Unexpected Findings

Last week had been a hectic one, with some personal matters to take care of and I went back to my hometown for a relative's wedding. I packed until late at night, nope, the wee hours to be exact then had to wake up at 6.30am... We left the house around 8am with me driving all the way from Klang until Ipoh. There were lots of zoning in and out due to the upgrading work in progress causing some minor traffic jams. Thanks to that we finally managed to reach Ipoh by 10.30am.

The wedding dinner was held at a seafood restaurant. I had to say the people there are pretty much accurate in terms of time. The dinner was supposed to start at 7.30pm. We left my auntie's house at 6.45 and reached there around 7.20. There were no parking so my dad had to make few rounds at the place. Believe it or not, there is another restaurant opposite and that Saturday everywhere is full with bookings for wedding dinner. Our place is upstairs and the upstairs were divided into 2 (left & right). My relative had the left side of the restaurant while the right side was dominated by another bride and bridesgroom's wedding.

We are the groom's side and it was a cousin (?) whom I had not met for about... let's see... 10 years? I still remember how he looks when he was younger and no doubt I could recognize him easily as he walks in hand-in-hand with his beautiful bride. Funny thing was, we were sitting next to each other's table yet me and my other cousin wondered whether he'd remember us :) can't help it since it was such an absolutely long period of time! When he and his bride came over to our table to which everyone in our table all toast to their happiness, we spoke for the first time. He stood beside me and said, "You're Ah Ping right?" I laughed and said, "You remember me!?" to which he replied, "Of course! Do YOU remember me?" . And then he started looking around the table and identified several of my other cousins.

After the dinner and as we were all saying goodbye to him, we chatted a little. Regarding last time, what we are doing now, how old we are etc etc. I'd wanted to catch up more but there were other people behind me and my mum was gushing me so I wished him and then went downstairs with my auntie and cousin sisters. Anyway it was a really happy occasion to have been able to see him again, as well as my other relatives whom I didn't get to meet early this year (as I was still in Perth at that time).

Riiiiiiiiiight now we change the topic a little... As I was browsing the net today, there was a sudden urge to re-watch some of the V6's funny videos I watched last time (years back). Unfortunately I couldn't find them, only managed to find 'Cinderella'. From there I was linked to many other funny Arashi, Kinki Kids, JJr's vids etc. Then I saw one clip that says that Tsuyoshi (Kinki Kids) used to be roommates with Junichi (V6) and I was so hyped up! I mean, I had always liked to hear news regarding this two since I do think they match pretty well together. They are both good friends as opposed to Koichi (Kinki Kids) and Nagase (Tokio) being pals. Weeeeeeee~ and after that I saw some of Arashi's clips. There were lots of comments and pairings that fans came up with. But there was one particular video regarding an interview on a variety show that blew the whole thing off. Jun and Aiba was complaining on how Nino and Ohno seems to be extremely close to each other. Jun said Nino likes to touch Ohno's butt regularly, and Ohno seems to be really happy when Nino does that! Aiba added that there was one time Nino rubbed perfume for Ohno and they wore the same perfume LOL. I dunno what to say... I did find some clips that showed how close Nino and Ohno seems to be. As a matter of fact some fans said that Nino had started to buy gifts for Ohno, whereby buying gifts had always been a bothersome thing that Nino dislikes. Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees I absolutely LOVE this pairing too because both of them (especially Ohno) had always been my favourite members in Arashi. Though Jun complaint, there were clips that showed him and Ohno kissing~! Oh well... its complicated! LOL

What I am trying to convey is that such things never cross my mind. I'd thought of them as idols etc and that only in manga we have doujin. I was really surprised to find many people are engrossed in these pretty boys pairing =) Other interesting things I found was that there were a lot of Akame (Akanishi Jin x Kamenashi Kazuya), Ryo x Uchi (Nishikido Ryo x Hiroki Uchi) KameP (Kame x Yamapi/ Yamashita Tomohisa), TakkiP (Tackey/ Takizawa Hideaki x Yamapi), T & T (Tackey x Tsubasa), OhnoJun (Ohno Satoshi x Matsumoto Jun), OhnoNino (Ohno x Ninomiya Kazuya) and many others. But better still, there are still fans who wanted a Ryo x Ueda (Ryo x Ueda Tatsuya) pairing though there were numerous events that showed both's dislike towards each other. There are also fans who dislike Ryo for his mean demeanour =( ... However in my opinion, that's just the way Ryo shows himself. He isn't much of a pretentious person and a little on the harsh side, especially with language maybe because he's from Kansai (no offense, please). I don't think he really hates Ueda but I guess sometimes there are people whom you just couldn't get along well with.

Both from Kansai, I think Ryo and Uchi does make a good pair, don't you think? Ryo had hugged him on several occasions and had been particularly nice to Uchi (no?). Perhaps its because they get along better than with the others *wink* ... I heard too, that Ryo's close friends are Tackey, Yamapi and Jin. A funny combi don't you think? Nevertheless, they are all my favourite~!

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

As those of you who knew me, I'm a sucker for horror movies. I love ghost movies and stuffs. I don't really fear them last time but now I don't know why I jump at the slightest sound. There was once when I had to go to the bathroom at night and my mum woke up for the same reason. We didn't turn on the lights coz there's hardly anyone apart from me going to toilet in the wee hours. So when I saw her, OMG she gave me such a scare that I practically jumped and let out a small scream. She too, was shocked to see me but even more shocked at my scream. And then my idiotic pet terrapin, she's always crawling around my living room and kitchen. These days she'd started to develop some kind of feet fetish I think. She'd come beside me (my leg) and then smell it. Or sometimes when she merely brushed past my feet. My heart couldn't take these. I mean, imagine you are watching a movie to intently and then suddenly something cold touched your feet. Aren't you SHOCKED!? I was beyond shock! It happened so many times! This morning too! I let out a scream when she did that and my mom gave me "that look" saying I should have realized she's nearby. SO? I couldn't expect what 'timing' she was gonna come around and touch me!!!

But no, the freakiest thing was that yesterday I was bored, plus the fact I had been craving for some horror movies. I flipped through my DVD booklet and then saw 'The Exorcism of Emily Rose'. I watched it 2 years back at the cinema with my friends. Back then, it didn't really met my expectations coz I was looking forward to something like 'The Exorcist'. So now 2 years later I saw the DVD (my mom bought it) and decided to watched it again since I'd forgotten about some of the scenes. And no doubt, I was totally engrossed in the movie this time. I don't know why this time when I watched it, it was really spooky. By the whole concept and all. Yes, I couldn't sleep at night after that. I got really scared. at 2.30am I looked at the clock and realized I'm only 30 minutes away from the demon's witching hour. As described in the movie, 3am is the demon's to mock the Jesus's holy time 3pm. As time drew near, Iurged myself to stop the music and prepare myself for bed. Then a second thought sprang into my mind, if I do go to bed before that I would be alone in my bedroom at 3am which is an even scarier thought. I decided its best to remain where I am until it's past 3am. Thank god nothing weird happened and around 3.15 I went into my room to sleep. But no, I couldn't sleep at all. I toss and turn and got really scared. I brought my laptop in and put on music. I also left the light on in my room. If I could, I'll leave every single corner of my house's light on!

In 'The Exorcism of Emily Rose', a priest, Father Moore is charged with negligence over the care of Emily Rose which was entrusted to him. Erin Bruner on the other hand acts as Father Moore's defense lawyer. Erin is a strict and no-nonsense woman. She would try any means to help her client and achieve what she'd wanted: a senior post in her law firm. Erin was under attack by the demons as well because there are dark forces encircling the case. The story then travels back to the time when Emily Rose was still alive and how her traumatic experiences began as the trial proceeds.

Emily Rose is a girl in her 19s or so, who left her home to study in the university when she received a scholarship. She stayed in the dorm and though everything seemed perfect at first, it soon turned into a nightmare for her. Emily started to see hallucinations and couldn't control her body at will sometimes. She was hospitalised and doctors gave her medications-Gambutrol as she was diagnosed with epileptic. But the medication did not help her, and as a matter of fact might have turned her condition worse. Soon after that Emily was brought home. She couldn't continue with her studies any longer given the state she was in. Emily's parents then requested Father Moore, their family priest to help Emily.

After confirming that Emily had been possessed by 6 demons (among them Nero, Cain, Judas, Lucifer, Belial), Father Moore proceeds with exorcism to drive these demons away. However the exorcism failed and Emily continued in her worsen condition. She then passed away on a natural death and that was when Father Moore was arrested. Even so, he doesn't care what would happen to him because what he wanted to do was to be able to tell Emily's story as stated in her will. Of course, if you were to watch the movie, I'm not going to spoil the main content which was in Emily's will--that states the reason why she had to suffer all these pain.

It's really worth a watch. I won't really compare it with 'The Exorcist' coz both has a somewhat different element in it. The story of Emily Rose does not only intends to show the horror side of it but also the touching tale of Anneliese Michel, the person whom Jennifer (something) portrays as Emily Rose. Oh, didn't I mention that Emily Rose's is based on a real story? You can read the real tale behind it at: http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_1253.html

That was because I got too caught up in the movie (though 2 years late haha) and began to look for articles or stuffs to read on Anneliese Michel. It was sad though that both Anneliese's parents and the two priests who performed the exorcism was sentenced to half years each for negligence. Of course, its the court we are talking about. Only FACTS matters right? But I don't think that life is all about that. There are things out there that cannot be explained even by science alone. Moreover they do exists, whether you believe them or not.