New Moon: My thoughts on the movie

When I first saw Twilight last year, my first thoughts were that it came across as a B grade movie. So with the release of New Moon, I went to the movies with very low expectations and was only looking forward to see young half naked men strutting their stuff on screen… guess what, I got what I asked for!

Honestly, I thought New Moon was corny. It felt as though they were trying too hard to make Edward a cool vampire that he turned out just the opposite. Jacob, on the other hand, turned out hawt, hawt, hawt… those abs could kill the worst monsters just by flexing! (Its probably illegal for me to ogle at the boy seeing that he is only 17 but the hot bod is making me contemplate if I should move to Team Jacob... LOL)

Apparently they have a new Director for the third installment of the movie and I really hope that Eclipse and Breaking Dawn will turn out better. I’m also hoping that they will improve on the scripting. Oh well, fingers crossed, let’s hope that Eclipse will be a better movie.

By the way, I always thought that New Moon was the worst in the Twilight book series so maybe that’s why I wasn’t too excited to watch the movie.

Wonder who else I know has seen New Moon. Thoughts?

Big Bad Wolf Book Sale

It’s been a while since I shopped like a nut in a book sale but I managed to do so last Thursday at the Big Bad Wolf Book Sale at Amcorp Mall. I managed to escape the office at 5.30pm on the dot and was at the shopping mall at 6pm. I spent a full two hours and for RM98 came out with great purchases.

Here are some of the books that I managed to get at the sale:

Okay so the picture sucks cause you really have to squint your eyes to read the titles so here's a list of the titles that I bought:

1. Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, Richard Carlson

2. Bright Shiny Morning, James Frey

3. Power Play, Joseph Finder

4. Homecoming, Bernhard Schlink

5. The Piano Tuner, Daniel Mason

6. Gatty's Tale, Kevin Crossley

7. The Red Necklace, Sally Gardner

8. The Thief Lord, Cornelia Funke

9. The World Without Us- Alan Weisman

10. The Zookeeper's Wife, Diane Ackerman

11. The To-Do-List, Mike Gayle

I also visited BookXcess which was located next door and guess what!???... I bought four more books! Haha, I guess I still had an adrenalin rush and still needed to shop for more books. I couldn't help myself cause the covers for these classics were really nice and they were less than RM20... EACH!

Anyway, I wonder who else visited the sale...

Definitely Dead

Author: Charlaine Harris
Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy- Vampire/Mystery/ Thriller

I started off reading Definitely Dead in utter confusion. When did Hadley get murdered? When did Sookie become close to the Vampire Queen of Louisiana? I began the first few chapters wondering if I missed a book from the series and even checked the last book to see if I had missed a couple of chapters. Eventually I found out that Definitely Dead was a continuation of Charlaine Harris’s short story “One Word Answer”, which I have yet to read. Despite the confusion, Definitely Dead was still a good read that carried the traditional suspense and excitement in the mysteries that surround Sookie.

My only issue with Sookie while I was reading the book was that I thought she should start settling on one guy instead of falling for every guy she meets! It was getting a tad annoying but thank God she settled for someone in the end. Lets hope the relationship lasts at least until the end of the next book in the series!

There were a few plots in the book that I thought was unnecessary but overall Definitely Dead was still a fun book to read.

Challenges: Sookie Stackhouse Reading Challenge, The 2009 100+ Reading Challenge

Cuci the Musical- Istana Budaya, 6 November 2009

If you haven’t watched Cuci the Musical then you should! I managed to catch the show yesterday at Istana Budaya and I enjoyed myself tremendously. The show was absolutely hilarious and had me in stitches and tears the whole night. I did think that some parts of the show was unnecessary and made it a tad draggy but other than that the show was excellent.

The casting was great and you could see the actors had chemistry on stage and they were having fun doing the show. AC Mizal was my favourite and Hans Isaac absolutely suprise me with his singing. Afdlin, Awie and Vanida were great as expected. It was an excellent, excellent show and an absolutely MUST SEE!

We're Married!

This announcement is two weeks late but we finally did it, we're finally married! After all the stress and chaos and months of preparation; it paid off and we had a beautiful wedding. We had a mix of Malay and Chinese culture in the wedding ceremony and it was really great. I'm hoping to post some of the pictures once the photographers are done with the final touches. Hubs and I had a wonderful time and we're glad that those important to us attended our wedding and we thank God that everything ran smoothly. Can't wait for the pictures to be ready!