Ok, so things this week are rather interesting. I mean, I have things to look forward to, more than the usual gym, swim, guitar mix.
One of the two major events - movie outing, happened 2 days earlier. On monday, my cousin and I watched the long anticipated Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. The timing was just right for us. She had just finished her major exam the previous week and is thus free to accompany for the movie.
Ah, now for the review, I don't know why there are bad reviews about it but the 2 of us were certainly full of praise for the show and enjoyed the show immensely. I mean, who could resist the cranky and nonsensical behaviour of our dearly beloved captain Jack Sparrow?
Maybe it has got to do with what the audience is looking for in a movie. For me, I set out watching Spiderman 3 wanting to see effects and action. The storyline is a distant second in the list of what I expect from the movie. Thus, despite the kind-of-boring storyline, I would say that the movie is worth my 25,000 rupiah (which by the way, converts to S$4.00). Same goes for this movie. I stepped into the theatre expecting a comedy and I walk out 3 hours later thinking, 'I got more than what I bargained for! The 20,000 rupiah is definitely worth it!'
Now, before I continue, I should just put up a little disclaimer: be warned! Whatever follows is more than a 'little bit' of a spoiler. While the story definitely has some strange add-on which adds neither weight nor depth to the movie, the main storyline is good. Personally I think the director cuold have given Chow Yun-Fatt a longer screen time considering that he is quite a pivotal character in the show. Sadly, the portrayal of the pirate-lord-of-Singapore is stiff at best and kind of twisted (I know this sounds strange considering that all the pirates are twisted in their minds). Another add-on is the love affair of Mr. Tentacles and the goddess Calypso. It could do with more depth and elaboration. I don't even know what happens to the 2 of them in the end after simply disappearing at the end of the movie. Their role in the story is weak and it might be better if Davy Jones' lover is not identified at all. Enough criticisms though, lets move on to my favourite scenes. After a series of betrayals and endless squabblings on the side of the pirates, the final half hour of the show is definitely the most exciting. First scene will be when the lovebirds are finally united amid the mayhem going on around them and the second favourite scene is the battle between the 2 legendary ships in the heart of a maelstorm. Third, will be when everybody's favourite captain does the noble thing as is his tradition in the previous shows as well. There! I've written all the spoilers I wanted to share. I hope that its vague.=)
As for the ending, I thought it was a very fitting end that wraps the story in a conclusive manner. Everybody gets what they wanted and Jack Sparrow is off again on his endless journey as everybody's hero.
This is one movie that is really worth your every cent (well, every rupiah for me) and I definitely am going to recommend it to everyone. Watch, laugh and enjoy! You won't even feel that 3 hours have passed!
Wednesday 30 May 2007
Saturday 26 May 2007
Stage-one-and-a-half
Aloha~
Unexpected isn't it that I posted this?
I kind of surprised myself by being here just a day after I logged my first entry. No there is nothing wrong about writing, but I promised myself not to get too attached with the blog or I'll lose interest in it as quickly as I become obsessed with it. Perhaps after writing excessively and tirelessly for say, a month, my blog would lose its initial momentum and new posts would be turtle slow (once a week or even a month?) and may even crawl to a complete stop culminating in the death of the poor blog.
Its just the hype over something new I guess. I think its the same with everyone. When you get something new, anything at all, it can be a phone, a computer, some trendy state-of-the-art gadget or some new activity, your interest or care for that particular item starts to peak to a level that seems unbelievably ridiculous to the people around you. Like how an owner will cry over a scratch on a new phone or how he will rather do a dive across the living room like some goalkeeper in the Word Cup Finals and break a bone or two and still smile than hear his brand new polished and glossy PSP hit the floor as it falls off the table.
First, the interest grows. After discovering the latest COOL thing or item, the person starts to develop a curiosity and starts to think about it. Like one who is in love this person gradually spends more time thinking about the stuff without himself actually realising it.
Then comes the second stage where unreasonable thoughts display themselves as retarded behaviours. A guy with a Nokia Sirocco Gold edition in his pocket walks along the underpass and he stares hard at anyone who walks past him worrying needlessly whether those people want to steal his shiny phone when in fact nobody gives a second glance or thought at him except perhaps to wonder why there is an idiot staring like the guy in the David Blaine spoof video in youtube.
After maybe a month or so, this guy realises what a dork he has been and he wonders why on earth in the first place did he give so much attention to a phone that cant even give him as much pleasure as watching loony Captain Jack Sparrow in action. By now, he has already forgotten the care and obsession that he poured into the welfare of the phone and gradually the scratch marks find themselves onto what was once a smooth flawless surface and dust collects on the phone.
After having described the three stages of irrational obsession, I gladly diagnose myself still at stage one going to stage two. Stage-one-and-a-half. To say I will progress on to stage two is a compliment really and I do hope it happens, because I doubt blogging will become an integral part of my life. Writing is and a blog is just one such platform where I can write. There are many others and besides, the reason why I am in the internet cafe today is not solely because of this blog. I am here to find out some info about my future uni life after finally receiving a long overdue package from my guardian.
See you soon~
Unexpected isn't it that I posted this?
I kind of surprised myself by being here just a day after I logged my first entry. No there is nothing wrong about writing, but I promised myself not to get too attached with the blog or I'll lose interest in it as quickly as I become obsessed with it. Perhaps after writing excessively and tirelessly for say, a month, my blog would lose its initial momentum and new posts would be turtle slow (once a week or even a month?) and may even crawl to a complete stop culminating in the death of the poor blog.
Its just the hype over something new I guess. I think its the same with everyone. When you get something new, anything at all, it can be a phone, a computer, some trendy state-of-the-art gadget or some new activity, your interest or care for that particular item starts to peak to a level that seems unbelievably ridiculous to the people around you. Like how an owner will cry over a scratch on a new phone or how he will rather do a dive across the living room like some goalkeeper in the Word Cup Finals and break a bone or two and still smile than hear his brand new polished and glossy PSP hit the floor as it falls off the table.
First, the interest grows. After discovering the latest COOL thing or item, the person starts to develop a curiosity and starts to think about it. Like one who is in love this person gradually spends more time thinking about the stuff without himself actually realising it.
Then comes the second stage where unreasonable thoughts display themselves as retarded behaviours. A guy with a Nokia Sirocco Gold edition in his pocket walks along the underpass and he stares hard at anyone who walks past him worrying needlessly whether those people want to steal his shiny phone when in fact nobody gives a second glance or thought at him except perhaps to wonder why there is an idiot staring like the guy in the David Blaine spoof video in youtube.
After maybe a month or so, this guy realises what a dork he has been and he wonders why on earth in the first place did he give so much attention to a phone that cant even give him as much pleasure as watching loony Captain Jack Sparrow in action. By now, he has already forgotten the care and obsession that he poured into the welfare of the phone and gradually the scratch marks find themselves onto what was once a smooth flawless surface and dust collects on the phone.
After having described the three stages of irrational obsession, I gladly diagnose myself still at stage one going to stage two. Stage-one-and-a-half. To say I will progress on to stage two is a compliment really and I do hope it happens, because I doubt blogging will become an integral part of my life. Writing is and a blog is just one such platform where I can write. There are many others and besides, the reason why I am in the internet cafe today is not solely because of this blog. I am here to find out some info about my future uni life after finally receiving a long overdue package from my guardian.
See you soon~
Friday 25 May 2007
Selamat Pagi~
Good Day everyone. =)
Welcome to my maiden post on the blog and just for the sake of formalities I thought I should just do a little introduction. First and foremost, I have no reason to be writing this other than because I am really really bored over here. Truly, even though I love my gym sessions and guitar lessons, those activities do not take up much of my time and I spend the better half of the day in a shop dozing off because I haven't got anything better to do. So you can say that I am here out of boredom. Besides, my fingers are feeling kind of itchy. Its been ages since I wrote anything at all, now that I've the time to do it, why not ? I need some brushing up for my english anyway. Writing about what? I've no idea myself. We'll see what kind of intellectual rubbish I am capable of in the upcoming weeks. =)
Just for now though, I would like to officially declare myself as a blogging idiot. Just to be fair and consoling to myself, I can say this is my first try and everybody starts out as noobs. But I am still struggling to learn the ropes of blogging, its related features and functions. Well I never thought that a blog is going to be complex at all, not until I've tried it myself. With a little time and some experimenting I am sure I'll be more familiar with blogs. For now though, there will be no pictures at all because the computers are not equipped with cables or bluetooth adaptors. The primary function of this internet cafe is for lan-gaming after all.
Yes, I am in an internet cafe and as I sit here looking around, I just can't help but be amazed how games have pervaded the lives of kids nowadays and simply become an indispensable necessity. Comfortable in my own cubicle, I am literally the lone duck who is not playing some multiplayer game in here. All around me are kids in uniforms playing games. DOTA, CS, RO, some Indonesian DDR-via-keyboard game and whatever else. Talk about crazy students who rush here straight after school. Tsk tsk tsk. Well, maybe I should sympathise with them. I was once one of those addicted gamers after all. Maybe its got something to do with being young and restless. Well, its their lives, lets just hope they grow out of it.
Ok, so I've typed enough rubbish for the moment. Do anticipate more and keep reading, at least until I leave for Singapore. Ciao~
Welcome to my maiden post on the blog and just for the sake of formalities I thought I should just do a little introduction. First and foremost, I have no reason to be writing this other than because I am really really bored over here. Truly, even though I love my gym sessions and guitar lessons, those activities do not take up much of my time and I spend the better half of the day in a shop dozing off because I haven't got anything better to do. So you can say that I am here out of boredom. Besides, my fingers are feeling kind of itchy. Its been ages since I wrote anything at all, now that I've the time to do it, why not ? I need some brushing up for my english anyway. Writing about what? I've no idea myself. We'll see what kind of intellectual rubbish I am capable of in the upcoming weeks. =)
Just for now though, I would like to officially declare myself as a blogging idiot. Just to be fair and consoling to myself, I can say this is my first try and everybody starts out as noobs. But I am still struggling to learn the ropes of blogging, its related features and functions. Well I never thought that a blog is going to be complex at all, not until I've tried it myself. With a little time and some experimenting I am sure I'll be more familiar with blogs. For now though, there will be no pictures at all because the computers are not equipped with cables or bluetooth adaptors. The primary function of this internet cafe is for lan-gaming after all.
Yes, I am in an internet cafe and as I sit here looking around, I just can't help but be amazed how games have pervaded the lives of kids nowadays and simply become an indispensable necessity. Comfortable in my own cubicle, I am literally the lone duck who is not playing some multiplayer game in here. All around me are kids in uniforms playing games. DOTA, CS, RO, some Indonesian DDR-via-keyboard game and whatever else. Talk about crazy students who rush here straight after school. Tsk tsk tsk. Well, maybe I should sympathise with them. I was once one of those addicted gamers after all. Maybe its got something to do with being young and restless. Well, its their lives, lets just hope they grow out of it.
Ok, so I've typed enough rubbish for the moment. Do anticipate more and keep reading, at least until I leave for Singapore. Ciao~
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