a couple of stuff that i did yesterday made me feel good. cos i think it's the little things you do that differ from your usual routine that makes life memorable?

--i called eng tiong (my da ge from NS) to wish him a happy birthday. turned out that it was a belated birthday greeting. given my habit of just sms-ing to friends on their birthdays, you may wonder why i am showing eng tiong such "special treatment". well, i don't quite know myself.

i'm glad that i cast aside all inhibitions and just called. since i'm always fearful of taking the initative. and seeing that i can do that for a guy whom i haven't even met for years, i don't see why i can't do that for other friends

--watched Pleasantville, a movie that i have always wanted to watch. the film is kinda built upon stereotypes and doesn't really explore the complexities of human nature. but it's all sweet and fluffy and i like it. i will probably tell you this the next time we meet, kaiming but i will still say it here.:P if you enjoy watching Chocolat, you may consider watching Pleasantville as well. these two movies have similar themes and are both "wen xin xiao pin"

it's a recent change but i no longer see films as merely a source of entertainment liao. i hope to be able to derive deeper, sharper, more sophisticated insights whenever i watch a film. and it beats me how in all my years of obsessing about mass comm and its merits, i haven't even thought about whether i'm receptive to the idea of gaining such value-added perspectives.

shame, shame on me

--bought Jay Chou's latest CD! detractors will say that his latest outing is no marked departure from his previous albums and it's "no kick" listening to songs that sound pretty much like one another. i agree.

but i guess that's what separates a fan from a critic. i still like his latest album. unreservedly. and i look forward to the day when i go "karaok-ing" and belt out his latest hits

really enjoyed his 东风破 , specifically this line which awed me incredibly

＊一壶漂泊浪迹天涯难入喉

ended up listening to the song on repeat mode for close to 2 hrs (?!). (which is a peculiar habit of mine btw: if i really like a song, i just leave it on repeat mode and will only move on to the next song until i'm thoroughly sick and tired of it)

promptly asked changsheng today whether he has any nice "tong su" Chinese Orchestra CDs that he can lend me. ha! that's how much i like this song!