Mamma Mia! The Movie

You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life Ooo.. see that girl, watch that scene, diggin' the Dancing Queen.... this song is still spinning in my mind even after I have stepped out from the cinema.. "Dancing Queen" is the biggest hit single recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA in 1976..

Mamma Mia! The Movie is a musical film based on the title of ABBA's hit 'Mama Mia'.. seen the preview of the movie and definitely can't miss this one with all the ABBA's songs and beautiful scenery on small Greek island Kalkairi.. I am not really a big fan of ABBA (I am still a small kid during ABBA's time and have to thanks my sister who used to play ABBA's songs at home..) I am quite familiar with their songs beside 'Dancing Queen', my another favorite is 'Take a chance on me'.. and others like 'Mama Mia', 'Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!', 'Money, Money, Money' and 'Honey Honey' where I can sing a bit of each of them.. haha!! most of their songs are in pop or disco, so we can still hear 'Dancing Queen' and 'Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!' in disco today.. so can you imagine how popular are their songs.. beside those I mentioned above, they do have some ballads like 'I have a dream', 'Thank you for the music' and the very sad 'The Winner Takes It All'..

Back to the movie.. beside all those lovely ABBA's songs and the beautiful scenery of the island.. those actress and actors in the movie did a great job in acting and singing.. surprisingly Meryl Streep can sing and dance quite well in the movie.. it is fun to see her and another two friends - Rosie and Tanya performed 'Dancing Queen' and 'Super Trouper' with the 70's costumes which are really 'Yeh'!! haha.. I like her expression when she sing 'The winner takes it all', the lyric of the song is so touching and you may cry if you have just heart broken with someone.. her two friends are cute and funny too, especially Rosie sing 'Take a chance on me' on the dining table.. haha.. so damn funny and I like the song so much..!!

The three male actors did a great job too especially the funny Bill who show his butt to Rosie.. I never know Pierce Brosnan can sing so well.. and at the final part their 70's costumes are so funny and their high heels are killing us.. can't stop laughing..

We really enjoyed the movie a lot and all the audiences seems like it so much too from all the laughter in the cinema.. you must go if you like ABBA.. no worries if you are too young for ABBA's songs.. I am sure you will like one or two or even all the songs in the movie after the show.. maybe you will like me, the 'Dancing Queen' still spinning in my mind after the movie.. haha!!

my 5 days in Siem Reap & Angkor..

Angkor Wat
South Gate - Angkor Thom

Bayon

Apsara

Ta Pohm

Bekhang

Old Market - Siem Reap

The Blue Pumpkin

Khmer Kitchen Restaurant


Finally I have visited the place that I have wanted to go for so long - Siem Reap and the beautiful Angkor..

Basically here are my 5 Days free and easy in Siem Reap :-

D1 - arrived in Siem Reap at 8am local time, check in to B&B, breakfast, hiding tuk-tuk (the driver name is Tip) to visit Tonle Sap lake, have dinner near Angkor Wat and expecting for sunset, started to rain and back to B&B without sunset, shower and rest..

D2 - woke up 430am and Tip waiting us at B&B at 5am and heading to Angkor Wat for sunrise.. finally I saw Angkor Wat in front of me (the sky is still very dark because only 530am).. everybody standing beside the lake and expecting the sunrise and reflection of Angkor Wat in the lake.. again.. again.. rain is coming.. I opened umbrella and others are with umbrella or rain coat.. rain getting heavier and no choice have to go inside the temple to get cover.. entering Angkor Thom by the impressive South gate.. the brilliant Bayon appreared in front of me and at that moment my tears almost wanna fall by the beautiful Bayon.. spend the rest of the day visiting other temples in Angkor Thom and back to B&B almost 7pm.. damn tired..

D3 - second day to Angkor Thom and we are visiting the big route today.. guess what.. it is raining since 6am and we are visiting the temples with umbrella.. haha!! the most impressive temple is Ta Pohm, because of the giant trees grown on top of the temples and the movie 'Tomb Raider' by Angelina was filmed here years ago.. the final stop is Bekhang, the temple on top of the hill which need 20 minutes track to go up to the hill.. we are expecting sunset again but due to cloudy sky and no sunset again.. no doubt the view from the top of the temple is great and we manage to see Angkor Wat from here.. back to B&B and again.. very tired..

D4 - we decided not going to Angkor Thom again although our pass due today.. free and easy day!! I have survey some nice foods to eat in Siem Reap and plan to go for that today.. we went to old market for souvenirs.. frens bought some key chairs, pillow covers, silks, wood curving and so on.. I bought myself an oil paint with the face of Bayon and a wood curving of 'Apsara' .. the prices are all in USD so we are getting very tired to bargain in order to pay for the price that we wanted and mostly we manage to bargain 40-50% lesser.. went for afternoon tea in one of the famous cafe 'The Blue Pumpkin' , I tried the carrot cake and banana yogurt shake, both are yummy especially the carrot cake is so juicy.. yum! yum! next we went for a massage which recommended in travel book, the place is 'Bodia Spa' .. the place is so relaxing and beautiful but the price is quite high also, we took the package of body massage for 90 minutes cost USD34, but we got 25% for the second person.. well, the massage is not really great if compared to Bangkok with the price we can get better service.. our last stop is to have dinner in the most recommended restaurant 'Khmer Kitchen Restaurant'.. we order the popular cheese bake pumpkin with mushroom and chicken, Khmer curry, Shrimp soup and garlic fried fish and of course the famous Angkor Beer.. we really enjoyed the food so much and I can say that this is the most delicious foods we had in Siem Reap.. walk back to B&B with happy stomach.. haha!! packing our bag and settle our bill because we are leaving at 835am tomorrow morning..

D5 - woke up at 6am, shower and breakfast.. car waiting us at 715am to send us to airport, the airport is very quiet and not so many passengers in the terminal.. keeps looking back photos taken in my camera and I know definitely I will miss Angkor and Siem Reap very much.. it's time to go home.. bye Siem Reap and Angkor..

what a busy September to me..

It's been few weeks that I didn't write anything in my blog.. not that I am lazy.. this month is really a busy month for me..

Firstly, due to the merger process kicked off in my company.. so there are tons and tons of thing need to be sorted before the due date of the merger.. estimated will be by beginning of December, so within the next two months all the thing must sort out properly before hand over to the new management.. it is quite a tedious job especially the database migration and user testing process will need lot of time to investigate and finding solutions.. honestly, the process is not fun at all.. and lot of cooperation from users are required in order to make thing goes smooth.. appreciated their participation and patient..

Beside that I was away for a week for my Siem Reap trip in the middle of the month.. I can only use 'brilliant' to describe the beauty of Angkor.. the most impressive is the Bayon with all the four sides smiling face every corner of the temple.. of course the highlight is still Angkor Wat, getting a bit disappointed because the steps are closed and we are not allowed to climb up to the towels and renovation works seem going on there.. another disappointment was the raining days let us missed the sunrise and sunset from the temples.. but we do seen the beautiful reflection of Angkor Wat in the lake which turn up really beautiful especially in the raining morning..

There will be two days public holiday next week for Hari Raya.. so it seems like I have to keep rushing my work in the remaining days in September.. work hard in September and expecting a more relax October ahead.. haha!!

Two types of FRIENDS - Real & Simple

Two Types of Friends -- Real & Simple

A simple friend has never seen you cry.
A real friend has shoulders soggy from your tears.

A simple friend doesn't know your parents' first names.
A real friend has their phone numbers in his address book.

A simple friend brings a bottle of wine to your party.
A real friend comes early to help you cook and clean.

A simple friend hates it when you call after he has gone to bed.
A real friend asks you why you took so long to call.

A simple friend seeks to talk with you about their problems.
A real friend seeks to help you with your problems.

A simple friend wonders about your romantic history.
A real friend could blackmail you with it.

A simple friend, when visiting, acts like a guest.
A real friend opens your refrigerator and helps himself.

A simple friend thinks the friendship is over when you have an argument.
A real friend knows that it's not a friendship until after you've had a fight.

A simple friend expects you to always be there for them.
A real friend expects to always be there for you

Life - Mother Teresa

Life - Mother Teresa

Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.

Life is beauty, admire it.

Life is bliss, taste it.

Life is a dream, realize it.

Life is a challenge, meet it.

Life is a duty, complete it.

Life is a game, play it.

Life is a promise, fulfill it.

Life is sorrow, overcome it.

Life is a song, sing it.

Life is a struggle, accept it.

Life is a tragedy, confront it.

Life is an adventure, dare it.

Life is luck, make it.

Life is too precious, do not destroy it.

Life is life, fight for it.

Babylon A.D.

Not really know about this movie.. but was quite bored last night so decided to go for this movie since got no much other choices.. I never seen the trailer of this movie and have no idea what is that really about.. but I guess from the title of the movie is something to about space and science fiction..

What I would like to say about the movie is 'BORED'!! firstly the movie is nothing to do with space.. it is a science fiction movie but it does not show much about science innovation and the whole movie is more about how the journey of sending Aurora to New York.. in fact, the journey doesn't seem so interesting as well.. it was a good beginning when Toorop picked up Aurora and Rebbecca and I expect more interesting and exciting stuffs will happen.. but its not really as what I have though..

One thing to highlight here is the role for Michelle Yeoh is much better then the one in 'The Mummy 3'.. at least the role here allows her to express more of her feeling about Aurora instead of just fighting.. I like her role as Rebbecca here..

Saw one of my gym friend after the movie.. he commended the movie is bored and he almost fall into sleep.. so we both will not recommend this movie to friends.. haha!!

is that TF pavilion that bad??

Lately I have seen someone posted a complain about his free trial tour in True Fitness Pavilion in his blog.. I am really interested to read the post because I am one of the TF member and most of the time I visit the one in pavilion.. and what I would like to say here are based on my own experiences so far in TF pavilion..

Firstly he is complaining the membership consultant, about his knowledge for the procedure of free trial and being not really flexible to make the potential customers happy.. What I want to say here is before I join TF in pavilion, back to somewhere in January this year, the consultant who gave us the De-tour in the gym is alright, he manage to explain the function and feature of some of the machines quite well and try his best to explain the agreement to make us understand, beside that we do have some extra requirements and he always trying his best to fulfill our requests.. so I have no complains for his services provided.. by the way he is no longer working in TF pavilion.. Anyway I do not know the level of professional of the current membership consultants there but honestly I can see that the turn over rate of the membership consultant is quite high and it could be possible that the services provided are getting worst than before.. but honestly some of the membership consultant are really young and I believe the level of professional in their job are to be judged.. or the leader of the consultant should work out some plans to train them in order to provide better services to potential and current members..

Another issue that he is complaining is the padlock.. I was really surprised that he is complaining about this and honestly I don't see this is the problem of the gym.. I bet we should check the facilities in a gym before we start the trial.. in TF there is no padlock provided (the lockers in FF are attached with locks..), and in TF (beside Hartamas) there is no towel provided.. it is common sense that we ask and find out first before we go.. and I am quite surprised that he doesn't have any friend who are current TF pavilion member or who been done the trial in TF pavilion before, a bit unbelievable right??

Honestly, I felt a bit annoying when I just started my gym in TF pavilion because I have to bring my own padlock and towel, and also no soft drink provided.. beside that I have make complains about the classes and instructors in the gym.. I do complains the air-con is too cold and so on.. so far, some of the complains have been slowly improved.. I can't really compared my previous gym to the current one because I believe there is always something good and bad in one gym.. the purpose of my post here is just to tell my experiences in TF pavilion so far.. I always believed we should go there and experience ourselves instead of getting feed backs from others..

HAPPY GYM!! STAY FIT!!

my new toy - Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX500/520

I have decided to get a new digital camera before my trip to Siem Reap.. didn't really go survey for the brand because I known what brand I wanna get.. just asked the price from two shops for comparison..

Finally I got the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX500/520 .. I heard few good feed backs from friends about their Panasonic Lumix camera and even the photos taken from their camera turn up nicely too.. even the fellow in the camera shop who I known her also recommend Panasonic Lumix because of the Leica Len used for the camera..

The package that I paid for the camera come with a 2G Panasonic card and a mini tripod (really mini size..), a year international warranty and two years local warranty from the shop.. I still haven't really have chance to play with the camera and snap some photos, because nothing special for me to snap.. but so far I am quite happy with the touch screen LCD feature which is cool..!!

Key Features:
- 3.0" Touch Screen LCD - Easy and Intuative operation
- 10.1 Megapixel Camera for high quality images
- Touch AF/AE & Auto Tracking - A Focus Frame Opens on the Spot you touch. If the subject touched on the LCD moves, the camera automatically tracks it and adjusts focus & exposure.
- 25mm LEICA DC VARIO-ELMARIT LENS with 5x Optical Zoom
- Intelligent Auto Mode - Includes Mega O.I.S, Intelligent ISO, Face Detection & Intelligent Scene Selector

ikea.. after so long

My last visit to ikea was definitely more then a year ago.. the main reason is because it is far away from my house and secondly is no matter how time you go over the weekend sure have to line up to go into the car park.. sometime very irritating..

Friend asking me to go ikea with him yesterday, he wanna go to survey the latest design of the furniture's and interior for his new condo.. I bet most of us go there to steal the ideas instead of buying stuffs there, especially those big stuffs like cabinet and dining set..

We are there around 3pm and line up to enter the car park once we turn into the path from the main road.. it took us about 15 mins to enter the car park and the sky is so damn dark.. heavy rain is coming..

The first thing attracted me is the sofa cover that displayed.. it is the type of sofa that I am having now.. the cover is in black base which painted with tress, flowers, birds and so on.. the feeling is 'jungle'.. I am getting very excited and wanna get it for my sofa.. but it is sold out.. sien..!! I wanna get a bookcase because getting more books at home and my table is full of books, look so messy.. I manage to find one bookcase (the displayed item) which is not bad in term of space and price.. I would like to get the white one which is RM70 cheaper, again.. no stock!! so I have to pick the black brown color which cost me extra.. so sien.. beside that I get a small side table to put my hi-fi set.. I have attached by a rug, new product, the price is affordable, the size is just nice for my living hall and the color is nice too.. I get really confused should I buy it..?? asking my friend about his opinions, asking myself.. walking here and there.. ahhhhh.... but finally I bought it..

At last, my ikea trip caused me RM300+ for three items.. and my friend who suggested to go back with empty hands.. haha!! I bet after add in the three extra items at home, sure my home will look nicer, especially after the books been organised in the bookcase..

Clubbing.. after so long

There are some parties been organised over the Merdeka long weekend.. friends have been asking me to join them for the party on the Merdeka's eve few weeks ago.. I didn't promise them because not really in the party mood lately.. I still remembered my last party was on the 2007's eve which was a great one..

The merdeka party was great.. we reached there around 1am because of the road blocks for the count down around the town.. we got to find alternative ways to go to the club.. friend keep calling and asking where are we and telling me the crowd is great and everybody is so high!! finally we reached there and it was so damn pack.. RM50 with 1 drink, I have chosen the Vocka Lime which turns up very tasteless, like drinking water.. yak!! the dance floor was so pack and it was so hot inside the club.. saw lot of friends and friend's friends there.. busying with Hi and hugs around.. have to social a bit..

The music is so damn great.. it is by DJ Louis T (the guy with red polo in the picture) who are quite famous and well known.. I got most of his collections in my ipod for my running in gym.. the highlight of that night are 'Touch My Body' which turn ups very sexy and everybody seems so high when the song is on air.. another one is 'Raining Man' which my friend enjoy it so much.. I have missed my favorite 'Mercy' by Duffy.. It is favorite track in DJ Louis collections and I found the song is damn sexy.. friends said the song played before I reach there.. Aiya!! I like the song 'Happy People' by Offer Nissim where he plays it almost the end of the party..

Party over at 3am, and I really enjoyed myself there with the music and crowd, especially dance along with friends was fun!! after party.. can't wait to go home for a good shower(cause too sticky..) and head to bed.. next day wanna go gym for Body Pump (after hi-tea on Saturday afternoon).. haha!!