penny January 27th, 2012
Ajay and I started watching Game of Thrones. I have the books and started reading, but our watching the episodes just caught up with where I am in the first book. I can’t get too upset about it anymore. Free time is such a luxury now. And I have to admit, this is the first time I am enjoying a TV adaptation so much I don’t mind as much that I haven’t finished reading the book. Needless to say, it’s a great show that we’ll continue to watch for as long as it runs. I love the cast, it is easy to get addicted!
As is often the case, I get very attached to actors in shows I watch. Sean Bean of LOTR fame is cast perfectly as Ned Stark. It is unfortunate I find it difficult to shake off his Boromir character, but that’s coz he looks so similar in what looks like a “period” costume. I don’t mind, I like Sean Bean. 
I first saw Sean Bean in Patriot Games (1992), a film starring Harrison Ford. Bean plays an extremist Irish republican who attempts an assassination of a British Royal. This made me ask “Is he Irish?”, I still don’t know (can someone educate me?). Other similar dark roles are in Ronin (1998) with Robert de Niro, where he had a small role. A bigger role was beside Nicolas Cage in National Treasure (2004) as main villain Ian Howe. Another gem is his appearance as Odysseus in the film Troy (2004). And of course, who can forget him as Boromir in Fellowship of the Ring (2001). He also appeared in a British TV series with the title role of Richard Sharpe, a soldier in Napoleonic times.
A few future roles to watch out for are in upcoming films Mirror, Mirror (2012), a movie about Snow White, and Pan (2012) about Peter Pan. Also to look forward to is the TV drama Missing alongside Ashley Judd, also coming out this year (2012).
penny January 27th, 2012
I used to be passionate about blogging. When did it die? When I ask myself that question, I remember the invention of microblogging, and one by one, blogs of people I followed online were dropping like flies.
Since becoming a mommy, I have to admit I’ve become a scatterbrain most times the past couple of years. But I suppose my passion had been redirected to our new family addition, our beautiful little girl Sophia. Having passed her first birthday, she is becoming more independent: playing alone quietly by my feet for a few minutes, learning to feed herself, undress herself for a bath, ask for what she wants, etc. Breaking my heart while I burst with pride: so this is how it’s like to be a parent.
A passion for what you love doing, a passion for life itself. What are you passionate about?
I know through my more than three decades of existence, there are things about the world that I became and continue to feel passion for. In my life what makes me feel alive involve beauty, knowledge, simplicity and love. Beauty: photos, drawings, music, stories; knowledge: personalities, history, science; simplicity: practicality and frugality; love: family and treasured friends.
This is the essence of our blog. We write about things we are passionate about. But when we get immersed in these passions, these days we don’t get the chance to blog about it as soon as we could.
So yet again, I’ll try to revive this blog. Perhaps what they say about blogging being “dead” can be put off for a little while longer.
penny January 16th, 2012
EDIT: 27 January (Friday)
I got the Semis correct in the Mens games, though I got Tsonga wrong in the Quarterfinal. I botched the womens though, apart from Azarenka. What a shriekfest it will be tomorrow with Sharapova!
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Mens Final
(Hopeful) Murray vs Federer
(Likely) Djokovic vs Nadal
Semifinal
Djokovic vs Murray
Federer vs Nadal
Quarterfinal
Djokovic vs Ferrer
Murray vs Tsonga
Del Potro vs Federer
Berdych vs Nadal
Womens Final
(Hopeful) Li vs Stosur
(Likely) Azarenka vs Williams
Semifinal
Li vs Azarenka
Williams vs Stosur
Quarterfinal
Wozniacki vs Li
Azarenka vs Schiavone
Williams vs Sharapova
Stosur vs Kvitova
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AJ Jorge January 13th, 2012
