Jeremy: I would hope that my girlfriend would have a little trust in me…
Candace: Jeremy, you said the G word..
Jeremy: Yeah, I used the G word. It doesn’t freak you out, does it?
Candace: No, because I think of you as my B word…
Jeremy: Well, G word, you want a K word?
Candace: Ehehe, maybe..?

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Some positive spirit to start 2011.. Heartaches and tears always accompany us on our daily walk, but as long as we have hope, there’s always a silver lining on every cloud… Here’s a quote from Naruto Shippuden’s episode Kakashi’s Love Song…

Hanare: You told me to look up at the clouds whenever i’m feeling lonely… Because clouds change their form so you can envision the things you wish for… You said as long as you have hope, the clouds will always answer your call…

Translation Credit: Anime44.com

Looking for an Asian movie to watch, I saw that How to Date an Otaku Girl is on the top rankings, so I watched it… It’s a story of an average college boy who fell in love with an Otaku – a Fujoshi… Worst, he doesn’t know anything about fujoshi… The movie shows how he keep up with his fujoshi girlfriend… The first part of the movie is really funny.. With her fantasizing about B-L [ Boy-Love ] and with all the doodles popping out on the screen is just so adorable… Speaking of B-L, I got a screen-cap of the movie that sure does illustrate it…

Don’t they look so cute together…? It is actually an okay movie.. As what I said earlier, the first part of the movie is really funny… sad to say.. as the movie continues, I got a lil’ bit yawny…

If I could have 3 wishes, I wouldn’t wish for stars, the moon, the riches, and this life. But for 25 hours a day, 8 days a week, and 13 months a year to spend a longer time with you. ♥

Lately, I got interested with Kokeshi Dolls and later found myself surfing for Geisha. I planned to watch Memoirs of Geisha but decided to check first the trailer at Youtube. While hitting on the related videos, I bumped on to Hua Mulan 2009 trailer. As a big fan of the Disney’s Animated Mulan 1998, I decided to watch this first instead of Memoirs of Geisha.

Guess what? I’m not disappointed at all. Zhao Wei did such a great job on acting. And the story all in all is good. To my surprise, the story line is a whole different from the animated one. Disney’s story has a light content, a movie that would make you smile every time you think about it. Hua Mulan on the other hand is the complete opposite. The movie is rich with mixed emotions and I would say probably, heavy drama. It shows different feelings planted and left on the battlefield.

For those who want to see good choreography and detailed actions, this movie might not be for you. Compared to Zhang Ziyi’s House of Flying Daggers or other Asian Kung Fu movies, Hua Mulan probably ranks lower. But the movie is not contoured toward Kung Fu and swordsmanship tactics but fighting in the battlefield with spears and swords on the middle of a battalion of army. But if you are a softhearted woman like me, the movie would leave a mark in your heart.

I’d rather not talk about the plot. I didn’t read the synopsis at all that’s why the movie gave me a lot of surprises. As what I said, all in all, the movie is good. It’s running 65% on Rotten Tomatoes and rates 6.4 at IMDb. It’s above average, but for me I’ll give it 4.5 out of 5. Though Zhao Wei is a really good actress, I wish she changed her voice’s tone a little bit to more of a man’s. But other than that, I’m impressed. Even the supporting actors Jaycee Chan and Kun Chen did a fantastic job. You can watch the Movie (Mandarin language) with English subtitles at Youtube. Below is an excerpt from IMDb.

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