Of Movie And Germany
My V3 won't work with the new Motorola software that has been upgraded. Will post pictures of the fish soup when I have resolved the software conflict.
(Written on 30th June)
With the remaining 2 movie vouchers left, P. and I went to watch "Havoc" tonight. There was an option to watch her secondary schoolmate, Royston Tan's show "4:30". But I was afraid that it would be too artistic for even P. herself (though we did watch "15"), so I chose for a slightly more commercial movie intead.
I am curious about Havoc. I am curious how drastic change of role has Anne Hathaway taken that has the media talking. I am also kinda drawn to the interesting story of how the poor little rich kids live their wild lives.
Well, Anne has certainly taken a drastic change of role from her Princess Diaries days (which I did watch, by the way) in the movie. The goofy but pretty princess in the earlier Disney production changed into princess of another kind. A curious rich girl who took the alternate route to find the meaning of her life. And, believe me, she BARED alot. Which had me wonder if the boys who went into the cinema after we left it were truly interested in the story or Anne's assets. :P
So anyway, Anne was bold and daring in her role. If that's the way the rich kids in Beverly Hills behave, then I think they are such poor things. No identity of their own, they pretend to talk like the the blacks and dress and act like them. Living wildly and dangerously, thinking everything is just a game. Rich people living like poor ones. So unfortunate...
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(Written today)
So, despite my dissatisfaction, Italy is in to the semi-finals of the World Cup. After their 1st goal at the 5th minute this morning, the verdict is already out. Ukraine, despite defeating the Spanish, are soooooooooo boring. I have to admit in this match, the Italians are better players. I was unable to "dong", believing it will be yet another boring game, so I went to sleep after the first half of the game. The 3-0 win to the Italians was not surprising, the Ukrainians are really hmmm... not there yet.
Argentina and Germany. My personal opinion of why the host country won is that Juregen Klinsman understands the importance of stamina, and this has given the Germans an upper hand over the Argentinians. Tactically speaking, the Germans are no match to the Argentinians. However, because the group has build up good stamina prior to the pre-World Cup training, the Germans stepped up on 2nd half and on extra time, and gained an upper hand over the tired and frustrated Argentinians, who were not granted free kicks on several occasions.
The Maradona syndrome seems to have passed down to the Argentinians, who dived and tumbled with great effect. The referee, thankfully, was impartial and saw through those tricks. Sorry, Argentina fans :P I really do not think faking a foul is good sportsmanship lor.
Speaking of which, a German player who was frequently shoved and hustled has slowly gained my attention :) Yes, dear readers, I was man gawking again. This time, it's Michael Ballack.
The poor guy was practically grabbed and pushed by the Argentinian defenders. And poor thing, despite suffering injury on his leg, he continued to finish the game and the extra time, half walking, half limping. (Yes guys, I know that is what a player should do anyway if he is playing, with 3 substitute chances all used) I held my breath as he took the penalty kick, and was really relieved that he scored.
And then, Argenitinian Roberto Ayala's unsuccessful penalty kick had me slapping my brother's shoulder several times, "Germany is in! Germany is in!"
Hooray for Jurgen Klinsman and team. Yet again! :)
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Interestingly, I was the only one watching the match when Germany played against Argentina. Brother was on the comp and pa was sleeping on the sofa. Hmm...
I refused to agree that World Cup has become so boring that its only audience are women who watch the matches because of the men running on the field.
I disagree. I think now that Argentina is out, the remaining teams are now quite equal in strength and stamina to compete. Except for Brazil, who are still dribbling balls to wow crowds. And who seemed to be the favourites of StarHub users, as the commercials seem to tell us.
It's getting exciting :)
(Written on 30th June)
With the remaining 2 movie vouchers left, P. and I went to watch "Havoc" tonight. There was an option to watch her secondary schoolmate, Royston Tan's show "4:30". But I was afraid that it would be too artistic for even P. herself (though we did watch "15"), so I chose for a slightly more commercial movie intead.
I am curious about Havoc. I am curious how drastic change of role has Anne Hathaway taken that has the media talking. I am also kinda drawn to the interesting story of how the poor little rich kids live their wild lives.
Well, Anne has certainly taken a drastic change of role from her Princess Diaries days (which I did watch, by the way) in the movie. The goofy but pretty princess in the earlier Disney production changed into princess of another kind. A curious rich girl who took the alternate route to find the meaning of her life. And, believe me, she BARED alot. Which had me wonder if the boys who went into the cinema after we left it were truly interested in the story or Anne's assets. :P
So anyway, Anne was bold and daring in her role. If that's the way the rich kids in Beverly Hills behave, then I think they are such poor things. No identity of their own, they pretend to talk like the the blacks and dress and act like them. Living wildly and dangerously, thinking everything is just a game. Rich people living like poor ones. So unfortunate...
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(Written today)
So, despite my dissatisfaction, Italy is in to the semi-finals of the World Cup. After their 1st goal at the 5th minute this morning, the verdict is already out. Ukraine, despite defeating the Spanish, are soooooooooo boring. I have to admit in this match, the Italians are better players. I was unable to "dong", believing it will be yet another boring game, so I went to sleep after the first half of the game. The 3-0 win to the Italians was not surprising, the Ukrainians are really hmmm... not there yet.
Argentina and Germany. My personal opinion of why the host country won is that Juregen Klinsman understands the importance of stamina, and this has given the Germans an upper hand over the Argentinians. Tactically speaking, the Germans are no match to the Argentinians. However, because the group has build up good stamina prior to the pre-World Cup training, the Germans stepped up on 2nd half and on extra time, and gained an upper hand over the tired and frustrated Argentinians, who were not granted free kicks on several occasions.
The Maradona syndrome seems to have passed down to the Argentinians, who dived and tumbled with great effect. The referee, thankfully, was impartial and saw through those tricks. Sorry, Argentina fans :P I really do not think faking a foul is good sportsmanship lor.
Speaking of which, a German player who was frequently shoved and hustled has slowly gained my attention :) Yes, dear readers, I was man gawking again. This time, it's Michael Ballack.The poor guy was practically grabbed and pushed by the Argentinian defenders. And poor thing, despite suffering injury on his leg, he continued to finish the game and the extra time, half walking, half limping. (Yes guys, I know that is what a player should do anyway if he is playing, with 3 substitute chances all used) I held my breath as he took the penalty kick, and was really relieved that he scored.
And then, Argenitinian Roberto Ayala's unsuccessful penalty kick had me slapping my brother's shoulder several times, "Germany is in! Germany is in!"
Hooray for Jurgen Klinsman and team. Yet again! :)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Interestingly, I was the only one watching the match when Germany played against Argentina. Brother was on the comp and pa was sleeping on the sofa. Hmm...
I refused to agree that World Cup has become so boring that its only audience are women who watch the matches because of the men running on the field.
I disagree. I think now that Argentina is out, the remaining teams are now quite equal in strength and stamina to compete. Except for Brazil, who are still dribbling balls to wow crowds. And who seemed to be the favourites of StarHub users, as the commercials seem to tell us.
It's getting exciting :)
2 Comments:
Wah. This Havoc show counds very havoc. Must go see, hee hee.
sian, I didn't hear any "counds" during the show leh... Maybe when you watch it and hear it, let me know when the sound came on during the movie, eh?
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