I watch a lot of movies. An AWFUL lot, I’d say. For the last 10 years, I’ve watched almost the whole Top 100 movies every year as listed on Box Office Mojo, plus many other indie flicks that don’t make the list. Well, almost all, except the horror movies and some foreign language films. Which make me wonder why I’ve never done a year end list like this. But anyway. I’m sure you’ve all watched all the blockbusters – Guardians of the Galaxy, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Interstellar, etc. Don’t get me wrong, i like them too, but these following ones are my the standouts for me, movies that keep…

Read the first two parts here. Part 1 Part 2 I thought I’d finish the review in the previous post, but it was late and I got tired, plus the post was too long. Season 8 Storyline This is the season most people thought would be the last, including the producers, I think. It centers on a President of an unnamed Mid-East country trying to sign a peace treaty in the UN, but is betrayed by his own brother and men. President Taylor has problems of her own, as she gets manipulated by Charles Logan. Renee Walker returns, gets killed and Jack goes ballistic, killing spree. there’s some side story…

Well, I’ve finally finished, all 8 seasons of backlogged shows, and even finished the latest (and probably last?) season of 24. Time to continue this review, the first part can be read here, where i review the first 4 seasons. So here we go with the rest: Season 5 Storyline – Well, it started out with more of the same, Jack Bauer living incognito somewhere, and the hapless Charles Logan still president. But suddenly come the hammerblow – ex-president David Palmer and Michelle Dessler is killed. After that, its the usual diet of terrorists, kidnappings, nerve gas, etc. My thoughts – Despite the shock of seeing President Palmer and Michelle…

We’ve heard of Johor Premium Outlets (JPO) for the longest time, but never visited. after all, my family is hardly the kind of people who buys the kind of fashion (or prices) they offer. But a recent conversation with friends prompted this road trip. Sometimes, a road trip is more for the company and fellowship than the actual destination. So last Saturday we packed up 5 adults and 2 kids and 1 toddler into the Toyota Rush and started off from Puchong. Despite some maneuvering around Putrajaya to avoid a inexplicable jam along the SKVE, we managed to reach our first pit stop in Tangkak. Tangkak Believe it or not,…

This year’s family holiday, we went back to Port Dickson. In line with our austerity drive to have local holidays these next few years, 2 months ago I booked 3 nights in Grand Lexis PD Executive Pool Villas for RM2000 (room can fit 4 pax). I thought wow, that’s even cheaper than last year’s price! I only found out why when I checked in. RM2000 is for room only, no breakfast. this slight inconvenience turned out to be a good thing for us, we saved the money and spent more time in the room and pool rather than having to rush for breakfast every morning. But anyway. Friday morning we…

After relocating to the city for close to 20 years, we’ve only begun to really explore the extent and fringes of Klang Valley. For most part, we’ve stuck around the southern and western parts of Greater KL (this is the new, preferred term for ‘Klang Valley’, apparently). But on Saturday, we really went across the city, from Puchong to Ulu Langat to Thai Fish Farm. It was supposed to be a day at Pulau Ketam, then when that didn’t happen, we thought of going to Selangor Pewter factory visit, and when even that didn’t pan out, I decided to go for an early dinner in Thai Fish Farm, some place…

In a simpler before this, there was a console system called PlayStation One (I have always preferred the name PSX to the later PSOne). And the greatest game ever for that console was Final Fantasy VII. Maybe its really the greatest game of all time, as most websites claim it is, but in my humble opinion, it really was.

People don’t really have a high regard for fantasy books. They usually think about a muscled bound hero fighting dragons or orcs to rescue the princess (no doubt influenced by the Conan movies). But as a kid, I have always loved the idea of a bildungsroman tale of a boy, driven by circumstances, leaves home to find he is a fulfillment of an age old prophecy, whereby the saves his people from the clutches of an evil wizard… This is no doubt help by a childhood of computer role-playing games (e.g. Wizardry, Ultima, Bards Tale…). But I never had any fantasy books to read. Some of my friends always talked…

Last month marked an important milestone – my faithful Toyota Vios (“VIOSer”) reached 10 years old. (mine is silver colour) For a 10 year old car, it’s still rather in good shape. Granted, for the first few years it wasn’t used as much (I had a company car then) but it has been regularly used for the past 7 years it was heavily used. I doubt had I bought a Waja or Wira it would still be on the road now. I remember the time we were planning to buy the car. We went round 7 different showrooms – Nissan, Toyota, Honda, Kia, Hyundai, Chevrolet and Ford. Nope, no Proton.…

I always tell people I’ve never watched a single episode of TV dramas like 24, NCIS, Bones, Castle, Lost, CSI (well, actually only New York and Last Vegas – I’ve watched a few episodes of Miami before). I’ve nothing against them, I’ve just never had patience to sit through one hour of drama and 20+ episodes of storyline arc. Recently, I’ve done HBO series which have shorter seasons, like Suits or Homeland. But I’ve also told my friends one day when I’m retired, I’ll do a marathon of these shows just to see what the fuss was all about. Recently, though, Boone has been talking about the latest season of…