Guilty! Kong speaking Mandarin? WTF?

I know I know! I've not been updating my blog!
And therefore I'm GUILTY! Hehe...Anywayz..
Nothing much except that I've been pretty relaxed lately!
Mind you, I've been working my ass off for the past 4 months in college!
College life is HELL especially when you've got like neverending piles of assignments to be done in the last minute! *wink*
Anywayz, just a quick update on my life, I've watched King Kong a.k.a The Eighth Wonder of the World! It was fantastic! Though it was spoiled by people who were talking to the screen the whole time!
First, I've got a couple sitting right behind me, and when King Kong showed up after (WARNING : *SPOILER AHEAD*) an hour into the movie, the guy just kept whispering to his girlfriend, "King Kong...King Kong...King Kong...King Kong" like some kinda machine that keeps replaying! It was so bloody annoying! Look! If you want to whisper AND talk to your girlfriend, might as well go buy the DVD and watch it at home! We know you're obsessed with Kong's ding dongs but you don't have to keep repeating it! Next up, a happy chinese family (a rather big one, in fact with 4 children) was saying rather weird stuff which I couldn't quite make out since they were speaking in Mandarin but heLLO? We're in the cinema! I know you want to talk to your lovely wife that bore you with 4 children from hell and spend a lil' time with her! BUT puh-leeeze talk OUTSIDE! Gosh! I was wondering why could Kong suddenly be speaking in Mandarin! Let alone speak at all! It seems that their comments and such were made when Kong opens his badly-in-need-of-clorets mouth and growls. Great timing eh? Oh yeah! Not forgetting to mention! Their oh-so-cute-you-wish-they-were-dead children! I don't mind them bringing their children for a movie, but can you at least tell them to sit still and not talk during the movie? Hell! I coulda sworn I saw a couple of shadows blocking my view from ogling at Naomi Watts beautiful eyes or Jack Black's huge gut or Adrian Brody's sulk! It's like a big reminder to the old "Buy pirated VCDs lar! The shadows ar? Aiya! Those people cannot sit still! Dunno how to watch movie wan!"

PHEW! Got that out finally! Enough b*tching about people though. I recently attended an audition for a Student Film that will be filmed by our very own local director! Chor Ai Lene! Never heard of her? Well, maybe not yet. This film is her final piece/thesis for her Masters in Filming! Not bad eh? Woo-hoo! I just seriously hope I will get the role! Oh by the way, I didn't tell you what was the film about. The title of the movie is "Tiffin" where an indian girl reaches a point in life where she has to make a decision between her one and only chance in sitting for the college entrance exams/SPM(not sure yet) or continuing a life of being a helper to a chinese family to care for their grandmother as started by her mother. Of course, here comes the plot twist, the daughter-in-law of the pohpoh thinks that having an indian helper who comes daily is an embarassment to their(her) social status and is thinking of employing an Indonesian maid instead where it is more highly looked upon. However, the Pohpoh really enjoys the company of Shanti and is reluctant to let her go. Pohpoh's grandson will provide the conflict as Shanti suspects that he stole pohpoh's money but she has no evidence to prove her innocence when she was blamed for the EVIL deed.

Hehe, as most of you can see...I auditioned for the grandson's role and hopefully *fingers crossed* i will get it! So pray for me people and hope I can get the role! Hehehe.....

eM-Kay

LOCAL Footballers and Nasi Lemak!

Well, to be honest, there was a reason for the nick exiledbrother. It's because among all my school friends(primary and secondary school), it seems that I'm the only one in kdu while the rest were in Taylors, Inti,HELP, etc. etc. So, I suppose the nick fits me quite nicely not perfectly...but nicely..with the exception of yingKs of course! He's from the same school too 'cept he's one year my senior.
LOLz! There you go! The mystery is solved!

Honestly, I've been doing a lot of thinking lately. Thinking about our recent success in SEA Games and our new World Squash Champion, Ms. Nicol David! It has come to my attention(and to others as well) that why is it we still put more priority on football when we all damn well know that our country isn't doing well and will probably not do well TILL we can change our player's mentality? Is it because of the "we were once feared by the whole of ASIA" thinking? That was SO long ago in the 60's to the 70's! But ever since then, why have we fallen and not been able to pick ourselves up anymore? Is it because of the match-fixing scandal that took place - if I recall correctly - not too long ago in our shores? I suppose what Dr. M said was true. "Malaysia has first-class facilities but third-world mentality". Why can we be beaten by the little teams like Myanmar or Vietnam or for the record, SINGAPORE?

I recall a match that took place in our own Bukit Jalil Stadium in the Tigers' Cup I think. It was Malaysia vs. Indonesia. We were 1-0 up until half-time. When the game restarted, it seems Malaysia was taking the back seat and literally just slept there! For not TOO long later, the Indons levelled! And from that moment on, our oh-so-loved players were shaking and you can see that their passes were rubbish and they were panicking! The defence were virtually non-existent! They even allowed the Indon strikers to run around them a couple of times before scoring the winner! That's what I was talking about! They don't have the mental strength to cope with the pressure! It seems as though once they let in a goal, their confidence goes in with that goal and they lose the game automatically! I suppose it's quite evident as I don't recall Malaysia winning a footie match when the opposition equalize or score against them! They no longer have what it takes to cope up with the pressure!

Oh yeah, I even recall a friend or a teacher of mine telling me that after a gruelling day of training, the players will go to a mamak stall and have their favourite... guess what... NASI LEMAK! Oh not only that, even having cold drinks! To the ordinary you and me, of course, Teh Ais is nothing, but to an athlete, it matters a lot! It affects their stamina! Why oh why don't our players take care of their own health. Personally, it would be an honour to represent the country, but it seems to them, it's a trivial matter and couldn't care less.

I am extremely saddened at the state of our players. If it continues like this, I suppose we'll only be looked upon as fodder or warm-up training to stronger teams. Stronger teams who need to raise their confidence before going to a tournament i.e World Cup and the only way to do it is by putting in a minimun of 4 goals past our fellow footballers. It really is a smack in the face, to tell you the truth. Sure, it is fun having MU coming and Brazil coming to play against our national team but the whole world is laughing at us. How can we be respected if we are a successful country but can't stop the big names of football from thrashing our national team? That is why I've said at the beginning, it's about time the spotlight is shone to where it should be shone. We only excel in 2 sports currently and that is badminton and squash I suppose? It is only right that our national athletes from these sports be given the right recognition rather than pouring all our energy on our footballers.

BUT, and that is a very big but, I pray that one day, our footballers shall rise from the ashes like a phoenix and take over the reins as one of Asia's most feared football teams again. THEN, we can give the Brazilians a run for their money and maybe even challenge for the World Cup. :P
I hope I'll not be too old to watch Malaysia lift the World Cup should the current situation improve somewhere in the near future!

Why Exiled Brother?

To my fellow bloggers,

A big hello I bid you as this is my first ever blog in bloggers.com. Nothing much to say apart from the fact that I had a blog before but was unable to continue writing in it because of the poor response. But after having a few words with fishtail in college a couple of days back, I suppose one of the reasons for my blog being so poorly-received was probably because of my inconsistency in blogging and not creative enough I suppose?

Anywayz, I shall try my level best to entertain my fellow readers, so as to attract new readers! So, to answer your first question as to why I chose the nick exiled brother as my display name. It's quite simple actually, I saw the title of a book that was on my table, it was Exile's Return by Raymond E. Feist and a pirated(shh!) DVD copy of Brothers Grimm. So, if you put the two first words of both of the titles, there you have it, Exiled Brother! There's a hidden meaning to it as well but I suppose I shall keep things interesting by blogging it in the next post. :P

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