Hachiko: A Dog's Story [2009]
Most people (except me) have probably watched the original movie in 1987 Hachiko Monogatari. Now, Hollywood has made a remake of it starring Richard Gere. It's still 'coming soon' on my country and I don't know the precise release date, so I watched the trailer on Youtube.No offence, Hollywood usually makes crappy remakes, some of them managed to pull through, but most just lack emotional depth from the original movie, or if it's a horror movie, it lacks... well, fear. Very fortunately, I don't think that is the case with this one. I CRIED.
Not because it sucked on so many different level, it's because the story was so touching, so tragic, so sincere... I copied this plot summary from IMDb:
An American adaptation of a Japanese tale about a loyal dog named Hachiko. This very special friend would accompany his master to the train station every day and return each afternoon to greet him after work. Sadly his master departs one day, passes away and never returns to the station. Hachiko faithfully returns to the same spot at the station the very next day, and every day for the next nine years to wait for his beloved master. During his daily visits, Hachiko touches the lives of many who work near and commute through the town square. He teaches the local people love, compassion and above all unyielding loyalty. Today, a bronze statue of Hachiko sits in his waiting spot outside the Shibuya station in Japan as a permanent reminder of his devotion and love.
I rarely cried on a movie, well I'm not really sure what could push my buttons, I cried during Titanic, Click, The Bucket List, The Lake House. But I didn't cry on Seven Pounds, My Girl, City of Angels. And I never, I repeat, never.. cried at a trailer. And the fact that it is a true story made it even more of a tearjerker, I'm definitely going to see this movie !!! I'll bring the whole family, so they can all cry with me. Will 10 roles of tissue be enough ?
Yes, I cried at a trailer.
What am I going to do at the movie ?
What am I going to do at the movie ?
Rolling on the floor laughing ?
Trivia of My Birth Day !
July 4
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 180 days remaining until the end of the year. The Aphelion, the point in the year when the Earth is farthest from the Sun, occurs around this date.
Events
- 1993 – Sumitomo Chemical's resin plant in Nihama explodes killing one worker and injuring three others.
- 1993 – United States of America celebrates their 217th Independence Day
Births
- 1993 – Mutiara Dewi Shinta, Indonesian fashion-designer-to-be
Deaths
- 1993 – Bona Arsenault, French Canadian politician and historian (b. 1903)
1993
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year that started on a Friday. In the Gregorian calendar, it was the 1993rd year in the Common Era, or of Anno Domini; the 993rd year of the 2nd millennium; the 93rd year of the 20th century; and the 4th of the 1990s.
Input interpretation:
Sunday, July 4, 1993
Sunday, July 4, 1993
Date formats:
04-07-1993 (day-month-year)
04-07-1993 (day-month-year)
14 Muharram, 1414 (until sunset)
Time difference from today (Thursday, February 18, 2010):
16 years 14 months 7 days ago
867 weeks 4 days ago
6073 days ago
16.63 years ago
Time in 1993:
185th day
26th week
Observances for July 4, 1993 (Indonesia):
(no official holidays or major observances)
Events on July 4, 1993:
Death of Anne Shirley (actress)
Death of Alston Scott Householder (scientist)
Daylight information for July 4, 1993 in Jakarta:
Sunrise 6:04 amSunset 5:51 pmDuration of Daylight 11 hours 46 minutes
Sunrise 6:04 am
Sunset 5:51 pm
Duration of Daylight 11 hours 46 minutes
Phase of the Moon:
Full Moon
Full Moon
Paul Sadowski Birthday Calculator
4 July 1993
Your date of conception was on or about 11 October 1992 which was a Sunday.You were born on a Sunday
under the astrological sign Cancer.
Your Life path number is 6.
Your fortune cookie reads:
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Lao Tzu
Life Path Compatibility:
You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 3, 6 & 9.
You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 4, 8, 11 & 22.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 1, 5 & 7.
The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2449172.5.
The golden number for 1993 is 18.
The epact number for 1993 is 6.
The year 1993 was not a leap year.
Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 1/23/1993 and ending 2/9/1994.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Rooster.
Your Native American Zodiac sign is Woodpecker; your plant is Wild Rose.
You were born in the Egyptian month of Paopy, the second month of the season of Poret (Emergence - Fertile soil).
Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 15 Tammuz 5753.
Or if you were born after sundown then the date is 16 Tammuz 5753.
The Mayan Calendar long count date of your birthday is 12.19.0.4.8 which is
12 baktun 19 katun 0 tun 4 uinal 8 kin
The Hijra (Islamic Calendar) date of your birth is Sunday, 14 Muharram 1414 (1414-1-14).
As of 2/18/2010 1:04:33 PM EST
You are 16 years old.
You are 199 months old.
You are 867 weeks old.
You are 6,073 days old.
You are 145,765 hours old.
You are 8,745,904 minutes old.
You are 524,754,273 seconds old.
Celebrities who share your birthday:
| Geraldo Rivera (1943) | George Steinbrenner (1930) | Gina Lollobrigida (1927) |
| Neil Simon (1927) | Eva Marie Saint (1924) | Ann Landers (1918) |
| Abigail Van Buren (1918) | Mitch Miller (1911) | Gloria Stuart (1910) |
| George Murphy (1902) | Rube Goldberg (1883) | Calvin Coolidge (1872) |
Top songs of 1993
| Dreamlover by Mariah Carey | That's the Way Love Goes by Janet Jackson |
| Can't Help Falling In Love by UB40 | Informer by Snow |
| I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) by Meat Loaf | Hero by Mariah Carey |
| Again by Janet Jackson | Freak Me by Silk |
| Weak by SWV (Sisters with Voices) | A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme) by Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle |
Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 2.37690802348337 years old. (Life's just a big chewy bone for you!)
Your lucky day is Monday.
Your lucky number is 2 & 7.
Your ruling planet(s) is Moon.
Your lucky dates are 1st, 10th, 19th, 28th.
Your opposition sign is Capricorn.
Your opposition number(s) is 8.
Today is not one of your lucky days!
There are 136 days till your next birthday
on which your cake will have 17 candles.
Those 17 candles produce 17 BTUs,
or 4,284 calories of heat (that's only 4.2840 food Calories!) .
You can boil 1.94 US ounces of water with that many candles.
In 1993 there were approximately 4.1 million births in the US.
In 1993 the US population was approximately 248,709,873 people, 70.3 persons per square mile.
In 1993 in the US there were 2,334,000 marriages (9%) and 1,187,000 divorces (4.6%)
In 1993 in the US there were approximately 2,148,000 deaths (8.6 per 1000)
In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds.
In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.
In 1993 the population of Australia was approximately 17,759,999.
In 1993 there were approximately 260,229 births in Australia.
In 1993 in Australia there were approximately 113,255 marriages and 48,363 divorces.
In 1993 in Australia there were approximately 121,599 deaths.
Your birth flower is DELPHINIUM
Your birthstone is Ruby
The Mystical properties of Ruby
Ruby is said to open one's heart to love.Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources)
Carnelian
Your birth tree is
Apple Tree, the LoveOf slight build, lots of charm, appeal and attraction, pleasant aura, flirtatious, adventurous, sensitive, always in love, wants to love and be loved, faithful and tender partner, very generous, scientific talents, lives for today, a carefree philosopher with imagination.
Friendster Requiescat In Pace
Opened my Friendster account not long ago...
Wow wee I didn't realize that it's been years since i last logged in !
The pace of time, it scares me
Saw profiles of great friends; local & foreigns
Miss them (to you if you are reading this) to death !
Friendly & warm, so hard to find precious gems like them.
These days.
I tried chatting with random people. But no it's not the same...
There's something missing
But I made up my mind
I will permanently shut down my account
I won't be creating another account on Facebook
Like what everybody else is doing right now
I have Twitter though
It's there, but still... It's inactive
The last time I tweeted was on the day of the presidential election !
No use following me ha ha ha
Here's my Friendster.
Maybe I'll open it again in the future ?
For old times sake.
No use following me ha ha ha
Here's my Friendster.
Maybe I'll open it again in the future ?
For old times sake.
If I Were Something
If I were a month, I’d be December
If I were a day of the week, I’d be Saturday
If I were a time of day, I’d be 11.34 PM
If I were a planet, I’d be Saturn
If I were a sea animal, I’d be a Starfish
If I were a piece of furniture, I’d be a Chandelier
If I were a liquid, I’d be Chocolate Milk
If I were a tree, I’d be an Apple Tree
If I were a flower, I’d be a Snapdragon
If I were a musical instrument, I’d be an Electone
If I were a color, I’d be Burgundy
If I were a fruit, I’d be a Pomegranate
If I were a sound, I’d be a Heartbeat
If I were an element, I’d be Air
If I were a food, I’d be Fried Wontons
If I were a place, I’d be St. Tropez
If I were a taste, I’d taste like Chocolate
If I were a scent, I’d be
Donna Karan Cashmere Mist
If I were an animal, I’d be a Tarsier
If I were an object, I’d be an iPod
If I were a body part, I’d be Eyes
If I were a song, I’d be
He Stopped Loving Her Today
If I were a pair of shoes, I’d be Velvet Loafers
If I were a clothing line, I'd be ZARA
Ah The Naivety...
You Are A Relationship Rescuer!
You don't ruin relationships, if anything you keep them together
The key: you respect yourself and your guy. Which goes further than you might think.
You simply treat your guy how you would like to be treated... the old golden rule.
And in return, he treats you like gold - or at least tries. And how perfect is that
I am Accused of Plagiarism ?
So here's the sitch, my anonymous English (grammar) teacher gave me an assignment; 300+ word discussion text.
Like any diligent student, i gave my all...
I managed to hand it over one week earlier !
And what did i get ?? VILIFICATION !
My smartass teacher rejected my assignment* thinking that i had copied it from the internet !WHAT ! I typed that thing till 3 A.M and you won't accept it ?? But i didn't gave up easily, I demand a reason...
Teacher: I'm sorry this is just too perfect for a highschool student. (Thanks for the compliment though)
Me : But, Sir. I did wrote it by myself.
Teacher: No, this is not your words. I know. I can tell the difference.
Me : Is this because of all the complicated terms ? Because I did search for them in the dictionary. But there's nothing wrong with that. Those are really my own words.
Teacher: Your words is like the word of a native, even a professor still sounds Indonesian when they write.
Me : I'm not lying.
Teacher: How should I convince you ? There's no mistake in your discussion text. The grammar is perfect. If I have to score this, I'd give you 1000% (O_O')
Long story short, i agreed to write ANOTHER TEXT** in order to prove that i really can write with no grammatical errors. I did it within 2 days. When I hand it in, it turns out I made a couple mistakes (clumsy me !) So he didn't believed me (MORE) ! Grrrraaawrr... I became so frustrated, I tear up my paper and threw it into the rubbish bin DX. I'm not asking for your compliments you know, teacher. I know I'm not that perfect yet, so sometimes I make mistakes, but when I finally did it right, WHY WON'T YOU BELIEVE ME ? Does being a student means that you always have mistakes, that you can't be "perfect". And you being a teacher, that makes you a flawless ? Ughh... Since I'm so PO'd I wrote ANOTHER TEXT*** ! I gave it to him a few days ago... I didn't say anything and so did he. Good.
*entitled: Is Wiretapping an Invasion of Privacy ?
**entitled: Should Motorcycles be Banned in Jakarta ? (this title was given by my teacher)
***entitled: Is Textbook Piracy Worth Going to Jail ?
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