Thursday, January 14, 2010

MOVIE : AVATAR

Show: Wednesday: 13 Jan 2010, MidValley GSC, 8:45pm

A colleague of mine walked into my office and asked whether I would be interested in watching this movie. As a sci-fi fan, I wouldn't want to miss this movie while its still playing in the theater (perhaps I will get the DVD later). So I quickly said,"Yes! Yes!" We started to ask around who wanted to join us. The number of people came up to 6. My colleague pre-booked Gold Class @MidValley where it is closer to our office. One of my colleagues bailed at the very last minute so we 'kidnapped' our office care-taker: Ahmad T to come with us instead (ESD: Booo hoooo you missed out on a great fun).

As a sci-fi fan (again I must insist you have to be a sci-fi fan to truly appreciate this movie coz one of my colleagues could not appreciate the movie), I was impressed. The visual effect quality was superb and out of this world. This James Cameron man is a total genius. To even think about his capacity/ability to translate his imagination into the big screen and look real as hell ,was so surreal.

Some movie critiques said that this movie has some racial slurs in it. I say fark it. Just because of that "How does it feel to betray your own race?" remark does not make the movie 'racist' . Human being betray each other every day let alone betray its own race. Fark it, my man James Cameron made his billion, so unappreciative movie critiques can shut the fark up. And yes, another key thing for those who watched this movie: we simply can NOT take whatever we want. Those who havent seen this movie, of course, watch it, don't think too much about the 'social' issue in this movie its a fantasy for f*** sake!

To my colleagues, thank you for the movies and great company. Funny that Ahmad T did not anticipate how cold AC in the theatre was but too polite not to say anything and sat through the entire movie freezing to death ha ha (well, i was cold too but the movie was so enticing to me that I forgot to ask for some blanky). To my sister, too bad you couldn't join us. To my colleague who bailed, I will send you the Gold Class bill ha ha kidding...next time lah girl!

Friday, January 1, 2010

2010 - RESOLUTION OR CONFESSION?

Sounds like a movie title? Oh that was 2012..
What a year 2009 was... It went by so fast..As usual, I sat in one corner and pondered,what happened? Year after year went by..resolution after resolution..procrastination after procrastination and here we are, 2010 arrived.

This year, I am inspired by Dave Ramsey from his book which was introduced/lent to me by one of my colleagues: The Total Money Makeover. After finished reading this book, I realised the mistakes I had done when it comes to managing my money. Yeah like I ever 'managed' my money to begin with. Suffice to say, I spent my money on things I already owned and things I don't really need. This has got to stop since I have 6 figure mortgages and debts. So, last month, I started to sort my sh** out. Literally, when I looked at my stuffs, boy have I accumulated junks! I started to feel like those "hoarders" and OCDs featured on Oprah and on Bio Channel. As I switched the TV on, I kept on stumbling upon "Hoarders" stories over and over again. That scared the sh** out of me. Guess what? Finally I have a new year resolution! NO MORE BUYING:

1. clothes: (I have been good so far for the past 3 months...see if I can last another few months without buying any clothes...)
While sorting my cr** out, I discovered pairs of 'unworn' clothes with tags still attached, pairs of black pants with the same cutting and from far you can't even tell the difference, piles of red shirts..ughhh I can go on which I may end up scaring myself. Oh, I forgot to mention they are all 'branded' which I am too scared to do the math...

2. shoes:
The same story, when I was sorting things out, they were RM200 - RM400 shoes that hardly worn which not only collected dust but almost shredded into pieces due to dryness. My heart dropped...Even scarier when I realised with all these pretty pricey shoes for Malaysian standard, I ended up wearing the same 'slipper' (selipar jepun) over and over again..classic psychological problem hah hah.

3. handbags:
O dear...After sorting through sh** No.1 and sh** No. 2...I simply have NO more space to keep my handbags!!!! Houston, we have a problem!

Ok, I think these 3 new resolutions (or did I just confess to my sins?) will keep me busy and enough to put me into a mental hospital if I'm not careful.

Last week and this week I donated bags of item 1, 2 and 3 to the less fortunate. Gosh that felt great!

Nevertheless, HAPPY 2010 EVERYONE! I have this feeling that it is going to be a great year!

Sunday, December 6, 2009

MOVIE: MY SISTER'S KEEPER


Chicas, mothers and kids with terminal illness, watch this. It will blow you away ;-) I am not going to spoil it by doing the 'review'. Be prepare to cry. A lot.
Suffice to say Cameron Diaz surprised me in this role as a mother. She pulled it off...
Go! Watch! Buy the DVD! Buy the book! Cry your eyeballs out! It's worth it! I recommended to some of my colleagues..they all cried ;-)
Cast (in credits order)

Abigail Breslin ... Andromeda 'Anna' Fitzgerald
Walter Raney ... Pawn Shop Proprietor

Sofia Vassilieva ... Kate Fitzgerald

Cameron Diaz ... Sara Fitzgerald

Heather Wahlquist ... Aunt Kelly

Jason Patric ... Brian Fitzgerald

Evan Ellingson ... Jesse Fitzgerald

Alec Baldwin ... Campbell Alexander

Nicole Marie Lenz ... Gloria (as Nicole Lenz)

Brennan Bailey ... Jesse Fitzgerald - Age 10

Olivia Hancock ... Kate (Age 2)

Jeffrey Markle ... Dr. Wayne

Emily Deschanel ... Dr. Farquad
John DeRosa ... EMT #1

Marcos A. Ferraez ... EMT #2 (as Marcos De La Cruz)

Noni Tulk-Perna ... Ellen

Matthew Barry ... Uncle Tommy (as Matt Barry)

Annie Wood ... Uncle Tommy's Wife

Mark Johnson ... Uncle Pervis (as Mark M. Johnson)

Chris Kinkade ... Dr. Nguyen
David Thornton ... Dr. Chance

Elizabeth Daily ... Nurse Susan (as E.G. Daily)

Rico Simonini ... Process Server
Frank Cassavetes ... Gus

David Bortolucci ... Harry
Olivia Jade Fine ... Anna (Age 6)

Andrew Schaff ... Nurse Stephen

Paul Butler ... Jesse (Age 3) (as Paul Christopher Butler)
Andrew Shack ... Lawyer for Previous Case

Angel Garcia ... Gangbanger's Mom

Joan Cusack ... Judge De Salvo
Frank Peluso ... Bailiff #2

Daniel Guzman ... Gangbanger's Lawyer
Paul Olguin ... Gangbanger (as Paul Anthony Olguin)
Rick Salomon ... Bailiff Bert (as Big Al)
Mimi Fletcher ... De Salvo's Secretary

Lin Shaye ... Nurse Adele

Eric Cueto ... Street Hustler #1
Lexi Kiana Ryan ... Street Hustler #2 (as Lexi Ryan)
Nina Barry ... Miss Swearingen

Thomas Dekker ... Taylor Ambrose

Ellia English ... Nurse Alice
Mary Jo Deschanel ... Saleswoman
Jonah Johnson ... Lead Prom Singer
Rob Giles ... Prom Guitarist

Kaiulani Kimbrell ... Backup Prom Singer
Dylan Showalter ... Prom Bass Player
Jarred Tibbetts ... Prom Drummer
Precious Hanley ... Mandy
Michael Chow ... Dr. Chow
Jonathan Moonves ... Percy Smith, Esquire (as Jon Moonves)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Don Abernathy ... Upscale Businessman (uncredited)

Roy Allen III ... Lawyer (uncredited)

Gilley Grey ... EMT #3 (uncredited)

Ryan Preimesberger ... Court Clerk (uncredited)
Retson Ross ... School Classmate (uncredited)

Kaleti Williams ... Bouncer (uncredited)

If you want to find out more click here ---> My Sister's Keeper

Credit:
Source/ref: http://www.imdb.com/