A says:
an american friend told me once
A says:
that normal guys think of sex every 10 seconds
A says:
while he, 7 seconds
A says:
lol
Jeremy says:
lol.
Jeremy says:
that's just bullshit..
Jeremy says:
maybe for him, yes..
Jeremy says:
but for a normal guy to think of sex every 10 seconds.. i have to say, sex will become REALLY REALLY boring..
Jeremy says:
since it's always on ur mind
That was part of a conversation I had with my friend and I thought I'd share it with you guys. Please tell me if you agree with my statement or it's just me living in denial. :)
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Saturday, June 14, 2008
The Original Ending
This was what the ending was supposed to be like for Sepet.
Which one did you prefer?
Btw, the whole post was taken from the director, Yasmin Ahmad's blog for the convenience of those who wanted to know.
54. Inside father’s car, on the way to the airport.
Mum urges Orked to open the envelope. Orked takes out from the envelope, a letter and a cassette. She slips the cassette into the player and turns it on. Home recording piano solo of ‘Belaian Jiwa’ comes on. Orked is visibly moved by the song. She proceeds to open the letter. The music carries through over the next scene.
55. Same time. Ext. The road. (as per letter)
We hear the music, and over it we hear Jason’s words in his letter to Orked. We see him putting on his helmet and getting on his bike. He begins his journey to Keong’s house. He smiles to himself and looks excited. He can’t wait to get there.
JASON:
My darling Orked. God is answering my prayers. Maggie has decided not to have the baby. She said she won’t destroy her future because of one stupid man. I guess that means me. Orked, I don’t want to talk about her anymore. I want to talk about us. I tried to write a poem in Mandarin about you. I wanted to make you understand how I feel.
As the letter continues, we see Jason make a turn through some back alleys. We see some men in two cars catch sight of him, signal to each other, and start tailing him.
JASON: (continues)
But no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t. I tried for days. The more I wrote, the more empty my words sounded. At first I felt panic. I couldn’t sleep for many nights. But then, the panic would go away everytime I saw your face, or just heard your voice. I used to write poetry because to me, it was like writing letters to God; to tell someone I couldn’t see, how I felt inside. Then finally, God replied. With a poem more beautiful than anything I had ever written. He gave me you.
We see one car follow Jason into the alley. Realising he’s being followed, Jason speeds towards the end of the alley. The other call pulls up on that side. Jason brakes. We see him flung through the air as the men come out of their cars, whip out their guns and open fire at him.
JASON:
You are my poetry from God, Orked. Let me hear your voice. Please call me. I will be waiting. Just call me, Orked, so I can sleep peacefully again. Your sayang, Jason.
Jason is lying on the ground. His body is bullet-ridden and bloody, but he’s still alive. He is breathing heavily and mutters something unintelligeable under his breath. His eyes just stare at the sky. As we move in closer to his face, we see a tear streaming down the side of his temple.
Jimmy steps out of a car. His head is partly wrapped in bandage. He walks up to Jason with a gun in his hand and puts the nozzle on one of his eyes.
Cut to far end of the alley as some policemen step out of their car just in time to see, from a distance, Jimmy hover over Jason’s body and pull the trigger.
56. Same time. (Continue scene 54) Inside Orked’s father’s car.
Orked puts down the letter, puts her arms around her mother and cries her eyes out. Her mother looks to their father as if asking for his help.
Father is visibly moved by the sincerity of his daughter’s tears.
He speaks loudly so as to be heard above his daughter’s weeping.
ABAHr:
Look, I have a really bad feeling about all this. I don’t know how to put it in any other way, but I don’t like the idea of you going out with a boy involved with gangsters and who made a girl pregnant.
He pauses for a moment to take a deep breath and organise his thoughts. Orked stops sobbing and listens. He continues.
ABAH:
You are my only child, Ked. All I want is for you to be safe and happy. Because I don’t know if I’ll be around long enough to see you through. I know jodoh is in God’s hands, and that as a human being, ultimately I have no idea what’s good and what’s not for you. But... I really, really don’t think this one particular boy is the right one for you. I’m sorry.
Orked starts to sob quietly. Suddenly, mother looks at father as if she has just seen a ghost.
MAK:
What did you just say, sayang?
ABAH:
What? I’m sorry?
MAK:
No, no. Before that.
ABAH:
I don’t think...
MAK:
No. You said... I really, really don’t think this one particular boy...
MAK/ABAH (together):
...is the right one for you.
MAK:
Those were the EXACT words aruah Abah said to me, when I told him that I wanted to marry you, sayang.
Orked suddenly stops sobbing and mutters “Yin-fen” under her breath. Her mother turns around and speaks to Orked as calmly as she can, slowly and deliberately. She wipes the tears off her own face, then off Orked’s face, as she speaks.
MAK:
Listen to me. I have been speaking to Jason many times over the phone these last few days. Yam too. He told us not to tell you. He also said that he wasn’t sure if you loved him because you never really said so. He’s still waiting for your call. My advice would be that if you really love him, this will be your last chance to tell him in a long, long time.
Orked looks at her mother in a way that could melt any heart.
ORKED:
Mak. Please may I borrow your phone...
57. Alley where Jason was shot.
The gangsters have been handcuffed and are being ushered into Black Marias. Paramedics covers Jason’s body and carry it off on a stretcher. We see policemen talking to their walkie-talkies and we hear static and people taking from the other end.
Out of the blue, a mobile phone rings. A policeman picks up Jason’s blood-stained pouch lying on the ground, opens it, and takes out the phone. He answers it.
Cut to a far shot of the policeman talking to the phone.
58. Same time. Ext. Outside Keong’s house.
Keong is sitting in the hot sun, by the drain outside the family’s terrace house. He is waiting for Jason.
He looks across the street and sees the little Chinese boy and the little Malay girl from Scene 1 in a playground, sharing a swing.
Keong looks down at the cast on his arm. He sees Jason’s handwriting on it. Keong bends his arm a little to read it. It says:
“I'm sorry. (signed) Jason.”
59. Day. Int. Living room of jason’s shophouse.
Close-up of Jason’s poetry book. It is open. We hear Jason’s voice start reading from the page.
JASON:
Bless this little heart,
this white soul that has won the kiss of heaven.
He loves the light of the sun,
He loves the sight of his mother’s face.
He has not learnt to hate the dust, and love the gold.
Clasp him to your heart and bless him.
He has come into this land of 100 crossroads.
I know not how he chose you from the crowd,
came to your door, grasped your hand to ask his way.
We slowly pull away from the book as Jason’s voice continues to read. As we go further from the book, we see that there’s no Jason, just his voice.
JASON:
He followed you, laughing and talking, without a doubt
in his heart.
Keep his trust, lead him straight, and bless him.
Lay your hand on his head,
and pray that though the waves beneath him grow
threatening,
yet the breath from above him will fill his sails and
waft him to the haven of peace.
We pull further until we reach Jason’s mother lying on the sofa. She’s sleeping peacefully. We close in on her face as Jason’s voice completes the poem.
JASON:
Forget him not in your hurry,
let him come to your heart and bless him...
Goodnight, mah.
Cut to black. Roll credits.
Which one did you prefer?
Btw, the whole post was taken from the director, Yasmin Ahmad's blog for the convenience of those who wanted to know.
Mum urges Orked to open the envelope. Orked takes out from the envelope, a letter and a cassette. She slips the cassette into the player and turns it on. Home recording piano solo of ‘Belaian Jiwa’ comes on. Orked is visibly moved by the song. She proceeds to open the letter. The music carries through over the next scene.
55. Same time. Ext. The road. (as per letter)
We hear the music, and over it we hear Jason’s words in his letter to Orked. We see him putting on his helmet and getting on his bike. He begins his journey to Keong’s house. He smiles to himself and looks excited. He can’t wait to get there.
JASON:
My darling Orked. God is answering my prayers. Maggie has decided not to have the baby. She said she won’t destroy her future because of one stupid man. I guess that means me. Orked, I don’t want to talk about her anymore. I want to talk about us. I tried to write a poem in Mandarin about you. I wanted to make you understand how I feel.
As the letter continues, we see Jason make a turn through some back alleys. We see some men in two cars catch sight of him, signal to each other, and start tailing him.
JASON: (continues)
But no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t. I tried for days. The more I wrote, the more empty my words sounded. At first I felt panic. I couldn’t sleep for many nights. But then, the panic would go away everytime I saw your face, or just heard your voice. I used to write poetry because to me, it was like writing letters to God; to tell someone I couldn’t see, how I felt inside. Then finally, God replied. With a poem more beautiful than anything I had ever written. He gave me you.
We see one car follow Jason into the alley. Realising he’s being followed, Jason speeds towards the end of the alley. The other call pulls up on that side. Jason brakes. We see him flung through the air as the men come out of their cars, whip out their guns and open fire at him.
JASON:
You are my poetry from God, Orked. Let me hear your voice. Please call me. I will be waiting. Just call me, Orked, so I can sleep peacefully again. Your sayang, Jason.
Jason is lying on the ground. His body is bullet-ridden and bloody, but he’s still alive. He is breathing heavily and mutters something unintelligeable under his breath. His eyes just stare at the sky. As we move in closer to his face, we see a tear streaming down the side of his temple.
Jimmy steps out of a car. His head is partly wrapped in bandage. He walks up to Jason with a gun in his hand and puts the nozzle on one of his eyes.
Cut to far end of the alley as some policemen step out of their car just in time to see, from a distance, Jimmy hover over Jason’s body and pull the trigger.
56. Same time. (Continue scene 54) Inside Orked’s father’s car.
Orked puts down the letter, puts her arms around her mother and cries her eyes out. Her mother looks to their father as if asking for his help.
Father is visibly moved by the sincerity of his daughter’s tears.
He speaks loudly so as to be heard above his daughter’s weeping.
ABAHr:
Look, I have a really bad feeling about all this. I don’t know how to put it in any other way, but I don’t like the idea of you going out with a boy involved with gangsters and who made a girl pregnant.
He pauses for a moment to take a deep breath and organise his thoughts. Orked stops sobbing and listens. He continues.
ABAH:
You are my only child, Ked. All I want is for you to be safe and happy. Because I don’t know if I’ll be around long enough to see you through. I know jodoh is in God’s hands, and that as a human being, ultimately I have no idea what’s good and what’s not for you. But... I really, really don’t think this one particular boy is the right one for you. I’m sorry.
Orked starts to sob quietly. Suddenly, mother looks at father as if she has just seen a ghost.
MAK:
What did you just say, sayang?
ABAH:
What? I’m sorry?
MAK:
No, no. Before that.
ABAH:
I don’t think...
MAK:
No. You said... I really, really don’t think this one particular boy...
MAK/ABAH (together):
...is the right one for you.
MAK:
Those were the EXACT words aruah Abah said to me, when I told him that I wanted to marry you, sayang.
Orked suddenly stops sobbing and mutters “Yin-fen” under her breath. Her mother turns around and speaks to Orked as calmly as she can, slowly and deliberately. She wipes the tears off her own face, then off Orked’s face, as she speaks.
MAK:
Listen to me. I have been speaking to Jason many times over the phone these last few days. Yam too. He told us not to tell you. He also said that he wasn’t sure if you loved him because you never really said so. He’s still waiting for your call. My advice would be that if you really love him, this will be your last chance to tell him in a long, long time.
Orked looks at her mother in a way that could melt any heart.
ORKED:
Mak. Please may I borrow your phone...
57. Alley where Jason was shot.
The gangsters have been handcuffed and are being ushered into Black Marias. Paramedics covers Jason’s body and carry it off on a stretcher. We see policemen talking to their walkie-talkies and we hear static and people taking from the other end.
Out of the blue, a mobile phone rings. A policeman picks up Jason’s blood-stained pouch lying on the ground, opens it, and takes out the phone. He answers it.
Cut to a far shot of the policeman talking to the phone.
58. Same time. Ext. Outside Keong’s house.
Keong is sitting in the hot sun, by the drain outside the family’s terrace house. He is waiting for Jason.
He looks across the street and sees the little Chinese boy and the little Malay girl from Scene 1 in a playground, sharing a swing.
Keong looks down at the cast on his arm. He sees Jason’s handwriting on it. Keong bends his arm a little to read it. It says:
“I'm sorry. (signed) Jason.”
59. Day. Int. Living room of jason’s shophouse.
Close-up of Jason’s poetry book. It is open. We hear Jason’s voice start reading from the page.
JASON:
Bless this little heart,
this white soul that has won the kiss of heaven.
He loves the light of the sun,
He loves the sight of his mother’s face.
He has not learnt to hate the dust, and love the gold.
Clasp him to your heart and bless him.
He has come into this land of 100 crossroads.
I know not how he chose you from the crowd,
came to your door, grasped your hand to ask his way.
We slowly pull away from the book as Jason’s voice continues to read. As we go further from the book, we see that there’s no Jason, just his voice.
JASON:
He followed you, laughing and talking, without a doubt
in his heart.
Keep his trust, lead him straight, and bless him.
Lay your hand on his head,
and pray that though the waves beneath him grow
threatening,
yet the breath from above him will fill his sails and
waft him to the haven of peace.
We pull further until we reach Jason’s mother lying on the sofa. She’s sleeping peacefully. We close in on her face as Jason’s voice completes the poem.
JASON:
Forget him not in your hurry,
let him come to your heart and bless him...
Goodnight, mah.
Cut to black. Roll credits.
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Movies
Do you notice how you always watch movies but tend to miss out on some of the meaningful things that were said by the actors/actresses only to read it somewhere knowing you've heard of it before? Lol and no, i'm not talking about the boyfriends/girlfriends that put movie quotes into their love letters thinking it's a nice thing to do. That's so insincere, no?
Most of these meaningful things are said so fast in a movie that you sometimes fail to catch what he/she said and really understand what was meant by those few words. Don't you think that the good movies are often written by scriptwriters that place their heart, soul and emotion into the movie itself and imagine what they themselves would say if put in the same situation? Of course, they also tend to add a bit of flowery language to make it sound rather different and give the words more life.
Let's take 'Sepet' as an example so I can directly quote from a few scenes of a movie and you'll get what I mean. Those who have not watched Sepet yet might not want to read on because it may spoil the movie and I wouldn't wanna do that coz people have done the same to me and I hated it. Sepet's probably also on my top 10 movies list because it brings out all the humour, romance and drama a movie should with lots of Malaysian cultures that I can relate to (pirated dvds, pasar malams, gangsterism and an incapable Prime Minister). Anyway, I'll give you the link for the movie just in case anyone wants to watch or rewatch it on Crunchy Roll.
Those who want to read on but have not watched the movie, just to let you know, Orked's the Malay girl and Jason's the Chinese boy and it revolves around them for most of the movie.
Part 1
Orked: It's like what I said, you like who you like. I mean, who cares if that someone likes the other someone because of their race. It’s when they hate them, that’s the problem.
The first time I watched the movie I think I missed out on what she said. This was probably written in relation to some of the racial tensions that have plagued Malaysia for the past few decades. Malaysians must realise that they have lived harmoniously over the past 50 years albeit the unforseen May 13th 1969 incident and that whatever the government throws their way(eg: petrol price hike), these are just minor challenges compared to maintaining racial harmony. No matter what the Prime Minister or opposition leaders say, the people/rakyat are the ones who will decide who governs this country and no one can take that away from us.
Part 2
Orked: I like your hair.
Jason: Thanks.
Orked: Where’d you get your hair done?
Jason: Bisexual hair salon.
Orked: I think you meant unisex hair salon.
I burst out in laughter the first time I watched this scene. Don't you think it's funny how a simple mistake like this can make such a big difference to the meaning of the whole sentence?
Part 3
Jason: Orked, how long do you think it takes to fall in love?
Orked: A minute. How long did it take for you to fall in love with me?
Jason: Less than that.
Although this part was quite cliche, I could feel the sincerity from both Jason and Orked even though I was watching the movie for the second time and knew every word the 2 of them were gonna say to each other. I think that there's no such thing as love at first sight and that it doesn't mean that if he/she's already your boyfriend that you do love him/her. Love takes time and you would know it's love when you're ready to look him/her in the eye and tell him/her that you love him/her. And yes, it takes less than a minute to realise it.
Part 4
Orked’s Father : I’ll never understand you women even if i live to be a hundred. So pelik and confusing.
Orked’s Mother: It’s ok sayang, your job is to love us, not to understand us.
So all you women out there, is this true? Do we only have to love but not understand you? Would our love be sufficient even if we fail to understand why women enjoy things like shopping and cuddling after sex (refer to my previous post)? If the way to a man's heart is through his tummy, then how do we reach a woman's heart?
Most of these meaningful things are said so fast in a movie that you sometimes fail to catch what he/she said and really understand what was meant by those few words. Don't you think that the good movies are often written by scriptwriters that place their heart, soul and emotion into the movie itself and imagine what they themselves would say if put in the same situation? Of course, they also tend to add a bit of flowery language to make it sound rather different and give the words more life.
Let's take 'Sepet' as an example so I can directly quote from a few scenes of a movie and you'll get what I mean. Those who have not watched Sepet yet might not want to read on because it may spoil the movie and I wouldn't wanna do that coz people have done the same to me and I hated it. Sepet's probably also on my top 10 movies list because it brings out all the humour, romance and drama a movie should with lots of Malaysian cultures that I can relate to (pirated dvds, pasar malams, gangsterism and an incapable Prime Minister). Anyway, I'll give you the link for the movie just in case anyone wants to watch or rewatch it on Crunchy Roll.
Those who want to read on but have not watched the movie, just to let you know, Orked's the Malay girl and Jason's the Chinese boy and it revolves around them for most of the movie.
Part 1
Orked: It's like what I said, you like who you like. I mean, who cares if that someone likes the other someone because of their race. It’s when they hate them, that’s the problem.
The first time I watched the movie I think I missed out on what she said. This was probably written in relation to some of the racial tensions that have plagued Malaysia for the past few decades. Malaysians must realise that they have lived harmoniously over the past 50 years albeit the unforseen May 13th 1969 incident and that whatever the government throws their way(eg: petrol price hike), these are just minor challenges compared to maintaining racial harmony. No matter what the Prime Minister or opposition leaders say, the people/rakyat are the ones who will decide who governs this country and no one can take that away from us.
Part 2
Orked: I like your hair.
Jason: Thanks.
Orked: Where’d you get your hair done?
Jason: Bisexual hair salon.
Orked: I think you meant unisex hair salon.
I burst out in laughter the first time I watched this scene. Don't you think it's funny how a simple mistake like this can make such a big difference to the meaning of the whole sentence?
Part 3
Jason: Orked, how long do you think it takes to fall in love?
Orked: A minute. How long did it take for you to fall in love with me?
Jason: Less than that.
Although this part was quite cliche, I could feel the sincerity from both Jason and Orked even though I was watching the movie for the second time and knew every word the 2 of them were gonna say to each other. I think that there's no such thing as love at first sight and that it doesn't mean that if he/she's already your boyfriend that you do love him/her. Love takes time and you would know it's love when you're ready to look him/her in the eye and tell him/her that you love him/her. And yes, it takes less than a minute to realise it.
Part 4
Orked’s Father : I’ll never understand you women even if i live to be a hundred. So pelik and confusing.
Orked’s Mother: It’s ok sayang, your job is to love us, not to understand us.
So all you women out there, is this true? Do we only have to love but not understand you? Would our love be sufficient even if we fail to understand why women enjoy things like shopping and cuddling after sex (refer to my previous post)? If the way to a man's heart is through his tummy, then how do we reach a woman's heart?
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Jon Mclaughlin
I've never done this before but I've always thought the lyrics to this song was quite meaningful. If you haven't heard of him, go open your Limewire now and download any of his songs. He's quite good if you're into slow and meaningful songs. This song is titled Human and it's true that because of the sole fact that we're humans, we tend to torture ourselves by hurting and not move on and heal from our past mistakes/experiences. And always fighting what we're feeling? I'm sure I'm not the only one who has done that. I guess sometimes you just have to do the unexpected and not let yourself be blinded by all that emotion.
Can you tell me how we got in this situation
I can't seem to get you off my mind
All these ups and downs they trip up our good intentions
Nobody said this was an easy ride
Afterall, we're only human
Always fighting what we're feeling
Hurt instead of healing
Afterall, we're only human
Is there any other reason why we stay instead of leaving afterall?
Can we get back to this point in the in this conversation
When we talk things through each others eyes
Cause now all I see is a new and end devastation
Afterall, we're only human
Always fighting what we're feeling
hurt instead of healing
Afterall, we're only human
Is there any other reason why we stay instead of leaving?
I'm smart enough to know that life goes by
and it leaves a trail of broken thoughts behind
if you fear of letting go, just give me time
i'll come running to your side
Can you tell me how we got in this situation
I can't seem to get you off my mind
cause afterall we're only human
Always fighting what we're feeling
hurt instead of healing
Afterall, we're only human
Is there any other reason why we stay instead of leaving
I can't seem to get you off my mind
All these ups and downs they trip up our good intentions
Nobody said this was an easy ride
Afterall, we're only human
Always fighting what we're feeling
Hurt instead of healing
Afterall, we're only human
Is there any other reason why we stay instead of leaving afterall?
Can we get back to this point in the in this conversation
When we talk things through each others eyes
Cause now all I see is a new and end devastation
Afterall, we're only human
Always fighting what we're feeling
hurt instead of healing
Afterall, we're only human
Is there any other reason why we stay instead of leaving?
I'm smart enough to know that life goes by
and it leaves a trail of broken thoughts behind
if you fear of letting go, just give me time
i'll come running to your side
Can you tell me how we got in this situation
I can't seem to get you off my mind
cause afterall we're only human
Always fighting what we're feeling
hurt instead of healing
Afterall, we're only human
Is there any other reason why we stay instead of leaving
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Transformers!
This is gonna be a really short post that's meant to warn all the Transformers fans out there *cough Sheng cough Heng*. This morning I was reading like news online and there was this one piece of news on how a man was stopped from boarding a plane because he was wearing a Transformers t-shirt that had one of the characters holding a gun. He was told something like " Sir, we can't let you in because you've got a gun ON YOUR SHIRT " and had to change before he was allowed on to the plane. Seriously, do the immigration officers have no common sense or has it become that obvious and evident of how insecure this world has become? Or maybe they think that one of the Transformers is gonna jump out of the t-shirt holding a gun and try to hijack the plane.
And I was thinking of getting a Sweeney Todd shirt that would have a picture of Johnny Depp holding his blade like that. Oh well, it may be a threat to national security. :)
And I was thinking of getting a Sweeney Todd shirt that would have a picture of Johnny Depp holding his blade like that. Oh well, it may be a threat to national security. :)
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