Around The World In 80 Days

Went to watch Around The World In 80 Days with friends last Saturday. Didn't really wanna watch this one but then I was bored at home. Well, you'd guessed it - it's another one of those Jackie-Chan-save-the-world movie. Man, enough already!

This time, Jackie has to 'steal' back the Jade Buddha that was stolen from his village. Along the way, he met a scientist and a young female artist. And no, that girl didn't fall for Jackie but instead, fell for the scientist. Together, they travelled around the world but each of them has their own agenda. Jackie to bring back Jade Buddha to China, inventor to win a bet and artist to seek inspiration. And of course, a smooth ride doesn't make any sense, right? We get to see only London, Paris, India, China and United States. Hey, where's Malaysia?

One nice thing to note about this movie is that it features a lot of stars cameo appearances - Karen Mok, Sammo Hung, Maggie Q, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rob Schneider, Kathy Bates, Owen Wilson and etc. I heard "hey, isn't that 'so-and-so'...", throughout the movie as people around me trying to show off their knowledge of celebrities. As always, Jackie Chan's movie wouldn't be complete if there's no kung-fu scene. The kung-fu scene that I enjoyed most was when Jackie and his 'Ten Tigers' brothers (yes, ten of them including Jackie) fought with The Black Scorpions dudes. Another thing, what's Arnold doing in a movie? Shouldn't he be busy with those political stuff now?

The Chronicles Of Riddick

Went to watch The Chronicles Of Riddick with my classmates the night after my last final exam. Actually we wanted to watch Shrek 2 but then the timing wasn't right for us. I mean, who would want to watch movie at 5PM or 7PM? Was having dinner with classmates at Pizza Hut at that time. Needed a good laugh to celebrate but then... *sigh*...

Anyway, The Chronicles Of Riddick is a science-fiction movie. It has Star Wars feeling to it but then it's not the average good-versus-evil thingie. Here's the twist, it's about fighting evil with another evil. That another evil being Riddick of Furya (Vin Diesel). If you don't remember who's Vin Diesel, maybe the mention of XXX and Fast and Furious would help? Lord Marshal of Necromonger was main evil. His main agenda is to conquer every universe and convert all other races to his supposedly more superior Necromonger race. Lord Marshal and his huge fleet of soldiers wanted to kill Riddick because he was a Furyan and didn't want to convert. Apparently, Furyan is the only race that Necromongers afraid of and Riddick was the only descendant of Furya.

Riddick is a loner and didn't want to have a piece of all this action but because Lord Marshal somehow pissed him off and also has his long-lost female friend in captivity, he has no choice but to kick Lord Marshal's ass. Long story short, the girl died and yes, Lord Marshal died too. And Riddick became the new lord of Necromonger. What an ironic ending eh? By the way, you would notice some repetitive, catchy phrases throughout the 2-hour movie like - 'Convert now or fall forever - Lord Marshal', 'Just passing through - Riddick'. The way they said it and the situation that they were in made it sound corny.

Final Exams' Out, Holidays' In

I'd finished my final exams last Friday. And again, I've been sleepless for few days. Hopefully it's worth the sacrifices that I gave in for the past three weeks. Results will be released on 16 July 2004. Wish me luck. Next semester starts in 2 August 2004. So now I'm having my holiday break *yay* and I can feel that my social life slowly seeps back into my life. I can sleep, watch TV, online, clubbing, hang out and enjoy myself for however long and whenever I wanted to. First thing first - need to built my body back. Haven't been doing any gym since March 2004. Also in the list are spring cleaning on my notebook, Pocket PC, bedroom and car.

Engineers Are The Best Boyfriends

Got this from a friend. Tribute to all engineers or engineers-to-be...

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Today's Lesson
Girls must be convinced, so learn to promote yourself. Convince them that 'Engineers are the Best Boyfriends'. Let me tell you why girls should eventually marry an Engineer over a Law, Management, Arts or Medical School Graduate. He has three distinct advantages over the rest of the graduates.

Advantage 1: Secure Lifestyle
An engineer boyfriend can provide you with a secure lifestyle. At 27 years old, an engineer probably has a respectable, stable job that gives him a high income to own a car, invest, have a comfortable life, and get married and buy a house too. Law graduates are still working as a lowly apprentice in law firm, most management graduates have just failed on their first business plan, the arts graduate is still looking for a job, and the medical school graduate is still living in a hospital.

Advantage 2: Unmatchable Industriousness
An engineer boyfriend will dedicate an unimaginable amount of his time and effort to understand you. Engineers strain really, really hard to understand their work. You can believe that they will try really, really hard to understand women too, just like how they understand their work - once they believe that you are the one. So even if they don't understand you initially, they will keep on trying. Even if they still do not understand, they will figure out the correct method to keep you happy (e.g. buy diamond ring = 1 week's worth of happiness). And once they find out the secret formula, they will just keep on repeating it so that the desired results appear. Unlike the lawyer who will argue with you, the management graduate who will try to control your spending, the arts graduate who will 'change major', and the medical school graduate who will operate on you. And you know what, it's really so easy to make engineers believe that you are the 'one'. Say that you like one of their projects and they will be hooked to you forever.

Advantage 3: Trust
An engineer boyfriend will never betray your trust. Let me first tell you what is wrong with the rest of the others - the lawyers will lie about everything, management graduates will cheat your money, the arts graduate will flirt, and you probably just look like another cadaver to the medical school graduate. Your engineer boyfriend is either too busy to have an affair, and even if he does, he is too dumb to lie to you about that.

Hence, an engineer is the most secure boyfriend that you will ever find, rich enough, will keep on trying to understand and please you, has no time for affairs, and too dumb to lie to you. So girls, why procrastinate? Get an engineer for your boyfriend!