Bolt the superdog

Bolt is opening in Malaysia cinemas this week. This movie is so suitable during this school holiday, so why not take your kids/little brothers/little sisters/nephews/nieces/etc to watch this movie. I bet the adults would also enjoy it. It also received many positive reviews from critics. So there's no reason to not watch this movie.

To those teenagers, Twilight is opening in Malaysia cinemas too this week. I had posted the movie trailer before so please search for it in Movie labels to view.

To know more about this movie, please visit the official Disney site, or simply click here to go there.

I also have here the trailer to Bolt. Hope you guys enjoy it. And thanx IGN for the trailer.

TARA 3 memories

Ok guys, I know TARA 3 has already finish but the excitement still hasn't gone yet. So tonight AXN will air TARA 3 Memories to look back at the activities that the teams did outside of the race. This should be fun! So don't forget tonight's show TARA fans!

The Coffin ~ review

I love Asian horror movies, well most of it. Some of my favorite are A Tale of Two Sisters (Korea), One Missed Call (Japan), Jangan Pandang Belakang (Malaysia) and Long Khong (Thailand). Asian horror movies tend to have slow-moving plot and weird deaths but in the end, it was all worth it because the story were so good you don't really mind all the minor stuff.

Sadly, same thing cannot be said to The Coffin. This movie do not have slow-moving plot, but very, very very slow snail-pace moving plot (and I'm dead serious!). I wouldn't have mind that if it has a good story or a twist in the end but no, nothing. The story is plain simple and have no twist whatsoever. The scary scenes are not really scary either, except for the loud cracking noise from a self-opened lock.

It's a shame really considering it has powerful casts, Ananda Everingham and Karen Mok. Ananda was very convincing as Chris and Karen was kinda okay too as Zoe, although I didn't quite like her scream which I think sounded a little bit fake, but other than that she was okay. She is one of my favourite chinese actress so I can't complaint much.

This movie tells 2 separate stories about Chris and Zoe who went through a Thai ritual, which is sleeping in a coffin, to fend off bad luck or bad karma. However, after the ritual, they started to experience paranormal and spooky incidents. Terrified, Chris and Zoe started to investigate the cause of all these paranormal incidents and how to stop them.

I'm very disappointed with this movie. I usually love horror movies, especially the Asian ones, but The Coffin just turned me off. I hope the people behind this movie would not give up and work harder on their next project. I give The Coffin 2 stars out of 5. Sorry.

Better luck next time.

Plants Vs Ice!

It's been awhile since I last wrote about YuYu Hakusho. So let's continue on the journey. Here's what happen in Vol. 8.

The battle continues on between Team Urameshi and Team Dr Ichigaki. Kurama and Hiei finally showed their faces at the stadium after being absent before. They revealed the truth about Dr Ichigaki's plot who was controlling the 3 humans who were fighting for his team. Kuwabara was so angry after he knew about this but was not able to do anything and was beaten to the ground. Finally it was Mask (y'know, the mystery masked fighter, I like to just call her Mask) who managed to free the 3 humans from Dr Ichigaki's control. And Dr Ichigaki was beaten (and destroyed!) by the estranged Yuusuke. He deserved it.

They thought the battle was over but they were forced to begin the next round and fight Team Masho (in Malay, this team is called Pakar Syaitan loosely translated as Devil Experts). And the organizer even tricked Urameshi Team by not allowing Hiei and Mask from competing, they were considered injured. Yeah right! With Kuwabara badly injured, it was up to Kurama and Yuusuke to fight Team Masho. Can they win this time???

My favourite fight in this volume is Kurama VS Toya, the ice master. I just love to see Kurama in action. And Toya has cool techniques too. But the fight was short, I wish it was longer. Kurama was badly injured too. Luckily he's a strong-willed person. Go Kurama!

The volume ends with Yuusuke VS Zin, the wind master. And the result is...mmm...no result yet actually. You have to buy Vol. 9 to find out that one.

Vince & Sam the winners of TARA3!!!

Finally, we have the winners! Congratulations to Vince & Sam for winning The Amazing Race Asia season 3!!! I had goosebumps watching them racing to the last pit stop.

And here is my review for the last leg of TARA3.




Teams first started off making their way to Muscat Office for their next clue. Then, they must make their way to Said's Camel Farm and transfer 10 camels into a holding pit before they can get their next clue. Ida & Tania completed the task without having much trouble while Sam & Vince were really struggling with their camels. And I think Tisha looked really cute while pulling and communicating with the camels to get them into the holding pit.





Next, the final Roadblock. Teams must drive to Uber Sands and use a metal detector to locate a key that will unlock a box containing their next clue. The teams vehicles got stuck in the sand quite several times. The wheather was too hot and the tire became soft and buried in the sand. Ida & Tania were the worst team affected by this. After that, they must travel to Phuket, Thailand and take a taxi to Sam Kong Temple for their next clue. Ida & Tania made a bad flight choices and ended up stranded at the airport. This lead them to lost precious time and being the last team to arrive in Phuket behind Geoff & Tisha and Vince & Sam who were on the same flight.






Teams then made their way to Thai Trade Food Ice Factory and searched through a barrel of shaved ice to locate an ice cube before receiving their next clue. Teams then must go to Lam Hin Pier for their next clue. After that, they must take a traditional Thai long tail fishing boat and locate a fisherman who has their next clue.

Next, the final Detour. Teams must pick between Pull and Plunge. In Pull, teams must locate a marked oyster in an oyster farm and exchange it for their next clue. In Plunge, teams must dive and search the sea floor for giant clamshell. They will find a pearl inside the clamshell and must exchange it for their next clue. Vince & Sam and Geoff & Tisha completed the Pull task while Ida & Tania chose Plunge. Ida & Tania really enjoyed themselves in the water.





After that, the final task. Teams must dig in a marked area in Rang Yai Beach for a buried treasure chest. The 1st team to place their treasure chest on the map at the final pit stop will be the winner of The Amazing Race Asia season 3 and also win USD100,000.

And as you guys already know by now (the title of this post is obvious enough), Vince and Sam are the winners of TARA 3 with Geoff & Tisha in 2nd place and Tania & Ida in 3rd place. It was an amazing race from the start to the finish. I also want to congratulate Geoff & Tisha and Tania & Ida for making it to the final. You guys race really well. Well done!

The vampires are finally here!

Twilight will open in cinemas this week in the US, but not here in Malaysia. I thought this movie would has the same release date in Malaysia, but guess not.

Anyway, the movie that I had been waiting for will open in Malaysia this week. Can't guess it? It's Quarantine! I'm dying to see this movie. It had already open in the US several weeks back. I had already post about the movie before, even the trailer. Please check back the previous posts in Movies for that ok.

Here's the trailer of Twilight. I never read the book before but based on the trailer, it looks good. So hopefully it won't disappoint the book's fans all around the world.

Enjoy! And thanx IGN for the trailer and Filmonic for the Twilight casts pic!

Any bold prediction?

So tonight is the finale of TARA 3. I can't wait! Who's gonna win it this time? The Philippines couple, Geoff & Tisha? The Malaysian moms Ida & Tania? The Hong Kong friends Sam & Vince?

In my humble opinion, all 3 teams had a good chance in winning this. My guess would be Geoff & Tisha 1st, Ida & Tania 2nd and Sam & Vince 3rd. But if based on favorites, of course I want Ida & Tania to win this race, they are my favourite team! But it could be Sam & Vince too based on Sony commercial. Argh...I don't know! Anyway, I don't really mind coz I think all 3 teams deserve to win. So I'm happy whatever the result will be.

Anything could happen in this race. You'll never know until you watch it to the end.

Let the countdown begins.

From India to Oman...and the Final 3!

We are almost at the end of the race. Here's my review of episode 10 of TARA 3.

Teams first made their way to Bhaja Caves to get their clue. Then they must travel by train and after they had arrived at the central railway station they must take note of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi near the station. Then they must make their way to a Standard Chartered bank branch for their next clue. At the bank, teams had to use an ATM card and the birth date of Mahatma Gandhi as the PIN number to get their next clue. If they didn't get the clue in 3 attempts, they will have to face 10 minute time penalty. Geoff & Tisha was the only team who got the penalty for failing to complete the task.




Teams then travelled to Muscat, Oman and they have to find a marked vehicle to know their next destination. After that, they must drive to Al Alam Palace to get the next clue which stated that they must make their way to Nizwah Fort for their next clue (sound confusing? I hope not. They didn't do any particular task so far except finding the clue box). At the Nizwah Fort however are a lot of clue boxes, and teams must search for the right clue box for their next clue.




Teams then headed for Mutrah Souq and faced with a Detour. This time, it's between Carpet and Count It. In Carpet, teams must match a unique piece of design on a carpet with the one caught on a Sony Cybershot camera. There are hundreds (I think) of carpets in the shop so this may be difficult. In Count It, teams must count the number of dried limes in a basket at a local perfume store. This may sound easy but they had not have enough rest or sleep so counting more than a thousand dried limes can be confusing. All teams completed Count It with Geoff & Tisha kept running back and forth between the 2 tasks when finally they chose to stick with Count It.





Teams then headed to Wadi Tanuf and unfortunately, all teams were lost. They worked together and finally found the place and the clue box. Teams then faced with a Roadblock. One team member must cross a canyon gap using Tyrolean traverse and get the clue hanging from the other side, and then make their way back. Ida and Geoff completed the Roadblock while Sam and Fuzzie failed to do so and incurred a 4 hour time penalty. I think it was not entirely Sam's and Fuzzie's fault. Sam is short so he must use a lot of energy to pull himself up as he was hanging lower from the main rope while Fuzzie is quite a big person so she had to use a lot of energy too to pull her body weight up. On the other hand, Ida and Geoff are both quite tall and slim so it will be easier for them to complete the Roadblock, at least that's what I think.




Teams then made their way by foot to the pit stop. Ida & Tania were 1st (yay!), Geoff & Tisha were 2nd and Sam & Vince were 3rd. Sam & Vince will also incurred a 4 hour time penalty at the beginning of the next leg. AD and Fuzzie were the last team to arrive and so were eliminated from the race.







I will miss AD & Fuzzie, they are such 'real' people. I'm so impressed that they managed to finish 4th in this race. Well done girls!

And so we have our final 3 teams. Sam & Vince will definitely have some disadvantage as they had the time penalty, hopefully hours of operation and flights delay will help them to catch up with the other 2 teams. But aside from that, I think all 3 teams have a good chance in winning this race. Good luck to all!!!

Crickets, pheta, jokes, pots, sugarcane...& U-Turn!

I'm back. Here's my review of TARA3 episode 9.

I know I'm more than a week late but bare with me...please!!!

I watched this episode with mixed feelings. We go into that later. First, let's find out what the teams did for this leg of the race.

Teams started off in Cochin, India. Then they must made their way to a local cricket stadium in Pune, west India for their next task. All teams made it on the same flight, then rushed for taxi when they arrived.

Their first task was to play a game of cricket. Teams must play against the local team and strike the boundary by hitting the board painted in race colors with the cricket ball. If teams failed to do so after 36 balls, they will face a 10 minute time penalty before they can have their next clue.




Then, teams must use the maps on the Nokia Navigator 6210 and use the directions to guide their auto rickshaw driver to the next destination, Shaniwar Wada. There, teams were faced with a Roadblock. In this Roadblock, one team member must search through a field of 50 men wearing a pheta, and locate the right pheta with the word "Correct" written inside.

After finding the right man with a "Correct" pheta, teams headed to the Sony World Showroom at Equity Tower for their next task, which was to convince someone to tell a joke and record it on a Sony Handycam. A group of judges will determine if the joke is funny enough before rewarding them with the next clue.




Next, Detour. In this Detour, teams must choose between Push and Crush. In Push, teams must load a cart with 75 pots and deliver at least 70 of them (without breaking them) to a market stall about 1km away. While in Crush, teams must crush enough sugarcane using a sugarcane juice cart (very ancient machine if u ask me) to fill 40 glasses and then sell the drinks and earn at least 200 rupees. All teams picked Crush while only Ida & Tania picked Push. Tough girls!






Then came the interesting part, U-Turn. If a team U-turned another team, the latter will have to complete the other Detour task before they can proceed. Geoff & Tisha once again in the spirit of playing the game had u-turned A.D & Fuzzie who were not far behind them. Before that, Sam wanted to u-turned Ida & Tania but Vince convinced him that they were already ahead of the other teams, so there was no need to use it (thank u and love u Vince!). Then, Ida & Tania wanted to u-turned Geoff & Tisha but they didn't bring the racers' pics so they just had to pass the opportunity.





Teams then headed for the pit stop at Gokhale Institute. Sam & Vince were 1st to arrive followed by Ida & Tania and Geoff & Tisha. As expected, after having to do both of the Detour tasks, A.D & Fuzzie arrived last at the pit stop. Luckily, they weren't eliminated because it was a pre-determined non-elimination leg. But they must come in first in the next leg or face with a 30 minute time penalty.



I feel bad for A.D & Fuzzie, they were already tired from the sugarcane task and they had to do the other task too. Pity. At first I was angry at Geoff & Tisha because they saw that A.D & Fuzzie were already sore from the task but they still u-turned them. But on 2nd thought, I can't blamed them coz it's part of the game. Besides, A.D & Fuzzie would probably do the same to Geoff & Tisha if they arrived at the U-Turn station 1st. But if I was in this race, I don't think I have the heart to yield or u-turn anyone, I would feel so bad and guilty. I know it's there to be used for our advantage but I don't think I can! I rather be competitive in completing the task than using the Yield or U-Turn options.

But still, I'm proud of A.D and Fuzzie for completing both tasks and not giving up eventhough they almost did. Great job girls!!!

What happen to the computer?

Hello guys! Just want to inform that I will be unable to post anything these few days because there's something wrong with the computer. I don't know what the problem really is, maybe it's virus, worm, etc2, but I will get back on posting as soon as the computer is okay.

I'm so sorry.

You guys take care.

Awesome makeover &... swimwear photoshoot!

I missed episode 3 of ANTM cycle 11. Shoot! Never mind. Nikeysha was eliminated in episode 3. I think her pic was not so bad. Maybe her attitude turned off the judges.

Nikeysha

Anyway, let's just skipped on to episode 4. The girls went through makeover! Some of the girls looked really good and stunning than before. Tyra and her team really knows how to bring out the best in these girls. However, I'm not so impressed with Elina makeover. She looked more like an RnB singer than a model. That's what I think. Even Elina didn't like it at first. But she managed to pull it through and rocked it in the photoshoot. As time went on, she's beginning to like her transformation. She's really professional.

Hannah won the challenge this week (surprise, surprise!). The girls need to do a short commercial without script. I'm impressed with Hannah, her photos are just average but she can really talk well. Well done girl! Samantha did well too. It looks like the girls with stunning photos struggle when talking in front of the camera. Too bad, this might just be a disadventage to them. Better work hard before the CoverGirl commercial.

This week, the girls had a swimwear photoshoot. Some of the girls improved a lot after the makeover while some still struggles. Here are my top 5. Bear in mind that this top 5 are solely based on my personal taste and had nothing to do in fashion whatsoever. I'm not knowledgable in fashion anyway. So here goes;

1. Lauren Brie

2. Marjorie

3. McKey

4. Samantha

5. Sheena

Lauren Brie looks so gorgeous! She looks like she's a model already and not a contestant. Very high fashion. Marjorie is gorgeous too. She looked even more stunning in brown hair. Lovely! Samantha improved a lot. The makeover really helped her. Same with McKey, she looks a little bit like Jennifer Garner though...I think. I love Sheena's photo, her expression, her body language. So graceful.

Elina's photo was good too but I didn't personally like it. But the judges like it very much and she was called 1st this week to receive her photo. Well done girl! Eventually, it came down to Analeigh and Brittany in the bottom 2, and Brittany was eliminated. Again, I don't think her pic was bad but the judges thought that she was too commercial (just pretty, not high fashion enough). I think some of the girls did worst than her. Mmm...maybe the judges saw some potentials in them rather than in Brittany.

Brittany

I wonder who will be eliminated next? I think Elina, Marjorie and Lauren Brie can go far in this competition, they have huge potential. Maybe a little bit trouble in speech (for Elina & Marjorie), I hope they had practice.

Wonderful Wonder Girls

Wonder Girls, the pop sensation from Korea. I'm so in love with them right now. I've heard about them for quite some time before but never bother to check them out. Why? Well, because I didn't know they are quite good. Wait, not quite but damn good! Their music are so addictive. Okay, I will just cut it short and let their music do all the talking. This is one of their single, Tell Me. Quite funny video. Enjoy!