Saturday, November 20, 2010
You Shine So Bright, You Leave Me Blind
Why are Scandinavians bands so good at sugar-sweet-sunshiney songs? Here's my favorite for this month :)
Treefight for Sunlight's "Facing The Sun."
Treefight for Sunlight is a Danish Quartet that Nylon magazine describes as such -- "With its falsetto vocals, bells, twinkling pianos, and chiming guitars, this song is so damn euphoric, it might blind you."
Treefight for Sunlight's "Facing The Sun."
Treefight for Sunlight is a Danish Quartet that Nylon magazine describes as such -- "With its falsetto vocals, bells, twinkling pianos, and chiming guitars, this song is so damn euphoric, it might blind you."
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Phnom Penh, November 3, 2010
First tuk tuk ride in Phnom Penh
Outside the Royal Palace
A Grand Palace must have grand staircases leading up to it.
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| Traditional Khmer roof of the Royal Palace |
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| The grounds of the Royal Palace are spacious and elegant |
The Khmer Rouge's rules at Tuol Sleng Genocide Musuem
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| Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, Phnom Penh |
Bodhi Tree Restaurant in Phnom Penh
Monday, November 15, 2010
Would you rather date a lot of different people, or be in a committed relationship?
Be in a committed relationship of course.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Ho Chi Minh, Nov 2, 2010
Hong Han Hotel, District 1 Ho Chi Minh
A baguette and omelet breakfast
Getting lost in the park in front of the Reunification Palace.
Au Parc Cafe
Ben Thanh Market
Notre Dame Cathedral
Central Post Office
Water Puppet Show
Pho from Pho 2000
What's your biggest phobia?
After Angkor Wat, I'm discovering it's heights. The ascent is fine, the descent is killer.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Sunday Afternoon Post
Aside from Sofia Coppola's Lost In Translation, you know who else has referenced Wong Kar Wai?
The Goo-Goo Dolls. Last night, I was watching their music video for "Slide," (1998) after years of not seeing it. I've always thought of that as my song ("Oh May, you wanna get married? Or run away?").
Look at this particular scene:
I feel giddy as if I'm the first person that's discovered it (which I'm sure, I'm not).
On a side note, wasn't the 90s just a splendid time? The music, the movies, the wistfulness, longing and exquisite heartbreak of that time in my life is still romantic and innocent. Like sitting next to someone you're head over heels in love with, and them not knowing.
The Goo-Goo Dolls. Last night, I was watching their music video for "Slide," (1998) after years of not seeing it. I've always thought of that as my song ("Oh May, you wanna get married? Or run away?").
Look at this particular scene:
Such amazing likeness to Wong Kar Wai's Fallen Angels (1994).
I feel giddy as if I'm the first person that's discovered it (which I'm sure, I'm not).
On a side note, wasn't the 90s just a splendid time? The music, the movies, the wistfulness, longing and exquisite heartbreak of that time in my life is still romantic and innocent. Like sitting next to someone you're head over heels in love with, and them not knowing.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
500 Movies For Rache
About 500 Movies for Rache
Rache is one of our friends, who, though smart and wonderful in every way imaginable, is particularly deficient in terms of her film knowledge.
Now, no friend of ours can be allowed to go on believing that movies such as Batang X and The Little Mermaid 2 represent the height of cinematic excellence.
And so, it is with a mixture of compassion and messianic complex, that we’ve decided to watch and review 500 movies for Rache, until March 31, 2011. There are three of us behind this blog, and we have decided that there is only one way to go about the movie-picking and reviewing process: indiscriminately.
We will sit through the campy and the compelling, the indie films and the blockbusters, the critics’ darlings and the straight-to-video. This is how much we love you Rachelle. And how much we love movies. By March of 2011, we hope to have a good cross-section of cinematic genres, traditions, cultures and periods. (But,let’s face it, in all likelihood, it will be mostly Hollywood fare).
So Rache, our dear, pretty, wonderful, cinematically-clueless friend, and the many others just like her, THIS BLOG IS FOR YOU.
I for one, have been enjoying this little project. That's one thing I think I can never get tired of - watching movies and writing about them. That's my dream job right there.
Click HERE to go to our awesome site.
For Halloween
...I went to school/work as Wednesday Addams, from the Addams Family. I googled her and everything, trying to get the look down pat.
I sort of thought I got it right.
But for some reason, almost everyone who saw me said, "Esther! Orphan!"
I'm off by a decade. Esther is this generation's psycho doll-child.
I sort of thought I got it right.
But for some reason, almost everyone who saw me said, "Esther! Orphan!"
I'm off by a decade. Esther is this generation's psycho doll-child.
Around The World In Two Days
For UN week this year, each section transformed their classrooms into their assigned countries. It was such a thrill to hop from room to room and see stunning replicas of the world's most famous landmarks.
Mt Fuji
The Sydney Opera House.
St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa.
The Statue of Liberty, whose birthday we celebrated last October 28, 2010.
More pictures tomorrow, maybe.
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