Quantum Of Solace, Madagascar Escape 2 Africa

Quantum Of Solace


Another 007 movie with Craig David as James Bond. I have to say that with the new James Bond since the last one, I pretty much like it. Makes him more human than the rest of the James Bond. However, the plot seems to be more action than making it strong. Hmm... Overall, I give this movie 3 stars out of 5.

Madagascar Escape 2 Africa


Another sequel, and this time the animals tried to go home and in the end, got stranded in Africa which is their homeland. It seems to me that this second movie actually is just milking out at their initial success. It was fine with it family theme but some fo the things got stretched a little too far. The jokes got a bit lame and was not as funny as before less the penguins of cos. Overall, I give this movie 2.5 stars out of 5.

A "want to watch more movies" Polarbear

Reservist again?!? Come on!

I just did my reservist for 2 weeks in Sep 08. So I am thinking that I will not get call up so fast. However I was so wrong!

I just saw an sms telling me that I got call up. I checked onto the website and they asked me to be back again next Jun!

Come on! That is less than 1 year leh! Sigh.... Come to think of it, the faster I completed my cycles the better. Hee....

A "so sian" Polarbear

Avenue Q (Singapore Run)

I have watched the same performance in Manila a few months ago. However before that I already bought the tickets for this perform ace. Still, I was very excited to show LLT how good and interesting this show is.

The perform ace that I watched in Manila is in a small cosy theater, unlike in the Singapore run, it is at the esplanade, where it is a little big bigger, even the props seems to be larger so that it will not make the stage look raw.

The whole show was the same as I watched earlier on and it was still the same funny and flawless. I was totally hooked onto the show and this time I got to understand some of the jokes that I have missed out the first time round.

I am a big fan of the show and would ask everyone to catch this show if possible as well.

A "sucks to be me" Polarbear

Wong Lee Hom's Concert

Did not really expect to go and watch this concert. Since there happened to be free tickets, why not? Haha...

Well it was supposed to be a pair of the balcony tickets when we arrived, we were "upgraded" eventually to a better seat where we are closer to the stage. I am not a big fan of him actually.

When the concert started, he did sound a bit weird but he improved as the concert goes on. Since we were seated at the side, we cannot really see what is going on the stage or what the LCD is showing. It has the usual stuff of the concert. The surprising part was when he did the magic trick and appeared at the other end of the hall.

After the whole concert, I was quite impressed by him but not totally blown away by him. Next time, I don't think I will pay to see his concert though.

A "happy to get free tickets" Polarbear

6 months into my current job

Well 6 months into the job, I still cannot say if I am happy with the job, but I can say I am definitely tired and have to give up a lot of my personal time for this job.

I have been flying like almost weekly, working like 20 hours out of 24 hours. Still trying to learn the ropes of the current job.

I have to give up my FYP, my gym time, gaining weight etc. Sad.

Hmm... however what lies in the future, no one knows. So will work and see then. Hee...

A "demanding job" Polarbear

High School Musical 3

After the successful first 2 movies which is shown free in Disney Channel, this installment is actually filmed and shown in the cinemas instead. I am a fan of the first 2 movies and I can't wait to see the 3rd show, especially I have seen some of the new videos for the new songs in Disney Channel.

"Disney’s “High School Musical” phenomenon leaps onto the big screen in HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR, which finds high school seniors Troy (ZAC EFRON) and Gabriella (VANESSA HUDGINS) facing the prospect of being separated from one another as they head off in different directions to college. Joined by the rest of the Wildcats, they stage an elaborate spring musical reflecting their experiences, hopes and fears about their future. With incredible new music and exciting dance numbers designed to take maximum advantage of the big screen, this motion picture extravaganza delivers plenty of high-energy entertainment from East High’s talented ensemble."

I think I got high expectation from this movie especially when I loved the first 2 movies and the songs as mentioned before. From a movie prospective, the movie had a bigger budget, a bigger scenes and a bigger cast group as well. However to me this might not be something good. Hmm... The feel of this movie is quite different from the first two, this is more dramatise for the cinema feel, I think.

The scenes are definitely might more bigger and with more budget! I loved the elaborate scenes which is a must for musicals. The cast are pretty must bigger as well mainly on the backup dancers but the main focus is still on the few leads, especially Troy and Gabriella. There is also an intro of a few upcoming leads. This must be leading to HSM 4 then. Hee... The dance for most of the songs are still great as usual.

The songs are not that strong as compared to the first 2 as well. The first 2 movies songs are easy to ears and easy to sing along as well. The latest one are more musical type and less catchy as well. The acting is still average for most of them less Sharpay who was really good as the "evil" one. Haha. The plot is simple to follow as all Disney movies are.

Overall, I give this movie 3.5 stars out of 5. This is a must see for all HSC fans!

A "wanna to sing and dance along" Polarbear

What is wrong with me?

Hmm... for the past week, I had been not feeling too well. Feeling a bit of indigestion with a bloaty stomach, at the same time the feeling of wanting to vomit as well. As I thought all was about to be over, then on Friday suddenly I got a serious bout of diarrhoea.

Hmm... Maybe I should check with a doctor on this soon.

Hope that all these will be over soon.

A "sick?" Polabear

I finally reached Elite Gold Status!

After 6 months of on and off flying in and out of Manila, I manged to reach my Elite Gold Status! I cannot believe it also. Well Manila is only a very short 3 hour flight and cannot clock much miles anyway, so you can imagine now much flying I had been doing!

Hmm... I thought it is going to take me to clock another 50000 miles to get the status but it seems that I only need to clocked 25000 miles for it!

So now with the new upgrade of status, I can use their lounge! This is very important as they got free flow of food and drinks while waiting to board the plane. Now this gives me a good reason to go to airport earlier as well!

Next, I can board the plane with those First Class and Business Class people and before everyone else. So this means I no need to wait for them to call my row to board the plane. Hee...

Lastly, my luggage will get tagged Priority Tag, so this means my luggage will comes out together with the First and Business Class.

Well I know this is nothing to be proud of, as there area lot of people wit the Elite Gold status as well. Then I thought it will take me ages to reach the status, and this is something that I never expect when I took up this job. Hee...

A "still flying in and out" Polarbear

Tropic Thunder

"Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. lead an ensemble cast in "Tropic Thunder," an action comedy about a group of self-absorbed actors who set out to make the most expensive war film. After ballooning costs force the studio to cancel the movie, the frustrated director refuses to stop shooting, leading his cast into the jungles of Southeast Asia, where they encounter real bad guys."

I had sort of high expectation for this movie because of all the stars in the movie. After watching this movie, I was like ... (speechless) cos it definitely look like a B grade movie. I was a little late for the movie but I think I missed out the best part of the movie which was fake movie trailers.The only surprise of the movie I did not recognize Tom Cruise at the end of the movie. Only when the credit started rolling then I realised that it was him! Haha.... There was some jokes but most of them lame. It was a good brainless movie. Overall, I will give this movie 3 stars out of 5.

A "laugh until cheeks numb" Polarbear

Burn After Reading

This movie is made by the Coen's brothers that also directed "No Country for Old Men"? Impossible. Haha.... They are just brillant!

"Osbourne Cox is a CIA operative struggling to stay afloat. His job and marriage are going nowhere, and he's got a drinking problem to boot. Harry Pfarrer (Clooney) is a Treasury Department marshal who can't stop tripping over his own vanity. His hobbies include internet-dating behind his wife's back and building homemade sex toys in this basement, not to mention sleeping with Osbourne's dissatisfied wife. When Ozzie gets fired from the Agency, he decides to write a tell-all memoir, blissfully unaware that he doesn't have much to tell. However, a draft ends up in the hands of Harry's other love, harebrained Hardbodies gym employee Linda Litzke (Frances McDormand), and her dopey colleague Chad Feldheimer (Pitt). Convinced they've tapped into classified information, they see this as athe perfect opportunity to make some serious cash, and they bring their discovery straight to the Russians! Instantly, affairs of love and state become absurdly entangled, and nobody knows who to trust or what to believe - least of all, the "brillant" minds at the CIA, who lead us to ask: just how intelligent is Central Intelligence?"

I did not quite get the movie when it started. However, as the movie goes on, the plot just unfolds itself. The story telling was great. The actors were good in the movie as well. I am just amazed by Brad Pitt acting of a himbo. Overall, I give this movie 4 stars out of 5.

A "blur" Polarbear

A-Mei's Concert

She is back again within a year. Even though I watched the last one and know that it will be a similar concert, I bought the tickets when they are released. Hee... Still bought the same area where I sat at the last concert.

This time round, I am still very excited before the concert! Dunno what she will add during the concert! As usual, the concert started off with a bang. This time round more people are on their feet once the concert started! That is a really great start! You should know how I like to spend my concert standing rather than seating. Hee....

The concert rundown is almost the same as last time round with a few addition songs that was not sang last time round. She is at her best if not better than last round of concert! By the end of the concert, everyone was on their feet! We were all that high! Hee...

All in all, this is still the best concert of the year! Same as last year! Seem like her last stop will be back in Taipei. Hmmm..... anyone keen to go and watch it? Hee....

A "Super High" Polarbear

I should be so lucky! Lucky! Lucky! Lucky!

Guess what! I just bought a pair of tickets (good seats of course) to Kylie Minogue's X 2008 concert on 25 Nov 2008 at Singpore Indoor Stadium!

I am so going to her concert! I was disappointed when she cancelled her last concert. However she is now back stronger than ever! Woohoo!

A "super excited" Polarbear

Launch of Body Combat 37 and Body Pump 67

Today was the Launch of the Body Combat 37 and Body Pump 67! Not really new releases as I think we are one of the last gym to release it. Hee... Decided to stay far far away from Suntec due to F1 race, therefore head towards Parkway Parade instead.

This is my first time in at Parkway Parade gym. I am quite impressed with the gym, big and spacious. Maybe I should be here more often. Hee...

Well back to the new releases.

I quite like Combat 37, even though I find the music is a bit boring but the moves definitely makes up for it. Halfway through the tracks, I am already tried. Hee... This might be due to me only doing combat once a week. This release is really quite challenging and definitely will be quite challenging for those who just took up combat as well. Looking forward to do it a few more time if time permits and think will get to see a number of tracks being reused when the instructors mixed up the tracks. I had fun with it!

For Pump 67, I was surprised by the warm up track using Bleeding Love. Hmm other than this, I really find this release much the same as the other pump releases as well. At least the music still rocks for this release. Hee...

After attending the two classes, I am so tired that I went home straight to sleep. Hee...

I miss gym so much.

A "missed gym" Polarbear

Step Brothers

It was a story about two persons that realise that they were actually step brothers and have a lot of jokes. Expected it to be a brainless, lame movie and it turned out to be that way. Well I will just give it 2 stars out of 5.

A "light hearted" Polarbear

Mama Mia

This is one movie that I am quite looking forward to even though I have not watch this musical. I was doubting casting Meryl Streep as the main lead in the first place when I saw the trailer.

"Meryl Streep leads an all-star cast as an independent, single mother who owns a small hotel on an idyllic Greek island, Donna (Streep) is about to let go of Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), the spirited daughter she’s raised alone. On a quest to find the identity of her father to walk her down the aisle, Sophie brings back three men from Donna’s past to the Mediterranean paradise they visited 20 years earlier. Based on the smash hit musical seen by over 30 million people worldwide with a gross to date of $2 billion. It is set to songs by popular '70s group ABBA."

After watching the movie, I find myself hmming along to the songs that are sang in the movies. Since this is a musical turn into movie, it turn out to be good and enjoyable. It makes you want to stand up and dance along when watching the movies, and not to mention that the songs are really retro! Like I mentioned before I got doubt on casting Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth as the leads but I am surprised that they can sing. In fact quite good singers! The comedy comes from the 2 best friends Julie Walters, Christine Baranski. The backdrop of the movie totally drew me in and I wished that I can be there.

I am always a big fan of musicals and of cos their movies, this is also one. I give this movie 4 stars out of 5.

A "Sing-A-Long" Polarbear

A Fantastic Diving Weekend!

Finally took off sometime to go diving and because LLT is going to take the plunge and take her open water certification! It was quite exciting for all of us cos other than her, my friends also took part in it.

The theory and the pool lessons went well, I even went to give moral support for the pool lessons. Hee...

The trip was uneventful less the van ride and the boat ride. Before we know it, we are all ready for the first open water dive. Hee... I went down with them as usual to give moral support. For the first two dives, everything turned out to be fine and before I know it, all of the trainees are certified open water divers. I was under certain amount of stress, making sure that all things will go well for LLT.

After that, came the third dive, which is officially their first leisure dive. It went on fine, until we saw a lion fish. In my excitement, I want to take a picture of it, so I got LLT to hold my BCD instead. After taking the photo, I realised that LLT went missing and I could not find her anywhere in the water. This is the first time in my diving history that I sort of "panicked", cos she went missing. After a minute of searching in the water, I immediately went up to 5 m for the safety stop. After which, I shot up and was super relived to see her floating on the surface of the water.

After that, I did not let her go out of my sight during the next dive. However at the last dive, I decided to let her go with a different buddy so that she will be able to know what to do when she is with buddies.

All in all, the trip was quite fun other then the small incident. Get to know some new friends and had to chance to eat my favourite Ramily Burgers. Hee...

So I am not wondering when is the next time we are going to dive. Hmm....

A "love to dive" Polarbear

4bia

I am always not a big fan of horror movies, however I would loved to give myself a scare or two at times. Hee.... When I saw this movie trailer, I decided this will be the movie.

"4BIA is a portmanteau horror flick consisting of 4 horror stories directed by 4 of Thailand’s most talented directors. The first, directed by Yongyoot Thongkongtoon is titled “Happiness” but don’t let the title of the movie mislead you. “Tit For Tat” directed by Paween Purijitpanya (Body) gives a mystically dark and gruesome twist to the meaning of “an Eye for an Eye”. Then there is “In The Middle” directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun (Shutter and Alone) and his teenage tale that totally walks off the Buddhist beaten path and on to a horrifyingly humorous escapade that may leave you laughing more than ‘shuttering’, excuse the pun. Finally “Last Fright” directed by Parkpoom Wongpoom (Shutter, Alone) is a psychological thriller that reminds all of us of the old adage "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned” except if you are the ‘other’ woman on the receiving end."

Since this movie is made from 4 short stories, there was no link at all, but the scariest one is definitely the first one and the last one. Totally spooked me out of it. The first one, even without much dialogue, it totally creates the scary atmosphere. The last scene was totally surprised. Hee.... For the last story, it is all about retribution. The mummy totally scary, even though it is all tied up. Hee..
Overall, I give this movie 3.5 stars out of 5.

Great for a good scare!

A "timid" Polarbear

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

This is one comedy that I read the reviews and most of the reviews were positive reviews, which made up my mind that I would want to see this film. I managed to catch this film before the film ends run.

"Struggling musician Peter Bretter (Jason Segel, "How I Met Your Mother") has spent six years idolizing his girlfriend, television star Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell, "Veronica Mars"). He's the guy left holding her purse in paparazzi photos and accidentally omitted from acceptance award speeches. But his world is rocked when she dumps him and Peter finds himself alone. After an unsuccessful bout of womanizing and an on-the-job nervous breakdown, he sees that not having Sarah may just ruin his life.

To clear his head, Peter takes an impulsive trip to Oahu, where he is confronted by his worst nightmare: his ex and her tragically hip new British-rocker boyfriend, Aldous (Russell Brand), are sharing his hotel. But as he torments himself with the reality of Sarah's new life, he finds relief in a flirtation with Rachel (Mila Kunis), a beautiful resort employee whose laid-back approach tempts him to rejoin the world. He also finds relief in several hundred embarrassing, fruity cocktails."

After watching this show, I am glad that I did not miss this how. It was great! It was about a guy who was dumped by his famous girlfriend. After which, he decided to go Hawaii to get his mind of the break off. Then, his girlfriend and the new boyfriend was there on holiday as well and it sparks off a whole lot of funny jokes. The movie was on the verge of being lame but it managed to maintain on the funny side most of the times. I was quite surprised by the first 5 mins of the show, the local censors actually left it uncensored! Haha!

The whole cast was not A-lister but they managed to make the movie their own. I was impressed by their natural in acting such movies as well. Overall, I give this movie 4 stars out of 5.

A "long time no see such funny show" Polarbear

Wall-E

After a long wait for this movie, it is finally here! I still remember when I first watch the trailer, I was unimpressed by it and was thinking why would Pixar would want to come out with such a cartoon.

"What if mankind had to leave Earth, and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off?

Academy Award®-winning writer-director Andrew Stanton ("Finding Nemo") and the inventive storytellers and technical geniuses at Pixar Animation Studios ("The Incredibles," "Cars," "Ratatouille") transport moviegoers to a galaxy not so very far away for a new computer-animated cosmic comedy about a determined robot named WALL•E.

After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, WALL•E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) discovers a new purpose in life (besides collecting knick-knacks) when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL•E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report her findings to the humans (who have been eagerly awaiting word that it is safe to return home). Meanwhile, WALL•E chases EVE across the galaxy and sets into motion one of the most exciting and imaginative comedy adventures ever brought to the big screen."

After watching it, I was totally blown away by it. Even though, there was not much of a dialogue between that main leads. I still can understand what they are trying to tell each other when all they made were noises. I can really feel all the love that Wall-E was trying to tell Eva. The animations were really great with all the vibrant colours as well. However I still prefer Ratatouille and The Incredibles compared to Wall-E. I give this movie 4 stars out of 5.

A "watching lesser movies" Polarbear

Singapore Flyer and Fish Spa First Experience

Today had my first try at the Singapore Flyer! Thanks to LLT's sister's company family day event! Hee... For only $6, the package includes a ride at the Singapore Flyer and a lunch at some selected restaurants. We were all excited to go for the ride! So we decided to go for the ride first! I always want to go for a ride since it was opened, just want to see which is better: London Eye or Singapore Flyer?

Thw whole experience is like taking a plane. There is a boarding area to start off with, take a group picture, follow by the ride, and end the trip with a forced stop at the photo buying place. The ride was smooth and very slowly. The view was pretty good and can see pretty far on a very clear day which we had. However, Singapore does not have a lot of things to see while we are being spin around. All HDB flats or roads. When compared, I prefer London Eye as it offers more thing to see and there was a guide which can tells you where to see and what to see, which was not offered by the Singapore Flyer. Dun think I will be back again for another paid ride.

After the ride, we walked around and we walked past a Fish Spa place. We heard so much about it, so we walked in and give it a try! It turns out to be more interesting then the ride itself! Haha.... In this, we put our legs in a tanks full of small little fishes that will feed on the dead skin cells. When we initially put our legs in, the fishes immediately attacked our legs. The feeling was ticklish yet a little pain like ant bites like that. After some time, we got used to it and it felt a little numb. The fishes seem really hungry as they kept coming on feeding off our legs. There must be a lot of dead skin cells. After 30 mins, time is up and we felt our legs were really smoother.

Well I tried quite a number of things in one morning. Pretty interesting morning, all thanks to LLT's sister for the experience.

A "first time experience" Polarbear