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was such a darling, tearing up for her win.
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well, i guess this means that the coveted Oscars Best Actress statuette is still anybody's for the taking..
deservingly won, though i didn't really enjoy their pre-prepared speech. it felt a tad too forced, but they still rock anyway!
- Monday, January 30, 2012
major aww..
at the 18th SAG Awards
Julie Bowen & Aubrey Anderson-Emmons
share a moment backstage
from E! online
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shimmering and shining
at the 18th SAG Awards
Jayma Mays in Reem Acra
source: Sem Finesse
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wasn't the star of AJL last night, but still a gem of a piece of music - so raw and honest. (:
and yes,
Yuna totally worked it!
- Thursday, January 26, 2012
the comeback Kim (Clijsters)
There has been so much fairytale in Kim Clijsters’ return to the sport, that you forget that sometimes things are just not meant to be.
Her win in New York three years ago, her title defence in New York two years ago, followed by her first title here in Melbourne last year … there have been some charmed times for the KimBack Kid.
Admittedly, there have also been a lot of not-so-charmed times. The plague of injuries that forced her to miss the French Open in 2010 and Wimbledon in 2011, right up to rolling her wobbly ankle again just a few days ago, it is testament to the Belgian’s extraordinary perseverance that her second comeback has lasted as long as it has.
But the moment she let loose and saved four match points against Li Na in the fourth round, achieving the ‘Kimpossible,’ as people put it, there was a whisper that perhaps destiny was knocking on the Clijsters trophy cabinet yet again.
After all, what could be more perfect than a win for Aussie Kim on Australia Day to reach the Australian Open final in what is likely to be her last Australian Open?
On this occasion, the tennis loom didn’t end up weaving that tale.
... Ultimately, let the disappointment of the semifinal not take anything away from Clijsters’ achievements over the two weeks. A Grand Slam semifinal, with almost no form, and an ankle so bad that if this event was beginning next week, she wouldn’t play. Thus she still achieved what for many would have been impossible.
read: Sad farewell for 'Aussie' Kim
yes, she will definitely be missed. ): but of course, let's remember that she's been having a pretty darn kick-ass comeback!!
WE LOVE YOU KIM CLIJSTERS! (:
- Tuesday, January 24, 2012
King Federer
Yet Federer’s greatest virtue is arguably his most underrated. His consistency.
When the player many believe to be the greatest of all time walks onto centrecourt at Rod Laver Arena this afternoon to play Juan Martin Del Potro in the Australian Open quarterfinals, it will be for his thousandth singles appearance on the professional tour, his 31st consecutive Grand Slam quarter-final, and in search of his 2000th set.
Such figures are not achieved by just anyone. You can blow hot and cold as a tennis player, be a flash in the pan, win big and lose big. That’s easy. But to win by the day, week, month, year – that’s reserved for extraordinary people.
And Federer, like, love or hate him, is extraordinary.
read: Federer has thousands to play for
also read: Federer's Career Highlights Through 1000 Matches, Shark Bites: Analysing Federer's 1000 Matches Played
he may be the World No. 3 at the moment, but imo, Roger Federer is still king.
- Monday, January 23, 2012
Xin Nian Kuai Le!
fireworks from the River Hongbao 2012 at Marina Float!
in the spirit of ushering in the year of the Dragon! ROARRR
well, here's wishing you and your family a happy and prosperous year of abundance ahead.
have a merry celebration, my friends. =D
- Saturday, January 21, 2012
"I sing what I feel — R&B, blues, gospel, and rock and roll, the music that came out of the South.
That's the music that I have always believed in."
— Etta James
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012
"one of my favorite places to visit"
There is a question I have been wanting to understand the answer to, but have been feeling that I simply can't ask. Eventually I just ask it anyway:
Do you think there was a part of you that imagined the two of you would somehow end up together?
Immediately, I wish that I hadn't. The look on her face—a kind of juddering visceral alarm at what has been said...I don't wish to see that look many more times in my life. "That would make me way too sad to answer," she says quickly, and I hurriedly begin another question, about something completely different, hoping that if I say it fast enough these new words will chase the old words away from where they are hanging in the air between us, and maybe she will let me pretend that it was something I never said.
"No, no," she says, and I can see the tears forming, and I think she means that she doesn't want to answer any more questions about anything. I mutter some kind of apology under my breath.
But, even now, I'm wrong about everything. Mostly she is just trying to stop my new question. She has something to tell me.
"No," she says. "I said it would make me too sad to answer but it's also..."—and she nods even as her voice breaks once more with tears—"...one of my favorite things to imagine." And through the tears, a beaming, almost beatific smile stretches room-wide across her face. "It's actually one of my favorite places to visit."
(read: Some Like Her Hot)
they made such a lovely couple! but oh well, life goes on, and the dead live on in memories.
RIP Heath Ledger.
- Monday, January 16, 2012
absolutely gorgeous
at the 2012 Golden Globes
Charlize Theron in Dior Couture
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".. [Melissa McCarthy] made her mark in comedy this summer by defecating into a sink [in Bridesmaids]. Amazingly, that's still less demeaning than what most of you have done to make it in show business."
– Ricky Gervais introducing award presenter Melissa McCarthy
at the 2012 Golden Globes
touché. xD
- Sunday, January 15, 2012
don't touch my sh*t!
=D
HAPPY SUNDAY Y'ALL!!
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- Friday, January 13, 2012
"Anak emas Malaysia." – Pak Ngah
"And if there is one word to describe Siti, probably the word is 'gifted'. And I think she has made full use of her gift." – Najip Ali
so much to learn from, people. so much!
- Thursday, January 12, 2012
Damien Rice - 9 Crimes
live in Korea, 11 Jan 2011
again, such a genius of a musician.
(and what is he doing in Korea?!! Singapore next, please? rockin' the frocks, btw.)
- Wednesday, January 11, 2012
how did i lose it all?
because i only just stumbled upon this series of gifs. poor
Bree! ):
oh, and on that note, good on you
Renee!!
- Wednesday, January 04, 2012
with such rave reviews for the wonderful
Michelle Williams, i definitely have got to catch this!
- Sunday, January 01, 2012
since it's a new year, i figured that i'd just post up some noteworthy reminders:
here's to an even awesome-r year ahead! (: stay healthy, happy and beautiful y'all.
and well, here's to
a better me. (:
HAPPY 2012!!