March 10, 2010

A Brief Review: Oscars 2010

By Melody

This is an overdue review. However, since I did a prediction post, it will only feel complete to post this.

Raves:
- Up and Precious: two awards for each!
- Kathryn Bigelow’s win: She’s the first women in 82 years to ever win Best Director. Not because she is a woman, but because she kicked ass.
- Mo’Nique and Bigelow’s classy acceptance speeches
- the wonderful tribute to John Hughes

Rants:
- Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin failing: a lot of jokes just weren’t funny.
- the irrelevant dance performance for the original music category
- Acceptance speeches by winners in Best Foreign Feature and Best Documentary short being rudely interrupted and cut short: This angered me the most. If you don’t care about these categories, you should get rid of them and quit faking respect.

Overall, while I was pleased with most of the results, the ceremony itself left me bored. I rather miss Billy Crystal and Jon Stewart hosting the show!

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March 7, 2010

If it’s not Avatar…

By Melody

There is an explanation for my general absence last week – I was trying hard to catch up with watching the films nominated for Best Picture in the 82nd Academy Awards! And today, a few hours before the Oscars, I have watched nine of them, except the front-runner, Avatar.1

This is my Oscar post without Avatar, which is expected to sweep the awards. Since I haven’t seen it, I am in no position to say if it’d deserve them – but I am going to write about why the others would. My predictions are in bold.

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  1. Because I simply could not get tickets, go figure. [↩]
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February 27, 2010

Phone Doodling

By Melody

One of the things that I love about my new phone is that there are many applications available for it, despite it not being an iPhone.

I downloaded an application called PaintPad from Nokia ovi shop yesterday, which is absolutely wonderful! Now I can draw Stress Relief Bunnies on my phone and save them as .jpg files. :D

Do you have a favourite phone application that makes your life easier or simply puts a smile on your face?

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February 22, 2010

Project Positive

By Melody

I am a pessimistic and negative person. To be honest, that has worked in my favour at times. However, most of the time it has done the opposite – I doubt it makes me very popular or liked. More importantly, it makes me feel down, powerless and worthless – something that I do not enjoy.

To help myself, I’ve decided to start a personal project called Project Positive, which basically involves doing things to remind myself to maintain a more positive outlook. My only idea so far is a daily practice: when a day ends, I think of one reason to be cheerful and note it down somewhere.

It’s not as “big” as the name suggests, and knowing myself, it might not be easy. However, taking the initiative to change is what really makes it happen, even in tiny steps. And I am writing about it on here so that I will have no excuse to take it back! I am having my fingers crossed. :)

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February 19, 2010

You shouldn’t be in there, Sir

By Melody

Above is a picture of the sign on the door to the washroom closest to my office. In the past few months, I have noticed that some healthy grown men are frequently using these lavatories. As you can see on the sign, it’s for either a female or a disabled person. I often see men coming out of there and think “Sir, you are neither.” >_<

Sometimes when I went inside, I found out, to my horror, that the toilet had not been flushed. One day, when I was waiting outside, I never heard tap water from the sink. The person walked out without washing his hands. I ran off in absolute disgust and haven’t been to those washrooms since.

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