I Need so many things now.

I Need to change my blogskin.
I Need to complete my three songs i've put on hold for so long.
I Need to tidy up my house room.
I Need to tidy up my hall room.
I Need to change my hall room's personal notice board layout.
I Need a soul companion.
I Need to catch up wif my old buddies.
I Need to hang on to whatever I'm doing and finishing them.
I Need to finish that irritating light cues list for my hall drama production.
I Need to migrate my script into my newly-bought manuscript book.
I Need my coffee.
I Need endless supply of coffee.
I Need endless supply of canned coffee (so i don't Need to make them).
I Need doraemon's bubble of resistance to start concentrating on getting the things i Need done!

I just Need to lose that blardy letharginess and laziness!!!

*screaming-on-an-old-guitar*,
Johnzzon

 

The past few weeks had been a real speeding ground for me, just like that "Qiu Ming Shan" (or something) in "Initial D", forcing myself to make the turns quickly and swiftly without losing control. People and events pass by at a blink of an eye, and i keep finding time for myself and for my outside commitments.

Film Camp was over 2 weeks ago. A sudden phonecall in the morning found me confused and stressful to take over the teaching of a particular course. The camp went back quickly and at the end, i felt we were just lucky that it was on the overall quite successful.

CS FOC needed me to commit every now and then, but yet i couldnt devote much time to them, and i felt i was injustice to the rest of the comm. i felt like pulling out every now and then, but whatever happened in hall production made me stay on and tried to keep on track with the deadlines (although unsuccessfully).

Hall Production was my life now. Yet, it is supposed to be not only dependent on myself. Yea, i'm the director and all, but that doesn't mean that i should come up with everything. i don't know. i thought i kept emphasizing i'm really open to ideas, yet... haiz, i keep getting this feeling that everything is out from my mind. i feel stressful, cos what if my ideas don't turn out ok? what if they don't work?

and with people quitting only now... not that i don't understand their reason, but can't they like warn me 1 month beforehand? "Is it a sudden decision?" "er, no, actually i thought about it even before exams" HARLOW! if u actually tot about it, tell me first right? and the printing of scripts aren't cheap oso u know?

i dun like this feeling, with everything on my back. i feel like the success of the whole show rest with me solely. That definitely shouldn't be the way! i don't like this feeling! drama production is supposed to be a team's effort!

and just when i really needed the moral boosting.......... today came.

Thank you Yeokie for calling me the very first thing u received my message. And thanks to Alvin for your concern about them.

Fifteen more minutes and i hav to be off for another meeting. How long is this road going to be?

*drained-physically-and-emotionally*,
Johnzzon

 

Was taking a casual read of my copy of 8days (as usual) and stumbled (not accidentally) upon the introduction of this British movie "Nanny McPhee".

Based on Christianna Brand's "The Collected Tales of Nurse Matilda", this tale revolves around the lives of seven children, who frightened seventeen nannies away. Poor dad Cedric Brown (Colin Firth) has all but given up. Suddenly, enter Nanny McPhee (Emma Thompson) using her magical powers (both emotionally and literally) to kick them into shape.

Sounds like "Mary Poppins", "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events" and "Harry Potter" all in one huh? Doesn't help that Emma Thompson (who stars in Harry Potter 3 as the weird divination teacher Professor Trelawney) stars in the title role and pens the script as well. Patrick Doyle, who worked on the scoring for the recent Harry Potter 4, also does his magic here as well.

The trailer and the end-credits (available here) showed a great deal of fun and enjoyment, well not appearing to be too over-the-top Brit. Reviews that I read at IMDB show that clever casting and dialogues are the ones doing the magic in this show.

And notice how many times I mentioned magic in this pre-review of this movie? Whoot! I'll slap another person if I ever hear "there's no such thing as magic" (line courtesy of Mr Dursley).

Peeps, mark your calendar! March 6, 2006. Nanny McPhee arrives in Singapore! Please!

*Measles-alert*,
Johnzzon