summer movies...

What do you really expect when you watch a summer flick? Apparently for my brother, he still expects a storyline. I think the first thing that you should do when you watch a summer flick is that there is no "good" storyline. Summer movies are brainless. And that is an understatement.

Just watched X-Men3. I must admit it was a good ending to a trilogy. But it did start another one. That's a summer movie for you. There was suppose to be something at the end of the credits. However if you missed it, it wasn't really that big a miss. It was kind of like a B-grade horror movie trailer where the monster is shown not "dead". The "short" (understatement) clip at the end of the credits was quite the trailer for the next movie, right after the titbit they fed us with Megneto regaining bits of his power.

*Okie, the next 7 sentences will touch on the "short" clip after the credits. If you missed it, you maybe a little lost.

Who was the voice that greeted the doctor at the end? Xavier? My younger brother says that Charles has moved into the man who has no higher brain functions' body. My older brother's conspiracy theory is that it's someone from the doctor's past. Right. The Charles theory is so much more believable. Another summer movie side-effect. Logic don't work anymore.

The movie was actually quite dramatic. People died. This is an understatement too. I think they killed too many main characters. Maybe it's a way of getting a new storyline so that the next few movies they make will have new villians and newer heroes. If I didn't remember wrongly, in a recent interview with Hugh Jackman, Wolverine, actually said something like he has already signed on for the next installment. However, the next movie he's refering to may just be a Wolverine spin off. Honestly, 3 is a crowd.

how old?

There is this advertisment for a documentary in Times this week that caught my eye. It says: "It's the year 2035 and you have the ability to live to a 140 years. Would you then be there to celebrate your grandson's 75th birthday." Other than this bold proclaimation, they also have a huge family protrait with the question: "Can a family span 8 generations?"

It is interesting that as we further our probe into science, the one this that has always been right there at the top is the search to lenghten our lifespan. It is also a coincidence that I had a similar conversation with a couple of friends over dinner two days ago. My friend brought up a point about how they managed to stop fruit flies from aging. They actually managed to stop the fruit fly from aging at about 3 weeks old. Therefore making it possible for the fly to live till death at the peak of it's lifespan. And they are trying to do this with people. Imagine yourself growing up till you are thirty, some people inject you with something, and you stop aging. My friend said they claimed tat you would be able to live forever. Of course that's provided you don't do something stupid and kill yourself.

While the first documentary says you'll live till a 140. But really is being that old really going to be that much of a bonus? In a book I just read, Q and A by Vikas Swarup, there is a character who was a Bollywood star. I wrote "was" because it is in the past. This character owns 2 pictures which she places at the head of her bed. One of the photos is of Marilyn Monroe (I hope i spelt it correctly...) and the other I cannot remember, but it is another Bolloywood actress. The reason why this over the hill star idolises these two women in the photographs, is beacuse they died young. They died in their prime when they were still bueatiful. And this is her wish as well, she doesn't want to grow old and died leaving a face of wrinkles in the minds of her fans.

So who wants to grow old? Older than we can possibly get anyways.

in monochrome...

Have you ever wondered how the thoughts in our minds get manifested? I'm not talking about the electric sparks inbetween nerves, I'm talking about the images that we see in our minds when we think.

I recently had this inclination to think everything is in 1800s England. Maybe it's because of the book I had recently finished: Pride and Prejudice. Because of that, I seem to think that all the other books that I had read after that took place at least in 1800s.

I read QandA by Vikas Swarup. It happened in the present, but I keep thinking it happened in the 1800s. Maybe it was the fact that the main character lived in a very squalid, slum like area. But they mentioned stuff like televisions, Levi jeans and even a Ferrari. Furthermore, the main character was involved in a game show scam, who would think it was the 1800s when there was a gameshow?

Anyways, back to thinking. Other than thinking that my brain thinks it's in the 1800s, my thoughts seem to be mostly in monochrome. I've always like the way that monochrome pictures look. They have a sense of serenity that is quite hard to find. For me anyways. I'm not saying that I'm a very serene person or that my thoughts calm me. I have my fair share of anger fantasies. I'm just saying that I may be colour blind in my mind.

Perhaps that's why I find it hard to remember dreams sometime. It's in black and white. nothing really stands out. I wonder how other people think, the great minds of our time probably didn't think within thier own era. If Huxley thought within his era, would he be able to write as compelling and "real" a novel as The Brave New World? Maybe some of you think in technicolour. That's so seventies. Groovey. But currenlty, I'm happy to be stuck in my monochrome 1800 England.

movies this week..

This week opens two movies. Great movies. And for some wierd reason, both have no reviews. The Da Vin Ci Code and Over the Hedge both have no reviews. I understand why they would keep TDVCC in secrecy, but a cartoon like OTH?

The reviewers weren't even allowed to watch the movie beforehand. They were told that no such version exist. But the Censorship mangaed to get a hold of one. If not, how did they come up with the rating of NC16? Well, this just makes me want to watch it that little much more.

For OTH, the reviewers actually got to see the movie, but they weren't allowed to write anything on it. But the thing is, they've shown the trailer so often on the television that we know roughly what to expect from the movie. It's a Dreamworks animation, therefore, I will not be let down from watching the movie. More than that, please make sure you get in on time!!! This is important, Dreamsworks often inculde a short yet really enjoyable short clip right before the movie.

Two great movies to watch from today. Movies with numbers at the back of the titles are here!!! Cannot wait!!! Summer's here!!!

it's the night of the champions...

Tonight, is the night that many people are waiting for. It's Barca and Arsenal.
One team has world class strikers, the other boast a watertight defence, in Europe at least.
So, it's going to be a great match.

Every year, this match is fought among the best clubs in Europe, The cream of the crop play in this competion. Nothing less. Apart form the ridiculous amount of money they get from each match, being in the competion bring what money cannot buy, fans. Sure the money that the club get pales in comparision to the amount that they pay their players, but it helps.

Who will win tonight? Nobody can tell. Soccer the game, like the ball used in the game is round. You can learn to kick it the right way, but you can never really tell which way the ball is going to go, can you? The pudits are saying that Barca will lift the cup tonight. Based on their overall season's preformace I would have to agree. They have won their domestic league. Arsenal on the other hand are whimpy in their domestic league. They managed a last minute fourth spot due to a fortunate, yet mysterious, illness that befell Tottemham. One might say too bad too sad, but they do deserve our pity. Back form digressing, Arsenal are Kings in Europe this season, they beaten many great opponents to reach the finals tonight. They have a young squad but they are good. Many papers have carried the line: they don't know fear.

So I while I hope that a team that I once supported would be able to lift the coverted title, it would be a dream. Barca would be the more likely team to win. They have the experience and they have the ability. Arsenal only has the ability.

So i'm going to continue dreaming and say that tomolo morning i will find out that Arsenal have won. Tomolo morning, I will also find that many people have either taken sick leave, leave or come down with a mysterious illness just like the Tottemham team.

election aftermath...

Elections come once every 4 years. That means political entertainment is few and far apart.
Well, it has come and it has gone. And as usual, they will find various excuses to expalin their losses. For the opposition, they come up with reasons while campaigning. For the PAP, they do the logical thing and come up with stuff after.

Especially for PAP candidates that fight in opposition held wards. They have to explain why they didn't beat the opposition with their superior everything. Anyways, in today's papers, they ran an article about two PAP candidates who lost while fighting for opposition held wards. In the papers, they say they were contemplating on withdrawing from politics or staying for the next elections.

It is so ironic that they have said this, especially after what they have said regarding an opposition candidat Steve Chia. Steve Chia said that he would quit politics if he didn't get elected this elections. The PAP used that as a staging point against him. They said: "Do you want a stayer? Or do you want a Quitter?" So who are the quitters now? Furthermore, they have also pulled out most of their services that they have been providing for the residents. One candidate went as far as to say that he would be a "goondo" (stupid) to continue to provide those services for the opposition town council. Isn't this such an unsporting act? you pull out services for the residents, not the opposition candidate. The people who get the short end of the stick happen to be the residents. If the PAP wants to get more votes, maybe all they need to do is to provide these small services so that the residents know that they actually care all the time, not just when the elections are coming.

Pulling out these services just proves what sour grapes they are. They even made a comment that they were not sour grapes. They merely wanted the opposition party to be able to do stuff themselves so that the opposition can prove that they are worth vothing for. There is a chinese saying that only people who do bad things will feel guilty. So inorder to not look like sour grapes, they come forward first to claim that they are not.

i heard a pack of blood cost $800...

However, i can't back it up. It's just something I heard.
I went to donate a pack of blood yesterday. And it turned out to be a painless trip. Although it did take longer than i expected. It was my first time donating, therefore i got a sticker that said, "Be nice to me! It's my first time." I felt like a kid. Oh please, like I really need it. I've got poked more times with needles in the army by less qualified people. This was nothing.
Furthermore, the people there were so nice. Except the doctors who had to screen you to make sure that you didn't have any sexually transmited diseases. He seemed to give the impression that he thinks that everyone has STD. Cold, he was. Judgmental, all the time. Cold, judgmental eyes. And it's not as if I answered yes to any of the "high risk sex partners" questions. But I will only know if my blood is acceptable after a week. Maybe I do have some unknown sickness that will deem my blood "un-donat-able".

the day after...

This entry will be written in proper grammer, spelling and punctionation. Just because I can.

If you are wondering what day today follows, I will tell you. Today follows Mother's Day. I must say that my family do not subscribe to the commerial holidays created by many. We really do not subscribe to any commerial holidays. However, for commerial holidays like Mother's Day, we do at least go for a family meal.

Therefore, I will be writing abit about mothers and about my mother. My mother for one talks too much. But the wierd thing is that the rest of the family is too nice to not listen. My mother likes to contridict herself. Her opinions change as and when she feels it fits that day's needs. This is how most mothers work, they try to be constructive. But to teenagers, it always sounds just like a criticisim.

Anyways what I wanted to write about today was what my mother used to say to me when I was much younger, when I was in primary school. I used to like to wear sandals with jeans. Even though it is quite common to see such a thing in school now, it wasn't really considered a very hip thing to do. Whenever I wore that or if I wore berms while my brothers wore jeans, my mother will tell me to change. The reason being, she didn't want other people to think that she marginalised one of her children. Yes, my mother and her logic.

The other thing that my mother likes to say is to "go press the lift". There is a convience store at the void deck of my flat. While my mother buys stuff or browse, she would get us to go get the lift. But she will say "press the lift". While we understand what she means, I will explain. What my mother wants us to do is to go press the button of the lift to get it to come to the void deck.

Well, I just watched Tom Cruise act taller than life in Mission Impossible 3. It was lame, I guessed who the bad guy was so easily. But it was good, to see stuff get blown up. Haaha. It kinda reminded me of my mother's phrases to get us to do stuff, like "press the lift", which nobody else really understands.

the time after exams...

hmm... exams are over... there were a couple of things that i wanted to do... but time just freezes and fast forwards in uncontrollable spurts when you have too much time...

well some ppl have left some comments on the passing driving thingy... well i must admit that the best part about passing drving is that i never ever have to go back to bbdc... sure i will miss some* of the rubbish that some instructors give... but really i will never miss having to go to driving lesson...

*some- the quantifyer "some" here would refer to the minute percentage that would normally be neglected... possibly with the 0-1% range

me driver...

haha... it's been one week... i'm a driver... yay!!!
i passed my driving test...
now all i need is a car to drive...

so from now on... all you ppl can donate freely to the alvin car fund... hopefully by the time i'm 75, i'll be able to buy a car with all your money...

lost in singapore

well... just now a malaysian car pulled up along the side of the road... no... they weren't going to kidnnap anyone... they were asking for directions... apparently i gave them the wrong directions... i told them to turn one junction too early... opps... and the junction i told them to turn into... it turns into the expressway... so it's not like they can u-turn out... extra opps...
hiaz...
really sorry... but i dun really live there... not a very great reason... but yea...

pls stop littering...

Due to the seriousness of this post, it will be written in proper puncuation, spelling and grammer.

I know a few people who smoke. They aren't particualry bad people. Most of them only give off one bad influence: 2nd hand smoke. However, apart form that, they are great people. Most of all, all of my smoking friends throw their butts into destinated ashtrys. They do not litter.

Hence, as long as you do not litter your cigarette butt after your puff, it is your choice to kill yourself. And to make sure all you smokers who read this (I think the number is currently zero, but just in case.) are motivated to throw your butts away in the proper order, here is a story.

About an hour ago, while I was walking home, I saw a kid of about 6 years old puffing on a discarded butt that was still lighted. I was shocked. (understatement) Smoking kills, to ensure that the chioce is only to commit sucide and not retarted curious children, please throw away your cigarette butts into the many ashtrays that cn be found on public dustbins. However, if you cannot find a destinated ashtray then refrain from smoking in public. If you didn't know, smoking in public is actually illegal in Singapore.

Maybe I was to hasty and I what I thought was a retarted 6 year old was actually a adult with stunted growth. But just in case I wasn't, this is a warning to all smokers with a habit to litter.

STOP LITTERING!!!

rallies...

well... since it's the election period... might as well write on some more political stuff...
the elections bring along with them rallies... the rallies are the times where the candidates promise the people with a bunch of stuff that they will accomplish within the next 5 years... not what they will TRY to do but what they will do...

well i think the only problem with the rallies is that they are only attented by the party's supporters... so how do the supporters of the other parties know if the other parties are any good??? sure the newspaper and television do show snippets of the rallies... but they usually show the opposition making monkeys out of themselves and the pap making monkeys out of the opposition... well... the news is not going to trend on thin ice it seems...

therefore, the supporters need to go the other parties' rallies and listen to what they have to offer...

singapore politics...

hmmm... whoever said that singaporeans are apolitical has definately seen a polictical rally...
honestly... the more of the political rallies i see the less i think about the opposition party candidates... the ONLY credible opposition candidate is probably mr chiam see tong... he is the only one that speaks with "feeling"... actually if you didn't know better... you could even mistake him for a pap candidate... actually sometimes he sound more pap than some of the newer pap candidates...

listening to the pap old guard shoot down the promises of the opposition is actually quite funny... yup funny... i cannot remember who it was but this workers party guy said that we(singapore) should form a joint union with malaysia so that we can get an immediate 27million consumers... so that we can get double digit growth every year... well the pap guy said that if it was so easy then we should join indonesia... they have 200million people... maybe then we'll get triple digit growth... really the opposition party should think about what they just said... they want us to join a country whose currency is half of ours... so are they going to buy stuff from us??? they have already banned us from buying essential goods from johor... and our products are too expensive compared to theirs... which malaysian in their right mind would buy something for twice the price in singapore? really double digit growth??? try negative double digits...

and the other thing that i found funny yesterday night was the speech made by the secertary general of the sda... can't remember his name... it was regarding the james gomez issue... well he said that since james had already apologized... the pap should just let it go... and that the pap was just making a molehill out of a mountian...
hahaha...
well i think he wanted to say that the pap was making a mountian out of a molehill... if the pap made molehills out of mountians the opposition would be more than happy...

the other thing that pissed me off about the opposition was that they have come afew times to say that they are not running with the intention of winning every grc... they say that they know that the pap will from the government at the end and froming the government was kind of like a unrealistc outcome... sure this isn't the exact words... but what type of opposition do we have??? in the middle of elections they keep saying that they cannot win... they should at least try to win...

anyways... driving test later today... pray that i pass...