Hello there! I'm gonna try to come up with 25 random facts about me. Let's get started!
I like oranges better than apples, but I like Apple Juice better than Orange Juice.
I know a lot of magic tricks.
I've crushed my pinky once. (I'll do a post about it later)
I've jumped off a balcony before.
I read OMG Facts and FML's everyday.
I've never been camping before with my family, I've only camped once, at Mount Robson for a school field trip.
I've fainted once.
I learned addition and subtraction in Preschool, and learned Multiplication and Division at Kindergarten. Not trying to brag... ;)
I've only had 5 birthday parties in my whole life.
I don't have an Xbox.
There are only 5 Jackie Chan films (that he was the main character) that I haven't watched.
I've gotten a C+ in math for my report card once. I was so disappointed, I swore I would never get anything lower than an A in math for my report card. I haven't broke my promise yet. :)
I've never did an all-nighter. :(
The upcoming report card (in like a month) is the only time in my life that I've gotten an A for gym.
I've never had Greek food.
Everytime I have subway, I always put :Shredded Cheese, lettuce, onions, salt and pepper, and mayonnaise.
I've been to a Karaoke place before.
I'm extremely grumpy in the mornings.
I have a really weird type of headache: The world spins, my stomach hurts, and I have to barf to get rid of my headache. Weird?
Although I seem quiet, I sing loudly a lot when I'm home.
Jay Z and I share the same birthday. :) Well, not the year, of course.
My top 5 favorite foods are : Dim Sum, Noodles, Sushi, Steak, and Lobster.
Although everyone thinks I don't eat very much and that I'm skinny, but I eat A LOT.
I am better friends with someone once I talk to them through Facebook.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE roller coasters! :) My favorite roller coaster is either Space Mountain: and Mullhollland Madness. (They're both in Disneyland)
The scariest roller coaster I've been to is the Ten Inversion Roller Coaster
It holds a WORLD RECORD for most inversions (upside downs) in a roller coaster. I had a huge headache after. :(
I screamed the whole way. lol.
I hope you liked my random post about 25 random things. lol
Hello there, this is a short post on my Kaleidoscope. You may or may not know what a kaleidoscope is, but it is basically a tube of mirrors that have colorful patterns. And when you spin it slowly, the pattern changes. Do you have one? They might contain patterns like etc.
The kaleidoscope in general look like this , or sometimes they look like or .
Enough information, I'm going to show you my kaleidoscope. It's really different than all the kaleidoscopes you;ve seen. :) It's unique.
My Kaleidoscope.
Me looking at the kaleidoscope.
Close Up.
So, do you have a kaleidoscope? I bought my kaleidoscope in Japan. I hope you liked this pointless and random post about my kaleidoscope. Bye!
1. Do you have any pets? No, but i used to.
2. Name 3 things that are physically close to you. My iPod Touch, my magic star, and my jackie chan dvds.
3. What's the weather like right now? its cold, no rain or anything though.
4. Do you drive? If so have you crashed? im not old enough.
5. What time did you wake up this morning? 7:30 am
6. When was the last time you showered? I'm gonna shower in 2 minutes. :P
7. What was the last movie you saw? The Protector starring Jackie Chan.
8. What does your last text message say? "Hey man"
9. What's your ringtone? i dont have a phone.
10. Have you ever been to a different country? yes, i've been to USA and China.
11. Do you like sushi? Yes :)
12. Where do you buy your groceries? Superstore, Costco, Shoppers.
13. Have you ever taken medication to help you fall asleep faster? nope
14. How many siblings do you have? 1, i have a sister
15. Do you have a desktop computer or a laptop? laptop.and a desktop
16. How old will you be turning on your next birthday? 14
17. Do you wear contacts or glasses? glasses
18. Do you color your hair? no, its still black.
19. Tell me something you are planning to do today. sleep early. :)
20. When was the last time you cried? a long time ago...maybe like a year ago.
21. What is your perfect pizza topping? Cheese, mushrooms, pineapple, ham
22. Which do you prefer-hamburgers or cheeseburgers? cheeseburgers
23. Have you ever had an all-nighter? yes :)
24. What is your eye color? dark brown
25. Can you taste the difference between Pepsi and Coke? yes i do :) coke is more sweeter.
Hi there! Here is a short post about the short film/ music video Runaway. So, just 84 minutes ago, I watched the premiere of Kanye West's new music video, Runaway.
Runaway is the song Kanye West preformed in the MTV VMA 2010, and you can watch it below.
Runaway, the music video is apparently the world's LONGEST music video ever. It's 40 minutes long.
Watch it! ^^
Here is what the music video is about:
SPOILER ALERT:
Kanye West rescues a phoenix and he brings her home and the phoenix starts dancing to Kanye's songs. Next, Kanye West brings her to a parade, and another song plays and the scene extends for quite a long time.
After that, he brings her to a dinner party with a lot of his friends, but his friends don't really accept her, they don't like her at all, and a few more songs play.
And there are occasional dialogue such as
Friend: You're girlfriend is really beautiful.
Kanye: Thank you.
Friend: Did you know she's also a bird?
Kanye: I never noticed that.
And then Kanye West preforms the song I've been waiting for, Runaway.
He plays the piano, and starts singing as ballerinas dance in the background.
After, he finishes singing, the ballerinas dance for like 5 more minutes, and finally its over. The phoenix looks amazed, and then the waiter ...(SPOILER) puts a huge bird as the main course for the dinner. The phoenix is offended and starts screaming, and they go back to Kanye's garden and she's really sad. She tells Kanye that she has to burn to go back to her own world. She also says "That's the one thing I hate most about this world. Anything that's different you try to change." Kanye then says "I'll never let you burn" and then some romantic stuff happens.
The morning after, Kanye realizes he's all alone and then he runs, but he sees the phoenix flying up to the sky and burning, and he's now all alone. The End.
What did you think of the music video?
I didn't really enjoy it, but I didn't hate it either, I thought it was very artistic and it was filmed beautifully, and its really creative, and I will definately watch it again sometime in the future. BTW, the music video isn't really just a music video for Runaway, it's like a music video for his WHOLE album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. The acting was alright. I think the only reason why I didn't like it as much was probably because I had high expectations for this, and I waited a long time for it. :P But, I think if I didn't watch it with such high expectations, I might have a better opinion.
Cast:
Kanye West as Griffin.
Selita Ebanks as the phoenix:
And thats it for the cast.
Sorry for such a short post, I hope you watch it and tell me what you think of it.
This is a short post on my school day.
Today was a normal day in school for me.
First, I had Math, where I sat by myself. :( We had a substitute, and we did 90 questions on exponent laws. :P I spent most of the time working on that, and then the bell rang. Theres not much to say about math.
Next was science, we did some work on our workbook about Polyatomic Ion Formulas, and then we marked our quizzes. We did a little experiment to test if pennies were made out of real copper. Then, we watched a video explaining about Atoms, and elements. And then the bell rang for lunch.
At lunch, I didn't do much, lunch passes by really slow for me, I don't know why.
The next class I had was Drama. We worked on our Comedy Skits, my skit is about an audition for choir, and I'm a judge. And my partner is the person trying out, and in the end, it was all a prank.
I can't memorize my lines. :P
Then, our teacher gave us some advice, and directed us a little.
After that, we played some improvisation games like Space Jump and Freeze.
Last class of the day was Gym, and it was pretty good, we played badminton again, and I was by myself because Travis was away. I did pretty good, I won a game, and I lost a game, and we ran the polar mile. I won a game 21-9, and lost a game 21-19 :( I'm in the finals though. :) I hoped you liked my post on my school day.
Hello there! In this post, I'm going to talk about John Woo. Jackie Chan and John Woo are my two favorite movie makers of all time, so today, I'm going to talk about John Woo.
John Woo is a Chinese director, and he is usually known for his crazy shootouts... (that I always think about in my head, when I'm bored, like in science class). He has directed the famous Hong Kong films "A Better Tomorrow, and A Better Tomorrow 2", The Killer, Bullet in the Head, Once A Thief, and Hard Boiled. But...He has also directed Hollywood movies, such as Face/Off, Hard Target, Broken Arrow, Mission:Impossible II, Windtalkers, and Paycheck. Recently he has been making movies in Mainland China, such as Red Cliff, Red Cliff 2, and Reign of Assassins.
...and those are just his famous ones.
And if you noticed in the posters above, the first five movies, all have the same main character, and he uses Nicolas Cage and John Travolta a lot.
My favorite John Woo films of all time are The Killer, A Better Tomorrow 1&2, Bullet in the Head, and Hard Boiled. I haven't watched all of his movies yet.
And if you're wondering, John and Jackie Chan have collaborated before in a movie called Hand of Death, back when both of them weren't famous.
Now, I'm going to explain my favorite movies of John Woo:
A Better Tomorrow and A Better Tomorrow 2:
A Better Tomorrow & 2, are about gangs counterfeiting money, and about how the main characters want to turn into a good person, but its really hard to. One of the main character is part of the gang, and his brother is part of the police, and eventually his brother finds out. The first movie is more of a drama movie, and the second movie is more action-packed.
It's really hard to find an english trailer for these two movies, sorry. :P
The Killer:
The Killer is about the main character, who is an assassin (with a good heart), named Jeffrey. One day, when he is killing someone, he accidentally shoots a female singer in the eyes, making her blind. Jeffrey then tries to become friends with her, and soon they are in a relationship. The female singer, Jennie, needs a lot of money for her operation, or she will be permanently blinded. Jeffrey decided to do one last assignment as an assassin to give some money to her. But, Danny, a police officer, is confident that he'll arrest Jeffrey, and they become friends on the way.
Trailer:
Bullet in the Head:
Bullet in the Head is about 3 friends, who killed someone, so they move to Vietnam during the Vietnam War to avoid the police. One of the friends find a suitcase of gold, and their friendship splits apart.
I really like this movie because you can see that friends kill each other for money, and you can see what greediness does to them.
This trailer doesn't really show the plot that well, but...
And last, but not least, HARD BOILED.
Most people say that this is the best action movie EVER, and I actually agree.
This film is about a cop, and an undercover cop, teaming up to defeat a powerful gang. And it contains the longest action scenes ever, the final shootout in the hospital lasts for 40 minutes!
Here is the trailer:
And thats it.
I personally think that John Woo's films are better than some of Jackie Chan's films.
You may think from the trailer, that John Woo's films is all action and shootouts, but there is way more to it. Every movie has a meaning, and a lot of symbolism. They actually have a great storyline about friendship, and betrayal. I recommend EVERYONE to check out some of his movies.
And that's all I have to say, I hope this post wasn't that boring.
Hi there! :) As you know, or may not know, yesterday I watched The Karate Kid on DVD...and here is my review of it. :D
First of all, let's look at the poster:
I don't really like this poster, because I think it's too...simple. It's just a red background and an outline of Jaden Smith kicking...and the title. Here is the DVD poster.
...which is pretty much the same. If you look closely, you can actually see Jaden Smith's face on the poster, but not on the other one. My other problem was...WHY DIDN'T THEY SHOW JACKIE CHAN ON THE POSTER? :( I was actually really disappointed when I saw the poster...at least it has his name on it.
Overall, I didn't like the movie poster at all. :P
Here is some information about the movie:
The Karate Kid is a 2010 film starring Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith, and it is also a remake of a 1984 film of the same name.
The director is Harald Zwart, who also directed Agent Cody Banks and The Pink Panther 2 .
There are a total of 5 producers, and 2 of them include Will Smith, and his wife, Jada Smith. It was released June 11, 2010 in the United States, it has a running time of 140 minutes (2 hours and 20 minutes), and the movie is mainly in English, but there are some parts that are Mandarin.
The Karate Kid is about a 12-year old boy named Dre Parker, (who is played by Jaden Smith) who moves from Detroit to China with his mother, because she got transferred. Dre doesn't like it at all in China, and he is also bullied by Cheng. (who is played by Zhenwei Wang) Cheng bullies Dre at first because he doesn't want him close to Mei Ying, which is Dre's crush. Eventually, Mr Han, (who is played by Jackie Chan) helps Dre by telling Cheng's Kung Fu Teacher, and Cheng's friends to back off. But there is one condition. Dre must participate in a Kung Fu tournament. Mr. Han then teaches Dre "Real Kung Fu" to prepare him for the tournament.
Let me show you the main cast of The Karate Kid:
Jaden Smith as Dre Parker. Dre Parker is an immigrant from Detroit to Beijing.
Jackie Chan as Mr. Han, the maintenance man who knows kung fu, and teaches it to Dre.
Taraji Henson as Sherry Parker, Dre's mother.
Zhenwei Wang as Cheng, the bully.
And...last, but not least,
Yu Rongguang as Master Li, the evil kung fu teacher.
My Opinion:
I really liked this movie, I watched the movie with high expectations because I heard many good comments. I think the storyline is really predictable, even though I never watched the old version of this. I thought the movie was very well shot beautifully, they showed many scenes of mountains, The Forbidden City, and The Great Wall, which I thought was nice. I thought the acting was surprisingly well done, I wasn't expecting much from Jaden Smith, but I guess he proved me wrong. I thought Jaden did a great job for acting. Another good actor in this movie is Jackie Chan as Mr. Han. It's nice to see him away from his usual "Slapstick Comedy Fighting" roles, and be in a Hollywood movie with a serious role. His latest films have been more dramatic, but I guess this and Shinjuku Incident are his most serious roles yet. I actually thought everyone in general did a good job for acting in this movie.
One thing I did not like is that there wasn't much music during the movie, there was mostly silence. I think there might have been some sound during the Training and the Tournament, but that's about it. And, of course, the official theme song for the movie is "Never Say Never" which is preformed by Justin Bieber and Jaden Smith.
Another thing I did not like was that they did not keep the Alternate Ending, where you can view below.
I think they should have kept this ending in because I think it is one of the best scenes in the movie. I would have liked to see Jackie Chan having a fight scene (other than the one with the bullies) in this movie, but I understand why they didn't put it in though, because it would have created a different mood in the end.
A lot of people complain that this film should be called "Kung Fu Kid" instead of "Karate Kid" because there's no Karate in the film. However, I disagree.
I think if you are doing a remake of a film, you should have the same name, for respect.
If they did call it "Kung Fu Kid" it would kinda sound like it would be a ripoff.
The title, "The Karate Kid" might actually be referring to Jaden Smith, because it is mentioned in the film that he knows a "little bit of Karate", and in the first encounter with Dre and the bully, Cheng, they call Dre "The Karate Kid"
So, that was just my opinion, because I actually see people arguing over the internet about this.
I also thought that the film itself was a little bit too long, 2 hours and 20 minutes seems a long time for a film like this. They had a lot of unnecessary scenes. They could have shortened the beginning and they could have shortened some of the training scenes like the mountain scene.
I also thought the tournament wasn't very realistic, because I don't think there are any legal tournaments that would allow two children to fight without ANY protection gear.
I have to admit the last kick was really cool, but it was obviously fake, either done with computers or wires.
But I still liked it.
I know I've said a lot of negative things about this film, but I really did enjoy it.
Overall, I think The Karate Kid is a really good film, I learned (from the tournament) that if you try your hardest, it doesn't matter if you win or not. I would recommend everyone to watch it, because the acting is great, it is shot beautifully, especially the mountain and training scenes, and almost everything about the film is good. :)
Hi there! I've always wanted to make a blog post on my iPod touch, so here it is. :) Right now, I'm about to eat breakfast, which is corn soup. I really hve no idea what to talk about, so I'm gonna tell you how my day went yesterday. Yesterday, I woke up around 10:30 am and then I watched some Chinese tv and ate breakfast for a while. After my sister left for work I went on the computer for about an 90 minutes. I watched the new Peter chao video, went on facebook and Twitter and YouTube. After that, I went shopping with my mom. We spent 3 hours going to superstore and costco. Then we came home and then I went downstairs to watlch some more tv until about 6. After that I went on the computer until my parents came back from work and then we watched The Karate Kid. :) (I'll do a review later) it was really good. It was a ling movie so went finished at 12:30 am. And then I went to sleep. :) I hope you liked my iPod post. :) bye!
and Mullhollland Madness.
(They're both in Disneyland)
So, just 84 minutes ago, I watched the premiere of Kanye West's new music video, Runaway.
and The Pink Panther 2 .
