That’s right, I… I have a dream
I believe in that dream.
Just you watch me.
I can proudly confrontThat coldly standing wall called fate.
Some day, I’ll climb over that wallAnd fly high to that sky
Even this heavy world cannot bind me.
Let’s spend the day when I’ll laugh at the end of my life together…
There are repeats in the songs, either re adaptations by other worthy singers or in the form of serial MVs. So? Ha.
Il Mare (Hangul: 시월애; RR: Siworae) is a 2000 South Korean film, starring Jun Ji-hyun and Lee Jung-jae. The title, Il Mare, means ‘The Sea’ in Italian, and is the name of the seaside house which is the setting of the story. The Korean title, siworae is the Korean pronunciation of Chinese characters “時越愛,” which means “time-transcending love.” The two protagonists both live there two years apart in time, but are able to communicate through a mysterious post box.
The film was remade by Warner Brothers starring Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves and released in 2006 as The Lake House, which was co-produced by Sonny Mallhi, Amit Walia, and Chris Krapek.-wiki
According to the most popular interpretations of the film, there are two distinct timelines intertwined throughout most of the film. These two timelines are torn away from each other at the end of the film, causing the “bittersweet” nature of the ending.
The story begins with Eun-joo moving out of a house by the sea called “Il Mare”. As she is leaving, she leaves a Christmas card in the mailbox, asking the next resident to please forward her mail to her. Sung-hyun, an architectural student, receives her card, but is puzzled, since he is the first resident at “Il Mare” and the card is dated 2 years in the future. After a series of back and forth correspondences, Eun-joo and Sung-hyun realize they are living 2 years apart, Eun-joo in the year 2000 and Sung-hyun in the year 1998. After some testing, Eun-joo and Sung-hyun discover that the mailbox at “Il Mare” is enabling their communication and they can pass objects through it.
Utilizing the mailbox, Eun-joo asks Sung-hyun to retrieve a tape player she lost two years ago, which he gets for her. After his father, a noted architect, dies, Sung-hyun asks Eun-joo to buy a book about his father, which she does. They decide to try a date together, with each person participating in his or her own time. Eun-joo “takes” Sung-hyun to an amusement park, where he follows her instructions on how to have a good time at the park. Sung-hyun “takes” her to a restaurant where she drinks a bottle of wine he left for her two years ago. Despite having a lot of fun on these “dates”, they decide that they should try to meet in person.
Eun-joo and Sung-hyun plan on meeting in person at a beach where she has always wanted to build a house, two years in Sung-hyun’s future. However, when Eun-joo goes to the beach, Sung-hyun doesn’t show. She does see a house being built on the beach for an unknown architect’s lover. When Eun-joo tells Sung-hyun that he didn’t come, he is baffled about why he didn’t show up; he doesn’t think he would have forgotten such an important date.
At Eun-joo’s work, she runs into her ex-fiance. They were going to get married, but he moved abroad for work, while she stayed in Korea. Due to the separation, they eventually broke up and he married another person; however, Eun-joo still loves him. This meeting shocks Eun-joo and in an act of desperation, she asks Sung-hyun to intervene and stop her fiance from leaving two years in the past. After sending the letter to Sung-hyun, Eun-joo suddenly realizes, on that day, she witnessed a car striking a pedestrian and killing him. Eun-joo rushes to Sung-hyun’s architectural school and finds out that Sung-hyun was that pedestrian and the house being built at the beach was designed by Sung-hyun for her. She immediately rushes to the mailbox and sends a letter telling him not to go.
The final scene returns to the beginning of the movie, where Eun-joo is about to place her Christmas card into the mailbox at “Il Mare”. A stranger approaches her with a letter in his hand, the letter that Eun-joo sent warning Sung-hyun not to go to the meeting. Sung-hyun did receive her warning letter and never went to intervene that day and was never hit by the car. Although this Eun-joo (the one who twice ignores him at the train station) has no memory of the correspondence, Eun-joo and Sung-hyun finally meet.-wiki
Beast Stalker (simplified Chinese: 证人; traditional Chinese: 證人; pinyin: Zhèngrén) is a 2008 Hong Kong action film directed by Dante Lam and starring Nicholas Tse, Nick Cheung, Zhang Jing-Chu, and Liu Kai-Chi.-wiki
Hong Kong is in desperate need of a leading action man and Nicholas Tse is certainly doing what he can to fill that role. Once under the title of Witness it has undergone a name change and is due to hit theaters on November 11th.
Little girl Yee was killed by Fei (Nicholas Tse), a brave cop, when he was fighting with the bandits. Yee’s twin sister Ling was taken hostage by the same group of criminals. Her mother (Zhang Jingchu) decided to save her daughter on her own.
We have the teaser trailer after the break, which includes what appears to be the new signature shot in Hong Kong action films, the broadside hit. And look for the fall from the moving vehicle. That’s gonna leave a mark!
by Andrew Mack,
Watch the parts here:
15th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
The Sound of Music is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers. Many songs from the musical have become standards, including the title song “The Sound of Music“, “Edelweiss“, “My Favorite Things“, “Climb Ev’ry Mountain” and “Do-Re-Mi“.-wiki
The original Broadway production, starring Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel, opened in November 1959, and the show has enjoyed numerous productions and revivals since then. It has also been made into an Academy Award-winning 1965 film musical. The Sound of Music was the final musical written by Rodgers and Hammerstein; Hammerstein died of cancer nine months after the Broadway premiere.-wiki
After viewing The Trapp Family, a 1956 Austrian film about the von Trapp family, and its 1958 sequel, The Trapp Family in America (Die Trapp-Familie in Amerika), stage director Vincent J. Donehue thought that the project would be perfect for his friend Mary Martin; Broadway producers Leland Hayward and Richard Halliday (Martin’s husband) agreed. The producers originally envisioned a nonmusical play that would be written by Lindsay and Crouse and that would feature songs from the repertoire of the Trapp Family Singers. Then they decided to add an original song or two, perhaps by Rodgers and Hammerstein. But it was soon agreed that the project should feature all new songs and be a musical rather than a play.[1]-wiki
Details of the history of the von Trapp family were altered for the musical. Georg Ludwig von Trapp lived with his family in a villa in Aigen, a suburb of Salzburg. The real Maria von Trapp was sent to be a tutor to one of the children, not a governess to all of them. The Captain’s oldest child was a boy, not a girl, and the names of the children were changed (at least partly to avoid confusion: the Captain’s second eldest daughter, the third of the seven, was also called Maria). The von Trapps spent some years in Austria after Maria and the Captain married – they did not have to flee right away – and they fled to Italy, not Switzerland. Maria von Trapp is said to have been unhappy with the movie’s portrayal of her husband as having been cold and stern prior to her arrival, which she and their children strongly dispute.[2]-wiki
During the Cold War, the BBC planned to broadcast The Sound of Music on radio in the event of a nuclear strike on the United Kingdom. The broadcast would be part of an emergency timetable of programs designed to “reassure” the public in the aftermath of the attack.[3]-wiki
The musical presents a history of the von Trapp family, albeit one that is not completely accurate: Georg Ludwig von Trapp, who was in fact anti-Nazi, lived with his family in a villa in a district of Salzburg, called Aigen. Maria and Georg had been married 10 years before the Anschluss and had two of their three children before that time. Georg had actually considered a position in the Kriegsmarine, but ultimately decided to emigrate.[26] The children’s names are different, at least part of the reason being that a daughter from von Trapp’s first marriage was also called Maria.
While the von Trapp family hikes over the Alps to Switzerland, in reality they walked to the local train station and boarded the next train to Italy, from which they fled to London and ultimately the United States.[26] Salzburg is only a few miles away from the Austrian-German border, and is much too far from either the Swiss or Italian borders for a family to escape by walking. Had the von Trapps hiked over the mountains, they would have in all likelihood ended up in Germany, near the Kehlsteinhaus, Hitler’s mountain retreat in Berchtesgaden.-wiki
Mona Lisa Smile is a 2003 American film that was produced by Revolution Studios and Columbia Pictures, directed by Mike Newell, written by Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal, and starring Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Julia Stiles. -wiki
The title is a reference to the Mona Lisa, the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci,
and the song of the same name, originally performed by Nat King Cole, which was covered by Seal for the movie.
The film is a loose adaptation of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, a novel by Muriel Spark, and the title also references that text.-wiki
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is a short book[1] by Muriel Spark, by far the best known of her works. It first saw publication in The New Yorker magazine and was published as a book by Macmillan in 1961. The unforgettable character of Miss Jean Brodie, out of place at Marcia Blaine School, brought Spark international fame and boosted her into the first rank of contemporary Scottish literature. Time Magazine included the novel in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005.[2]-wiki
In 1930s Edinburgh, six ten-year-old girls are assigned Miss Jean Brodie, self-described as in her prime, as their teacher: Sandy, Rose, Mary, Jenny, Monica, and Eunice (only the first two of them are major figures). Miss Brodie, intent on their receiving an education in the original sense of the Latin verb educere, “to lead out”, gives her students lessons on art history or her love life and travels. Under her mentorship, the girls begin to stand out from the rest of the school as distinctively Brodie. In the Junior School, they meet the singing teacher, the short Mr Lowther, and the art master, the handsome, one armed war veteran Mr Lloyd, a married Roman Catholic man with six children. These two teachers form a love triangle with Miss Brodie, each loving her, while she only loves Mr Lloyd. Miss Brodie never, however, overtly acts on her love for Mr Lloyd except once to exchange a kiss with him, which is witnessed by Monica. Miss Brodie and Mr Lowther, however, have a sexual relationship.-wiki
1. Sleep at 11pm everyday
11pm – 2am is the prime time for your skin to repair and regenerate, because the liver detoxes itself during this timeframe. It is best not to overtax the liver as the skin depends on many factors including this. Discipline is primary to good skin!
2. Drink a glass of warm water before consuming any food
This method is highly recommended by Maggie Cheung, in view of detoxing the body. The benefits will be reaped in the long run where you could get a clearer and more radiant complexion. Do not drink more than 1.5 glasses of warm water as it might stress the liver out.
3. Drink rose water
Dried rosebuds could be purchased from Chinese medical halls to be added to your normal drinking warm water, for the intake of vitamin C. Place about 5 rosebuds to a litre of warm water. Consume sufficient water on a daily basis to ensure hydration.
4. Be selective of what you eat
It is best to reduce the consumption of:
a) Deep fried foods, e.g. KFC, Chips, Fries
b) Heavily flavoured foods, e.g. Laksa, Curry, etc
Select such food in your diet:
a) Fish skin as it is rich in Omega 3 which protects the heart
b) Braised pig skin which contains collagen to aid the skin’s elasticity
c) Vegetables in different colours to complement your diet, however, do not eat carrots in large quantities to prevent orange-hued skin.
5. Ensure natural bowel movements on a daily basis
Consume sufficient fibre in your diet from fruits and vegetables to ensure natural bowel movements to rid the body of toxins. Do seek medical help if you are suffering from constipation, do NOT rely on enema and laxatives a.k.a. detox teas, as the body will lose its ability to pass motion.
6. Eating Evening Primrose Oil Capsules (for females only)
7. Eating Cod Liver Oil before sleeping
Take 2 tablespoon of Scott’s Cod Liver Oil before sleeping and wake up to better and tighter skin, as it has many health and skin benefits. Pregnant women may want to consider consulting a doctor when taking cod liver oil because of the high amount of natural forms of Vitamin A (Retinol). High doses of synthetic Vitamin A (Retinoids) have been shown to cause birth defects. -Wikipedia
*Disclaimer: Please consult your doctor before adopting any of the above recommendations.
Rose Flower Facial Night Jelly EX
Product of : Niu Er 牛爾, Taiwan
Purpose: Hydrating and toning the face
Results: Rejuvenated and relaxed skin
How to use: Apply a thin layer before you sleep to lock in the mositure on your face, after your night skin-care regime
Price: Around $18-25 (Singapore dollars) if you get it online
Why I can’t live without it : 1. Absorbs into the skin easily 2. Works as promised 3. Lan Xin Mei uses this and was into her 43th bottle the last time I heard
Lavender Detox-White Facial Night Jelly
Product of : Niu Er 牛爾, Taiwan
Purpose: Whitening and recovering the face
Results: Brighter and smoother skin
How to use: Apply a thin layer before you sleep to lock in the mositure on your face, after your night skin-care regime
Price: Around $18-25 (Singapore dollars) if you get it online
Why I can’t live without it : 1. Absorbs into the skin easily 2. Works as promised 3. Tones freckles down 4. Soothes the skin after exposure to sun
Tea Tree Pure Pore Facial Night Jelly
Product of : Niu Er 牛爾, Taiwan
Purpose: Acne, pimple, open-pore, generally troubled skin
Results: Even, matte and poreless skin
How to use: Apply a thin layer before you sleep to lock in the mositure on your face, after your night skin-care regime
Price: Around $18-25 (Singapore dollars) if you get it online
Why I can’t live without it : My personal recommendation is to apply on skin 1 week before menses, on a daily basis to prevent outbreak during period 1. Absorbs into the skin easily 2. Works as promised 3. Moisturises the skin concurrently as it treats the blemishes, unlike other blemish treatments which are drying
Personally do not recommend the Red Wine night jelly because of its thick, creamy texture and its overly candy-smelling fragrance.
Personal favourite website to purchase the items: http://www.beautyezy.com/nnat/NNAT_sum.php
*Disclaimer: I am not the spokesperson for the above website, therefore, do not bear any responsibilities for the purchases made on site. Price does not include local (Singapore)and international mailing nor shipping.
牛尔小档案 ◆ 牛尔 (Niuer) 品牌故事：
被誉为“新一代美容教主”的牛尔先生的DIY化妆品品牌。牛尔主持的“女人我最大”节目受到台湾及内地观众的热烈追捧，他自行研制的天然护肤品系列例如玫瑰水嫩晚安冻膜等以出色的护肤效果备受用户欢迎。
牛尔的产品分为三大类：自然保养网系列产品的标志是@NATURE，顶级生化美容网的标志是BioBeauty ，但是产品上的英文都是以：SkinCology开头的。DIY爱美保养网都是Beautydiy。
2008年初，牛尔的品牌店通过全买网进驻淘宝台湾馆(http://taiwan.taobao.com/) ，使内地网民可以轻松购得真品牛尔化妆品，红酒面膜一度热销。 -http://brand.yoka.com/naturebeautyeasy/
牛尔，一位年近不惑的A型水瓶座男子。小时候因受到母亲销售化妆品的影响，对保养品充满好奇心，十二岁时开始使用保养品，并自行将家里厨房材料调制成面膜使用。
自医学院毕业后，便踏入美容界，至今十数年，曾任职欧美知名品牌美体小铺（Bodyshop）、Sisley化妆品公司担任行销、教育训练及公司发言人的职务，期间曾多次赴英、法研习芳香疗法及化妆保养等美容专业知识，被国内保养品一线记者喻为「新一代美容教主」。
主持的“女人我最大”节目在台湾盛行不衰。他自行研制的天然护肤品系列例如玫瑰水嫩晚安冻膜等也以出色的护肤效果备受用户欢迎。纯净无暇的肌肤是每个人的梦想，然而在现实生活中，我们的肌肤往往会出现许多不同的问题：过度出油、毛孔粗大、干燥、脱皮、黑斑、疤痕、皱纹、松弛、敏感等。美容教主牛尔先生指出正确的皮肤保养的确能够改善这些困扰，甚至完全消除此类问题。
2008年初，牛尔的品牌店通过全买网进驻淘宝台湾馆，使内地网民可以轻松购得真品牛尔化妆品，红酒面膜一度热销。-http://www.hudong.com/wiki/%E7%89%9B%E5%B0%94
Niu Er’s own blog: http://www.niuer.com.tw/
From Singapore Mediacorp:
The best way to end this post, THE sing-along-songs :
