Wayne's Journal: April 2012

Monday, April 30, 2012

TURQUOISE

我喜欢上绿松石色(Turquoise)。管它是否暂时还是永久流行，它有种魅力，使我的双眼着迷了。它很象是我的性格，在蓝与绿间徘徊着，但深入了解和观察其色调，它是柔和的。

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Free Movie Passes to watch The Lady

"You're our winner for the The Lady contest that ran in eCentral's Facebook page. We will be sending the in-season passes to you via City-Link by the end of today. You should receive your movie passes sometime next week."

Whoa, I just won a pair of in-season movie tickets to watch “The Lady” starring Michelle Yeoh & David Thewlis! The Lady is the extraordinary story of Aung San Suu Kyi and her husband. It is also the story of the peaceful quest of the woman who is at the core of Myanmar’s democracy movement.

And good news on this early morning, indeed! When yesterday I’ve just received notification to inform me that I won the contest, today, the movie passes of "The Lady" are sent to my home :D

Wee~~~ We are going to watch this educational and inspiring film soon! Love these movie passes so much~

[复仇者联盟] Marvel’s The Avengers (2012)

Category:	Movies
Genre:	Action & Adventure

~个人联想~

1. 想象世界末日是外来的敌人袭击地球，与《Battleship》的故事情节相比之下，这《复仇者联盟》描述保护人类的使命落在几位超级英雄的手中，或许地球还能挣扎多一会儿吧。

2.看着电影，我会尝试以美国队长（Captain America）的角度出发，试感受一个沉睡了许久的兵士，当睁开眼睛所看见的都是这年代先进的仪器和武器，当年的亲人与朋友都不在了，还有面对的敌人更是来自于外太空，那种突然的改变，是多么需要信心去面对与适应。

~故事简介~

改編自1963年出品的暢銷同名漫畫。

邪惡勢力悄悄集結，力量龐大到極為驚人的地步，已非單一超級英雄就能解決。

為了保護地球的安危，神盾局（S.H.I.E.L.D）局長Nick Fury（Samuel L. Jackson 飾）費盡心力將來自各方的超級英雄聚集一堂，其中包括鋼鐵人（Iron Man，Robert Downey Jr. 飾）、綠巨人浩克（The Hulk，Mark Ruffalo 飾）、雷神索爾（Thor，Chris Hemsworth 飾）、美國隊長（Captain America，Chris Evans 飾）、鷹眼（Hawkeye，Jeremy Renner 飾）與黑寡婦（Black Widow，Scarlett Johansson 飾）等人。

（资讯取自于点正娱乐 ent.sinchew-i.com）

~观后感~

故事的部分就省略了，继前几部MARVEL电影从《Iron Man 2》到《Captain America: The First Avenger》中看到的少许关联片段，一步一步迈向这crossover版本的Superhero movie，使这部电影的重点在于多位角色集合上演一场与外星军队的决斗。

若论各位复仇者的能力，个人认为最强应该是变形侠医（The Incredible Hulk），因为可以随时变形，刀枪不入和杀伤力够强; 而最弱的应该是黑寡妇（Black Widow）了，除了身怀绝技和美色诱惑，任何超能力和武器都比不上其他复仇者。此外，电影情节则好像是强化了Iron Man和Black Widow的能力，反而雷神（Thor）和美国队长（Captain America）的登场部分就变得有点像配角了。也要感谢内乱的情节部分设计，观众可以观赏到复仇者之间的对战，对我而言，最精彩的对决当然是Iron Man对Thor再对Captain America。

还有要赞的是电影中每个复仇者的角色特点都很明显呈现，例如Captain America在战场中展现的领导能力。电影有些幽默感的部分，全都多亏在Iron Man的对白设计和Hulk的鲁莽动作。敌人的飞行机械形态和蛇形巨大飞船也设计得很震撼。

最无法意料的是电影结束后的片段，出现了提供Loki军队的神秘敌人！！！那可是被称为"Avatar of Death"的Titan - Thanos。要是让这来自异次原空间的巨型敌人成功来到地球的话，想必目前的六位复仇者都难应付这强大的敌人。看来在下一部复仇者电影，需要找来更多复仇者来保卫地球。或许需要多读了解漫画版的故事还是看《Iron Man 3》才能知晓更多消息了。

整部电影就是紧张！期待！好看！不是太故事性，反而专注于银幕上的动作场面和打斗画面，还有各个角色的登场和之间的决斗。观赏这电影的心情就像是当你看过之前的电影角色们，期待他们再次集合同一舞台来场精彩的演出。

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Thursday, April 26, 2012

19.04.2012 Someday in the Korean Cafe

2012年4月19日星期四雨天

- Thu, 19th Apr 2012.

Location: Korean Cafe @ Penang.

Dear Diary,

虽然下起了大雨，但是我们的心情并没有因此而受影响。今天大家约在一起用餐，我和Cloey先到了Rachel家集合，然后我们乘坐Sara的车子出发到了离城市区很遥远的Korean Café。

我不是太熟悉那一带，大概要是选择经过山路就会很快到达那儿，那一带还算很偏僻吧，我也忘记了那住宅区的名字，只记得咖啡厅对面有一个公园。

一眼望入这韩式的咖啡厅，广阔的空间的左侧有一些画作以作装饰，而右侧全都是符合主题的摆设品，布置的物品包括一些非常柔和色调的包包，缝制的布熊和照片，还有手绘壁画设计，营造了小韩国气氛的主题咖啡厅。

我们还发现了有KPOP的Girl GENERATION签名海报和SJ的专辑。

Menu上都是韩式私房菜和甜点，价格不算很贵。在这里用餐，必须到柜台点自己喜欢的美食，先付钱再品尝。

等待食物来临前，我们尽兴地玩起拍照。

Cloey 点了Kimchi Chigae (Kimchi Soup), 价钱是RM10。这一锅汤不仅有Chicken sausage还有vegetables 和Bean curd，适合任何喜欢重口味和爱吃辣的食客。

我和Rachel都点了Dwenjang Chigae (Bean Paste Stew), 价钱是RM10。这一套餐包括了汤品中的顺滑的豆腐, 菠菜, 虾, 还有两碟配菜和一碗白饭。

Sara点了韩国的面食，有那韩国式的水饺，也有那听朋友说是很像鲍鱼的韩国年糕。。。年糕在热汤中？有点觉得怪怪的。

我点了冰冷甜味十足的Caramel Macchiato, 价钱是RM7.50。

之后，我们点了Fish Waffle，价钱是RM6。里头的馅是红豆年糕吧，切一小块沾上冰淇淋一同食用，甜甜的滋味，特别好吃。

外头下着细雨，在环境舒适和休闲式的咖啡厅内听着柔和的音乐，吃着热腾腾韩国风味的泡菜料理还有吃甜点式的下午茶，感觉舒服极了。无论是用餐的环境气氛还是食物与饮料方面，都感觉到自己好像是出外度假去了。我喜欢这宁静下着小雨的上午，在那么让人心情平和又舒适的地方与友人吃午餐。

等雨停了，我们呆了一会儿，我们出发到Gurney Plaza看电影。。。

From Wayne y.m.h.

Decades of Our Lives: The 60s (part i)

翻阅了数页，不仅提升了自己对六十年代一些历史的认识，还找到了一些那时代流行的怀旧歌曲。

I have been reading it since starting of the semester-break. And I came across not only parts of the interesting history, but also some of the nice classic oldies songs.

Notes from the book。。。

[In 1961 Diana Ross, Mary Wilson, and Florence Ballard, part of a vocal group called The Primettes, were signed to Detroit’s premier record company, Motown Records, and renamed as The Supremes. By the mid 60s, they were Motown most successful act. Through the early 1960s lead vocals were shared but gradually the record company focused on Diana Ross as lead on their singles releases; this culminated in Berry Gordy, head of Motown Records, renaming the act Dianna Ross and the Supremes in 1967. In 1965 The Supremes released 5 albums and seven singles, including “Stop! In the Name of Love.”]

[In 1961 Audrey Hepburn played one of her most famous roles as Holly Golightly in Blake Edward’s movie Breakfast at Tiffany’s. George Peppard played opposite her, complementing Hepburn’s character, whose ingenuous yet chic persona became an icon of the 60s. Hepburn performed the movie’s keynote song, “Moon River,” herself; it was composed by Henry Mancini specifically to accommodate her vocal range.]

[Peter Yarrow, Mary Travers, and Paul Stookey, together the New York folk ensemble Peter, Paul, and Mary. By 1963 they had recorded 3 successful albums of what were to become folk standards, from Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are a-Changin” to covers of Peter Seeger songs such as “If I Had a Hammer.” Their own hit, “Puff the Magic Dragon,” raised suspicions of drug references but it was a song about lost childhood. ]

[One of the other distinctive male solo voices of the decade was Gene Pitney. His best known hit single, the Bacharach-David song “Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa,” entered the UK charts in 1963, bring him great popularity in Britain; on his visit to London he sat in on Rolling Stones recording sessions with Phil Spector, playing piano on some tracks. “Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa” was followed by three more hits in 1964, one of which was the Jagger/ Richards composition “That Girl Belongs to Yesterday.”]

[Legendary American singer Roy Orbison, whose country-based ballads were delivered with great vocal passion but with an impassive stage style. Orbison’s early 1960s hits such as “Blue Bayou” gained him world renown and when touring top of the bill with the Beatles in 1963 the Fab Four were astonished by audience reaction when Roy’s low energy performance would gain him 14 encores.]

Resources from the book of [Decades of Our Lives: The 60s].

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