SMILE, BE HAPPY, DANCE! A SPONTANEOUS BURST can sometimes do WONDERS.

LIFE ….  (sigh)  ….. is LIFE.

Into our mundane existence, some rain must fall, right?

We are not talking about the April showers, but the darn thunderstorms as well,

Oh yeah, when it pours, it surely POURS!

It’s a stark reality that LIFE CAN BE  PEACEFUL one moment.

And so terrifying the next,

Specially these days when we are all trudging on this thin ice of an economic gloom through no real fault of ours.

And adorning that wry smile when you are just feeling utterly wretched and fearful.

In the business world, entrepreneurs are constantly besieged by enormous humbling bank failures and violent stock market swings.

If you are doing business, this is the name of the game.

STRESS is  a drudgery, yet unavoidable.

It’s a part of life, part of living, where the rollercoasting wheel of fortune goes up and down, taking us through the uplifts as well as the gloom.

Day in, day out, this corner, round the bend, you’ll run into traffic jams, public disputes, people mayhem ….

Capital stress!

It’s little wonder that the number of suicide cases are on the rise.

Even celebrities are killing themselves, notably in Korea recently.

THE HIGHER YOU CLIMB, THE STEEPER THE FALL.

When success eludes a CELEBRITY and once the adulation evaporates,

The pressure will start to creep in -

When fans and producers turn their backs,

You’re all so-ALONE …. and despair overwhelms YOU,

It’s like you are thrust to one dead end and find that there’s no escape route.

BEWILDERMENT, MORE STRESS.

But hey, there’s salvation if we fortify our minds,

Do something good out of the ordinary.

Be a “cheer leader”, spread cheer and good tidings,

SMILE and the world world beams,

DANCE and the whole team rocks,

A spontaneous burst can sometimes works wonders.

Take this episode for example:

More than 200 dancers were deliberately performing their version of “Do Re Mi” in the Central Station of Antwerp on March 23, 2009 8 am, morning.

It was a promotional stunt for a Belgian television program, where they were sourcing for actors in “The Sound of Music”.

Passers-by, attracted by the familiar JULIE ANDREWS’“Do Re Mi” song , were not aware of what was happening just burst into song and danced to the rhythm of the music.

Everything was impromptu.

The air was suddenly filled with wonderment and laughter.

People promptly forgot their worries and gyrated to the beat.

They were having the fun of their lives,

There was harmony, there was rhythm during those moments,

Beat it, yeah, beat it!

So remember:

Spread a little sunshine day by day,

A spontaneous burst of laughter from time to time will work wonders with us, the people around us and the environment,

It’s good for your soul,

Cheer is infectious,

It is contagious to those around you,

So run,

Pass the baton,

Kindle joy,

Spread a little happiness,

Didn’t the late Michael Jackson sing “HEAL THE WORLD”?

UNENDING LOVE, AMAZING GRACE. One Little Miracle a Day is ALL I Need.

Irrespective of whatever religion or creed you may subscribe to, this song will never fail to reach you deep inside - and touch you, body and soul.


The lyrics tug at my heartstrings and redefine precious moments for me, as much as I hope they will also do so for you.


Let this song take you through a stupendously amazing journey.


Thank you CHRIS TOMLIN and a quiet moment now please, everyone.

“LOVE in SPACE” 全球热恋 Hong Kong Movie Review. A Mumbo-Jumbo Mayhem of LOVE taking Flight.

“LOVE IN SPACE” 全球热恋

PRESS PREVIEW

One wonders if this crazy film is an earth-bound or an air-borne romantic slapstick.

The English title briskly confirms it as “Love In Space” but does not tally with the Chinese title which is translated as “The global populace is in love”.

The “space” episode imparts as only one portion of the three stories, but it is obvious that this episode takes center stage as the main selling point.

Surely this film targets silly billies and jills who are likely to roar at anything that’s remotely ticklish.

Joint directors Wing Shya and Tony Chan must have panicked when they found they are running short of ideas, that their creative taps runneth dry.

So they resorted to spinning a parable of never-been-done-before treatment of  LOVE, first taking place on mother earth and thence fly you all the way to the moon.

Enough nonsense.

They roped in ever ready actors Aaron Kwok and Rene Liu and strapped them with wires to “suspend” them in mid air.  This being the case, you will have to tread lightly on your suspension of disbelief, otherwise it’s unlikely you are able to make any sense of the situation.

You will be sinking your teeth into one of the wackiest bumpers of the year,  played to tortuous death by some the industry veterans such as Aaron Kwok, Rene Liu, Eason Chan, Angela Baby, whoever.

Money is the name of the game and is a powerful motivator to lure some of the more-than-willing actors to accept lack-lustre scripts.

So much for starters.

Now for the main course.

LOVE IN SPACE is a preposterous romantic comedy that follows a tiresome mummy dearest and her three grown up love-lorn daughters.  Each daughter is successfully endowed in career and form, except that true love eludes them. Then sweet fate intervenes and each of them get to encounter dazzling romances in Beijing, Sydney and (gasp …) even on a space shuttle.

Naturally the viewer will be transported to enchanting locales in Beijing and Sydney and also on board a spacecraft on an aimless journey.

It is as nutty as you can get, with a script that’s unlikely to bag any award and will get nobody anywhere.

No rewards for guessing the plot.

Eldest daughter is Rose (Rene Liu) and her paramour Michael (Aaron Kwok) are astronauts doing nothing interesting in their space ship, except spouting trivia, which is why they broke up before and they are at it again, trying to rekindle the romance in space.

Squeaky clean second daughter Lily (Gwei Lun Mei) is in Sydney where she encounters her dream man (Eason Chan) who, paradoxically, is a disheveled garbage collector.

Youngest daughter (Angela Baby) is the loveliest and is an up-and-coming actress who just bags her Worst Actress Award. She finds the man of her dreams when she poses as a struggling waitress to get field experience.  He is a down and out writer (Jing Boran) who works as a waiter by day and moonlights as a watermelon peddler by night.

This movie zooms the fact that unlike poles definitely attract.

As for the widow mother, she’s not as calm as she appears. There are “undercurrents” beneath her exterior.

No spoilers here, but for the sake of the ensemble cast you might want to give this feature film a chance.

There could be someone you like in the glittering cast who will make your trip worthwhile.

As a bonus, you will be treated to an updated version of a famous Teresa Tang’s hit “The Moon represents my Heart”.

It’s as upbeat as the movie.

Right

In LIFE you MUST be WILLING to make SACRIFICES in order to SUCCEED.

You can picture me as this eager birdie flitting around a select of tempting flowers for my daily fill of nectar.



I only have to pick one.


LIFE is really about choices.


You choose your friends.


Of course you can get to choose the wrong ones, sometimes.



We make mistakes.  We learn from them.


You select what you anticipate to be the ideal team to share your work projects.


Yet the obvious choice can become a wrong one, and you are left drained and frustrated.


There comes a time when you have to stand alone.

You must feel confident within yourself to follow your own dreams.

You must be willing to make sacrifices.

You must be capable of changing and rearranging your priorities, so that your final goal can be achieved.

Sometimes, familiarity and comfort need to be challenged.

There will be times when you must take a few extra chances and create your own realities.

Be strong to at least try to make your life better.

Be confident that you won't settle for a compromise just to get by.

Appreciate yourself by allowing yourself the opportunities to grow, develop, and find your true sense of purpose in this life.

Don't stand in someone else's shadow when it's your sunlight that should lead the way.


Like I have said before many times, in life I have fallen ever so often.


I trusted the wrong people, they used me for their ends, for the wrong reasons, to build their brands.


Like a fool, I'd pick myself up. I smile. I plod on.


LIFE GOES ON, I DARE SAY.


WHAT ABOUT YOU?

MY FRIEND. He has DEPARTED. Bless his Roaming Soul.

He left.

He Passed on.

Suddenly.

Without the slightest of a murmur.

Not even a tearful goodbye.

I was late and shaken.

With disbelief.

He’s gone forever to another world where wondrous happiness will greet him.

Or so, I hope.

My friend ….

I am telling you.

It’s right HERE, (cross my heart)

The PAIN that was searing at my heart for a long while,

If only words can paint a thousand pictures,

Then I can describe how the wind howled a thousand banshees ….

How the rain darted in mad torrents …..

Splashing furiously across my paned window,

Making puddles of aimless designs on the glass.

I gaped, closed my eyes and questioned:

Are these my feelings of grief at this very moment?

Can I set myself free from the irksome past?

The past with those awful memories that are often lurking in the back of my mind,

I wanna free myself from this guilt of acknowledgement ….

To say a prayer for your roaming soul.

You are now in another dimension ….

You should learn from this day onwards

to embrace living as fully as you can in your realm,

You are now free to be YOURSELF,

And to soar even higher than you’d ever have imagined.

If only you had realized then that:

Life is oft too short

To ponder and worry,

But when you finally understood,

It was your time to leave!

Yeah, he is my friend.

My friend has departed.

This is an ODE to him.

Because he greatly matters.

He’s my DAD.

He passed on in the late 90s.

Bless his wandering soul.

Amen.

“FINAL DESTINATION 5″ MOVIE REVIEW. Let sweet DEATH claim you LOVERLY.

“FINAL DESTINATION 5 ” PRESS PREVIEW

“FINAL DESTINATION 5″ delves deep into the uncanny subject of imminent death and dying, and whatever that lurks in between the dark, sinister vacuum to fulfill this curse.

It pays definitive homage to what you’d call the human’s sixth sense, bad vibes, queasy feelings and premonitions.

It cajoles you to act fast, whenever you have a premonitory feeling that something’s not right is gonna happen, you should pay heed to your inner calling.

In doing so, you may well save your own life with this obeyance.

The theme of “death comes loverly” has never been more profoundly explored as in this 5th version of the successful franchise.

Plenty of gory deaths are splattered across the giant screen in the stupendous splendor of the 3D for the second time in the franchise, designed for your visual pleasure.

If you subscribe to the category of the uninhibited fan with a thirsty macho-sadistic streak, this film dangles as a death therapy, a game of death to “bump off”  or to shoot down your enemies within the dark recesses of your mind, which you will never be able to have this guilty pleasure in real life.

Everyone loves a good scare.

And, as they watch the hapless victims on reel being butchered one by one, they derive a pleasurable surge of adrenaline. Strange, but very true.

“FINAL DESTINATION 5″ director is Steven Quale.

Nicholas D’Agosto stars as Sam, a hot-blooded dude whose sixth sense leads him to “see” a fiery vision of a gigantic suspension bridge collapsing during a corporate outing. He manages to secure seven of his colleagues – including ex-girlfriend Molly (Emma Bell), best friend Peter (Miles Fisher) and annoying boss Dennis (David Koechner) – to flee from their bus. Well, the bridge does actually collapse, killing most everyone.

A mysterious stranger (Tony Todd) suddenly appears with a grim warning that Death cannot be cheated.

Quite right, as in the days that follow, the surviving eight soon start to succumb to a series of inexplicable freak accidents, in the same manner which they died in Sam’s dream.

The film’s special effects are excellent, in particular, during the heart-stomping minutes of one scene where we witness in dire shock, the entire giant bridge being completely torn apart, taking everything (people, vehicles and falling debris), plunging mercilessly into the fathomless, raging sea below.

These are poignant moments rendered dramatically authentic in 3D.

Final Destination 5 is a hugely enjoyable, impressively directed thriller.

The advertising headline from the publicity poster shouts “DEATH HAS NEVER BEEN CLOSER.”

Yeah, right.

Step into the nightmare.

It gonna be a gruesome scary ride.