The Heart Keeps Beating

[ Me ]

Nickname: Ursula
Birthday: 7th January 1985
Zodiac: Capricorn
Where From: Singapore

Laidback, sensitive, fickle, easily-tickled, fiercely loyal

Manga and anime lover, enthusist, collector and critic/ Coffee lover, addict and expert maker/ Aspiring future wife of famous culinary chef/ Aspiring future wife of a 1.8m tall hunk

My Friendster link:
http://www.friendster.com/vivis

[ Likes ]

Sleeping, dancing, books, manga, anime, chocolates, coffee, Jap food, Italian food, Ayumi Hamasaki, people, my sister

[ Fave Books ]

Harry Potter series, Artemis Fowl series, The Inheritence Trilogy series, The Da Vinci Code, Memoir of a Geisha, I Don't Know How She Does It... and all my comics n manga!!!

[ Currently Reading ]

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
by Susanna Clarke

Inkheart
by Cornelia Funke

The Well Of Loneliness
by Radclyffe Hall

Midnight's Children
by Salman Rushdie

Madame Sadayakko: The Geisha Who Seduced The West
by Lesley Downer

The Unbearable Lightness Of Being
by Milan Kundera

The Historian
by Elizabeth Kostova

[ The Wishlist ]

My Amazon.com Wishlist:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/ref=yourlists_pop_1/103-2401787-9502236

Phillips MC235 Thin Stereo Microsystem

Kathy Van Zeeland bag
(saw on amazon.com going for bout US$65... Why dun Singapore stock her goods??! >.< I wan it in Topaz colour~!!!)

The Lord of the Rings
by J.R.R. Tolkien

Inu-Yasha Theme Song Collection

12 Kingdoms/ Juuni Kokuki anime VCD sets

GUESS bag (darn, i dun have the $120 required to buy it now and i noe it'll be gone soon, Guess always changing their apparels every month or so u_u)

DKNY gold and crystal-studded watch (very ornamental, more a dress watch then an every-funtion watch. still, pretty~)

Mphosis pale gold SLIPPERS (i run through my shoes and slippers like they cost nth X/)

The BodyShop BLUSHER in Golden Pink

The BodyShop blusher BRUSH

Shiseido eyelash CURLER

Full-length wall MIRROR(s) for my room

A new big every-purpose BAG

Pretty SHOES

A Digital CAMERA

A bloody new PC or laptop with the speed of light and a gazillion GB of memory!! =[

The Sims 2 (PC game edition)

[ The Memories ]

Wednesday, May 25, 2005

A Beautiful Mind

Had jus finished watching A Beautiful Mind.
(Taped it on video since it was shown on Channel 5 during my exam period.)
For those of u not familiar wif the film, its based on a real-life character, the 1994 Nobel Prize winner, the genius (and schizophrenical) mathematician John Nash. The John Nash of the Nash Equilibrium that we have studied in many economics textbooks n lectures.

The last scene where John Nash (played by Russell Crowe) was recognized by the whole tearoom of academia who went up to him and honour him by presenting him their pens, respectfully placing them on the table in front of him, had me crying.

It was an amazingly good film.

Russell Crowe deserved the Academy Award for his performance. He was so robbed man (the Award was given to Denzel Washington that year).
Russell deserved to win for his role in Beautiful Mind more than he did for The Gladiator. Din really like him in the past because of his violent character n bad-boy image (*grimace*). Plus the fact that i coudln't see the justice in his winning Best Actor for Gladiator last time (the show makes for nice watching, but his acting in Beautiful Mind is definitely more impressive).
But his acting in ABM was brilliant.
He's so believeable in his role as the brilliant but asocial mathematician who went from being an up-and-coming young genius in Princeton University, to his schizophrenia that very nearly ruined his academic life n marriage, to his winning the Nobel Prize in 1994.
Of course, the good script also gave him much space to showcase his acting skills. But his ability to really get into his role as Nash so unseamly, to become Nash, is increadible.

I'm still not a big fan of him (his violent side...), but i think he's a trully great actor and his role as John Nash is trully memorable. His performance was simply outstanding. A Beautiful Mind is now one of my favourite films :)
I recommend this show to anybody who havent watched it yet... go lay your hands on the VCD soon.

+ Ursula r e m e m b e r s again + 3:13 AM

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