♣ March 2013 summary.

These happen..
1. Google is shutting down Google Reader. It's disappointing. I think it's completely practical to have one blog and news feed in one account. Now where I can follow blogs that I love to read in one place that is able to subscribe many blogs from different blogging platform? 

2. My recent favourite anime, Psycho-Pass, has finished airing with some surprises in the last two episode (I'm talking about Shion-Yayoi bed scene and Gino' life). Well, sayonara. Great anime wont be forget easily.The problem is after PP, I have no too much desire to watch another anime on Spring Anime List 2013 (although I've made the list of anime that I'm going to watch).

3. I watch My So-Called Life during march. My thoughts go from "Okay, teenagers theme. I (think) I'm gonna like it" to "God! This is depressing". Now I know why this tv-series has been canceled.

4. I play too much game on my smartphone. I can't help it, it's addictive. I download IconPop Quiz, Teka-Teki Silang (Crossword Puzzle), Pou, Dream House Days, and Zombie Smasher several days ago and I can't stop playing the last three games. My eyes are sore sometimes now. Not good.

5. I've been using computer a lot recently. The cabel of my laptop charger is broken. I brought it to service center and it's been over a month. An acquitance of mine said that laptop maintenance was pretty expensive. I thought as long as I used it well, it'd be fine. Now since the cabel of my laptop charger is broken, my life depends to computer. Again.

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♣ Oz the Great and Powerful: James Franco might just be the wizard that we need

So I went to see this movie expecting some deeper story underneath all the CG fest. I mean, this same director once brought us "Spider-Man 2", which was, like, the most character-development-packed superhero movie of all time! Compared to other Raimi's blockbusters, "Oz" is easily the weakest. (Yes, even "Spider-Man 3" is still a better movie, in terms of "heart". That's what people usually say, right? I mean, how does a movie have a heart, I don't even know what that means. But I guess you know it when you feel it.) Maybe it's just me wishing this could be the next Lord of the Ring. It is a Disney movie. It NEEDS to be kid-friendly anyhow. But Sam, with Spider-Man you... it's just... I can't even......

(long pause)

Okay. Moving on to the better bits.

VERY cool title sequence! I wish every movie would have taken a better care of their opening sequence.

For a fan of Sam Raimi, it is quite a satisfying Raimi movie. It reeks of Raimi's signature all over it. Fast camera movement, dutch angle, moving object's POV, Ted Raimi, Bruce Campbell, ugly witch, cheesy lines, you name it. Hail to the wizard, baby. (Sorry, wrong movie.)

James Franco was good. Somehow he managed to be this very bad egotistical person who, no matter how wrong the things he's done, you would still find him charming. Imagine with a wrong choice of actor portraying Oz, he might have come off as a douche with no redeeming quality whatsoever. But Franco, right after the moment he told Annie (Michelle William's character back in Kansas before she starts traveling inside a bubble) he "don't want to be a good man", instead he "want to be a great one", it's that moment when he virtually took us by the hand to join him into his quest of becoming a great man. Suddenly we could relate to him, and we wanted him to succeed. No? It's just me? Well. Looks like the majority loathe his performance. I don't understand. It seems like people in Hollywood just generally hate Franco. Poor little creature, what has he done?

The actual "poor little creature" in the movie, though, is Finley the Flying Monkey. Voiced brilliantly by Zach Braff, the interaction between Franco and him, and also later with the China Girl (voiced not less brilliantly by Joey King) is the BEST thing about the movie. They were sweet and hilarious from start to finish. I still cannot get it out of my mind, how Finley adorably felt offended by Oz's comment on his fondness for banana. Of course Finley likes banana, he's a monkey, don't be ridiculous, Oz!

The rest of the characters, sadly, I couldn't care less. I mean, how Evanora is plain evil and Theodora is plain naive (I initially intended to use the word "stupid" here), while Glinda is plain good (Michelle William is lovely, though). Every scene involving the witches but not Franco fell through or simply didn't hold my interest. And how wrong is that? WRONG. Very wrong. It's wrong to not care about the witches of Oz in an Oz movie. While it's safe to say that all this problem is due to the witches' characters being underdeveloped, I also dare to say that it's due to the fact that it is Franco who literally carries the movie on his shoulder with his charismatic persona. (There I just praised Franco again.)

But don't worry. Forget the bad things I said wrote. Forget this whole post, even, and go see the movie with an open mind and enjoy it with the wonderment of your 9-years-old self. It's a fun family movie with a lighthearted story, full of stunning and visually breathtaking imagery you have never seen, and witches with pretty dresses!

♣ Part II. Android.

Are you following me on Twitter? A few days ago I tweet about BlackBerry several times. I tweet that I didn't like BlackBerry at all. It's expensive and I used it maybe only 40% of it. I didn't like when I had a device but I didn't use it at least more than 60%.

So I switched my Curve 8520 to Samsung Galaxy Ch@t GT-B5330. It's so much cheaper and the design was simple, minimalist, and chic. Actually, I always doubt myself for trying touch-screen phone. I read on an online article about bacterias that grew on the screen and it's disgusting. Also I am  a text freak, I love texting than sexting making phone calls. Texting with on-screen keypad is uncomfortable, in my opinion. But when I watched advertisement of Samsung Galaxy Ch@t GT-B5330  I was "I'll give it a try" and now I love it.

What I like from GT-B5330 is I think it only has one service package that doesn't make me confuse with every description of the feature (yes, I am that type who will confuse with too many options). Unlike BlackBerry, I'm still able to do browsing through Opera Mini using mobile without having to register the service. And also I can transfter data easily by copy-paste feature from PC/laptop to Android without installing any softwares on PC/laptop first. And of course the qwerty keypad.

I'm so glad finally I can get the rid of BB.

Image via Saphiraa.

(I know it should be Ch@t GT-B5330 but I couldn't find any)

♣ January + February 2013 summary.

January and February were so unpleasant. I was busy taking care my life. There were so many bad events that happened that made me deperessed. My health was in  a worrying condition. I was sick for days. My head hurt so much. January and February: hell.

But anyway..

1. I breakout a lot. In the whole cheeks. People who know it give me sympathy. Thank you.

2. I think I'm a wota convert. I don't know how many sister groups out there, but it's clear I am a fan f AKB48-SKE48-JKT48-the rest. Everytime I hear their performance on television, I run to in front of it and stare at them while I'm dancing in my imaginary world.

3. My makeup style is natural-minimalist now. I take this as maturity. If you know me, I used to wear bold lip color to "pop" my face because my I can't do -almost- anything to my Liu-Wen-eyes. Single color single eyeshadow is enough.

4. I'd found a replacement for Wardah Matte Lipstick in 15 Bronze Nude. It's Caring Colors Happy Lip Color in 03 Bronze Nude. The differences are if Wardah is more light nude if it's worn thicker. One swipe results nude with hint of pink undertone. While Caring Color results the pink undertone only. It's more moisturizing indeed because it's not matte lipstick.

5. I bought a new phone to replace my BlackBerry. It's a Samsung Galaxy Ch@t GT-B5330. God! You don't know how happy I am to finally have it. BB is big no-no for me. I experinced mood swing easily.

6. I also listen to Taylor Swift songs now. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together and also I Know You Were Trouble. HOW. COME. It must be the music. I listen to mainstream music (that's how I call pop and Halyu idols music) rarely. But those two songs are.. awesome.

I've recovered. Still, this is not my best condition. But right now I'm grateful for my recent health level. 

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