Well, this is the first of 'four' weeks at my new project and yesterday was the first day. Everything seemed ok and the people are cool but the Internet connectivity here is the PITS. I only wish I was a techie and was able to tweak around until I could get things working to my liking.
Other than that, life is pretty mundane now although a couple of days ago, I did break one of my nails....down into my nail bed. So it bled and hurt and hurt and bled. Now I am just kinda stuck to it not getting wet. This morning, out of sheer desperation, (am unsure why hair salons near my place don't open after 7pm), I had to wash my hair one-handed....wonder if that's a record! :)
Anyway, good luck to me at my new work place and to everybody else who's trying out new things!
errolyn@errolyn.com
Tuesday, July 16, 2002
Wednesday, July 10, 2002
HOT DOG! My partner and I didn't win our dance competition on Sunday! How disappointing. Although I must admit that part of it was my fault since I was off-timing.
The ironic thing that happened was that competition usually throws the more difficult music (e.g. faster) at the competitors, so we were practising like nobody's business to relatively quick music. Who's to know they went and played SLOWER music!!!! Arrahahshghhhh!!!
Anyway, I don't think we would have won since all the other competitors were so obviously experienced and thoroughly exploited the fact that they performed the 'flash and pomp' routine beautifully and oh so professionally for people competing in the 'Beginner' and 'Novice' categories.
Ah well, run away, nurse wounds and live to dance another day.....in November!!! :)
errolyn@errolyn.com
The ironic thing that happened was that competition usually throws the more difficult music (e.g. faster) at the competitors, so we were practising like nobody's business to relatively quick music. Who's to know they went and played SLOWER music!!!! Arrahahshghhhh!!!
Anyway, I don't think we would have won since all the other competitors were so obviously experienced and thoroughly exploited the fact that they performed the 'flash and pomp' routine beautifully and oh so professionally for people competing in the 'Beginner' and 'Novice' categories.
Ah well, run away, nurse wounds and live to dance another day.....in November!!! :)
errolyn@errolyn.com
Wednesday, July 03, 2002
thestar.com.my: eCentral: News & Features
Yes! I saw this performance when the rest of the world was cheering for Brazil and maybe Germany for Germany! ;)
Yuan Yuan Tan really brings an excellent polished essence to the stage the moment she steps from the wings. I especially enjoyed her 'Habanera' solo which, according to the programme, was choreographed by Choong Wan Chin to music from 'Carmen'. It was cheeky and balletic without being slapstick (as much slapstick as ballet can get...) It was wonderful really. She had these long graceful arms and legs and it was enough to see her dance that one solo.
Her second act, the pas de deux with David Arce for some reason or another, failed to shine as much as her solo did. She seemed almost irritated with him....don't know if he was as 'accomplished' a dancer as she was...therefore. I think I saw her wobble once on her supporting foot...he must not have been paying attention. Because we all know a principal does not want to dance with a member of the corps de ballet right? Unless he is exceptionally talented and promising or good looking. David Arce did not dance enough that night to warrant an evaluation either way.
I also thoroughly enjoyed Choong Wan Chin's work. The 'Circus Dream' and 'The Ghost and His Face' were refreshing and fun.
And after the performance, I was pampered with strawberries and cream outside the theatre (auditorium).....how lucky can one get huh?!
errolyn@errolyn.com
Yes! I saw this performance when the rest of the world was cheering for Brazil and maybe Germany for Germany! ;)
Yuan Yuan Tan really brings an excellent polished essence to the stage the moment she steps from the wings. I especially enjoyed her 'Habanera' solo which, according to the programme, was choreographed by Choong Wan Chin to music from 'Carmen'. It was cheeky and balletic without being slapstick (as much slapstick as ballet can get...) It was wonderful really. She had these long graceful arms and legs and it was enough to see her dance that one solo.
Her second act, the pas de deux with David Arce for some reason or another, failed to shine as much as her solo did. She seemed almost irritated with him....don't know if he was as 'accomplished' a dancer as she was...therefore. I think I saw her wobble once on her supporting foot...he must not have been paying attention. Because we all know a principal does not want to dance with a member of the corps de ballet right? Unless he is exceptionally talented and promising or good looking. David Arce did not dance enough that night to warrant an evaluation either way.
I also thoroughly enjoyed Choong Wan Chin's work. The 'Circus Dream' and 'The Ghost and His Face' were refreshing and fun.
And after the performance, I was pampered with strawberries and cream outside the theatre (auditorium).....how lucky can one get huh?!
errolyn@errolyn.com
Tuesday, June 25, 2002
Windtalkers. Movie Review @ Hollywood.com - The best online source for movie reviews.
The topic this week is Windtalkers or Wintalkers according to a cinema in MId Valley Megamall. The premise of the story promises to be tear-jerker with lots of insightful, inner contemplation in man that so often draws the crowds. However, this movie was unnecessarily long and not tear-jerking to boot.
Nicholas Cage plays Joe Enders, a hardened stoic soldier who has the deaths of his former soldiers weighing heavily on his conscience and Adam Beach plays Ben Yahzee, a Navajo language code talker and a fresh patriot eager to do his part for his country and his family. Of course, the story pits these two men together against the world, or in this case, against the Japanese. Enders is duty-bound to protect Yahzee (read: THE CODE) at all costs. You get an inkling that this is why Enders does not allow himself to get too close and personal with Yahzee. However, the pervasiveness of this emotion runs throughout the movie...so much so that at the end of it all, you conclude that the objective of the movie doesn't get fulfilled. The audience does not see the inner turmoil and struggle a man has to go through in deciding to betray his man or his country. The audience does not share the indecision and guilt Enders fights with from the past and from the present. I think the audience pretty much leaves the cinema how they entered it.
Needless to say, the chemistry between Cage and Beach is not palpable. One would do better to watch the camaraderie between Ox Anderson (Christian Slater) and Charlie Whitehorse (Roger Willie). They portray more of the brotherhood one would expect from war buddies. Cage just comes across as a tired uninspired human but the opposite as a soldier. There is a smattering of scenes where Enders and Yahzee try to bond and act human but the end-result has a lot that can be improved.
My friend, when watching the trailer, concluded that Ben Yahzee was sure to die and/but guess what......Yes, I actually meant 'guess'!
Anyhow, what's this weird coincidence with me and 'Ender' huh?
Write me: errolyn@errolyn.com
The topic this week is Windtalkers or Wintalkers according to a cinema in MId Valley Megamall. The premise of the story promises to be tear-jerker with lots of insightful, inner contemplation in man that so often draws the crowds. However, this movie was unnecessarily long and not tear-jerking to boot.
Nicholas Cage plays Joe Enders, a hardened stoic soldier who has the deaths of his former soldiers weighing heavily on his conscience and Adam Beach plays Ben Yahzee, a Navajo language code talker and a fresh patriot eager to do his part for his country and his family. Of course, the story pits these two men together against the world, or in this case, against the Japanese. Enders is duty-bound to protect Yahzee (read: THE CODE) at all costs. You get an inkling that this is why Enders does not allow himself to get too close and personal with Yahzee. However, the pervasiveness of this emotion runs throughout the movie...so much so that at the end of it all, you conclude that the objective of the movie doesn't get fulfilled. The audience does not see the inner turmoil and struggle a man has to go through in deciding to betray his man or his country. The audience does not share the indecision and guilt Enders fights with from the past and from the present. I think the audience pretty much leaves the cinema how they entered it.
Needless to say, the chemistry between Cage and Beach is not palpable. One would do better to watch the camaraderie between Ox Anderson (Christian Slater) and Charlie Whitehorse (Roger Willie). They portray more of the brotherhood one would expect from war buddies. Cage just comes across as a tired uninspired human but the opposite as a soldier. There is a smattering of scenes where Enders and Yahzee try to bond and act human but the end-result has a lot that can be improved.
My friend, when watching the trailer, concluded that Ben Yahzee was sure to die and/but guess what......Yes, I actually meant 'guess'!
Anyhow, what's this weird coincidence with me and 'Ender' huh?
Write me: errolyn@errolyn.com
Thursday, June 20, 2002
Gosh it's been a busy week and it promises to get busier!
Last week I attended my friend's wedding which made me wanna get married now too...except for the glaring absence and need of a groom. How pathetic can the situation be huh?
Anyway, an update on Ender's Game. The afore mentioned is the first (complete) instalment (on its own) of the quartrology with Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide and Children of the Mind following on its heels. And another series from Bean's POV (Point of View) is Ender's Shadow.....I now have the full copies of #2 and #3 but have yet to read them....(read above, keyword: Busy). Will keep you guys updated on the stories.
READ IT YOU GUYS!!! (if you haven't) :)
Last week I attended my friend's wedding which made me wanna get married now too...except for the glaring absence and need of a groom. How pathetic can the situation be huh?
Anyway, an update on Ender's Game. The afore mentioned is the first (complete) instalment (on its own) of the quartrology with Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide and Children of the Mind following on its heels. And another series from Bean's POV (Point of View) is Ender's Shadow.....I now have the full copies of #2 and #3 but have yet to read them....(read above, keyword: Busy). Will keep you guys updated on the stories.
READ IT YOU GUYS!!! (if you haven't) :)
Friday, June 07, 2002
Ender's Game
A fabulous book I read recently was Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. It's of the sci-fi genre but please trust me when I say that even if you are not a sci-fi fan. It is NOT a book to miss. It's a few hundred pages long but you won't notice it. In fact, you'll be wishing there were more pages when you actually reach the end. Ender's Game is the first instalment of a trilogy.
It's about a young boy, age 6 no less, who has been hand-picked as the only one capable of saving the Earth from total destruction to be wreaked on them by an alien race. The fight has been on for years and years but this is the Final Battle and only Ender can ultimately 'end the fight'. He is plucked from the 'relative' safety (he has a malicious cruel brother, a caring sensitive sister and non-descript parents) of his home to train intensively at Battle School.
All sorts of techniques, challenges and strategies are thrown at him to physically and mentally prepare as well as test his abilities. Along the way, the seemingly destined to remain friendless and lonely, does manage to gain the friendship and loyalty of several fellow students, Alai, Bean, Hot Soup (!) and the one fighther girl in the whole story, Petra. Even Card's sub-plot with Peter and Valentine, Ender's siblings, ties in more tightly than usual sub-plots in novels.
This novel was written in 1977 with fantastic imagination for the 'futuristic' use of computers, 360 degree views and graphics (excuse my poor use of technical terms).
The great thing about Ender's Game is that it succesfully draws you into the story and you are able to empathise as well as symphatise with Ender. It seems an awful load to lay on the shoulders of a boy this young...a fact you may have to keep reminding yourself because of the way he talks, presents ideas and devises strategies. But we ARE dealing with child geniuses here.
Ender's Game is a book to be read by readers and non-readers period. You will not regret it....I will not reveal the ending to you but I must say I had different notions of how it could have gone. One of which was that the whole 'adventure' was the Ultimate Dream of a Loser Boy. But as I got along with the story, I realised the revelation in the end. It's Unbelievably, Indescribably Good-Feeling Inducing.
P.S. The person to whom I will be forever grateful for introducing me to the book, albeit as a passing sentence, just commited "A Grave Mistake" and a half! He suggested Ender's Game be made into a cartoon!!!!!
A fabulous book I read recently was Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. It's of the sci-fi genre but please trust me when I say that even if you are not a sci-fi fan. It is NOT a book to miss. It's a few hundred pages long but you won't notice it. In fact, you'll be wishing there were more pages when you actually reach the end. Ender's Game is the first instalment of a trilogy.
It's about a young boy, age 6 no less, who has been hand-picked as the only one capable of saving the Earth from total destruction to be wreaked on them by an alien race. The fight has been on for years and years but this is the Final Battle and only Ender can ultimately 'end the fight'. He is plucked from the 'relative' safety (he has a malicious cruel brother, a caring sensitive sister and non-descript parents) of his home to train intensively at Battle School.
All sorts of techniques, challenges and strategies are thrown at him to physically and mentally prepare as well as test his abilities. Along the way, the seemingly destined to remain friendless and lonely, does manage to gain the friendship and loyalty of several fellow students, Alai, Bean, Hot Soup (!) and the one fighther girl in the whole story, Petra. Even Card's sub-plot with Peter and Valentine, Ender's siblings, ties in more tightly than usual sub-plots in novels.
This novel was written in 1977 with fantastic imagination for the 'futuristic' use of computers, 360 degree views and graphics (excuse my poor use of technical terms).
The great thing about Ender's Game is that it succesfully draws you into the story and you are able to empathise as well as symphatise with Ender. It seems an awful load to lay on the shoulders of a boy this young...a fact you may have to keep reminding yourself because of the way he talks, presents ideas and devises strategies. But we ARE dealing with child geniuses here.
Ender's Game is a book to be read by readers and non-readers period. You will not regret it....I will not reveal the ending to you but I must say I had different notions of how it could have gone. One of which was that the whole 'adventure' was the Ultimate Dream of a Loser Boy. But as I got along with the story, I realised the revelation in the end. It's Unbelievably, Indescribably Good-Feeling Inducing.
P.S. The person to whom I will be forever grateful for introducing me to the book, albeit as a passing sentence, just commited "A Grave Mistake" and a half! He suggested Ender's Game be made into a cartoon!!!!!
Thursday, June 06, 2002
I guess you can tell it's been a busy busyyy week. There was a rush at work but now I am back....ready to tackle whatever the hot topic is at the moment.....Just give me a moment to snare the hot topic ok.....
My Hot Topic of the Day is:
People using your stuff without asking you first. Housemates are probably the biggest culprits...ok I don't know that for sure but they sure are to me! However, the weird thing is that it's a seasonal thing....usually involving when housemates' FRIENDS come a-visiting. Did nobody ever teach these people that they are NOT SUPPOSED to be using other people's stuff without having the courtesy of asking first?
I don't care if it's toothpaste, or glue or my slippers or my rubbish. ASK ME FIRST! What makes my situation so ingratiating is that they are using my Ultra-Expensive Hair Care products. I could commit blue murder! Those Kiasu Visitors.....(need not mention where they come from eh? :)
Anyhow, being Asian and unnecessarily polite at times, I am just going to have to resort to stashing and safeguarding all my stuff in my room. God Help Me! I need to rent another room for storage......
errolyn@errolyn.com
My Hot Topic of the Day is:
People using your stuff without asking you first. Housemates are probably the biggest culprits...ok I don't know that for sure but they sure are to me! However, the weird thing is that it's a seasonal thing....usually involving when housemates' FRIENDS come a-visiting. Did nobody ever teach these people that they are NOT SUPPOSED to be using other people's stuff without having the courtesy of asking first?
I don't care if it's toothpaste, or glue or my slippers or my rubbish. ASK ME FIRST! What makes my situation so ingratiating is that they are using my Ultra-Expensive Hair Care products. I could commit blue murder! Those Kiasu Visitors.....(need not mention where they come from eh? :)
Anyhow, being Asian and unnecessarily polite at times, I am just going to have to resort to stashing and safeguarding all my stuff in my room. God Help Me! I need to rent another room for storage......
errolyn@errolyn.com
Tuesday, May 28, 2002
MALAYSIA!!!! vs. brasil
Go Malaysia!!! Yes the match was quite good...had me screaming in the stands for the Malaysians to:
Keep up their good work (first half) and
Get their butts moving (second half).
It was an interesting match and I find that my patriotism comes foremost when Malaysia is pit against anyone else in any competition! I went to the match not intending to cheer for and support anyone but our fellow countrymen and I must give them the credit that for a 117th team in the world, we put up a good fight to the No.2s.
Let's not anyone say anything about the brasilians not actually extending themselves too much although they did get rougher and attacked more in the second half.
Nonetheless, maybe this World Cup 2002 will see me watching some games.
Go Malaysia!!! Yes the match was quite good...had me screaming in the stands for the Malaysians to:
Keep up their good work (first half) and
Get their butts moving (second half).
It was an interesting match and I find that my patriotism comes foremost when Malaysia is pit against anyone else in any competition! I went to the match not intending to cheer for and support anyone but our fellow countrymen and I must give them the credit that for a 117th team in the world, we put up a good fight to the No.2s.
Let's not anyone say anything about the brasilians not actually extending themselves too much although they did get rougher and attacked more in the second half.
Nonetheless, maybe this World Cup 2002 will see me watching some games.
Thursday, May 23, 2002
Yahoo! News - Hormone May Be Key to Long-Term Weight Loss -Study
Exciting developments in the science world. However, thinking about the suppression of appetite...does it make life good? Shouldn't you eat what you like just in moderate amounts? If we diet all our life long, wouldn't we miss out on the some of the good stuff in life....the food, the sensation, the ability to enjoy life in an aspect?
And for those who talk about feeling good eating nothing but celery and tomatoes or other 'extremist' forms of dieting, have they done it so much that that's the only thing they know and That feels good? Or have they justified it to themselves that it feels good?
"Waiter, one order of lasagne please!"
Exciting developments in the science world. However, thinking about the suppression of appetite...does it make life good? Shouldn't you eat what you like just in moderate amounts? If we diet all our life long, wouldn't we miss out on the some of the good stuff in life....the food, the sensation, the ability to enjoy life in an aspect?
And for those who talk about feeling good eating nothing but celery and tomatoes or other 'extremist' forms of dieting, have they done it so much that that's the only thing they know and That feels good? Or have they justified it to themselves that it feels good?
"Waiter, one order of lasagne please!"
Yahoo! News - Remains Identified As Chandra Levy
Remember her? Another intern who was involved in a high-profile scandal. But unluckily for her, her jaunt into this high-powered, high-stakes world where anything can happen if you have enough influence ended in violence and death.
The police 'stopped short of calling it a criminal case', I wonder if perhaps she went looking for turtles in the park as well! Anyways, I guess we'll be hearing plenty of this later in the news unless an effort is being made to just bring the case to an end without too much ado....
Did you know that if you have a regular pattern in your daily life, it makes it easier for people to do you harm should they wish to?
Remember her? Another intern who was involved in a high-profile scandal. But unluckily for her, her jaunt into this high-powered, high-stakes world where anything can happen if you have enough influence ended in violence and death.
The police 'stopped short of calling it a criminal case', I wonder if perhaps she went looking for turtles in the park as well! Anyways, I guess we'll be hearing plenty of this later in the news unless an effort is being made to just bring the case to an end without too much ado....
Did you know that if you have a regular pattern in your daily life, it makes it easier for people to do you harm should they wish to?
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