Hong Kong Summer International Film Festival

I was into really crappy music waaaaay back when. Avril Lavigne and Hilary Duff were basically the two I spent most of my time listening to. In the summer of 2005, I was obsessed with Hilary Duff's song Wake Up. Forgive me I was 11. I still listen to it though. I may even sing it in the shower sometimes. Youtube didn't exist back then so I downloaded the MV via Limewire and played it on repeat that summer. I loved it. So when I knew that 500 Days of Summer is directed by Marc Webb and Zooey Deschanel is the lead, it went straight on to my to-watch list.


500 Days of Summer



I haven't been a big fan of Zooey Deschanel. I came across her in 2005/6 and she was SO pretty. Didn't find her completely attractive as an actress mainly because she looked stiff in motion!? Then I saw Yes Man on the plane, not sure if that was my first Deschanel film, but I automatically fell in love with her. It was her eyes and qurkiness. I swear I like her before Surf's Up, Yes Man and the She & Him music.





Sunshine Cleaning



Have been wanting to see it since Sundance 2008. Reason: Emily Blunt and Amy Adams!!!! Looks really interesting too.




Other films to check out:
The Limits of Control Reason: Tilda Swinton
The Girl on the Train Reason: Interesting-looking?
Mysterious Skin Reason: ~Intriguing~ only for the 18+ though :'(
A lot of them look good as well - the complete list.

HK Summer IFF - Official Site


Highly doubt I'll end up seeing these two in the cinema. Last year I was planning to see Happy-Go-Lucky in this festival and finally saw it at the start of this year. I'll probably either download/rent/buy these two above.

you were stroking me like a pet, but you didn't own me yet.

thanks to school suspension, i sleep at 8 and get up at 5 now! yep, a.m. and p.m. respectively... for this summer holiday, i have goals (more like had cos i know i could never fulfill them now) as always, which i will list later.

i spent around 3 hours decluttering my room. 3 hours but no visible progress apart from now you can actually see the opposite coast when you're sitting on the windowsill. ok i'm exaggerating. it wasn't that bad at first. you can always see kowloon.

i found stuff that i never thought that i owned, including a lovely keyring we bought in paris disneyland, a.p.c. mobile strap thing, old framed photographs. it was funny how 8 drawers would store such valuable memories. i also found some illustrations/paintings/drawings i did 2 years ago. I DO MISS ART CLASS! i don't regret that i haven't taken igcse art and design cos i can't be arsed to do sketching every weekend. actually, the thing i miss is my art teacher. i like her whereas everybody doesn't. there's also one special thing about the atmosphere - a weird mix of cold air-conditioning, acrylic paint, pastels (strange cos no one ever uses them) and smell of rust/old water from the taps. i used to make amazing crafts as a kid. my mother said i could draw too. i guess i should really start making some art. i may become the next picasso/van gogh/king of kowloon.

GOALS (that can never be met)
- do past papers!!!!!
- revise things taught last year
- make french notebooks and flashcards
- sell things online
- get off that fucking computer and buy the sims 3 (i'm not one of those who jump on the bandwagon and start playing the sims like 4 seconds ago. i started when there was only ~the sims~, yes, sims 1) and install it
- lose 10 pounds (only skinny people can lose weight successfully. TRUFAX. not me)
- watch 10 films
- go ice-skating
- go to the cinema
- tba
- tba
- ...

but honestly, in this heat, i don't want to do nothing.

i have no preconceptions.

i have no idea what to do with this so-called blog thing now. it started off exciting and promising. everything dies down and all i have left is a stupid web log with some stupid, boring, essay-like 'posts'. so, i'm turning it into one of my many online journals. i'll probably abandon it like i did to all of my journals.


1. i've done none of the take-home-exam papers.
2. ??? i'm bored. i'm kind of missing school now. first, we got 2 weeks off school then our exams were cancelled which means another 2 weeks off? i liked it. then i decide i don't. fml.
3. ermmm listening to faye wong at 5 in the morning feels bloody amazing.

MY TO-WATCH LIST (now defunct and irrelevant)

嘩嘩嘩　很久沒有update了。昨天和Theo逛銅鑼灣HMV，她說逛一逛HMV可以refresh一下自己的memory，記返起以前說過想看的電影。由於我經常忘記自己想看的電影，所以現在作個紀錄（雖然我IRL都有一張A4紙做紀錄），我將會不斷update這個post。

FILMS TO WATCH A-Z

A
The Adjustment Bureau
American Beauty

B
Before Sunrise

C
Choke
Coraline

D
The Descendants
Definitely, Maybe
Drive

E
Eat Pray Love
Everybody's Fine

F

G
Good Will Hunting

H
The Help
He's A Woman, She's A Man 金枝玉葉
He's Just Not That Into You

I
I Am Love
I Love You Phillip Morris
The Informers
The Iron Lady

J
Julie & Julia

K
The King's Speech

L
Lover's Discourse 戀人絮語

M
Memento

N
Never Let Me Go

O
P
Q

R
Rabbit Hole
Requiem for A Dream

S
Shame
Something Borrowed
Sunshine Cleaning

T
Take Shelter
Two Lovers

U
Up In The Air

V

W
We Need to Talk about Kevin
Wristcutters, A Love Story

X

Y
You've Got Mail

Z
Zoolander

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500 Days of Summer


last updated: 6 March 2012

《IWTN 》- Little Boots

HAPPY 牛 YEAR！
（唔係牛年快樂囉，懶醒！自己試下用唔同語言讀’牛’啦）

都話左兩個禮拜完成唔到我個《IWTN 》series假啦！epic fail！ 我都知我淨係introduce兩個人，反正都遇左，是但啦。




LITTLE BOOTS!


1. 真名為Victoria Hesketh，生於1984年。對唔住，真係唔知何月何日何時生，只知今年好多用’假名’的歌手（上年都係），個個都勁比睇好喎，吹漲。


2. 來自英格蘭Blackpool，一個我每次去英國想去但每次都無去的地方。


3. 於University of Leeds（里茲大學）修Cultural Studies（文化研習），first honours畢業全因Jaime Cullum，Little Boots的畢業論文係”The concept of originality in the music of Jamie Cullum” 哈哈！


4. 從一個NYLONTV interview得知，’假名’從電影《Caligula》得來，朋友改的。在拉丁文中caligula＝little boots。


5. 贏得BBC舉辦的Sound of 2009，上次La Roux時我都講過啦，Sound of 2009入圍難上榜更難，仲要贏喎...！所以我勁睇好佢，上年Duffy都贏左第二（Adele第一但係係人都知Duffy>Adele），我3月就睇Duffy concert啦 ！另外Little Boots在BRITs Critics' Choice Award得第二，第一係在Sound of 2009得第三的Florence and The Machine，我下次會介紹 :)

今次介紹的Little Boots，除左係好多方面好勁外，佢係每張相都唔同樣（我已經好盡力搵一的似樣假啦），勁冇？

MY FAVOURITE TRACK:
Mathematics - Little Boots
lyrics

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《IWTN 》- La Roux

我知如果我不斷講models會好悶（上次無乜回響嗎），所以今次講下09年的音樂啦！



首先，La Roux！



1. 真名係Elly Jackson，今年20歲，係山羊座（唔好意思挽唔到佢的生日，唔知佢生左日未）。



2. 以我有限的法文知識話比你聽，'roux' = 'red-haired' 或者係用黎形容頭髮的'red'。所以La Roux = 'the red-haired one'.



3. 係BBC 'sound of 2009'第5名，唔好以為呢個銜頭好容易得到呀，要打底勁多個位單位先可以入圍，做第5名要打底10位入到圍但在榜外的勁人（如好紅的Lady GaGa），只係輸左比Florence and the Machine同超比人睇好的Little Boots等4位acts。



4. 本身自己1月尾2月都有mini tours，但勤力的Elly又點會比佢停呀，3月佢將會support Lily Allen 9場英國巡迴演唱會。BTW Lily Allen的大碟《 It's Not Me, It's You》2月9號出啦！



5. 明明簽左Polydor，一間大唱片公司。但首張single《 Quicksand》都要以indie的形式發行，唔知係綽頭定係有性格呢？




Quicksand MV

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* 如果大家喜歡La Roux的音樂，請係Facebook 'become her fan' 啦 :)

我一refresh就有564fans啦！

《IWTN 》- Heidi Mount

2009終於來到了。西方有句諺語 － "Out with the old, in with the new." 新一年，有很多東西也需要換換血，當然包括歌壇、影圈同模界啦。我將會同各位在未來的幾個post分享我認為會上位的人物（band、物體... 是但啦），為了可以係2個禮拜內完成（希望希望希望）+達到「你睇得容易時我又打得舒服」的效益，這個系列的所有posts會以"5 facts"（中譯：五個事實）的形式出現。


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今次《In With the New 2009》的主角是模界的Heidi Mount（賣非佛）！雖然美國有大大個fashion capital，但係講真美模前一排真係無乜聲氣。好彩，近排Karlie Kloss、Ali Stephens同Ali Michael好爭氣，而在2009年本身已經幾熱的Heidi仲會大紅大紫！



1. Heidi Mount在April 6, 1987生於美國猶他州（Utah），原名Heidi Whitworth，後來著名攝影師Shawn Mount結了婚，改名為Heidi Mount，育有一子（很難相信？）


2. 像一般的年輕人一樣，Heidi和丈夫Shawn都是Facebook的會員，profile pictures同樣是與他們的兒子拍的，勁sweet！（好想add但一定會被reject... :(　）



3. 2年前曾出道，當時應該係叫Heidi Whitworth。玩了一個season就無再出現，上年再出道我才知她去了生仔！


4. 是Chanel主帥Karl Lagerfeld的新寵 － Heidi經常在Karl操刀的editorials出現，又被點名參與Chanel的resort 09 campaign。看看以前Karl的寵兒，再看看Heidi，她要成為模界一姐，指日可待！


5. 據Heidi的agency IMG的官網表示，她將會參與CK1的香水廣告，不久的將來又會在shopping malls呀巴士呀看到Heidi！請大家惜目以待！




FAVOURITE EDITORIAL（節錄）:

Magazine: Marie Claire Italia (October 2006)
Photographer: David Bellemère
















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