Hiatus

Perhaps this announcement is redundant, to say the least. Isn't it obvious?! I'd like to politely let people know I'm taking a break. After determining NOT to let up in the frequency of my blog posting, I surrender! I surrender to the curse that is "blogging block". Well, there are other reasons. But, let's not go into that! ;p


I'll be back someday. When life has given me experiences which are worth writing about. I know my limits as a blogger. To push myself to blog is just....stupid. It wouldn't be fair to myself and to those who read my blog. I wouldn't be satisfied. My expectations of myself is way too high. When I do something, I want it to be good.


So, until next time, see ya!!!!!

Clear Your Mind

I've always pride myself with having open-minded parents. Or so, I thought.

I know they will never be open-minded enough to hear about their son's inclination. I would likely keep that to myself.

But, what my mum said to me the other night really made me dumbfounded. My mum and I, ever since my sister went overseas to study, LOVE watching movie especially of the horror genre. In fact, we've seen it all. We can even predict what will happened next as we watch a horror movie. Funny, how some film makers always like to repeat and use cheap scare tactics which the audiences can predict from a mile away. Seriously, enough already, with the "suddenly-appearing-from-behind" and "ghosts-with-long-hair-covering-their-faces" tactics. And, don't get me started on how American film makers nowadays even copied some of the style from the now-popular Asian film makers of the horror genre.

With the son, *cough*cough* being the IT know-it-all guy of the household, he took it upon himself to "acquire" copies of movies from a reliable "source". Hehe! He will then transfer the movies onto a CD/DVD, so that his family can easily watch them on their 29-inch TV. Also, last year, he begged his daddy to buy a DVD player with DivX or XVid capability as most of the movies he acquired are encoded in that format. Ahh, movie-watching has never been so easy. However, the accquired movies are only of those which have been released on DVD-lah. Newer movies sure tak clear one! LOL!

Really save a LOT money than spending RM10 per person at the local cinemas, you know. However, we do, once in a while, go out to watch movies we collectively decide are worth seeing on the big screen.

Anyway, back to my story, my mum and I were watching two movies back-to-back last weekend.

1 - Abominable - really BAD B-grade movie. I didn't know why I got it in the first place. Full of cliches.
2 - From Dusk Till Dawn - just because it had George Clooney and I've read reviews where it has become a cult favourite among horror fans. Those reasons are enough to warrant the movie a watch.

After the movies, my mother made it known to the fact that she's uncomfortable with the display of nudity in the movies. Although, I do think she enjoyed the sheer absurdity of the first movie and the comedy-in-horror aspect of the second one.

Mum: Lets NOT watch that kind of movies again. Mak tak berapa suka-lah.

Me: *roll eyes* Why??! Because of the nudity part, is it?? Alah, mak ni, the nudity specifically in those movies is just that. The display of nude bodies. Bukan-nye ape sangat. Most of them are just boobies shots. It's not like they were showing graphic sex scenes. Lagipun, in most horror movies, boobies display is kinda expected of the female leads. Ingatkan mak ni open-minded?!

Mum: Ye-lah, tapi mak tak suka. Boleh pollute your mind tau!!

Me: *dumbfounded* But, mak!!! I'm already 24 yo. My mind is already polluted when I was 17-lah, Mak. ;p

Looks like I have to boob-proof the movies first before watching them with my mum. Oh, but where's the fun in that?!!!!

Lonesome Fool

Isn't it bad I just spent the whole of today by being a freakin couch potato?!!! Add to that, I've been so outta touch with my friends, none of them even call me to say hi. Does that make me a bad friend?! I know that sometimes we are the ones who have to take the first step. But, I've started to feel so lonely.

*Sigh*

I watched Casino Royale last Sunday at Cineleisure, Mutiara Damansara and you better believe me when I say it is the best Bond movie ever, compared to the last two or three 007 movies which have become so generic, you would only watch them for the cool gadgets and more or less, the Bond girls. Heheh!

*Minor spoiler*

I remembered thinking during the one of the opening scenes when he chases after this guy, climbing and jumping over a tall building (kinda like Madonna's Jump video. Way cool!) and engages in a VERY rough hand-to-hand combat, "Whoa!! If Pierce Brosnan were to continue being James Bond, sure he pancit punya!!" LOL!!! Plus, I'm sure he would need the use of a stunt-double, which would then ruin the whole believability/authenticity factor when performing those action scenes. I was totally in awe throughout the movie as I could see that Daniel "Blue-Eyes" Craig did all those stunts himself. Oh, one more thing, there's this one scene, kinda like what Halle Berry and Ursula Andress did where they emerged out of the sea in their two-piece bikinis after taking a swim. Instead, this time around, it is Bond himself who did that in an oh-so-sexy baby blue boy brief. Totally orgasmic, I tell ya!!!!

*End spoiler*

Now, I'm off.

*fall back into couch potato mode*

*munches on some leftover Raya cookies*

*Burp*