2012 movie review

Posted by Shirleen in Entertainment, Movie

After 2 weeks of screening in Malaysia, this movie still sells super hot. Finally, I got the tickets yesterday and the cinema hall was FULL! It's sooo full that even the 1st row was taken! GEEZZZ!!

The movie was just OK to me. Wasn't anything fantastic. Guess the only reason why everyone goes Hu-ha about this movie is just that, it's a prediction of the future and they want to know how they'll die?? hmmm..

In short, it's a replica of NOAH just that this time the arc is made of super super super steel and metal that could withstand greater force and impact.

anyways.... this movie lasted about 2 and half hours. In the beginning, there were very little effect. But towards the end, the effects were so that it causes headache to me. I'm not too sure what causes it, but explanation was given to me by someone that it's due to the frame/sec thingy which is rather too technical for me (a non-geeky girl) to comprehend. [In lay man's term, the special effect team did a bad job]

I find a lot of illogical parts. (But I'll only talk about 2 of the major ones) Most of them will only be explained by LUCK and FANTASY. For example...

For this part, the impossible part was that, 'Jackson' went down with the caravan and miraculously managed to climb up. My question is: How did he get up from there when the whole caravan was going down? There is no chance or possible realistic way that he could have get out of the caravan and grab anything at the side when in fact he was IN the caravan when it was vertically facing downwards and he was holding unto something in the caravan. HUMMPPPHHH! (The main actor cannot die right? - that's the rule of every movie.)

The counting down was really funny in the sense that they could count down to the very last second and within that 1 second, so many things could take place. Somehow the timing was very fictional.

Another part will be the last part...

They got into the ship but the gate-door was stuck, so water could flow in. So the (2) shutter doors closed (to prevent water from flowing to the rest of the ship), with 'Lily' and the dog at the safe side of it, 'Tamara' in between (alone), and, Jackson, Noah, Kate, and the few tibetans trapped in between the gate-door and the shutter door.

The problem I had with this is, if water is getting in from the gate-door, the section where the whole lot of them were in should be flooded first. Instead, the section where "Tamara" was in flooded faster than the other side. How could water get in again when the shutter door was shut? Besides, the top was the zoo section, ie where the animals were placed. There is no way the water could enter her section in those circumstances. To me, I think the writer just wants 'Tamara' to die but can't find a way so she died in vain. :(

'Jackson' and the rest obviously survived after he had un-jammed the gate-door.

The one guy I found attractive in this movie is Johann Urb who acted as Sasha - Karpov's pilot. That's just about it that I enjoyed. LOL...

Q: Should you watch it after my review?

A: You could try if you want to. Afterall this is just my opinion. There are alot of people who said that it was a fantastic show anyway.....

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Banana leaf rice

Posted by Shirleen in Food

Today, we shall learn how to eat banana leaf rice in a shop - Restoran Rathaa Curry House at No.28 Jln Puteri 5/1 Bandar Puteri 5 Puchong. They are sooooooo successful that they had 2 floors! The ground floor looks like every other mamak stall - hot.. whilst, the 1st floor is air-conditioned. :D

First...

The banana leaf is placed on the table

(no plate given- the leaf is your 'plate')

The veg (cabbage), tomato, and cucumber are placed on the leaf

The only thing that's on a plate (not refillable)

You can choose - curry / rendang / some santan thing

They have ikan bakar as well

We chose, mutton curry - and it costs RM5.00. But this is optional. If you do not wish to take this, you can just eat rice with the veg (cabbage, tomato, cucumber)

Here comes the rice

Then, the gravy ( optional - fish or chicken curry and 'dal') and the Papadum

For all these, it costs RM9.50. Each banana leaf cost RM4.50. The charge you for each leaf. The best part is, all the rice, veg, and the 'keropok' is refillable (bottomless). Which means, if you have a super thick 'skin' then you can get your whole family to share 1 banana leaf. LOL! [Don't be so stingy LAAAAAA]

For a first timer, I think it's really unique. I spend more time learning how it was done than to enjoy the food. It looks like a normal mamak but the charges are so much higher than normal mamak shops. It's just a good experience. :D

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Christmas Carol 3D

Posted by Shirleen in Entertainment, Fun, Movie

I've got 2 tickets for the premiere screening for Christmas Carol 3D - 3 days before it was RELEASED in Malaysia!! [16th Nov 09 - and I'm blogging here 4 days later :S yes.. I was (and am) SUPER busy :( ]

Yay!

There was this contest in Nuffnang where we were asked to leave a comment about [If you were visited by your christmas ghost - past, present, and yet to come - what would they say to you] The best 75 commentators will receive 2 pairs of invites for the premiere screening. :D

And yes, of course it's my first time joining stuff like these and I was given 2 tickets for my comment!! :D

Thanks nuffnang for that.. :D

2 tickets - 1 for me, 1 for Gorilla. :D

Wait... there's someone else...

Oh no! Jolly Mah Christmas is chewing up the tickets!!

Gorilla: Give them back to me!!!

Thanks to Gorilla's willingness to fight for the tickets, we were able to watch the movie.... :D

We collected the 3D glasses... and...

Gorilla: ta da! I'm ready with my glasses

So the review......

If you really want the story line, click here. I'm not a movie spoiler so I won't tell you what happened but I'll tell you how amazing it was.

It's basically a very classical story - A Christmas Carol. If it was not in 3D then perhaps the effects won't be that amazing. As we all know how Jim Carrey acts, it's a more of humour even though it's suppose to be scary. It's a movie worth watching for kids and all those who 'hates' celebrating Christmas.

Very few parts were left in suspense. It was "horrific" to a very VERY mild extend. Perhaps to kids, it MIGHT be scary, but for adult viewers, it will definitely not freak you out unless....... (I'll leave this to you)

What I liked about this movie is the scenes. Everything fits so well in the picture. The setting fits well with the timing as well. One of those movies that I suppose the government won't censor! Like what is there to censor in this movie.. lol.. another thing I super love about this is that.. THERE WERE NO SUBTITLES! OMG!! That was AMAZING!

Well... just watch it for yourself but I recommend that you watch it in 3D. :D

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Does this look anything like a Rabbit?

Posted by Shirleen in Entertainment, Fun, Humour, Insanity

I'm always fascinated over balloons!! Even crazier over those balloons that can be twisted, shaped, and made into something super creative.

So I saw 2 clowns at the Toyota Road show in Sunway Pyramid and they were busy entertaining kids using these shapeable balloons. 1 clown was super ugly and gives me the sense that he's just there because it's HIS JOB. The FATTER clown looks happier and puts more smiles on people's face. :D Surely I approached the happy looking clown and requested for a RABBIT.. This is what I got....

Does this looks anything like a rabbit? :S

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Sesame Street Google Logos

Posted by Shirleen in Entertainment, Fun, Web

Sesame Street celebrated the 40th anniversary. And google joined in the fun and dedicated a week worth of Sesame Street google logos. :D

This post is for those who missed the sesame street's logos. :D ENJOY!

Started with Big Bird - 4th Nov 09
(I saw this)

Only in Mexico

Only in South Africa

Netherlands, Belgium

India

Israel

Cookie Monster - 5th Nov 09

(I saw this)

Bert & Ernie - 6th Nov 09

(I saw this too)

Oscar - 7th Nov 09

(I saw it :D)

My favorite - ELMO! :D - 8th Nov 09
(Of course I saw this!)

Let's Count - 9th Nov 09

FINALE - 10th Nov 09

I really like google logos!! super love them. Of course, sometimes I miss a few of them. It's good to use google everyday if you appreciate their logos. :D Even if you miss it all, you can click here for their beautiful logos.

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Kindori - healthy fruity Ice cream

Posted by Shirleen in Food

It is the first time, Calvin the Skunk comes out with me :D

To be honest, I prefer My Gorilla :P

If you want an ice cream, but you're afraid it might be too unhealthy or maybe too expensive like Haagen Dazs' then perhaps, you should try - KINDORI.

Kindori is just newly opened in Time Square.

Calvin - choosing the fruits he wants

He is seated waiting to be served

While we wait for our order, let me tell you how it works....

First, you've to choose what fruit you want, (eg - Jackfruit, coconut, red bean, papaya, banana, watermelon, cempedak, pineapple, rock melon, strawberry, grapes, pumpkin, carrot, passion fruit, lemon, black currant, morello cherry, lychee, golden kiwi, green kiwi.....) You can choose 1 fruit or....

A combination of 2 fruits.

The thing with the combination of fruits is that they've limited choices. The reason was, if the combination is wrong, it won't taste nice, and another reason is that, for wrong combinations, the vitamins of the fruits will be 'destroyed'. (Sounded like a secret code to me LOL)

Anyway, so after choosing what fruit(s) you want, they will take a scoop of the chosen frozen fruit and blend it with frozen full cream milk. So instead of ice, it's frozen milk. It is kept under

-40 degrees (that was what the guy said, but I'm wondering if it was logical to have that temperature.) and it will be able to last for 1 year.

It tastes completely like how the chosen fruit should taste. No sugar added. The milk only gives the creamy effect.

That is my black currant choice. It's served with a stingy piece of waffle. It tasted like black currant, something different from the ordinary ice creams. It costs RM8.90 and no gov or service tax was charged. :D Yes, it is more expensive than normal ice cream, but it's healthy (or so they say)

Then, we ordered another durian flavoured but this time we want it in a cone.

Looks pretty nice to me.... They served it with the stand.

It's NICE! lol... see.. even Calvin wants to try!!

YUMMY!!.. with the cone, it's more expensive - costs about RM11.90

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The Time Traveler's Wife

Posted by Shirleen in Entertainment, Movie

If you want the plot, you can easily get it online.. I'm just doing a review here...

I find this movie or rather the story line something different from the rest. It was a little confusing at the beginning but when you get the hang of it, you know where the story is heading towards.

A fine romance movie. Can't run much from the "same old same old", but the way in which romance builds is spectacular.

I like it when "Clare" said (along these lines) [Who would want a husband who's always disappearing....] This to me is something which we must look at. Although most of us don't suffer from genetic abnormality, but when we're in a relationship, or at least when I'm in this current relationship, I always felt my partner in a MIA mode. Not that we demand alot from a relationship, but being in a relationship means growing together. Very different from the city lives where SOME girls get married to be human incubators so long as their husband(s) are rich.

The last part was really sweet. "Henry" was shot (during one of his time travelings) by "Clare's" dad in one of his hunting trips which caused his death. The sweetest thing about this is that, Henry never tell Clare about this. I'm not sure if Henry knew who shot him because his time travels normally take a few minutes or perhaps seconds. The dying was bad in the sense that he knew he's about to die. That's the worst part about knowing his future. It's sad for me. What a pity. And yes, I love this movie a lot . . . maybe I am just lack of romance in my life and so simple movies like that touches me..... :(

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First round mooting

Posted by Shirleen in School

The one reason why I've 5 assignments left undone... Having no time for social life... not updating my blog so frequently... And yet another year where I spend halloween blogging but I'm much happier than last year! :D

Today is the first round for my mooting competition.. and I WON! :D woo hoo!! (It's also my first time! damn nice! LOL)

I want to enter semi... hurry hurry.. the next round is this wednesday.. after that next saturday I'll know if I can enter semi!! semi semi semi!!

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Semenggoh Wildlife centre

Posted by Shirleen in Fun, Travel

Sarawak Botanical Research Centre, (Kuching) Semenggoh will be a great place to see REAL Orang Utans.

The tickets are super cheap! Only RM3.00 for adult, and RM1.50 for senior citizen, and students - yes including COLLEGE students! :D but this pricing is only for Malaysians.