Heartbroken Tales

It's been a long time since I last updated my blog, so here I am.

Watched two Oscar-winning movies yesterday.
Gonna make a review out of both movies.

12 Years A Slave (2013)

So, this movie just won the Best Picture three days ago at the 86th Academy Awards. Tempted by it so I've decided to give it a try.

To be honest, it's not really a masterpiece in my opinion.
The story dates back to the 1840's about a free black man named Solomon Northup living with his wife and his children in New York. He was then lured by two con artists, kidnapped and sold to other states.

Upon watching this movie, I feel like it dragged way too long and there are too many unnecessary prolonging shots. Perhaps the Director (Steve McQueen) was trying to be artistic with those still shots of maybe river, sky, trees but I felt nothing but blandness. 

The acting by the Chiwetel Ejiofor is pretty decent, I can really feel his strong emotion throughout the entire movie. One thing though, it's that I just don't understand how come Lupita Nyongo's not so extradordinary performance can win her an Oscar for the Best Supporting Actress.

Other than that, the storytelling is pretty okay, not great. His interactions with his family are so little that it's forgettable throughout the film. The sudden appearance by Brad Pitt is also pretty dull and uninteresting and the movie just ends in a not so climatic way. Yes there are maybe a few suspenses here and there but it's not really a Best Picture-worthy movie.

And trust me, don't let your kids watch this movie. Quite many mature contents inside.

If you really wanna watch a movie similar to this, I suggest watching Django Unchained. That movie is way fucking better and the acting by Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz and of course Leonardo DiCaprio was superb in that movie.

Overall, a 7/10 for this movie.

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Second Oscar-winning movie that I've watched is this,

Lost In Translation (2003)

Lost In Translation is a movie about a faded movie star Bob Harris (Bill Murray) and a neglected newly-wed wife Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) forming an unlikely bond during their sudden cross-paths in Tokyo, Japan.

Halfway through watching this movie I was thinking to myself that "Oh god, not other bland movie again". 

And then I realized this movie is really about the feelings and the emotions. Us as the viewers, should really kickback, relax and forgot about all our stresses in order to enjoy this movie. I always wondered why Scarlett Johansson was considered as one of the hottest actress in Hollywood, I find her not so pretty after all. But after watching this movie, my thoughts has changed. She is really beautiful in this movie, and I mean fucking beautiful. 

Bob is travelling to Japan for a few commercial-shootings whereas Charlotte is here with her newly-wed husband. Both of them are staying in the same hotel and are facing insomnia and they both felt neglected by their loved-ones. Bob occasionally talk on the phone his wife back in America but he just doesn't feel the love with his family while Charlotte's husband is leaving for work everyday, leaving her alone in the hotel room. Then one night, both of them cross-path.

The bond formed between Bob and Charlotte are not the sexual kind, instead, it's more about mutual trust and admiration. And both of their performances are fantastic I must say. Yes, it's pretty boring during some of the scenes but if you really put your heart into this movie, it's actually a great movie.

The third main point of this movie is none other than the city Tokyo itself. From the bright colors of the buildings to the noises of the crowd on the street, even the natural shrines and temples faraway from the city areas. It's all really soothing to look at.

I recommend this movie to all of you. If you are looking for a fun-time, this is not the movie for you. This is more like you trying to find yourself, trying to feel yourself by indulging yourself into the movie.

For relaxting times, make it Lost in Translation times.

Rating: 8.5/10

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In a blink of an eye, it's already March of 2014.

Halfway through my second semester in my Uni life and I must say it's pretty okay.

Assignments are not unusually hard and I'm handling it well.

Don't worry, I won't let this blog go idle.

:)

Stay tuned for more updates in the future.

'' You'll figure that out. 

The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you. ''
-Bill Murray as Bob Harris

(Lost In Translation)

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TOP 10 : My Top 10 Favourite Pokemons in Johto (Gen 2) / FIRST POST OF 2014!

Good lord, it's almost the end of January 2014 and here it is, my first post of this year.
Finally have the mood to write it now, and once again it's a ranking post, I just enjoy ranking things so much since I am a big fan of those ranking videos on YouTube.

One day I will definitely rank my 10 favourite YouTube channels for sure.
By the way, here's my list of the 10 favourite Pokemons in Johto region, meaning the 2nd gen Pokemons that are in Pokemon Gold and Silver.

Here's the rules on how I will pick the Pokemons, same as the last post:
-I will only pick the final evolution or that single Pokemon, I won't put Pokemon that aren't fully evolved into the list.
-No legendaries, fuck no.
And here is the link to the previous Top 10 post on the Pokemons in Kanto Region.
http://meandyouforthewin.blogspot.com/2013/04/top-10-my-favourite-top-10-pokemons-in.html

Well, without further adieu, let's begin and GOTTA CATCH EM' ALL!

10. Sudowoodo

 This rock tree thingy is one of the first Pokemon that have accompanied me to the Elite Four the first time I got my hands on Pokemon Gold. Gotta give this guy a little credit.

9. Ampharos

I'm pretty sure that everyone who plays Pokemon Gold/Silver will definitely have this sheep/giraffe thingy in their team. The first Electric Pokemon that you can encounter in the game and everyone will definitely catch it for sure.

8. Lanturn

Nothing could go wrong with a Water/Electric type Pokemon right?

7. Crobat

Forget about Zubat, Crobat is a fucking beast. One of the fastest Pokemon ever existed, look at the Pikachu smiling so happily because they are flying so fucking fast.

6. Espeon

There have never been an Eeveelution that's so amazing except Espeon.

Probably everyone's favourite Psychic Pokemon for sure.

Dat glow...

5. Typhlosion

When we were kids, we have always picked the Fire Starter Pokemon and Typhlosion is definitely one of them. A fucking beast for sure. 

4. Noctowl

A lot of people neglected Noctowl as their primary Flying Pokemon. Yes, it has weak stats, but I feel like having a Noctowl is like having a trustworthy companion. Noctowl will always have that special place in my heart, thank you buddy.

3. Heracross

A Bug/Fighting Pokemon, a beetle, and it's way better than Pinsir?

Count me the fuck in!

2. Tyranitar

The pseudo-legendary Pokemon of the 2nd generation.
GO TYRANT OR GO HOME!

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1. Kingdra

Kingdra will forever be the best Water Pokemon ever. Solid stats, no weaknesses except Dragon moves. This seahorse right here is a straight-up beast. The only downside about it is that you need to trade Seadra holding a Dragon Scale in order to get him. Otherwise, it will wreck all the shit up.

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So guys, this is my first post of 2014.

More posts will be coming soon and stay tuned.

Oh yeah, Happy Chinese New Year in advance!
GONG XI FATT CHAI!

'' As far as the music culture goes, EDM is the one who will accept the outliers, 

the ones who get bullied, the ones who feel like they may not quite fit in. 

This community is exceptional in its ability to bond all types together, 

and I'm not exaggerating when I say it saves lives. 

Our audiences are intelligent and kind, discriminating only in regards which sound they like the best. 

Our audiences is unprecedented in their drive to proactively support each other. "

-Kaskade

(Famous DJ)

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TOP 10 : My List of Top 15 EDM Tracks of 2013

Merry Belated Christmas and I hereby wish you all a Happy New Year in advance.

Yes, 2013 is a great year with great musics.

This year,
EDM a.k.a Electronic Dance Music has stepped up and brought in tons of fans from all around the world.
Radio stations started blasting these songs, dropping it like it's hot, more and more people get to learn about these musics. Sometimes, in a song, it's the beat that matters, not the chorus, not the vocal, but only the beat.

The beats and the drops are the things that unite all the EDM fans from across the globe.

I hereby present you my very own list of the Top 15 EDM Tracks of this magnificent year.

But before that, here are some honorable mentions:

Hardwell & W&W - Jumper

Hardwell & Dyro - Never Say Goodbye (ft. Bright Lights)
Thomas Newson & New World Sound - Flute
Fat Boy Slim & Riva Starr - Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat (Calvin Harris Remix)

Tiesto - Take Me

DVBBS & Borgeous - Tsunami

Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike - Ocarina

Martin Garrix - Animals

Knife Party - LRAD

Avicii - Hope There's Someone

Avicii - Wake Me Up
Avicii - Dear Boy

Armin Van Buuren - Intense

Armin Van Buuren - Beautiful Life

Showtek - Booyah (ft. Sonny Wilson)

Fuck man, I gotta stop right here, if I just keep writing then I shall really just put all the 2013 tracks into this Honorable Mentions section, anyway, I'm going to do a short explanation as why some of these songs didn't make it into my Top 15 list.

---For the case of Ocarina, it is easily a Top 3 material track, but too bad it was first heard from way back 2 years ago, although the full version was released this year, I gotta disqualified it.

---Tracks like Wake Me Up, Animals and Tsunami are way too mainstream to be put into the list. Yes, they are fucking great tracks, but I avoid choosing them.

---If I add the Avicii and AvB tracks into the list, then I will have many of their tracks inside the same list. Which is unfair, because I can really fill this list with 15 tracks made by them, lol.

Okay, and now it's time for my most epic list of the year.

Let's begin shall we?

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15. 3LAU, Paris & Simo - Escape (ft. Bright Lights)

Overall a great track.

14. Dash Berlin & Alexander Popov - Steal You Away

Straight up trance with a beautiful male voice, nothing could go wrong in a Dash Berlin's track.

13. Mako - Beam (ft. Angel Taylor)

Perhaps one of the most melodic track of the year.

12. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike vs. Boostedkids - G.Y.P.S.Y.

DVLM strikes us with this weird yet catchy track this year. First heard in the Tomorrowland 2013 Official Aftermovie video, many of the fans anticipated for this track. 

11. Quintino & Alvaro - World In Our Hands

Seriously, where do they find all these vocalists?

10. Axwell & Sick Individuals - I Am (ft. Taylr Renee)

At first I was not very fond of this track. I think it has a pretty slow build-up. But after listening to it for quite a few times, and then it showed up in the TomorrowWorld Aftermovie, this track is fucking awesome!

9. One Republic - If I Lose Myself (Alesso Remix)

Okay, this is probably many people's most-favorited track of the year.
Beautiful voice by Ryan Tedder, epic progression, superb drop, everything is perfect here.

8. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike - Stampede

Said to be the clone of Tsunami, I think this is a better track than that.

The buildup is symphonic and the drop, fuck man the drop. Last time I heard a drop this hard was the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

7. Avicii - Hey Brother

Mainstream? Yes it is. But is it epic? FUCK YES IT IS!

Hands down the Avicii's best track of this year. Yes I said it, better than Wake Me Up for sure.

6.  R3hab, NERVO & Ummet Ozcan - Revolution

I think that the Instrumental version is better than the Vocal Edit.
And yes, when NERVO dropped this in Sepang during Thirst 2013, I felt it. In fact, the whole Sepang felt it.

5. Tiesto - Red Lights

Near the end of this year, Tiesto hit us with this.

And guess what? It earned the No.5 spot in this list, fucking nice track.

4. Cash Cash - Take Me Home (ft. Bebe Rexha)

Literally one of the most beautiful voice in an EDM track this year.

Okay, the 0:44 part is fucking beautiful, fucking fucking beautiful.

3. Cedric Gervais vs Lana Del Rey - Young And Beautiful

I wonder why the remix of Summertime Sadness is more popular than this?

This is definitely better.

2. Armin Van Buuren - This Is What It Feels Like (ft. Trevor Guthrie)

All hail to the god.

And the No.1 spot goes to,
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1. Armin Van Buuren - Forever Is Ours

I here present to all of you, the most underrated and the best track of this year.
Listen it, u will be amazed.

It's a beautiful year isn't it?

Good bye 2013, hello 2014.

Kelvin Ooi signing off.

'' We're fuckin' Animals! ''

-Martin Garrix

(Animals)

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TOP 10 : My List of Top 10 Movies of 2013

Please take note this list might differ from others because obviously I didn't watch all the movies from 2013, even some popular ones. So, if your favorite movie is not on this list, then please remember this ya.

Well, let's get started shall we?

10. Man Of Steel

Example of an over-hyped and over-budget movie. I actually even considered not putting this on this list. But to give Christopher Nolan credits, here it is, sitting in the 10th spot.

9. Pacific Rim

 A pretty good action flick I must say. Big robots fighting big monsters, nothing could go wrong right?
Damn, that reminds me of Transformers 2, yea, that went wrong.

8. Iron Man 3

Personally, I'm not really a big fan of Iron Man. But this is definitely one of the best superhero movie of the year. Robert Downey Jr. is as excellent as always, and Gwyneth Paltrow, oh yeah she's pretty. Overall a very enjoyable film, and that fucking Mandarin, hahahaha!

7. World War Z

Fast-as-shit zombies, stack-and-pile zombies, gruesome zombies, that is why this movie is so awesome.

I've always doubted this movie, looks like any other over-budget and over-effect movie. Turns out it's pretty decent. A little bit of unexpected plot, good turning point of the story line and great acting by who else, Brad Pitt of cause.

6. The Lone Ranger

A pretty underrated movie of this year. Many people were telling me that this movie sucked. But I think it's pretty good. Johnny Depp never ceases to amaze us with his wonderful acting and the overall movie is hilarious and great. I really enjoyed this movie.

5. Kick-Ass 2

Chloe Grace Moretz, Chloe Grace Moretz, Chloe Grace Moretz, Chloe Grace Moretz, Chloe Grace Moretz, Chloe Grace Moretz, Chloe Grace Moretz!

Well, the first Kick-Ass was already a damn good comedy/action flick and now you add Jim Carrey into it, oh yeah now this is a fucking good movie. Last but not least, Chloe Grace Moretz please!

4. Fast and Furious 6

The Fast and Furious series is definitely heading towards the correct direction. With Justin Lin as the new director since the previous episodes (excluding Tokyo Drift), it has grown into one of the most epic franchise in the recent years.

To sum up this movie, it is jaw-dropping, blood-pumping, fast-racing, gun-blazing, aeroplane-jumping, highway-jumping, anywhere-jumping good! Yea, some scenes were too fake, but still it has earned a place in all of our hearts. R.I.P Paul Walker.

3. This Is The End

A movie that was meant to enjoy and not taken seriously. And prepare to laugh your ass off. If you still haven't seen this, go and download it now!

2. Gravity

Gravity is definitely the break-through film this year. With excellent and creative camera-works and Oscar-worthy performance by Sandra Bullock, it's definitely one of many's favourite selection of No.1 movie of this year. To check out my full review of this movie, click HERE.

And the No.1 movie of the year goes to...

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1. The Hobbit 2: The Desolation of Smaug

Seriously, were you guys expecting something else?

This movie is already a masterpiece, all-round perfect movie.

Great music-score, epic and beautiful scenery (well have to include this one because the places are just too damn beautiful), nice storyline (based on the book of course), a group of adorable dwarfs and more and more.

Well, all the beautiful memories of Lord the of Rings are coming back, damn I'm gonna cry.

Why do I have to wait a year for the sequel? Damn, December of 2014 comes faster please!

That concludes my list, now all I have left is the list of  Top 15 EDM Tracks of 2013.

Stay tuned guys.

Oh yeah, Happy Christmas and Happy New Year guys.
A great year has passed, and may the next year be even better of the all of us.

:)

'' Saruman believes it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. 

I found it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay... 

Small acts of kindness and love. 

Why Bilbo Baggins? That's because I am afraid and he gives me courage. ''

-Ian McKellen as Gandalf

(The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey)

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TOP 10 : My List of Top 10 Songs of 2013

Well folks, another great year is coming to an end, and it's definitely a year with tons and tons of great songs.
And it's also a tradition by me to countdown my personal favourite list of 10 songs of the year.

Click the two links below to view my list of the past two years:
TOP 10 SONGS OF 2012

TOP 10 SONGS OF 2011

So, without further ado, let's begin the list!
(p/s: Please take note that this list might include some songs that came out in 2012, but these songs weren't popular until this year)

10. Lorde - Royals

9. Birdy - Wings

8. Paramore - Still Into You

7. Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools

6. Fall Out Boy - The Phoenix

5.  Bruno Mars - When I Was Your Man

4. Emelie de Forest - Only Teardrops

3. Justin Timberlake - Mirrors

2. Phillip Phillips - Gone Gone Gone

And the No.1 spot goes to...
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Daft Punk - Get Lucky (ft. Pharrell Williams)

Feels that this list is bad? Or you didn't agree with me?
You can always drop a comment to let me know what's your favourite list is.

Enjoy the fall of 2013, and 2 more lists coming soon.
Stay tuned and keep on reading, my fellow readers.

Oh ya, follow my Instagram will ya?

http://instagram.com/kelvinooooi

'' I am fire, I am death. ''

-Benedict Cumberbatch as Smaug

(The Hobbit 2: Desolation of Smaug)

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Epic Announcement

I'M BACK!

Tomorrow is the last day of my final examination.

I know I've been very lazy, abandoning the ''A Beauty A Week'' project.

By the way, a quick announcement.



---COMING SOON---

My List of Top 10 Movies of the Year

My List of Top 10 Songs of the Year

My List of Top 15 EDM Tracks of the Year

All with epic proportions.

Stay tuned.

'' I know what you're thinkin': angry, black captain. 
Well guess what? I'm black, and I worked my ASS off to be the captain. 
And sometimes, I get a little angry, so suck a dick! ''

-Ice Cube as Captain Dickson

(21 Jump Street)

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A Beauty A Week #7

Beauty #7

Seo Ju Hyun

Okay, people who knew me would have already guessed that at one point I will put her in this list.

Although I'm no more a K-Pop fanatic, but I still adore her.

One thing for sure, she will always be my most-favoured girl out of all the 9.

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Actually I'm really being lazy recently, one girl a week is very troublesome and sometimes I will go running out of ideas and can't decide which girl to put because I can't even find one.

If this keeps on I'm going have to make it ''A Beauty A Month'' since it's easier that way.
We'll see.

And actually I have a lot of ideas in my mind now, I feel like wanna blog all of these out.

Will find some free time and write it all out.

Oh yeah by the way, I'm new in Instagram, follow me here:
http://instagram.com/kelvinooooi

'' No, I don't like you. I think you're a fake cop. 

The sound of your piss hitting the urinal, it sounds feminine. 

If you were in the wild, I would attack you, even if you weren't in my food chain. 

I would go out of my way to attack you. 

If I were a lion and you were a tuna, I would swim out in the middle of the ocean and freaking eat you and then I'd bang your tuna girlfriend. ''

-Mark Wahlberg as Terry Hoitz

(The Other Guys)

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