My Malaysia

I like Bolehland's weekly blog discussion topics.

This week's one is no different.

What is My Malaysia is this week's discussion.

Interesting.

I'm Malaysian. Nothing can detract from that statement.

I always say I miss Melbourne. But I will always consider Malaysia my home.

That was the reason I ran around town looking for a Malaysian flag in Melbourne during the 2004 Merdeka celebration.

That was the reason I took a tram to the suburbs to look for it.

That was the reason I forked out 96 AUD for two large flags.

That was the reason I carried the flag proudly to Uni, back to town, and during our Merdeka celebrations.

Malaysia is my home.

That is what it always will be first and foremost.

And that is why I will always like the place.

There isn't much I can wish for in terms of change in Malaysia.

But if there was one thing, I would like Sarawak and East Malaysia to be given more opportunities.

Our roads, development and such are years behind what is going on in West Malaysia.

While we are developing, I can't help but think that we're being left behind somewhat.

If we were to want to make a better Malaysia, I would think that is one thing we need to do.

We need more equality.

Not only between East and West Malaysia, but also between all races.

Do not discriminate between who should be accepted into Universities, Schools, or who should get loans, or cheap housing based on race, but on achievements, and requirements.

We're one nation.

I would think that everyone deserves that to say the least.

Don't get me wrong here.

I'm not saying there's anything wrong in what is going on now.

Its just that with news reports of people getting 14A1s in their SPM and being rejected by a University is just wrong.

By all means, keep what we are doing up, just give some deserving people their opportunities.

That aside, one of my fondest memories of my childhood is from the 1993 Merdeka Celebrations.

I was part of those celebrations, held here in Kuching.

I was one of the performers.

I performed for our countries leaders, for Malaysia.

I can still remember what we did so vividly.

We were one that day.

Sarawak was part of the whole Merdeka Celebrations.

We were ALL in it together.

Preparing, practicing.

As we prepare for the 2006 Merdeka Celebrations, again to be held here, I cant help but wonder.

Will we be able to show what Sarawak is all about, and bring more into making Malaysia, truly, whole.

Sarawak Club Burnt down...

Bugger.

I'm sad now.

Sarawak club burnt down.

I got the news from a friend this morning, and I was skeptical at first.

Whats more he's in Australia. What? Kuching guy studying in Melbourne gets the news before me, and here I am, not knowing what happened?

I wasn't so sure until I saw it for myself.

Gone.

Gutted.

*sob*

Here are some pictures... Not from me, its circulating through email. I wanted to get some pics from the top floor of civic centre, but the lifts are all out, and the 3rd and 2nd floors are under renovation.

The pictures I got are not much different from the ones from the email, other than the quality of the ones from the email are much better than the ones I took with my camera phone.


Gone. Its all GONE!

Somehow you wonder what is going to happen now.

While they will have insurance, its going to be a while before it gets back up.

And what of the members now?

Will you still continue to collect fees?

Where will the income be from?

What of the employees?


Main hall. poof

There go those beautiful wooden beams that held up the main hall.

There go those old plaques from the club of old, when golf was still played where the civic centre is now.

There go those pictures, those trophys, those golfing memorabilia.

The books in the Library.

The equipment in the gym.

The snooker tables in the snookerium.


Fire... so damaging...

What happens to records of members?

If I have a book checked out of the library do they know?

If we spend some money for a good dinner in the restaurant would they know?

What more to say part of Sarawak Club is NEWLY RENOVATED. Fine, this is mostly the carpark and that security booth, but then again, to have something like this to happen?


Restaurant. Gone.

The passing of a Kuching Icon.

Sigh.

Update: Kenny Sia put up a picture HERE. It gives a better feel of the proper damage.

Miss Universe 2006

Miss Universe 2006 just finished.

I'm a little disappointed with the results though. Miss Puerto Rico was crowned this year, with Miss Japan getting 1st runner up.


Miss Puerto Rico and Miss Universe 2006, Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza



After the question and answer session, I was certain Miss Japan would have won. She has better looks than Miss Puerto Rico, and she has command of several languages. Not just one or two. Japanese, English, Spanish, to name a few. On the other hand, Miss Puerto Rico was only able to answer the question posed to her in Spanish. I think it was Spanish anyway.


Miss Japan and 1st Runner Up, Kurara Chibana

With Miss Japan Kurara Chibana displaying great language skill, I would have thought she would have been a better ambassador to carry the title Miss Universe. While Miss Puerto Rico Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza did have a great answer to her question, she displayed limited language skills. To me anyway, I would have prefered someone who is able to communicate in several languages, instead of needing to have an interpreter in tow.

Still, the judges thought otherwise, crowning the Puerto Rican Miss Universe 2006.

The prizes she won included a new wardrobe. Full wardrobe. Dresses, shoes, the like. Makeup, hair products for a year. Tiara and Crown. Not to mention cash prizes from several of the sponsors as well.


Melissa Ann Tan, Miss Malaysia 2006.

Malaysia din't do all that badly. I guess.


She wore a Samurai outfit.


Swimsuits!


She looked better during the show with straight hair IMHO


Her cover shot

Obviously my favourite is still Miss Japan.


Miss Costa Rica, Fabriella Quesada, one of the beauties.


Miss China, Ying Hui Gao


Miss Singapore, Carol Cheong. Supposedly in a Evening Gown. How that is an Evening Gown I don't know.

Update: Miss Universe Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza later fainted after receiving her crown. The spell was blamed on her overly tight dress, which earlier saw her having some difficulty while walking on stage.

Of Golf and Stuff

I had a game of golf yesterday.

My first in a fair number of months.

Somehow, after going to Melbourne, not playing for a year apart from one or two games, then coming back here, I just don't have the love of the game that I used to.

Still. I play once in a while.

Yesterday was once of those whiles.

Just for the heck of it, I decided to test that old golfing joke.

Why do did the golfer wear two pairs of socks to the golf course?

And I found out that it is SO TRUE!

In case he gets a hole in one!


Cheee....

Heh.

Ouch that was lame.

Bush does it again

This video has been seen throughout the world, courtesy of YouTube.

It shows Bush up to his antics. Again.

This time its in the middle of the G8 summit. The GROUP OF EIGHT summit.

He gets up, gives German Chancellor Angela Merkel a BACKRUB, and she is just shocked at it. The freezeframe at the end shows her feelings for what the American President did.

Sigh.

He's getting worse this one.

Swinburne Orientation Day, Take 4

The fourth O Day for 2006.

Its getting tiring.

Even though its in the middle of our holidays, our end of term holidays, no less, when all students are having fun, resting, going out, we council members need to take the time to drive to school, discuss the project, plan it all out, write letters, submit the proposals, rewrite the letters after you discover that there's a change to the programme that you have not been informed about, run around trying to get things photocopied, get the funds released, purchase prizes, prepare games, arrange tables to prepare for registration, go to University to welcome and help with the registration of new students, stay back to rearrange the tables for the orientation, welcome the students to orientation, run the orientation, run the games, run around trying to locate the invited guests, make sure everything runs on time, trying to get the students to not be so shy, see them off, rearrange the tables for the lectures on monday, and prepare a report of the whole event.

Sigh. And thats the short list.

I wonder why I put myself through all that trouble. And we do it several times a year.

I guess its great when the students come off it happy, and submit survey forms with nice sounding comments, which by the way, need to be read and filed too. Then you come across one where the student says its boring and they didn't get much out of it. Its so much worse when the student is one who only came for the morning part, where its all talks by the University, then skips the afternoon part run by us because they're afraid it will be the same as in the morning. Only the afternoon part has always been considered the best part of the day. So they come back right at the end and submit a bad report.

How sad.

Still. At least the majority of the students are very happy. Which is good. Our effort has been appreciated. One of the best feelings in the world. You somehow feel so good about all the work you've put into something, when someone comes up to you after and tell you how much they have enjoyed it.

On another high note, Associate Professor Wang Su Chen gave one of the best welcoming speeches I have ever heard. And as a Toastmaster, I have heard my share of good speeches. She had such great things to say, I actually want her to come back and give the speech again in the next orientation. The same speech. I don't care. And she had the audience captivated too. They were responding to her, something none of the other people who have spoken before done.


Students and Staff enjoying Professor Wang's speech

These things just make me want to come back and do it all over again in 2 weeks. Which, I will. Swinburne Orientation Day, Take 5. Coming soon to a University near me.


The *excited* students listening to a speech.


This speech in fact...


Ayu and Destiny looking after the Japanese Club booth during the showcase


*hardworking* council members taking a rest..


Ramblings of a Dragon on big screen!


Swinburne Theatre: Acting out Titanic. Lacking females severely this group.


Hula Hooping to get bonus marks in the Hunt!


Dancing for the President


You gotta dance when the President says dance


Or he won't sign. So...


You gotta dance when he says dance! Hey!


Group Photo!

EVEN MORE pictures will be uploaded soon.

Should Overseas Bloggers Ping Project Petaling Street (PPS)?

BolehLand's new Speak Out section poses a very interesting question this week. Should Overseas Bloggers Ping Project Petaling Street (PPS)?

Talk about food for thought. Should they?

You might argue that the Petaling Street Project is for Malaysians, and therefore overseas bloggers should not be allowed to ping the site. You might argue that in the e-Community, there are no borders, and therefore, it doesn't matter if you come from Malaysia or from Tibet, you should be allowed to ping PPS.

The first thing to consider would be the quality of Pings. Would our stopping pings from outside Malaysia increase the quality of the blogs on PPS? It would be hard to say so. If we were to agree to this statement, what we're effectively saying is "We Malaysians have the world's best blogs. If we stop outside pings, all the posts on PPS would be from us Malaysians, and therefore would have increased quality."

But is that really the case? Can we honestly say that blogs from Malaysia are of great quality? Would we really increase the quality by stopping external pings?

Take Top Bloggers like Xia Xue, Mr Brown, Mr Miyagi and Kenny Sia for example. Kenny's the only Malaysian among that bunch.

Then again, this argument doesn't really work does it. The fact that Kenny Sia, Xia Xue, Mr Miyagi and Mr Brown all don't even need to ping PPS to get their hits shows that the top bloggers, the ones that have quality blogs won't even bother using PPS to get their pings.

Basically what I'm trying to say is, Bloggers that use PPS in the first place are those looking to increase their traffic. The ones who are trying to make it big, the way people like Kenny Sia have. Where the pings come from doesn't change the quality of the blogs. Restricting pings to Malaysian bloggers would basically mean we're missing out on a lot of opinions from other places. Keeping the pings limited to Malaysians would be almost the same as closing the door on ideas, and limiting our growth as bloggers overall.

We can also ask whether bloggers from overseas should ping blog portals in their respective countries.

Well, they should. Of course they should. But it doesn't mean that they should ONLY ping blog portals from their countries.

We have to remember that this is a blogosphere. Limiting readers to those from your own country is simply stupid. Why even bother to blog then? Should we Malaysians ONLY ping PPS? Should we Malaysians ONLY read Malaysian blogs? No!

How about the question of potentially harmful blogs from overseas? Again, are we so closed minded, that we would think that harmful blogs can only come from overseas? Are we telling ourselves that we as Malaysians live in a perfect country, where everyone follows the law and does nothing harmful?

You only need to look at the newspapers to get an answer to that. Robberies. Murders. Rape. Molest. Not too long ago I wrote about two cars being broken into. Does this harm come from overseas? No, it came from us. From Malaysians.

To say that harm comes from overseas is closed minded, hypocritical thinking. There can be harm from within too, and we should be aware of that.

BolehLand also poses the question whether overseas bloggers are part of our Malaysian Blogosphere/Malaysian Blogging Community.

Are there? To answer that, there's only one question we need to ask ourselves. Do we limit the blogs we read to those from Malaysia, or do we read other blogs as well?

I believe that while there is a Malaysian Blogosphere, this Blogosphere does not only include us Malaysians. The ones who read it are also in it. The ones who have access to it are also in it. The same applies to other Blogospheres. By reading, commenting, talking to the people from elsewhere, we are effectively part of their Blogosphere. Why should we stop them from becoming part of ours?

Then again, we can ask ourselves. Project Petaling Street was made for Malaysians. So should we allow others to ping it? Its a tough question. But then we can ask ourselves. If we do not allow others to ping it, would they even bother to come and look for blogs? What would we think if Technorati were to limit themselves to blogs from the USA.

As I said earlier. There is a lot of food for thought in this subject. There are a lot of points that can be argued. But we have to remember. Limiting PPS to Malaysians would be akin to what China did ages ago. They closed their doors to the outside world. History tells us that the closed door policy did not do much for the growth of the country.

Are we going to do the same?

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All thoughts and opinions in this post are entirely mine. You might not agree with them, but that's why they're called opinions. Everyone has their own. Feel free to use the comments box to discuss.

I've been reviewed!

I've just been reviewed on BolehLand!

By Nix, Administrator, Owner, and presumably founder of Bolehland no less. I guess I should feel honoured. :D

0 stars for layout, seeing as how I use the blogger layout with minor adjustments. Ah well. I'll have to complete my new layout and get Nix to review me again. HOWEVER,

There is very little to comment about this blogger’s layout. He decided to choose a standard default Blogger.Com layout which shows a lack in creativity. However, in my opinion, looking at some of his other blogs, and his “If-you’re-happy-and-you-know-it- clap-your-hands” Friendster layout, I am glad he hasn’t decided to design this blog from scratch.

I'm not sure what to make of that comment. I lack creativity, true. But then again I've only been here 2 months. Then the pokes at my old blogs and my Friendster layout. Hrm. I probably spent a total of 1 week on the old layouts, and just tiled my GIF for friendster because I was too lazy, but perhaps I should show Nix what exactly I can do if I were to design this blog from scratch. Which I am doing now of course. So keep an eye out for it!

2 stars for content. I got marked down for "plagiarising" IMdb's stuff in my Mov!e Rev!ews. Ah damn. While I did get the bloopers from the sites, as well as digging up quotes I found funny during the movie, I din't plagiarise the site! Ah well. I guess to the reader it looked that way. Something to note I guess. But note! I *do* go to the cineplex to watch movies, and only after I watch the movie's do I give my
Rev!ew. My storyline comments are also from my own observations, mind.

That said, I do admit I get the following stuff from IMDb:
> Bloopers
> Quotes
> Names of Actors/Pictures

Anyway. I have rectified this, made it more clear that the bloopers are not of my own.

Average: 1 star.

Not bad. Not good either. About the same as everyone else. Good things to note though. Must remember to make a few changes.

Off topic though, the only person who scored high was Jon of Dreary Heavens. He got a 79.75! 4 Stars! Maybe I should ask Skyler to review me when my new layout gets in.

Hrm. The way Nix writes is somewhat familiar. Can't seem to shake the thought that he writes one of the blogs I read regularly.

A new toy

Not too long ago, IngHui made a post about a new toy she had. A Sony DSC H5.

Now, I'm not one to copy, and all. But I saw the camera in March at Sarawak Plaza. And I immediately fell in love.

Its ALMOST a SLR type, with about 7.2 mega pixels if i remember correctly. But it has 12x OPTICAL ZOOM. OPTICAL! then an additional 2x digital zoom if you need it, but hey.

ITS A SONY DSC H5!!!

We're dirty

Was reading last week's New Straits Times, and something caught my eye.

A small article, but one with shocking results.


Malaysians an unhygienic lot

CHEE!

The article reported that according to a survey by the Hygiene Council in May, Malaysians seem to have a very casual attitude towards personal hygiene.

VERY casual.

The results of the survey?

34% admitted to not washing their hands properly before eating or handling food.
29% said they didn't wash their hands after going to the toilet.

Are you serious. This means that probably 9.86% of Malaysians who go to the toilet then eat sonething don't wash their hands.

10%! No doubt, this percentage covers those who eat right after using the good old Water Closet, but one in ten?

Plus, with 29% of Malaysians not washing their hands after going to the toilet, an average of three in ten people you meet would not have washed their hands, assuming they've just been to the toilet.

How can this be? When you go into the toilet, your automatic reaction before going out should be wash your hands right? No matter if you din't do any business in there. No matter you din't USE the toilet. The fact that you were IN the toilet means you wash your hands, no?

Then you have to think about PUBLIC TOILETS. You know the ones with the doors. If 29% dont wash their hands, then open the door, wouldn't the door handle be contaminated? Then when we, "clean" people open the door, our efforts of washing our hands would be wasted!

Man. I am so opening toilet doors with a tissue from now on.

Move Over Spritzer

It looks like Bottled Water is going to move on, with the latest entry into the foray.

Borneo, Mulu, and all the other brands are going to have to watch it, as the latest entry into the foray has the backing of a large Australian corporation.

Presenting...


Swinburne University of Technology(Sarawak Campus) Bottled Water!

Swinburne University is based in Melbourne, but currently has an overseas branch in the Sarawak Campus. This "Large Australian Corporation" 's offshoot now has their own brand of bottled water, but it would seem that the University is marketing it as an exclusive product.

The product was first launched during the University Open day, with members of the University receiveing free samples.

The product is now available for sale in the Swinburne Cafeteria, at only 80 sen a bottle.

Miss Sarawak Malaysia 2006

I went to the Pageant last week, and its totally different from the one I attended last year, even though its the same event, with the same organizers.

Go figure.

For one thing, there was no SWIMSUIT CONTEST! So very the sad.

But at least this time round they din't ask the models to design their own dresses.


Ticket! Whoo
Anyway, we began LATE as usual. What is it with Malaysians and starting on time anyway?

As usual, we started off with a Datuk giving a speech. Much like other dinners of course, it was expected, and we all patiently waited and listened. But why, for any reason, would someone come to a beauty pageant only to pronounce it as PIGEON? Beauty Pigeons anyone? As my table was saying, "coo, coo". Hrm. Apparently Kenny Sia's table was thinking much along the same lines. Go figure.

Then, he turned the page(yes, you can hear the rustling of paper...), and continued to page 2 of his speech.

It is here that we began to wonder, did the secretary screw up?

For some reason, we're hearing things about MAS, with regards to the MAS discount fair and such. Then when the page is turned again, we're back on track. :
Finally though, it started. Very late, but at least it did.

The contestants came out, and surprise surprise, Fabiola was a contestant. She's one heck of a dancer, that much I know, but when she proved she could sing as well, I put her down to win the Miss Talent title. Which, she did of course.

I also put her down to place in the event, along with crowd favourite Amy Teo and Fondalyn.

So time wore on, we saw designs by Bill Keith and Lim Kok Wing, and then came the announcement of the top 6.

Amy Teo, Fondalyn, and Fabiola all made it through, which was good for me since I had placed my money on them, as did Jennifer Jack, Vivien Chan, and Brandy Chew.

Then came the interviews.

With 55% of the final score coming from this part, this would seperate the winner from the rest.

Fondalyn literally blew away the competition. Literally. The rest could not come close to her confidence, and clarity in conveying her feelings.

No doubt her name could sound too much like "fondling" for many tastes, but she deserved it. But then again, it should have been pronounced Fon-DA-Lyn. So those of use who pronounced it fondling perhaps need to control ourselves.


Fondalyn
So, she got first. And based on her performance in the interview, she deserved it.


Amy
Crowd favourite, Amy Teo got second.


Fabiola
Fabiola got third.

I placed them nicely. Not bad. :D Maybe I should be a judge next time.

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Thanks to Kenny Sia for the use of his pictures. My own camera wasn't working that night, so I have to rely on his photos.

Haloscan commenting and trackback have been added to this blog.

To Haloscan or Not To Haloscan

Hrm... just signed up for Haloscan, will probably implement it soon.

What made me interested in signing was probably Skylers post about people flaming her anonymously right after praising her in a "cutesy" way using their username.

How very the lame.

How very the sad.

Yeah, I know, not like my blog has that many hits, and practically non-existent comments, but hey.

Gotta start somewhere don't I?

May they rot in hell

May 29th. 2006.

Kenny Sia's car got broken into, and his Pioneer MP3 CD player stolen.

Post: My Car Got Broken Into

July 11th. 2006.

My mum's car got broken into, and her Pioneer MP3 CD player stolen. A friends car, parked 10 meters from my mums, got broken into too. Not sure what the brand is, but CD player also stolen.
Edit: Shes not a friend. She's my cousin. Just found out. 2nd cousin anyway.

KNNCCB

What is it with Kuching people now?

What do we do to you to deserve you walking up to our cars, your breaking a window, then you steal our stuff? Whats more, you have to RIP UP THE DASHBOARD?

Wah Piang.

May you rot in hell, and before you go there, may you suffer deeply, as will those you hold dear.

Mov!e Rev!ew

Mov!e Rev!ew


Cars

Voices

Owen Wilson voices Lightning McQueen

McQueen is the hero of the story. Novice in the Piston Cup, he finds himself stuck in a small town called Radiator Springs, where he learns a lot about life itself.

Larry The Cable Guy voices Mater

Mater. The Tow Truck. All-around nice guy, and self proclaimed best backwards driver and Lightning McQueens best friend.

Bonnie Hunt voices Sally Carrera

Sally, town lawyer and owner of the Cozy Cone Motel. This little Porche came down from California to escape the life of the big city, and becomes the interest of McQueen

Paul Newman voices Doc Hudson

Doc Hudson. Radiator Springs resident Doctor, judge, and former three time Piston Cup champion.

Cheech Marin voices Ramone

Owner of Ramone's House of Body Art, the custom body and paint shop. With no one to paint, he paints himself daily, and sports many different paint schemes throughout the movie, as well as providing McQueen with his own new look. This low-rider likes to go Low and Slow, and is married to... Flo. (sorry bout that... had to get it out...which brings us to...)

Jenifer Lewis voices Flo

She runs the local diner, Flo's V8 Cafe, the only petrol(gas?) station for miles. Shes a nice person, who happens to be married to Ramone.

Paul Dooley voices Sarge

Ten Hut! This former WW2 Army Jeep owns Sarge's Surplus Hut, selling, well, army surplus. He mows his lawn twice a day, and begins each morning by flying the Stars and Stripes, and with a rendition of the Reveille, which is always interrupted by a rendition of Jimi Hendrix's Star Spangled Banner, played by Fillmore.

George Carlin voices Fillmore

Fillmore the Hippy. He brews organic fuel, and sports organic oil and organic brake shoes as well. Everything that embodies the hippy, he is the very picture of a Flower Power mobile.

Michael Keaton voices Chick Hicks

Chick is the villain in the movie, resorting to dirty tactics in his attempts to win the Piston Cup. He is one of the three cars attempting to win the Piston Cup, and ends up tied at the end of the season. The other two cars are Lightning McQueen and The King.

Richard Petty voices The King

Reigning champion, and a Racing Champion. He holds more Piston Cups than any other car, and intends to retire after this Piston Cup

Guido Quaroni voices Guido

The only English words this little Italian forklift knows are "Pit Stop". He can change tires in 2.5 seconds flat, and runs the Radiator Springs Casa Della Tires with his good friend, Luigi.

Tony Shalhoub voices Luigi

This avid Ferrari fan runs the local Tire Shop, and is Italian to the core. He gets to meet a Real Ferrari at the end of the show, voiced by Michael Schumacher. He and Guido both flip over when Schumi speaks to them in Italian.


Storyline

McQueen, Chick and The King all are tied for the lead in the Piston Cup going into the Final Race. With the race finishing in a 3-way tie, the three cars head over for the finals. McQueen however finds himself in Radiator Springs, and is forced to repair massive damage done to their road.

As he repairs the road, he slowly befriends the many residents of Radiator Springs, and learns the lesson of life. That the journey is more important than the destination. He learns that there is more to life than just winning, and later shows this in the tie breaking race.

Interestingly though, even the flies are cars. Hrm.... They also swear by saying Jesus Chrystler!


Bloopers as told by IMBd, The Internet Movie database

In the final race, Chick's shiny "C" decal reflects onto Lightning. However, the reflection should be inverted but is shown as a regular "C".

In the scene when the new neon in the town is being shut off, there is a full frontal shot of Flo's turning its lights off. Then, they switch to a view of the entire town shutting its lights off. Flo's lights are on again, only to be shut off.

The first time Sally and Lightning are at the Wheel Well Motel, there are two gas pumps. Later, three pumps are shown at the opening ceremony.

The official bio for Sarge states that he is a patriotic 1942 WWII Willys Army Jeep. Yet if you look at the car tag on Sarge it says 41WW2 which would be a tag for a 1941 WW2 jeep.

I've been tagged....

I've been tagged... by former BlogSpotLight target Skyler. Ah well, no good deed goes unpunished.

anyway... here goes nothing..

State 6 things which you really want to do with your life-

1) Graduate

2) Retire

3) Own a fully modded Supra...

4) Meet Jamie Oliver...

5) Write more of these things which ask redundant questions like what I want to do with my life. I kid you not.

6) Jump off the Petronas Twin Towers and survive without so much as a scratch...

State 20 random facts about you

1) I have 4 fingers on my left hand

2) My name is not cameron

3) I also have a thumb on my left hand

4) The name of my car is cameron

5) I have 4 fingers and a thumb on my right hand

6) My name is not Dragon_4eva

7) I like cooking

8) Neither is my name |nf3rn0, Kaos, or Gibberishy

9) I am schizophrenic

10) So am I

11) I can sing the Australian National Anthem by heart as long as the music is played in the background

12) I find it fun using sticks to poke balls into holes

13) I'm a pack rat

14) I play golf. (wonder what you were thinking at number 12... hmmm)

15) I wear something black 95% of the time

16) I wear all black 10% of the time

17) I am not a fan of the All Blacks

18) I listen to Christian music. Only.

19) I think pirated stuff is stupid. I will only use original CDs, textbooks, and other items.

20) I think this is a complete waste of time. Who thinks up these things anyway.

I tag
I CHOOSE YOU! PIKACHU!

errr.. whoops

I tag Karen! and Charlene!

Mov!e Rev!ew

Mov!e Rev!ew


Scary Movie 4

Actors


Craig Bierko as Tom Ryan

Hrm. Tom Ryan. Main actor. Meant to act the way Tom Cruise did in War of the Worlds. Not much acting needed in this movie really...


Anna Faris as Cindy Campbell

Cindy. The heroin(?) of the story. Not bad.


Regina Hall as Brenda
Well, Scary Movie has always been more about the jokes, puns, and humour, so thats it for the actors.

Storyline

Exactly whats expected of a Scary Movie, chock full of lame jokes, bad humour, and parodies of most of the movies released in the past year. The unfortunate part is that the jokes lean heavily towards making fun of the elderly, children and women. Homosexual males are not spared either in the Brokeback Mountain parody. Examples are the old woman being bathed in urine, another one is beaten up. Tom Ryan's daughter repeatedly gets injured, her head is slammed in the car door, she gets hit by lightning, twice, and so on. The blind woman also undresses in front of the Village assembly.

The movie opens up a'la Saw, with Shaquille O'Neal there. He stands up, hitting his head on the piping. With an Ow, he stoops down, takes a step forward, and straightens up. Hitting the ceiling, he lets out another Ow, and steps forward again. Then, after a voice calls out from the dark, Shaq proceeds to say, "Kobe?" (Bryant, his Lakers teammate, hello?. And so starts the series of lame jokes in the movie.

Tom Ryan stays in a home much like the one that Tom Cruises character did in War of the Worlds, and its one of the movies portrayed in this one. Only, the alien craft that emerges is a Tri-Pod. Looking like a giant iPod, it belts out eighties music, then switches to destruction mode.

Leslie Nielsen later makes an entry as the President of the United States, seen in a classroom, much like the way George Bush was seen after the 9/11 attacks. He is finally pulled away from the screen, then goes to the UN (The Malaysian flag is spied by the way). He opens with a barrage of bad tasting, racial jokes, then proceeds to unveil a secret weapon, reverse engineered from the Aliens weaponary. He accidentally triggers it on himself, burning off his clothing, leaving him naked in front of the UN. One figures this is a throwback from his old Naked Gun movies. He also turns the rest of the UN naked by the way.

Cindy lives in a house haunted by a ghost, which happens to be the one from the Grudge. This ghost also provides much of the laughter from the movie. They converse once, in Japanese no less, but their Japanese goes like this:

Cindy Campbell: Haro?
[hello?]
Cindy Campbell: Hibachi benihana teriyaki?
[do you live here?]

Grudge Ghost: Nagasaki. Okinawa. Okaida. Yokohama.
[your japanese is awful. it dishonors my ears]

Cindy Campbell: Karate judo sumo samurai?
[are you a ghost?]

Grudge Ghost: Nissan. Honda. Mitsubishi Subaru!
[yes, i was killed and my soul walks the earth!]

Cindy Campbell: Harikari tsunami. Kamikaze banzai.
[how sad. my life is also tragic]

Grudge Ghost: Yamaha. Nissan Kassio Iwa.
[you mistake me for someone who gives a shit]
Grudge Ghost: Minota. Hitachi. Sako. Toshiba.
[i know the secret of defeating the aliens]

Cindy Campbell: Buddha! Shitake kimono!
[my god! tell me!]

Grudge Ghost: Camcua. Sushi. Sashimi!
[the answer is within my father's heart! follow the blood... ]

Cindy Campbell: Fujitsu!
[wait!]

Sigh. Just another day in Scary Movie.

The Village, Million Dollar Baby and even Brokeback Mountain also featured in this movie, as is Michael Jackson, Mike Tyson and Oprah. Michael Jackson is seen talking to the children as the Aliens invade, and Tom Ryan yells "Run away kids! Run towards the tri-pods if you have to!"

Well, no love lost for the Great One.

There are probably more movies featured, but you will have to watch it again to catch them.

Overall, a good laugh, definitely worth the money you pay.

Bloopers as told by IMBd, The Internet Movie database

During the Village parody scene with the man with the knife in his heart, Cindy leans over and talks to him and winds up pushing the knife completely into his chest by leaning on him (before the second knife is put into his chest) so that no metal part is visible. In the next shot, the knife is back as it first was.

When Tom opens his car door you can see the camera reflected in the rear view mirror.

When the stabbed guy in bed in the village tells Cindy about how the little boy got killed, and she starts remembering the episode again, look to the bottom left of the screen. The supposedly dead woman lying on the ring with her head leaning on the lower rope blinks.

Dragon_4eva's guide to watching movies!

Do you find yourself receiving glares at the cineplex? Do people around you grumble at the end of movies?

Then this guide is for YOU!

1) Go to the toilet BEFORE the movie

There is nothing more annoying than someone getting up in the middle of a movie to go to the toilet. In case you haven't noticed, its cramped in the cinema, and when you get up to go to the toilet, people need to move, just to let you through. At the same time, you're blocking people's view! Then when you open the door to go out, the light comes in. IRRITATING YOU KNOW!

Of course, it makes life easier for you as well, as you won't need to miss a good part of the movie just to take a leak.

2) Buy your snacks and drinks BEFORE the movie

Like 1, you are irritating when you need to go out just to get snacks. Control yourself!

Plus, if you limit yourself to what you get before the movie, you get to cut down on eating junk! This does not mean you go overboard before though.

3) In regards to your phone, TURN IT OFF!

You go to the cineplex to watch a movie, not use your phone. So turn it off. No silent mode, just simply turn it off. If you are expecting an important phone call, perhaps you should'nt even be in the cineplex in the first place. If your phone is on silent, or it vibrates, and you open it to check, that back light comes on. As of late, the phone screens have become bigger and bigger. And the lighting is brighter and brighter. So remember to turn it off!

The light of the phone is distracting, as is the noise if you somehow forget to put it on silent if that is your initial thought.

4) Keep your comments to yourself

If you know whats going to happen, KEEP IT TO YOURSELF. If your friends phone rings, don't be smart and say loudly "HOI! TUTUP FON LAR!" just to cover yourself up, then snicker loudly(GRRR...). Its irritating. Its bloody irritating.

If you know whats going to happen, don't spoil it for others. If your friend's phone rings, please don't act smart. You're making a fool of yourself, and you're not making any friends by doing that.

5) Do not swear loudly and stupidly

Don't swear in the cineplex. Its disturbing. To have someone loudly yell out cuss words at inappropriate times, is just not needed in the cinema. If you want to swear, keep it to yourself. There is no need to educate the rest of us, as we already know how to use it.

This applies especially to the younger, want-to-act-cool generation. Sounding like the words are forced out, its distracting, and not part of the integral movie experience. If the movie would have sounded better with it, the directors would have put it in. No doubt, to be removed by censures here.

6) Do not put your foot on the back of the chair in front of you

Your foot belongs on the floor, not resting on the back of a chair. When you laugh and your legs kick, the person in front of you will be steaming away. How would you like it if your chair was being kicked around the whole movie?

Be nice, keep your feet where they belong, and we can all enjoy the movie better.

7) Chewing gum does not belong on a chair

Or under a chair for that matter. If you do need to chew gum, do not, under any circumstances, use the chair as a place to dump your gum. Ever. Notice I say THE chair. Not YOUR chair. In other words, the chairs in front of you, next to you, behind you, on your way out, are all out of the question. If you must chew gum, either you

a) Keep chewing till the movie is over
b) Use the wrapper

Its not nice to come into the cineplex, pull down the chair, then when you sit down, find there's remnants of you left in the seat. Neither is it nice on the armrest.

8) Sit in your own seat

If you get a seat number, find that seat number and sit THERE. Do not just walk to the nearest available seat, and plonk yourself down. When the owners of that seat comes, the argument on whos seat it is, the moving around, finding of a new seat, which will happen at the start of the movie, is irritating like 1) and 2).

If you wanted that seat so badly, go earlier next time, and reserve it sooner.

9) Don't throw popcorn

If the movie is boring, don't throw popcorn at your friends. Ever. Other people still want to watch the movie, even if you might not. If you start a popcorn fight, its not going to hit only your friends, no matter how good you are.

Plus, your actions throwing, dodging, laughing, all detract from others watching the movie.

10) To all couples, the cineplex is not a place for you to make out.

Yeah, its dark, BUT that does not give you the liberty to start making out in the cineplex. People want to watch the movie, not two people giving CPR.

Of all things to do

Driving down the road, in the midst of a mini-traffic jam, the last thing i expected was to hear a car revving. Hard.

Picture this, I'm moving along at a measley 30kph, in the middle of a jam. EVERYONE around me is moving around this speed. Then. VROOOOOO *psshhht* VROOOOOO

Wah piang.

What is this?

TRAFFIC JAM OI!

Why got this sound?

Then I realise the sound is just from the car in front of the car on my left. Piang.
WIRA.

The thing that comes to mind is Mr Brown's Johnny saying TURBO SOUND.

So I shake my head, and as I pull past him, my car going around 1500 rpm, he's still going VROOOOOO

Walaueh.

So I'm thinking. Either

1)He's removed the muffler from his car, to which I say STUPID!

OR

2)He's intentionally leaving his gear low to rev high, wasting fuel, to which I say STUPIDER.

So the jam moves on, more of the VROOOO...

He pulls ahead, and I see, ei. STOCK EXHAUST. Must be an idiot who keeps his gear low to rev high to sound *powerful*.

So called.

Sigh. Pull past him again. Then I realise something very wrong.

Just as I pull alongside him, I realise the sound is coming not from the FRONT of the car, but the BACK of the car.

MAH PIANG. THE GUY USING HIS SOUND SYSTEM TO PROJECT THE SOUND????