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Sunday, October 22, 2006
particle man unveiled
After one full year, I finally changed my layout. This is especially so to mark three years of blogging on November 1st. I know I would be freakingly tired then (I have Midterms on next Wednesday, Thursday and the following Monday, and a MAJOR lab report due on the following Wednesday), so I decided to put it up now..
So Happy 3rd Birthday, My Bloggie!
Just a short note, I love the Marie Antoinette movie. Watched it yesterday.. Definitely very different (even the trailer was different in the sense that there was no dialogue, just music). The movie stands out in the fact that it wasn't about politics, but more of the life of Marie Antoinette's sad life. Sure, she lives in the Versailles, eat good food, have fabulous clothes and accessories. But she was torn away from her teenhood, being married off to a foreign land at 14 and then becoming Queen of France at 19.. The only way to get her attention off her miserable life was to splurge and cheat like she did. I like a scene where they were ironically talking about their NOW, when to us it's our PAST, the 18th century.
I will understand why people would dislike the movie (abrupt ending, little dialogue, kind of repetitive), but heck it's so artistic (superb scenic views of Versailles, cool music, lavish costumes and props). And Kirsten Dunst was perfect as MA. So the plus outweighs the minus for me. Anyway, the song playing now is from the soundtrack of MA. Oh, and the funny thing is there was a pair of Converse shoes deliberately put into one of scenes. So cool..
On Friday, a few people went downtown to the CBC Museum as part of the ISC Van-Go program. Was okay, kind of boring. But on the bright side, we ate at Salad King. I haven't had a meal there for a long time, so yum! Well, the nex Van-Go event is most probably to see the theatrical play, Wicked. It would be after my Midterms and more fun, so I'm more enthusiastic for this event.
Gah, time for some studying but I feel so exhausted and sleepy..
So Happy 3rd Birthday, My Bloggie!
Just a short note, I love the Marie Antoinette movie. Watched it yesterday.. Definitely very different (even the trailer was different in the sense that there was no dialogue, just music). The movie stands out in the fact that it wasn't about politics, but more of the life of Marie Antoinette's sad life. Sure, she lives in the Versailles, eat good food, have fabulous clothes and accessories. But she was torn away from her teenhood, being married off to a foreign land at 14 and then becoming Queen of France at 19.. The only way to get her attention off her miserable life was to splurge and cheat like she did. I like a scene where they were ironically talking about their NOW, when to us it's our PAST, the 18th century.
I will understand why people would dislike the movie (abrupt ending, little dialogue, kind of repetitive), but heck it's so artistic (superb scenic views of Versailles, cool music, lavish costumes and props). And Kirsten Dunst was perfect as MA. So the plus outweighs the minus for me. Anyway, the song playing now is from the soundtrack of MA. Oh, and the funny thing is there was a pair of Converse shoes deliberately put into one of scenes. So cool..
On Friday, a few people went downtown to the CBC Museum as part of the ISC Van-Go program. Was okay, kind of boring. But on the bright side, we ate at Salad King. I haven't had a meal there for a long time, so yum! Well, the nex Van-Go event is most probably to see the theatrical play, Wicked. It would be after my Midterms and more fun, so I'm more enthusiastic for this event.
Gah, time for some studying but I feel so exhausted and sleepy..