Yea! Yea! Exercise Time!

Ini cirita minggu lepas...

Akhirnya yang ditunggu2 sampai jua... Ramai juga di pejabat ini yang tahu, malu lah pula. Mudah2an Allah memberi saya kekuatan...

Semenjak kawasan 'brisk walking' saya tidak begitu selamat lagi, saya jarang bersenam dan badan mula naik hhhmmmmm Dengan itu saya membeli basikal tak bergerak ini bagi membolehkan saya berpeluh dengan rasa selamat di dalam rumah.

Nasib baik muat dalam kereta hehehe

Sebenarnya saya ingin mengambil gambar Chinta Hati saya dan anak2 yang sedang memasang basikal pegun saya tapi abang saya pemalu la... iya ler tu kan?

Yea yea dah siap

Berjaga juga Azimdan Abah memasangnya sambil 'dibantu'

oleh Azhad dan Aliyah hehehe

Tak payah canggih sangat dashboardnya

Azhad, perasmi basikal pegun saya

Siap buat akrobatik lagi budak nakal manja nih

Aliyah pun nak sama

aaaahhhh syioknya berbasikan dengan kain batik dan berkaki ayam kan?

Hari Sabtu yang lepas (6/3/2010) sepupu Chinta Hati saya, Inspektor Haslina Othman, telah selamat dijabkabulkan dengan pilihan hatinya. Namanya saya lupa lah hehehe

Azhad dah sibuk bermain dan Aliyah pula dah tidur pada masa ini

I can't resist the action hehehe

Nota : minggu lepas saya mula dengan berbasikal 2km selang sehari dan minggu ini 5km selang sehari. Mudah2an saya berjaya!

Future replacements, ghostly anime, hero tua and aliens

haaaa.... tak tau filem apa yang ingin ditonton??? Mungkin ini boleh membantu...

Movies are my stress reliever :)

Surrogates

The storyline of this movie is something familiar with Minority Report or I-Robot. It is about how future technologies can affect human life and provide some philosophical point-of-view that is worth pondering on. The idea of technology progressing could be thought provoking but the movie storyline does not make it good enough to be worth an entire evening of discussion.

The actors were all very good and up to the task of portraying themselves in robotic fashion (this doesn't require great acting skill but the screenplay was quite good). I thought Bruce Willis did a good job in the lead role. The main plot which centered around an armed resistance group opposed to surrogates and attempting to defeat the surrogates and the corporation that produced them.

I enjoyed the movie, so go and rent it!

Gegege no Kitarô: Sennen noroi uta

(Kitaro and the Millennium Curse)

I clearly admit that I am an anime lover. Kitaro is my no 3 love after Black Jack and Black Cat hehehehe Kitaro and the Millennium Curse is based on the 1959-1969 manga series called "Hakaba Kitaro" by Shigeru Mizuki. For all of you who are not an anime person, the character Kitaro, is a Yokai (a supernatural spirit) who protects humans against evil Yokai.

The pace was a bit slow at the start but things getting interesting after that. The cast were good and admirable with some simple enough jokes that I could understand. The action sequences were actually pretty satisfying and overall it was cute and enjoyable. Worth rental!

Universal Soldier: A New Beginning

Sure, the movie is predictable and clichéd to oblivion but somehow I found it to be pretty entertaining.

Effects are reasonably well done, acting is mostly pretty pathetic but it's all quite entertaining in its own way. The Bulgarian way… Yup this was filmed in Bulgaria. That why you will see totally unfamiliar faces acting in the movie.

The opening scene was absolutely amazing action by Andrei (Pitbull) Arlovski who stole the show with a great action performance. Van Damme had a smaller role than the previous film and did a solid performance. I was disappointed that Lundgren's role was so small but he did a great job. The long fight sequence between Lundgren and Van Damme had some good actions scenes as well (walaupun hero dah tua dan nampak sungguh ketuaan mereka hehehe)

Watch it and you will like it mainly because of Van Damme and Lundgren :)

Aliens in The Attic

This is a funny family entertainment movie. I laughed a lot with many moments especially during the usage of the aliens' remote control. The CGI was good and alien Sparks is really a sweet character.

I actually liked the movie and the charm it developed. The fun, that the cast and crew obviously had, while shooting the movie, translated onto the screen. Sometimes you really need something really silly, to enjoy ... this one definitely fits the bill! and kids will love it too.

Abah dah 71 tahun...

Atuk Abah dan Azim

Hari ini adalah hari kelahiran bapa mentua saya. Pagi2 lagi kami menelefon beliau dan mengucapkan selamat kepadanya. Cuma.... saya terlupa bapa mentua saya rupanya sudah 71 tahun. Syukur kehadrat Illahi memanjangkan umur beliau.

Saya dan Abah kadang kala bersembang bagaikan kawan hehehe dan saya suka cara Abah menasihati saya. Bahasanya cukup berbunga tapi mudah difahami. Perumpamaan yang diberikan memang kelakuan kita seharian. Saya amat menghormatinya, tiada kata lain yang boleh saya ungkaikan.

Semoga Allah terus memberkati Abah... We love you... :)

Sibuk sangat nih!!!! Dugaan... dugaan...

Saya memang sibuk dalam sebulan dua ini. Tugas2 hakiki meruntun jiwa raga saya dan dalam keterpaksaan saya mengangguhkan catatan luahan hati dan tugasan Masters saya bagi memastikan tugasan hakiki berjalan lancar. Ini ditambah pula dengan kesinambungan tugasan kakitangan lain terhadap tugasan saya. Ramai yang sedang berharap pada saya pada masa ini. Tidak dapat saya menulis dengan panjang lebar. Mohon kesabaran daripada sahabat semua.

As usual, I wanna share a motivation quotes with you guys. I don't wanna your visit to my humble abode is in vain. It must be a value added visit :)

Personally I do keep diaries and journals ; for personal, business and career. That makes me understand myself better. I jotted down my strengths and weakness including my personality styles. I believe that once you understand yourself, you understand others better.

Make a statement journal, keep experiences diaries and draw future planning. Then work out an action plan ; short term and long term including contingency realigning strategy. Keep them is a safe place if you are shy but postered them on the wall if wanna make it a strong resolution. You know yourself better to make it work. Make time for the journals, diaries and planning, if not they are gonna do it for you but you aren't able to control them, rugi la...

TAKE CONTROL OF YOURSELF!

A little bit of this and a little bit of that

Tak salah kan kalau saya buat entri pelbagai cerita? hehehe

I have been suffering a mild pain and discomfort around my right elbow and slowly the pain getting worse and the discomfort travelled to the upper part of the elbow.

Adoi!!!

Ouch!!!

The pain was great after house work (saya mana ada maid maaaa tapi tak kurus2 jugak, alahai...) and not able to straighten my arm properly. I make a visit to the doctor as the painful area has swollen, turned to dark pink and inflammation.

My pain endurance level is quite high (the pain has been 2 months now!) and I am always in pain denial hahahaaaaa So you guys can image the degree of pain that able make me move my butt to see the doctor :P boley jelir lidah lagik nih...

So Dr Imelda told me that I might be suffering from tendinitis symptoms and I hate when she mentioned that I am too young for the diagnose hhhuuwwwaaaaaaaa so I must religiously take the medication and back to see her in 3 days time. So I was on MC today (tapi sempat lagik pi tengok movie).

As I was typing this, my arm still hurts though I have taken medication twice for today. Mudah2an esok ada perubahan.

If not I will probably look like this guy... not the face laaa... but the macho hand support of course! :P dah macam Terminator lah pulak! "I'll be back!!"

Pic taken from http://www.itendonitis.com/

For a less depressing story... hehehe

FM was given by Yud, TQ dearie, kalau ada nak lagi... :)

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

I went to see this movie without any expectations. I haven't read the books nor the review in the papers.

To the people do wanna see it, please do! There's a lot of fast past action scenes and pretty hilarious moments. Though there was not enough character development to understand the background and history of every character plus little information of what is going on.

Oh yeah, remember, they didn't give all from the book into the movie. The CGI were good and my heart was actually pounding when they did the fight scenes. The most exciting moment to me was seeing Uma Thurman as Medusa. It was so real, suspense and exciting. Oh ya… not forgetting Pierce Brosnan as half human half horse character. The other side of Bond that we aren’t seeing everyday huh?

Especially the last scene during the credits is very funny ;) stick around to watch it too!

Bencik statement :- As I was in the movie, Mix.fm texted me that I have won 2 movie tickets to see Percy Jackson tomorrow night. Bencik kan???? Life is really unfair!!!!!

First week of February 2010

Layannnnnnn... :)

Legion

For the movie to work, you have to grab the reasoning that God has decided to end the world through an unfair battle using his angels against humans and the absence of the Devil whom a friend thought would actually either rejoice or would have gathered new followers with the exodus of human souls now being abandoned by the holy one. If you don't stuck the idea to your brain, you are deep trouble watching this movie.

Angels behaving like demons??? A God who has questionable faith??? I could understand if some Christians would find this offensive. Personally I would find the idea is daring and against all holy books in our world. Angels with weapons???

Looking it as another movie production, the characters are not develop properly, despite ample time in the first half that had characters talking, rationalising and reflecting on just what their predicament is. Amongst the action offered that I've not seen before involved the angel Gabriel (last done androgynously by Tilda Swinton in Constantine), which brings to mind just how angels would be clad for battle, with armour, close combat weapon with frills and those metallic wings used both defensively and offensively in quite elegant ways as shield and blade combined in one sweeping motion. I also don’t quite understand why possessed human by angels behave like zombie???

I would rather watch Keanu Reeve’s Constantine over and over again…

Pisau Cukur

Rasanya saya mungkin takkan menonton DVD Pisau Cukur sekiranya bukan Abang Long yang berlakon di awal permulaan cerita. Rupanya hanya rambut Abang Long yang masuk wayang hahahahaaaa ciyannnnnn dia…

Pisau Cukur merupakan gabungan produksi filem Gol & Gincu. Saya suka GC kerana ada unsur fun, urban dan reality. Begitu jua dengan Pisau Cukur. Realiti cerita ini ialah zaman sekarang perempuan muda dan cantik memiliki impian untuk hidup senang tanpa bekerja keras. Namun, apa yang dikejar tidak semestinya indah dan bersederhana lebih menyenangkan hati. Realiti kedua ialah gaya hidup wanita masa kini yang boleh bermadu kasih, berkongsi rasa dan cinta walaupun si suami tidak kacak, asalkan wang ringgit dan harta dimiliki bersama.

Pisau Cukur mempunyai shot yang menarik, apatah lagi dibantu dengan rakaman visual dan teknik sinematografi yang boleh dibanggakan dan berwarna warni. Sebenarnya penggambaran filem ini hanyalah dibuat di sebuah studio tapi set-upnya macam di atas sebuah kapal mewah, di tengah-tengah laut. Set penggambaran dan teknik CGI yang digunakan memang membanggakan.

Lakonan gedik Fazura dan Maya Karin memang class kerana ekspresi wajah mereka sungguh berkesan dan terasa seperti ianya terjadi di hadapan mata kita. Oh My Gucci!!! Ya memang betoi!!!! hahaha

Lakonan Aaron Aziz, Radhi Khalid, Dato Rahim Razali, Khatijah Tan, Umie Aida, Liyana Jasmay, Sharifah Sofia dengan cameo Afdlin Shauki sebagai Captain memang baik sekali. Redza Minhat yang berlakon sebagai Fakir juga tidak mengecewakan but he got to learn harder J

Pi la tengok citer nih! Berbaloi!

District 9

We have seen many aliens come to earth movies, but this is different. What’s good about this documentary style movie is that there are no overused or overexposed celebrities in sight, but still the actors are able to give solid performance. The aliens themselves, brilliantly ‘so real’ with top notch CGI even manage to make us feel something… The collaboration of Peter Jackson and Neill Blomkamp are kaboom this time! Two thumbs up!

The movie actually making me believe this thing could actually happen here on Earth. One thing in common, either we are on Earth or visitors in Pandora, we are evil. Oh dear, please love your neighbours!

Bodyguards and Assassins

This is a star studded period action film about the assassination attempt of Dr Sun Yat Sen in Hong Kong in 1906 which group several veteran actors and A-listed casts into the movie. Set, editing, camera work, action direction all become an integral part of this top-notch motion picture.

The first hour of this movie is entirely about characters development, making you understand their relationship while the second half of the movie is action pack kung-fu fighting. I like the movie because of the beautiful characters each with their own story, fighting and sacrificing their lives for an important mission. Sad ending but that makes the story complete.

Just ignore the historical element, go and watch the DVD, it will move your emotions…

Kids jalan2 and say the darnest thing…

Last Saturday we took the kids for jalan2 enjoying the CNY decorations. We were having a good time indeed. As we walked passing Brabantia’s shop, Azhad noticed a huge rotary cloth drying frame and with a straight face telling me… “Kita tak boleh beli tu sebab Mama tak sampai nak gantung baju”. I just smiled and said “Thank God we are not buying that, kan?” hahahahaaaaa and the drama does not end yet!

Walking back to the parking floor hand in hand with Azhad, I noticed an outlet selling maxi dresses which colours and designs are so sweet. Wondering how much it will cost, I stopped and have a look. “Mama, tak payah ler beli baju tu sebab kalau Mama pakai nanti labuh sangat.” hhuuuwwwaaaaaaaa aku nak gelak ke nak nangis?????

So I passed Azhad to his father hoping he will passed such remarks to his father in return hahahaaaa Aku dengki!!!!!!

I loike the lanterns!!!!!!

To my Chinese friends,

Happy New Year!!!!!

Kisah di Sebalik Majlis

Adik Bluelily mengadakan majlis resepsi perkahwinannya minggu lepas dan kami menjayakan majlis tersebut dengan membantu sebagai penyambut tetamu. Ingat senang ka??? macam2 karenah hehehehe

Sebelum majlis bermula, kita posing dulu hehehe

Sempat gak we all 'kidnap' Dato' Seri Adnan Yaakub dengan wifey.

Orang sibuk bagi ucapan, minah2 nih sibuk berposing

Lepas majlis pun posing lagik!

Jejak kasih berkasih

Selamat Pengantin Baru!!!!