1. Make her a cup of tea in the morning

If she doesn’t like tea, then make her favourite hot drink for her. This generally make a girl happy.

2. Give her a morning kiss and hug when she wakes up.

This will only apply if you’re living with her. This will definitely brighten up her day even if she woke up on the wrong side of the bed, meaning that she woke in a bad mood.

2A. If you don’t live with her then give her a kiss and hug first thing when you see her each day.

3. Take her out to somewhere special when she’s least expecting it.

Girls like it when their boyfriend take them out to somewhere special, surprising her. Take her out for dinner in a romantic, nice restaurant, or take her to the place that has the best memories that you share with her. I think you could imagine where to take her.

4. Tell her you love her now and again.

Girls don’t mention it, but we like it to hear you tell us that you love us now and again. Girls don’t expect you to say you love her all the time, well some do, but most don’t. We just like to hear it now and again.

5. Get her a random gift now and again.

Girls like it when you get them something special no matter what the cost is (as long as it’s not a freebie from a magazine or something as there’s no thought to it!). She will think it’s sweet and romantic that you get her a gift for no apparent reason but because you love her.

6. Be there for her anytime she’s down in the dumps and do something that will cheer her up.

If it’s your humour that makes her laugh, then use that to cheer her up. Take her out to distract her mind from the sad things. Listen her out, let her talk through it all so she can get it out of her system. Hold her hand if need. But most importantly is to be there for her when she needs someone.

7. Don’t forget her birthday, do something special for her on that day.

Don’t ever forget a girl’s birthday!! Make each of her birthdays a special memory. Take her out, whatever you feel that will be special. Get her something special. The cost of the present doesn’t matter, you can make it, you can buy it, it doesn’t matter after all it’s the thought that counts in the end.

8. Before she goes to sleep, or you go to sleep, call her and tell her goodnight.

It’s sweet if you just call her and say goodnight to her. Maybe sing her a song to sleep. Girls love romantic moments. And it is romantic to sing a song to her before she sleeps. It proves to her that you haven’t forgotten her and that she is in your mind.

9. Hold her hand when you go out with her, anywhere.

I know it’s natural that you would hold her hand whilst you go out with her. But it’s little things like that that makes a girl happy.

10. Try and find topics to talk to her about that you know she will enjoy.

It can be anything. Maybe a movie you just seen with her in the cinema. Maybe a book. Anything really.

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There you go. 10 tips i’ve laid out for you. There are many more that you can use but i guess you gotta just have to figure it out yourself.

Well i’m going to lay out a few Don’ts.

• Don’t argue with her as there’s no point, as you more likely won’t win that argument as a girl will probably find another reason to argue with you about. It will just go nowhere.

• It’s alright to spend time with other friends that are girls, but don’t spend a huge amount of time with another girl more than your girlfriend. She will get jealous and she won’t like it as it will hurt her feelings that you much rather spend more time with another girl than her.

• For some girls, Tip 6 won’t work for her. Depending on what your girl is like, work it around her. For some girls, don’t make a wise crack when she’s already upset, she wont be in the right frame of mind to giggle at it, like make a funny comment about something, or tease her, etc. With some girls you will just make the situation even worse.

I think you can figure the rest of the Don’ts =D.

Hope this helped you a bit to understand a girl’s feelings and how to make them happy.

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Let me guess in points

either

• Money
• Selfishness
• Material, e.g cars, food, etc

There are loads of things that people can be or are greedy of.  I cannot be completely sure but i would say the majority of people would answer “Money” to that question. As it is natural in human nature to be greedy for money. It’s a necessity, just like food is to us. A lot of us who’s used to be able to get money whenever we want to take it for granted but can have the nerve to be greedy for more. I’m not saying that everyone is like that, i’m just generalising.

I always say to my friends, dont ever be greedy for more money. Having enough is good enough and we should be grateful that we have money at all. And i tell them that money doesn’t create joy and happiness. Yes, it does create momentary happiness for it gets you the things you want. But even if you have all the money in the world, will you necessarily be completely happy? Maybe, maybe not.  But let’s say, you have all the money but you dont have love, well maybe you have love with someone, but that someone acts to love you because they are greedy for your money, but you can’t do nothing about it because you love that person truly at heart? Would you really be truly happy? And yes i know i kind of side tracked a bit off subject. Well it is linked to some point anyway. On the other hand, for argument’s sake, you have just enough money to look after yourself and family and have enough to go overboard to buy things you want extra, but you have a family who you truly love and they truly love you back, how would you feel then? Better?

Anyway getting back to topic before i continue writing more scenarios for you to think about, people can do a lot of things due to greed. Normally, when it comes to greed, it means bad things. There are so many things that people will do just for the sake of greed, such as:

• if it is greed for money, they might rob a bank. or steal money from people.
• if it is greed for materials, for example, cars, they might steal a car.
• They could buy more than they actually need.
• Refuse to throw out stuff that is not necessarily anymore
• etc

There are so many ways people will do. And i think you could probably think of a lot of other things that people do. Everyone has gone through being greedy for things. I’m a victim of that, probably you too. Everyone has. We are all guilty of that.

You can see people are greedy already if they put a lot of food in their plates for their lunch/dinner, but don’t actually finish it and waste a lot of it. I always think, just take enough for you to eat, don’t let your eyes be too big for your stomach. Because everytime i see food wasted, i think of the people who are starving in the streets, whom don’t even have money to feed themselves let alone their children. And i think the amount of food we waste and take for granted, these people don’t even get the decent, clean food we get and how much they crave for a bit of our food that we eat day to day. That’s why i try my best to not waste food. i always go for getting not enough food for myself first round, so i know how much more i can eat and not take too much and waste it.

You have probably or might have experienced the greed for money, haven’t you? So you probably know what it feels like. Some people do extreme things to get money. Some will ruin their family, just to get more money, or they will rob their parents’ will or something. People steal. People lie to others and say they are going to just “borrow” some money from you but not pay you back. I, myself, hate that experience. I had a friend once, right, he just lost his wallet and phone, so he asked me if i could lend him some money and a phone. So i did, i lent him USD$35 and my spare Sony Ericsson W580i to him.  Couple of months later i ask him for my money and phone back as i needed money to buy my Mum a present for Christmas and i wanted my phone back, then he tells me that he doesn’t have money at the moment to pay me back and that his Mum confiscated the phone. So i was like, fine and got money by going out to work at my Aunt’s chinese take away shop. Another couple of months later, i ask for both back, same excuse but this time different with the phone, this time he told me that he can’t give my phone back because in his words he said “well this is gonna be a funny story, but the phone is down the drain, so i can’t give it back to you.” I ask him how the hell did my phone get inside a drain?! And he told me, laughing that he dropped it down the drain and apologized and said he will buy me a new phone. But i already knew then it would be pointless of me to even believe him that he will get me a new phone. Seeing as he hasn’t got the responsibility to pay back the money let alone the phone. In the end i lost in total USD$350. That really did hurt. But nothing i can do about it anymore. From then on i learned my lesson to only lend to people who are close to me and are trustworthy. Yet again i side tracked.

There’s a lot i can say about greed for money, but then again i will have to write a book on it. Haha!

Another factor that people can get greedy of is in love. Some people gets so greedy that they may try and be with more than one partner at one time. And normally because of their greediness of that, they end up losing precious relationships. Sometimes losing some of their loved ones in their family. Others may be greedy in wanting too much in their partner, so therefore they get over controlling and not giving them their own space and freedom. This also ruins relationships, as many do not like or appreciate being controlled and not given their space and freedom. This could be done by for example, the girl calls her boyfriend every half hour or hour making up excuses that she wants to just have a random chat, but in fact her true intentions are to just check up on her boyfriend making sure he isn’t seeing some other girl, or get jealous if he goes and meet his friends that are girls or just want him to spend all his time with her.

In general, I think people get greedy out of habit and it starts off at a young age, because of neglect and their parents don’t teach them and stop them, they get in the habit of being greedy and don’t realise that they are like that until they get told by other people. And trust me it’s embarassing when someone else tells you that you’re greedy and they don’t mean it in a joking kind way.

Greediness habit can be changed if you want to. It’s not a great habit to have in a person. But some people can not help it or change their ways because there isn’t anyone to help them.

Find out about that habit yourself, don’t let other people tell you you’re greedy.

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Synopsis:

In A Love to Kill, Bi/Rain/Jeong Ji-Hoon plays a tough guy as the role of a K-1 Fighter, Kang Bok-gu. Bok-gu is a character who is dynamic in nature and grew up in a foster home. He falls in love with a woman whom he should not love. It was because of the woman, his emotionally-wounded brother fell off from the rooftop and became a human vegetable. So, his love is forbidden and inevitably tragic.

The woman is Cha Eun-seok (Shin Mina) who is a TV talent and movie actress. It was not that she jilted his brother on purpose, but upon a basis of misunderstanding, his hatred toward Cha Eun-soek grows more and more burning.

By becoming Cha Eun-seok’s private bodyguard, Bok-gu keeps concretely practicing his revenge upon her. He only desires ‘to bring his brother’s woman to her knees.’ He is gradually taking Cha Eun-seok to destruction, while he feels his love toward her growing deeper and deeper in his heart.

Bok-gu is a cold guy character without any special concern for women. Martial art of hand-to-hand fighting was just kind of his escape he choose from the shock of a spinster’s death whom he loved from a distance.

Preview:

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Ever since I had that argument with my best friend, Chloe, I feel that
we live in two different worlds with a brick wall in between separating us.

It was a silly, petty argument, but yet it ended up like this. I miss
chatting to her every day. I miss our friendship. I was willing to go and say
sorry to her and make up but every time I do, I get pushed back and I chicken
out because I know that she was unwilling to forgive me.

Every time she walks past me in college, I always get a cold glare from
her. And every time this happens I feel that a brick gets added onto the wall.
Even in class, the wall seems to be there. I mean she sits at like the opposite
side of the classroom from me. It’s extremely hard for me and for her when the
teacher teams us up. We already don’t talk to each other, working in pairs was
even harder. We just end up doing our own separate work even though we get told
off by our teachers for doing that. I mean what else can I do? She refuses to
talk to me. How can I work with her if she’s like that?

I just can’t cope with it anymore. I’m just lost to the brick wall. That
wall has demolished any chances of me ever getting be friends with Chloe. I
mean, I want to be friends back with her but the wall has been built so high
that it makes it hard.

I just don’t understand. We were such close friends with each other. We
told each other everything. Yet this close friendship can be destroyed so
easily by such a small argument.

I just wish this wall made of bricks will be demolished one day… I hope
so.

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We were walking across the road, talking animatedly. The street was quiet and peaceful and that was when it happened.

It was at the end of a college day, the day, sunny and hot.

My boyfriend Emmett and I were walking home. My siblings had already left college earlier. Emmett could of left with them but he chose to stay in college and wait for me to finish my last class. He should have left with the others. He should have! If he did, then this wouldn’t have happened!

It happened so fast. One minute we were walking across the road, then I saw the shocked look on Emmett’s face. The next minute I was in the air then flat on the ground. I looked up, the next thing I saw froze me. Next minute I heard a piercing scream and I realized it was coming from me. Pain rushed through every blood vessels in my body as I ran to my boyfriend lying stone still on the ground in the middle of the road. Blood… A lot of blood flowed and his once white shirt was now crimson red, wet from the blood.

I stared after the disappearing car that hit my boyfriend. I stared in disbelief. Shocked that those people could just run away after running someone over, not caring if they were ok or what.

I quickly, but shakingly dialed the emergency call number for an ambulance.

“Emmett… Why? It was meant to be me who gets hit? Why did you do that?” I cried, my heart tearing apart. Every tear shed part of my pain.

“I love you, Raye. I can’t bear it, if I lost you. I much rather sacrifice my own life and give you the chance to continue living your life.” Emmett replied, cutting off with pain.

“No… No, don’t leave me. You can’t do this to me! What am I going to do without you? There will be no point in me living without you, Emmett. You are the most important person in my life.”

“Baby, you have your family, Jasper, Alice, Edward, Carlisle and Esme, your parents and Edward’s girlfriend Bella. They will all be with you. They all love you too, you know… Ugh…” Emmett breaks off in pain.

“Emmett… Shh… Save your breath, so you can save your strength.” I hugged his hand tightly to my heart, anxious that the ambulance will get here in time. I was unwilling to let him go and leave me. No way am I going to let fate take him away.

“Whatever happens, Raye, I will always be with you forever, I will always be there to be your angel, protecting you.” Emmett grunts with deeper pain that seems to be a mixture of pain from his heart of leaving and the pain he’s suffering from the injuries.

“Shh… save your breath. Nothing is going to happen. You will be fine.” I tried to reassure him, but my voice was not as calm as I wanted it to be. I was worried and scared that I may not be able to keep to my promise I just made.

I heard the screech of the ambulance’s siren. I laid my hand softly on Emmett’s bruised face and reassured him again. “Don’t worry, the ambulance is coming. You’ll be fine.”

Emmett takes my hand from his face and held my hand in his hands. But I felt I was already losing him, his grip on my hand was weakening. I can see that he was fighting death itself and to see the pain in his eyes hurt me. Fresh tears continued to pour out my already swollen, red eyes.

“Emmett, I love you forever…” I said in a quiet voice.

“I love you too.” Emmett replied weakly, starting to lose consciousness.

The ambulance stopped a few feet away from us. Paramedics ran out of the ambulance, carrying a stretcher with them. Before they shifted Emmett onto the stretcher, they put a neck brace onto his neck to keep his spine still. After they had done that, they rushed into the open ambulance. I rushed along with them.

When we got into the ambulance, we watched the paramedics strap Emmett’s arm to check his blood pressure and heart rate. Then they gave him an oxygen mask and finally they had given him IV to keep his blood pressure high.

Before he was lost to unconsciousness, I whispered to his ear “I love you and I will avenge you. I love you.”

I held his hand the whole journey to the hospital. I did not leave his side at all. As I held his hand, I still felt him gripping my hand back, even though he was unconscious.

We reached the hospital in about 5 minutes, 10 minutes at the most. When Emmett disappeared into the operating theatre in the A & E, I went to the payphone and called home.

Japer picked up “Hello?”

“Jasper…” I break down crying.

“Raye? Where are you? What happened?” Jasper’s voice was worried.

“Jasper… Jasper… I’m the one that is meant to be lying in the operating theatre being operated on, not Emmett. It’s my fault. If I told him to have gone home with you lot, then this wouldn’t have happened.”

“I’m confused. First of all, where are you? Secondly, what exactly has happened? And tell me in a slow, calm way.”

“I’m in the hospital, waiting for the operation to finish…” and I told him the full story of what had happened.

“Ok. Listen to me. Wait there for me, in the hospital. I will now go to the others and tell them what had happened and we will get there as fast as we can. Ok?” Jasper instructed me.

“Yes, I will wait here for you.” I answered, so quiet that it was nearly a whisper.

“And remember to stay calm and BREATHE!” And the phone call was finished as Jasper had hung up. And all went silent…

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2. Wait until V-day morning to get your significant other a gift.
As much as I like to procrastinate…if you are a guy, then buy your girlfriend something right now for their birthday. It just makes sense to buy it now while its there and fresh, instead of buying it on the day, waiting in line for those lovely wilted flowers to be sold out. Get it NOW. Hide it if you must. And then on V-day, wake up early, cook some breakfast for her (I suggest muffins and fruit, for laziness’ sake) and then, give it to her when she wakes up. Much r-peen (relationship penis) can be obtained here.

3. Mope around, acting sad and emo because you’re lonely and a loser. I’m lonely, and you don’t see me complaining. And don’t you DARE look at my last posts about relationships, those don’t exist. Okay, they still do. But that’s not important. The last thing I do on Valentine’s day is complain about not having a TSO.

4. Buy roses, or bears.
These gifts are so stereotypical canon of V-day, its pathetic. Know what I’d buy for a girl if it was a stuffed animal? A lion, because I’m a Leo, and lions are cooler than bears. I don’t suggest buying roses for V-day either, because they will not only be sold out fast, but also, because of their life span, they may Signify the longevity of your relationship with the girl: Dead in 2 days.

5. Troll for ass on V-day.
I most recently heard of this from a friend. She told me that this one guy hit on her on V-day, and asked her out on a date. She already had a boyfriend. Please guys, don’t get so desparate that you end up doing this. If you are, then just stay at home, watch your disturbing porn, and go to sleep.

6. Go anywhere on V-day, without planning or reservations.
From a perspective point of working at a fancy restaurant (which is where you WANT to take your date on V-day) You NEED reservations to make this work. A week in advance is always the best for planning this. (If you don’t want to plan it out, then refer to #2) Also, When you go inside the restaurant on that day, tell the host/floor manager that you want a great seat, and slip them a $5-10 bill. Trust me, you will get one.

7. Pretend that you got her a gift when you didn’t.
Don’t lie. Just say you forgot, go to the store, get whatever you’re going to get, because chocolate, bears, and roses are all sold out by now, remember?

8. Break up with someone. Wait it out 24 hours, geez.
This is self explanatory. I’m pretty sure that you not talking to them or getting them a gift will make them pick up the hint.

9. Get Fast food with your date.
I also during one V-day worked at Taco Bell. I volunteered, because I thought it would be an slow day of work, after all, no LOSER would EVER take their chick to Taco Bell for V-day, right? WRONG. It was slow at first, but there came in couples, some even dressed up, eating at TACO BELL FOR VALENTINE’S DAY. >:( I was infuriated, to say the least. It wasn’t horribly busy, but it was still enough to annoy me.

10. Assume that since it’s V-day, you’re going to get laid…
…Because you might not. You might in actuality, be paying for all that stuff to not get lucky. And you know what I mean by lucky. I’m talking about SEX. Just because you do all these “special things” for her that just about every other man is doing in the world right now, doesn’t mean you will get rewarded. That sucks to think about, doesn’t it? This is because some girls believe that romance between couples shouldn’t be celebrated on one day, but every day.

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sad to see, hey?

Young criminals …Young criminals.

There are more and more of them sitting in jail these days. And why is that? Is it because parents don’t teach their children the rights and wrongs from a young age? Is it peer pressure from friends or others? Is it the influence from video games or the media?

There is so many aspects as in why there are more and more young offenders. It is such a big topic that even I can’t cover the whole subject without writing a whole book about it.

Many people believe that the whole reason behind this matter is the fact that parents don’t teach their children rights and wrongs. They let their children hanging around the wrong crowd or they let their children watch inappropriate movies which contains a lot of violence or crimes from a young age and children gets influenced by the media so much that they think it’s alright to do what the movie stars do in movies, such as murder or theft. Some parents just don’t care what their children do, even when they get themselves warned by the police or get in trouble in school due to a fight, etc. Their parents just don’t teach them that it is wrong and they shouldn’t do stuff like that. Not all parents are like that. Especially parents who care a lot about their kids. They will care enough to not let their children go through those situations. That is just one aspect of the reasons.

Another aspect is peer pressure from friends or family or even both. Youths can be pressurized into doing crimes by their friends saying that it is cool to do this and do that, and if they don’t do it then they are not part of that group, etc. Some youths cannot help it that they get involved with crimes due to them being born into a mafia or gang family, therefore what their family believes in will become what the youth believes. Other times it could be influences from family that causes offenses done by the youths. That could be for example, the kid’s father that he or she idolizes gets sent to jail due to armed robbery.

There are so many young offenders being sent to jail, it’s appalling and sad to see. So many of these youths have plenty of great talents but they don’t use them because they haven’t been taught the discipline.

So many times I hear on the news, young people killing other youths, or arrested for possession of drugs, or using drugs or in act of selling drugs or for theft. These kind of crimes are beginning to fill in the main part of the news nowadays. And is taking over the main stories in the media.

For me, I think it’s disappointing to hear all that because a lot of people will soon instantly think that if there is any crimes, they will believe that it’s done by young offenders.

It’s sad to see. But there’s nothing we can do about it. I wish we can but we can’t.

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Our man Se7en (who has been featured in many Buzz articles), has revealed a secret that he’s been hiding for seven years now.

Ladies, prepare yourselves.

At 7am on June 10, 2009, Se7en wrote a post on his Cyworld. The post began like this:

“Today, I will write not as Se7en, but as Choi Dong Wook.”

He revealed, after photos of them as a couple were leaked online, that he has been in a relationship (yes, with a girl) for seven years with Korean actress Park Han Byul.

The two have been dating since his pre-debut days until now. In the past, people have suspected this relationship, but Se7en kept on denying it. The two were friends since high school. They had made the decision to not reveal their relationship to the public because of the possible reaction from crazed fans. Smart choice, Se7en. Who knows what I would have done? *Ahem*

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She has been highly controversial in years past, but that hasn’t changed her spirit and yearning for fun, adventure, and most of all, sharing her gifts with the world. We hope you enjoy this interview, which is available as a podcast for the first time as well.

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Peter: What is your role in Crank2?

Bai Ling: I just have this, I would say, Fire or Spirit—and no fear in the movie. She [Ria] is basically tagging along with the lead character (Jason’s character) through the movie because they first introduce her as she flies out of a second floor with the whole building blowing up. She just lands on the floor from flight. Then, Jason saves her life, and from that moment on, she says, “I’m yours.” She just follows him everywhere. In the meantime, he’s in a hurry to find his heart, and says, “I don’t need you!” But she says, “You need me, just like Whitney Houston!” Eventually, Jason needs her. She finds everybody for him, and they are basically a funny couple. It’s like a roller coaster ride; fun and entertaining. Remember that it’s only a one and a half hour movie.

Of course, I wish my part was more than what it is, but she’s [Ria] there, and has this spirit that’s funny and extreme. You’ll really enjoy her. While we were shooting, the two young directors wanted my part to be funny (it’s a comedy action). But after reading the script, in the end they told me, “You can say whatever you want to say, do whatever you want to do,” because everything I say makes them laugh so badly. Everything I say doesn’t make any sense, but in my [Ria’s] own world, it seems to make perfect sense.

People ask me, “Bai Ling, where do all these sayings come from?” And I just say, “I don’t know, I was just saying it.” One time, Jason just couldn’t act because of everything [Ria] says. He just kept laughing.

I also did my own stunts: there is a car crash (and I didn’t die). Someone was there holding my legs, and the stunt double was also there. I say, “I will do it myself.” She says, “are you sure,” and I say, “sure.” “You’re Crazy!”

I’m running, and a car has to hit me. Literally, I put all my trust in that one person: if he lifts me up a little bit later, I will be hit by the car. If he drops me lower, my head would be gone. When he dropped me, I was this close to the pavement [raises fingers indicating about 1 inch]. That was scary. I later have this cat fight with Amy Smart’s character. A woman fight is always fun. Fun characters are not something serious but for the young audience—they’ll really enjoy the ride.

Nancy: We’re really looking forward to it. It sounds like you actually had a lot of fun doing the whole movie.

Yeah, just being silly is part of my spirit; like I have a little spirit that is one of the crazy extreme ones, and I don’t even know why she [my character] behaves or says things like that. She’s just really, really free.

Nancy: Our next question is: What did you struggle the most with? Would it be that scene you just talked about?

First of all, I would like to take the word, “struggle,” away because in my life, there are no struggles. Everything’s giving, it’s a gift. Even obstacles, something people do not like to deal with—to me, they’re a gift that leads you to something better; to learn something, to realize something. So, for me, it’s just all a gift (of fun).

In this movie, the role is not written for Asians like “Love Ranch,” coming out with Helen Mirren and Joe Pesci, two Oscar winning actors. It’s totally different because it is an elegant, sexy character. This one [role] is from the street—rough. Both of them are not written for Asian actors. I think I am extremely lucky to have met these artists in both movie, but I think the process of getting things that are not originally written for you is fun and challenging. I think my magic, my help, will help open the door for Asian artists everywhere.

Nancy: That’s Great! Our next question for you is: In three words, can you describe the character of Ria?

Three words… Crazy, Fun, and Hilarious.

Nancy: And how did you like working with Statham (Jason Statham)?

I know him, he works very hard, and he’s a very sincere and dedicated actor. He puts everything [out there]. Also, I think he just looks like a regular guy. People will feel for him, so he reminds all the guys [people] out there that they can relate to him. He’s one of us. He has this very down-to-earth quality, so we worked very well together. In everything we do, especially when we’re together, I’m taking action (because I’m the one that’s crazy). I do all these weird things while he reacts just naturally. We tangle very well in just a crazy way, it’s just silly. How we walk, how we talk: it’s just stupid, but it’s really funny.

Nancy: That’s awesome. How is this sequel different from other sequels? We’ve read that it starts off where Crank 1 left off.

That’s right, but I wouldn’t always follow what’s particularly going on. I think on the train ride, it doesn’t really matter what happens. One incident leads to another: he [Statham] has to get energy. Instead of blood, he has electricity. And he lost his heart because he was fighting the Chinese mob and they took it. Of course, we’re [the audience] involved and the whole journey is just chaotic.

Nancy: We saw the trailer, and it’s just crazy.

It is crazy. It takes crazy to a whole other level—more extreme than the first one. It’s really fun, it’s just fun.

Nancy: We’re definitely going to see it on the 17^th.

Peter: One of the great things I heard from the movie notes is “CRANK HIGH VOLTAGE is a story about a guy trying to find his heart,” says director Mark Neveldine, “Isn’t everybody looking for their heart?” What do you have to say about that quote?

I think that the modern world takes your soul away… takes your heart away… takes your life away. It’s a silly movie (kind of crazy), but it’s really telling the truth. Because we’re all busy from working, you don’t live. You don’t smell the scent of the flower, the freshness of nature. You don’t see the sunlight… you don’t see the light that is passing through. They concentrate to tell you that you don’t have a heart, and you’re eventually going to lose it.

People will also try, intentionally or not, to steal your heart. Basically, you don’t have a heart. It’s the way of modern life—I love the movie “Slumdog Millionaire.” It’s a hauntingly beautiful journey with this innocent child and with nature, and poverty of others. There’s so much beauty, entangled with the most celebrated thing, being a “millionaire.” It’s basically a question of the world changing, but do not lose your soul and you will see that there is a beauty to modern life.

When you have no heart, you can not function, and you’re not living.

This has been an Asian Central podcast/interview. Stay tuned in the upcoming weeks for a special guest interview with Bai Ling about Asian America.

Thanks for reading, Asian Central!
Peter and Nancy,
Asian Central Staff

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