Superman

Saw this post on Boing Boing and followed the link, it's damn funny (dun say i didn't warn you!).

Watched the movie recently and my two cents on it:


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*spoiler alert*
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Was late for the movie, so only caught the show when the jumbo jet was already in trouble after a failed launch of the space shuttle from its back. This technology is quite mature and have been proposed since the 1980s, but does this mean that they have to fill the stupid jumbo jet with people? Not too smart right?

Unless, this is where the airline industry is heading: a new way to fly, casino IR Risque class! (pronounced Rees-key) Why pay top dollar for first/business class? Economy class just sounds cheap! Fly Risque class! For a nominal sum, you get to fly to your destination for a low low price! Of course there is the possibility of the shuttle failing to launch and its jets toasting your plane, but the thrill of living through a sucessful launch is something you will talk about for the rest of your life. If the launch is unsuccessful, you will still be talking about it for the rest of your life, just a little quicker, that's all.

Afterall, do you want to live forever? And to cap of the deal, in the event of a catastrophic failure to launch, you might even have in-flight entertainment of some guy in red underpants tearing your wings off to let you fall faster (i assume) to the group, so that he can look even better by saving you at the last possible moment.

So ask about the new Risque class the next time you fly and you could fly for free!


And then there is the concept of offspring (see the link!!). The little tike is so sickly, does this mean that when he has an asthma attack, a typhoon is comming? And if he sneezes, a hurricane is imminent? I dun even want to know what happens when he has 'lau sai' (diahorrea).


Anyone wonders what in the frigging blazes is Lex Luthor (who incidentally has the same initial as Lois Lane!) doing with his cronies, sitting around on the newly created island/continent that he created? Where are the resorts and houses that he was talking about? This is a guy who was brilliant enough to pull off complex excercises of stealing kryptonite, finding Superman's secret polar hideout (really should have some guards on the place, maybe some polar bears, or even a penguin watchbird), combining alien crystals with human technology to sprout an island, and even defeat Superman in battle and all he can do after completing all these is sit around smoking his cigar? What is he waiting for? Monica Lewinsky?


By the way, does anyone know what did happen to his home planet? Apparently a new planet was found and it could have been Krypton, so our hero went to check it out (took him awhile!), but never said the outcome of his search. IMO, obviously he didn't find anyone, 'cos he came back to look for LL (the girl, not the villian).


*spoiler/rant end*

King and the Clown

We were in serious need of some comedy last night so we went to watch King and the Clown after i saw some good reviews about it and it looked to be funny.

Basically it was about a group of jesters who made fun of the king and the court and what happened after the king found out about it.

I didn't really find it a comedy and thought the plot moved rather quickly with no subtlety at all (and rather brutal at times), maybe that's how korean shows are. Anyyways, personally i thought the funniest bit was when the jester's lives were spared even after they performed their mocking performance in front of the king and they were asked to stay in the palace and were given food. I immediately thought (and i think i said it out loud) "Da Chang Jin" prepared that food!! Was still waiting for her to come out at the end of the show to save everyone, but no suck luck. Of course, WW pointed out that the period in which DCJ was set in came immediately after the death of the king (so his death wasn't in vain?).

What a tragedy, so much for comedy. Am in serious need of some cheering up now.

Singapore least courteous

*rant*

I read this bit of news from the net and couldn't help thinking "so the courtesy campaign didn't work eh?". Honestly, i'm not surprised at this, and having lived abroad for some time, i can safely say that S'poreans in general are one of the most dour people who border on being boorish while trying appear sophisticated. Everyone seems to have the mindset of "Courtesy begins with him".

I have lost count of the number of times i've seen pregnant women become invisible women when they get the train 'cos people just don't seem to see them or just don't care. Have even seen women jostling pregnant and old people aside just to get a seat, and then proceed to yak away on their phone. While some might pinpoint those with seats, i prefer to say that all passengers have a moral duty to give way to others more in need of a seat, and those standing could perhaps remind those seated in a courteous manner that there is someone else in greater need. But then again, we rank even behind Hong Kong, land of the people who walk very fast with their elbows out, so i dun expect us to do anything courteous at all.

Then there are times when i have to drive around, everyone here with a car thinks that because they spent a whole heap of their money on their cars, they are free to drive like they own the road. No indication of signals, random lane changes, incessant tailgating, high-beamed headlights, just to name a few of our faults, and these are not restricted to taxi drivers either.

Walking along a street in the morning, you meet people and see a few familiar faces along the way, but seldom do i get anything more than a blank stare when i smile and want to say "good morning" (even though i don't know them). I used to say it anyway but gave up after a few months of trying.

Hey, let's look on the bright side, at least we're more courteous than the land of the "Jewel in the palace"; our neighbours up north; some random former communist capital city; and home of IT outsourcement.

*end rant*

Busy Weekend

Man, what a weekend!

Started off on Friday with my buddy's stag night. Dinner at Brewerks was great and we were highly entertained by the devastating display of football by Argentina in their 6-0 thrashing of Serbia-Montenego (lost me money as well, i had put the score at 3-0 or 4-0 damn!)

Saturday morning saw us attending WW's friend's wedding. Strange to be back at the church where i recieved my first communion and it was enjoyable. Both bride and groom looked awesome and it was a such a happy union with families on both sides looking delighted.

Rushed off to the rehearsal of my buddy (who got registered last year, see this post) in town. Actually managed to go home and rest for a bit before going to WW's friend's wedding dinner. Quite a cosy do that was sprinkled with jokes, quotes and laughter all over.

Spent the night at my buddy's place 'cos of the 4.30am start the next day, and at that hour, i'm am anything but the best man, more like extremely-cranky-and-sleepy-zombie man, but oh well, too late for him to regret that, so he was stuck with me. LOL

The door-opening ceremony hosted by the sisters was quite imaginative and we had fun doing it, although i was kind of worried about doing the impromptu lion dance (with pots and pans for accompaniment) at 5.30 in the morning. Negotiations to open the main door were lengthy and both sides threatened to walk away. At one point, the door was closed on us brothers and we were contemplating bak ku teh for breakfast, while the sisters accidentally offered the 'head' of the sisters which we accepted, if anything just to open the darn door LOL. A deal was finally struck and the groom got his bride. =)

We were pretty much ahead of schedule for the whole day as even the weather cooperated and was sunny most of the day except for a brief shower (of blessing) late morning while we were travelling between places. Tea ceremony went off without a hitch and the end of the morning sessions saw the bride and groom in a trishaw heading off. Got into the car and went to the hotel early to prepare and saw this car accident along the way. The hotel environment was really good with top-notch service. Everyone including the bride and groom managed to get some shut-eye, except for me, too busy writing my speech. I did appreciate the peace and quiet environment though.

Dinner itself went amazingly smoothly (60 tables!) and the brothers were awesome at working together as a team to ensure everything went well, especially the photo taking session. At times it was close to pandemonium with a group of people standing by, waiting for the happy couple to come take photo; people supposed to be in the photo wanting to congratulate the happy couple; people wanting to make the happy couple drink (brothers had to step in a few times to 'save' the groom); and the brothers ushering everyone about. By the time i crawled into bed at the end of the day, i was so tired i only saw one goal by Brazil (while i was getting out of my clothes) and promptly slept until the next morning. Phew!

Congratulations J&J, may you know nothing but happiness from this day onwards. =)

Conversation of the day:
bridesmaid (to photographer): eh, let me play with your monopod
groom: see if you can extend his monopod lah! careful hor, dun anyhow twist twist otherwise can break one ah!
photographer: dun worry, mine is an unbreakable rod.
zeenie: *speechless rolling on the floor laughing*

Quips of the week

Been a busy week for zeenie, he wanted to do the 24 meme that has been circulating the net, but hasn't found the time to do so. What he can write about are some quips of the week:

At the movie X-men the last stand:
"Say, Beast fights like an Orangutan. Maybe it's Ah Meng on steriods with its hair dyed blue. No, wait a min, Ah Meng's a girl, maybe Ah Meng's Boyfriend?"

"Wah lau! X-men 4 ah?" (for those who stayed past the ending credits to see abit more... =) )


At a soccer game, after the ball went out of bounds when two opposing players were contesting it:
"Our ball! CCTV confirm one!"


At music practice:
"Yes, our organist will play his organ in front of everyone"