Entries from May 2008 ↓

Indiana Jones = Harrison Ford.

There are no two ways about it. Old or not, haggard or not, Indy Jones = Harrison Ford.

When The Last Crusade was released, I thought that would be the end of the Indiana Jones series. After all, Harrison Ford is good for doing trilogies - see Star Wars (Han Solo *drools* ok ok I like older men - sue me ) and of course the Indiana Jones trilogy.

So, when there was talk about the new Indiana Jones, I had the impression (don’t know from where) that Indy was no longer played by Harrison Ford so I was quite adamant I wouldn’t watch it. And then, my dad (of all people!) told me that it was indeed Harrison Ford reprising the role of Indiana Jones, which led me to google up the information which led me to watch Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull last night!

Did I enjoy it? Of course I did! Its Indiana Jones isn’t it? Delightfully camp and tongue in cheek and all. But what else did I think about it? Please watch out for spoilers after the jump!

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Its one of those times.

I am feeling the travel itch.

One of those times when you just want to stroll off to the nearest airport and buy a ticket to wherever you can go and to hell with it.

The only problem is I don’t know where I want to go, and I balk at paying premium prices for what would be a short thrill ride.

I hate being practical.

How a trip to have my hair cut in between having to work on a Sunday ended up with me nursing a brand new notebook in my hot little hands in the evening is quite beyond me. Seriously, what does hair have to do with notebooks, except that my excellent hairdresser happens to be based in Low Yat Plaza - the mecca of all things digital.

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In my case, the early bird gets my business!

I was down in Melaka yesterday morning and at about 9.35am found myself done and at a loose end. I had driven down early at about 6.30am so naturally, I needed my morning caffeine fix. I can’t function without it!

So, spotting a Jusco mall nearly, I figured that would be a good place to start.

There was free parking, and a Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf right there in front of me. Woohoo! But wait! It was closed! Huh? Checking the small print, I saw they only opened at 10am. WTF!? This place serves breakfast sets and they open only at 10am?!

Next to it was a Secret Recipe. There were bodies inside and lights were on, but again, I was turned away because it only opened at 10am. Seriously, what’s wrong with these places?!

Walking along, I saw the familiar red and yellow McDonalds sign. Well, beggars can’t be choosers right? If I can’t get my regular cappucino, a McDonald’s coffee would have to do. I was already thinking of the RM4 breakfast Egg McMuffin I could get there. But WTF?!

They were similarly closed till 10am! There were bodies in there preparing for the opening, and delivery motorcycles were parked in there. I could not resist taking a picture of the sign that said “We deliver 24 hours”.

The irony! If I had just sat out in the car park, and called in my order at 9.30am to their delivery line, I’d get my coffee and Egg McMuffin with no problems at all. But try to get it in person and I’m faced with a locked glass door.

I guess I’m spoilt by living in KL City, where places serving coffee and breakfasts actually open early enough for customers to get their morning coffee and breakfast, without having it stretch into lunch or brunch. Or maybe people in Melaka just prefer to go to their local kopitiam.

Either way, I was not terribly amused. At 10am, I presented myself again at the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf and was met with the smiling countenance of the server and I got my double cappucino in hardly any time at all, with free wi-fi to boot. That sort of made up for the wait.

Sort of.

And on a happier note, Rinnah has organized a little tea party for Klang Valley bloggers! She kindly labelled me co-organizer but honestly, she did all the work and came up with the idea. I said I’d help if she needed it but hey! It looks like she didn’t!

When?
Saturday, 31 May 2008. Tea time begins at 3.00pm and ends whatever time you want it to end…

Where?
IZZI – Uptown, PJ
No. 45G & 47G, Jalan SS 21/37
Damansara Utama
47400 Petaling Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Malaysia

Telephone : +603 77290855
Fax : +603 77290955

I’ll be there unless something unexpected pops up to spoil plans, so I hope to see you all!

Happy Weekend everyone!

I don’t watch much TV these days but I’ve been intrigued by a teaser ad that’s been showing on NTV7 (I think). What it shows me is the famous Beverly Hills 90210 post code and say that something’s “Coming Soon”.

Are they rerunning the BH 90210 series that epitomized the 90’s? The series by Aaron Spelling that catapulted Jason Priestly, Shannen Doherty, Jennie Garth, Tori Spelling et el into fame and fortune (and seriously, where are they now?!)? The series that made every secondary or college school kid at the time long for the not- so- wonderful- on- hindsight- in- fact- they- were- pretty- screwed- up lives of the rich and famous in Beverly Hills?

In short, this:-

Eeks! I can just hear the theme song starting in my head! Make it stop! Hot on the comback heels of the other 90s wonder - NKOTB, comes the NEW Beverly Hills 90210!

No, seriously. They are or have re-made the series! I read most of it on the NZ Herald and I am gobsmacked. There are actually some of the original cast making their comeback to the series and reprising their roles! Jennie Garth is confirmed. Gosh she really epitomized the super bitch from high school, didn’t she? OMG I really don’t believe I’m reading all this!

But wait, reading more online, it seems that they are only in the process of remaking it. So, is NTV7 re-running the old series so once they make the new Beverly Hills 90210, they can just seamlessly join up? Well with 10 seasons to go through, there’s going to be loads of time for newbies to catch up with the exploits of Brandon and Brenda and their pals!

Yes, BH 90210 was a popular series indeed. I can imagine it was what spawned all the other high school/college series - One Tree Hill, The OC etc (and my mind starts drawing a blank at about now because I left my teeny bopper days too long ago) but does it merit a re-make?

Let’s hear your say!