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Monthly Archives: August 2013
Books
Had a couple of magazine on my bedside table the other day, started reading a new book soon after, so I first had a couple of magazine and the book beside the bed.
Got irritated and put all that magazine and book back onto the shelf.
Only to be replaced by 2 other books this time. đ
Are you a compulsive seeking of knowledge like I am? Do you get irritated by things being left not-at-its-place too?
đ I think I have a problem .
HAHA!
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Love,
Amanda
Minion
Irritatingly dumb.
Profoundly adorable.
đ
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Dignity
Full movie: http://youtu.be/TBgvjMD5xmM
Rewatched Memoirs of a Geisha the other day (2013), the movie was released in 2005, that makes it 8 years ago.
Its fascinating how watching the movie in 2013 gives a different perspective and helps gained new understanding different as per 8 years ago.
Cant recall and neither (oky wait, let me go search…)
oh, I did blogged abt it back then ( woh, I’ve been blogging for that long)..
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Just watched the movie Memoirs of the Geisha on Monday. You guys watched it yet?
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It reminds me of life, not in the sense the everyday life that we are living. But rather this life that we have. This breath that in inhale and exhale continuously.
While we do have the freedom of choices, we have already stepped on this journey that is (not) gonna stop for anything or anyone. Not having the opportunity to say âNo, time is gonna stop for me.â
You just have to walk on. Like a Geisha, your sole purpose is to live on ..
So, 2013…Â Aft the disruption of attending to dad after the movie, and the many things that had happened over the years. I had these thoughts written down:
(a) “Dignity is the prideful way of not being negatively persuasive.”
(b) “Dignity is the prideful, quiet rebellion when accused.”
(c) “Dignity is standing tall and having it all although in the slums.”
What is Dignity?
the state or quality of being worthy of honor or respect
a sense of pride in oneself; self-respect
What is Pride?
a feeling or deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from qualities or possessions that are widely admired
(a) was about positive persuasion, different perspective, tough language, smart usage of words and qualities to gain one’s objective, without the need to stoop low and attempt to achieve with other means such as threat, manipulation of lust and flowery persuasion. — notice the many times Sayori had verbal exchange with Hazimomo, or moving words with Noburu.
(b) When Sayori was accused of giving up her chastity for a Kimono
(c) Was the post war period when she was working with the Kimono factory, how quick she was in regaining the composure and demeanor of who she was.
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The change is pretty profound I feel. While the young me captured thoughts of living life and having control over it. The now-me went further in and looked at character development. The need for dignity, the acts of a person, the language it portrays, whats of the left and whats of the right.
I wonder whats it like perhaps another 8 years down the road and I watch the show again. Hows it gonna be? đ
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Love,
Amanda
P/S: Are you one of those that has been reading since 8 years ago?
Alejandro
I got curious about Lady GaGa’s song, one song in particular and I went to urbandictionary what “Alejandro” means.
1. Alejandro
noun – (Spanish variant of Alexander)
1. One who can hardly contain his awesomeness as it spills out of him everywhere he goes.
2. Extreme genius.
3. Male having an abnormally large member.
2. Alejandro
A man who keeps calling Lady GaGa’s name to the extent that she needed to write a song to get him to shut up.
Don’t call my name Alejandro.
Why the name for the song?
So, the information bank says:
With this particular song, she stated “I’m saying goodbye to all my past boyfriends..”. In an interview, Gaga said that each of her songs written for The Fame Monsterwere all influenced by a monster. The monsters all take place in each song; for example, “Alejandro” was influenced by her “Fear of Men Monster“. She confirmed this monster in an interview On the Record with Fuse. In the song, ‘Alejandro’ represents Alexander McQueen, ‘Fernando’ represents Fernando Garibay, one of the producers she worked with on the album and for The Monster Ball Tour, and ‘Roberto’ represents Rob Fusari, an old producer and ex-boyfriend. The lyrics talk about Gaga defending herself against a “harem” of Latin men and has a number of ABBA allusions, including a reference to their 1976 song “Fernando”, which Gaga cited as one of her influences.
Source:Â http://ladygaga.wikia.com/wiki/Alejandro_(song)
There we go:
You know that I love you boy.
Hot like Mexico, rejoice.
At this point I gotta choose,
nothing to loose.
Don’t call my name.
Don’t call my name, Alejandro.
I’m not your babe.
I’m not your babe, Fernando.
Don’t wanna kiss, don’t wanna touch.
Just smoke my cigarrette and hush.
Don’t call my name.
Don’t call my name, Roberto.
Alejandro.
Alejandro.
Ale-ale-jandro.
Ale-ale-jandro. [2x]
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Amanda
Psychopath .. CEO
Talking about being sick, or in this case being a psychopath.
Was reading an article on knowledge magazine and lucky you it is available online.
Source:Â http://sciencefocus.com/feature/psychology/could-you-spot-psychopath
While he tested their performance and overall potential, Babiak was permitted to use the Hare Psychopathy Checklist â the psychometric test typically used to assess whether criminals have psychopathic tendencies. Babiak discovered that out of the 203 people he tested, one in 25 of them were classified as psychopaths, despite having no criminal background. Thatâs four times the number he would have expected to find in the general population.
When Hare took a closer look at the data, he discovered something else. âThe companyâs in-house evaluations of these people often said stuff like âthis guy/gal is a team leader â innovative, bright, can be trusted, lights up the room when they step in, and so on,ââ says Hare. âIn fact, the higher they tended to score on the Psychopathy Checklist the better an impression people had of them.
âBut when we measured their performance scores, by looking at how effective they were at furthering the company, they went right down as their checklist scores went up. In fact, when you get up at the high levels of the psychopathy scale, their performance was generally unacceptable. They should have been fired, but they werenât because they were viewed differently by the people â they were great at managing impressions.â
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Theyâre also thought to control our inhibitions and our attention. So far it seems his scans back this up. Inside the MRI scanner, when an individual classed as a psychopath is asked to weigh up a serious moral dilemma â like whether they should divert an out-of-control tram to hit a bus full of schoolchildren or one headed to a retirement home â their brain doesnât seem to work as expected. Their amygdala â an almond-shaped brain segment that deals with raw emotions like fear and rage â should reel in horror at this hypothetical disaster. But the scans reveal that it remains relatively sedate in psychopaths. In fact, the more severe their psychopathy the less this part of the limbic system seems to react.
It doesnât seem to be just one isolated portion of the brain thatâs affected either. âThe Orbito-Frontal Cortex (OFC) is supposed to attach emotional salience to fear stimuli,â says Kiehl. âIn other words, it helps make sense of the basic emotions formed by the amygdala. When the psychopaths were asked to rate moral violations, this circuit also demonstrated much lower levels of activity than non-psychopathic prisoners. Not only were they not picking up on the emotionally charged content, but their brains didnât seem to be equipped to attach meaning to it either.â
The result of this faulty circuitry is that they either fail to empathise or understand an emotion in the first place, or donât know the appropriate way to react to it â something Kiehl has witnessed first hand.
Go read it, its pretty damn cool. đ
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Love,
Amanda
3096 Days
Went by to watch 3096 Days the movie.
Was actually pretty reluctant initially, cos according to the background of the movie, it can really quite mess the mind up.
Imagine being taken at the age of 10, as seen in the photo above. Locked away in the basement of basements…
and the kidnapper seems to beget pleasure from saying “Obey Me” at you over the intercom, and does that consistently.
and when you retaliate or disobey, you get beaten up.
Really is quite a messed up show, or is perhaps is the reason why rather than portraying the many other struggle the young girl goes through, the movie portrays a lot more on human resilience.
You got to read the novel or watch the movie to catch what I’m saying. đ
It’s not healthy/wholesome. Its definitely not for entertainment alright?
Yucks. Dont understand how a person can be so sick.
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Love,
Amanda
Prawn and Broccoli Recipe
Prawn and Broccoli Recipe
Call it off
Yet another classic,
although not entirely inspired by the minions. đ
BRAVO! BRAVO!!! MAGNIFICO!!!
and how on earth is it that they can dance on skating shoes?
Roll Call please:
Any really good blues bar in Singapore?