Dear Diary or whatever..

So mates, it’s movie review time!!
I actually watched this last week. Just haven’t found the time to update my blog yet.
So, what movie am I yappin’ about? Nothin’ other than "Mr. & Mrs. Smith", starring a pair of sexy action hero-heroine, Brad "Achilles" Pitt and Angelina "Croft" Jolie.. hehehe..

The movie starts unexpectedly reminiscent of "Story of Us", with an interview-like shot of the pair with an off-the-screen marriage counselor. But 3 minutes in, and you’ll see that it’s not your regular romantic comedy movie. (Well, maybe more than 3 minutes, since I’m late for about 5 minutes into the theater.. )

Brad Pitt plays John Smith, a professional assassin, while Angelina Jolie plays Jane Smith, same profession. The twist is, they’re married to each other and never told their spouse what they do for a living. He told her he’s a construction worker, she told him she’s a computer consultant. Provided you’re prepared to make the logic-leap that a married couple living together for 5 years (6 years according to her) and not now that their spouse kills people for a living, it’s quite an interesting premise.

Marriage life starts to get boring for them after the 5 (or 6) years together. Then comes another twist.. hubbie and wife both got an assignment to whack the same person. They ended up trying to kill each other, all the while cursing themselves over how stupid they’ve been over the 5 (or 6) years, but as a side effect, reminding them what it was that got them attracted to each other.

Well, that’s the storyline in a nutshell (or in 2 paragraphs, to be exact). The movie was directed by Doug Lyman of Bourne Identity fame, and it sure shows in the action scenes. Mr. Lyman’s got a good grab on what makes a good action scene, all right. As for the actors, they went thru their paces quite well, although rather stilted at times (especially Jolie), but it’s probably due to the somewhat clumsy script. I found the movie a bit lacking in the "moral of the story" department. After all, it’s about 2 assassins who’s got no regard for human life, and by the time the end credit rolls, I suspect they have about 100 or so people killed between them. Granted, the people they killed were other assassins, but still..

So, if you’re looking for an action-romance-black comedy summer blockbuster movie with beautiful people in it, go no further. Just remember to turn off half your brain during the movie to suspend disbelief. :p

Coming soon.. my 2 cents on Dreamworks’ latest animated..

Woohoo.. miracle does happen!!
Who woulda thought that a team down 0-3 from Milan can equalize the score in just 15 minutes of second period?
And who woulda thought Jerzy "Sir Fumble-a-Lot" Dudek can beat (or is it outluck?) Dida in a penalty kick-out?

Well, whatever the reason, for those of you not following what I was saying, Liverpool beats AC Milan in the Champion’s League final. They are down 0-3 at halftime, had an outstanding comeback at the second period, and finally beat Milan in the penalty shootout, and as the cliche goes, the rest is history.

On a side note, Gerrard sure can dive..

This is actually old news.
Last week my boss presents his new plan for our department. Basically the policy now is "Business process over technology". He said, and this is more or less a direct quotation, "What’s important is understanding the business process. The actual softwares are just tools. When the needs arise, we can switch tools to anything more suitable."
WHAT THE FUCK?

No wonder they’re converting me to Java (blah..) from Microsoft. Oh man, this is almost a religion conversion.
Aiyaa.. this company’s vision is moving further and further from what I expected..
Maybe it’s time to switch allegiance to another company..
Or maybe it’s time for a bloody coup d’etat?

Yeah.. go Liverpool !!!
On the other hand, I think Milan will win.. hehe..
But nevertheless, go Liverpool !!!
Get lucky one more time !!! ;D

Hope this one will be more exciting than the FA Cup.
Lehmann, you’re one helluva lucky guy. Poor MU.

Must be something wrong with me.
No matter how many hours I slept, the moment I start driving to work, drowsiness sets in.. heads start nodding.. heart rate slows down.. well.. up until the moment I almost run over the pavement anyways.. or the moment I almost run head long to the bumper of another car.

Ugh..

Is it the dim light of the morning making me sleepy?
Or is it the thought of another day in the office waiting for me?
Or maybe my car is so comfy it makes me wanna sleep in it?

I guess I’d have to go to the office at 9 instead.. ;D

Finally…
Tried posting yesterday but the stupid internet in the office is sooooo slowwww…. and friendster kept giving me an error message everytime I did manage to post this… urghhh… *must.. not… kick.. PC…*

Well.. anyway… welcome to my blog..
Finally jumped on the blog bandwagon.. dunno if I’m gonna write here regularly or not. And probably you’d see more movies and games review here than outpouring of my deepest secrets, but who knows ?