Movie log: Sleepaway Camp

Sleepaway Camp - 2 stars

Adidas should sue. Corny, campy, edging paedophilia yet stupidly fun. Pretty interesting twist at the end. I didn't know that this was a series though, the latest one comes out this year!

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It's Up To Me

One of the first things successful people realize is the old adage, "if it is to be, it is up to me." That is, for you, the fact that your success and your course is up to you. This doesn't mean that you do it all alone. It simply means that you take responsibility for your life and your career.

Too many people today look at opportunity and figure it is up to someone else to make sure they get it. They look at financial security and hope that the government will make sure they live safely in retirement or in case of disability. They wait and wait, figuring that it is up to someone else. And then the wait is over, and it is too late to do anything. Their life is over and they are filled with regret.

This isn't true for you however. You know that you must take responsibility for your life. It is up to you.

The fact is that nobody else is going to do it for you, you must do it yourself.

You get to choose your life. Hundreds of millions of people all around this world would give anything to live in the situation you do just for the chance to have the opportunity to take control of their destiny. "It is up to you" is a great blessing!

Here's why:

You get to chart your own destiny. Maybe you want to start a small business and stay there. That's great because you can choose that. Maybe you want to create a small chain of stores. Maybe you want to have a net worth of $100 million. That's okay too. The idea is that you get to choose. You can do whatever you like. Different people have different dreams and they should live them accordingly.

You can reap what you sow. Sleep in and go to work late and reap the return. Or get up early and outwork the others and earn a greater return. Place your capital at risk and earn a return or place it at greater risk and perhaps reap a greater return. You decide what you will sow and thus what you will reap.

No one else can stop you from getting your dream. Yes, there will always be things that come up and people who may not like what you are doing, but you can just move on and chart your own course. There is great freedom in that.

You experience the joy of self-determination. There is no greater pride than knowing you set your mind on something and accomplished it. Those who live with a victim mentality never get to experience the joy of accomplishment because they are always waiting for someone else to come to the rescue. Those who take responsibility get to live the joy of seeing a job well done.

Movie log: The Vanishing

The Vanishing - 3 stars

A remake of 1988 Dutch film "Spoorloos" by the same director. Keeps the same feel as the original, but they should have stayed true to the original ending

the question remains

So, the inaugural STYLO KL Fashion Festival is over. It's back to the mundane-ness of work and life again. Thank God for the short boost of handling The Gardens as a client for a while. Slowly, Tan Sri and Nij will take it back (for as long as the contract lasts..) but am still currently working on some coverage for them still. Somebody please take me away from the 'corporate' clients!!

Not a day goes by (except during STYLO period) where my passion (or whats left of it) slowly starts fading off and dies. Not a day goes by where I still try to figure out what the hell I'm here on this Earth for. What the hell am I supposed to be doing?! Sigh. I need a sign. An answer. Until then, the question remains.

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3 Years - Granpa

~It has been 3 years and not a day goes by that you are not missed~

Rocket

White lights, strange city, mad music
(all around)
Midnight, street magic, (ah) crazy people
(crazy sound)
Jack flash, rocket man
Sergeant pepper and the band
Ziggy, benny and the jets
Ah, take a rocket

We just gotta fly
(I can take you through the center of the dark)
Were gonna fly
(on a collision course to crash into my heart)
I will be your, I will be your, Ill be your
(rocket yeah satellite of love)
(rocket yeah satellite of love)
(rocket yeah satellite of love)

Rocket baby!
Cmon, Ill be your satellite of love

Spotlight, magnetic, razor rhythm
(laser love)
Guitar, drums, load up, stun!
Jet black johnny b
Ah gene jenie, killer queen
Dizzy lizzy major tom
So cmon

Rocket baby!
Cmon, were gonna fly

(rocket yeah!)

Guitar, drums, load up!
Were gonna fly
(rocket yeah)
Satellite of love
Were gonna fly
(rocket yeah)
Yeah!
Satellite of love
Rocket yeah!

Movie log: The Brave One

The Brave One - 3 stars

Be patient for this one