Nick, a high-school senior from Hoboken, can't stop obsessing about Tris, his cute, blond, conniving ex-girlfriend. Norah, also a senior and an acquaintance of Tris's, is dissed by Tris at a club in New York City, so to show she's cool and has a boyfriend, she goes up a stranger, whispers in his ear, and kisses him. It's Nick. Thus begins a night of fits and starts between Nick and Norah as they share a love of music, hunt for an elusive band scheduled to play somewhere that night, search for Norah's drunk friend Caroline - with the help of Nick's gay band mates, and keep running into Tris and Nora's sort-of boyfriend. Both Nick and Norah have to figure out what they want.
after watching this movie i felt happy. i have no idea why, perhaps its the vibe that it gives off, perhaps its the ending of the movie, perhaps its just the whole storyline that gives you a "good-feel" feeling. i wasn't feeling terribly miserable before, but i wasn't entirely happy too. its some sort of un-settleness (is there even such a word?!), some sort of emptiness all around.
but for the first time in probably a few months, i felt happy. just happy. =)
P.S: to all my friends OF COURSE I FEEL HAPPY WHEN I GO OUT WITH YOU ALL LAH its not that i don't feel happy when i hang out with you all.
err as for the entire movie. there're pretty much 2 options. 1) get it from the video store. 2) watch it online or download it?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEST FLEN CHERYL FONG hahaha okay you're now 20years old liao. 1 more year then can watch all the R21 shows you want.
well we had a surprise party for her at the botanical gardens. sidenote: this is EPIC FAIL i've actually never been to the botanic gardens! well maybe when i was a kid, but i highly doubt it. lolol so the shame-shame?
anyway not much pictures, i'll upload them up another time and blog about it. thanks mini and kelvin for tagging along! and the kite! wa piangssss next time we must go marina barrage fly kite liao la! damn fucking funny can mini and kelvin were running around trying to fly the kite while EVERYONE at the park was watching them lololol!!
"you should know upfront, that this is not a love story."
simply wonderful and cute movie. i enjoyed every bit of it. the whole story just takes me in and puts me into the shoes of the protagonist. soundtrack is good too, for you indie-lovers.
I know you, who are you now? Look into my eyes if you can’t remember Do you remember? Oh
I can see, I can still find you’re the only voice my heart can recognize But I can’t hear you now, yeah
I’ll never be the same I’m caught inside the memories of promises of yesterdays and I belong to you I just can’t walk away ‘cause after loving you I can never be the same
And how can I pretend I never knew you like it was all a dream? No I know I’ll never forget the way I always felt with you beside me, and how you loved me then, yeah
I’ll never be the same I’m caught inside the memories of promises of yesterdays and I belong to you I just can’t walk away ‘cause after loving you I can never be the same
You let me near, then I watched you disappear You left this emptiness inside and I can’t turn back time
No! Stay! Nothing compares to you nothing compares to you I can’t let you go can’t let you go I can’t let go
I'll never be the same, not after loving you, not after loving you, No
I’ll never be the same I’m caught inside the memories of promises of yesterdays and I belong to you I just can’t walk away ‘cause after loving you I can never be the same
I can never be the same I will never be the same Woah woah woah woah woah I just can’t walk away No I can’t walk away from you
kelvin: eric, do you see this? (points at his shoes, which has bits of stains and dirt on it.)
me: erm, your puke stains? (he puked the weekend before and some of them got onto his shoes =/)
kelvin: and where do they come from?
me: err... your stomach?
kelvin: FUCK. me la!
me: so.. what's your point?!
kelvin: i puked/spit all this out right? then who's gonna clean for me?
me: ..... you?!
kelvin: YA LA. since you spit everything out already, you can't possibly take it all back right? what, you wanna lick all the puke off my shoes meh? you want me to do that? no way.. i'm gonna clean this mess myself. you understand what i mean? no one's gonna be cleaning all these mess for you. you yourself go clean up the mess fucker! already spit out liao so be it!
that kinda makes sense. for once, i've found kelvin's words blog-worthy. rofl.
so yesterday i went home with soe after we booked out.. just nice he finished his duty at the medical centre so met up with him. reached home. got a call from kelvin...
kelvin: EH WANNA GO TO THE F1 CONCERT? I GOT TICKETS FOR US LEH!!
me: wa zhun bo.. so up ah you?! who's coming?
kelvin: dunno leh, think i call xianwei they all lor..
anyway, not at liberty to say how kelvin got his tickets. let's just say, he got lucky.............. REAL LUCKY!
never mind, the rest of the day was epic. i mean, DAMN EPIC. i hurriedly went to shower and change. okay, its my first time attending a concert. really. school musicals and free concerts (Baybeats) don't really count? okay maybe Baybeats is. but still!
ITS A FUCKING FORMULA 1 RACE CONCERT PARTY MAN! the event of like, the century? okay maybe the event of the year lah.
we were late late muthafuckin late man. i left home at like 6 30pm? the gates were opened at 5pm, and the opening act, N.E.R.D, came on at around 6 45pm!! SHIAT lol at this moment pris must be cursing me for not taking any signatures from them, and sad to say....
we missed N.E.R.D performing. so. no pictures. videos. or whatsoever.
anyway i chioooong down from lakeside to dhoby ghaut to meet kelvin and salty (xianwei). these 2 goons finally arrived after like so damn long can. chiong for a quick bite at burger king's before we set off for... FORT CANNING PARK!
it was a LONG walk up. least for me it wasn't that tiring. those 2 asses kept swearing and complaining... INFANTRY TRAINED YO!
anyway finally we reached there.. the staffs gave us this fan and a flag. apparently the fan was damn useful cuz the whole place was hot hot HOT its like being in an oven.. i was wearing a tee inside with a shirt outside so it doesnt make things better....
when we first reached there we saw this stage, with Redbull logos and stuffs and... NO ONE?! no one on stage, no one at the bottom of the stage, not even stage helpers. so we thought, okay everyone must be like taking a break now. so we wandered around the area. Harry's was there to sell drinks and food. also, official merchandise booths selling both the performing acts' tees and F1 tees were set up.
as we walked further in, we heard the sound of thumping music.. well apparently we were kinda dumb. the actual main stage was further inside! haha. and the crowd was like.... woah. and we felt as if we stepped into mini-america; everywhere we looked, ANG-MOHs! GOODNESS =D
the stage was rather huge. haha. when we reached there, Simple Minds were performing. i've no idea who the hell they are, i've never heard of their music, but well the atmosphere was good, the vibe was there, so i kinda enjoyed myself.
then we wandered around.. before we saw.. salty's aunt! gee man we didn't know her aunt was so hip! best thing is. her aunt went to buy like a dozen cups of beers + house wine! and keep forcing us to drink.... =(( of course, i drank like sips and small gulps. i had to take pictures and videos! and someone's gotta take care of those 2 jackasses shld they get wasted.... hahahahaha!
next act after Simple Minds.. ZZ TOP!
but before that, Lindsay Lohan came on stage to make an appearance. apparently she was hosting the F1 Rocks Singapore TV show. NOW, none of us even knew that the concert is gonna be made into a freaking TV show? gee man. but you can't really see her lah. she came out wearing one helmet. hahaha funny. epic thing was, she was spending sometime on stage rehearsing and stuffs, some of the audience were tired of waiting and began to chant, ZZ TOP ZZ TOP. hahahaha really man, if i were her i'll be embarrassed.
so anyway, ZZ TOP! a 3 piece band, consisting of 2 guitarist dudes with really damn long beards and 1 drummer. cowboy old school rockers?
They even covered Hendrix's Foxy! okay i guess that's pretty much the only song that i can recognise from their performance...... lol?
by this time salty's aunt's bf had already disappeared into the crowd, in hopes of getting some moshing or hardcore dancing. he came back, sad face, disappointed. and bitched to us about how singapore is ALWAYS LIKE THAT ONE LEH. hahaaha hearing an angmoh trying to speak singlish is hilarious. funny fella!
apparently the girl behind us doesn't seem too happy..... =/
okay anyway, so after ZZ Top ended their performances, its time for the biggest act for the night..
NO DOUBT.
unfortunately all the pictures are too blurred to be seen as i was not standing close to the stage. front line was madness, if you ask me.
then, in the middle of their entire performance for the night, Gwen Stefani told the crowd that its very hot and she's sweating like mad. her make-up's gonna fall off. then she pointed to the crowd below and ask some 2,3 fans of hers to come up! OMG. 2 of them even had towels prepared and went to help her wipe her sweat off her face and body HAHAHA. okay, guess i was too engrossed in that to take any photos or videos.
and the crowd there was like....
No Doubt performed most of their famous songs like Bath Water, Hey Baby, Running, Underneath It All, Ex-girlfriend and of course... the one and only Don't Speak. man, what a night.
anyway, we went to the toilet (those makeshifts cubicle ones) to take a piss. was waiting in line for one of the cubicle and the dude inside came out. kelvin was starting to go in when this 2angmoh girls and guy cut into our line.
girl 1: `scuse me, can i please go in first? i mean well look i'm pregnant here ya' all see *points to stomach*.
guy: yeah don't be rude to the lady! she's got a baby! *points to stomach*
girl 2: *looks, smile and shrugs at us*.
so the 3 of us were like o_O then kelvin went something like, YEAHH MAN GO ON, YOU CAN HAVE IT FIRST.
wow. she must be at least 2 or 3 months pregnant and is still drinking alcohol. UP THERE!
well they took a pretty much time so i went to queue for another one. when i stepped out this blonde bombshell came in immediately and almost bumped into me (my guess is she was pretty urgent). i didn't see that coming man! haha kelvin and salty were like, wa eric, you shocked anot?
of course! shellshocked by that damn blonde bombshell!
well then again, what is a concert without pretty girls? after a couple of drinks, i guess thats what alcohol will do to you- boost your fucking morale and gives you the courage to approach.... some Heineken girls :D
CHOY i don't mean the 3 of us are the pretty ladies.
this is the cutest and friendliest one :D i likey :$
HAHA.
well apparently they go around the whole venue helping ppl to take polaroids and giving them as souvenirs. guess they sure do have a whole shitload of films man.
salty left at around 11 45 to meet his friends for drinks outside. me and kelvin stayed on as we wanted to catch No Doubt performing their smash hit, Don't Speak.
kelvin was pretty smashed though, he drank a tad too much house wine and beer (courtesy of salty's HIP aunt). okay, shall not shame him on my blog. =p gahahahah.
more photos on my facebook!!
anyway, below are the 4 videos i took while there.
who:eric seo where: western singapore. lol what about it: formerly from SP's Dip in Aerospace Electronics. currently serving National Service. yes, i don't bite! Rock n roll music please. and loud powerful muscle cars make my day.
