- Watch the trailer for one of the most celebrated graphic novel of all times - Watchmen The Movie. Screening is scheduled to be out in March 2009. On a side note, I am loving the dark and emo soundtrack.
- THE NEXT BIG THING: Christmas!!
Where? Wai Sik Kai, SS2. The long row of hawkers shops in the centre of SS2 - impossible to miss. Why? Dinner.
There is one little shop that serves affordable western food in Wai Sik Kai, and it is not standing tall among other stalls - you might find it if you look hard enough. Western food are like a dime in a dozen here!
Is there anything particularly nice about this place? Honestly, no. In fact, it tastes rather normal - much like those you find in makan shops. I don't know if it should be called healthy because it obviously ain't, with all the fried stuff and so on.
I thought this might stand a chance against the Kepong spagetthi, but no! (Kepong's have much more MSG lol) This one at least can see the meat on the sauce - but my taste buds were already one with MSGs (as in like Neo one-ish), so I found this to be a little blend. This plate cost RM5.
Fish and Chips (or was it Chicken Chop?) was ordered by someone else. I stole a bit and I thought it tasted pretty normal, if not oily. Health conscious people might choose to avoid this. The french fries were pretty decent as well and this cost RM6.50.
The Chicken Maryland is pretty much Chicken Chop + sauce. I never did like my food flooded with gooey sauce, hence I shall not comments on this. Sherry ordered this - maybe she can provide some insights?
Verdict! Satisfaction - 5.5/10 Value for money - 6/10 Quality - 6/10 Quantity - 6/10 Service - 5.5/10
Will I return? Yes, because it is convenient and affordable.
The initial plan was to go to Curve to watch the fireworks display, but since I was there already last year and got my self stuck amidst the insane crowd, I figured it was time for a change this year. So I got my buddies together and we went to 1 Utama instead, for a change!
There were 12 people, or possibly more, in our group - one of the bigger groups we ever had for a new year's countdown. Some came back from overseas, some from some unknown land and some who were just here for fun!
Fu Shen made quite a mess at the 1 Utama carpark - he made one car alarm blast away by sitting on the bonet, while pissing of another BMW owner for leaning on his car. Jun Xian found an unlocked Kancil and opened the door, only to see the owners rushing back to their car while we ran away giggling like fools.
We chose a spot at the Central Park and sat down while waiting for the new year. It was pitch dark and I couldn't even see a thing through my camera's viewfinder. Thank goodness the external flash came in handy.
There was also a lala performance at 1 Utama's outer surroundings - so teruk that we all couldn't tahan. One of 8TV's famous host was there - Gary Chou, I think. Basically it was super lala with all the gay dancing and shit.
Then it was finally midnight, which marked the start of the new year! Fireworks fired away from the Curve and 1 Utama. I couldn't really shoot anything properly from where we were.
Basically we were right under the fireworks. Even a super wide angle lens wouldn't have been able to capture the fireworks from where I was standing, so I had to choose to shoot Curve's fireworks instead. LOL.
Last time I see people holding dSLR, I thought sure can take good pictures. But now, dSLR with the kit lens also not proper enough to take a really good fireworks picture. Position and tripod was important too - and I didn't had any. Darn!
I could see that this year the management for both shopping malls became more kiamsiap, possibly due to recession. The fireworks were nice, but they were much shorter in duration compared to last year!
This year also saw a rapid increase in couples among my friends. At times, I felt like I was in last place of the love race. I go here stand got couple, go there stand also got couple. Dunno where to put my face also. Damn paiseh.
But still, celebrating with friends brings much more fun and meaning, compared to celebrating alone. So kesian. Friends are fun too! (Well, obviously. Unless for special cases.) I AM thankful for all my friends, really. They are not superstars or Kenny Sias, but hey, I'm a nobody too. That puts us all in the same, happy-fun boat!
Headed to LongBar for post party. We sat around in the garden and talk cock while passing time. Since the majority of us don't drink, so it was ironic that we where there. LOL.
Saw a couple of my old pals there and camwhored. I feel underdress going to a bar with shorts. But what the heck, its the new year!
I haven't met Yeaw Nian in quite a while and I must say I'm amazed by his changes. More buffed up and meaty, the fella was busy dry-humping girls on the dance floor when I saw him. Culture shock for me..! Last time the fella very goody goody wan mah.
I will be compiling a short slideshow soon on the years events and happening. Hopefully it'll be up soon! In the mean time, happy new year and God bless!
So, Christmas is over and the new year looms just ahead! Will the next year be better or worst? Some speculation about the economic lapse might not be encouraging, but I do pray that it will turn out for the better.
How was your Christmas? Let me share with you what me and my friends did, okay?
(Well, you don't have a choice, really.)
There was a meetout at LongBar, One Hotel in 1 Utama recently. I popped by to say hi to my chums and to grab a few photos. The event was called "Meetout" and it was organized for a good cause - to help save a family in debt, which recently came out on newspaper. God bless their soul.
Needless to say, where there is booze, there will be people. It's a good thing that I'm not a boozer, or else I will be broke until my mother also cannot recognize me.
I only managed to stay for about 20 mins before leaving - the party haven't even begun yet! But apparently they had alot of people and the party was a success. A total of RM2,000+ was amassed from these kind folks. Very meaningful Christmas event, won't you say?
Wai King has a twin, long lost brother! Bet you didn't know that, did you?
Look'e here! All ze pretty ladies!
Then, me and my church's youth group had an outing to the Little Sisters of the Poor (an old folks home) to visit them and entertain them during this time of the year! Its not fair if you only enjoy it yourself, in your nice comfy homes - you should share it with others too! The only thing I was worried about was that they wouldn't be able to cope with all the running and panting and excitement. Lucky thing nothing bad happened.
Old folks can be cheeky too at times.
On Christmas eve, we had a partayyyyy at an uncle's place who is from my church. Good thing got party if not then it would be a rather quiet Christmas!
After that, on boxing day also got another makan-makan! This time it was at Brian's house and we experimented with all kinds of food. Brian can open his own restaurant already lah because I'm sure those that went would've agreed that his food is damn nice yea? Got meat, spagetthi, chicken and dunno what somemore.
I was sick and I only ate bread while watching them eat all the good food! Bah. I suck!
Truffles, or Triffles - made by Samuel Lai. Correct me about the spelling as I'm not too sure which one it is.
"You'd better behave or I'm coming to whoop yer ass."
Played with my wireless flash. I modified the bounce card to cover half of the flash so that it would bounce upwards on the ceiling and brighten the whole place. But what I got was a different result instead - half dark half bright.
Can show comparision between flash and without flash..LOL.
So that practically gives you a rough idea of my Christmas. How was yours?
DUDE. If you consider yourself a martial arts fan, you simply cannot miss this show. Forget Bruce Lee and his yelling. Forget Jackie Chan and his comedic stunts. Finally, forget about Jet Li and Fearless and let yourself loose in this other side of the world - the world of Wing Chun, the legendary fighting style adopted by Ip Man (pronounced Yip Man), the master of the iconic Bruce Lee.
So how does one described the Wing Chun style of fighting? Well, for example, Judo, Akido and other forms of grappling techniques are for close combat and can really lock you up in a dead tight position without you being able to fight back. Long range fighting styles like Taekwondo and Karate are well, meant for long range advantage and cannot really be used in close quarters due to lack of speed and power in extreme tight spots. Wing Chun is like a close combat style with range advantages that packs punch, speed and style altogether and it can whoop your ass so much, your mother probably won't be able to recognize you after that.
Ip Man basically tells the story of the master of Bruce Lee, who is known as Ip Man, and how he fights for the Chinese and unites them with his fists in times of hardship by the Japanese when they took over sometime during the war in the 1940s.
Donnie Yen was simply amazing as Ip Man, and I would even go as far as saying as near-perfect. The times he had spent studying the character really allows him to encompass it with much needed flair and sincerity. I don't know who else I can see fit in that role because Donnie have raised the bar to such a level that even he himself would find it hard to jump over.
His facial expression was also very suitable indeed. Some might complain that he was previously a very stoner type of person but you'll see something completely refreshing here. A peaceful, family loving man who hates fighting but always finds himself in the middle of the wrong attention, Ip Man is trully a sight to behold. He lets his moves does the talking for him!
I love watching him fight - fighting may not necessarily be a good thing in real life but in a show it is totally okay! His throws his punches at the speed of a machinegun firing...trully lightning quick! If you don't focus, you probably won't even be able to see his hands.
Other noticable characters were very well portrayed by their actors and actresses respectively as well. Pity, Sammo Hung was busy directing the stunts and choreography and did not actually made any appearance in the show. I always loved to see him get himself in a rumble as well.
I won't provide any spoilers here, and all I can say is that this show is simply worth watching and the fight scenes are simply awesome and memorable. Mindblowing material - looks real, feels real and definitely IS REAL. If you have Donnie Yen as one of your fighters, you simply can't go wrong. Unless of course, if you really suck at directing...then Donnie probably wouldn't even work with you in the first place.
Verdict! One of the best kungfu shows I've ever seen. And I mean in terms of storyline, action, fight scenes as well as humour! Yes, Although this is somewhat a serious show, there are comical moments as well that were provided by Donnie and his crew. Really funny stuff. That is why this movie comes highly recommended by me!
Posted on 2008-12-28, 19:44:13 Filed under: Entertainment
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