Just went to catch Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End with Law just now~ And despite bad reviews from friends and newspapers, I still think it's great. Johnny Depp simply shines once again as Captain Jack Sparrow. Wouldn't be able to imagine someone else taking over in his place. It would be like so "un-Jack-Sparrrow"! Haha!
Great cinematography and jokes, but i was a little confused with the numerous deals and pacts that went on with different people in the show but it wasn't all that bad. For those who are going to catch the show soon, stay till the VERY end! Wins waited for like 15 mins but i think the credits ended slightly longer than that. Not much but it wraps up nicely. There could be a part 4 i think, contrary to what some of my friends feel... =)
The title means "The 2nd Reunion"! Had dinner with my Japanese senseis at Kotobuki Restaurant at Liang Court last evening.
The evening started badly when I was late in meeting the rest of the students first and din manage to get a table at the planned Marutama restaurant, when I'm the organiser...
Luckily the senseis din mind that we walk over to Liang Court and find a place there hopefully. We were fortunate to find a place that could accomodate 13 of us! and we even got a private room with traditional Japanese seating arrangement where you can stick your feet below the low table. =)
Had an enjoyable dinner and lotsa fun chatting, cracking jokes (that's me only) around the table. The dinner was actually a farewell dinner for one of my sensei who's leaving for america soon. So we started giving presents. Some of us (including me) got a rolling-ball pen with her name engraved on it. =) She was really delighted to recieve the presents from everybody!
Took quite a few photos and here's the link to the album! I also included photos sent by the same sensei who's leaving for America as well. Enjoy~
By the way, I made a video which is a slideshow of all the photos taken with classmates and senseis from Japanese 3 and Japanese 4 to give to the different senseis yesterday. The song I used was from YUI, titled Good-Bye Days, which is also the soundtrack of the movie "Midnight Sun" YUI acted in as well! The Youtube video below is the MTV for this song. Enjoy it too!
No you slimy monsters out there, not that word! It's S.A.L.E
Was at the Isetan Private sale on Thursday. Didn't feel like going at first cos I felt a bit ill from the Indian lunch I had earlier in the afternoon... But I'm glad I did go in the end!
After breaking through the THRONG of sale-crazy women (and men) at the entrance and on the first floor, I managed to reach the third floor (Men's apparel and shoes) alive albeit a little knock from someone...
First stop: Levi's!
Always wanted to own a pair of Levi's jeans ever since... And now it's 30% off. So GO GO GO! Surprisingly, not too many ppl there and the queue for the fitting room was like 2-3 ppl each time. Silly me had no experience at a sale, so I had only 1 pair of jeans with me each time to try and kept on re-queuing after getting another pair.. LOL
Kept on eye on the new Redloop jeans which cost like almost 200 bucks but sanity came in and i went for a 525 but later 512 instead. Yeah!
2nd Stop: G2000! Stopped by to get a couple of dress shirts as ppl are beginning to realise how often my shirts repeat across 2 weeks... Hm... Decided on an all white cufflink and a normal striped one.
Was about to go off and look for my sister (needed her Isetan card to get another 3% disc on top on the 30%) when I saw some cufflinks going for 35%. I got myself one pair to replace the plain ones that came with the G2000 shirts I had. My sister managed to find me (reception was bad so calls and SMSes took some time to get through..) and picked one pair for me which looked like chessboards!~ cOoL! (Might post pics of them soon, I hope)
All in all, spent about $190 just 2 days after my payday.. Very bad.... but it's worth it~ =)
Caught this with Ashlyn, Weihao and Huishan on Wednesday. Gotta say this show's worth the full 7 bucks I paid for. It's sexy and funny without making it overboard. Audrey Tautou is at her best, playing Irene, a gold-digging hooker but the real star I felt was Gad Elmaleh as Jean, a lovestruck waiter who falls hopelessly in love with Irene.
Catch it before its run ends!
I also caught 28 weeks later too on Sunday with the boys. Din really enjoy the first show "28 Days Later" but the sequel is pretty decent. Us forces re occupy Britain after the deadly Rage virus is wiped out and refugees stay in containment areas and u guessed it... the virus breaks out and all hell turns loose. Kinda reminds me of what US is doing in Iraq right now. occupying it and making it a "safe" place for the Iraqis to live in... Not too bad though. The scary scenes are that scary so they're pretty safe for ppl who are generally afraid of horror movies. =)
No, I'm not a thief... My definition of 'Steal' means something I hanker after each month and I finally get it after some consideration. After setting enough aside for my parents, travelling costs and basic expenditure (makan, misc) , I usually pick something to get something for myself each month. Something to pamper myself with for working hard~ (Hyak hyak) Here's some stuff I bought recently.
Creative Zen V Plus 8GB (to replace my Creative MuVo 512MB from donkey years ago)
adidas canvas tennis shoes! Not a steal actually, I was forced to get this when the sole came off my heel one day while at work... But not bad a steal at 47 bucks~ (original at 59)
adidas Firebird jacket. My latest steal, been wanting to get one of these for ages...
Just caught Spidey 3 at GV Yishun with GY this afternoon! Gotta say it's not bad, it almost follows the original storyline pretty closely 'cept for a few things here and there.
Eddie Brock isn't actually that of a small size. He was in athletics first before switching to journalism. So he's pretty huge size and he was a reporter with another newspaper company instead of the Daily Bugle as well. LOL. Shall not reveal anymore about the movie lest someone sues me already. Out of 5 stars, I would give it 4 stars! So catch it soon before the run ends.
One thing I find it cool though. I'm a fan of mindless, useless trivia, you see. (Think along the lines of Matrix and LOTR)
Spiderman 1: Spidey faces off against 1 villian, the Green Goblin Spiderman 2: Spidey faces off against 2 villians, Harry Osborn(?) and Dr. Octopus Spiderman 3: Spidey faces off against 3 villians, Venom, Sandman and The New Goblin (Harry Osborn)
Cool, eh? The next sequel might have the emergence of another villian, the Lizard who is *gasp* Spidey's professor! He has one arm missing if you've noticed... (Again, another trivia) and tried to use reptilian DNA to regrow his arm. Bad move coming, as you see it. Also hope to see my al time favourite villian of Spidey too! Carnage! Whose name is Cletus Kassidy, a murderous serial killer and Eddie Brock's prison cellmate later. The symbiote that became Carnage was spawned from that of Venom... Hohoho..
Carnage, more insanely powerful than Venom and Spiderman COMBINED.
To end things off, got a nice Youtube video of Spiderman vs Venom in a video game. (Think it's Marvel vs Capcom 1 from the background stage) This also explains the title of my post too! It's one of Spidey's special moves where he leaps onto a wall and hits the enemy for 5 times. "Maximum Spider" is something I personally utter when something serious happens. Haha. Enjoy! P.S Check out the last special move that Spidey does at the end of the video. Those who watched the movie should be able to identify it. *winks*
Haven't had time to blog this week so I'm giving everything in a nutshell here.
Took leave on Monday but din go anywhere cause my right foot hurts again! I'm guessing it could have been the sneakers I wore on Friday to work. Just when I could walk normally.. Sianz..
Went for Peiling's bdae celeb on Wednesday at Sizzlers' @ Suntec. Supposed to meet there at 7 and almost everybody was late! One thing I cannot stand is ppl being late (for too long). The manager kept coming to our table to remind us that the kitchen would be closing at 8.50pm and the salad bar at 9.00pm. Think it's important to remind us cos the cost of the main entree comes with access to the salad bar... Anyway, everybody came in the end and finally celebrated Peiling's bdae. =) Happy bdae, Peiling!
My Mushroom Cheese Steak at Sizzlers'! Yummy!~
Met Huiru for dinner on Thursday at Bugis and we had a great dinner together at Aji-Tei. I tried the Nagoya Special Miso Katsu (Cutlet) Set and it was not bad. We went for the specialty desserts later. She's planning to go to Taiwan with her friends soon, so I gave her a few tips about accomodation and getting around. Haha~ Suddenly reminded me of the good time I had in Taiwan for my grad trip. LOL
My Mocha Sundae Anmitsu + Huiru's Sundae Anmitsu!
Difference is mine has green tea flavoured icecream instead of vanilla.
Helped Ashlyn to book a hostel room in Hokkaido cos the website was almost entirely in Japanese. Suddenly become the Japanese Transalator.. although my level is far from being good... Going to pass her my shopping list soon! Haha~
And last night (Friday), I was about to leave my office when the sole of my shoe came off! *stunned* So i went to Raffles City (rendezvous point) to get some shoes for replacement immediately and got myself a pair of adidas canvas tennis shoes, which kinda looks cool! Anyway, some of us gathered to celebrate Val's bdae at The Post Bar @ Fullerton and got to know some of Val's friends who are connected to me in some way! Singapore is too small! One is working in the same company as my sis and is currently undergoing training by her and the other fren's colleagues used to be my ex-coursemates in ECE back in NUS! Had fun and drinks last night and I taught the 请你跟我这样做 game from the 齐天大胜 variety show. And it seems that they had fun, especially Val! Happy birthday, Val! =)
I shouldn't be going out this weekend. Gonna rest my feet at home~
