Roger - Andre down - Roger

It was like a dream that I am quite reluctant to believe. Roger Federer won the US open again, this time against the longest playing player ever (I detest the word oldest) - Andre Agassi. The final scores were 6-3, 2-6, 7-6, 6-1.

It was obvious that Agassi almost took Federer down in the 2nd and 3rd sets. Federer lost quite a lot on volleys and Andre's left-court serve where he couldn't slice the ball back. The was a couple of nice net-shots too. However when it was nearing the end of the 3rd set, we could hear Andre with every hit he made. He was worn out hence the easy take-down in the last set.

Albeit I have not seen Federer play too many times, he had always maintain the kool but this time he was a bit concerned when Agassi was playing ferociously. Furthermore, it was indeed 24,500 Americans going against the Swiss. I have to admire his emotional management. With all the cheer on every point Agassi collected and on every point Federer lost, he really came back in the 1st set of the 3rd game with almost perfect aces!

Agassi has proven again that he is still competitive and I have to quote the cliched old chinese saying - the old ginger still gives you more kick! He told the media that he would go as long as he could. I just love this man! He's just so fucking amazing - just keep digging mate! And yeah, there was Steffi Graf, kinda miss the good old days when she used to swing her way in the courts.

Now people, AA = Anti Aging if you play like Andre Agassi.

李安 - 断背山 / Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain tops at the Venice Film Festival

(Warning - This blog is classified LM. It is long and meant for mature readers. Proceed at your own risk!)

Director Ang Lee receives the Golden Lion at the Cinema Palace in Venice September 10, 2005. Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain", a tale of homosexual love in the wilds of Wyoming, won Venice's Golden Lion on Saturday, beating film festival favourite George Clooney in the race to take the top prize.

The latest movie by the director of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Hulk" is adapted from a story by Annie Proulx and stars Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal as love-struck cowboys whose forbidden affair begins in 1963 and ends 20 years later.

Taiwan-born Lee described "Brokeback Mountain" as a story of love against adversity. Independent and low-budget, like several U.S. entries at the festival, it was filmed in Canada to save money.

"After two big movies, I decided to make a small movie that really moved me," said Lee, who flew back from the Toronto Film Festival to take the award. "I have the impression this is the most auteur-specialist of all film festivals and I never thought I would come here. I can't tell you how proud I am."

Brokeback Mountain" starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal (pictured) has sweeping vistas, lonesome men, bucking broncos and smouldering campfires. It also has some steamy sex scenes between the two men whose lives are changed, disturbed and entwined after being hired to tend sheep for a summer in Wyoming in the early 1960s.

"The love story has good vibes. I hope it will penetrate prejudices,'' Lee told reporters a few hours before the premiere of the movie at the Venice Festival.
He said setting the story in the 1960s in the conservative West "helped set up the obstacles, especially to gay love, affection.''

More difficult than interpreting a love story between men - cowboys at that - was getting beyond clichéd perceptions about the American west, he said.

"My biggest enemy was the (western) movie genre which was invented,'' said the director, whose films include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hulk, The Ice Storm and Sense and Sensibility.

Ledger called the film the best love story he's done in his career.

Lee, maker of Oscar-winner "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is also noted for "The Hulk" and "Sense and Sensibility".

"Brokeback Mountain" will get its North American debut at the Toronto International Film Festival this weekend, but it is not in competition there.

Unfortunately the only Chinese movie<<长恨歌>>directed by 关锦鹏 starring 郑秀文，梁家辉and吴彦祖，failed to get a hold of any of the trophies. However, there are a couple of Asian latents recognised in Venice - 宫崎骏在威尼斯影展接受终身成就奖荣耀 and Korean director Park Chan-wook was seen as a front-runner for his beautifully shot "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance".

I didn't know that George Clooney was that good in directing. Well he did directed a quite well acclaimed Solaris. However I never thought that he would be nominated for his "Good Night. And, Good Luck". Critics had predicted Clooney's black-and-white tale of 1950s broadcasting courage would win the Golden Lion. Clooney, adored in Venice, did not go home empty-handed, winning an award for best screenplay while his star David Strathairn won the best actor prize for his intense portrayal of journalist Edward R. Murrow.

Worth mentioning - Heath Ledger is probably the new sizzlingly hot Cate-Blanchett-Nicole-Kidman-Hugh-Jackman in Hollywood. He had 3 films showing at the film festival, namely Brokeback Mountain, The Brothers Grimm and Lords of Dogtown.

李安，你是咱们华人的骄傲！Love is a force of nature - I can't put it any better. Opening 26 January 2006 in Australia.

Something Wicca This Way Starts..

Charmed Season 8 is opening in the US on September 25. Yay!! I can't wait what is in store in the Halliwell manor. Now that they have 'died' in the last season, Piper, Phoebe and Paige will now live under disguise, magically speaking. Leo too.

Spoiler - they will focus on bringing up the next generation of magical witches. To charmed it forward eh, so to speak.

The storyline of the new season will spend more time on the sisters' personal lives instead of kicking demon asses. Having said that I hope to see some closure since this could be the final season ever. It's true that the last 3 seasons have been focusing on mostly, if not all, demons and supernatural. Looking back at the first few season when Prue was still 'charmed and kicking', they did have more fun especially in the relationship department. I would prefer more mythology though, on a personal note.

This is the new teenage witch - Billie...I also hope that they'll let the cute little Wyatt and Chris come into powers and send some demons straight back to where they come from. Having said that, I hope to see Phoebe's daughter too, if her going into the future in Season 7 proves to be surreal. Anyway time travelling is really complicated and the future changes as we speak. Leo and Piper once were expecting Melinda but Wyatt and Chris were borned instead - breaking the all-female Halliwell line.

I hope Phoebe and Paige will get some TLC from men...It's been a long time - if you know what I mean.

Budget shrunk!! My fav Leo is gonna appear only in 10 episodes and no more of Darryl Morris. Will be some guest stars. However less CG and special effects and demonic/visual make-up effect. =( Brad Kern, the show's writer and producer said that he's got something up his sleeves to prepare for the Season Finale if this is really gonna be the final '8'.

P3 - You guys rocks...Charmed is probably the longest living all-female leading cast series ever. I have and will continue love you guys. You guys always help me through exam periods. I'd always study while my lappy played the old seasons of charmed. Record wise, I did finish re-charming myself for the whole 7 seasons in the last exam period.

On a Stage

I put myself on a stage, all alone and acted on a self-written script. In the whole play, I also directed. I think I also won an oscar but the audience just didn't get what I was trying to put forward.

Such a drama queen.

So I added a little extra to the ending: laugh hard at yourself.

Light of the candle

Some people say that the light of the candle travels to every corner of the universe.

I don't quite agree with that because how does one know that there are corners in the universe?

And it doesn't matter how far can the light go, it is not illuminating the path where I wanted us to go and it is not shining me into your world.

When the candles finish, we just vanish, like the smoke.

When the tune of September plays

1o nE\/\/ eN+riE$ in @f's p@yi$+

1. Simply the best - Tina Turner
2. Symphony No. 6 in F Major "Pastoral" - Beethoven
3. We Belong Together ft. Jadakiss & St - Mariah Carey
4. For Once in My Life - Stevie Wonder
5. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses
6. You're still the one - Shania Twain
7. 想见不如怀念 - 那英
8. Kolibre - Maxim
9. Irrestible Bliss - Chris Botti
10. Circle of Life - Tsidii Le Loka, Lebo M, Faca Kulu and Ensemble

sUn/sEa/deliciOus/ImUrs

(I am trying to get the hipotalamus in my brain to generate enuf peptide strands to help make my emotion to be consistent with the title of the blog.)

Had a great time at St Kilda beach today. The cool/cold sea breeze kissing every inch of my exposed skin, the sun waking up and warming all the cells that had been hibernating and the noise from the people and pets around just cheered my blues away.

I found bull-shaped cloud in the blue blue sky...

I saw this cute toddler sitting on the beach with his parents watching over him. He was shaking and nodding his head, smiling. Oh...the purest essence of innocence.

I also saw a pair of siblings playing a very small version of frisbie. The younger sister was also doing some acrobatic moves on the ground.

And a very talented dog which used his (actually not very sure about that) head to roll the ball back to his master when the master threw it.

It was indeed a very beatiful day. I was forgetting all my problems and wholly enjoying the tranquility and long-lost peace-of-mind.

The New Blues

New Orleans is no longer singing the blues, it's living it.

The relief came in after 6 days. When a natural disaster strikes, even the first world country becomes like a third world country. People just take whatever they can find and they can eat on the streets, stores or trash. And the male species always has to use the extra limb they have got to devastate the already devastated.




Believe it or not - the people of New
Orleans could die from dehydration
despite the city has just been showered with plenty of H2O. Roof-top sun-ROASTING is what the people there are forced to do now.


It's estimated that there are a million stranded in the watered-city and only 15,000 people are moved out of New Orleans daily now. From the report I saw, the pets are not allowed to board the fleeing buses. Those who could not respond to the government announcement of evacuation before Katrina hit the common denominator was low-income earners+no vehicles+sick. On top of that, they were predominantly African American.


Instead of fighting a war that might not be won, I hope the Americans will take care of their homeland for the time being. However it's ironic to see that the Americans are always the first to come to aid when world disasters take place. When it comes to the Americans' turn, we don't see too much of help flowing in internationally. Is that the price the US pay for being the Big Brother of the world?

SUMMERising!! berrrrrrazillllllchic

These are definitely the kewl pieces of MUST-HAVE in my closet!! Well at least in my imaginary closet. =P

Grrrrrrrwwwww0llllll for me...
Sun/Sea/Delicious/ImUrs
Oh I love this pair of pants! Something I have neBer had b4.
How kool is the scarft
hmmm yeah right...I know wot I'll do this summa with that pair of trunks!!

All right - all said but not done - gotta hit the gym harder and more frequent. Work that chest, work that abs, work those legs, work those shoulders, work those bi&triceps and work that @$$.

Summa! Can't wait.

Declaration and Reaffirmation

"Sometimes things just happen for a reason. When I have met you, I knew that it was for life. Today I'm happy to share one more time this special moment by your side. You are everything to me.

Feliz Cumpleaños Mi Amor.
Alek"


It's so simple. It's so powerful. It's so overwhelming. It's so heart-felt. It's love.