my chinese name

詠 敏(in chinese )
pronounced wing man

wing- [1] [verb] sing; hum; chant [2] the chirping of birds
man- [1] fast; clever; agile; speedy; nimble; sensitive [2] diligent; industrious; earnest; eager

so written in english it becomes wing man

alex u were right!! i didn't believe that it was really used amongst guys until i saw this in wikipedia (thank you laura for the link)

so thanks alex for saying it's cool and telling elie and leon! i think too many primary school kids chanting 'where are your wings, man' and 'come on, FLY!' made me think it was the worst english name ever

Wingman (social)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Wingman" is a social role a man will take when he goes to a club or bar with an accompanying male. The wingman provides reassurance as they approach women. The wingman is also supposed to talk with the less attractive woman that they approach so that his companion can talk with the other, this is often referred to as "taking one for the team." Usually used as a lighthearted joke, the social role of a wingman is part of the model of courtship as war in which the object is to "score" on the woman. The implication of this combative metaphor is that if the man scores, the woman has somehow lost.

so bascially a helper =p

more about evermore

on youtube,

somebody posted a link on up that shows a tiny portion of the evermore concert on friday at the seymour centre
it's not very good quality but isn't that pretty cool? lol.. i 'm just thinking..is it illegal to record somebody's performance and they don't know it and then show in it online?

well enjoy it while it's still up then..

click here for the link

this was the very last bit and see all the heads bobbing-- they're all the people got on stage and i was terrified that girls would cling to jon, the cute lead singer.. i was part of the audience, clapping loudly =p

Cate Blachett

Anybody else excited?
i love Cate Blachett and she's got THREE movies coming out and they all sound HEAPS GOOD! i hope they are ( i hope it doesn't turn out like Nicole Kidman's 2005- after winning oscar.. she had Birth, Bewitched (that was a bit dissapointing..really really like Bewitched TV Series) and Stepford Wives and they were alright but not spectacular or box office hits)


'' Cate revives her Elizabethan role

Photo: AP

By Miranda Wood (from www.smh.com.au)
May 21, 2006

CATE Blanchett is set to reign again in the role that catapulted her into the Hollywood stratosphere.

The actress is reprising her acclaimed role as Queen Elizabeth I in the sequel to the original 1998 film Elizabeth.

Blanchett's performance as the English monarch was so powerful that pundits were astonished when she lost to Gwyneth Paltrow for the Best Actress Oscar. But the NIDA-trained actor now has the chance to set the record straight.

Looking every inch the part on the set of Elizabeth: The Golden Age in Cambridge, England, last week, Blanchett has again whitened her face and donned the Virgin Queen's red hair.

She has also shaved her hair back from her forehead by about three centimetres and has bleached her eyelashes and eyebrows.

Fellow Australians Geoffrey Rush and it-girl Abbie Cornish are also starring in the sequel.

A mother of two young boys and married to playwright and film producer Andrew Upton, Blanchett agreed to be in the sequel - based on its script and cast.

She has said that Shekhar Kapur, the director of Elizabeth, had long been trying to convince her to revisit the role, but she felt "I'd been there and done [it]". Her mind was changed, however, when she read the script and was told of the cast, which includes English star Clive Owen.

Elizabeth made Hollywood sit up and take notice of Blanchett.

The Melbourne-born actor has since starred in The Talented Mr Ripley and played the role of the high elf queen Galadriel in the Lord Of The Rings blockbusters.

Last year she won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for playing Katharine Hepburn in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator.

She also won the AFI award for Best Lead Actress last year for her performance as Tracy Heart, an ex-junkie in the film Little Fish.

This year Blanchett will star on movie screens opposite two of Hollywood's biggest heart-throbs - George Clooney in The Good German, and Brad Pitt in Babel. ''

EVERMORE

Oh my gosh!

i saw evermore tonight at the seymour centre (quiet and pretty setting-- no moshing, no weird drunk people, nobody smoking inside, the band were clean cut and drinking water.. everybody sat there nicely tapping their foot and whistling )
i wish more bands held their concerts there but it is really only suitable for bands like 'evermore and sarah blasko' ( quote from Johanna and i agree completely)

Band consists of Jon (vocals, guitar), Peter (bass, keys) and Dann (drums).

they are SO talented.

Jon has a beautiful voice. and they're so cute and sweet ( before they left-- they said ''everybody , if u want , come up on stage and dance with us''.. =P i was SHOCKED! i thought all the girls would come up and fling themselves at them but nope.. they let the band keep playing 'it's too late' and they were all jumping up and down.. very cool of the band to let people come up on stage.. )

PLUS they're so much better looking in real life ! esp. the lead singer Jon ..he's not as chubby.. maybe he just photographs chubby? he's SPUNKY! all the way home, i was so dreamy --just thinking about him =P

i personally reckon he's the best looking one but the keyboard player Peter was also nice looking.. lol... he just had very elaborate gestures-- the way he played the keyboard.. and dancing.. a little bit 'gay' =P

the drummer Dann was our age and not very tall but extremely talented! they're just so good!

they had nice tshirts on sale too..must remember- for next time -to bring extra cash

thank you rena for suggesting the little taiwanese place near burlington and the shanghainese restaurant and insearch.. an absolute bargain.. very busy and very small place -- lots of waitresses bustling around us but very nice food and it wasn't super noisy..

$1 bowl of rice ( very big size) and $2.50 for a little plate of vegetables or meat or seafood...
it all added up to $20.50 for THREE PEOPLE! beat that! and we were absolutely FULL!!!

a great night out.. if only i was allowed to go out more often.. thanks sophia for getting the tickets and thank you everybody for the nice night.
and rena and johanna for the nice dinner ( we were walking around for about 30 minutes trying to look for a place that didn't have a LONG line.. tried ramen kan, seoul ria and this place called 'teppanyaki something and cafe' near ramen kan but it only offered teppanyaki and we didn't want that )

hope to have more good nights out soon OR after the exams in our one month long holiday! =)

evermore rock =)

Caramel slices --> late night snacking!

ever since the little easter break, i've been nibbling on biscuits with chocolate on them, plain cadbury chocolate, mars bars, just anything with chocolate after 11 30 at night.. it's gotten to the pt where i 'm starting to freaking myself out now.. so plan no. 1 (for the next week)

anytime there's a slight want for chocolate- drink water or chew gum instead

i think it started with all the late shifts at GJs.. getting off at 10 , forgetting to bring proper food such as meat and rice or noodles for dinner

this led to eating the food at GJs instead-- marshmallows, little cups of coconut bounty and tim tams drinks or ice chocolates, little cups of hot chocolate and caramel slices ( i LOVE those!!!!!)

becomes a habit and also built up my body's resistance to sweet stuff.. i need to eat more sweet stuff to get the same feeling of contentment?

i think this increase in chocolate esp at night had led to bad skin, crabby mood in the morning and unable to sleep at night (restlessness) so *fingers crossed* the chocolate thing will go away soon!

anybody else going thru a sudden weird 'thing' ?

snow patrol

hi

does anybody have the newest snow patrol album? 'eyes closed'? can somebody please please burn me a copy? thank you thank you thank you in advance!! =)

tell me by email or just say in the comment box?

thank you!

see some of you guys on friday for evermore =)

ups and downs

lost the necklace mum gave my last yr as an 18th birthday present.. DAMM! it's somewhere in the house.. i just don't know where!

thankful and loving the fact that i have a good friend who can knit super well! thanks laura =) i'm really looking forward to the scarves =) wasn't today's yoga lesson really peaceful and nice (even though we almost fell asleep?) =P

i have a blocked nose.. i think it was from yesterday's tennis game.. it was really hot when i was playing then afterwards, kinda cold then hot then cold so i left my jacket off and then it started to rain abit .. UGH! hate being sick esp if it involves being sniffly and having cold hands!

finally found the elusive 2nd book in the enid blyton series about the magic faraway tree.. i found it in the post office at broadway.. odd place to find it but i don't mind.. i m just so glad i finally found it =)

all my grey (dark grey, light grey, medium gray --which way is aussie again? with an 'a' or an 'e'?) jackets and t shirts have little holes in them.. on one jacket, the hole can be explained (sodium hydroxide burn) but all the other holes cannot be explained.. i told mum and she was talking to all my aunts about it and apparently.. silverfish or moths are responsible.. so massive cleaning of wardrobe yesterday.. the amount of clothes i have shocked dad =P i had to explain the concept of winter and summer wardrobe =P

that's about it for now.. count down to assessment time and exam time starting soon UGH

weekend review

james is having a little boy! lol that's so cool.. even though i always pictured him having lots of little girls =) i am so glad it all worked out perfectly.. anna and him are going to be amazing parents =)

weird concidence (well i thought it was all coincidental and weird.. sarah murdoch (o'hare) had a boy on my birthday and named him Aidan (name of my yougnest brother) )

i'm 19 ... freaking out about that because i m still so unsure about where i'm heading with uni and career.. my brothers treated me to wedges ( i think they're better than hot chips .. hot chips come in at a close 2nd) and as much ice cream as i wanted.. lol.. but after wedges.. i could only manage 2 scoops of gelato.. =P the thought was nice though =)

went out on friday night to a dinner and it was really nice even though i only knew 5 people out of the 20ish people there.. i wish i had more time to get to talk to everybody and that it wasn't only dinner.. thanks jaime for taking me out! and johnny for amazing organisational skills..

that's about it for the moment....

cheap dvds!

can u believe how CHEAP dvds are now?

would somebody , actually anybody be kind enough to buy me Roman Holiday from Target? it's only 12.95! and it's the special collector's edition too =)

anybody know of any other good audrey hepburn movies cos they're all on sale at Target (funny face? paris when it sizzles? war and peace? )but i don't want somebody to go and buy me all of them in case some of them are a 'flop' please don't get me 'my fair lady', 'sabrina'(did we watch it with ms ruck or was it for english? for some reason.. the film didn't leave a good impression on me) or 'b'fast at tiffany's'(got it already..thanks ky! and the group who chipped i =) ) and the movie with jennifer love hewitt as audrey hepburn is sucky.. of all the actresses they could have picked..why would u pick her to be audrey hepburn?

AND here's the proof that sneezes are a great way to pass on your cold! a girl sitting behind me sneezed on my jacket and tonight.. i m already sniffly, hands are cold, and my head aches.. and i've been sneezing quite a bit too.. damm sneezes!

bad day too.. i feel your pain, laura

i had such a crappy day... i turned up to uni so i could go to 2 lectures and missed ALL of them!!!

first--i catch the 8.14 and the train stops between B.hills and K'grove for 10 minutes for no apparent reason.. except 'driver is trying to rectify problem..train will start shortly' so start reading speech (taking it out of pencil case)
this causes me to get to wolli later than usual .. the next train is scheduled to come in 4 minutes ( so i think.. good..will make it to lecture on time.. it's all the way at bosch.. i have twenty minutes to get there from wolli creek by train (to redfern) and then i'll speed walk) the train is LATE and by the time i 'm at redfern it's 9'oclock and i still needed to print off pharmacology speech for 1pm tutorial

print it off.. it's 9.20 already, still at fisher.. so i calculate by the time i get there.. the lecture will be pretty much wrapped up so i walk to my 10am lecture.. all ready to start.. then realise.. holy crap! my pencil case is missing WITH my speech for 11am tutorial.. start swearing heaps..rush out of lecture.. speed to fisher.. pencil case is not there.. realise.. must have left it on train,, freak out then realise.. sent speech to self last night .. print it off and finally head to my tut.

who the hell leaves their pencil case on the train? at least it wasn't my wallet, phone or ipod but still.. the day left me feeling pretty ick


anybody else have a crappy/ 'eventful' day at uni lately?