Project 365 2011 - Photo #19

Cute, isn't it?

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Project 365 2011 - Photo #12

This cute mini poodle belongs to a bak kut teh restaurant owner. I hope it doesn't end up in their cooking pots one day. :P

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Movie: Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010)

Just like real spies... only furrier.

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010), the sequel to 2001's Cats & Dogs is a heavily CGI-ed furry spies movie.

In the age-old battle between cats and dogs, one crazed feline has taken things a paw too far. Kitty Galore, formerly an agent for cat spy organization MEOWS, has gone rogue and hatched a diabolical plan to not only bring her canine enemies to heel, but take down her former kitty comrades and make the world her scratching post. Faced with this unprecedented threat, cats and dogs will be forced to join forces for the first time in history in an unlikely alliance to save themselves -- and their humans. Source: IMDb

Canine and feline lovers may love this movie. Parents will be delighted to bring their young children to cinemas to watch this clean and funny movie. I thought I would... till I watched all sorts of creepy CGI effects that animate the animals' speech, fight, flight, etc.

This movie genre isn't something entirely new, especially if you've watched the 2001's Cats & Dogs and Marmaduke (2010), also a heavily CGI-ed movie about dogs.

Overall, this is a good movie for young children. You know what I mean...

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Movie: Marmaduke (2010)

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Marmaduke (2010) is adapted from the comic strip of the same name. It centers on the daily living of Phil & Debbie Winslow, their three kids (Barbara, Brian, Sara), their mischievous Great Dane named Marmaduke, and their Balinese cat named Carlos.

Phil moves his entire family from Kansas to Orange County in California to make a better living, at least that's what he thinks. As Phil struggles to impress his boss at work, Marmaduke is creating havoc in the canine world as he tries to fit into the pedigree crowd led by Bosco, the alpha dog at Dog Park.

From left to right: Here's Marmaduke (voiced by Owen Wilson) with his "mud" friends, Mazie (voiced by Emma Stone), Raisin, and Giuseppe.

"Mud" is referred to as the non-pedigrees in this movie.

Here's Marmaduke with Jezebel (voiced by Fergie), his first girlfriend before he knows that Mazie likes him. Jezebel is actually Bosco's (voiced by Kiefer Sutherland) girlfriend.

3 reasons to like this movie despite disliking the CGI's creepy effects that animate the dogs' talking and dancing:

1) Good family values. Family comes first. Take time to listen to what your kids really want to tell you, not what you think you understand or want for them.

2) Be who you are. There's beauty behind being honest with who you are. Faking and hiding behind certain facades in order to impress others will backfire if they are torn down. Bosco found out that Marmaduke was lying and began calling him all sorts of names - Marmapuke, Marmadukey, Marmafake, etc - in front of the whole dog crowd. All of them left him. Ouch, that really hurts.

3) Don't get intimidated by looks and size. Don't judge a book by its cover, always. Great Danes are gentle loving giants with an ugly looking face and a body the size of a pony. :)

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Project 365 - Photo #86

Angus the Pug

Posted via email from joycescapade :: posterous

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Project 365 - Photo #71

Not my pup but I love its "don't-mess-with-me-or-you-die" facial expression. :)

Posted via email from joycescapade :: posterous

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French Bulldog Rolls Over Video

French Bulldog Rolls Over @ Yahoo! Video

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Hotel for Dogs (2009)

Just spent the night watching Hotel for Dogs, a movie any dog lover should not miss! :D

Hotel for Dogs is a smart, funny, and heartwarming adventure movie that shows how far love and imagination can take you. Guess what? This movie's tagline is "No Stray Gets Turned Away" and there are so many adorable furry friends in the movie!! Awww!!!

Here's the movie's synopsis: Orphaned siblings, 16-year old Andi (Emma Roberts) and her 11-year old brother, Bruce (Jake T. Austin) are forbidden to keep pets by their guardians. When they decide to keep their secret pet dog, Friday, they have to find an ideal home for him. Bruce uses his engineering talents to transform an abandoned hotel into a magical dog-paradise for Friday - and eventually for all Friday's furry friends. However, when dogs' barking arouses neighbors' suspicion and being threatened by the local Animal Control Center, Andi, Bruce and their friends have to use every imagination they have to prevent the hotel from being discovered.

This is the part I like best. According to PetStyle News, many of the dogs used in this movie were rescues adopted 16 weeks before production began and trained by trainer and "Hotel for Dogs" Animal Coordinator, Mark Forbes. About 70 dogs total were used in this movie, including stand-ins. Happily, many of them found loving new homes between pre-production and filming. That is a fact that makes an awesome movie even more appealing. Read on!

WOW!

One day, when I buy my own house and work from home, I MUST have at least two dogs and two cats.

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Hello Monday & Friday! ^^

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You got something to tell me, hmmm?

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It's Fruitful Friday :)

I've cultivated a deep interest in pugs after I viewed one of my friend's video of his pug named Angus. Their photogenic visage with protruding-side-way-eyes are just oh-so-adorable to behold!

Here's Angus:

As usual, I was encouraged by quotes from Twitterverse.

FRUITFUL FRIDAY QUOTES

To improve your chances of success, master the art of simplicity.
Keep your words, ideas, and communications simple.

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Shoot for the stars, but pick out one and take careful aim at it.
Otherwise you will probably end up lost in space.

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Our environment is likened to a big test lab,
with us being put into multiple, different tests every moment.
Only the fittest survive.

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The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.

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Time is the wages of life; invest it, don't spend it.

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『路遙知馬力，日久見人心』

路途遙遠纔能知道馬的力氣大小，日子長了纔能看出人心的好壞。

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About work, I'm testing my work-related sites with different browsers. LOL.

It's indeed fruitful Friday. :)

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Updated Again!: "MUST WATCH!!!" Movie List :: Mar-Apr 2009

Okay. Let's make this quick! ;)

Marley & Me (EN)
Release Date: 5 March 2009 @ GSC
Cast: Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston
Synopsis: The heartwarming and unforgettable story of a family in the making and the wondrously neurotic dog (Marley) who taught them what really matters in life.
Why Must Watch: C'mon! There's this cute Yellow Labrador Retriever and Jennifer Aniston!

Update: Watched - 7 March 2009. Wellllll..... Since this is not a fictional movie, I'm kinda mesmerized by the difference between family life and single hood. Each one has its good days and bad days. It really depends on our sense of value. No one can teach us, when the time comes, it comes.....

The Reader (EN)
Release Date: 5 March 2009 @ GSC
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Kate Winslet
Synopsis: The story opens in post-WWII Germany when teenager Michael Berg becomes ill and is helped home by Hanna, a stranger twice his age. Michael recovers from scarlet fever and seeks out Hanna to thank her. The two are quickly drawn into a passionate but secretive affair. Despite their intense bond, Hanna mysteriously disappears one day and Michael is left confused and heartbroken. Eight years later, while Michael is a law student observing the Nazi war crime trials, he is stunned to find Hanna back in his life - this time as a defendant in the courtroom. As Hanna's past is revealed, Michael uncovers a deep secret that will impact both of their lives.
Why Must Watch: Kate Winslet won Oscars' "Best Actress" for her role in this movie.

Update: Swapped with Slumdog Millionaire. Watched on 21 March 2009. It won Best Motion Picture of The Year @ The Oscars.

Know1ng (EN)
Release Date: 26 March 2009 @ GSC
Cast: Nicholas Cage, Rose Byrne
Synopsis: A gripping supernatural thriller of a father who finds a time capsule in his son's school that predicts the end of the world and discovers their direct connection to it.
Why Must Watch: I've watched its trailer and YES, I believe, this movie should be watched. ;)

Update: Watched. Errr... The CGI-ed scenes were great. BUT the storyline is distorting the genuine teachings from the Bible. So, I don't like this movie, truthfully speaking. In fact, I was quite disappointed.

The Unborn (EN)
Release Date: 26 March 2009 @ GSC
Cast: Gary Oldman, Odette Yustman
Synopsis: Casey Bell (Odette Yustman) hated her mother for leaving her as a child. But when inexplicable things start to happen, Casey begins to understand why she left. Plagued by merciless dreams and a tortured ghost that haunts her waking hours, she must turn to the only spiritual adviser, Sendak (Gary Oldman), who can make it stop.
Why Must Watch: Three reasons: Its tagline: "He wants to be born now". Its producer: Michael Bay (Yes, Transformers' Michael Bay!). Its website: Click on the link I provided and get scared to pieces. I warn you.

Update: Watched! Saw the resemblance between Megan Fox and Odette Yustman!

Shinjuku Incident (MD & JAP)
Release Date: 2 April 2009 @ GSC
Cast: Jackie Chan, Daniel Wu, Xu Jinglei, Fan Bing Bing, Naota Takenaka
Synopsis: In the early 1990’s, a tractor mechanic from China nicknamed Steelhead enters illegally into Japan to search for his girlfriend Xiu Xiu. To make ends meet, he joins his friend, Jie, in Shinjuku in doing menial labor. Steelhead finds out that Xiu Xiu has married Eguchi, a Japanese Yakuza leader. Steelhead decides to stay on in Japan and to obtain citizenship, he agrees to work for Eguchi as a killer. Soon, Steelhead gets used to the power and finds himself embroiled so deeply in the ways of the underworld that there is no turning back.....
Why Must Watch: Its trailer is very impressive. Also, the cast - Hong Kong, China, Japanese. What more is there to ask?

Update: Watched! It's good NOT to see Jackie Chan fighting crazy choreographed action sequences. It's good to see him acting as a normal person. :)

Queens of Langkasuka (TH)
Release Date: 9 April 2009 @ GSC
Cast: Soraphong Chatree, Jarunee Suksawat, Ananda Everingham
Synopsis: Malay Peninsula, some 400 years ago, the King of Langkasuka, was assassinated and the royal family had no choice but to promote Princess Hijau to the throne as the first ruling Queen of the kingdom. Hijau and her two sisters, Biro and Ungu, tried their best to protect their rich kingdom from the traitors, threatening pirates and other powers in the region. When their efforts to acquire powerful cannon from a Dutch weapon master turned disastrous with the cannon fell into the pirates' possession, the three sisters found their existence more vulnerable than ever.
Why Must Watch: Epic war movies with action and fantasy as core elements are always awesome to watch. :)

Coming Soon (TH)
Release Date: 16 April 2009 @ GSC
Cast: Chantavit Dhanasevi, Vorakan Rojchanawat
Synopsis: What scenes in a horror film scares you the most? When a ghost appears unexpectedly? When the main character does not see the ghost behind him? When at the very end you find out that the main character was actually a ghost all along? None of these can be compared to the feeling of arriving home alone and being struck by deja vu that you are reenacting the very same scenes in the horror movie you just watched.....
Why Must Watch: Another collection to my favorite movie genre!

Update: Watched! Errr..... You shall meet an oh-not-so-friendly ghost that shouts, "You like to see me die?" and ends up gouging people's eyes out. Oh well...

The Uninvited (EN)
Release Date: 23 April 2009 @ GSC
Cast: Elizabeth Banks, Arielle Kebbel, David Strathairn, Emily Browning
Synopsis: Anna and Alex Rydell return home after a stint in a mental hospital, though their recovery is jeopardized thanks to their cruel stepmother, aloof father, and the presence of a ghost in their home.
Why Must Watch: It's a remake of Korea's "The Tale of Two Sisters", a very high quality horror/psychological thriller.

Update: Watched! Yes, this remake is quite good, shot within 1.5 hours, it didn't drag on like the Korean version. So, you won't get bored too easily.

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"I Love U" from Mishka & "Mama" from Shelby

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I need...

Got what I mean?

YAWN!!!

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Let me introduce Patrick ;)

I've gotten your ATTENTION, haven't I?

Be HONEST. To those who know me, tell me.....

What's the first thing that came to your mind when you see the title, "Let me introduce Patrick ;)" at your Google Reader's reading panel?

;)

Lo and behold... Here comes curiosity. Hey, don't you guys know that curiosity kills the cat? Awww..... never mind. Sometimes, it's good to let the cat out of the bag and create some scandalous hoo-hahs, just for FUN!~

Hmmm... So, you are beginning to get impatient with all these crappy talk?


I'm not worrr.....


So, let me introduce Patrick. ;)

Blame Klang.

I meet him, the rascal, there.

*grins*

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After 30 (yes, THIRTY!) asterisks, the secret is ready to be unveiled.....

Juice: Patrick dear... Why so relax?
Patrick: Where's my papa & mama?

Juice: Awwww.... Look at you! Lovely CJ7! I wanna buy you some green clothes. *smirks*
Patrick: Hmmmm.....?

Juice: Smile Patrick, smile!
Patrick: Nah, I like to smirk! See? I ain't CJ7.

Patrick: (Looking at his mama) Mama, why so many photos?

So, I'm in love with Patrick!

Muakkksss!

Have a nice day, everybody!

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P/S: Am practicing my advertorial writing skill. Who knows..... It could become handy. It's just a matter of time. I'm a copywriter and I love writing! ^^

Here's a great summary from Celia, Patrick's mama. XD

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Updates: M for Marley!

Marley & Me

Must watch!!!!!

Premier at Cineleisure, Mutiara Damansara on 29 January 2009! Nothing shall come in my way on that day!

Photo taken from Marley & Me's official website:
MARLEY & ME - THIS CHRISTMAS, HEEL THE LOVE

Check out Marley & Me's trailer in the official website. It's so good to see Jennifer Aniston on-screen again!

Awwww... That's it! I'll watch it!

In fact, Marley was not fictional. And that counts.

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Year End {Edited}

Fill in the {Edited} parameter according to your mood.

Picture taken from Yahoo!

I think I really look like this - all wrinkly like a sour plum. Akakakaka...

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A movie that provokes tears & thoughts

Yes. I mean it.

I was debating on whether to watch or not.

I watched and the movie is called "10 Promises to My Dog" and ended up in tears and with thousands of thoughts racing through my mind. This movie is very, very touching. If you LOVE DOGS and you've a sensitive and sentimental soul like mine, you will end up in tears. I'm not exaggerating. This movie will prove what I've written here.

The first scene in the movie says something like this:
"In the beginning God created man. And He sees that man is feeble, so He gave him the dog."
Although this is not biblical, it's still kinda heartwarming.

Here are the posters with the adorable Golden Retriever pup:

This movie is based upon the Ten Commandments of Dog Ownership, as followed:

1. My life is likely to last 10-15 years.
Regular separation from you will be painful and can even cause depression.
Think before you buy me.

2. Give me time to understand what you want from me.
Don't be impatient, short-tempered or irritable.

3. Place your trust in me and I will always trust you back.
Respect is earned not given as some sort of inalienable right.

4. Don't be angry with me for long, and don't lock me up as punishment.
I am not capable of understanding why I am being locked up, I only know I have been rejected.
You have your work, entertainment and friends. I only have you.

5. Talk to me sometimes.
Even if I don't understand your words, I do understand your tone.
"You only have to look at my tail" to know that.

6. Be aware that however you treat me, I will never forget.
If that treatment is unjust or bad, it may spoil the special bond between us.

7. Please do not hit me.
I cannot hit back, but I can bite and scratch and I don't ever want to feel the need to do that.

8. Before you tell me off me for being uncooperative, obstinate, or lazy, ask yourself if something might be wrong with me.
Perhaps I'm not getting the right food or I've been out in the sun too long, maybe my heart is getting old and weak, or maybe I'm just dog-tired.

9. Take care of me when I get old.
You too will grow old and will also want care, love, and affection.

10. Go with me on difficult journeys.
Never say, "I can't bear to watch" or "Let it happen in my absence".
Everything is easier for me if you are there.
Remember, irrespective of what you do I will always love you.

Oh my... I could feel tears in my eyes even when I'm typing and re-reading the sentences above, especially number 9 & 10. I better move on.

*sniff sniff*

Found another touching quote:
He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog.
You are his life, his love, his leader.
He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart.
You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.

Here are two reviews:

moviexclusive.com

channelnewsasia.com

Watch and be touched.

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Another movie for dog lovers

I have mentioned about this movie for dog lovers. Now, here's another one - A Tale of Mari and Three Puppies, a 2007 Japanese movie.

Found two good reviews about this movie.

Mari to Koinu no Monogatari

A Tale of Mari and Three Puppies

The true and inspiring story of Mari can be found here.

Wonderful things do happen. It all depends on how we decipher them.

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A movie for dog lovers

Should I watch? The trailer is so touching. I'm afraid I'll burst into tears if I watch it on big screen.

10 Promises to My Dog (Japanese)



Awwww.... Socks is so cute.....

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