Entertainment

Avatar : Before & After

BEFORE :
 
 
AFTER :
 
 
Frankly speaking, after watching Avatar, I wondered why were there so many movie-goers who loved it so much and highly appraising this movie. To me, it’s just another money-earning, commercialized film which did not impress me. I, personally, am not into sci-fi and fictional movies as I couldn’t relate the story to the real world.
 
If this movie is about love, well, I do agree that love could be across the border at times… But I don’t believe falling in love with an "alien"…
 
If this movie is about the environment, I think it could be better if the story is about people saving our earth. But not some other planet called Pandora… (BTW, the names used are so fake, dull and inconvincing)…
 
If this movie is about the ugly side of human-beings, well, why don’t they talk about our own human race disgracing our own planet and animals, creating war against other countries, polluting the earth and other shameful stuff people do.
 
I just couldn’t relate the whole idea to us…
 
Anyway, I got the tickets free. So, I have no objections watching it at the first place.
 
P/S : I am not against the movie creator or his team. I am just writing my feelings as someone who is not a sci-fi movie lover (like how some non-drama movie lovers do)
 
My Personal

Gift Exchange on X’mas Eve

It’s gift exchange again!!! Hurray! This round, our budget is RM15. Haha! (Only RM5 more than the previous one).
 
Our pretzies… The small cards below are for the lucky draw… The little green bags are special gifts from Bibi… Thanks Bibi!!!
 
The gang & our neatly wrapped gifts…
 
The "debaichilization" pose…
 
Yes, I got the pig head…!
 
Pinky got the present from Mui Mui…
 
Pui Wan got mine… Cute horr… (I mean the Sponge Bob~lah)…
 
I got this "pig head" from Pinky… I liked it…
 
Mui Mui got it from Yvonne…
Mui Mui : I dun wana get this next year! (And look at her facial expression… LOL)
 
Mei got this from Pui Wan…
 
Yvonne got the cute bear piggy bank from Bibi…
 
Bibi got this from Mei… Chocolates… Yummy!
 
Gosh… such a great excitement for Christmas this year!
 
Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas!!!
Food & Drink

Glutinous Rice Balls = Tang Yuan 汤圆

It’s ‘dong zhi’ (冬至) again. It is a special day in the lunar calendar and to the Chinese, it a day bigger or more important than the Lunar New Year. The main thing that we need to do is to have a big family reunion dinner on this special day. Another significant item (or shall I say, food) related to this special day is the glutinous rice balls (汤圆). I love these colourful 汤圆 very much, specifically those with ‘gula melaka’ fillings. Delicious!
 
Now get all the ingredients ready – colourful glutinous rice flour dough + ‘gula melaka’
 
Wrap the ‘gula melaka’ with the dough and shape them into small ball shapes…
 
Boil the balls in boiling water. Cooked ones will float.
 
Scoop out the cooked ones and dunk ’em into sweet pandan water… Served hot or chilled! 🙂
My Personal

A Day @ the Fish Spa

It’s another day to pamper ourselves again… Got two vouchers for fish spa treatment at Kenko in Pavillion… Apa lagi?! Visited that place for the first time and had our first ever fish spa treatment… Well, just dip your legs into the fish pond and get bitten…! Hahaha! The small fish bite away your dead skin and giving you some tingling sensation while they are doing the dirty job.
 
Kenko Reflexology & Fish Spa @ Pavillion
 
Dipping my feet into the fish pond…
 
Mein is doing the same too…! She laughed non-stop at first before getting used to the tingling sensation…
 
Look at the tiny little fish doctors doing their job… Job well done! Kudos!
Entertainment

Muallaf Gala Premiere

Won 4 tickets from AMBP (Thanks Michael!) to the Gala Premiere of Muallaf. Waited so long for it to show in Malaysia. Finally the wait was worth it!
 
Our tickets…
 
It was such a surprise that a Meet-and-Greet session was arranged for us with the cast of the film. It was too sad that Yasmin couldn’t join us. I’m sure she’ll be too happy to know that we are all here to support her hard work… Thanks Yasmin for the great movie…
 
A blur picture taken with Brian Yap… A newcomer with massive potential… I do look forward for more of your work! 🙂
 
OMG! I was flanked between two Sharifah’s!!! Sharifah Armani and Sharifah Aleysha… woot… Armani has always been a great actress since ‘Sepet’ while Aleysha in ‘Mukhsin’…
 
Dear Sharifah’s, if both of you happen to come across my blog, what I would want you gals to know is — Never stop making great films. Not only you speak for yourselves in the movies, you also speak for us in your own perculiar way… Job well done!
 
Dear Yasmin, you will always be missed… deeply…