I finished the Riddle!

I have officially finished that online riddle that was puzzling me for a while. Originally I got to level 60 and I was pretty happy already. I didn't bother giving my name into their Hall of Fame because it was cheesy and I found the ending quite anticlimatic. it wasn't even the hardest level! In any case, it was bugging me last night so I had to finish it. I got to the end (or the last level so far on the site). It took me about 4 hours to do, pouring over the forums and google! I'm not sure if I want to be on the level 101 Hall of Fame either...lame. But I get the satisfaction of finishing. I like that. It seems these days I can't finish anything, and doing something "small" like that was very satisfying. I can finally sleep tonight....I am so tired I almost fell asleep at work! So these 2 weeks will be busy with work and Vancouver International Film Festival! I'm watching one tonight and potentially 3 tomorrow! It's something about these quirky films that are just weird enough to get under your skin that some mainstream movies today don't address. I can't quite put my finger on it. Tonight I'll be watching "The Bridesmaid" which is a french film. Here's the excerpt below:

It is a match made in heaven: French master Claude Chabrol adapts English mystery writer Ruth Rendell's novel about a young femme fatale (the seductive Laura Smet) who demands the ultimate proof of love. Chabrol, now 74, shows that he is still one of the best genre directors in film history.

"Two things that are guaranteed to get the veteran director Claude Chabrol in the mood are a bourgeois family with festering secrets under their polished façade and an intense, unhinged woman, preferably with potentially murderous inclinations. And while The Bridesmaid, an elegant Ruth Rendell adaptation, comes up short on the former ­ this is not his normal glossily affluent milieu, and is perhaps a better film for it ­ in Laura Smet’s Senta, Chabrol has found his most chillingly persuasive psycho-siren since Isabelle Huppert’s hate-filled postmistress in La Cérémonie.

Senta crashes into the life of the straight-edged, serious Philippe (the excellent Benoît Magimel) at the wedding of his younger sister. She follows him home and peels off her satin frock, announcing: "You are my destiny and I’m yours. That’s it."... Alarm bells fail to ring for Philippe, who is transfixed by her morbid nature, savage passions and tendency to lie through her teeth ­ something he charitably puts down to an imaginative nature. So when Senta suggests that they each do "something tremendous" to prove their love for each other he laughs off her suggestion that committing murder might be a suitable seal for their relationship... Macabre and claustrophobic, this deliciously dark tale of l’amour fou is highly recommended." ­ Wendy Ide, The Times
I will give my full review tomorrow...

Here a pic of me and pris:

pics of my hair

Here are pics of me and my hair cut...i'll be taking this down shortly....hehehe em this is for you!

Asians Galore

Lately I've been attended some productions done by the Vancouver Asian Comedy Theatre troupe. They are quite hilarious!! In most cases they cycle around the same local Asian actors so they're pretty familiaar to me now.

Couple weeks ago, I saw "Sex in Vancouver" and gave my mini-review about that. Live actors in a play who go through the Vancouver dating scene and encountering some Asian faux pas.

Another one that I saw last week was the Gala of the 48-hour Reel Asian Film Marathon....or something like that. My friend, who's closely knit with the local film community and even played a small role on-screen in one of these shorts, invited me. Basically you form a team of "artistes" and are given an object, a location, and a fortune cookie. You have to incorporate all these three elements into a 10 minute short. I was amazed at the quality of these shorts and in the time span you get to do it (only 48 hours!!). And also the diversity!! There was action, drama, comedy, romance! I especially liked the one about three asian daughters. The eldest one was pressured by the mom to get married but was still single. At the last minute she lied to her mom that she did have a boyfriend in efforts to relieve some of the pressure from her family. When it came time for the mom to meet the Bf, she accidentally found a handicapped white guy to come and pretend to be her bf. And then you know the rest...he wasn't handicapped at all and turned out to be the guy of her dreams!

Finally, the last one I saw was by the Assaulted Fish comedy troupe. It's made up of around 6 asians who did a "best of 2005" show of all their best sketches. It's so hilarious! I loved the sketch simulating a video on "How to interact with an Asian Canadian and how not to act!!" I knew Diana Bang from when she was in CVC and she's generally a funny person. I think she got into the right field of work! I hope they show more of these sketches!

That's it for my asian galore....

"the aftermath"

Here I am downloading the premiere of The OC. I missed about...oh 15 mins of it! I tried to zoom home as soon as I finished work, but of course I can't predict the traffic lights. I'm usually not addicted to TV shows. I never was addicted to 90210, Days of Our Lives, or any soap opera for that matter. Somehow this one is very eye catching and addictive. I can't quite put my finger on it. It's about the rich (not famous) in Newport Beach and how they get in all sorts of trouble (parents and kids).

While on most points, I don't relate, there is some message in that show. I mean, who doesn't yearn for more or something better? Here I am watching those yacht and beach scenes and it makes me wish I was still on vacation and some place far far away. TV is supposed to do that, take you away from reality for that brief hour and let you day dream. In this particular episode, it just gives you that tingly feeling that summer's just coming to an end. It's the perfect episode to signify the end of summer and beginning of fall! Anyway I digress and getting way too cheesy!
This week they introduced a lot of storylines in a really fast paced fashion so I can't wait till they dive right into those and tell me what happens!

Miss Busy Tomorrow (and tonight)

Like I said before, I like to jam pack my one day off....NOT! I have the Taiwanese Festival tomorrow that I have to racing in. It's 10am and 2pm. We get to race in these funny boats with super tall dragon heads. Come watch me!

Then I *hope* I get to go home and change and go to Dex's event at the Chinatown nightmarket. It's for streetfest where all these import and local modded cars come and show off. Ai ya....so busy. Then I'm back to work for the long weekend. How sad!!

Tonight I'll be flyer girl again but hopefully I'll get to see a glimpse of my friends some time!