They did that before back in 1998, which was quite controversial and left many doubtful as to the truth of the whole incident. By doing it again this time around, they're really trying to stretch our suspension of disbelief.

Guys, could you come up with something more original please? Sodomy is like...so yesterday.

Too Much Time

Life in uni. Too much time in between classes. So what do we do without air-conditioning in our rooms? We take a ride on the buses that go around uni. Just going round and round on the same route, enjoying the free ride, the air-con and the strenuous activity of people watching. Haha..the things that we do.

Here We Go Again

Wheee...here we fuckin' go again. Thought things would start anew in Penang, but I've continued where I left off in Kuching. Same old, same old. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Different environment, different people, same old problem.

The more I see, the more I want..and the more I'm reminded of the fact that I can't get what I want. At least not now, if not never. Signs aren't looking good. Oh, what the fuck am I talking about? I think I should be saying no, no go (I think. Shit, I don't know). But hope has got me saying hey, ho, let's go. That's what's killing me. The uncertainty of it all. I guess that's what I was touching about in the previous post. Hope sometimes leads us astray. It makes us say go when we should be saying no. False hope.

We don't always get what we want. Life's like that, for good or for worse. Right now, it seems the latter for me. Or maybe I'm not being far-sighted enough. I'm like that sometimes (ok, maybe most of the time), live for the moment, questions come later.

Seems like the best piece of advice I can give myself right now is to hope for the best, but expect nothing. I've said that before, and I'll say it again. It's a saying that can be best applied to almost every situation in life.

Hope for the best, but expect the worst/nothing.

As mentioned before, it's from the lyrics of the song 'Forever Young'. Gem of a song.

The mind is giving sound advice. Problem is, the heart and the mind don't always see eye to eye. The mind is like the parent and the heart is the rebellious wild child. The mind exercises logic but the heart just seems to say 'Screw this shit, I'm doing what I feel like doing'. It's a battle of the heart versus mind. Impulse versus logic. And when the mind wins, it's when you've learnt how to control your emotions.

Hope

Hope. It keeps us alive and going. It's the reason why we do anything.

Hoping for that cool toy car in the toy shop. Hoping that we pass our exams with flying colours. Hoping that the girls dig our new hairstyle. Hoping to graduate from university with a degree. Hoping for our dream job. Hoping for that luxury car we've always wanted. Hoping for that flashy apartment pad in the middle of the city. Hoping to get the girl of your dreams. Hoping to escape from our miserable existence and go on to greater and better heights. Hoping for a better life.

Whatever it is, it's hope that drives us on with our life. It gives us a sense of purpose, hoping that what we do will lead to better things, giving us something to look forward to. Without hope, we might as well be dead.

But sometimes, just sometimes, hope can mess up your life. Too much hope and you never know when to quit. It's good to have a 'never quit' attitude but in some situations in life, quitting is the best thing you can do. Cutting your losses when you're fighting a battle you know you cannot win. Carry on fighting the battle and you might just end up losing not only the battle, but the whole damn war.

At last!

Orientation week is finished! My laptop has arrived! Internet connection!

Orientation week was tiring. Especially when you can't go out from the uni during the whole orientation week. And lotsa stuff in orientation is keh liaw wan.

Just got my laptop a few hours ago and with it, Internet! I've been so out of touch with the world in the past week. Has the world ended yet?

Everything here is good. USM is nice, so are the friends that I've made in uni. Lots of new experiences. Penang is a nice place too. Only been to Queensbay Mall so far but it has lived up to my expectations. And it has Topman! Oh, and my friend managed to win 2 VIP tickets to High School Musical on Ice (August, Kuala Lumpur) in a basketball shooting competition while we were there.

Looking forward to catching The Dark Knight in GSC. Whee!

The sights here on Penang are very pleasing on the eyes too, if you get my drift...hehe.

Oh, and this is a great place for the President of the Kuching Kong Hokkien Uoa Kong Huey to further his studies. And his plans too for world domination as well as the global expansion of the Wawaweewa Empire. Everybody here in Penang speaks Hokkien.

Only downside is transportation. It's fine, but having a car would be so much nicer. Wondering if I can convince my parents to ship my car over here next semester. So many places to go, not having my own car is killing me. And oh, how I wish I know how to ride a bicycle. An opportunity is staring me right in the face, if only I know how to ride a freaking bike!

Will try to get some pictures asap, pending personal censorship. To post or not to post?