Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Today, I sat down and watched this Eternal Sunshine of Spotless Mind.
A bit complicated but very interesting.
The whole image is quite beautiful.
It brings me to an imagination world.

Just for little information I found when I google around,
the title was taken from a poem Eloisa to Abelard by Alexander Pope.
Lines are quoted in one of the conversation:
"How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd;"

I think during the movie:
Do I want to erase my memory if it is possible?
Is it really necessary to erase the memories?
What could i do if there were people want to delete my memories while I was not willing to?
Even if the memories were erased, you would still remember them deep down subconciously, wouldn't you?

A movie I would still recommend to you after watching, it's not as normal as seen in the poster :)

vivian maier- the hero discovered

i found out, not long ago, that i am not a very determined person.

i have stopped listing out any "New Year Resolutions" because i know i wont do any of them.

i have painfully and quite unwillingly accepted this weakness of mine.

luckily, i didnt start this blog alone. (thank you to dear Invisibleman I- like B1 and B2 in Bananas in pyjamas- ok, sorry) because, it will be left to its own death after 6 or 7 posts.

i have always underestimated the power of determination.

when i was young, i was bored and rolled my eyes when i heard "determination is one of the key factors of success". i didnt know that, to accomplish something with the same burning passion as when the task was first started takes so much effort.

Vivian Maier, a nanny (yes, she took care of children as a job), took street photographs from the 1950s to 1990s. her photographs and negatives (all 100,000 of them) remained unknown until after her death. John Maloof, an estate agent bought a big pile of her work during an auction. That was how her work was discovered.

i cant imagine her sheer determination in going out to the streets, everyday. just enjoying what she was doing, not even giving the slightest care of what people or other peers may think of her work, and with such bravado, she did not even bother about the outcome (most of the negatives weren't developed when found), just plain pleasure.

Her photographs can be viewed here.

Why do vampires love us, the human?

This place has become a comfort zone to me.
It seems like this has become a habit for me to keep signing in here and keep sharing here.
Everytime I read something, I see something, I hear something...which are very interesting and inspiring, I just can't wait for another second to sign in and share them here!
At least I know there is someone, has the same interest.
You may not like the works, but at least we love sharing.

Anyways, today I come to this chinese blog by 蔡康永.
For me, he is a very talented and knowledgeable man.

A paragraph from one of his blog which put myself into a deep thought:

那天,看到《真爱如血 》劇中兩個吸血鬼在討論 : "人類又弱, 又短命, 到底有什麼值得迷戀的 ?"

被問的吸血鬼 ,回答了這句話 :

" 人類啊... 每件事都好心焦的, FOR THEM, EVERYTHING IS URGENT ...."

我玩味著這句話, 心裡五味雜陳 , 啊... 在永生不死者的眼中 ,我們人類的 [ 每件事都好心焦 , EVERYTHING IS URGENT ] , 竟然是迷人的喔 .....

我小時候,瘋狂懷疑人生有何意義時, 好心焦的亂翻亂找 , 就找到過有一派哲學家提供的安慰了, 這派哲學家說 : " 人生,就是因為有死亡 ,有限 ,才可能有意義的 ! "

- from 吸血鬼怎麼會覺得我們有趣 ?

Vampires see us to be interesting, because we have time limit in our life. Due to the time limit, we rush for everything, we try to complete everything before we die. We study, we work, we earn money...just to complete the 'routine' of life. But the point of all these? What if we could live like the vampires, no death, we don't need to earn for living, just need to hunt for food, would that be better?

But I never see a vampires series/movie describing the life of vampires as artists, writers, painters...etc. Why there have no such plot? Is that because of they are having an eternal life so all the stuffs they do become meaningless?

Does that support the statement of those philosophers that the human life is meaningful due to the limit of the life?

p/s: 《真爱如血 》is a HBO series called "True Blood".

Movies marathon.

A 2004 film.
Won Oscar original screenplay.
Wondering if you have watched it before.
Saw the trailer, will watch it after passing up my draft on fri!



When I am looking for more information for the above movie, I come to this...



which I think you might also be interested on.



Can't wait to watch all two movies.

劉若英 [ 繼續-給十五歲的自己 ] MV官方完整版

my goodness, its so rare to find me listening to chinese music and love it! not only that! my eyes and nose went red when listening the song and the lyrics... so touching and it was like, Liu Ruo Ying was singing to me. (persasan again- sorry Ms Liu and Ms Gilbert! hahahaha...) i heard this song when i was at my grandpa's house, the tv was playing its mtv and the simplicity of Liu Ruo Ying's wardrobe caught my eye. then i paid attention to the music and found the lyrics resonated strongly with my heart. and then i forgot about it until i heard it on the radio just now. when i reached home, i stayed in the car, with the engine dead, but the radio still playing this song. thank you Liu Ruo Ying for this song.

actually, Angela Aki was the original singer who sang this song.

thank you to both for such beautiful and touching song....

Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing creativity | Video on TED.com

Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing creativity Video on TED.com

oh! i read the book before! it was brilliant. funny and inspiring, it felt like Elizabeth was speaking to me through her book. so happy that Julia Roberts will be starring in her movie! :D

share with you this talk, i remember i did recommend this video in one of my blog's comments before.. cos after watching it i felt so touched. in this talk, Elizabeth Gilbert talks about the expectations of creative "geniuses", and shares with us her experiences with honesty and wit. i love her even more after watching and listening to her!

(sorry.. dont know how to post up the video window in here, but up there is the link to the talk!- in maroon)

'Eat, Pray, Love'

"Have you lost touch...with who you are? Then risk everything and let yourself go."




A movie based on true story by Elizabeth Gilbert.
More about her (I am a lazy person who depends on wikipedia. lol)
The movie looks inspirational.
Looking forward already :)