This christmas eve, i managed to catch Bolt......it was almost be-awesome(watch the movie and you'll get wad i mean!). Quite a good movie by my standards....
As usual, some movie facts:
Title: Bolt
Directed by: Byron Howard & Chris Williams
Main Cast: John Travolta(Wild Hogs) as Bolt Miley Cyrus(Hannah Montana) as Penny Susie Essman as Mittens
Movie Runtime: 96 minutes
Rating: PG (It's a cartoon)
The Plot: The movie centers around Bolt, a canine movie star who actually believes he has superpowers. One day while filming his tv show, Bolt witnesses his owner, Penny get kidnapped by bad guys. Not knowing that the kidnapping was part of the filming process of the tv show, Bolt sets out to look for his owner. On the way, he teams up with scrawny alley cat and an over-enthusiastic hamster in a plastic ball. On their journey to find Penny....hilarity ensues.....
My Thoughts: When Disney and Pixar collaborates, they make decent movies, and this is no exception. I have no idea why this movie made less money at the box office compared to Madagascar 2. Its much better story wise and also as funny as Madagascar 2. By combining a delusional dog, a street-wise alley cat and an overwight hamster....you get bucket loads of fun and laughter. Rhino the hamster has got to be the nuttiest hamster to hit the big screens...the guy totally cracks me up. Besides all the fun and laughs, this movie also has a touching story to boot.....Animation and voice acting were also flawless by the way...
From the left: Bolt, Mittens and Rhino
My favourite movie character, the totally insane Rhino
The bottom line: Buy the tickets, bring your friends, girlfriend, your whole family, sit back and prepare yourself for non stop laughs. This is how a great family movie should be! Well done Disney & Pixar!
It's that time of the year again.....and Christmas is just around the corner....
Therefore, i think it's the right time for a Christmas post......
Let's start off with some basic Christmas Facts:
Origins of Christmas: Christmas which means the 'mass of Christ' begins with the birth of a baby in Bethlehem. And that baby was Jesus Christ. From then on, people celebrated the birth of Christ every 25th of December.
Santa Claus: Kids love Santa Claus.....mostly because they believe that Santa will bring them presents. Santa Claus is based on Saint Nicholas who is a real person. He was the bishop of Myra, an area in Turkey. He was a generous man and was particularly devoted to children.
Christmas Trees: In 16th century Germany, people decorated fir trees with apples, roses, gilded candies, and colored paper. A fir tree hung with apples, also symbolizes the Garden of Eden-The Paradise Tree. And the rest was history.....
Mistletoe: I'm sure most of u have heard about the mistletoe. When two people met under the mistletoe, they would kiss. This tradition originated with the Scandinavians who associated the mistletoe with their goddess of love, Frigga. From this, we derived the tradition of kissing under the mistletoe. (Who noes where i can get one? Hehe...) And those who kissed under the mistletoe had the promise of happiness and good luck in the following year.
To end this Christmas post, here's a funny Christmas Quote:
"Christmas is a race to see which gives out first - your money or your feet."
Merry Christmas Everybody! And a Very Happy New Year!
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
The first trailer for X-Men Origins: Wolverine just came out!!!! And i have to say, it looks really awesome....bloody kickass!!! Furthermore gambit makes a debut! Definitely gonna be a highly anticipated movie next summer....can't wait...
Wad are u waiting for? Watch the trailer already...
Klaatu: If the Earth dies, you die. If you die, the Earth survives.
This should give you a clue on wad the movie is about......
Went to the PC fair today and caught the movie since we had some free time on our hands(mostly i wanted to see the movie, sorry if u guys didn't enjoy it...)
First things first, the facts:
Title: The Day the Earth Stood Still
Directed by: Scott Derrickson(The Exorcism of Emily Rose)
Main Cast: Keanu Reeves(The Matrix) as Klaatu Jennifer Connely(Blood Diamond) as Helen Benson Jaden Smith(Will Smith's son) as Jacob Benson
Movie Runtime: 103 minutes
Rating: PG 13(Not violent enough if u ask me....)
The Plot:
This movie is a remake of the 1951 sci-fi classic, The Day the Earth Stood Still. The movie starts off with a giant extra-terrestrial sphere landing amidst the city. An alien lifeform, Klaatu(Keanu Reeves) emerges from the sphere and the first human to make contact is Helen Benson(Jennifer Conelly).
Apparently, Klaatu is here to destroy the humans as it is deemed necessary for the earth's survival. It is now up to Helen to persuade Klaatu to change his mind and save the humans from extiction.........
My Thoughts:
An above average movie in my opinion but opinions will be divided. You either like it or you hate it. It's actually quite and enjoyable sci-fi movie for me though not as exhilirating as alien invasion movies such as Independence Day. The movie is not your typical alien invasion movies with epic battles between the humans and the aliens. It's more one sided to be honest(humans totally got pawned....). But it does make you think.....are we the ones killing earth? If so, can we change our ways in time? With global warming increasing at such an alarming rate, we just might kill earth and perish together with it.....only thing is, in the real world, there wont be aliens to give us a second chance.....
Klaatu and his shiny sphere........
Moving on, the acting is quite good, not great though. Keanu Reeves makes quite a good alien with his expressionless face. Some of u might disagree with me saying he acts like a log for the whole movie but give him a break.....aliens are supposed to be cold and expressionless. Jaden Smith's acting was also quite impressive.....he's got lots of potential. As with any 21st century movie, the CGI was nice too......
The bottom line: If you are looking for a movie to watch at the cinema this weekend, might as well watch this movie rather than some other cheesy teenage vampire love story movie such as Twilight....this is much more worth it!
Bakpoh Rating: A not to shabby 7 out of 10(this might be biased abit coz i quite like Keanu Reeves movies)
And as usual, the trailer for your viewing pleasure.....
What makes us Malaysians? This email is kinda old as it has been circulating the web for quite some time. I just happen to come across it for the 2nd or 3rd time in my mailbox today. So what the heck, might as well share....coz it brings a smile to my face everytime I read it. Everyth said is so very true......any Malaysian should be able to relate to it.
1. You can name all the players from the the English Premier League, but ask you to name one football player from Malaysia , one name also cannot come out.
2. When StreamyX come, you complain StreamyX too slow. When Maxis Broadband come, you complain Maxis Broadband always disconnects When WiMax come, you complain Wimax too expensive. In the end, you say StreamyX still the best lah.
3. When toll price increase, you complain. When petrol price increase, you
complain. When you go Starbucks buy RM10 coffee, NO COMPLAINTS.
4. When you cannot find parking in a shopping mall and have to walk very far, you complain. When you go inside the shopping mall and there's SALE , run from one end of 1Utama to the other also NO COMPLAINTS. 5. You are always late. And the excuse you give when you're late is always either: (a) traffic jam (b) no transport or (c) cannot find parking.
6. You have a parent who force you to take science stream in high school, study engineering in Uni, then when you graduate, they ask you to forget everything you learnt in Uni and do commerce.
7. You know someone who can specially develop a 'mat salleh' accent when speaking to a American / British / Australian. 8. You complain against the government in kopitiam, you talk loud loud. Leave anonymous comments on blogs, you also talk loud loud. Attend ceremah by DAP, you shout loud loud. Then when Opposition organise a protest and ask you to go, you dun wan. Scared later kena tangkap by ISA. 9. Every year on the 30th April, you are one of the people below queueing up last minute to submit your tax return at the IRB.
10. When you pay RM10 for something that costs RM1, you blame the Chinese. 11. When a government service is too slow, you blame the Malays. 12. When a building is not good and collapsed, you blame the Indians. 13. When a Chinese student won a scholarship, you say 'Wah! Very clever hor?' When a Malay student won a scholarship, you say 'Aiya! Of course lah! He Malay mah!'
14. When a 'mat salleh' stranger kiss you on the cheek to say hello, you very happy. When a Malaysian guy kiss you on the cheek to say hello, you slap him.
Disclaimer: By publishing this joke, i do not intend to offend human beings of the female species. It's just sum joke i heard from sumone sumtime ago. Therefore i shall not be held responsible(legally or otherwise) for anybody i offend in the process.....
A "decent" friend/scout leader of mine told me this joke. He is in no way hamsap, for he is "decent"......ya and shit can be eaten, money grows on trees and dogs can talk.....decent my foot.....no offense to that person in particular.....haha....it's just that decent cannot be used on u....
Anyways, back to the joke:
Question: What is it that you try very hard to get out of at first but spend the rest of your life trying to get into?
And the answer is........PUSSY(AKA VAGINA AKA CIBAI).......
Finally done with the troublesome fundraising thingy..........all that work for so lil money.....i think i can make more money by gigolo-ing myself out for 4 days. But then again, i doubt that there are ppl who would pay me to sleep with them.......really sad fact......haha....
Anyways, moving on, this post is dedicated to the hardworking to the "hardworking staff" of MMU who literally sacrifice their lives for the well-being of all MMU students. And we all know that is a BIG FAT FUCKING LIE! MMU staff hardworking(lecturers not included)? Pah! A bunch of lazy fucked-up retards they are, hardworking they certainly are not. Their sole purpose is to make the life of us university students plain miserable. How much time have i spent queuing up at the bank or waiting to be served by the people at the finance unit thanks to their i couldn't care less so i just sit around and do nothing attitude? I've totally lost count......and i've practically given up on getting pissed at them as it's just not bloody worth it.
An incident the other day further shows how "hardworking" these "heroes" of MMU are. In the mentioned incident, i was with my friend, Mr.GOD, when his car got summoned by the security division for parking at the designated staff parking area. Not his fault actually, he only parked there because a security officer said that he can park there. Mana tau, another security officer comes along later and summons him for parking the car there. Even after explaining the situation to the smartass security officer, he still insisted on giving him the summon. This whole stupid incident happened because of their incompetence and Mr.GOD ended up being the one victimized. There was no way in hell that we were going to pay the summon. So we headed to the security division to give them a piece of our mind. But when we got into the office......this is wad we saw................
The clock in the office clearly shows 4.47 pm........
But wad is this???? To the left............
And to the right.....no one to be seen......
I'm positively sure that the closing time for the offices at MMU is 5pm so where have all the staff gone? I guess they sat around for the whole day doing nothing.....somehow got bored.....packed their bags and left.....No wonder lar, year after year we hear that MMU failed to make a profit and lost money. If you employed staff like these, for sure you cannot make profit lar....its a miracle that u don't just gulung tikar and go bankrupt.......
So to all u highers ups who manage MMU and stuff: next time hire competent people who actually do work not some dumbasses who sit around for the whole day goyang kaki. And don't come up with stupid fees such as IT fees or Library Fees so that you can hire those imbecilic deep shits in the office.....you'd be better off hiring monkeys because bananas are much cheaper.....
As my high school teacher Mr. Ang would say: " Bagaimana Malaysia mau maju?"
Malaysia BOLEH! MMU staff BOLEH.........TANGKAP ULAR!!!!!
The MMU Table Tennis Club will be organising a fundraising event this week starting from monday till thursday. I really hope that you guys can support us!
There will be food and drinks as well as fashion acessories and clothes!
Food & Drinks:
Waffles(Personally made by me....haha) Big Apple Donuts Nadeje Layer Cake All kinds of Tarts(Bought from Tart & Tart at Jonker Street) Curry Fishball & Herbal Egg(Prepared by AH WEE) Hotdogs Cincau Drink Sunkist Soda
Head over to the Mosque Square for a snack in between breaks! Dun miss it!
