A Playful Misconception, A Childhood's Dream

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

delrondu — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:02:31 +0000

Who’s doing the “escaping” exactly? There are so many better and more suitable words, like plummet or return. The 89 minutes running time was just too short to cram and focus on each individual story of the four characters. And yet, it seemed to drag on more than it should have.

Rating: 5 / 10

Ponderisms

delrondu — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:45:37 +0000

Another one of those useless forwarded emails from Reuben but hey, get ready to smile.

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I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes.

Gardening Rule: When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant.

The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement.

Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.

There are two kinds of pedestrians: the quick and the dead.

Life is sexually transmitted.

Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.

The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.

Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.

Have you noticed since everyone has a camcorder these days no one talks about seeing UFOs like they used to?

Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again

All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.

In the 60’s, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.

How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?

Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, “I think I’ll squeeze these dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out?”

Who was the first person to say, “See that chicken there? I’m gonna eat the next thing that comes outta its butt.”

Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?

If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him?

If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?

Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?

Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog’s face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him on a car ride, he sticks his head out the window?

Why doesn’t glue stick to the inside of the bottle?

CV2

delrondu — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:55:30 +0000

With awareness comes realisation.

With realisation comes clarity.

With clarity comes direction.

With direction comes purpose.

With purpose comes fulfilment.

With fulfilment comes joy.

With joy comes peace.

With peace comes strength.

With strength comes new challenges.

New challenges bring with them new awarnesses.

My CV3 is on 19 February, 2009.

House Bunny

delrondu — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:29:52 +0000

Pleasantly surprised at how much I was entertained by a movie that I thought I would have been indifferent about after watching it. For its genre, it was properly written enough to care for the characters.

Rating: 6 / 10

Quantum Of Solace

delrondu — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:26:04 +0000

The writing should and could have been much better, and should have been better than Casino Royale considering it’s from the same team of writers. But it isn’t.

Rating: 6 / 10

Bangkok Dangerous

delrondu — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:24:32 +0000

That ridiculous mop on Nicholas Cage’s head is not even the worst part of this cliche-filled movie. What’s the point of remaking this anyway? And Charlie Yeung was such a huge disappointment.

Rating: 3 / 10

Max Payne

delrondu — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:20:31 +0000

Looks and feels too much like a video game without any uniqueness nor appeal. Instead it feels too much like science-fiction-fantasy, like a lame Constantine.

Rating: 4 / 10

The Mirror

delrondu — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:18:34 +0000

During one of the power lunches, two weeks ago, there was a talk about mirror. How we look at others and how it’s actually a reflection of ourselves. I haven’t written any new poetry in a long while, they’ve been coming far in few in between, and definitely not on a positive platform. So I’m quite happy with this one.

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The Mirror

take this mirror of a thousand eyes
the keeper of a thousand faces
destiny to a thousand names
possibilities to a thousand unknowns

quiet reflections of a careless mind
subtle images of forgotten memories
distinct imprints of those tired scars
a collage of innocence reminiscing the past

break the chains that bind to the universe
sing the harmonies that make this world turn
free of the inhibitions of the perceived self
mould your future to a life of your desire

the mirror shatters to a thousand pieces
a thousand journeys with a thousand crossroads
fill this empty bucket with a thousand dreams
in the face of failure is a thousand beginnings

so take this mirror and gaze upon yourself
a thousand faces of a thousand masks
search for your own in this adventure called life
because once you have found it
you’re just a thousand paces from a place called home