scenes from the Goblet of Fire...

cosy comfy Weasley tent at the Quidditch Cup..as Harry said in awe "I love magic!"

Hermione, Ron and Harry all grown up

Katie Leung as Cho Chang, Harry's crush.. (ooh, can't wait for nxt movie!)

Robert Pattinson as the smart, heroic, handsome Cedric Diggory.. =)

poor Patel twins.. this scene got me in stitches

Ralph Fiennes, giving He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named a face

a Muggle's thoughts..

- Do the Hogwarts toilet really empty to the lake? Don’t the merpeople object?
- Why did everyone turned up to watch the 2nd and 3rd task when no one could see a thing?

I pondered these questions while reading the book a long time ago & the movie reminded me about it all over again.. i surfed online to check out Rowling’s interviews..and still didn’t get any answers. Maybe it’s up to our imagination and patience in hoping to get the answers in the upcoming books... all these loopholes and questions, even Jo Rowling herself admits tht they are there, and tht she does make mistakes. I guess it’s inevitable.. esp when u have to do series after series.. however, I’m still giving her credit for her high efforts in consistency.. incantations, spells, plots..

Some of u might have noticed tht in the book, when Harry and Voldermort’s wands met(during the reverse spell effect thingy) at the graveyard, Lily Potter's image was the last to appear. We all know the souls tht came out of the wands appeared in backward order of when they got killed by Voldermort.. this shows tht there was a slight mistake in showing that Lily died before James. For we all know Lily died protecting Harry from Voldermort.. I’m glad tht in the movie, this confusion was cleared when Lily appeared before James instead…

Overall, the movie was a blast! The effects were breathtakingly real.. and I could almost swear I felt the hot breath of the Horntail Dragon.. and when there was snow, I shivered.. (must bring jacket to GSC One Utama, people).. nothing to complain really.. like I said in my pervious post, I can’t expect every bit of the book to be slotted in a 2 ½ hr movie.. I suppose the time factor made them not introduce Barty Crouch’s elf, Winky (who, in the book, helped Harry realize tht Bart Crouch Senior been hiding his son the whole time).. the episode at the Quiditch match was clearly cut short.. and the horrifying time when the death eaters attacked, didn’t really seem tht horrifying on screen.

However, Cedric is just too cute for words! I think he’s a lookalike of JuliaRoberts hunky co-star in My Best Friends Wedding.. perfect for the role! Cho Chang was as sweet looking as I imagined her to be.. her accent disturbed me tho.. anyways, JK rowling actually cried while writing the ending of Book 4.. when asked about the sad ending she quoted tht if she has to write about evil, she should have enough respect for children to show them wat it means.. “readers must take note tht this powerful ending brings about a VERY important event…”.. no exaggeration there..

When Dumbledore exhorts the students to remember Cedric in the book… I cried while reading it. in the movie, it didn't fail to touch me once again.. yeah.. soppy soppy me..

In short, yesterday’s trip to the movies to celebrate Mun Mun’s birthday was a well spent one.. hope u enjoyed the movie, mun.. I for one, clearly obviously, naturally, really really did.. and u don’t need any veritaserum to make me say that..

*flashback*

*Lights & Colors of Deepavali*

best part of the day - The smiles... the people..

FOOD~ yum...

preparing for the festival of lights..*mum wif her famous mutton curry..while dad shares the spotlight..*sathya the sambal boy*preparing the tent-mum found great use with the old saree cloths^_^*Kolam..all the girls chipping in*view in the tent*fixing the pelita*house's backyard's transformation*entrance*almost completed lotus*

Fully Booked!

I call myself their biggest fan, but i still haven't got to see them in action in The Goblet of Fire... tickets are (as expected) selling out at top speed. GSC at One U even took this opportunity to mark up their last few seats for RM35! .. i must say, even as a Potter fan, 35 bucks per seat is simply Outrages ..Due to late bookings(3 days before hand), odd hr/day classes, and tix price made us cancel our trip to the cinema on sat.. =(

however, here's a confession. i'm kinda afraid to catch it on theaters. Afraid tht i'll be dissapointed, tht is..

last experience during The Prisoner of Azkaban, despite the fact tht it WAS good.. Lyn and i couldn't stop complaining on how "simple" the whole thing was on screen... it didn't really show off Rowling's creativity to the maximum.. and we were a lil dissapointed by the fact tht Choo Chang did not make an appearence.. and tht Sirius Black wasn't as JohnnyDepp-ish looking as we had imagined him to be.. i guess the Brits ran out of good (both talent and looks) actors to play the part. and no director can slot in the whole book in a few hours of a movie... but, OooOhh, THEY MUST! i honestly don't mind sitting in the theater the whole day if i have to.. as long as every, itsy bitsy detail of the book appears on screen.. just for the sake of those who hadn't read the book-not for me.. i have it all envisioned in my head already.. thnx to Rowling.. JKRowling IS a genius..

Back to the Goblet of Fire, i dunno whether i should lower down my expectations this time around (would tht be traitorous??)..

wat am i saying?! heck, i'm just going to go and watch Harry kick Voldermort's black (i think) rotten ass.. an exact replica of the book or not, the movie has already hit top 3 in moviecharts round the world! ~Way-to-go, Mike Newell!!~

~temptation is just a word~ (prom.d)

-Tattooes?-

*tempted in getting HIGH?*

Temptation as depicted by the masters

...michelangelo's Temptation and Fall at the Sistine Chapel

What is your biggest temptation?

temptation (n.), incitement esp. to sin, attractive thing or course of action, putting to the test.

Like a pack of cigarettes to a smoker; like a sumptious, rich, mouthwatering chocolate cake to a dieter! temptation lures us to do things we truly desire. "Seducing" us almost every day of our lives.

why do we get tempted? why must it be a sin? i can't think of any positive temptations at the moment.. maybe because there aren't any?

maybe it's true.. Temptation is just a word, a "scapegoat" for many as a simple, easy excuse, to divert the blame of their actions. Or is it just something for the weak hearted and those who have no will-power?

from the DEE to the PA and the VALI

already a week since coll started after deeparaya hols..went back to college.. attended the 32nd International FIDA Convention by International Federation of Women Lawyers the whole week and i still can't forget how much fun i had during hols. being back home was utter JOY! when was it ever not so?? :) plus the fact tht it was deepavali.. come to think of it, JOY seems like an understatement. OH, I MISS HOME!

deepavali ambience back home was extra beautiful.. lamps were already lit by the time i got home (2 days before divali itself), deco, the works. mum did most of the preparations by the time i arrived-right from putting up tents, cleaning, to shopping for our long list of delicacies(she decided to cook this yr.. haha).. her enthusiasm was just simply infectious. sometimes i wonder where does she get all tht energy to prepare this every yr... open hse at my place never was a tea and cookie kinda thing. Luncheons@ High tea@ dinner... this yr, due to the Ramadan period, we decided to do all 3! (if some of u are having blank stares right now, lemme clarify really quickly-lunch for non-muslims; dinner for mostly muslim frenz) so yeah.. like i said.. TENTS were up..

[i planned to put up some pix for this entry. but alas, reader reads SD chips only. =S]

so here's where i'll apologise to ling ling.. i know u've been waiting to have sneak peeks on this yr's celebration, cuz... i blame all these on the comp back home and the faulty internet connection... ok, ok.. i should've known the chip-reader tht i have in KL doesn't read papa's sony chip.. Arrggghhh!~

=( sorry

wait patiently, dear

"why suddenly the ranting on deepavali...??"

yea.. weird huh.. me and my random thots lar. besides, like i said earlier.. I MISS HOME...

aww... btw, i think my sugar-level got up 60% this yr. fat? hmmm... don't get me started