Monday, September 22nd, 2008
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So the Playstation 3 is finally here, two years late. So where’s the excitement in that? But that’s just me. Obviously many people here, DH included, seem to think it is worth sacrificing sleep to go line up at 1 Utama at 5:00am.
Seems some of the folks had been camping there day and night for the past few days (see how dark it was).
As usual, the organizers made sure there was a gaggle of bare-skin-bare-boned girls to keep the big boys from getting bored while waiting to get their hands on their new toy. Nothing much to look at so you won’t miss the photos we didn’t take.
We did end up with a small discount, nothing much if you factor in all that proprietary stuff the Playstation 3 needs in order to work.
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Sunday, September 7th, 2008
Like everyone else, we used to go to the movies on the weekend. But did you know that movie tickets are most expensive on the weekend?
In these times of belt-tightening, you can actually save quite a bit of money if go to the movies on a weekday instead, that is if weekdays are not an issue with your existing schedule.
If you check your favorite movie theater’s website before going, you’re likely to learn a thing or two about the specials they run on weekdays.
At GSC and TGV, I think Tuesday is Ladies’ Day so if you’re a woman, you get a special rate on your ticket. Wednesday is the day when tickets are at their cheapest. On Thursdays, students enjoy a special price on tickets simply by flashing their student ID cards.
I’m not sure about Mondays and Fridays. Don’t hold me to this information though as they’re probably subject to change, like everything else. Check your movie theater’s website to see what promotional rates apply to which day of the week.
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Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
I was excited at the prospect of going to watch Star Wars. I’ve watched almost every Star Wars movie that was ever released.
So quite obviously, I was excited about seeing the familiar faces of Hans Solo, Princess Leia and Chewbacca again. My heart sank when I found out that this Star Wars is an animated movie.
Seeing that we got free tickets, I had to swallow my disappointment. Okay, I thought I’d be seeing an animated version of the old familiar Star Wars.
Well, some of the old characters are still there like Jedi, Obiwan Kenobi and the 2 loveable robots, R2D2 and C3PO.
The strapping Anakin (er, where’s Luke and how are they related?) Skywalker is forced to take on a padawan (aka apprentice), name of Ahsoka Tano, at the height of the Clone Wars.
The two are somehow caught out and ordered to rescue Stinko the Huttlett, son of Jabba the Hutt who’s been kidnapped by Lord Dooku.
The fighting sequences are reminiscent of the other Star Wars movies I’ve watched before. As for this movie itself, I’m not sure what to say except that I enjoyed the popcorn and hotdog 
.
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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
I used to buy fashion magazines to browse while sitting in the daily traffic jams on the long commute home from work. I had a little ‘bookshelf’ of them in my front passenger seat.
I remember wishing I could surf the internet on my dashboard instead of flipping through the magazines . I mean those magazines are expensive and they’re full of ads.
Now that I no longer commute, I can happily go read my magazines online. myLifetime is one of my favorite places to hang out. Well, it’s more than a magazine, it’s a community where I can talk to people and share my thoughts and ideas.
Of course, it’s got sections about beauty, style, health, entertainment, relationships and all of the other good stuff. When I’m itching to get creative, that’s where I get my craft ideas and inspiration too.
Go check them out. Then you won’t have to buy magazines any more.
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Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
We got free tickets to watch Wall-E, short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth something-or-other last weekend. Kids think this would be a cute movie to watch.
Wall-E, as you probably know by now, is a garbage-collecting robot that’s trying to clean up the Earth that mankind has messed up.
The filthy environment left behind by man is one heck of a job for a single robot but Wall-E, with only a little roach for companionship, is working hard day and night.
One day, Eve, a huge spaceship lands and drops off a female robot by the name of Eve to look for possible signs that Earth may still be inhabitable.
Wall-E falls in love with Eve and shows her all his “treasures of trash”, one of which turns out to be the last surviving plant, the very thing Eve has been sent to Earth to find.
Her mission having been accomplished, Eve shuts down and waits to be transported back to space where Earthlings are now living lives of absolute inactivity and obesity.
When the spaceship lands again, Wall-E, not wishing to be separated from his lady love, hitches a ride into space.
Yeah, it’s a movie with an environmental message. There’s not much dialog though so you have to figure most of it out yourself. Maybe a bit obscure for young kids to understand. But hey, you could use this movie to open up a discussion with your kids about saving the environment.
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