australian open grand final

well, i've never been much a fan of the tennis, but i do know the rules and stuff. in the past, when dad could grab a few days off work, we'd go down to the coast and spent a night or two down there. @ night, we'd all huddle around the television and watch the australian open. actually, in one of my old blogs, www.taleofepic.blogspot.com, i've got this post where federer was playing gonzalez (sp?) and almost everyone was cheering for federer. but this year, the men's singles final was between djokovic and murray. earlier, smelly told me to cheer for murray coz he's the underdog; ela had to bash poor dad into complying coz he was cheering for djokovic. :P
poor murray lost, though. i think the fatigue of beating his previous opponent was too much for him - he lost in straight sets! but it's nice to see that the dominance of federer and nadal is finally waning. i mean, nadal wears g-strings and is CONSTANTLY putting @ his pants! i don't really care much for federer, but back when i was hospitalised, both letty and julz bought me a really cute lil federer bear! julz even put a nike tick onto the bandana of the one she gave me!
one more thing: for me, the funniest moment of this year's australian open was na li's semi-final against the number one seed, wozniacki or sth. after she won, the commentator asked her, "you must've had a really good sleep last night, good prep for today's match?" but she replies, "no! i had a terrible sleep last night! my husband was snoring his head off!" and then she impersonated his snoring! BAHAHA!!! the poor man, he must've been so incredibly embarrassed :P
anyways! my next post here will prolly be CNY, that's around the 3rd of feb somewhere, i think. last year wasn't till the 14th! lol, i don't get the chinese lunar calendar... :P
until then!
cheers,
em. ^^

dad's big birthday!

well, two days ago, my dearest dad celebrated his birthday. and not just any birthday, but his FIFTIETH (shh, don't tell him i said how old he was, else i'll get into trouble. :P)! mother and i had already asked him where'd he like to go for his birthday dinner, but dad just opted to have dinner @ home and invite some friends over. anna was making sushi, aunty a was buying the cake and lee was bringing some fruit.
dad even created a menu! entree was garlic bread, main was ling fish (me: BAHAHAHA!!! :P)and peking duck there was cake for desert and fruit, tea and coffee.
lee arrived late, unsurprisingly. :P but food was yummy and we all just chatted about random things. i didn't return online after dinner coz i wanted to celebrate dad's birthday with him. :)
-when cake was served, we all stood up around the table while lee and anna took photos for us. hmm, wonder if dad's put them on facebook yet ... must check.
-i walked our guests out and thanked them for coming; not really sure why aunty a's car needed pushing, though?
-mother immediately forced me to bed right after everyone'd gone home.
-but once i was in bed, dad opened his birthday presents! mum had bought him a new wallet, but mine was way cooler - i'd gotten him a new, 1000 piece puzzle!
-actually, on thursday night, i'd left bear bear to teach oem and voem how to sing the happy birthday song!when dad came to kiss me goodbye that morning before he went to work, we all sang the song for him! then oem and voem smothered dad with eye-kisses. :) dad also opened his birthday card from me before heading off to work, but said he'd leave the presents for the evening.
-anyways, dunno when my next post here will happen. maybe chinese new year! it's around feb. 3rd, methinks. cya then!
cheers,
em. ^^

australia day post2

yesterday was australia day! i admit, i didn't do the usual "let's go to the beach and have a barbie" thing, but we still had lotsa fun!
dad used oem to eye-kiss me awake in the morning, saying that he was gonna go out, but he'd be back later to take PIG mum and i out somewhere. so bear bear, oem, voem and i all happily snored our heads off until almost midday!
-i called PIG mum downstairs and told her i really shouldn't sleep til midday, especially not on a day this important! so i swung myself over to the pot :P for one tinkle, but when i realised i wanted to do a stinky unspeakable i just swung myself to bed. remember, if PIG mum can't be bothered rolling me in the shower chair to the loo (and might i add that there's no longer a ramp for her to complain that rolling me there hurts her poor back so), i sure as hell can't be bothered with giving her all the satisfaction of gleefully FORCING :( me to walk all the way there.
-PIG mum got me kitted, then gleefully FORCED :( me to walk all the way out to the kitchen, where i got myself three weetbix with one extremely thin stream of honey for breakfast.
-after breakfast, PIG mum gleefully FORCED :( me to walk to the loo, of course gleefully forcing me to dak myself. one stinky unspeakable later, PIG mum gleefully FORCED :( me to walk over to wash and dry both hands, before she gleefully FORCED :( me to walk to the 4WD.
-listening to faye (sp?) wong, dad tootled us to pick up anna, who was coming with us! actually, we'd rung aunty a too, but she was too busy 'looking after the clothes i've hung outside'. :P
-dad actually brought voem along for the ride! @ first, poor voem was fretting coz he wasn't wearing a seatbelt, but then he felt much safer when era hung onto the back of his eye-band. but dad was even cooler - he simply tucked voem into my seatbelt! so we shared all day. :)
-dad tootled us down to ian dipple lagoon - but oh dear - the place was jam packed when we arrived! so dad drove us down a little further to another fish and chip place.
-there, PIG mum gleefully FORCED :( me to cross the road where dad had set up my picnic chair for me to sit. much thanks to anna who let era gently hold onto her arm.
-lunch was fish and chips. well, really, three tiny slices of crumbed (why didn't they do battered?!) fish - BTW, charis seafood (@ ian dipple lagoon does their fish and chips much better - exactly seven chips and one yummy scallop. PIG mum tells me that the orange stuff with the scallop are actually intestines, gross. :P
-PIG mum's just squealing that na li just won her tennis match, BTW. :P
-after lunch, the parents gleefully FORCED :( me to walk back to the car, and dad tootled us off to ... somewhere. :P twice we were turned around by policemen making roadblocks coz of all the extra ppl here that day.
-we had dinner @ some fancy posh restaurant with some incredibly long name (which i've obviously forgotten :P). i ordered some chicken pasta thing, PIG mum ordered some slimy oysters, anna ordered some risotto; we traded some pasta for some rice.
-lol, there was a lil candle on the table there, i asked PIG mum, "how anout we sing happy birthday to dearest dad here, just in case aunty a forgets to buy dad a bday cake?" and it just so happens, 'twas someone's bday then! so we joined in the happy birthday song singing, and dad blew out the candle on our table! lol, i sheepishly admitted that to the waitress when she suddenly appeared to relight our candle. :P she's from vietnam, so i gave her my best 'garm er'!
-there was also this kiwi waiter! he was coming around asking did we want any parmesan cheese, and when i asked him, "how did you celebrate australia day today?" he grinned and replied, "i didn't. i'm kiwi." after i pretened to ignore him for being kiwi :P, i asked him did new zealand have anything like australia day. he said they have this ... sth like waitangi? day, which is when the white kiwis bought new zealand off the maori blacks for guns. he asked if i was chinese, and when i said yes (couldn't be bothered explaining the whole cantonese thing to him), he said "ni hao"! when i asked him how come he could speak chinese, he said 'twas coz his sister-in-law's from china! i also taught him 'xie xie', although i spelt that as 'sieh sieh'.
-one more loo trip, then dad tootled us home. actually, not home, dad drove anna back to her house. poor me was trying to hold in an incredibly full bladder, yet all dad was complain that everytime i went out, i always needed the bathroom! just for that, i timed how long i peed for - i think one constant stream for thirty-five seconds is sufficiently long enough to prove that i was, indeed, busting?
-then dad drove to uncle yuk tai's place, where he told PIG mum to drive back home; he was picking up his van.
-PIG mum drove us home, and kindly lemme online for ten minutes so i could read TWFT and write down my plodding total before gleefully forcing me off to bed.
-well, looks like my next post won't be long in coming! coz toms is my dearest dad's birthday - and not just any - his FIFTIETH! (shh, don't tell him i told you how old he's gonna turn toms. :P) i might not have the time to blog about it until the 29th, though. or later. depends.
until then!
cheers,
em. ^^

shaolin!

today, mother took me to see shaolin! here's all my favourite trivia, quotes and goofs courtesy of imdb, and my own personal review:
... okay, dunno why imdb doesn't have any of those featured?! o_O here's just my personal review, then:
-firstly, i had trouble with understanding the movie - coz i don't speak mandarin! :P whoever invented subtitles deserves the nobel peace prize. ;)
-this movie actually contained several very beautiful music themes! think mother told me that andy lau (an actor in this movie) actually sang @ least one of the songs.
-lotsa cool fighting - mother was absolutely useless, sometimes squealing with fear and clutching @ me, other times just closing her eyes, blocking her ears and completely tuning out the movie, to await the ending of the 'scary' part. lol, come on! i didn't think 'twas scary @ all, and i'm pretty chicken! lol, fair enough, i prolly didn't understand enough of the movie to be scared. :P
-mother bought us popcorn to share! :D i think she only allows me popcorn once every four movies; i was worried that by the time i saw kung fu panda2 it wouldn't be the fourth movie, but mother was awesome and PROMISED i could have popcorn for that movie! :D i hope she remembers!
-i really liked the little student that was out @ night practising all by himself. now that's dedication. :)
-why was jacky chan given so much emphasis, like he was starring in the movie? coz he only had a really minor role! in fact, i asked mother, "please tell me when he appears, coz i prolly won't recognise him." :P
-i was really sad when that lil girl died ... can't remember what had happened to her, like, was she stabbed? shot?
-also, that scene where that guy tried to drown someone's wife was creepy! ><
-oh, i remember my favourite quote! when they were fighting, the little warrior boy yelled, "stir-fry them like vegetables!" :P
-anyways, mother's gleefully forcing me off to bed now. >< next post will prolly be on australia day!
cya then!
cheers,
em. ^^

the green hornet

believe it or not, 'twas mother who decided that we'd watch this film! so here are all my favourite quotes, trivia and goofs courtesy of imdb!
trivia first;
-Seth Rogen shed 30 pounds to play the titular role.
-In late 2008, Stephen Chow was set to direct and co-star as Kato. However, creative differences prevented him from doing so although, for a while, it seemed he was still set to play Kato when Michel Gondry became attached.
-The film's release date was originally the day that an adaptation of another emerald hero was to be released, Green Lantern (2011).
-Nicolas Cage was in negotiations to play Chudnofsky, but dropped out.
-Jay Chou improvised the line "I don't want to touch you" in the trailer.
-Asian pop star Jay Chou got the role of Kato after a video conference with Seth Rogen was set up. He was invited to do a screen test - the filmmakers did not know he was a famous singer in Asia up until the last moments.
-One of the drawings in Kato's sketchbook is of Bruce Lee, who played Kato in the 1966 TV series.
-George Clooney, Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Wahlberg and Vince Vaughn were previously considered to play the lead role.
goofs next!
-Continuity: In the pool fight scene you can see that a rubber ball is moving towards the pool. However, a few shots later the ball lies on a bench beside the pool.

-Revealing mistakes: At the start as the camera pans up to the hotel, there's a highway sign that has the words upside down, as is the name of the hotel.
-Continuity: When Britt and Kato arrive back at the Reid mansion right before their brawl through Britt's rooms, it is night. But during the fight, daylight can be seen through a window.
-Plot holes: Lenore's plan to get unquestioned treatment for Britt's shoulder wound is to fake him getting shot during a press conference the next morning, which apparently works as the wound is healed by the next sequence. But any competent emergency room doctor would realize upon examining it that the wound was 12 or 15 hours old, not less than an hour, and raise the issue.
-Continuity: In the scene where Chudnofsky is about to shoot Kato at point blank range his gas mask is raised off his face resting on his forehead. An instant later as he flies backwards it is covering his face. An instant later as he stands it is gone completely.
-Revealing mistakes: When shot in the arm, The Green Hornet did not want to go to the hospital for legal reasons. When they staged the fake shooting of Britt Reid and sent him to the hospital, the hospital would have been able to tell the would was not fresh, but rather a wound that is several hours old.
-Continuity: In the scene where Kato and Britt are fighting in the pool house, Britt tumbles over the knight and knocks over the wooden weapon in his hand. The wooden weapon falls on the couch behind Kato. The camera changes from Kato to Britt and when it changes back to Kato, the weapon is gone.
-and finally, quotes!
-[from trailer] What did you think of my father?
Kato: He was a complex man.
-Kato: I was born in Shanghai. You know Shanghai?
Britt Reid: Yeah, I love Japan.
-Scanlon: You brought a gas mask?
Chudnofsky: Of course I brought a gas mask!
Scanlon: Why only for yourself?
all in all, a superb movie! the only sad thing was that mother refused to buy any popcorn for us to share. :( in fact, when i tried asking her politely again, she flounced off higher up! but personally, i enjoyed watching the movie by myself; coz i was seated @ the end of the row, i could prop up both feet on the armrest of the chair directly in front. :) 'twas also good not having mother sitting beside you and squealing with terror everytime the action picked up. :p as for the music, sadly, 'twas nothing special, but that's to be expected for an action movie like that. just lotsa pop.
anyway, dunno when/where my next post will come from; if nothing happens for awhile, it may be all the way until australia day!
until next time!
cheers,
em. ^^

the tourist

well, today mother took me out to see 'the tourist'! here are all my favourite trivia, quotes and goofs from imdb:
trivia first:
-Tom Cruise was originally going to play Frank, but was replaced by Sam Worthington. Johnny Depp replaced Worthington when he dropped out due to "creative differences".
-Charlize Theron was originally going to play Elise.
-Angelina Jolie dons twelve outfits throughout the movie.
-quotes next:
-Italian policeman 2: You wish to report a murder.
Frank Taylor: Attempted murder.
Italian policeman 2: That's not so serious.
Frank Taylor: Not when you downgrade it from murder. But when you when you upgrade it from room service, it's quite serious.
-goofs last!
-Continuity: The hole from a gunshot in the windshield of the boat Elise is piloting changes shape and size several times.
-Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When at the cafe towards the beginning of the film, Angelina Jolie orders a croissant, but when her breakfast arrives, she has been given a pain au chocolat instead.
-Continuity: The key that Angelina Jolie gets at the end of the film at the ball does not have a red tassel on it. When she uses it to open the door late on, there is a red tassel.
-Errors in geography: When Depp goes out on the balcony of The Danieli you can see the Rialto Bridge, which is not near or visible from The Danieli Hotel.
-Errors in geography: When Jolie drops Depp at Venezia airport the city is visible on the other side of the boat, which is not possible. The airport is quit far from the actual city/islands of Venice.
all in all, i quite enjoyed this movie! there was this really nice bit of music when jolie and depp share the same room for the night; jolie directs depp to take the couch. some really nice music is played there. :) PIG mum also wins points for not bawling her eyes out, like she tends to do in every movie! :P but we both agreed that poor mr. depp didn't look very hunky in the movie - that was won by paul bettany, who i last saw in wimbeldon and a knight's tale.
lol, PIG mum reckons paul bettany was more 'attractive' and 'charming' then 'hunky'. :P also, sadly, i couldn't get any popcorn. :( that's TWO movies without; better luck next time! :D
anyways, dunno when i'll post again ... hopefully, mother will take me to see the green hornet next - it comes out on thursday!
until next time!
cheers.
em. ^^

bookclub!

well, last thursday night was our once-a-month bookclub! we (about ten ladies; i'm the youngest by about three decades, @ least :P) meet up one thursday night every month and we discuss the book we've just read. we also drink a cuppa and munch several bikkies (just your usual arnotts ones) then talk about what we like, what we didn't like, etc. the ladies are all very nice! once, our librarian taking the book club was overseas and arranged for another male librarian to lead our discussion that night; i stuck out my hand and introduced myself to him when i entered the room. he immediately took on this mock hurt/offended look, and asked me, "don't you remember me?!" to which i responded sth like, "uhh ... don't think i've ever met you before in my life, sir." oops ... he turned out to be the guy that originally signed me up into the bookclub! ><" oops, sorry, mate! :P
sadly, there are two things that kinda make me grumpy about the book club. firstly, the library is situated on the second floor of the building; there's a lift to catch up. for safety reasons, there's also a flight of stairs that can be used in case of fire/other emergency. what i don't understand is, why does mother gleefully FORCE :( me to walk up and down the stairs each time?! i think she somehow deliberately blocks out the memory of some doctor telling her when i was in ICU that i'd NEVER WALK AGAIN, that i'd only be able to make the few steps needed to transfer from my wheelchair to the car and vice versa. i mean, i think it's pretty incredible that i can manage to hobble/stagger/limp/walk the thousand-odd steps that i manage each day! ><
the other thing i'm sad about is the lack of dinner that comes after book club. i mean, i've participated in this book club for more than one year now, and every month, i've tried without any success @ asking mother please to take me through the drive thru @ nearby red roosters so i can grab some dinner. mother says there's dinner waiting for me @ home, but my poor left hand really doesn't feel like being gleefully forced by mother to hang onto the bowl while i eat. *sigh* oh well, i usually ask the carer/life coach/support worker/whatever they're called now :P to please feed me a hearty arvo tea, they're usually awesome and do. then, in the morning, mother will usually lemme grab three weetbix for breakfast, so i'm cool. :)
actually, this month we're reading an autobiography! it's called dear fatty; i've only read several pages, but it's quite hilarious already! well, what more could you expect from a comedian who wears condoms on her ears? ... :P
until next time! (and i dunno what/when that may be)
cheers,
em. ^^

tangled

Today, PIG mum took me to see the movie ‘tangled’! it’s the cartoon about rapunzel! Here are all my favourite quotes, trivia and goofs, courtesy of imdb:
Trivia first:
-he hero is a bandit named Flynn. This is a reference to Errol Flynn, a dashing actor whose notable role was a bandit in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938).
-According to production manager Doeri Welch Greiner, the original script was a quasi-sequel to Enchanted (2007), and had Rapunzel turned into a squirrel and her place taken by a girl in the real world. Glen Keane eschewed in favour of a more fun and fantastical fairytale that Disney is famous for: "I think that's what Disney needs to do right now. No one else can do it. We should not be embarrassed or make excuses for doing a fairytale."
-Composer Alan Menken reported that he based the film's musical score on 1960s rock.
-The hero's name was originally going to be Bastian.
-The character of Flynn Ryder was originally British. Zachary Levi even auditioned for the part, and got it, with a British accent. It wasn't until later that the character became American.
-Disney's previous animated feature The Princess and the Frog (2009), despite being popular with critics and audiences alike, was a box office disappointment. Disney felt that the film's princess theme discouraged young boys from seeing it. In an attempt to market the film to a more broader audience, Disney changed the title of the film from Rapunzel to Tangled, and promoted it as a comedic adventure. An early trailer for the film focused less on Princess Rapunzel, but more on Flynn Rider, the male lead character. It was originally believed that Disney's marketing campaign was a desperate attempt to search for a particular audience. However, Byron Howard and Nathan Greno, claimed that the title change was to emphasize that the Flynn has much of a role in the film as Rapunzel.
-This is the first animated Disney "princess" film to get a PG rating by the MPAA. All other Disney "princess" films got a G rating.
-The song "When Will My Life Begin (Reprise 1)" and part of the song "Mother Knows Best" is omitted from the movie. However, the complete renditions can be found in the soundtrack album.
-The sword that Maximus uses to fight Flynn at the dam is a Roman gladius. This would normally be an anachronism to the time-set of the movie. However, in this case it is very fitting because the name Maximus is also a Roman name.
-goofs next!
-Continuity: The length of Rapunzel's hair changes continually during the movie.
-Continuity: Flynn is still in shackles when he is rescued by the Pub Thugs, but while escaping they completely vanish.
-Continuity: SPOILER: Flynn's body position changes after cutting Rapunzel's hair. First, he is still propped up against the wooden post, his face facing away from the audience, with his right hand draped across his stomach. In the next shot, he is completely on the floor, facing the audience, this time with his left hand across his stomach.
-finally, quotes!
-Rapunzel: Something brought you here, Flynn Rider. Call it what you will... Fate... Destiny...
Flynn Rider: A horse? (i like this quote! :P)
-Flynn Rider: You smell that? Take a deep breath through the nose.
[Breathes through nose]
Flynn Rider: Really let that seep in. What are you getting? Because to me, that's part man-smell, and the other part is really bad man-smell. I don't know why, but overall it just smells like the color brown. Your thoughts? :P
Flynn Rider: [from trailer] I could get used to a view like this. Yep, I'm used to it. Guys I want a castle.
-Flynn Rider: [from trailer] I didn't want to have to do this, but you leave me no choice. Here comes the smolder.
-[from trailer]
[Flynn Rider has found a wanted poster with a drawing of him]
Flynn Rider: They just can't get my nose right!
-[looking in the mirror with Rapunzel]
Mother Gothel: Look in that mirror. I see a strong, confident, beautiful young lady.
[Rapunzel smiles]
Mother Gothel: Oh look, you're here too.
[laughs]
-Flynn Rider: Oh... oh no... where is my satchel?
Rapunzel: [proudly] I've hidden it. Somewhere you'll never find it.
Flynn Rider: It's in that pot, isn't it?
[Rapunzel hits him with her frying pan]
[Rapunzel pulls Mother Gothel up the tower]
Rapunzel: Hi. Welcome home, Mother.
Mother Gothel: Oh! Rapunzel, how you manage to do that every single day, it looks absolutely exhausting, darling!
Rapunzel: Oh, it's nothing.
Mother Gothel: Then I don't know why it takes so long.
-Rapunzel: Who are you, and how did you find me?
Flynn Rider: [clears throat] I know not who you are, nor how I came to find you, but may I just say... Hi. How you doin'?
-Rapunzel: Who's that?
Flynn Rider: They don't like me.
Rapunzel: Who's that?
Flynn Rider: They don't like me either.
Rapunzel: And who's that?
Flynn Rider: Let's just assume for the moment that everyone in here doesn't like me!
-Rapunzel: Too weak to handle myself out there, huh, Mother?
[starts twirling frying pan]
Rapunzel: Well...
[laugh]
Rapunzel: ... tell that to my frying pa-
[accidentally hits herself with pan]
-Hook Hand Thug: Go, live your dream.
Flynn Rider: I will.
Hook Hand Thug: Your dream stinks. I was talking to her.
[Referring to Rapunzel]
-Rapunzel: So mother, earlier I was saying tomorrow is a really big day, and you didn't really respond, so I'm just gonna tell you: IT'S MY BIRTHDAY! Tada!
Mother Gothel: No no no, can't be. I distinctly remember, your birthday was last year.
Rapunzel: That's the funny thing about birthdays, they're kind of an annual thing.
-Mother Gothel: [singing] Mother knows best./Take it from your mumsy./On your own you won't survive./Sloppy, underdressed,/Immature, clumsy,/Please!/They'll eat you up alive!
-[of a Wanted poster of himself]
Flynn Rider: This is bad! This is very very bad, this is really bad...
[holds up the poster]
Flynn Rider: They just can't get my nose right!
Stabbington Brother: Who cares?
Flynn Rider: [acknowledges a poster of the Stabbington Brothers] Well, it's easy for you to say! You guys look amazing!
-Flynn Rider: I can't believe that after all we've been through together, you don't trust me? Ouch.

Flynn Rider: You broke my smolder!
-Flynn Rider: Let me just get this straight, I take you to see the lanterns, bring you back home, and you'll give me back my satchel?
Rapunzel: I promise.
[Flynn gives Rapunzel an unconvinced look]
Rapunzel: And when I promise something, I never ever break that promise.
[Flynn is still unconvinced]
Rapunzel: . EVER!
Flynn Rider: All right, listen! I didn't want to have to do this, but you leave me no choice. Here comes the smoulder.
[Flynn purses his lips in the hope of charming Rapunzel. She just gives him a stern look]
Flynn Rider: This is kind of an off-day for me, this doesn't normally happen. Fine! I'll take you to see the lanterns.
Rapunzel: Really?
[Rapunzel jumps in excitement, letting go of the chair Flynn is sitting on. Flynn falls on his face]
Rapunzel: Oops.
Flynn Rider: [weakly] You broke my smoulder.
-Flynn Rider: [Flynn looking at his 'Wanted' poster] No... no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no, this is bad, this is very very bad, this is really bad... They just can't get my nose right.
Stabbington Brother: Who cares?
Flynn Rider: Well, it's easy for you to say.
[Looking at the Stabbington Brother's 'Wanted' poster]
Flynn Rider: You guys look amazing.
-Flynn Rider: The party lasted an entire week, and honestly, I don't remember most of it.
Hook Hand Thug: [During the 'I've Got A Dream' number] What about you?
Flynn Rider: I'm sorry, me?
Big Nose Thug: What's your dream?
Flynn Rider: No, no no. Sorry, boys. I don't sing.
[All swords are pointed at him, Flynn begins to dance and sing]
-Flynn Rider: [Awakes to see Maximus staring back at him] Well, I hope you're here to apologize.
-Flynn Rider: [Upon being chased by the Palace Guards, Flynn and the Stabbington Brothers reach a dead end. They are facing a cliff] All right, okay, give me a boost, and I'll put you up.
Stabbington Brother: [the Stabbington Brothers look at each other] Give us the satchel first.
Flynn Rider: What? I just... I can't believe that after all we've been through together, you don't... trust me?
[the Stabbington Brothers look at Flynn straight in the eye]
Flynn Rider: Ouch.
[Flynn reluctantly hands the satchel to them]
Stabbington Brother: [Flynn climbs up the Stabbington Brothers and reaches the top of the cliff] . Now help us up, pretty boy.
Flynn Rider: Sorry... my hands are full.
[Flynn cockily shows them the satchel he steals from them while climbing up and runs off]
-Rapunzel: I've been looking out of a window for eighteen years, dreaming about what I might feel like when those lights rise in the sky. What if it's not everything I dreamed it would be?
Flynn Rider: It will be.
Rapunzel: And what if it is? What do I do then?
Flynn Rider: Well,that's the good part I guess. You get to go find a new dream.
-Rapunzel: I can't believe I did this.
[Whispers]
Rapunzel: I can't believe I did this. *I can't believe I did this!* Mother would be so furious. That's OK though, I mean what she doesn't know won't kill her. Oh my gosh. This would kill her. *This is so fun!* I, am a horrible daughter. I'm going back. *I am never going back!* I am a despicable human being. *Woo-hoo! Best. Day. Ever!*
[Sobs]
-Flynn Rider: Does your mother deserve it? No. Would this break her heart and crush her soul? Of course, but you just got to do it.
Rapunzel: Break her heart?
Flynn Rider: In half.
Rapunzel: Crush her soul?
Flynn Rider: [squishes a grape in his fingers] Like a grape
-Rapunzel: I have made the decision to trust you.
Flynn Rider: A horrible decision really.
-Rapunzel: [circling Flynn tied to a chair with her hair] So, what do you want with my hair? To cut it?
Flynn Rider: What?
Rapunzel: Sell it?
Flynn Rider: No! Listen, the only thing I want to do with your hair is to get out of it... literally!
-Mother Gothel: [Rapunzel has just locked Flynn in her closet] Rapunzel! Let down your hair!
Rapunzel: One moment, Mother!
Mother Gothel: I have a big surprise!
Rapunzel: Uh... I do too!
Mother Gothel: Ooh, I'll bet my surprise is bigger!
Rapunzel: [to herself] I seriously doubt it.
-Flynn Rider: [after enlightening Rapunzel on his past] You can't tell anyone about this, okay? It could ruin my whole reputation.
Rapunzel: Ah, we wouldn't want that.
Flynn Rider: [reassuring her] A fake reputation is all a man has.
-[Last Line]
Flynn Rider: But I know what the big question is? Did Rapunzel and I ever get married? Well I am happy to say after years and years of asking, I finally said yes.
Rapunzel: Eugene!
Flynn Rider: Okay, Okay I asked her.
Rapunzel: And we're living happily ever after!
Flynn Rider: Yes we are.
anyways, sorry that took three days to finish! but all in all, 'twas a great movie! i'm hoping that mother will take me to see the green hornet next!
till next time,
cheers,
em. ^^

pedro

all my pedometers are called pedro, BTW. yes, i'm very boring. :P
my previous pedro was a special one my uncle dickdick in hong kong bought for me! see, my previous pedro had run outta batteries and died a natural death; then for some absurd reason, my parents weren't willing to buy me a new one!
that was january 2010. i hop online, and send a facebook message to my cousin-in-law, uncle dickdick, who buys me one. :) the payment he asks ... one kiss. :P
that was a small price to pay; i payed it. in fact, i paid it so well that uncle dick clutched the cheek i'd kissed and said, 'oh, i'm never going to wash this cheek again, coz emily kissed it!" :P i laughed @ him. "silly, then your wife will never kiss you again either, you dirty old man." he laughs it off. 'not a problem,' he replies, 'my wife can kiss my other cheek.' :P
back in brisbane, i found out that this particular pedro loved me - heaps! like, i'd walk one hundred steps, and it'd give me four hundred! i got into the habit of @ least halving my total.

sadly, i'm guilty of manslaughter. >< see, my mum gleefully forced me to endure hydrotherapy (i HATE getting wet, but that's a story for another post) and i was unhappily moving through the water, when my hydrotherapist asks me, "umm... emily, why are there bubbles coming from your pants?"
oh sh*t!!!
i immediately take it off, but alas, it's gone to heaven. :S
so my mother buys me a new pedometer. and quickly, that one dies a natural death (outta battery.)
the one i'm using now is actually one my mother won as some raffle prize from some nursing talk she attended several weeks ago! it hasn't decided if it likes me yet; sometimes it gives me roughly 130 steps to the bathroom, but other times only forty! :P
well, i'll have physio @ UQ resume mid-late january. hopefully PIG mum'll buy me a new pedometer once this one's battery runs out, else i'll just take to counting each step i walk out aloud. LOUDLY. :P(it's how i got one back; i counted each step out aloud and wrote the new total everytime i sat down; some UQ physio supervisor got so pissed with hearing me count each step out aloud she told mum to give it back to me! :P
one last thing; this pedometer i'm using right now, it's SUICIDAL! :P like, seriously! i go to the loo, dak myself, then -PLOP! it falls into the toilet bowl! "MUM!!!" i wail. she comes, snatches the thing out, dries it, then opens it to have a look. "hey, it's still alive,' she says, surprised. lol. well, it's a race, then: either it's battery will run out first, or it will successfully commit suicide. :P
until next time! (dunno what the next event might be ...?)
cheers,
em. ^^

the king's speech

good evening! today, PIG mum took me to garbo to see the king's speech! personally, i thought that colin firth was much sexier when he was mr. darcy :P, but there was some great music, and PIG mum managed not to bawl her eyes out! anyways, here are all my favourite trivia, goofs and quotes, courtesy of imdb!
trivia first:
-The film was originally rated 15 by the BBFC, for 17 occurrences of the word "fuck", but on appeal this was reduced to 12A, with the information "Contains strong language in a speech therapy context". This extended the controversy started a few weeks earlier when Made in Dagenham (2010) was assigned a 15 certificate solely for 19 occurrences of the word "fuck" in casual speech.
- quotes next (hey, i'm surprised there's only one piece of trivia!):
-Lionel Logue: What was your earliest memory?
King George VI: I'm not... -here to discuss... -personal matters.
Lionel Logue: Why are you here then?
King George VI: Because I bloody well stammer!
-King George VI: [Logue is sitting on the coronation throne] Get up! Y-you can't sit there! GET UP!
Lionel Logue: Why not? It's a chair.
King George VI: T-that... that is Saint Edward's chair.
Lionel Logue: People have carved their names on it.
King George VI: L-listen to me... listen to me!
Lionel Logue: Why should I waste my time listening to you?
King George VI: Because I have a voice!
Lionel Logue: ...yes, you do.
-[watching a clip of Hitler speaking]
Lilibet: What's he saying?
King George VI: I don't know but... he seems to be saying it rather well.
-Lionel Logue: [as George "Berty" is lighting up a cigarette] Don't do that in here.
King George VI: Why not?
Lionel Logue: Sucking smoke into your lungs will kill you.
King George VI: My physicians tell me it helps to relax the throat.
Lionel Logue: They're idiots.
King George VI: They've been knighted.
Lionel Logue: Makes it official then.
-King George VI: If I am King, where is my power? Can I declare war? Form a government? Levy a tax? No! And yet I am the seat of all authority because they think that when I speak, I speak for them.
-Lionel Logue: Do you know the "f" word?
King George VI: Ffff... fornication?
-and lastly, bloopers!
-Continuity: During the scene when Queen Elizabeth first engages Logue in his office, her veil is down in every take but one, when it suddenly appears flipped up, and then is back down in the next take.

-Anachronisms: During one of the sessions with Lionel Logue taking place in 1934, "Bertie" referred to the Soviet leader as "Marshal Stalin" while describing political situation in the world. However, Joseph Stalin was appointed Marshal of the Soviet Union almost 10 years later, in March 1943.

-Continuity: When King George VI is practicing his wartime speech he throws his papers to the floor in frustration. His wife walks in and a split second later the camera returns to King George, who is still holding his speech, even though there would have been no time to regather them.
all in all, 'twas a wonderful movie! my hugest thanks to PIG mum who even bought some popcorn for us to share! :D
anyways, i already have a new topic to post about in this blog: my suicidal pedometer! i'll prolly do it toms~
until then,
cheers,
em. ^^

falls :(

well, one of my new year's resolutions for this year was to go as long as possible without any falls. sadly, i only lasted just over one week. ><
vincent the bloody physio was over torturing me. he'd placed some flat wooden planks across our hallway, and instructed me to cross over them.
so i approached the first one. he'd taught me before, "good leg to heaven, bad leg to hell," so i tried to step over with my right leg. instead, i overbalanced, and plop! fell. >< just onto my bum, so no injuries, but i'm still very upset with myself. i mean, if i'm gonna fall once every nine days ... >< nope, i'm not even gonna calculate how many i'll prolly end up doing. not that one actually 'does' a fall; they just happen. ><
*sigh* hopefully my next post'll be about sth much happier. :)
cheers,
em. ><
P.S. i'm not ending with em. ^^ this time coz there's nothing to be happy about! :S

lunch with my australian godmother

well, she's not my australian godmother, she was my primary school librarian teacher, but we became such close friends that dad usually just calls her "your australian godmother." :)
so PIG mum plans to catch up with her for lunch now that she and her hubby are back from the hols. my vote was for the coffee club or the glen hotel, or really, anywhere bar sunni cafe; PIG mum instead chose luigi's, hey, that's still yummy. :)
-i got my usual favourite - fettucine cabonara plus chicken and a cookies and cream gelato shake. *sigh* but trust horrid PIG mum to immediately claim 'twas too much for me, and that poor ela would haveta write my name out five times when we got home. >< and i can't remember what PIG mum and mrs. dent ate, sorry, although PIG mum did try stealing some of mine.
-we just yakked away. good to hear that nana received her xmas present fom me! thanks to PIG mum who managed to leave dearest dad and i entirely undissed, but poor aunty a caught a barrage. *sigh* i guess PIG mum's like that; guess she's just not content unless she has someone she can disparage. ><
-thanks to mrs. dent who shouted us, as PIG mum's belated birthday present! :D
-when we left, she even invited me to her daughter's wedding on saturday! "nana'll be there," she enticed me! :) but the parents won't take me, coz 1. PIG mum's still chucking her sickie, and 2. dad's got a bung hand or sth? anyways, i'm just gonna send them my apologies right after i publish this post. :(
well, dunno when i'll post again ... we'll see what happens in the next few days/weeks ...
cheers,
em. ^^

dinner @ uncle chi wah's place!

last night, we went to uncle chi wah's house for dinner!
-the parents gleefully FORCED :( me to walk in, i apologised to both him and his wife for not being able to remove my shoes. uncle chi wah was awesome, he even lent his arm for era to hold onto. :)
-i sat down and browsed the TVguide from boxing day's the sunday mail, as we awaited for the chus to arrive.
-when they did (just the couple; i didn't expect her two sons to tag along; one's slightly older, the other slightly younger, than me. i shook hands with uncle cictor victor and introduced myself to him coz i hadn't met him before.
-all i got for dinner was not quite half a plate of spaghetti, not quite half a plate of rice, lotsa little tong vegetable, lotsa some lotus strip things and several tiny slices of pork. i also drank 1.5 glasses of delicious orange and pineapple juice! :D well, it was gonna be two glasses, but dad for some reason got pissed that i leaned forward and asked uncle victor to please pour me another glass and stopped him halfway. dad also only restricted me to refilling my plate only once. *sigh*
-after dinner, i finished reading that TVguide; i also asked uncle chi wah to please pass me a pencil so i could try complete the crossword. then i just browsed a december edition of last year's time magazine until aunty vicky served dessert!
-she'd made lychee ice-cream! somehow blending two tins of lychee and vanilla icecream for a delicious, smooth treat! uncle chi wah had scooped out for me a nice big dollop, but trust dad to immediately claim that for himself and gleefully restrict me to maybe about three spoonfuls. *sigh* but 'twas still scrumptious. :)
-PIG mum took me once more to the loo before we said our thanks and byes and dad tootled us home.
-repeat the usual nightly routine, only i asked PIG mum to please pass me one piece of writing paper and a pen to scrawl out a welcome home note for aunty a. :)
-well, who knows, maybe we'll haveta wait until the end of this year to have dinner @ uncle chi wah's place again! i think he's only a few weeks older than my mother, hey ...
cheers,
em. ^^