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Dec 24, 2005 in My Shout Outs
Aiyo yo! And I figured Xmas this year will be such a bore. Hell no. Town wasn’t as bad as I thought. From the gym I drove down and decided to park at Park Mall, thinking that if I had to pass 2 ERP gantries, that area shouldn’t be as bad as the others. Traffic was all going towards Suntec in ALL directions. What’s up there? Anyone knows?
Anyway the moment I drove in, one car was coming out. That certainly helped in ‘bettering’ my mood. hah hah. Rach and I were really hungry and decided to cross over to PS’s Cartel. Gawd what an oily dinner we had, that sorta lasted me the entire night.
Chicken, fish, fries, shrimp. Take a peek!

Doesn’t look very good here but trust me it wasn’t bad at all. Like I said before I am now a Cartel convert, with Fish & Co out of my list of ‘go-to’s.
Gerald came by a little later. I am sorta happy to see that he and Rach got along well enough and had quite a nice evening all the way to morning and stuff. Maybe they’ll put things behind n move on. Maybe they will iron things out. I don’t know. I don’t wish to interfere. I hope the 2 of them will get things through in their own little way, whichever it may be.
Lionel joined us a tad later. I was kinda apologetic cuz I made him wait for quite a bit. Rach, Gerald and I went to look for shoes, as a present from Rach to me. Beetle bug was where we went to and I had a hard time deciding on what to get. It is all so good. In the end I made my choice, and I told Gerald how bad I kinda felt bout it all. It was almost down to Rach getting me a pair and I get another myself. But I thought for quite a while and decided to pass on the other pair, so we stuck to just the one Rach would get for me.
Marcus called back, to say Narnia was quite a good movie, and that was what’s up next with Gerald and friends. Decided to join in! What the heck. haha. I didn’t know what kinda show it was, and Rach wasn’t very into it but we went anyways. Lionel said he would join, how sweet of him
Out of beetle bug, and we walked past Lee Hwa (I think!) with a 50% tag. Time for some pay back I thought. heh heh. Rach didn’t manage to get her bag and I was kinda sorry all over it so I really wanted to get her something she likes. She had her eyes on this diamond ring, and I thought it was quite nice so after some ding dongs, I bought it for her! Woo hoo. It meant a lot cuz yeh I haven’t really bought rings for anyone, much less a girl heh heh. But she is my sis! Who cares. I think she deserves it. And it looks good on her. If I were a girl I would love that as well. It is so pretty. She has a nice bling bling now. I am sure she will treasure it, and that was what made me decide to buy it. I won’t give a ring to someone who just wants a bling bling to add onto collection and prolly treat them like trash. Not for Rach, I know. Hope you like it!
The Chronicles of Narnia : The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.
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It doesn’t sound like something I would watch. And 2.5 hours! Lionel and I were like, oh no what if we fell asleep during the show. hah hah.
It is about 4 kids, set in the mid of a war torn English city. They were sent to the home of an aged professor on the outskirts of the country, and within the compound, Lucy (the youngest girl) found a wardrobe. A magical one of sorts that leads to another ‘world’ of its own. Where everything’s white, and snowing. A land called Narnia. A land filled with beasts and talking animals, led by an evil self proclaimed queen of Narnia, Jadis. She has a weapon that has the ability to turn anything alive into iced stone, just like how the book (where the film is taken off from) described it as. Prophecy has it that 4 humans, 2 males (sons of adam) and 2 girls (daughters of eve) were Narnia’s only chance to overthrow Jadis and her spell of eternal winter. Azlan, the mighty lion and ruler of the ‘good people’ saw hope in the next king, as forseen by the prophecy in the eldest among the 4 children and the time to get rid of Jadis once and for all. The 2.5 hours has the elements of humour, courage, emotions, selfishness and selflessness as well as greed and evil. I am very impressed with this one despite the late timing we had. I suppose Lionel also made a difference heh heh. Poor boy was shivering in the cold..aiyoz. 9.50 was what we paid for, and despite its magical fantasy theme, it is very very good. Nick knows, whatever Mighty Mark endorses, it is usually quite good. The war scene could be a little more elaborate, but this wasn’t set to be a war themed movie so that is excusable. How the enemy got defeated, was magical, yet surreal. It also emphasises the fact that, size does not matter. The battle is not over, till the war is. Where victory belongs to the one who outwits, outlasts, and outsmarts their adversities. That is how life is like isn’t it. You hit failures and setbacks along the way. You learn from them, become stronger, and move onto bigger challenges. One day, you make it. And victory is yours.
Jadis is like many of us, including me. She must win at every nook and corner. But she did not have the last laugh. Evil deeds come back to haunt, and when they do, its checkmate.
Let us reflect what happened over the past year. The cheers and tears. As we brace ourselves for a new 2006, I’ll like to wish one and all a magnificent new year ahead. If there is a movie worth watching, The Chronicles of Narnia is one. From the amount of stuff I could write bout the story, you’ll see that it doesn’t take a genius to understand a story (like The Promise) yet it leaves you with a good feel at the end of it all. You don’t even know it has been over 2 hours!
I haven’t caught King Kong yet but when I do I will give a take or two.
Have a jolly merry Christmas! I’m outta here for now. Lotsa stuff planned. Watch out for the traffic, and weather! Wherever you are, wherever you go, keep safe.
Mighty Mark —- OUT!
