HAPPY HUNGER GAMES !!!

hokay

now, this dusty blog shall be filled with another one-in-a few-months post from its owner; me.

*duh*

anyhow, hunger games!

have been waiting for this movie since i finished reading the trilogy few months back and only my friends (my housemates especially) know how excited i was when 22nd of march arrived. the few hours before the 4pm (my movie screening time) was torturing.

when the lionsgate logo came out, my friend (loko moko) tapped my back, asking me to relax. a futile attempt it was.

ok, enough about my feelings and lets proceed to the movie. everything written is totally and fully my amateur opinion.

parts that i disappointed with:

1) camera. angle. whatever you want to call it. it was shaky for quite a lot of the scenes to the extent that i lost my concentration at times.

2) i expect more from peeta. not saying that josh was terrible. he was marvellous as the boy with the bread. but, i'm expecting peeta to be more forceful, more garang. the train scene, i was expecting him to be angry at haymitch, but no.... he just had to be dumbfounded and be ok with that. and during the training, the way they make him look weak, i was dying a bit inside.

3) the cave scene. i dunno, it left wanting for more. it was sweet and i could felt the connection between katniss and peeta, but i dont think the romance was built up to the extent that i can believe that they are madly in love.

4) the feast. i went "argh" silently when clove was killed off just like that. one of the may parts that i've been waiting for was when clove shout out for cato with the look of her eyes consumed with fear and helplessness. and thresh with full of vengeance killed her with no mercy.

5) the nightlock scene. like the cave scene, me want more. they seem to brush off with this one, x sabar nak habis la kot.

6) the ending; it was quite ambiguous. this one was quite a turn-off for me. i need more emotion from u guys. please leave me wanting badly for catching fire next year.

what i like:

1) acting; jen lawrence was spot on as katniss. she really live up to my expectation. everyone else was also remarkable; josh, liam, woody and all the tributes. and elizabeth, you are PERFECT as effie.

2) additional scenes. in the book, everything was from katniss POV. so, introducing scenes from other POVs was brilliant, especially the scenes between Snow and Seneca, the gamemaker HQ and haymitch. i cant feel happier when they show the rebellion at District 11. it shall be an excellent continuity with the next movie. this additional scenes really add the excitement and understanding to those who haven't read the book.

3) faithful adaptation in term of the overall plot, story.

overall; i give 6~7/10 . it was still enjoyable, but it was not up to level of LOTR.

shall wait for catching fire. i do hope Simon Beaufoy will do justice with the screenwriting.

the hunger games

last week, i finished reading 'The Hunger Games' by Suzanne Collins.

start reading on new year night and finished the whole trilogy 2 days later.

damn, it was one hectic reading. i skipped my night sleep to finish the 2nd book (catching fire)

because i started reading that one at 10pm. i tried to stop and get a sleep, but my brain just wouldn't allow that.

me: brain, enough. i need my sleep

brain: finish that effing book, i must know what happen next

i ended finish just before subuh. the book is a page turner.

after finish the third book (mockingjay), my mind was blown away. the feeling and emotion that experience after i put down mockingjay was unexplainable. i was in a glass case of emotion: sad, traumatised, anger, confused, ..... imagine having all those thing at one time.

it was just unbearable. and i was distraught for quite a few days.

why? (contain spoilers)

1)catching fire and mockingjay were more into the Katniss dealing with whatever she was dealing with (post hunger games trauma & war). while i was reading them, i can absorb every feeling Katnis was having thanks to Suzanne detail descriptions of them. even after reading, i can still feel the emotion (just like when you still feel angry/sad after waking up from a nightmare). my mind just lingered around and recalled the cruelty, break downs, screams and actions mentioned in the book. how suzanne put it into words; how war affects people, really is to be given credit.

2)deaths. especially when suzanne decided to kill finnick and prim. finnick's death really hit me hard. along the way, we got to know a bit about finnick's life after his hunger games and how he put up with it. regardless what happened, his love is only for one woman, annie, who he could never live without. when finnick died during the battle, out of the blue my mind remembered the pictures on tumblr where american soldiers died and the family member/relatives/partners cries/mourn over their deaths, and i realised that finnick's child will never get to see his/her awesome father. *how can you not be sad by this thought?* then, prim. katniss's reasons to survive was to protect her mother and sis (prim), prim's death really put katniss in a limbo for awhile. the saddest scene after prim's death was katniss's 'conversation' with buttercup. i can feel the distress katniss dealing with.

3)i had a bit void somewhere in my heart after finished the trilogy (rasa kosong). after a while, i realise that the ending was not something that i expected. it was a bit abrupt and it was left untold, not elaborated enough (unless i missed something after the battle ended, i did rush through the ending). why coin decided to kill those children, what happened to gale after he moved to district 2, is there other reasons why katniss voted yes for hunger games for capitol's children (just for prim? being gone through katniss character development, this is quite unexpected. plus haymitch agreed to katniss's choice, why?) and a few others i can't think of right now. this lacking of closure, i would say,does not provide the satisfaction as i received from harry potter. but, maybe this was intentional by suzanne as to provide more room more *hurm* discussion? i dunno. *i really dont mind if the hunger games books are as thick as harry potter's, if to elaborate all the missing pieces*

nevertheless, this trilogy is awesome.

1)i love the story itself, the unique idea behind it. how suzanne portrayed the effect of war into an excellent story.

2)i love the variety of characters involved. (my favourites; haymitch, peeta and finnick)

3)pace. it was hard to put down. one page lead to another. never a dull moment.

4)had i said it's awesome?

i never regret the decision to buy this trilogy.

tiada

hati kosong

kau celaru

dunia kosong

.

tapi kau masih mampu terkenang

tapi kau masih mampu meratap

.

Quran di sana;

bukalah

cubalah faham

tapi kau tetap egois dengan Pencipta

dan kau masih berani kata

"tiada tempat aku di dunia,

semua sudah menghilang, tiada"

celaka,

kau yang menghilangkan diri dari semua

hati kau yang tak bersemuka dengan yang Esa

dan kau masih berani salahkan semua?

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dah nak dekat dua minggu aku kat Malaysia

several things on the to-do list dah checked;

-food; durian, manggis, dine at Syid Seafood, macaron,

-movies; puss in boots, tin tin, arthur christmas,

-mall; KLCC, OU,

these are only a few of the many on the list.

and byk lagi tempat nk kena pegi for shopping

and owh, i passed 2nd year. despite all the ruffles i went through this year. self-inflicted ruckus

couldn't bring myself to study, distraction, worries. yada2...

certainly a reminder for next year.

dah tak boleh main2 for the clinical years, naya nanti.

and just knew that one of my respected teachers is transferring to another school.

another big loss to my alma mater.

immensely dedicated in everything she does.

*kurang seorang cikgu nak gossip with kalau singgah sekolah =P

-aku banyak belajar dari beliau-

cuti nih, tambah berat badan je la. makan tak bercatu; enjoying the moment.

yada2.

when studying absorbs the soul out of you,

all you can think is, "why am i doing this?"

4 papers je pejal.

bertahan.

i always have good faith on others when it comes to exam, but seldom on myself.

confidence dah terhakis sikit demi sikit.

i'm babbling because i'm worried.

this year hasn't turned out the way i wanted.

many results are below my expectation, even the paper that i was quite confidence of.

i yearn for more.

and i know i can do better.

this is troubling me to the extent that i am doubting myself.

and breaking down 2 days before the first paper is not a good way to go.

anyhow, life must go on.

and these papers must be dealt with.

at least, i got home to look forward to after the exam. :)

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why do people turn to psychiatrist and counselors (read: strangers) but not those that are close to them?

1) these strangers are experts in their fields

2) they do not want to burden their loved ones with their problems. even the loved ones have their own.

3) telling the loved ones certain things might jeopardise the relationship. the least they want when in a problematic situation is having emotional issue with the loved ones.

i would really love to tell this to those i love, "dude/babe, you are my darling, and accepting you in my life, i'm ready for your best and for your worst. because why darling? i understand how it felt to bottle up those emotions and waiting for them to burst at any moment"

pfft, as if telling those as easy as they seem .....

this post is rather emotionally draining.

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dalam dunia kita, kita bermaharajalela

di luar, kita ditindas.

dan kita terus biar diri kita ditindas.

takut.

tiada keyakinan.

kurang kemahiran.

kerana kita masih dalam takuk minda lama.

sadly, these are also how i describe myself.

Exams and Holiday

During the wait for SPM's result, I ask myself, will there be any other exams that create never ending worry every time I think about it.

The answer is this semester.

Never in my life I have this feeling when answering exam papers. The uneasiness, anxiety & furious-heart-beating moment after the first glance at the questions was simply unbearable.

For SAQ, after reading all the 29 questions, I felt a sudden chill back in my spine and I went blank for quite a while. After realising that panicking will not do any wonders, I just grabbed my pen and scribbling down answers.

For MEQ, the difficulty is pretty much the same, but I have seen SAQ before, thus my mind and soul were adapted to the situation.

For MCQ; well, let just say the if-one-paper-is-hard-the-others-will-be-easy condition was never applied to this semester's exam papers.

Anatomy, the only reason I really looked forward to it is to get everything done and over with. The paper was OK which was quite a nice cherry-on-top thing to ease bit of my tsunami-sed feelings. I have never been soooooooo happy in my life that exams are over.

After anatomy, I went to watch Cars 2 with Yuhin & Syuaib. to unwind the tangled mind.

On that night of the same day, 6 of us Malaysian had a trip to watch Mary Poppins (musical theater) which was AWESOME~!!!

Can't wait for the holiday with my family next month.