Happy 牛 Year!

Really thankful for the long weekend! Didn't get to rest much but sure had lotsa fun visiting relatives and gambling!

Am busy uploading the pictures now but here are some sample pics (brought my Nikon around this year!)

My reunion lunch!

My dad and Uncle Henrik

My aunt's much-craved-after Lingzi Duck!

Start of Reunion dinner

Me with my sis, bro-in-law and my cousins


Lou Hei!

More of the album here!~

by janzer81

I also caught Love Matters with Trina and her friends at Cineleisure yesterday at 1150pm! Haha~ Kinda last minute but gladly met up at Orchard at ard midnight knowing well I had to go to work tomorrow. All becuase of you~

Love Matters revolves around a family in KL with issues like love, happiness, while exploring issues of the heart all rolled into one comedy. Kudos to Yeo Yann Yann who plays the mother with a rather too convincing Malaysian accent (no offence to my Malaysian friends!)

A pity I couldn't join Trina and friends for supper / drinks and had to hop onto a cab home to grab some sleep before heading to the office. Sorry! Will make it up to you next time k? =)

Inkheart~

Caught Inkheart last last night with Trina at AMK Hub. We kinda decided to catch a show together like 3 hours before. Kinda like a surprise but starting to enjoy these random, sudden meetups. Looks set to be like a standard Brendan Fraser movie a.k.a The Mummy Returns and the rest of the sorry sequels after that, but out of the movies available at that timing, Inkheart seemed the most sane choice.

We entered the cinema a little late but din missed too much, I guessed it kinda talked about Mortimer Folchart's (Brendan Fraser) ability to bring stories to life. Show's not too bad, a bit of dry humour here and there, Brendan's ever-emotionless-or-blur look and the baddie din get a chance to showcase his acting talent fully. The scenery from the movie however was fascinating like Brendan's (sister's or aunt's) place and where the baddie has his castle was truly breathtaking~

I did think about the story which I would want to bring to life if I was a Silvertongue like what Brendan Fraser's Character is... Tuesdays with Morrie? Da Vinci Code? LOL

Overall it's not bad, sets u up for an adventure but ending is a little disappointing. After that we had a walk-around and I was amazed to find that NTUC Fairprice Extra was actually open at 1.30am! With people still doing their CNY / grocery shopping! Not sure whether it was because of the festive period or they REALLY open till that late.... WOW~

Had a chance to hop on a short ride on Trina's Coke Van which was kinda cool if you asked me! =) Maybe it's the CNY weekend but feeling really happy for the first time this year so far~

Seven Pounds and Red Cliff II

Seven Pounds is a touching story about how Will Smith sets out to help 7 strangers in difficult circumstances out of his way. Shall not reveal the reason behind doing so cos that's the part that really matters...

Always like catching his shows because the scripts he chooses are not just for block-busters, eye candy but that there are usually stories that captures the human soul and makes audiences realise that there's more to life than it really is. Do catch it while you can!

Also caught Red Cliff II (Sorry Val!) with GY and Ivan at the Cathay. Cathay's been one of my fav places to catch partly because they have great seats and there's my fav adidas store as well. The staff there kinda know me by now because of my frequent visits. Heh~

Red Cliff II's a great finisher to the first part which I'm sure left people wanting their money back after seeing "To be continued..." at the end. This is where all the action comes in, with generals pitting their wits against each other. (The bet between Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu is quite interesting). Putting the warping of the original story aside, the plot's decent for a newbie to The Three Kingdom Classics, but now i'm sure these classics have certainly gained more fans than before, till they find out that the movie's different from the actual story!

Alas.. 2009...

This is going to be a long post. Dun say I din warn you first.. If you need, please visit the washroom, do other stuff before grabbing a cuppa coffee and read this post...

Basically it's all about 2 events in one post namely Xmas, NYE

Xmas Party

25th Dec 2008

Home

0830h

Just woke up feeling woozy cos I got back home about 3am the morning of Xmas from Ivan's friend's place and caught like 4-5 hrs of sleep before waking up and preparing for the party at home. Basically invited my buddies and some colleagues over to my place and I'm cookin'!

0920h

Headed over to Cold Storage about 930 to grab some chicken, pork knuckle and some ribs (Law's fav) then had breakfast at Mac's (it's been a while since I last had Mac bfast!) before heading home and prepared the food.

1130h

Thanks to GY and Law for coming over early to help me with the preparation! (Law cutting up the BBQ-ed food, GY for cutting up mushrooms,etc) Haven't really cooked for some time but glad it turned out fine!

1330h

Other buds arrived at 130+ and played PS3 (thanks Law!) and Wii before tucking in. Food's great and as usual, way too much!

1830h

GY had to leave and the rest hung around to play Betrayal at House on the Hill. It's an engaging game to play and has kept me hooked for some time! SL later popped by to join in as well. =)

2300h

Party's over and Thanks to Nez and Phin for helping to wash the dishes while I entertain the rest of the ppl!

Photos are on the way (Webshots) and link will appear here soon!

by janzer81

New Year's Eve (NYE) Party

31st Dec 2008

Ash's place

1300h

Took half a day off and headed home. Thought of catching some sleep but found myself bumming around, packing up my Wii and other board games and by the time I took a shower, it was almost time to head down to Ash's place!

1630h

Arrived at Ash's place and wasn't surprised to see Yiliang there cos he stays a stone's throw away. Zhexian also arrived about the same time as well. Been hearing that he'll be bringing some salmon to cook and got me real excited.

Helped to carry the tables, chairs, BBQ pit, set up the tables, helped carry the food out before finally taking a quick rest and freshen up before the rest of the guests arrive.

1800h

This was when the majority of the guests started streaming in. Mostly YCK ppl and some of Ash's frens whom I have met before for CNY last year.

Food was absolutely great esp Zhexian's salmon and Ash's mom's tiramisu (Can I have more please, Auntie?) And Samuel, the fried rice was quite nice, honestly speaking. We joked that it sucked, alright? ;)

Some ppl asked me what I brought (it was a potluck) and when I said Wii, people started turning their eyes up... and later caught them having a great time playing the Wii... LOL

Had Bingo later! Everybody had to pay a buck to buy a card and winner takes all! I was the MC at Ash's request and it was quite fun! Congrats to Ash's friend and Dingren for winning!

More of Wii later and some of the people left early to go for Night Cycling before the countdown. So did many couples as well. Such's the usual stuff. In the end, there were only a handful of us for the actual countdown and we all watched the TV and countdown-ed with Gurmit and Gang.

Shortly after, we had a gift exchange but some of the people who brought presents had left early but we still managed to get it sorted out in the end. Only Zhexian, Yiliang and me and Weihao were the only survivors till about 3am when Ash gave me and Yiliang a ride home. Thanks Ash dear!

Pics of the party (some cos I was busy eating) to be uploaded soon so stay tuned!

by janzer81

Wishing all a happy 2009!