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Dear Readers,

I know that there hasn't been much updates except for some movie reviews. I have an article coming up soon within this week. However, as appetizer I am giving out some wallpapers that I got from some site that I came across recently. *Please take note that they are not my artwork! I am just sharing it*

So enjoy these few wallpapers guys! 

Last but not least, its me! Finally after such a long time, a proper new pic of me! Like it? Wanna test your camera skills? Contact me! I'd do it for u provided I have the time! or if you need a photographer, let me know as well!! =D

In whole, I would like to thank you guys for continuous support for this blog. I hope that all of you guys would gear up to read my up and coming article soon! Till then ciaoz people!! 

Howie Day - Collide

The other day while I was rushing for a job interview, So You Think You Can Dance Season 7 was going on. And just as I was about to switch it off, I saw the most inspiring, and touching performance by Lauren and Kent. I know both the song and that performance is not a new thing but yet still I was certainly left feeling bad for not knowing it till recently!

Well I did my research about this song and the singer. Below are his details:
"Collide" is the second single from singer/songwriter Howie Day's second full-length album, Stop All the World Now, released in July 2004. The song, written by Howie Day and Kevin Griffin, follows in the vein of works from other pop balladeers like Dave Matthews, John Mayer and Duncan Sheik. The London Session Orchestra provided backing instrumentation on the initial album version of the song.

"Collide" has since been used in promotion of various television series, including What About Brian, Friday Night Lights and General Hospital, as well as the 2005 film adaptation of Pride & Prejudice and the 2005 film The Perfect Man. This song has also been featured during episodes of Ghost Whisperer, Scrubs, ER, Bones, Third Watch, Cold Case, One Tree Hill, Smallville, Lost, Grey's Anatomy, Summerland and Joan of Arcadia. On General Hospital this was the song to which popular pairing Patrick and Robin, known as "Scrubs", first made on Memorial Day in 2006. This song was on Season 7 of So You Think You Can Dance featuring Kent Boyd and Lauren Froderman.

There is the dance video, one look and I am pretty sure you'd be practically attracted to the video. Travis did a tremendous job in the choreo of this song and both the dancers are the best choice for it!

Coming back to the song, it's such a great song! The lyrics of the song are below though.

The dawn is breaking
A light shining through
You're barely waking
And I'm tangled up in you
Yeah

But I'm open, you're closed
Where I follow, you'll go
I worry I won't see your face
Light up again

Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills my mind
I somehow find, you and I collide

I'm quiet, you know
You make a first impression
I've found I'm scared to know
I'm always on your mind

Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the stars refuse to shine
Out of the back you fall in time
You somehow find, you and I collide

Don't stop here
I've lost my place
I'm close behind

Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills your mind
You finally find, you and I collide

You finally find
You and I collide
You finally find
You and I collide

Not to forget, I am also including on how this song actually fared in the song charts,

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Charts	9
Canadian Singles Chart	7
U.S. Billboard Adult Pop Songs	7
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	14
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	14
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	20

Gosh am so in love with the song that it just keeps ringing in my head! How I wish I could sing so that I could make a cover for this song. That'll be so so damn freaking cool!!

Well I supose that's about it for now. I just went through a 3 days of late night movie so the review of the movies are coming up as well. So till then guys! =D

The Tourist

Well this movie has been out for quite some time but eventually I managed to finish watching the movie. Though I did hear way a lot of reviews from so many people that the movie sucked real big time, I just wanted to see for myself as I was just too curious.

It certainly did not disappoint me as my hopes for the movie was to suck and it did! LOL totally a big time waste and no story line as how I would like to put.

Well I am not sure if most of you people have watched this movie yet or not. Yet still I will add in the plot.


The Plot.
A woman named Elise (Jolie) is being trailed in Paris by French police working with Scotland Yard. At a cafe, she receives a letter from Alexander Pearce, a former lover, with explicit directions to board a train to Venice, Italy, pick out a man who resembles him and make the police believe that this man is Alexander Pearce. A mysterious stranger, not involved with the police, also seems to be watching Elise. Elise burns the letter and boards a train.
She takes a seat beside Frank (Depp), an American tourist reading a spy novel, who is instantly attracted to her. The train arrives in Venice, and they take a boat to the Hotel Danieli. At dinner, much to Frank's dismay, Elise admits to having feelings for another man, presumably Alexander Pearce. They share a kiss, witnessed by the men following her.
The next day, Frank awakens to find Elise gone. Men suddenly try to break into the hotel room. Frank barely escapes but is caught by the Italian police. A sympathetic detective listens to Frank's story that he does not know why these men are after him. He takes Frank from the jail and tells him that his story checks out, and that the men after him were Belarusians who have placed a prize on his head and who believe Frank to be someone else. The detective however then delivers Frank into the clutches of these same men, in order to collect the money they promised.
Elise appears suddenly to rescue Frank, fleeing on a boat. Elise finally tells Frank that all this is happening because she kissed him and made the police believe that he was Alexander Pearce. Frank learns that Pearce stole two billion from a gangster named Shaw (Steven Berkoff) and is wanted by the British government for tax evasion. Stunned by the news, Frank says he still does not regret kissing Elise.
Elise apologizes for getting him involved and tricks Frank off the boat. Frank says he loves her. Elise goes to a government building — where she works as a secret agent for Britain. She sees her fellow agent Acheson (Paul Bettany), who was among those following her in Paris. Elise had been assigned to investigate Pearce, but fell in love with him and had disappeared from her job. She tells Acheson that she is ready to help him find Pearce, because she wants to prevent anybody else from getting hurt.
Elise goes to a ball Pearce has invited her to attend, wearing a wire. She is handed a letter by the same mysterious stranger from Paris. The letter is from Pearce, saying where to meet him. As Elise turns to leave, Frank is standing in front of her. They dance. Elise leaves to find Pearce and agent Acheson's men apprehend Frank. They both watch on surveillance equipment as Elise walks into a trap set by the gangster Shaw. The gangster threatens to kill her unless she returns the money Pearce stole from him. Acheson doesn't help her, confident that Pearce will show up to rescue her.
Elise reveals the safe's location but does not know its code. Frank watches in horror as Elise is threatened yet again. Seeing that Acheson won't help Elise, Frank picks the lock to his handcuffs and escapes to help her. Frank pretends to be Pearce. Elise begs him to stop or he will be killed. Frank, acting as Pearce, tells Shaw that he will get his money but only if Elise is first released and safe. As Frank pretends that he is about to open the safe, Elise mouths "I love you."
All of a sudden, Chief Inspector Jones (Timothy Dalton) gives the order for the police snipers to shoot Shaw and his men. Frank and Elise are unharmed. As the police survey the scene, agent Acheson can't believe that Pearce did not save Elise and Jones is furious with him for exposing her to danger. Jones then informs Elise that she has been terminated from the force. A police report informs them that Pearce has just been caught. As the room clears, Elise and Frank embrace. He asks her if she loves both him and Alexander Pearce. Elise answers yes. To spare her from this dilemma, Frank reveals that he is the real Alexander Pearce by entering the correct code for the safe. Pearce had gotten plastic surgery, so he could have a new life.
The arrested man believed to be Pearce explains to police that he was paid to pretend and that he is just a tourist. Elise and Frank/Pearce leave on a boat with the money, finally being able to be together. In the safe, police find a bankers check for the ₤744 million in back taxes Pearce owed the British government.



Even the plot seems kinda confusing. Feels more like millions of dollars was wasted on giving Depp and Jolie a nice vacation in Venice rather than a movie. Damn! People are too rich at times they don't know what to do do they?


Even the Golden Globes made a mockery out of this movie. Despite its critical reception, the film was nominated for three Golden Globes: Best Musical or Comedy, Depp for Actor Musical or Comedy and Jolie for Actress Musical or Comedy.The fact that a film originally promoted as romantic thriller was nominated for the comedy or musical category garnered the film and the Golden Globes considerable mockery; when the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) made the official announcement of nominees, the press room erupted with laughter. It was later revealed that the film was originally submitted by the studio as a drama, but von Donnersmarck then told the HFPA that the film should be categorized as a comedy. HFPA President Phil Berk noted that "Given the differing opinions, we asked the studio to screen the film for us in advance, and collectively, we decided that the elements of preposterous fun lent the film more to a comedy than a straight drama category."

Yet still the achievement that the movie made is quite suprising. As The Tourist opened at $16,472,458 on its first weekend at #2 spot behind The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. It has grossed more than four times of its first weekend profits. As of 2/21/11, the film has grossed $67,276,023 domestically and (as of 2/27/11,) $183,800,000 internationally for a total of $258,631,157 worldwide.^[After its run, it will be Angelina Jolie's fourth most successful film (after Salt, Wanted and Mr. & Mrs. Smith), outgrossing Gone in 60 Seconds, The Bone Collector, the Lara Croft series and every other non-animated film she has starred in. It ranks as Johnny Depp's most successful film after the Pirates of the Caribbean series, Alice in Wonderland and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, easily beating Sleepy Hollow and Public Enemies, nearly doubling the gross of Chocolat and Sweeney Todd and more than doubling the gross of Donnie Brasco.

Am seriously craving for more movies like Inception as the story just left us with a lot of question marks! Though it is annoying but that's what I expect from movies rather than some time and money wasting recording that's being showed just like this.

親愛なる ”月” へ ( Dear Moon )

I know I haven't been blogging much but I promise I will be back soon as there is so many things that happened in my life that I would wanna share with everyone! I hope my readers if I do have any, would be glad to see this post!!

This is a self written poem, but quite some time ago. I know this is a tipu post but then, I got not enough time to bring the big 1 out yet. So shall i put it as an appetizer? ^^

 親愛なる　”月”　へ

月よ、ぼくらのところまでおりてきてくれないかい？
ぼくらとあそぶのに　だれかがひつようなのかい？
いっしょにあそぼうよ。このひとりぼっちのよるなんだよ…

しんぱいしなくていいんだよ
ぼくらは、きみをこっそりかえしてあげるよ
だから、だれにもきみがここにいたなんてわからないよ

よるでもなく、あさでもなく、
つまり、とてもとてもとくべつなじかんなんだ
ねむってしまわないでよ
１どふれれば、そのはながさくときなんだよ

しんあいなる”愛”へ

ぜんせかいがねむっているとき
くさばながおどり、むしがうたう
ぼくらは、よるのもうしご
つきがこんやぼくらをみまもってくれる…

どうして、つきはてがとどかないのだろう
どうして、かぜはてにふれられないのだろう
ずっとふしぎにおもってるんだ
でも、いまだに、うつくしいなぞなんだ

しんあいなる”愛”へ

ぼくらは、そのはながさくのをみて、
みつばちのように、そのみつをすうだろう
ぼくは、そのみつをせかいじゅうでくちにしてもらいたいんだ
そして、きみにそれをみてもらいたいんだよ、ぼくといっしょにね
ぼくはきみのことをあいしているよ


Translation.

Dear Moon

would you come all the way to us,
need somebody to play with us,
do join us in this lonesome night.

don't worry,
we will send you back secretly,
no one would ever know you were here.

this isn't night nor morning,
a time which is so so special,
don't fall asleep now,
it's when the flower blooms in touch.

dear love,

when the whole world is asleep,
grasses dance and insects sing,
we are the children of night,
the moon will babysit us tonight.

why is the moon unreachable?
why is the wind untouchable?
i keep wondering about it,
yet still it remains a beautiful mystery.

dear love,

we should watch the flower bloom,
and suck it's honey like a bee,
i wont to feed that world,
and i want you to see it with me!




I wrote this long time ago. I still love this poem a lot though the translated version doesn't really have the same aggression as the original which is in Japanese.


Don't worry guys, more post is certainly coming up! So I hope this can keep u at the edge of ur chairs while waiting for the rest!! Till then Tata!!!