Sunday, March 29, 2009

Now, who can top this?..

What's the most embarrasing thing that had ever happenned to you? Crapped in your pants? Went to an interview with a whole in your pants? Wet the bed? Well... it's not embarrasing if no one notice. If you got the job, who cares.

What I'm about to write has been what's the most embarassing thing that ever happened to me (to date ..heheh). It's true. I do not make this up.

If you feel like peeing, please stop reading and go 'kench' now. You have been warned.

Picture this. You're going to a concert that you have looking been forward to. You dress up for the occassion. You accessorized (for gosh sake!). Your friend notice you put on some make-up (well.. had to, to cover the sudden attack of the monster zit).

You do feel a bit queasy..maybe it was something you ate.... or maybe you started to feel tired after half a day of Extreme Shopping ...but hey! nothing will stop you from going to this concert. You have been counting every second for the past weeks for this. Tickets, check! Camera, check! Wallet, check! Zit under control, err...tapi boley la, check! Jom, let's go!

The concert was a blast! Your got superb seats! Concert started on time. The sound system was kick-ass! The singer did everything that you thought she would do. It's all good. 3/4 of the concert... here comes that queasy feeling again. This time you notice that your head is pounding to the sound of the bass on the speaker. Nah...you can't be sick. Heck, you can still get up and konon groove to the music (Ya right). You must be hungry. In between of the cheering and clapping, you secretly fantasized - a good nasi goreng cina. Yummm.

The concert was over. But not your headache which by now has scaled up 10 times than an hour ago. You summoned your inner chi..or what's left of it. You still have it under control. You thought you can walk it off. Fresh air might do some good.Huk huk huk..

By now, your headache has displayed its evil self on your face. There's a saying, muka dah macam tapai basi. That's you. That's your face. You just thought, let's get out of here. So you agreed to board the bus.

If this was a movie, the audience would be able to look back and say.. "Noooo, you should have not board the bus". Or perhaps they would rewind to 10 minutes before, when your friend went to the toilet and you refuse to follow because you choose to summon your inner, screwed-up chi.
" Damn it girl.. you should went to the toilet tadi"

If you only knew...

So now, you're on the bus. Your chi level is depleting by the second... yet, you still have the strength to answer the mat salleh sitting in front of you. Let me describe the seating charts.. so that the story that follows would make a better sense. Imagine, bus Intrakota.. at the front of the bus, behind the driver.. the seats are place parallel facing each other. A few seats after that, the seats will start to be in the normal 2 by 2 rows. You are seating in the first seat of these 2 x 2 rows. Next to you, is an apek listening to god knows what on his MP3 player. In front of him, is the mat salleh and his friends. Your friends are sitting 2 rows behind, maybe.. near the door.

The mat salleh, felt that you would know where Hard Rock Cafe is.. (perhaps by deducing that you're partly dress to go there :P), asked you which is the nearest stop to get there. You said sorry, you're not local and don't even know where this bus is heading. So he turned and asked the apek next to you..."Perhaps you would know which stop it is nearest to Hard Rock Cafe, sir?". What the apek answered was maybe perhaps that sealed the deal... He asked back " You want to go coffee shop is it?". Ha ha.

But wait.. this is not a story about the apek. He's just a mere sub-plot.

The Mat Salleh was not satisfied with his answer, got up and asked other mat salleh in the bus pulak. And you should thank your lucky stars for it. (Ya, Right!)... Remember your queasy feeling? It's now bubbling up and felt like it will explode any second. By now, the bus is full with people standing.... The bus came to a sharp corner and you saw that the bus driver practically did a maut corner baring... You swayed a little... lost your concentration a bit there... and here it comes... Blurpp... you threw up in your throat... Oppss.. inner chi.. innner chii.... too late....

Blerrghhhhh.... half of your stomach content.. is on your baju... dripping down to your favorite jeans, soaking thru your underpants. And suddenly your headache cleared and reality struck. It struck hard. YOU ARE ON A PUBLIC BUS FULL OF PEOPLE, and YOU HAVE JUST BARFED ALL OVER YOURSELF!

OMG!

The apek next to you fled the scene. Thank you very much.. or maybe it was his stop. Who cares.

The HRC Mat salleh still talking to his mat salleh friends. Far from the mess.

The crowd next to you parted... there's this one nyonya.. scrambling to get you tissue. Which at this point, what's the use. You could just wipe your hands on your jeans and dab your mouth on your sleeves.. No one is going to be any wiser. Nevertheless, thank you nyonya. You took the pack of tissue anyway.

Your friend appeared next to you.." Eh, what happen to you? Jom la turun sini"

Thank you again to the nyonya for being your PR representative "She's not well..." she answered on your behalf.

Without turning back, you jumped down the bus.

No idea if your vommit actually hit the floor or the bus seat coz you think most of it was on you. Sorry la apek driver. You still remember his happy face.. as if saying to himself yeay.. this is the last trip. After this going home already. Perhaps he's not smilling anymore now.. knowing that he needs to clean up the puke at the end of his shift. To the people on the bus, sorry from the bottom of my heart. I did not meant it to end this way.Hehaw.

One look at you, your friend said.."Beb, I'm sorry.. but this is so funny. Aku nak gelak"

"Yes.. I know.. aku pun nak ketawa jugak.. just that I can't bring myself to it. Damn it, for this.. I get all dressed up. Poyo sial!"

-------HAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA burpp....
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH-------


Eh, but wait. Where the heck are we? Shit.. stop apa ni? Here comes the next adventure.

"Nak naik teksi ke?"

"Eii I don't think so.. I smelled mcm lori sampah ok."

"Ok jom la kita jalan.. macam dah dekat je ni nak balik hotel. Aku tanya direction sat"

A moment later...

"Ha dia kata.. jalan terus... then belok kanan"

And walk we went...

"Beb.. aku rasa kita mcm prostitute, jln mcm org gila tgh mlm buta ni"

"Hahahah.. takde la.. sebab kita mcm cheerful aje..."

... And walked further we went

"Eh ni building apa ni? Kat mana ni"

"Ha, sat tgk map ni... where the heck are we. Eh ni building jurisdiction ke apa jadah tah ni"

"Ha.. ni tadi church tu.. kita kat sini la.. so mcm mana eh"

"Eh mcm salah je ni beb... I say we went that way"

"Eh tak la.. mcm sini je"

" Sat cuba tgk building kat sana tu.. familiar tak? Ada ke hotel ni dekat hotel kita"

"Mcm takde je..."

... Ok, jalan je la lagi...

"Beb, aku serious rasa org kata kita mcm pros siut..Sial la mesti orang kat bas tadi ingat aku dah minum tak ingat dunia.. pastu tetiba hangover."

"hahahahah mana ada..."

"Eh, beb... sat.. aku rasa aku nak muntah lagi la...Nak muntah kat tong sampah tu"

"Pergi..pergi cepat"

.... there goes the other half of your stomach content. By now, perhaps the taxis that was whizzing by probably thinking, look at that drunken pros! vomitting by the roadside. Tak malu! Celaka la kau.

.... ok I'm good, can continue with the journey...


"Eh ni building apa pulak.. aku tak pernah jumpa pun"

"Eh, beb belakang kita ada polis la.. cuba kau tanya"

..here comes the cop.

"Kitaorang nak jalan balik hotel kat Arab Street"

"Hah? Nak jalan sampai Arab street... mcm jauh je. Tak pernah dibuat dek orang"

..well, orang pun tak pernah muntah dlm bas agaknya. Tonite, nothing is impossible!

"Takpe la.. you jalan terus ni, lepas tu 2nd traffic light, belok kanan...then terus lagi. Tapi jauh ni tau. Nanti ada bus stop naik la bus ke teksi"

..... so we came to a bus stop

"Eh aku give up la.. jom naik teksi"

...nasib la ada teksi nak berhenti...rupanya mcm jauh la jugak nak sampai situ. Dalam teksi, tu tetiba ada bus berhenti sebelah teksi tu. Baru terperasan, shit.. there's a camera showing the whole fricking bus for the driver to see. Damn it Malik. Mesti driver tu tadi nampak... Damn it again, they definitely have a tape of me barfing in public.

"Beb, aku rasa by now.. muka aku dah ada kat YouTube la..shishhhh"

... alhamdulillah, sampai jugak kat hotel. Campak semua baju2. Balun 2 biji panadol terus tido... pukul 4 terjaga..sbb there's Josh Groban blaring on the TV. Then ada Celine Dione pulak nyanyi Because You Love Me...best pulak.. Half way thru Murder She Wrote, dozed off till morning.

So...

Concert ticket - SGD 80.00

Bus Ticket - SGD 1.20

Vommiting in public - Priceless??!!

... I don't bloody think so! Expensive ada la. I had to sent my clothes to laundry the next day. Tak pernah2 aku hantar laundry kat hotel. Even after the laundry, I may need to write off my jeans coz the stain mcm tak hilang je. The box of panadol cost SGD8 .. would you believe that? In this country, spitting in public pun dah kena fined SGD500. Just imagine vommiting in public? Mau kena hire the entire YB Puchong's clan to defend me. Hah.

For whatever it's worth, nasib semuanya selamat lepas tu. You know when you are super excited and looking forward to something esp going on holidays, you can't help to have a nag in your feeling that something will go wrong somewhere. Well, I was worried about forgeting or losing the tixs.. or someone might lose her phone again. Hahahahah never did I thought THIS will happen instead. Though.. someone almost lost her phone again. Nasib ada orang beriya-iya kejar kitaorg and pulangkan.

So apa pengajarannya?..
1. I might have developped gastric. I'm used to have 3 meals a day and loads of snacking in between.

2. Tah-tah ada pork dlm salad that I ate at 5 pm... that's why la tak diterima badan. Or maybe the salmon in the salad has gone bad.Ark.

3. Maybe aku dah penat sangat kot. Tu la shopping tak ingat dunia. Ha sape nak ikut aku shopping lepas ni.. jaga-jaga. heheh

4. Lain kali if dah pening tu.. force je la muntah. Sighhhh

My sister asked.. kau tak ke muntah dlm plastic bag. Eh, Rokiah - kalau aku tau nak muntah, jgn kat plastic bag.. aku beli baldi siap2.

Akhirkata,

To dearest Ngantukalways - dunno la what to say. Sorry to spoil the plan to go to Mustafa that nite. Thanks for doing all the talking and getting us back to the hotel... and buying the panadol. Jangan la menyesal jalan dengan aku eh. Serious shit, it will only happen with me. Hahahah bawak Jiben pun tak drama macam ni. And yes.. thank you for not laughing to my face. There you have it, a story to tell your grandchildren. Nah, have a field day writing in your blog... tulis la apa kau rasa nak tulis, gelak la apa kau nak. Akak tak marah uols!

Why does it always rain on me?
Is it because I lied when I was 17?
-Travis-

...Now, who can top that?

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Earth Hour Malaysia - 28 March 2009, 8.30pm


Switch Off Your Lights and Vote For Earth!


.... does it still count if I have the aircond on full blast though?

Friday, March 27, 2009

I moved to Rockferry and stopped by Warwick Avenue


Ok the post title is rubbish... but I can't help it, I like these songs to bits.

Finally after wishing and hoping, planing and dreaming... the day finally came. I saw Duffy live in Singapore. The whole week long listening to her album over and over again.... tak sama dengar live.

So on Saturday 22nd March, we headed out to Singapore Indoor Stadium. Me clad in Bobohizan inspired ensemble with tribal necklace to boot some more and Kay in ala Rain on Your Parade style. Since the concert was not overbooked, the organizer basically upgraded us to a more expensive ticket - lower tier seat. Sweet! We were seated front and center and looking directly at Duffy. The speaker was directed to us, rasa macam nak tercabut jantung ok! The set was simple and sweet. She sang for about 1.5 hour. All the songs in her album. Light and easy :)

People sightings: We saw Serena C... and was intrigued with makcik Mary yang duduk depan kitaorg, grooving tak ingat dunia. Laki dia keras take bergerak macam askar kat Buckingham palace. And of course, the two Duffy hard core pretty boys seated next to us. Scream.. scream some more.. aiyooo.

Warwick Avenue live? No words to describe!

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Until June

How cool is this album - Until June.




Tidak eloklah kalau tak beli. The guy at the store said they sounded like Travis. Personally.. takde pun. But they do have decent songs. In fact the song 'What I've Done' was used in Private Practise.

Originally the band was called June. But then they changed it to Until June. Story behind it, they set a target that by June 2005 if they have not sign up with a record label, they would call it quits. Hmm.. if they kept with Juune, they might be a tad more successful if you ask me. Heheheh(read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Until_June)

Check out their website: http://www.untiljune.com/

This was indeed the single one thing that I'm proud of from all the overloaded 20Kg purchases that I made in Singapore.

A true sign of a Posuer! C'est la Vie

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Transformer turns 11


Budak-budak yang dah kelaparan, tapi didera berposing dengan kek

..and now the wacky shot

The moment that we are waiting for - unwrapping Optimus Prime and Megatron.



Happy Birthday Hamzah!
Semoga Megatron dan Optimus Prime live to see your 12th Birthday pulak
Hehehehe
p/s: ni pre-celebration last week. His real birthday is actually today 15th March

Saturday, March 14, 2009

8 Adults, 3 Kids, 4 Blind Cats, 2 Stolen Ponies and a Wounded Sea Lion

..begitulah ramainya orang to be accounted for to plan for the holidays. Holidays yang kononnya nak dipurchase at Matta Fair. Zoom Malaysia katanya. Well, let it be know that I'm all for holidays in my own country. Swim in our beaches. Take photos under our own coconut trees. Be mesmerize by our own sawah padi.

Unfortunately my enthusiasm last Friday was shot down effortlessly by a bunch of IDIOTS who disgusised themselves as sales people at the MATTA fair.

To What honor (or horror) do I owe for this display of stupidity?

Presenting Imbecile # 1
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We were intrigued at the offer that his company posted. So we inquired further. This dude was so hyped that he invited us to sit down.

"Nanti saya explain semua sekali untuk akak"

So the nightmare begin.

He started ranting off bladebal de bla.. We should have bolted and run when he keeps on having to refer to other people for all questions that we post to him. Entah kot aku tanya harga belacan sebungkus pun si tongong ni pergi tanya orang jugak.

Then he asked,

"Berapa orang ye?"

"11 org. 8 Adults, 3 children".

"Children tu besar mana? Baby brp bulan?"

"Baby? they are 10, 11 and 12 years old. 13 and 14 years old kira adult ke?"

So he went back calculating and calculating. With the help of not 1 but 2 female sidekick. Ok, the sidekick is actually his superior, coz the dude simply do not know his shit.

"Ha.. tadi brp org?"

"8 Adults. 3 Children"

Calculate somemore. Write 8A and 3C in capital in his note book. Consulted someone else again...

"Tadi 11 Adults ye?"

Steam started coming out my ears.

"8 Adults. 3 Children"

Consult here and there. Now xls doesn't work. Help. Help. Panic mode. Here comes another sidekick.

"Ah..tadi 8 Adults?"

"Lagi sekali you tanya... I bangun dari sini. Tadi kan you dah tulis. Berapa kali nak tanya?"

OMG.Nevermind the room, what about the flight? How much does it cost per person?

"Ha.. on this date it's RM89"

"RM89? Return to langkawi?" Ok I'm sold.

"Haah"

" Betul ke bukan pergi RM89, balik RM89?" my sis asked, sceptically

"Tak. Betul ni RM89 - return"

Right. So first the figure was around 2K. Then consulted another person the figure became 3K. Then finally we said ok whatever la, book us now coz from the system we can see that there's only 13 seats left at the so call price of RM89.

"Eh apasal sistem ni tak boley book lebih dari 9?"

"Book la.. 8.. pastu 3"

"Book la..5 pastu 6"

Suddenly, we saw a new figure pops out. For the flight alone, it will be around 2.5K. Rupanya it's RM89 one way.

Aku punya marah. Hanya tuhan sahaja yang tahu. Tak tau la sama ada nak ketuk kepala dia dengan payung aku, or sepak muka or lompat naik atas meja tu and sepak desktop dia.. or bertukar menjadi raksaksa dan fire kepala otak dia biar terbakar. Dekat satu jam membuang masa kat situ. APAKEJADAHHARAMBEJADAH.

Me and my sis terus bangun. Tak tengok pun muka dia.

Lepas tu kitaorg lalu kat booth tu dah takde dah muka dia. Agaknya kena demoted tukang buat air aje lepas tu.

Exit Imebcile #1, Enter Imbecile # 2:
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By now, our mood was definitely not good.Tempreture is rising. But we cheer up a bit when we saw this hotel's booth selling what seems to be vouchers. We were kind of keen to stay there.

It's here where we met Imbecile #2. Imbecile seems to be busy on her mobile. Totally ignoring us. While standing in front of imbecile giving her the killer stare, datang pulak kawan dia.

"Oh kena tunggu dia ni jugak kak. Kita memang ada jual voucher ni"

"Boley confirm booking ke?"

"Kalau ada tarikh, memang boleh"

Looking around the small booth.. there's no pc, so how are they going to check their system and confirm my booking?

"Macam mana nak check? Nak check guna beg merah tu? Or nak tulis dalam buku exercise ni?" me pointing to a small red luggage lying on the floor and a RM0.50 single-line exercise book on the desk.

Tidak sempat nak menangkis serangan sarcasm aku, Imbecile # 2 dah habis cakap kat phone and look up and look at us as if we are beggar on the street

"Here you go" tunjuk a pile of brochures.

"What's this?" we asked

"Err Subang..." a pile of brochures of their hotel in Subang.

WHAT THE FUCK - said my face. I used to work in Subang. Hari2 aku boley pergi berak dekat hotel kau if aku nak. Tak payah beli voucher.

"We don't want Subang. We want Langkawi"

"Oh Langkawi.. have to wait for..."

Kakak aku pun terus angkat tangan - TALK TO THE HAND COZ THE FACE JUST DON"T GIVE A TINY RATS ASS ABOUT IT!

Kitaorang pun terus blah. ARGHHHHHHH

Next we met Imbecile #3 in Hall 2
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Imbecile # 3 was selling packages to go Ostolia. We were interested to purchase this ground only tour pacakages. They gave us a brochure with these assortments of tour, we were reading and saw that it stated there:

"Tour packages can only be purchased outside of Australia"

So we asked Imbecile # 3 if we can purchase it from their booth.

"Wait hor"

After a few minutes,

"This one right.. the Australia Exployer (read: Explorer) can buy there one"

"But it says here, it's not available in Australia. Can only be purchased outside of Australia"

"No.. when you get there.. you can buy there la"

What's your objective here? You want to sell something or just merely standing here, wasting oxygen? But my sister got one step smarter...

"Do you understand this sentence or not?" Showing here the line that says tour can only be purchase outside of Australia.

"Hor?"

"You understand this or not?"

"Ahh.. no"

"No? Good. Thank you. Good bye"

Shall we slit our wrist now?

Sighhh.. the horror haven't ended yet.

Well, since we paid RM3 each to enter the forsaken place, we did buy some packages anyway. So we wanted to enter the buyers contest, which probably win us a lunch with Imbecile #1 anyway.... so here's where we met

Imbecile #4
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In order for you to get the contest form, they will need to verify who paid for the packages. Who's name it was on the credit card slip... If the name of the payee if different from the booking name, it's not acceptable. What the flying FOOK are you talking ABOOT?

Tak kisah la letak nama siapa pun. Macam la menang.

"Ni pun aaa.. mesti itu orang jugak pergi holiday. Kalau tak pergi tak boley woo" said Imbecile #4
"Habis tu, when reach hotel there..someone will wait there la to take my father's blood sample to make sure that it is him going to the holiday and not some imposter?"

"Ya lorr"

Seriously.

Sudahnya, baik la check aje kat Internet semua benda ni. Ingatkan pergi sana lagi menyenangkan.. rupanya makin pening. Benci aku. Bila la nak kaya, and ada plane and hotel sendiri supaya tak payah aku deal dgn orang2 macam ni lagi.

Sunday, March 8, 2009

You nearly made it..

.. said Simon. Is that suppose to help? I suppose it might as well be .. you didn't get in because you suck. Get a life.

I'm talking about American Idol. The top 13 has been announced and the real competition will begin this week. It took 3 weeks to narrow 36 people to 13. It all boils down to the song choice. If you don't know what's good for you, you might as well go home.

Out of the 36, I'm bummed that these two didn't get in. Jess Langseth - she keeps on getting this, "well you nearly made it.." but she didn't. Sad. She has very sexy voice. And I thot her rendition of "Bette Davis Eyes" was great.



Next is Alex Wagner-Trugman. What can I say, you can't exactly sell star quality with a name like that. But he has this underdog vibes that I felt he can shine on the later stages. Sadly.... that was the end of the road for him.




So 2009 is the year of the underdogs for me. I'm saying NO to - Danny Gokey (boring), Adam Lambert (he's too good, and he knows it), Scott Macintyre (sympathy vote), Jorge (turn off the waterworks please) and Michael whatsis name who works on the oil rig (too goody goodshoes).

I'm all for the quirky, fun, less power vocal but still talented people:


Ok... maybe I do have room for powerful vocals. I'm so happy that Jasmine Murray got the wild card. And who can deny Lil Round? Her name alone has star power written all over. And finally, Alexis Grace - whoever can belt out Aretha Franklin. What else is there to say?


With that, I conclude my report on American Idol so far, thus proving how much I do not have a life. I even spend too much time editing the pictures in this post.

Those who own a colt .45, please shoot me now.

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Jason Mraz - Live in Malaysia - 4th March - Stadium Negara



He came. He sang. He blew us away!

Sharp at 8.30pm, the lights went off and Jason Mraz hit the stage. THANK YOU for no opening act and rubbish attempts to get the crowd riled up with... " Can I hear the left side now... SCREAM!!!".

He started the set with Remedy. Sweet! Then, he sang You and I both. YIPPPEEEEE. And some easy listening songs. By the time he sang I'm Yours, he had the crowd eating out of his hands.

IT WAS AWWWWESOMEEE! What a way to kick off my 2009 concert outings :)

Hats of to Jason and his band (who was wearing Malaysian football jersey), for a no-nonsense concert. Well almost. Everything was brilliant, till this A-Mei-wannabe-baru turun dari bukit-tukang cuci rambut from Sg Wang-sorry excuse of a singer, came out and totally RUINED the duet with Jason on Lucky. The song was originally by Colbie Caillat and Jason Mraz. Of course we didn't expect Colbie to be on stage, but goodness... there has to be someone better. She came late. Dunno if that was on purpose. The crowd who was singing along with Jason... went.. What Thheee FF*** is this? Totally in shocked. The mood went down a bit there. Seriously tiada maaf bagimu. In the old ages, she should be stoned to death. One couldn't help wonder... does she even know who Jason Mraz is? Or what the heck she was singing? Gawdddd.

Anyhooo... even great concerts would have flaw.

1. Stadium mcm sauna. Does the organizers know the meaning of air conditioning. That's it, after this any concert in Stadium Negara, think of dressing to the beach.

2. Ada minah gila sitting next to us, keep on having a bout of histeria. Org senyap, tetiba dia nak menjerit. Pitch macam anjing kena sawan.Banyak kali pulak tu. WTF?Jakun ke.

3. Parking macam sial. Dah la parking kena RM10. Jauh dlm semak pulak tu. It takes longer to get out than the concert itself.

4. Merchandizing could've been better. The "official" t-shirt has the quality worst that kain buruk kat dapur aku. Selling at RM80. Seriously? So I got stickers and buttons instead. Now, my laptop is no longer a Dell - sweeet



5. And on personal note, I should've memorize more songs. Hheheheh and.. in my excitement to smuggle my camera, lupa pulak mobile. So I can't record You and I both :(


So after this, I'm going to WARWICK AVENUE and hope I don't turn YELLOW. Singapura, here I come!

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

2009, the movies so far...

It's already March. Kehidupan masih sama, masih malas macam biasa. Finally I'm a wee bit inspired to blog. There's nothing good on TV anyway. So I have been watching quite a number of movies already. Here's my two cents

1. VALKYRIE, staring Tom Cruise.

One word to describe it: COMPELLING!
What's it about: About a plot to kill Hitler lead by Colonel Stauffenberg (played by Tom Cruise) using Operation Valkyrie. This opeartion was approved by Hitler, basically to mobilize his reserve army to take control of the civil affair should anything happen to Germany. Read more here
Favourite quote: By Stauffenberg to Olbritch " Look them in the eye. They "ll remember you".
Must Watch? Yes! But not if you are bordering depressed. Walking out you will feel depressed. Rasa macam tak nak makan lepas tu. Having said that, Tom Cruise looked yummy as ever and he really outdid himself in this role. Kudos!

2. MARLEY AND ME, staring Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston

One word to describe it: BORING (to the point of suicide!)
What's it about: About normal life story: love, fights, dreams, work, babies... from the day they got married till they got 3 kids. And right in the middle of it all is this unruly dog that they should have put down in the first 5 minutes of the movie, called Marley.
Favorite quote: None, really.
Must Watch? Only if someone put a gun to your head.

3. BURN AFTER READING, staring George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, and many others...

One word to describe it: IDIOTIC.
What's it about: Basically the Coen brothers are making fun of the CIA. The movie started of when 2 fitness trainer try to blackmail an ex CIA agent over what they thought was some classified CIA data. The movie just got more twisted over the minutes.
Favorites quotes: 1) "Did you get the Cheeses? You did not get the cheeses? Now I have to drive out and get the cheeses!" - Tilda Swinton
2) "Tell Dr Cox, I have the new keys" (then he went and broke down the door with an ax! while wearing his boxers and bathrobe!!) - John Malkovich
Mush Watch? Hell yeah. You'll have buckets of laughter over it.

4. SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, staring Dev Patel and Frieda Pinto.

One word to describe it: OUTSTANDING!
What's it about: This boy who's from the slum, with no proper education, managed to win in Who Wants to Be a millionaire, raising questions how he did it. While in police custody he recalls all his life events that teaches him all the answers to the questions in the game. Brilliant scripts!
Favorite quote:"Computer jee, lock kar diya jaye" - Anil Kapoor
Must Watch? Definitely. Only then you will believe why the movie deserves all the Oscars that it won. Though the hype was over Dev Patel and Freida Pinto, I still think that the real talent lies with the young actors. Especially the young Jamal - Ayush Mahesh Khedekar (the one on the right). Pure talent. Hats off to everyone in this movie!