San Francisco

During my last trip to Houston early this year, one of my travelling colleagues was an American. Because of him, I got to know a bit more about  the states and the attractions that were available in the country. The more he talked about it, the more I felt like exploring around and staying there for a month or two to explore the whole country. One of his recommendation was San Francisco. He even provided details of vacation rentals san francisco to me.

According to him, there are so many places to see in the state and the city life was really overwhelming. He said I should really experience the culture and lifestyle there. It would be a different experience for me.

I guess I should put this in my to do list next year. Time to travel to the state for some new adventures. Hope I can utilize the vacation rentals san francisco details he provided soon!

In Time Movie Review

I can't remember how many movies I have watched in a week, but this one will be one of the best ones that I have watched so far in this year. 

This time around, it is the "In Time" by Andrew Niccol starring Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried. 

Photo courtesy of Wikipedia

Basically it is a science fiction movie that talks about time being used as currency and people stop aging at 25 years old. Time has become something you can gain and something you can lose. The more time you have, the longer you can live. So people basically trade time instead of paper money. And there are different time zones where in each zone, there are different amount of total time available to the citizens. And as usual, some of the zones are being discriminated so that people in the other zones can live better, or rather live longer. 

The story is about Will Salas (Justin Timberlake), who is from the poorer time zone, trying to change the corrupted system after his mother has timed out because of the insufficient time that she had. During his fight, he met Sylvia Weis (Amanda Seyfried), who came from the rich time zone where the rich can live forever, was sick of staying alive as long as she doesn't do anything stupid. Two of them joined forces and robed the time banks thus damaging the system. 

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The story was in fact very interesting where they director presented a whole new concept using the old saying, Time is gold. For me it is a good show, inspiring people to value time more. :)

Food for thought
Time is precious, once passed, they can never be brought back. Value present and live life to the fullest. :)

Johnny English Reborn Movie Review

Another week, another show. This time around, my friend and I opted for Johnny English Reborn, acted by our beloved Mr Bean (Rowan Atkinson). haha...

As expected, the movie is hilarious, especially the part when Johnny English tried to adjust the chair and ended up with super funny stunts, by accident of course. I guess the most funny part about Johnny English was most of the pranks/jokes were done without intention, and most of them happened by accidents. LOL.

The movie was about a retired agent (Johnny English) being asked to complete an assignment, which resulted in revealing a big conspiracy that was related to the humiliating assignment that caused him to be "retired" 5 years ago. Well, as usual, it is for you to find out what's the conspiracy. :D Have fun watching! and have a good laugh!

Food for thought
Things are not always as what they appear to be. :)

Real Steel Movie Review

It was 13 Oct, 2011 and it was the release of the movie "Real Steel". Guess what? I was there during the first day of the movie release in Malaysia! Real Steel was a futuristic scientific movie starring Hugh Jackman and Dakota Goyo, directed by Shawn Levy. 

The movie is about an ex boxer, Charlie Kenton (Hugh Jackman), who had a great passion in boxing but got frustrated and addicted when boxing was replaced by Boxing among the Robots. Because of his addiction to getting robots to win in the boxing games, he was in debt and even got separated from his son Max Kenton when Max was born.

When Max's mother passed away, Charlie "sold" him away to Max's aunt, who wanted to have Max as her own child. But because the aunt and the husband had to go away for a vacation, Max was sent to Charlie for few weeks. And the story of the long lost father and son began.

Throughout the journey, Max brought back the boxing passion in Charlie. Max also discovered his own talent in controlling and modifying robots for combat. Both of them made a great team. With a modified Gen-2 training robot that they discovered accidentally in a junkyard, they managed to enter World Boxing Robot league and eventually fighting against the defending champion robot Zeus. Did they win in the end? That's for you to find out. :)

Food for thought
Sometimes we don't need to do a lot of great things for our loved ones, they might just want to know that we are fighting for them or being on their side. We don't need a lot to show our appreciation to the people that are precious to us.

The Smurfs Movie Review

Another Wednesday night! Movie attack! 

This time around, the famous "Smurfs"! There's only one word to describe, AWESOME! Before I watched the movie, my friend told me, it was his childhood cartoon show and he is the same age as me. I was wondering how come I never encounter these characters during my childhood? Where was I when I was a kid?

Picture courtesy of Smurfs

Anyway, back to the show. The show was about the Smurfs village being attacked by the wicked sorcerer, Gargamel and a group of them, including the Papa, accidentally ran into the waterfall during Blue Moon night. The waterfall brought them to the human world where they met Patrick and Grace. Then the adventure of escaping Gargamel in the human world began!

Picture courtesy of Smurfs

Of course, throughout the journey, Papa and the group helped Patrick to realize the importance of family. And Patrick managed to secure his job because of the Smurfs! For more details, visit the cinema and watch the show now! :) Ohya, i like this character in the show. hehe....sometimes it reminds me of myself. LOL.

Picture courtesy of Smurfs

All in all, it is a happy show! so much laughter. haha...."Lalaa...lalalala...sing a happy song...". Go enjoy the show. 

Food for thought

Certain things only happen once in a while or once in our lifetime, are you able to grab and enjoy the moment? Once in a blue moon, don't miss your blue moon, appreciate present. :)

Cars 2 Movie Review

It was a Wednesday night, so where would you expect me to be? Cinema of course! This time around, it was a special show, Cars 2! 

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The show was about Mater, Lightning McQueen's best friend, accidentally getting involved in a series of spy activities. The agents were trying to figure out all the incidents that happened behind the "World Grand Prix" and the Allinoil, a biofuel, promoted by Miles Axlerod, a green power advocate.

As usual, there were car racing going on, and all the cool cars moving around like human beings. It was a cool show, very funny too, especially Mater.Haha... The animation was great as usual and I like all the animation versions of the places like London, Italy and Tokyo.

Picture courtesy of frenchMax's

I would say it was a great cartoon show, worth a watch with your beloved and enjoy the good laugh.  Of course it is kids friendly but strangely I don't see any kids with us in the cinema that day. hahaha....All are grown-ups so who say cartoons are just for kids? LOL.

Food for thought
Just be who you are because you are the "bomb!" You might never realize how important you can be to certain people in your lives. So don't change for others, for some people may never want to lose the real you. :)

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Glen Nevis

After spending a night in Fort William (pictures will be posted soon, hehe....), we took off heading Glasgow. On the way, we passed by Glen Nevis, one of the most beautiful routes on earth (According to my standard of course. LOL).

Beautiful aint it?

Can you see the top?

By the way, it was super cold! But I challenged the temperature and stood there for a pic! Challenge Success! ahhaha...

So beautiful...remind me of Switzerland? hahaha....

Edited Picture. How do you think? :D

Apollo 18 Movie Review

Second movie in a week! This time "Apollo 18" ! A movie directed by Gonzalo Lopez Gallego, starring Warren Christie, Lloyd Owen and Ryan Robbins.

It was a show about the adventure of Apollo 18 to the moon and the reason why the last official recorded journey was Apollo 17. 

Picture Courtesy of screenrant blog 

Generally it was a creepy movie, with aliens on the moon with the ability to camouflage as rocks and enter human body without one realizing it. The whole movie was done in the way that audience would think the film was made of real documentary footage excerpted from some top secret files. I would say it was superbly done, and the way the director surprised the audiences with flash images was a cool classic as well. My friend and I were shocked few times in the cinema. hehe...

Picture Courtesy of iwatchstuff blog 

In the end we didn't really see the clear form of the aliens, but it was creepy enough to see rocks suddenly turned into legged creatures and the astronauts screaming away just amplified the creepiness. LOL.

The movie ended with "800 pounds of rocks were recovered from moon in Apollo 17. Most of them were give out to the foreign countries as gifts and most of the gifts were missing or stolen.". So are you sure the rocks you see on the roadside are just normal rocks? hehe....

Anyway I went to checkout the website they put in the movie, lunartruth.com. Below came out. haha....

Food for thought
How much information that we know are the truth? and how much truth do we know?

Final Destination 5 Movie Review

Wow! It has been a while since I last posted a movie review. This time around, I watched "Final Destination 5" at 1210am midnight! This movie is directed by Steven Quale, starring Nicholas D'Agosto, Emma Bell and Arlen Escarpeta.

The movie was about the "Lucky 8" that survived a bridge disaster. It was a natural disaster due to the strong wind (I guess because of the natural resonance huh?). The main reason they survived was because one of the "Lucky 8", Sam, saw a sort of vision before the incident took place. He panicked and managed to drag 8 of the passengers from the bus out thus surviving the incident. 

picture courtesy of Celebrities blog

However, the worst was still yet to come. The "Lucky 8" died one by one in terrible deaths. As one of the coroners warned them : "Death doesn't like to be cheated, you all be careful now."

picture courtesy of Celebrities blog

The deaths seemed to be purely coincidental, or as someone might call them "freak accidents". Well, if you wish to know, do find out from the cinemas nearby on how they all died! For me, I surely will think twice before I go for a LASIK surgery next time! LOL.

However though, my friend that went with me commented :" They died too fast, should let them die slowly then only will be fun." Well, beat that! haha.

Food For Thought
We can plan our futures however we want them to be, still we can't determine our futures. Appreciate now and leave tomorrow to God!

Glenfinnan Scotland

Gosh...it has been like 2 months since I last touched my blog. haha...my "blogging career" has failed terribly. LOL.

Anyway, since I am rotting away in the hotel in Labuan at the moment, I might as well upload some photos from my previous trips. :)

One of my favourite places in Scotland will be Glenfinnan. It's a small place at the east side of Scotland, near to Fort William. But for me it's a great place with breathtaking scenery. :)

If you are a Harry Potter fan, this might look familiar to you. It's the Glenfinnan Viaduct, it appeared in the movie Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Go check it out. :D

Another view from top of the hill

In order to appreciate the beautiful scenery, I had to climb a small hill and this is the top of the hill.

Yes, the trail I "trekked" through...and yes, that's my bag "abandoned" there. LOL.

Beautiful eh? wait until you see.....

THIS! can you see the layers of the mountains? so cool right? I spent some precious quiet time up there alone, admiring the awesome creation. hehe...very good experience, but was very cold. LOL.

Yeap, Glenfinnan conquered! LOL.