Vincent Lee : My Reelity

If it all goes well, tomorrow I’m so gonna get it.

Update : Got it liow.

These arrived just in time for the party.

The tagline reads “Be Shameless and Blameless”. And, according to the box, these glasses come with reflective inside edges so I can see who’s talking behind my back. You gotta love their dry wit man.

And then of course, there’s this warning :

** IMPORTANT TO NOTE: This item is not to be used as protective eye wear. Black Bars offer no promise of anonymity and may draw unwanted attention (may we suggest medical attention). It is possible (quite probable) these will make you appear ridiculous. Do not operate heavy machinery while wearing Black Bars at night. Pants may be required (check local ordinances). Keep Black Bars away from children and humorless adults. Laugh at yourself (everyone else will be).

Medical attention indeed hehehe.

The response to these glasses doth seem to warrant the above warning. And the incredulous look on Zeus’s face when he saw me put them on is just priceless man.

Quite possibly, this is the best US$10 I’d ever spent.

I know you can’t wait to see how ridculous I look, but pics will only be up later, so hold on to your horses.

Your entertainment this evening is made possible by the kang hu (kung fu) of Terz.

See how he transform this

to this

and this
to this

and this
to this

and last but not least, from this

to this

And for fun, he lets me choot my own kang hu too :

All hail the ism that is Terz!

Here’s a joke inspired by Shirlyn’s black singlet.

Q : What do you call a cat trainer?

A : Pussy 老师

And for all the male students out there, you must know that there’s only one answer to a question like “你要不要补习?” (The answer of course, must always be a clear and loud “Yes!!”)

And before I go, here’s one more for the road :

起立, 形礼, 谢谢补习老师. (Courtesy of Terz)

The Pledge. The Turn. The Prestige.

Chris Nolan does it again for me, and I think this is one of the best movies I have watched so far this year. I particularly like the fact that the movie itself paces along the lines of the pledge, the turn (oh so many turns) and the prestige, just like the act of magic it was describing!

Every great magic trick consists of three acts. The first act is called “The Pledge”; The magician shows you something ordinary, but of course… it probably isn’t. The second act is called “The Turn”; The magician makes his ordinary some thing do something extraordinary. Now if you’re looking for the secret… you won’t find it, that’s why there’s a third act called, “The Prestige”; this is the part with the twists and turns, where lives hang in the balance, and you see something shocking you’ve never seen before.

I should say every great movie should have these three acts as well.

But I think what gives me the greatest satisfaction from watching the movie is that guessing correctly the secret behind Alfred Borden’s “The Transported Man” at the time when he was talking to Rupert Angier’s double. And then confirming that guess way before it was revealed. To tell you guys exacty when I confirmed my guess, I fear, would spoil it for those who haven’t watched it. But if you really do want to know, just drop me an email.

After confirming the guess, I just marvelled at the way the movie had given so many clues right from the start to Borden’s secret. Its such a great tease that the movie opens with “Are you watching closely?”, cuz truely, if you’d watched closely, you’d be able to figure out the secret soon enough.