-Nara's Blog- (2nd Instar/Larval Stage)

using fster's blog

2006-06-02T16:35:00.000+12:00

Well, haven't posted here for ages,
have been posting on my friendster blog most of the time, lolz...
check it out here if someone's interested,
some posts are in English, but others are in Indonesian...

The Who - Baba O'Riley

2005-07-18T23:41:00.000+12:00

Out here in the fields
I fight for my meals
I get my back into my living
I don't need to fight
To prove i'm right
I don't need to be forgiven

Don't cry
Don't raise your eye
It's only teenage wasteland

Sally ,take my hand
Travel south crossland
Put out the fire
Don't look past my shoulder
The exodus is here
The happy ones are near
Let's get together
Before we get much older

Teenage wasteland
It's only teenage wasteland
Teenage wasteland
Oh, oh
Teenage wasteland
They're all wasted!

The Cure - Friday I'm In Love

2005-07-12T23:58:00.000+12:00

I don't care if monday's blue
Tuesday's grey and wednesday too
Thursday i don't care about you
It's friday i'm in love
Monday you can fall apart
Tuesday wednesday break my heart
Thursday doesn't even start
It's friday i'm in love

Saturday wait
And sunday always comes too late
But friday never hesitate...

I don't care if monday's black
Tuesday wednesday heart attack
Thursday never looking back
It's friday i'm in love

Monday you can hold your head
Tuesday wednesday stay in bed
Or thursday watch the walls instead
It's friday i'm in love

Saturday wait
And sunday always comes too late
But friday never hesitate...

Dressed up to the eyes
It's a wonderful surprise
To see your shoes and your spirits rise
Throwing out your frown
And just smiling at the sound
And as sleek as a shriek
Spinning round and round
Always take a big bite
It's such a gorgeous sight
To see you eat in the middle of the night
You can never get enough
Enough of this stuff
It's friday
I'm in love

The Cranberries - Dreams

2005-07-12T23:45:00.000+12:00

Oh my life is changing everyday
in every possible way
And though my dreams
it's never quite as it seems
Never quite as it seems

I know I felt like this before
But now I'm feeling it even more
Because it came from you
Then I open up and see
The person fumbling here is me
A different way to be

I want more, impossible to ignore
Impossible to ignore
And they'll come true
impossible not to do
Impossible not to do

And now I tell you openly
You have my heart so don't hurt me
For what I couldn't find
Talk to me amazing mind
So understanding and so kind
You're everything to me

Oh my life is changing everyday
In every possible way
And though my dreams
it's never quite as it seems
'cause you're a dream to me
Dream to me

hiatus...

2005-07-11T20:33:00.000+12:00

For anyone who's reading this blog, and expecting to read another review, well... don't bet on it...
I just couldn't be bothered to make another review...
Thanks for reading, and farewell..........
I might post random things if i'm in the mood to post them thou....

The Italian Job (2003)

2005-05-16T22:28:00.000+12:00

Okay, this is going to be my first movie review.

Title : The Italian Job
Year: 2003
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Seth Green, Donald Sutherland, etc...
Genre: Action/Crime

This is one of the coolest movie I've seen, now I really regret not watching it while it was playing on the cinema. I just watched this movie last week on DVD (borowed it from the Wellington City Library).

The first time I heard about this movie was from my younger cousin who is fascinated with race cars, and all he talked about was how cool the new mini-coopers were, and how awesome the car-chase scenes were. I never watched the original version (yeah, i case you didn't know, this is a remake from a movie with the same title made back in 1969), and I'm not a big fan of movies depending heavily on car-chase scenes (since this same cousin also made me watch 2Fast2Furious with him on the cinema, I became doubtful of his movie taste), so I decided I'll just wait until I can catch it on vcd or dvd, or maybe on tv.

That was such a bad call...

It turns out that the car chase scene was only the icing on the cake, the whole movie is not based on it, it turns out to be a really smart movie involving brilliant strategies, and pretty good acting (Seth Green was the perfect choice for Lyle), and since I really like crime action movies (Ocean's Eleven, Mission Impossible (the first one, not the dreadful MI:2) and The Whole Nine Yards are among my favourite titles).

The story of The Italian Job was really interesting for me. The story revolves around a team of robbers lead by John Bridger (Sutherland) and his protege, Charlie Croker (Wahlberg), with their tech expert Lyle (Green), their getaway driver, Handsome Rob (Jason Statham), their demolitionist Left Ear/Lefty (Mos Def), and Steve (Edward Norton, I'm not really sure what was his speciality, because it seems that at the beginning he was only helping Left Ear, but he became more important later in the movie).

The movie started in Venice, then it moved to the top of the European Alps, where a sudden plot twist happened (although it was a bit predictable) and the rest of the movie was set in the US.

Although I have to admit, my cousin was right, the mini-coopers were indeed cool, and the car-chase scene was great (especially if the deleted scenes were included, it'll be more funny). But as I said before, it was just the icing on a cake full of high technology, plot twists, surprises, brilliant strategies employed especially by Croker, and pretty good acting.

Although sometimes there are some obvious plot holes, some characters were poorly developed (especially Steve, whose original role in the gang was never understood by me), and some scenes clearly can only happen in movies, but that does not taint my whole view of the movie.

I actually wanted to discuss the plot even more, but I don't want to spoil the fun for those of you who haven't watched it, so, go ahead and watch it for yourself :)

And If you like "smart" crime movies like Ocean's Eleven, I think you'll like this new version of The Italian Job. (But don't be misled by the title, they only spent the few first minutes of the movie in Italy, the bulk of the movie was set in the States).
I also heard that they're going to make a sequel to it, Italian Job 2. I hope it won't suffer from the "Sequel Syndrome", hopefully it'll do even better since now they won't need to make similarities to the original one and therefore can develop the script more freely, but honestly I really doubt that... Well, one can always hope, right?

I hope you enjoyed my first try on reviewing a movie.
Later!!!

New Format

2005-05-16T22:23:00.000+12:00

Okay, I've given up writing accounts of my daily live, coz, well, I have to admit it, I suck at writing diaries, I just couldn't get myself into it, so I think I'm gonna change this blog into a review page of the movies that I have seen recently (hopefully I can committ myself into it). And maybe reviews on tv series episode or songs or books, or anything I want to discuss...
Ok then, let's see how far it'll go this time...

p.s: I kept my previous post containing the lyrics of Blurry Eyes coz I liked it so much :D

Blurry Eyes

2005-02-19T22:58:00.000+13:00

L`arc~en~Ciel - Blurry Eyes (& translation)
(thanks to: http://www.animelyrics.com/jpop/larcenciel/blurryeyes.htm)

tooku no kaze wo mi ni matou anata ni wa todokanai kotoba narabete mite mo ^[1] mata shisen wa dokoka mado no mukou	Carried on a wind from far away, no matter how many times I try to say these words, ^[1] they never reach you. Once again, my eyes stare somewhere out the window.
kawaranai yokan wa tsudzuite-iru ano hibi sae kumotte...	This foreboding hasn't changed, I still feel it. Those days are getting blurry...
kago no naka no tori no you na utsuro na me ni furete-iru gogo no hizashi wa maru de anata wo soto e sasou hikari	Seeing through blank eyes like a caged bird, the light of the afternoon sun is just like the light that shines on you from outside.
kawaranai yokan wa tsudzuite-iru ano hibi sae kumotte shimau	This foreboding hasn't changed, I still feel it. Those days are becoming blurry...
meguri-kuru toki ni yakusoku wo ubaware-sou ^[2] kono ryoute sashinobete mo kokoro wa hanarete	I feel the changing season will see my promise broken. ^[2] Even if I reach out with my hands, my heart will stay distant.
[Instrumental]	[Instrumental]
(Why do you stare at the sky with your blurry eyes?)	(Why do you stare at the sky with your blurry eyes?)
[Guitar Solo]	[Guitar Solo]
meguri-kuru toki ni yakusoku wo ubaware-sou kono ryoute sashi nobete mo kokoro wa hanarete	I feel the changing season will see my promise broken. Even if I reach out with my hands, my heart will stay distant.
meguri-kuru toki ni taisetsu na hito wa mou furimuita sono hitomi ni chiisa na tameiki	In the changing season, the one precious to me looked back toward me with those eyes, sighing softly.
(Your blurry eyes) ...your blurry eyes (Your blurry eyes) ...kokoro wa (Your blurry eyes) ...hanarete (Your blurry eyes) ...yuku	(Your blurry eyes) ...your blurry eyes (Your blurry eyes) ...My heart (Your blurry eyes) ...will stay (Your blurry eyes) ...distant.