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Undecided

I'm so undecided recently about switching my blog. I wanted to make this my main blog and make the previous one a private blog but i always wanted my name to be on my main blog. I'm so frustrated now. Can I have some suggestion please?

Spirited Away 千と千尋の神隠し

Spirited Away 千と千尋の神隠し (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi) is the best film I've ever watched. It is the highest grossing film of all time in Japan.

..labeling it a masterpiece almost seems inadequate
-New York Post-

this is one of the greatest animated films ever made...
-John Lasseter (Director, Toy Story 1 and 2, Bug's Life)-

Spirited Away is the pinnacle of animated fantasy
-45th International San Francisco Film Festival-

Winner Golden Bear - Best Film
-Berlin Film festival 2002-

Winner Academy Award - Best Animated Feature
-75th Academy Awards 2002-

..the animated film that blew titanic out of the water
-BBC News-

beauty, power, mystery and above all, heart
-James Cameron(Director,Titanic)-

Spirited Away is a film by the Japanese anime studio Studio Ghibli, written and directed by famed animator Hayao Miyazaki. It has all the elements that a film should have. Love, Friendship, Trust, Care, Evil, Fantasy, Loneliness, Baby LOL, Parents and bla bla bla. Everything is in it. It makes me cry and it makes me smile. I've watched it no less than 5 times. Once in Mandarin, twice in English and Cantonese. Never failed to entertain me each time i watched it.

The film is about Chihiro, a ten-year-old girl, traveling to her new home in Tochinoki, Japan, with her parents. They were lost when her father takes a short cut. The family pulls up outside a large, mysterious building. Ignoring Chihiro's objections, the mother and father decide to go in and explore. Chihiro reluctantly follows them through a tunnel to a strange landscape of grassy hills and old-fashioned buildings. Chihiro's father says that it is an abandoned amusement park.

The parents were curious and decide to explore. They soon smell food cooking, and follow their noses to a deserted stall full of food. Chihiro refused to eat anything, but her parents helped themselves and soon begun gorging on the food.

Chihiro wandered off and found an enormous bathhouse, the heart of the complex. She encountered a boy who warned her to leave before dark. She runs back to the food stall, only to find that her parents have turned into pigs.

As night falls, shadowy spirits filled the place. Chihiro is frightened, but the boy appeared again and promised to help her. The boy, who introduced himself as "Haku", helped Chihiro sneak into the bathhouse and instructed her to go to the boiler room and ask for work. He warns her that the owner of the bathhouse, the witch Yubaba, could kill Chihiro for trespassing. If Chihiro can get a job, she'll be able to stay at the bathhouse safely while he figured out a way to help her parents.

The boiler operator, Kamaji, seems gruff but eventually warms to Chihiro. He instructed a bath attendant named Ling to take Chihiro upstairs to ask Yubaba for a job. With Ling's help, Chihiro navigated the halls and elevators of the bathhouse. Chihiro realized that the place is a resort for spirits of all kinds.

Yubaba, a giant, bejeweled old lady, initially refused to hire Chihiro. She threatened the girl, but Chihiro's persistence pays off. Yubaba finally gave in and offered Chihiro an employment contract, but in exchange Chihiro must gave up her own name. Yubaba magically removed most of Chihiro's name, leaving only the syllable "Sen".

Under her new name Sen, she began to work as a bath attendant with Ling. Sen encountered a number of strange customers, such as a masked spirit called "No Face" and a filthy "stink spirit". The latter was a wealthy but polluted river spirit, who rewards Sen's efforts in cleaning him with the gift of a magical medicine.

Sen soon learns that all is not as it seems at the spirit bathhouse. Sen's coworker Lin warned her that Haku is Yubaba's henchman and that she should not trust him. Sen also discovered that Haku is actually a flying white dragon. Meanwhile, the spirit No Face became obsessed with Sen’s attention and attempted to become the bathhouse's most important customer.

One morning Sen saw the flying white dragon, Haku, being attacked by paper birds outside the bathhouse. She open the door to let him inside. Bleeding badly, he flew up to Yubaba's room. Sen ran to find Haku, worried that he might be dying. No Face saw her and offered her gold. Sen refused it and continued on her way. No Face becomes enraged and started swallowing the bathhouse workers.

Sen arriving in Yubaba’s quarters and encountered Yubaba's overgrown baby son, Boh. Yubaba's twin sister, Zeniba, also appeared and said Haku because he stole her golden seal.

Sen, Haku, and Boh escape from Zeniba and wind up in the boiler room with Kamaji. He told Sen that Haku is bleeding from the inside, perhaps from something he swallowed. Sen gives Haku part of the magical medicine she received from the river spirit. This caused Haku to vomit out Zeniba's gold seal. Sen decided to go to Zeniba to return the seal and apologized on Haku's behalf. Kamaji gave Sen train tickets so she can travel to Zeniba's home.

On her way to the train station, Sen confronted No Face. She gave him the remainder of the magical medicine, hoping this will end his madness. No Face began to vomit out everything he has eaten. This included the bathhouse employees he swallowed, who appear unharmed by their ordeal. As he disgorged everything he has eaten, No Face gradually returns to his original slender shape and meek demeanor.

Meanwhile, Haku recovered and resumed his humanoid form. He finds Yubaba and pointed out that her son is missing. He promised to return Boh to her if Yubaba will turn Sen's parents back into humans and send them and Sen back to their world.

Sen, Boh, and No Face took the train to Zeniba’s house. Sen found out that Zeniba is actually a kind woman and not as greedy and wicked like her sister. Zeniba was happy to have her seal back and forgave Haku. She assured Sen that Haku has already been cured by the power of Sen's love. Haku himself soon arrived in dragon form to take Sen and Boh back to the bathhouse.

En route to the bathhouse, Sen remembered falling into a river when she was a little girl. She would have drown, but the river's water carried her to safety. Sen realizes that Haku was the spirit of this river and told him his true name is Kohaku River. Upon hearing his true name, Haku regained his memories of the past. He is now freed from Yubaba's control.

Haku, Sen, and Boh arrived at the bathhouse to find that Yubaba has prepared a final challenge for Sen. She must find her parents from a group of pigs. Sen examined the pigs and declared, that none of them are her parents. Yubaba released her from her employment contract, and Sen regained her true name, Chihiro.

Chihiro said goodbye to Haku and traveled with her parents back to the human world. Chihiro's parents remembered nothing of what has happened, and were surprised to find their car dusty and the area around it overgrown with weeds. It is unclear whether Chihiro has any memory of her adventures in the spirit world, but she seems more positive than before.

Here's the trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSr9wqXeBb0

Here's some screen shot from the movie

Sunset, Moonlight and Rainbow

Welcome to my new blog. The previous blog, I've decided to make it private. Too many controversial entries and sad memories in it.

Some people said that life is like a cycle. After a series of unfortunate events, the good things will come. I'm waiting for the good things. Wakaka...

By the way, i made Kevin took some nice shot for me with his N70 during our journey back to our hometown. Never seen clearer sky before.

Sunset is the last phenomenon you see before the night falls. To me, it always look better than sunrise. I saw sunrise once with the siaokias...wake up 4am just to see sunrise. It is not as beautiful as sunrise. Maybe I've never seen it from the perfect angle.

Sunset!!!
Look at the ray of lights. Nice hor?

Moonlight is the only natural source of light at night. Full moon is always the best to look at. It gives me a comfortable feeling.

Moonlight!!
Took this from the ferry. See the moon so round and shiny.

Rainbow ( 彩虹 ) is a song from JayZhou that is so addicting. Good song with good lyrics.

哪裡有彩虹告訴我
na li you cai hong gao su wo

能不能把我的願望還給我
neng bu neng ba wo de yuan wang huan gei wo

為什麼天這麼安靜
wei shen me tian zhe mo an jing

所有的雲都跑到我這裡
suo you de yun dou bao dao wo zhe li


##有沒有口罩一個給我
you mei you kou zhao yi ge gei wo

釋懷說了太多就成真不了
shi huai shuo le tai duo jiu cheng zhen bu liao

也許時間是一種解藥
ye xu shi jian shi yi zhong jie yao

也是我現在正服下的毒藥
ye shi wo xian zai zheng fu xia de du yao


看不見你的笑 我怎麼睡得著
kan bu jian ni de xiao wo zen me shui de zhao

你的聲音這麼近我卻抱不到
ni de sheng yin zhe me jin wo que bao bu dao

沒有地球太陽還是會繞
mei you di qiu tai yang hai shi hui rao

沒有理由我也能自己走 ##
mei you li you wo ye neng zi ji zou


**你要離開 我知道很簡單
ni yao li kai wo zhi dao hen jian dan

你說依賴 是我們的阻礙
ni shuo yi lai shi wo men de zu ai

就算放開 但能不能別沒收我的愛
jiu suan fang kai dan neng bu neng bie mo shou wo de ai

當作我最後才明白 **
dang zuo wo zui hou cai ming bai


RAP
看不見你的笑要我怎麼睡得著
kan bu jian ni de xiao yao wo zen me shui de zhao

你的聲音這麼近我卻抱不到
ni de sheng yin zhe me jin wo que bao bu dao

沒有地球太陽開始會繞…會繞
mei you di qiu tai yang kai shi hui rao … hui rao

沒有理由我也能自己走掉
mei you li you wo ye neng zi ji zou diao

是我說了太多就成真不了
shi wo shuo le tai dou jiu cheng zhen bu liao

也許時間是一種解藥…解藥
ye xu shi jian shi yi zhong jie yao… jie yao

也是我現在正服下的毒藥
ye shi wo xian zai zheng fu xia de du yao

Repeat **

Here's the translation that took me an hour to do it. I couldn't find a perfect translation for the song. So I decide to make my own translation. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Tell me, where can I find rainbows?
Is it able return my wish back to me?
Why is the sky still so calm?
All the clouds have gathered around me

Can you find a face mask for me?
Because I've said too much, now it is unable to become reality
Maybe time is an antidote
Or the poison I'm taking right now

Without seeing your smile, how can I sleep?
Your voice is so close yet I couldn't hug you
Without the existance of Earth, the sun will still be orbiting
Without a reason, I can go alone

You want to leave, I know it is simple
You said reliance was the barrier between us
If you want to let go, can you please not confiscate my love ?
I'll just pretend that I eventually understand

Without seeing your smile, how can I sleep?
Your voice is so close yet I couldn't hug you
Without the existance of Earth, the sun will still be orbiting..orbiting
Without a reason, I can go alone
Because I've said too much, now it is unable to become reality
Maybe time is an antidote… antidote
Or the poison I'm taking right now

Maybe i should go learn up how to play this song with the guitar. It is definitely going to melt hearts. :P

看不見你的笑要我怎麼睡得著
Without seeing your smile, how can I sleep?