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Thursday, 31 July 2008
i'm on movie marathon...care to join?
i went for movie...again! haha. went to midvalley to watch "journey to the center of the earth". well, basically the title of the movie tell you the whole story but it was fun watching it. though this one of those rare movie that have 3-D version but i think the normal version will fine as the story plot was kinda pale. not to mention short too. 3-D version will cost extra rm5 where you have to wear the special glasses on. i wonder how people with glasses watch it? wear double glasses? haha.
price for movie ticket on wednesday is at discounted rate, so if you're in saving mode or want a cheap movie date, do go for movie on wednesday. however, it is best to purchase it online if possible to avoid the long queue. everyone also wanna pay less for movie. the best thing for online payment is you just need to collect your ticket at the gold class counter with confirmation number. no collecting ticket 45mins before show, no worry about been late and tickets are release. how cool is that? can save time queueing up and beating the traffic. the extra 50cents surcharge is worth every single cent of it, especially when you're staying in area where heavy traffic is expected at almost anytime of the day/night.
guess everyone know bout this paranormal sci-fi series in the 90's right? well, this is actually the 2nd x-files movie after the 1st movie was released 10 years. gosh, 10 years! bet both agent murder and scully must be quite old. haha
i must say, this movie is fairly good if you that type of people who like twisted, unusual plot. since it is x-files movie, surely there are plenty of gross and digusting scenes. overall, i'll give it 7.5 out of 10 because the story was quite short, whole movie was around 90mins only. and in the middle part of the movie was quite dry.
well, that's what i've been doing for now, rotting at home, go out for movie. on average, i'm going for 1 movie per week. sigh. pokai pokai! but thank god i finally got hold of the completion letter i needed today, can process my interview application already. muahaha. tomorrow gonna wake up early to settle all the application stuff. after that it will all be determined by faith. *pray pray*
dad's new car finally is out. time to say bye bye to good'ol camry, and say hello to sylphy. haha. no picture available now, but the color is in white. don't think i'll be driving because it is too new. kinda scared i scratched it, that time i'm doomed. will update more after my interviews this week. wish me plenty of luck!!!!
it was one of those rare cases where the sequel surpass the first episode.
a must watch movie of this summer. the movie really potrait the reality of this world.
went back on tuesday to take some document, and only came back to subang today. finally, i went to the new GSC cinema in Dataran Pahlawan already and i must say,
it is BIG!
it is NEW!
it is COMFY!
watch midnight show after yumcha session at Pak Putra naan store. gosh, the whole cinema only got like less than 20 people. if it was to be ghost/ horror movie, then it will be frightening.
last saturday was one of those good day / bad day in my life. it is those sort of day that both good thing and bad thing happened to you on the same time. and the feeling is kinda confusing because you don't know whether to feel happy or sad.
well, let's start with the good thing. last friday morning, i received a call from B.A.T. gosh, i was still sleeping on my bed, and i though it was my alarm rang. luckily i woke up and answered it. the moment i heard the HR manager said he is from B.A.T, straight away my brain become alert. managed to get through the phone interview, so arranged to attend assessment the next day. haha. so happy because finally get this chance!
the assessment was quite tough to honest. have to take 2 tests, 1 is numerical and another one is language. quite lucky that i passed both so can do another written test after that, instead of being sent home. after that, i filled up the application and it will be processed after i submit all the necessary documents. so i went back with happy moood.
okay, that's all about the good thing. now, here's where the bad thing start. on my way back, because it was saturday afternoon, so PJ area was kinda jammed. instead of taking the normal route back, i was forced to take small housing lane because could not shift lane in time. when i was just about to turn into one of the housing area, bang, a motorist banged the side of my car. the impact was so strong that the little koala bear on rear view mirror fell down. so i stopped immediately and check that motorist. he was laying on the road, without his helmet and mouth full of blood. i was shocked at that time because i don't know to do. thank god there's some guys stopped to help and managed to carry him to the side of the road. after awhile, he out of the shock and we managed to him an ambulance to send him to hospital for medical check out. me on the other hand, was on my way to police station to log a police report. haiz. what a bad day! damages to the car was quite huge, because the motorist hitted it at a very high speed i think. hopefully, the damage can be repaired in time for the new car to come. luckily i wasn't driving dad's new car, if not surely hailat to the max! and for this reason, i got my first police compound, it will cost me rm200. damn! all i can hope now is that my interview will be smooth sailing and get myself a job soon, then can earn some money to repay my dad for the damages i caused.
muahaha. i'm so excited now because i just got a call for assessement tomorrow. luckily woke up early today, if not habis lah! actually, i didn't get up early, but somehow i managed to answer the phone when it rang. gosh, luckily i picked it up! and i managed to do a phone interview when i just got up. probably too shocking until my brain was forced to function at that hour.
finally, i'm done with uni and heading toward working life. kinda looking forward to it though many of my friends said that it is tiring and bored of it. maybe it is true, but hey, look on the bright side, end of every month there will be salaries to spend. i'm excited bout it probably because i didn't really work before. anyway, all the best to me!!! hope i'll get this job.
this weekend was the busiest weekend ever, since uni days. attended my old friends convo at nikko hotel this noon. gosh, feel like attending classes again because met some many old friends. haiz. have to wait another year for mine to come. damn long.
wai kuan + me
me + wei hao
melanie + me
me + mag + novi
novi + me
flora + novi + me
went back to nap after the convo, but ended up sleeping till 8pm. can die wei. supposed to go dinner with rena but last minute got plan so didn't meet up with them.
had dinner at the newly opened bubba gump shrimp at the curve. this is a themed restaurant from the movie "forest gump". and this is the 1st in m'sia.
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bubba gump shrimp co.
various bottle of sauces on display.
the setting of the restaurant was quite special and unique. table are laminated with plastic for easy cleaning. all the sauces are put inside a metal bucket for customer to use. beside, they even provide free jacob's biscuit for customer while waiting for food. maybe the reason behind is they're SLOW in serving the food.
my drink - jenna's favourite.
the sauce bucket.
overall the service was okay and the food or price are reasonable. the metal sign on each table is used to indicate whether you need to be served or not. if you're okay with everything, then display the "run forest run" sign; but if you need to place order, or maybe you need something from the waitress/waiter then flip the metal board to "stop forest stop" and someone will come to serve you. cool idea!
ping-pong bat desert menu
run forest run - i'm okay, don't disturb me!
stop forest stop - i need to be served!!
chocolate sundae cookies
cajun and shrimp with mashed potatoes
their food mainly consist of shrimp and fishes but they do have steak as well. their names all adapted from the movie, even the drink and dessert also. some are quite funny, like "that chocolate thing". hahaha. will definitely go back to try other dishes next time.
more sauce bottles.
i'm happy with my strawberry+canberry+raspberry yogurt
after dinner, i went down to pavillion kl to meet up with mag, mel, cal vin and mike. just had a drink with them and some catching up. was quite exhausted when i reached home, sigh. so low stamina, can die! looking forward for next week plan. hopefully will be able to travel to s'pore smoothly.
finally, i been to bangkok. haha. been planning to visit this place for quite some time but everytime also failed. luckily this time managed to go because i'm no longer bound by classes or assignment. it is a good thing that i went with family because save alot on accomodation, flight, food and not to forget shopping bills too. hehe.
lobby
departed to bangkok on 21st of june, via airasia planes. the ride was quite bumping and squeezy too but overall was alright. don't really care bout the flight though because the main thing is still go play in bangkok. the flight took bout 2 hours to reached bangkok, and trip to hotel from airport took another hour. luckily we arrived in the noon, not evening, if not we would be stucked in heavy traffic. when i say heavy, i mean really bad traffic. lol.
view from room
lunch was simple on the 1st day, just some plain noodles soup from nearby food stall. after that, we went down town for some light shopping before going for dinner with dad's friend. visited the famous EraWan Shrine in the centre of Bangkok city.
EraWan Shrine
the shrine is surrounded by high end shopping complex and 5 stars hotel. gosh, that place is packed with tourists and locals also. something like our bukit bintang area, but more buildings. getting there by cab took us about 45mins, though the distance travelled is actually quite short. went to nearby shopping mall to spend some time there before heading off for dinner with dad's friend. took the skybus for the 1st and finds that its system is kinda troublesome.
dental clinic - spa center for teeth
sis, mom and dad in 'tuk-tuk' during rush hour
bro and me sat facing back - scary experience
2nd day, which is sunday, we went to chatukchak market. it is like a big flee market that only opens on saturday and sunday. guess we're in luck because the weather in bangkok is good, as in sunny and it is weekend, so the market is open. the market itself is damn big, couldn't finished it in a day. bought some souvenir and some clothing from there. really got alot of things to see there. wanna visit that place if i go bangkok next time.
dinner for 2nd night was abit different. it was a river cruise dinner which mean dinner is served onboard. cool. especially when we're cruising on chao phraya river. something not to be missed.
sunset view on chao phraya river
reached the port earlier, so went around to look for local snack, and guess what i found? jeng jeng jeng! fried insects!!! hohoho. been looking for it since day 1, but couldn't find any. haha. though most of it look digusting, but in fact it taste like normal keropok or any fried snack. i bought one packet of mini sized fried maggots and one scoop of fried ants with onion. taste damn good.
the insects stall
fried beetle and duno what
grasshopper (back), and fried maggots, both mini and giant size
fried dragonfly
my packet of fried ants, yummy!
group pic on cruise + dad (cameraman)
dinner on cruise was set meal, so it according to person. we had a mixture of both thai set and seafood set. price was slightly on the high side but it was worth every single penny of it, i mean bahts. besides, there also got some thai dancing sort of performance so i guess the river cruise thingy was something different. probably cause their river don't stink like ours.
one of the express way bridge
one place i that i didn't visit was the grand palace, so i'll make sure i visit it next time. here's the video of it during night time, and gosh it's beautiful.
the grand palace - king's crib
3rd day, dad went for golf with his thai colleagues, so we went for day tour starting from floating market. the market was fairly simple but quite boring also. nothing exciting about it, and the journey to there is about an hour. quite a disappointed spot i think. ride to the market was by speed boat, and it was quite scary also because we're not given life jacket, and the boat is swift from left to right on the river throughout the journey.
floating market
pic with mom, sis and bro @ floating market
boats/stall on the market
bro and me on speed boat to floating market
after floating, the tour guide took us to wood craving center. at least it got things to see like how those fabulous wood is being craved into piece of art like the one below. skillful people, respect! elephant farm was next on the list, before heading for lunch at croc farm.
craving art @ wood craving centre
mini elephant farm
croc lake
elephant show
after the elephant show, we went to rose garden for some theater show but unfortunely, grandma fell down and was rushed to Bangkok International Hospital. check out found out that her shoulder bones had slight fracture but it was no big deal. just need time to heal and less movement. dinner that night was fairly simple, steamboat thai style. haha.
4th day, also the last free day in Bangkok. due to grandma's injury, aunty stayed back in hotel to accompany so only my own family went for shopping spread. dad's friend was kind enough to give us a ride there, because his driver was free that noon. 1st destination was MBK Center. it is quite big and had various stuff in it. similar to sungai wang but more spacious, and bigger too.
shopping...
one thing good bout bangkok is their shopping mall all located near to each other. after MBK, we walked on the sky bridge to Siam Paragon which is opposite of MBK. that place is similar to Pavillion, too high class for us to shop there. haha. just spend like 30mins there before heading to Central Plaza. all these shopping is connected by a pedestrian walkway bridge called Sky Bridge. it's good for tourist like us, to get from one point to another without the hassles of crossing busy roads.
main shopping district
had our dinner in one of the thai restaurant inside the plaza, called Taling Pling. food there is nice, ambience is good too, and price while is reasonable. highly recommended. hehe.
lemongrass juice
authentic thai dinner
thai cendol
coconut ice cream
mango with sticky rice
our flight back to malaysia is 315pm, so after breakfast we went back our rooms to packed up. leave for airport after checked out and spend bout an hour or two in the airport doing last minute shopping on duty free stuff. around 6pm, i'm back on malaysia's soil.
