Iron men, choices and fairy tales.

Considering the circumstances of my current life, how unrequited love can be. Robert Downey Jr. and a fictional iron suit made from polygons and textures were the only things keeping me happy. Yes, Iron Man 2 is the only thing that kept my cheeriness. The movie gets a solid 9.5 out of 10 from me. The story was great, the actors, especially Robert Downey Jr. (Tony Stark/Iron Man) and Mickey Rourke (Whiplash/Ivan Vanko) were THE best. Downey Jr. who played Tony gave the character it's witty and cynical persona, his acting made me feel as if Tony Stark was real, while Rourke in the other hand, aced the "bad mother fucker" persona, him being Whiplash, a villain created especially for the movie, made Iron Man 2 as one of the most innovative movies ever, since not every comic-to-silver screen movie has an original villain. Of course the movie has an outstanding cast, mainly consisting of Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury. The only thing that didn't win me over was the final battle. It could have been longer and more thrilling, but the whole experience of the movie makes up for it.

Alas, after the movie, I went back into depression mode. I figured if I went to the arcades , I could release the lamenting side of me on pixelated bad guys. But no, it didn't work well, I am still rather down, maybe it's time for me to move on, I dunno. But watching 2 of my closest friends "expressing" their affection right behind me while I was shooting really broke my concentration, and made me realize, not everyone lives a life of fairy tales. I don't have love as easy as theirs, maybe I never will.

I'm sorry, It's just that the plethora of emotions dwelling within my sea of soul are consuming me. I should be an AM happy that I helped my friends in a way. But at the same time, jealousy overcomes me, no, not because one of my female friend is smitten, it's the fact that other people have better lives than me.

I can't disclose who were they, but I think they're satisfied. And for that, I have naught but a brief respite.

Maybe...just maybe, I should just move along.

P.S. the world is not enough.
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Quote of the Day: "Will someone stop this song? So I won't sing along" -Lyrics from Stop This Song by Paramore.

Insanity of the Day:

This conversation was via text message, before Iron Man 2 started when we were already seated:

Me: Let the magic happen. *sends to Ritchie and Nathalie*

Nat: *replies* Shit you la.

Me: *replies to Nat* lol, DO EET!

Nat: *replies* Siao.

Me: *replies to Nat* Can la~ DO EET *thumbs up*

Me: *sends to Ritchie* DO EET

Ritchie: *replies* screw you

Of kicking ass and suprises

Hmmm...nothing to do...might as well blog of today's turn of events. Today was rather special. It wasn't just like any other Saturday, this is pretty much the summary of today:

So I woke up in the morning, feeling like going back to sleep, since I woke up at 7AM-ish to go to school for prize giving day, and had to be a back-up welcoming committee for the VIP. For the first time in my high-school life, I get to wear a blazer, now that's nigh laughable, since I always wanted to wear a blazer. SO I got my prize and IMMEDIATELY told my dad to drive me back home, since I'm the catalyst for today's event, which was organizing a get-together with my friends and to go watch a movie, and lunch.

The night before was hectic, since I had to plan on who's doing what. And an unexpected someone finally decided to join us. But the next day, it all pull through and I think everyone was happy. Me, Eunice, (yes, this is my first time mentioning her in my blog, she was the unexpected one to come and join us, I met her a week ago.) Ritchie, Nathalie, Susan...and Susan's boyfriend who tagged along were the ones there.

So finally when I got a call from Nathalie as I was practicing piano, embracing it's elegant sounds, I finally got to the cinemas, Susan already was lining-up to get tickets to watch Kick-Ass, me an Nat were talking, until a few minutes later, Ritchie called, he showed up with Eunice. Since he was in-charge of picking her up. So I get to meet up with Eunice for the first time, and Nathalie gets to meet some of my friends, while Ritchie gets to meet Nathalie again.

So Susan decided to go and walk around with her boyfriend, and then there was 4.... Ritchie and Nathalie bolted and walked waaaaaaaaaaays in front of me and Eunice. Ritchie you sly bastard you. So I was walking with Eunice...until...I saw...Jane.Lee. She totally misunderstood, I was just walking with her, nothing more. So we got our stomachs filled and talked. Then we rushed to the cinemas and watched Kick-Ass.

The movie...KICKED.ASS. It's really good, and it's totally a worth-watching flick. I recommend it to people who like comedy, action and drama. Though the movie started out funny and not serious at all. It ended up as something people can learn from that it's not "With No Power Comes No Responsibilities." but everyone plays a part in society, though their deeds forgotten, the feeling of victory is still sweet. Hit-Girl was totally my favorite hero in the movie, since she does most of the awesome things, the movie even has Call of Duty references!

So after that we went hunting for guitar strings. Eunice had to replace hers since she wanted to play guitar. After that, I went and buy some snacks at Carl's Jr. even though I ate most of it. We also went and see some pets since the bowling alley was full (bowling was our initial idea) After that, we said our farewells for now, and I actually wanted to take a picture of us 4 (Susan and her boyfriend once again disappeared after the movie.) But no one wanted, so in the end only me and Eunice took a picture.

After that, I left for my music class and the rest went back home.

The rest is silence.

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Quote of the Day: "I care about you a lot." Kick-Ass' way of saying "I love you"


Insanity of the Day:

Choral Speakers: We share the food that we eat! We share the words that we speak!

Me: *whispers to Hon Pann* We share the beds that we sleep...

Hon Pann: We share the condoms that we use.

Me: what...?

Out of the frying pan and into the freezer.

Well, it's been nearly a week since my return from Indonesia. I didn't have time to blog because of my laziness, due to the amount of things I have to blog about.

Here goes. See the reason I didn't wanna go to Indonesia was because of where I live there, the food's bad, the girls are...mehh and there's only 3 friggin' malls, in 3 years....they only built 2 more....wow. Also my stay at the little town outside of Jakarta known as Depok isn't FUN, it's like a baby-sitting job that doesn't pay at since I have to take care of my 3 year-old twin nephews.

But, on a different note, the heart of the country, Jakarta is a different story, though the pollution is nothing less than displeasing, progress on the city has bettered itself, roads don't get stuck in traffic jams much, and the malls there have improved, so has the social well being of the citizens. Every single block you to, every single street has a mall, that's something rather new to me since Malaysia has less.

Not only that, the entertainment industry has greatly improved, Indonesian artists make much better local tunes than Malaysia has ever did, they create something original, not used. For instance, my latest band fetish Vierra, they make great songs, powerful music and lyrics. Or local movies are shot at a decent camera quality, I immediately fell in love with a movie called Laskar Pelangi which tells of the struggle of a group of elementary school kids, the plot is diverse and complete.



Speaking about love, I think I just fell for my cousin's bestie, unfortunately, she lives in Jakarta and the only way I can talk to her is via Facebook, but no matter, someone told me to be patient and so I will. When will I ever be able to meet you? *sigh*

Also on the other note, my extortion of cash from my aunts is a success, I finally got myself a Nintendo DS Lite. For those of you who know my hate for Nintendo would be shooting me right now for being a hypocrite, but some NDS games are too good to resist, so I had to get one.




Then there's the cinemas of Indonesia....walking to each one of them is like walking into a 5-star hotel, since it's plain "wow" they have arcades, comfortable seats, good food and great movies shown at a reasonable price of approximately 25,000Rp - 30,000Rp, which is about 8 ringgit to 10 ringgit.

My cousins are also the people I love and I will miss them for the next 11 months, since chances are I'll be going again in 2010, anyone who wants to come with me are always welcome. And no, Indonesia isn't just bout Bali, there are other great places to see, 37 states in all, and a large metropolis of a city to hang around with.

Well, as 2010 is just hours away, I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, may you successfully achive your new year's resolution. Ciao.

The curtains are closed. And an Italian Assassin is born.

Well, last Friday draws an end to my Form 4 life in my High School chronicles, next year is gonna be one heck of a year I guess. Hope you guys have a awesome holiday. As for me? Well, after the dull closing of the school year, it's gonna be followed with a dull holiday yet again. I'm gonna be here till the 5th of December, after that, it's back to Indonesia till the 27th, and Hell hath no fury like the boredom of me being there. (not a woman scorned =P)


And, I finally got Assassin's Creed II, didn't get to play the first one since I didn't have a PS3 last time, and my rusty ol' computer couldn't take the heat, I always wondered why, since I see nothing that my computer couldn't handle. But now I do, the processing power needed to display the lush, beautiful environment, the emulation of crowds and so on needs to be all powerful, processing is exactly what my computer lacks, but now I can finally play this. Being a fan of the Prince of Persia series, I love this game, everything about it. Unlike how basic the first story was (Hey you're a Assassin of the Al Mualim and you're gonna kill 5 Crusaders, good luck *pats on the back*) Now you're a nobleman, from Italy who's forced o be an assassin because of a conspiracy that killed your father and 2 brothers. Of course, you have to uncover the plot of the Templars AND avenge your family. I'm only 5 hours into the game, but so far, so good. Nothing is repetitive so far. The economy system is great, and the new functions such as clothing, collectibles, dual hidden blades, poison coating on blades, the hidden gun and so on is what makes the game even more satisfying, and it's addictive, VERY addictive. The game has truly evolved from the first, adding a little dash of RPG elements in it. If you have either a PS3 or 360, this is a definite BUY. Or you can just wait for the PC version.

Also shame on those who hasn't watched 2012, it's EPIC so I will not spoil the plot.

Va Bene (Very well), I guess I'll stop here for now. Ciao. (goodbye)

P.S. Oh no, the Italians in the game have corrupted my grammar! O=

The Fourth Kind- Oh...my...GOD!!!

Okay, Exams are FINALLY FUCKIN' OVER. And alas I am free of my year long school days. So to celebrate that, Me, Ritchie and Susanna decided to go catch a movie.....only to find out Peter is tagging along, but whatever, that's not the case. So we gathered at my place, Me, Ritchie and Susan took showers because it was hot...real hot outside. And after all the dilly-dally, we left for Mid Valley.

Once there we headed for the cinemas only to find out Ritchie's OH-SO AWESOME prophecy coming true....2012, the movie we all wanted to watch badly was sold out.... so we were left with 2 choices, Killin' Nazis fun in Inglorious Basterds, or the mindfucking thriller, The Fourth Kind. Susan decided on The Fourth Kind, I don't know why, but she did.


The one of a kind Documentary/Movie that will mindfuck you, and it's still mindfucking me... I'm imagining myself surrounded by Sumerian white owls that abducts people and making them forget the whole thing the next day. The movie supposedly uses Actual Footage of Dr. Abigail Tyler's research of the origin of creation. Her patients have been waking up for no reason during 3:33 A.M. for no apparent reason and find themselves being stared at by these....white owls...that gives me goosebumps...MAJOR goosebumps. Well, I can't spoil the rest, you just GOTTA watch it.... even though Peter and Susan said it was boring. It's an interesting movie, generally, but the actual footage appears to be fake, which rumored by many...is. How could someone get possessed by Aliens that speak Sumerian, levitate and starts threatening Dr. Abigail? Whoops...couldn't help myself, the image is burned into my head.- Oh shit...I think someone...or something is at the door... Damnit I think I became paranoid...









Ate some Carl's Jr. too...and I'm still full from that Double Western Bacon Cheeseburger... and those Criss-Cut Fries.

Unfortunately, this will likely be the last time that I will hang out with Susanna, since she has STPM coming and she's getting pressured by everyone. All the best to you Susanna, I'll miss ya. <3



P.S. They're Watching YOU.

Blisters, aches, thanksgiving and a movie.

Now, you might be wondering, why am I blogging this late at night. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeell, I had a heck of a day today since I suck at planning.

So I was dragged to ice-skating, which lasted approx. 2 hours, with Yen Yi and her brother, since I had no one to talk to, I called Ritchie to come and save me, that nooblet's a savior I tell ya. He didn't know how to skate so I had to teach him, but I fell more times then him. So I just unintentionally pushed him down to the melted ice which resulted my left side to be completely wet and his back all watery. Also, since we were both wearing short socks, we've got blisters on the back of our feet now, we also have body aches, especially our feet.....damn those skates..... that's all for damage report.

Then (which was 3PM by then) We (Me, Ritche and my parents) went to Mid Valley, my parents had their luch while me and him go do some games n' book hunting, so yeah, I found the games I wanted and we bought 2 books, I got myself Maximum Ride: Max's primary Brithish print (FINALLY IT'S HERE!!), and we shared money to get the mini (and cheaper) edition of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed novel.

The novels:



















And after all that shabang was over, it's 5PM, Ritchie came over to play Resident Evil 5 as usual, though this time I didn't join the fight since I was tired and slept. I don't wanna hinder him 'cuz my accuracy will drastically decreased if my stamina's low. So he woke me up at 6:30PM, which was when we're supposed to go fro some Thanksgiving Dinner Roland's Christian community is hosting.

So we went there just in time for dinner (Ritchie invited his friend; Susanna, and she invited 2 of her friends), and ate some awesome food and let the whole thing start. Now.... the whole thing....was in Cantonese... I. DON'T. UNDERSTAND. CANTONESE. So Ritchie suggested that we should apologize to Ronald and get the heck out to catch a movie at the Jusco opposite the building we were in. So Susanna's friends left for home, and there was 3, I got a little more well-acquainted with the girl, I only know how she looks, she's from Maxwell as well, she's from Upper Form 6, but I didn't expect her to be a cool person.

Desperate, we bought tickets to the only show we were interested, which was Gamer. The show was at 10PM, so we just waited till showtime comes at the meantime we were having conversation after conversation. So time passed, had our laughs and fun and right before you know it, the movie starts.

what can I say? it's just....an epic movie. It stars Gerald Butler, if you don't know him, he played as King Leonidas in 300 (the guy who yelled THIS. IS. SPARTA!!).It's one of those movies which makes you ponder to yourself. This one (especially if you play A LOT of online games) will make you think.....what if your character in-game, was living in an alternate universe, having his/her own family, what if everything you kill in it has a life of it's own, has emotions. There is certainly nothing virtual about the reality in the movie. It's about this power-hungry game designer, he makes games that involve real humans. He replaces their brain cells with some nano-machines that allow other players to control them through their computers, only to find out this was all just a part of the bigger picture.

After the movie, we accompanied Susanna back home, since she was uhhh... "scared". And me and Ritchie made our way home. What can I say? it was one heck of a day. Well, you've been filled in.

My Sassy Girl (Continued from the previous post)

Well, here's the original Korean Version, enjoy! ^^

The Korean version:

Part 1


Part 2


Part 3


Part 4


Part 5


Part 6


Part 7


Part 8


Part 9


Part 10


Part 11


Part 12


Part 13

My Sasssy Girl

Now, I know it's out of place for me to blog about a romance flick...like seriously out of place, since I only watched like....2 of em in my whole like, which were Koizora (Sky of Love) and The Lake House, FYI.

But you see....something caught my attention on Star Movies yesterday, it's a movie called "My Sassy Girl" I read the info and said it was based on a 2001 Korean movie with the same name, but the only one I know was the Korean series with the same name... but when I saw it, it was totally different than the series itself, yet it's cool at the same time, and I watched the original Korean version too. Both the American and Korean are interesting in their own ways. So I wanna share with you the movie, and (THANK GOD!!) It wasn't copyrighted on Youtube....I think, so yeah, enjoy.

The American version:


Part 1


Part 2


Part 3


Part 4


Part 5


Part 6


Part 7


Part 8


Part 9


Well, hope you enjoyed that, and yes, Canon in C and Canon in D was featured in the movie, now the Korean version has 14 parts, so Im gonna post it in the next post.

Transformers Revenge of The Fallen

Oh yeah~ I watched it, people, Transformers Revenge of The Fallen.... simply a must watch, it totally destroyed Terminator's level of CG, I mean seriously, the amount of detail in every generated graphic are just.....WOW! And people who doubted my prediction of the movie, IN YO' FACE! It all came true, HAH! I won't spoil anything at all, but overall, the movie's awesome, watch it! I watched it along with my friend at Kepong's Jusco, quite a ways, but it's worth it. Not a single cnet wasted from this, I think I might even watch it over and over again.

Freedom!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, so here's to why I have NOT been posting....

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Exams, 2 "glorious" week of it. BUT, it's finally ended, AND I have 2 weeks of mid-year holidays. And GOD!! I hope I nail those exams since if I nail em', I'll get a Cloud Black Limited Edition PS3 instead of the mormal one.







<-------------------( Cloud Black Limited Edition Playstation 3)

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Well, not just that, Im busy programming a game, it's made by the MUGEN engine. MUGEN is a game engine that allows you to make 2-D fighting games. The thing is, you gotta either find the characters and stages from the internet, or make em' your own self ( Which Im trying to do). But my limited skills only enable me to make custom lifebar portraits and re-code some minor codings like stage music or position of the characters.

This is a sample of it:



Of course, I couldn't have done or learnt these tricks if it wasn't for the community of Mugen-Infantry.net

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Ok, so I also went and checked out 2 movies, Angels & Demons and Terminator : Salvation. And I say, both of em' rocks! Angels & Demons is a thriller with one of the best story line ever. Making fake Christian cover-ups. Then you have Terminator, a in-your-face action movie with a decent story to boot, and I gotta say the new Terminator might not be Arnold, but he kicks more ass that Arnold ever did.




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So I guess that sums up my past few weeks.

Pavillion and X-Men Origins : Wolverine

So, I went to Pavillion today with some friends from SMSM, finally we get to meet each other again, and they haven't change much....those Form 3 munchkins.....

So we get to watch X-Men Origins, which was ABSOLUTELY AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And as you all know, the story's about how Wolverine came to be. It's definately a must watch. We were lucky enough to get some of the best seats in the house, everyone there was lining their asses of just to watch the movie. And yes, me and the guys still can't belive that someone as badass as Wolverine has Jimmy for a real name...... Logan was just a cover up afterall ....

And I even met a former schoolmate, even that I didn't knew him well, his face was like "OoO J...Jonathan??!!" But I just looked at him and lined up with the munchkins. He then suddenly tapped me at the back when me and the guys were on the escalator, he went like "Jonathan, which school are you studying in now?" so I told him "Maxwell..." and he's like "Maxwell?" and Edmund's like "It's a faggot's school, full of faggots." I nodded and just said "yeap, it's a faggot school..." then we walked away.

We ended the little reunion and approximately 5PM. Well, nothing outta the ordinary, we just walked around, went to Sungei Wang cuz Edmund and his friend wanted Air Soft Guns that cost about RM 180(yes, those plastic toys are friggin' expensive....and they're names rhyme with "ass-off") to shoot at the raging Mat Rempits (illegal motorcycle racers) that just can't shut up in their neighboorhood. And we say that the Playstation shops there are selling PS2 games again! And we ate some delicious Carl's Jr. burgers... mmmmm~

Who's Watching The Watchmen?

Well, today I watched the Watchmen in cinemas, rated 18PL for sex, violance and F*cencored*ed up language. I really suggest you all to watch this movie, has a really nice concept to it, which is "what if superheroes are not really all that?" catchy....eh? Well The story takes place in October 1985 in USA, yes munchachos, 1985, Vietnam war, revolutions, Frost/Nixon. Well, it's not REALLY the real 1985, in this 1985, America won the Vietnam war, Nixon is president and superheroes are present. The story follows the last generation of Watchmen, Dr.Manhattan (the funky blue naked dude), Silk Spectre (The babe in tights), Nite Owl (the batman wannabe), The Comedian (the badass dude), Ozymandias(The smartest dude on earth) and Rorschach (the masked psycho detective) where they are now retired and chillin. But 1 night, The Comedian was murdered, and Rorschach decided to investigate. Eventually, all the other gang members decided to help out too. Well, that's about the jist of it, the rest, the plot twist which are nicely done and what-so...you all gotta see for yourself. This movie is a whooping 3 Hours long, so you all gotta be patient to find out what's up. Well, that's all for now.

As always....ADIOS MUNCHACHOS!

The Mural's done!

Sorry for the absentness awhile from the blog, I was busy. Anyways, remember that mural I mentioned? It's done!^^ I couldn't have done it without the help of my friends and the CAIS guys, you guys rock! I'll post the picture as soon as I get my hands on it, so..... wait.^^


Now, for you action movie fanatics out there, I recommend a movie called Death Race, starring Jason Statham. It's a movie about this prison running an illegal broadcast called Death Race to get their oun income. The point of Death Race is to ask potential racer/gladiators among the inmates to race to the death, win 5 races, the inmate will be set free, lose...well.....you pretty much kick the bucket in the most painful way. With fast cars, big guns and hot babes, Im sure you guys will love it as much as I did.^^ MAN! I love that Mustang! BTW, this movie is the remake of the classic movie called Death Race 2000, but the storyline is totally different, they only retained the concept of the race and the character Frankenstein.



Book lovers! If your into Science Fiction/Fantasy books and already read the Harry Potter and Twilight series and dunno what to do....the you guys should get the Maximum Ride series. It's a 4-book series, it was recommended bt a friend of mine. The plot follows the adventures of Maximum Ride, frequently refered as Max, and her group of human-avian hybrids (known as the flock), who have been the subjects of experiments leaving them 98% human and 2% bird. The experiments were conducted at a facility known as "The School", located in Death Valley, California. The flock is constantly being hunted down by Erasers, human-lupine (wolf) hybrids, that were also created at the School. The Flock works towards protecting the world from domination by mysterious figures, who have also shown an interest in their capture. The overview might not be much exciting but you guys should get the books, it's worth it. It's written by a famous author named James Patterson. The books have also been made into a manga; Japanese comics and a movie that's due to be released in 2010.




Game fanatics, you guys should go to your nearest game stall, and grab a game called Clive Barker's Jericho. It's a horror-themed 1st person shooter for the PC, PS3 and 360, it's a great game with great graphics and low requirements for the PC. The story goes that before God made Adam and Eve, he made the Firstborn, a being that's not ugly and not beautiful, not dark and not light and it has no sex. But God went overboard and made the Firstborn to powerful, so he banished it to the Abyss know ans the Pyxis Prima, a slice of reality shaped like a box buried in the Lost city of Al-Khali in the middle-east. So, the Firstborn got pissed and wants to free itself from the Box, seducing someone with evil attentions with forbidden knowledge to free him in exchange for power, and each time a 7-man team is sent to stop the Firstborn. This cycle has been going on in the Sumerian Era, The Roman Era, The Crusader's Era and the WWII Era. Now in the present time, The Firstborn is trying to escape again, seducing a evil man named Arnold Leach, so the US army send the specialized team of people with knowledge of the arcane arts called the Jericho to stop the Firstborn and Leach. The gameplay is basically tactical FPS style, the story is written by Clive Barker, of course. So you guys should get this game, it's really really good, TRUST me.

Well, that's all for now I guess, see ya!