Bought a beard papa, vanilla, today. But saved it for tomorrow's breakfast...
This winter is gonna be a busy season for me for all sorts of reasons. Besides term papers, I'll have to finish an entire feature screenplay for class, and since it's in the hope of submitting to places, it's also part work. The story is...secret. And a friend asked me to help in 4 of his short films for directing module, plus, another friend is also taking that same class (I took it in spring 07), and although it's not sealed on paper, it's understood I'm open to help both and maybe more. So I might end up doing more than 8 projects, that are not mine, this winter. It's fun. And I want to finish a big production of a short film, that is in post production hell for almost a year.
Although I was mentally busy, I also procrastinated in dealing with editor issues. We got to find another editor due to our original editor's withdrawal. But our posts on craiglists were always flagged. Now I sort of found out why. And the editors that replied didn't work out either. So that I gotta finish. Lots of people put in a lot of effort in that production, can't disappoint them, already did, but not longer. And, the cultural documentary-comedy andrew and me were planning is in pre-production block. We are both waiting for each other to do something. I handed him a rough beginning of the script, he gave me comments, I'm waiting for him to write his version, but he's waiting for me to write more.. Plus I'm also gonna get a part-time job for some money. So many things to do...
Monday, January 5, 2009
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Lost
Earlier in the night, I picked up Andrew and went to try Shiok! The Singaporean restaurant at Menlo Park (About 20 mins drive). Okay...it was dark..we were going the right direction, until we couldn't find Chestnut drive! WTF is Chestnut drive? We followed exactly what google driving directions shows. Exit freeway at Alpine Road, turn right into Alpine Road, continue on Santa Cruz Ave, turn left at Chestnut drive. There was no Chestnut drive. Santa Cruz Ave eventually became Alameda/something Ave. We drove along dark rich residential area. Something like Winchester, or maybe Berverly Hills, those dark deserted roads, mansions by the side. We U-turned, V-turned, turned here and there, couldn't find Chestnut drive. So we finally headed back to Cupertino, and ate at Layang Layang (Malaysian restaurant). I was hungry for a s'pore/malaysian style hor fun. So I had Hor Fun, pretty good. Andrew had a very spicy mee goreng. We also had pandang fried chicken as appetizer and we both had cendol drink. Next time, I'll go to Shiok in day time.
Friday, January 2, 2009
Chat
Been chatting with an online friend today, Roxanne! Shout out to you! For almost the whole morning. I dunno whether I wanna go to LA... argh! Can't decide. If I go to LA right now, I won't be able to enjoy fully because my mind would be on other things to do.
Thinking of trying Shiok! A Singaporean cuisine restaurant in my area. I've heard about it since long ago but never tried it. Also wanna get a frame for my Chelsea players autographs. Terry's, Robben's and Ferreira's. One of my closest friends in Singapore inspired me to frame up "valuable" stuff and decorate my room and home office. Personalize it.
Watching youtube. Found this music critic, I have no idea who she is, but she tops MGMT on her best albums of the year list! I'm loving her for that. Also she did justice on Kings Of Leon and Vampire Weekend. But not Fleet Foxes! #7? Come on. But she's right on "psychedelic space rock doesn't get much better." MGMT always places on almost every critics list, but never #1, so I'm happy for them although, who the heck is she?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwo_pYqEbYo&feature=channel part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iveE_xB0shc&feature=channel part 2
Looking for the best blogskin.
Thinking of trying Shiok! A Singaporean cuisine restaurant in my area. I've heard about it since long ago but never tried it. Also wanna get a frame for my Chelsea players autographs. Terry's, Robben's and Ferreira's. One of my closest friends in Singapore inspired me to frame up "valuable" stuff and decorate my room and home office. Personalize it.
Watching youtube. Found this music critic, I have no idea who she is, but she tops MGMT on her best albums of the year list! I'm loving her for that. Also she did justice on Kings Of Leon and Vampire Weekend. But not Fleet Foxes! #7? Come on. But she's right on "psychedelic space rock doesn't get much better." MGMT always places on almost every critics list, but never #1, so I'm happy for them although, who the heck is she?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwo_pYqEbYo&feature=channel part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iveE_xB0shc&feature=channel part 2
Looking for the best blogskin.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Favorites of 2008 in Entertainment
Music
I may be majoring film, but I've been into music since I was a kid, and I did reviews for amateur webbies. It's just that I can't make music, but I can make awful films. I tried to write songs but they were failures of epic proportions.
So how do I listen? I listen to all genres, even some country, not traditional country, but country fusions. My main genre is probably alternative rock, with an empahsis on psychedelic rock. For people who don't know what is psychedelic music, it officially means creating a mood that could be triggered by drugs. For me, psychedelic music is dreamy, ambient, floats me to another world. I also like jazz, blues rock, pop/rock, some pop, some hip hop and some r&b.
So I follow magazines to discover Indie (independent) acts. Like Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Mojo, to name a few. I will sample online those that are new to me, sample them, if I like them, I'd download/save them onto cd or whatever I could use to listen on the go in the car. I'm into relaxing coffee-break/cafe-mood music recently, that doesn't mean jazz or slow pop, some alternative music would fit this mood, oh and...Norah Jones of course.
In recent years, I've been keeping a personal record/diary for memory on what I liked for each year, but I never told anyone since it's me, not a magazine. Who am I anyway? But here's this year's, officially, on a blog. (As if anyone cares).
Top 7 Favorite Albums of 2008
1. Oracular Spectacular
MGMT
Genre: Alternative, Psychedelic, Healing, Electronica
This Indie duo signed with major label Columbia to release this experimental record that is relaxing, hallucinatory/psychedelic, and danceable. This critically acclaimed album is making MGMT a new force in the alternative music scene. From the feel I get while listening to it, I think the concept they are trying to pull is...a group of "youth" in fantasy/beach clothing, get stranded on a magical island. While they are there, they discover and celebrate "youth". Okay, I'm not making any sense. I'm more musically minded than lyrically.
I got to know MGMT through my local alternative station, with the catchy single Time To Pretend. It's now featured in many television series including Gossip Girl. I liked it at first listen but was skeptical of the band and figured it's not something I'd listen to everyday. Then I heard "Kids"! I was anti-techno. I do listen to electronica like Depeche Mode, Chemical Brothers, Fat Boy Slim, but I kind of ignored Kids though it's catchy. It gets so much airplay that I got into the mood of it. Although it seems like a danceable-pop sounding track, it has an alternative attitude, like The Killers' "Human" or Depeche Mode's "Precious". I read that it's featured in FIFA '09. I was hooked to Kids, listened to the rest of the album online and got the CD through a gift card. As a psychedelic music fan, the album suits my taste. I'm very fond of Weekend Wars. Love the dreamy tracks 4th Dimensional Transition and Of Moons, Birds and Monsters. For the latter, I like the long instrumental sequence at the end. The Handshake would probably be my second favorite track on the album. It has 5 segments of different tunes. Also drawn to the Oasis-sounding verses on Pieces Of What. Electric Feel, Future Reflections and The Youth are good too. That probably sums of the whole CD. A very tight album. The creative duo spent the year opening for alternative giants like Radiohead and Beck, but now they are headlining music festivals, winning lots of fans and impressing lots of critics.
Tracks That Matter: All?
Personal: Weekend Wars, The Handshake, Kids, Of Moons, Birds and Monsters, Time To Pretend, 4th Dimensional Transition, Electric Feel, Future Reflections
Commercial/Radio/Pop wise: Kids, Time To Pretend, Electric Feel
Time To Pretend live http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIZ2RUxOiK0&feature=related
2. Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend
Genre: Alternative Rock
The band's name is misleading. I thought it's a hard rocking punk band when I first saw the name. They turn out to be a band that makes relaxing punk music that mixes collegiate punk with african-beats and classical instrumentation. This debut album fits my coffee break, relaxing, soothing, and makes me feel like a college student in a South Africa based British university. I'm fond of this cute album.
Tracks That Matter: Walcott, A-Punk, M79, Oxford Comma, Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_i1xk07o4g Oxford Comma.
3. Glasvegas
Glasvegas
Genre: Alternative Rock
This new Scottish Indie band made one of the best debut albums of the year. I love Geraldine. Fantastic track. Love the sad/dramatic/emotional/amusing lyrics and guitars in the album. The soap operaish song, It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry is probably my favorite track on the album. The lyrics are emotional but cute and amusing at the same time. One line from the song "Liar, liar, liar, liar, liar, pants on fire." comes after attractive rhythm guitars. There's also a version of the famous tune "you are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make happy when skies are gray" at the outro of Football And Flower Tops. Interesting vocals. There's spoken soap Stabbed, which goes "run rabbit run". And another soap, Ice Cream Van, an ambient dramatic track.
Tracks That Matter: It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry, Ice Cream Van, Geraldine, Daddy's Gone, S.A.D Light, Stabbed, Football And Flower Tops, Lonesome Swan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf_YTwlD6aw&feature=related It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry (live recording).
4. Microcastle/Weird Era Continued
Deerhunter
Genre: Alternative Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Ambient, Experimental
Fantastic ambient record. Starts off with a Radiohead-ish tune, Cover Me (Slowly) and keeps on attracting my attention throughout the album. However, they need more catchy tunes even for experimental. It gets a little boring in the middle of the album but peaks again near the end. There are many short ambience tracks that make the record an album-enjoyment.
Tracks That Matter: Agoraphobia, Never Stops, Nothing Ever Happened, Twilight At Carbon Lake, Green Jacket, Saved By Old Times, many more, generally the whole album brings out the mood, not single tracks.
5. Chinese Democracy
Guns N' Roses
Genre: Hard Rock
Ah! One of my favorite bands of all-time releasing an album after about 14 years. This reason is enough for the album to be on this list. Not the same members from Appetite of Destruction and Use Your Illusion eras. It's more like Axl Roses's original work, and it's missing the melodies of Slash. As a fan of Slash's solos, I'm disappointed in the solos in this album. Some of my gn'r-fans friends couldn't enjoy this album as much as I do, but some enjoy it more than I do. I guess I'm somewhere in the middle, don't like it too much but don't hate it in anyway.
Tracks That Matter: Madagascar, Street Of Dreams, There Was A Time, Catcher In The Rye, Better.
6. Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Coldplay
Genre: Rock
I prefer Coldplay's tunes in their debut album Parachutes. More alternative, Radiohead-ish. Coldplay got more and more pop with each album, but although this record is not totally my type, I think it's their best achievement instrumentally. Anthemic catchy tunes. I love the outros that bring a different tune from the rest of the song. I'm drawn to Yes.
Tracks That Matter: Lost, Yes, Violet Hill, Lovers In Japan, Viva La Vida
7. In Ear Park
Department Of Eagles
Genre: Acid Folk
A very good and underrated psychedelic folk album. I like the title track. The intro for Waves Of Ryes is great for soundtrack. It's Radiohead+Fleet Foxes.
Tracks That Matter: In Ear Park, Phantom Other, Waves Of Rye, No One Does It.
Other notable albums I listened thoroughly, or not so thoroughly...
Narrow Stairs - Death Cab For Cutie
We Started Nothing - The Ting Tings
Dear Science - TV On The Radio
Dig Out Your Soul - Oasis
Volume One - She & Him
Third - Portishead
Modern Guilt - Beck
Day & Age - The Killers
and somemore...
Single of The Year
Weekend Wars (it wasn't released as a single, so I'm cheating.)
MGMT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_-Gld700LE&feature=related
Favorite Book
(I don't follow books like I do with music, so it's a book that I read in the year, not released in the year.)
Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks
It teaches you how to survive a zombie invasion in your neighborhood. Educational.
Yeah... the main department, Movies.
Top 3 Favorite Movies of 2008
1. Slumdog Millionaire (view my Slumdog Millionaire post)
2. The Dark Knight
3. Wall-E
Past Years
2007
Albums
1. In Rainbows - Radiohead
2. Mirrored - Battles
3. Icky Thump - White Stripes
Single
Icky Thump - White Stripes
A creative noise rock, my style of rhythm guitar, Jack White's madness.
Movie
No Country For Old Men
I love chase films. Though The Duel remains my favorite chase film of all time, and No Country is not too great, Javier might be more impressive than the truck.
2006
Albums
1. Black Holes And Revelations - Muse
2. St. Elsewhere - Gnarls Barkley
3. Carnavas - Silversun Pickups
Single
Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
Ignored it at first, but it caught on. Does that make me crazy?
Movie
Little Miss Sunshine
Great screenplay, greatly deserves the oscar. Great characters. I'm more into the screenplay than the movie itself. Besides, Michael Arndt is a friendly dude.
Done.
I may be majoring film, but I've been into music since I was a kid, and I did reviews for amateur webbies. It's just that I can't make music, but I can make awful films. I tried to write songs but they were failures of epic proportions.
So how do I listen? I listen to all genres, even some country, not traditional country, but country fusions. My main genre is probably alternative rock, with an empahsis on psychedelic rock. For people who don't know what is psychedelic music, it officially means creating a mood that could be triggered by drugs. For me, psychedelic music is dreamy, ambient, floats me to another world. I also like jazz, blues rock, pop/rock, some pop, some hip hop and some r&b.
So I follow magazines to discover Indie (independent) acts. Like Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Mojo, to name a few. I will sample online those that are new to me, sample them, if I like them, I'd download/save them onto cd or whatever I could use to listen on the go in the car. I'm into relaxing coffee-break/cafe-mood music recently, that doesn't mean jazz or slow pop, some alternative music would fit this mood, oh and...Norah Jones of course.
In recent years, I've been keeping a personal record/diary for memory on what I liked for each year, but I never told anyone since it's me, not a magazine. Who am I anyway? But here's this year's, officially, on a blog. (As if anyone cares).
Top 7 Favorite Albums of 2008
1. Oracular Spectacular
MGMT
Genre: Alternative, Psychedelic, Healing, Electronica
This Indie duo signed with major label Columbia to release this experimental record that is relaxing, hallucinatory/psychedelic, and danceable. This critically acclaimed album is making MGMT a new force in the alternative music scene. From the feel I get while listening to it, I think the concept they are trying to pull is...a group of "youth" in fantasy/beach clothing, get stranded on a magical island. While they are there, they discover and celebrate "youth". Okay, I'm not making any sense. I'm more musically minded than lyrically.
I got to know MGMT through my local alternative station, with the catchy single Time To Pretend. It's now featured in many television series including Gossip Girl. I liked it at first listen but was skeptical of the band and figured it's not something I'd listen to everyday. Then I heard "Kids"! I was anti-techno. I do listen to electronica like Depeche Mode, Chemical Brothers, Fat Boy Slim, but I kind of ignored Kids though it's catchy. It gets so much airplay that I got into the mood of it. Although it seems like a danceable-pop sounding track, it has an alternative attitude, like The Killers' "Human" or Depeche Mode's "Precious". I read that it's featured in FIFA '09. I was hooked to Kids, listened to the rest of the album online and got the CD through a gift card. As a psychedelic music fan, the album suits my taste. I'm very fond of Weekend Wars. Love the dreamy tracks 4th Dimensional Transition and Of Moons, Birds and Monsters. For the latter, I like the long instrumental sequence at the end. The Handshake would probably be my second favorite track on the album. It has 5 segments of different tunes. Also drawn to the Oasis-sounding verses on Pieces Of What. Electric Feel, Future Reflections and The Youth are good too. That probably sums of the whole CD. A very tight album. The creative duo spent the year opening for alternative giants like Radiohead and Beck, but now they are headlining music festivals, winning lots of fans and impressing lots of critics.
Tracks That Matter: All?
Personal: Weekend Wars, The Handshake, Kids, Of Moons, Birds and Monsters, Time To Pretend, 4th Dimensional Transition, Electric Feel, Future Reflections
Commercial/Radio/Pop wise: Kids, Time To Pretend, Electric Feel
Time To Pretend live http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIZ2RUxOiK0&feature=related
2. Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend
Genre: Alternative Rock
The band's name is misleading. I thought it's a hard rocking punk band when I first saw the name. They turn out to be a band that makes relaxing punk music that mixes collegiate punk with african-beats and classical instrumentation. This debut album fits my coffee break, relaxing, soothing, and makes me feel like a college student in a South Africa based British university. I'm fond of this cute album.
Tracks That Matter: Walcott, A-Punk, M79, Oxford Comma, Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_i1xk07o4g Oxford Comma.
3. Glasvegas
Glasvegas
Genre: Alternative Rock
This new Scottish Indie band made one of the best debut albums of the year. I love Geraldine. Fantastic track. Love the sad/dramatic/emotional/amusing lyrics and guitars in the album. The soap operaish song, It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry is probably my favorite track on the album. The lyrics are emotional but cute and amusing at the same time. One line from the song "Liar, liar, liar, liar, liar, pants on fire." comes after attractive rhythm guitars. There's also a version of the famous tune "you are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make happy when skies are gray" at the outro of Football And Flower Tops. Interesting vocals. There's spoken soap Stabbed, which goes "run rabbit run". And another soap, Ice Cream Van, an ambient dramatic track.
Tracks That Matter: It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry, Ice Cream Van, Geraldine, Daddy's Gone, S.A.D Light, Stabbed, Football And Flower Tops, Lonesome Swan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf_YTwlD6aw&feature=related It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry (live recording).
4. Microcastle/Weird Era Continued
Deerhunter
Genre: Alternative Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Ambient, Experimental
Fantastic ambient record. Starts off with a Radiohead-ish tune, Cover Me (Slowly) and keeps on attracting my attention throughout the album. However, they need more catchy tunes even for experimental. It gets a little boring in the middle of the album but peaks again near the end. There are many short ambience tracks that make the record an album-enjoyment.
Tracks That Matter: Agoraphobia, Never Stops, Nothing Ever Happened, Twilight At Carbon Lake, Green Jacket, Saved By Old Times, many more, generally the whole album brings out the mood, not single tracks.
5. Chinese Democracy
Guns N' Roses
Genre: Hard Rock
Ah! One of my favorite bands of all-time releasing an album after about 14 years. This reason is enough for the album to be on this list. Not the same members from Appetite of Destruction and Use Your Illusion eras. It's more like Axl Roses's original work, and it's missing the melodies of Slash. As a fan of Slash's solos, I'm disappointed in the solos in this album. Some of my gn'r-fans friends couldn't enjoy this album as much as I do, but some enjoy it more than I do. I guess I'm somewhere in the middle, don't like it too much but don't hate it in anyway.
Tracks That Matter: Madagascar, Street Of Dreams, There Was A Time, Catcher In The Rye, Better.
6. Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Coldplay
Genre: Rock
I prefer Coldplay's tunes in their debut album Parachutes. More alternative, Radiohead-ish. Coldplay got more and more pop with each album, but although this record is not totally my type, I think it's their best achievement instrumentally. Anthemic catchy tunes. I love the outros that bring a different tune from the rest of the song. I'm drawn to Yes.
Tracks That Matter: Lost, Yes, Violet Hill, Lovers In Japan, Viva La Vida
7. In Ear Park
Department Of Eagles
Genre: Acid Folk
A very good and underrated psychedelic folk album. I like the title track. The intro for Waves Of Ryes is great for soundtrack. It's Radiohead+Fleet Foxes.
Tracks That Matter: In Ear Park, Phantom Other, Waves Of Rye, No One Does It.
Other notable albums I listened thoroughly, or not so thoroughly...
Narrow Stairs - Death Cab For Cutie
We Started Nothing - The Ting Tings
Dear Science - TV On The Radio
Dig Out Your Soul - Oasis
Volume One - She & Him
Third - Portishead
Modern Guilt - Beck
Day & Age - The Killers
and somemore...
Single of The Year
Weekend Wars (it wasn't released as a single, so I'm cheating.)
MGMT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_-Gld700LE&feature=related
Favorite Book
(I don't follow books like I do with music, so it's a book that I read in the year, not released in the year.)
Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks
It teaches you how to survive a zombie invasion in your neighborhood. Educational.
Yeah... the main department, Movies.
Top 3 Favorite Movies of 2008
1. Slumdog Millionaire (view my Slumdog Millionaire post)
2. The Dark Knight
3. Wall-E
Past Years
2007
Albums
1. In Rainbows - Radiohead
2. Mirrored - Battles
3. Icky Thump - White Stripes
Single
Icky Thump - White Stripes
A creative noise rock, my style of rhythm guitar, Jack White's madness.
Movie
No Country For Old Men
I love chase films. Though The Duel remains my favorite chase film of all time, and No Country is not too great, Javier might be more impressive than the truck.
2006
Albums
1. Black Holes And Revelations - Muse
2. St. Elsewhere - Gnarls Barkley
3. Carnavas - Silversun Pickups
Single
Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
Ignored it at first, but it caught on. Does that make me crazy?
Movie
Little Miss Sunshine
Great screenplay, greatly deserves the oscar. Great characters. I'm more into the screenplay than the movie itself. Besides, Michael Arndt is a friendly dude.
Done.
New Year Day
Today is New Year! I'm not going out. It's already evening. I stayed home, bought a Princess Mononoke framed poster online. I wanna decorate my room and home office. Watched the ending of A Fistful Of Dollars, a Spaghetti Western film, starring Clint Eastwood as the Man With No Name aka Joe. Pretty cool. Clint wore a long scarf, I'll call it a blanket, and he shoots real fast and accurate. That scene probably made me a fan of western gun showdowns, but I'm still not a fan of an entire western film. I remember on of the Back To The Future editions did a parody of Eastwood in Fistful Of Dollars. I forgot whether it is Back to the Future 3. Let me wiki it...hmm...yes, it is Back to the Future 3.
Marty Mcfly (Michael J. Fox) with the blanket over his chest and shoulders.
Mad Dog: What's your name, dude?
Marty: Uh.. Eastwood. Clint Eastwood.
Mad Dog: What kind of stupid name is that?
Happy New Year everyone!
Marty Mcfly (Michael J. Fox) with the blanket over his chest and shoulders.
Mad Dog: What's your name, dude?
Marty: Uh.. Eastwood. Clint Eastwood.
Mad Dog: What kind of stupid name is that?
Happy New Year everyone!
New Year's Eve
On Tuesday, met Ryo again and watched The Spirit and dinner at Pot Sticker King. I went into the theater expecting the movie to be a serious superhero flick, so I was disappointed to find that it's cheesy and campy, with weak storyline. The scene sequences, dramatic struture and plot set ups in the movie are not something script readers would like and it's not what we are taught to do. As the movie goes along, I think of it as a comedy and was able to enjoy the rest of the film. Think of it as a campy superhero parody.
So yesterday, New Year's Eve, I stayed home all day. My mom took one of her vacation leave days, since she can't carry them to next year, and came home half day. We watched movies on cable. I couldn't remember what I watched, but I liked it. I'm not making a lame joke here like I often do. I really can't remember. I remember that I was enjoying myself in front of the tv, but I can't recall exactly what I watched. Moving on, I watched the countdown at Times Square, New York City. The Ting Tings performace of That's Not My Name was quite good, and Katy Perry's performance of I Kissed A Girl reminds me of Karen O of Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Enjoyed the recap of affairs in 2008. Slept early after the countdown.
So yesterday, New Year's Eve, I stayed home all day. My mom took one of her vacation leave days, since she can't carry them to next year, and came home half day. We watched movies on cable. I couldn't remember what I watched, but I liked it. I'm not making a lame joke here like I often do. I really can't remember. I remember that I was enjoying myself in front of the tv, but I can't recall exactly what I watched. Moving on, I watched the countdown at Times Square, New York City. The Ting Tings performace of That's Not My Name was quite good, and Katy Perry's performance of I Kissed A Girl reminds me of Karen O of Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Enjoyed the recap of affairs in 2008. Slept early after the countdown.
Monday
On Monday, helped Ryo learn driving, then we had lunch at mistuwa. We went to GameStop beside Barnes & Nobles on Stevens Creek blvd. Ryo wanted to trade-in for a nitendo. It was sold out. I'm interested in Red Alert 3 but I don't wanna spend money these days. So we had coffee and hot chocolate at B&N starbucks, and read some magazines. Ryo looked for a novel to buy, but he couldn't decide. I read Catcher In The Rye, and bought it since it's $6. I love the narration in it. There's a new special edition of To Kill A Mocking Bird. I already read the novel and own a worn out old copy. It's one of my all-time favorite novels. I do not want to waste money buying another copy, but it's good for a gift.
We went to GameStop outlet at Valley Fair. The nitendo set Ryo wanted was sold out there too. Then we had dinner at Khan's Restaurant, one block away from Santana Row. It sounds mongolian, but it's a Vietnamese restaurant. I prefer the Pho (beef/chicken broth with rice noodles) there to the Pho at neigborhood Pho outlets. I think they use less MSG and put in more effort in making the broth, which I read could be delicious without using any MSG. Same thing for burmese fish broth with rice noodles (mone hin ga). Mone Hin Ga is to Burmese like what Pho is to Vietnamese and Ramen is to Japanese. Although diners use MSG to enhance taste in mone hin ga, one (like my mom) can cook it without using any MSG and still taste very good. I don't know whether it works for Ramen, because I know Ramen is heavily dependent on dashi, which is an indirect MSG.
We went home after dinner. I watched Gnarls Barkley's live performances on youtube. Their performance of "Crazy" at MTV Movie awards was hilarious; they dressed up as Star Wars characters. Cee-Lo was Darth Vader, who was unmasked to sing, and reportedly, ex-Nine Inch Nails drummer Chris Vrenna, who is a Gnarls Barkley's freelance associate, played drums as Chewbacca. He must have felt real hot in that Wookiee costume, but he looked so funny. Didn't know Darth Vader could sing. Here's the link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HvTNAXqB88
The following is something for both film majors and people who doesn't know that there is such thing as film major in universities, or have no idea what we do, although it's a comedy and more of screenwriting department. How George Lucas found inspiration for Star Wars.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2i_nLClAUU
We went to GameStop outlet at Valley Fair. The nitendo set Ryo wanted was sold out there too. Then we had dinner at Khan's Restaurant, one block away from Santana Row. It sounds mongolian, but it's a Vietnamese restaurant. I prefer the Pho (beef/chicken broth with rice noodles) there to the Pho at neigborhood Pho outlets. I think they use less MSG and put in more effort in making the broth, which I read could be delicious without using any MSG. Same thing for burmese fish broth with rice noodles (mone hin ga). Mone Hin Ga is to Burmese like what Pho is to Vietnamese and Ramen is to Japanese. Although diners use MSG to enhance taste in mone hin ga, one (like my mom) can cook it without using any MSG and still taste very good. I don't know whether it works for Ramen, because I know Ramen is heavily dependent on dashi, which is an indirect MSG.
We went home after dinner. I watched Gnarls Barkley's live performances on youtube. Their performance of "Crazy" at MTV Movie awards was hilarious; they dressed up as Star Wars characters. Cee-Lo was Darth Vader, who was unmasked to sing, and reportedly, ex-Nine Inch Nails drummer Chris Vrenna, who is a Gnarls Barkley's freelance associate, played drums as Chewbacca. He must have felt real hot in that Wookiee costume, but he looked so funny. Didn't know Darth Vader could sing. Here's the link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HvTNAXqB88
The following is something for both film majors and people who doesn't know that there is such thing as film major in universities, or have no idea what we do, although it's a comedy and more of screenwriting department. How George Lucas found inspiration for Star Wars.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2i_nLClAUU
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