Departures

I have never been so excited as to tell how good some movies are (ok....maybe there are plenty of times) but this movie left me seated in the cinema for well 5 minutes after it ended....the impact it has is just surreal.. i went to the movie with a real good friend, who by the way was tired after work and the movie was scheduled at 11 pm... he did give a hint of wanting to go back and just watch movies at his home mainly because we stuffed ourselves with chilli's amazing quesadillas and bottomless juices but too long have i waited for this international movie to be screened here in malaysia...

The movie is called departures... having read a bit of the review i know its about life and death...a movie with real deep meaning...but for my friend he thought it to be a movie set in an airport or some sort...just like how the lead in the movie got it wrong...for my friend... it came as a surprise and to my delight he loved it too.

The movie is 10 years in the making, most of the time in which the director tries to understand the ways of casketing and funeral ceremonies. It revolves around a wonderful yet not a successful cellist and after his orchestra was dissolved he returns to his hometown with his cheerful yet broken hearted wife... with no job prospect, an advertisement that offers a job handling 'departures' caught his interest thinking its a travel angency... he got the job just by promising to work hard and only then did he found out that the advertisement was misprinted...it is actually a job handling the departed.

His journey starts off rocky and gradually the job grew on him...but the perception of others gave him a hard time especially that of his wife...an event changes all that and he got the respect he deserve. The story of his father that ran away from home when he was small only to be reunited by his passing is a scene that left me shedding tears full of deep emotion (and i'm well proud of it!).

Its a movie from japan and have won an Oscar for the Best Foreign Language Film 2009... go watch if slow, deep meaningful movie's your thing.

PADI.......

Padi as in Professional Association of Diving Instructors...not the plant where we get our staple food rice...ok thats a bad one...btw, i'm back from One Utama with my dad to register for a diving course with PADI...and since i'm back for a week, we are going to get the PADI Open Water Diving course.... from the picture above there's alot to go through including a 260 page book and it must be done before our first class... which is like in another two days ...but i don't mind really...seriously...give me a 260 page diving book over any Surgery, Kumar and Clark or worse...Textbook of Nelson...haha

Ponder this...

I'm in love with this song sang by an aussie Sam Sparro... it took me awhile to understand the lyrics....

Black and Gold- Sam Sparro

the fish swam out of the ocean
and grew legs and they started walking

and the apes climbed down from the trees

and grew tall and they started talking

and the stars fell out of the sky

and my tears rolled into the ocean

now i'm looking for a reason why

you even set my world into motion

'cause if you're not really here
then the stars don't even matter

now i'm filled to the top with fear

but it's all just a bunch of matter

'cause if you're not really here

then i don't want to be either

i wanna be next to you

black and gold

black and gold

black and gold

i looked up into the grey sky

and see a thousand eyes staring back

and all around these golden beacons

i see nothing but black

i feel a way of something beyond them

i don't see what i can feel

if vision is the only validation

then most of my life isn't real

'cause if you're not really here

then the stars don't even matter

now i'm filled to the top with fear

but it's all just a bunch of matter

'cause if you're not really here

then i don't want to be either

i wanna be next to you

black and gold

black and gold

black and gold

hmmm updates??? haha

Its been awhile since my last post...not that i do not have anything to post really...was really tight up with stuff...

well i have my dream ipone for nearly 2 months now...the phone's great!!! i got the white one coz its the limited one...duhh..obvious choice..i didn't purchase any app though...many good ones are free so i'll just download those for the time being...my only complain is the battery life...need to charge daily...and not to forget the unstable maxis line here in Kuantan...frustrating!

my iphone 3G baby!! first page, and there's 5 more!

sleek white piece of love....

And i got my drum set at last!!! thanks to my dad that believe in my inner musician?? haha... love the set...its electronic though...can't have the peace and quit of kuantan polluted with the 'awesomeness' of cimee's drum play....haha..still have a lot to practice and to recap all those classes i invested when i was in matriculation in PJ...

music in the background of knowledge (i really dunno what to write here..haha)

And i bought two really cool adidas shoes too!!! at super discounted price but still making quite a large void in my wallet... i'm such a shoe whore...i nearly starve myself due to my depleted monthly allowance...and after lots of begging, my mom gave my june's allowance a week early..pheww...not gonna shop this month or i'll sure die...cross fingers

its the Porsche Design S2!!! read the gold plate!!

Fought for this last piece....and its worth it!

Dad booked our scuba diving lesson for my upcoming hols and i'm super super excited... can't wait!!!

well...exam is in two weeks and well ...seriously..i think i really need to study coz i dunno shit bout surgery!!!

Paeds in a nut?shell

Paeds has ended....joy to the world!...well at least for me....i really do not see myself as a paediatrician...ever! as much as i like to play with kids...i really hate them when they throw in a tantrum and when i mean hate i do mean it...the kind u just wanna smack them....there is no way you can console them rationally and bribing them with sweets and candies is the only way....sign n symptoms of future politicians maybe?

However times in Temerloh was enjoyable....we had plans for every single week while we were there...these are some of the pics

temorloh bandar ikan patin......at a patin stall for lunch

A wave before the elephant takes the plunge into the water

Gunung Senyum at the background. Collection of caves we conquered

Camp at Berkelah....waterfall...

not London....Genting...and its a restaurant not a bus..notice the menu?

BBQ nite to conclude our stay in Temerloh

iPhone in Malaysia!

So, the long wait is finally over !!!! at last iPhone is going to reach malaysian shores this coming 20th March brought by Maxis....expected it really coz they even manage to bring the blackberry in....well i've waited for more than 1 year surviving with my old Motorola..i dun even remember its model anymore haha....so its time is over and its time for iPhone 3G...hahahaha

the story was that i was actually watching TV3's 8 pm Bulletin Utama(News) and i was well kinda bored coz its all about Najib and his 60 billion lifeline for the recession and i was playing with my phone...then it dropped..hit hard on the floor and the screen just went blank...shit

This guy is A.N.C.I.E.N.T!!

friend : go get yourself a new phone la!
cimee : waiting for iPhone la!
friend : please la even indonesia has iPhone now...
cimee : so?
friend : so? malaysia will not get iPhone!

My phone was resuscitated after 5 minutes and well not long after it falls of my hand again for the second time

friend : seriously go get a new phone..thats the second time
cimee: i dun care as long as this thing can function i shall wait for iPhone
friend: go get the unlocked version...its all over Low Yatt
cimee : you know i'm not that type plus its more expensive and u can't really maximise its usage
friend : wtv!

Well, while playing my phone again..haha... watching the news something caught my eye...a sentence at the far corner of the TV...u know those short sentences on that news that is not important to be said by the newscaster but well shouldn't be left out...it read ' iPhone dibawa masuk oleh Maxis March 20' which means ' Maxis to bring iPhone March 20'. i was speechless and then i jumped as high as i could laughing out loud...the coincidence...my friends was shocked and when i told them they were like ' yaaaa riteeee' and i asked them to wait for the news to repeat...well..it doesn't but then i called another friend to confirm through the internet(there's no internet service in Temerloh where i currently stay during the weekdays) and he confirmed it. so cool!

me me....i wanna be among the first!

I was so thrilled i called my dad to remind him of his promise n he remembered...haha... cool and i think the rates are not that bad...only that its Maxis...I'm so use with Celcom....but then..something doesn't seem right...when i checked apple's site Malaysia's flag is not in the list of countries with iPhone...not even the coming soon list...question2??

So where's Malaysia??

Jason oh Jason

The one and only Mr A-Z was here in Malaysia and i had the opportunity to witness his wonderful talent up on stage at a close distance...i was thrilled and eventhough the place was like a sauna Mr A-Z did not dissappoint....its all worth it...i guess everyone knows the type of song he sang and i expected everyone to be just swaying from left to right during his concert...how wrong i was...the concert was awesome...he really knows how to entertain and he changed the tempo of his songs to suit a concert worth for a dance....1 hour and 30 minutes was the duration...kinda short i must say for a concert but i guess its worth the amount paid and he only sings his hits...Jason is soooo cool!! haha...now i sound like a girl...n he wears the 'i love kl' shirt develop by a charity body from taman tun( idun remember the organization name)...great support or maybe just to 'pancing' us but what the heck...i love him since he sang geek in the pink and he sang that song during the concert and that makes me jump non-stop..haha