Dr. No (1962)

Dr. No Poster

  • The 1st James Bond film that started the legendary franchise - it also set the theme and many of the precedents for all future Bond movies to follow - the theme song, the stylized intros, the girls..

Villain - Dr. Julius No

Dr. No - Dr. Julius No

  • Introduces the master criminal organization known as SPECTRE (Special Executive for Counter-Intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion)
  • Mastermind behind the project to use radio beams to topple American rockets. Was going to topple American’s rocket launch to orbit the moon. Has a deep underground research facility on Crab Key island off Jamaica.
  • Lost both his hands due to radioactive experiments. Replaced them with super strong mechanical prosthesis.
  • Died by boiling / drowning in radioactive coolant when his mechanical hands didn’t have the traction and grip to pull himself out.

Villain / Bond Girl - Miss Taro (Zena Marshall)

Dr. No - Miss Taro

  • Spy for professor Dent (one of Dr. No’s kulis), tasked to lure Bond to his death - but in the end gets outwitted by Bond himself, who nicely gives her a good fuck before sending her off to the authorities. Way to go Bond!
  • Loved how her bath towel is nicely sculpted to the shape of her boobs.. Hotness level - 3.5/5 stars -

Bond Girl - Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress)

Dr. No - Honey Ryder

  • She was just collecting sea shells on a forbidden island - completely caught in the wrong place at the wrong time! What a premise to throw a hot chiq into the equation.. :P
  • She set the standards for ALL Bond girls to follow, and was one of the hottest sex icons for the decade. That bikini you see, was auctioned off for 35,000 pounds! This scene was ranked #1 in “the 100 Greatest Sexy Moments” on BBC in 2003. In 2007, Australian series 20 to 1 ranked her entrance in Dr. No as the #2 Sexiest Movie Moment.
  • Hotness level - 4/5 stars

From Russia With Love (1963)

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  • A much better film compared to Dr. No - probably due to the higher budget, and continuity in the storyline. There’s a lot more humor here, with better one liners.
  • Also, the first true bond gadget is introduced here - a special briefcase kit with an exploding teargas canister for those who don’t know how to open it, concealed dagger, 20 gold sovereigns, hidden bullets and a modular rifle.
  • Interesting due to all the double crossing involved compared to the straight forward approach of the first film.

Villains - SPECTRE #5 Kronsteen and #3 Rosa Klebb

From Russia With Love - SPECTRE #5 Kronsteen and #3 Rosa Klebb

  • Kronsteen, Chess Grandmaster devises the plan to pit the Russians and British against each other by staging a trap where the British is given an opportunity to steal the Russian Lektor decoding machine.
  • Rosa Klebb is appointed to source for the girl to lure Bond into the trap, and the assassin to kill him.
  • They both eventually die pathetic deaths - none of which from Bond’s hands. :P

Villains - Red Grant

From Russia With Love - Red Grant

  • The master assassin tasked to kill James Bond. Trademark use is of a wire garrote built into his watch.
  • Dies in a brutal fight with Bond on a train, in a reversal by Bond, who uses the same wire garrote to kill him.

Bond Girl - Tatiana Romanova (Daniela Bianchi)

From Russia With Love - Tatiana Romanova

  • The unwitting pawn of Rosa Klebb, tasked with meeting Bond and handing over the Lektor Decoding machine.
  • Of course, she eventually falls for Bond.. :)
  • Hotness level 3/5 stars.

Goldfinger (1964)

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  • The first true Bond blockbuster - this film was a tremendous success, won multiple awards and ensured that the Bond franchise will forever continue..
  • Gold smuggling, homing devices, the very first Bond car - with a passenger ejection seat, front firing machine guns, rear oil slicks, smoke dispenser and bullet screen, cheating at cards & golf, the very first appearance of a laser beam in a movie, compacting a car into scrap, nerve gas dispensing planes, a nuclear bomb, and a high altitude plane decompression.. Goldfinger has them all!

Villain - Auric Goldfinger

Goldfinger - Auric Goldfinger

  • Hatches an insane plan to rob.. no irradiate Fort Knox that holds the entire American gold reserves to raise the value of his own gold stockpile.
  • Besides being filthy rich, and overweight, there’s nothing particularly menacing about this dude. He isn’t even part of SPECTRE.
  • Dies by getting his fat body sucked out of the window of a plane…

Villain - Oddjob

Goldfinger - Oddjob

  • One of the most memorable screen villains of all time. The personal aide to Goldfinger.
  • Don’t let his stout frame mislead you. This badass can throw his steel edged bowler hat and decapitate stone statues, or crush golf balls with his bare hands.
  • Just too bad the electricity conducting element of his steel hat will prove to be his downfall..

Villain / Bond Girl - Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman)

Goldfinger - Pussy Galore

  • I’m not kidding, her screen name REALLY IS Pussy Galore. Who writes these scripts!
  • Head of a flying circus, and the key for Goldfinger’s plans to distribute nerve gas around Fort Knox. Too bad Bond successfully seduces her with what must have been a goddamn good fuck, because she switch sides at the very end and betrays Goldfinger.
  • This auntie is SO NOT hot. Hotness Level 1/5.

Bond Girl - Jill Masterson (Shirley Eaton)

Goldfinger - Jill Masterson

  • Just a girl who helps Goldfinger cheats at cards, but once her cover is blown, she decides to join Bond instead.
  • Goldfinger apparently didn’t think this was funny, cause he kills her by painting her entirely in gold paint (death by skin suffocation). Yeah right, like that can happen in real life…
  • She looked mighty fine in her black lacy underwear, but her face leaves much to be desired. Hotness Level 2.5/5

Bond Girl - Tilly Masterson (Tania Mallet)

Goldfinger - Tilly Masterson

  • Jill Masterson’s sister who crosses path with Bond while trying to take revenge for her sister’s death by assassinating Goldfinger.
  • Bond doesn’t really get to sleep with Tilly, and Tilly dies quite prematurely in the film too but she was definitely hot enough to be included here since the MAIN Bond Girl (Pussy Galore) was so unsatisfying..
  • Hotness Level 3/5

Thunderball (1965)

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  • SPECTRE hijacks a bomber, lands it at the bottom of the ocean (the most unrealistic thing you’ll see), and steals two live atomic bombs on it. Threatens to blow up two cities unless the world government pays 100 million pound sterlings. *smirks at the amount after the recent American bailout debacle*..
  • Bond nearly dies on a giant vibrating bed (spine stretcher). True, he almost dies in lots of other scenes, but this was easily the MOST ludicrous.
  • Plastic surgery impersonation ala Face/Off makes a brief appearance here, with a cool detachable yacht (kinda like Enterprise D) but the highlight of the movie will be the long drawn out elaborate underwater battle between SPECTRE agents, MI6 Frogmen, and Bond himself - with scuba gear, harpoons, knifes, sharks and a lot of “I incapacitate you by knocking your goggles off” parts.

Villain - SPECTRE #2 Emilio Largo

Thunderball - Emilio Largo

  • Menacing eye patch, and mastermind over the atomic bomb thefts. Nothing special about him, except that he has a pool filled with sharks that he enjoys throwing people in.
  • He also happens to ‘have’ a lady that Bond covets (see below), and will die by getting harpooned in the back by her.. Likely payback for all the ‘harpooning’ she got from him over the years..

Villain / Bond Girl - Fiona Volpe (Luciana Paluzzi)

Thunderball - Fiona Volpe

  • Largo’s femme fatale henchwoman, who is eventually tasked to kill Bond.. AFTER making love to him first of course.
  • Too bad she and her body guards are quite incompetent.. cause a bullet meant for Bond, ended up killing her instead. Tsk tsk.
  • The scene where Bond catches her in the bathtub, and she asks for something to wear, and Bond calmly just passes her shoes was priceless.. :D Hotness Level - 3.5/5

Bond Girl - Dominique ‘Domino’ Derval (Claudine Auger)

Thunderball - Dominique 'Domino' Derval

  • Her ‘guardian’ is Largo, who double crossed her brother during the bomb heist. When Bond reveals this to her, she willingly partakes in the attempt to stop Largo. However for the entire movie - she doesn’t really do much except provide some on screen eye candy.
  • She was marvelous in her black white ‘domino’ bikini. Growll. Hotness Level - 4/5

You Only Live Twice (1967)

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  • This film takes things to new absurd levels where SPECTRE sends up their own spacecraft to capture both American and Russian space modules to cause the next World War.
  • Get ready for some corny space scenes, oriental beauties, helicopter dogfight, and an epic ninja vs henchmen battle in a secret massive volcano base.
  • Screenplay was written by Roald Dahl (YES - that same witty kid literature author).

Villain - SPECTRE #1 Ernst Stavro Blofeld

You Only Live Twice - Ernst Stavro Blofeld

  • After multiple teaser shots of showing just his hands stroking his white cat in the previous Bond films, this is the first appearance of SPECTRE’s #1.
  • Gosh, no thanks to Austin Powers, all I see in him is just a Dr. Evil. A really short un-intimidating one.

Villain / Bond Girl - Helga Brandt (Karin Dor)

You Only Live Twice - Helga Brandt

  • OMG, the lamest villain part in history. What is this, she catches him, ties him up, seduces him, then lets him go, then gets on a plane with him (supposedly to escape) only to reveal its a trap and jumps out leaving him in it. MAKE UP YOUR MIND BITCH.
  • Deserved to die via lame horrible execution by #1 in a pirahna pool…

Bond Girl - Aki (Akiko Wakabayashi)

You Only Live Twice - Aki

  • Japanese SIS Agent who saves Bond’s pathetic ass more than once.
  • Poor girl dies from poison that was meant for Bond.
  • Despite being a true femme fatale, she looked a bit weird to me. Hotness Level 3/5

Bond Girl - Kissy (Mie Hama)

You Only Live Twice - Kissy

  • She was Bond’s undercover wife as he and the ninjas infiltrate the volcano island.
  • Va va voom! Doesn’t do much cept run around with Bond in a bikini during the last 40 minutes of the movie. Hotness Level 4.5/5

Thats it, the first 5 Bond movies, watched over the span of 3 days. 16 more to go. Seriously doubt that I can finish them AND write blog reviews in time before the Quantum of Solace is released.. So did I help jog some of your memories? Although most these girls are in their 70’s now, they were quite an eyeful back then.. :)

Only managed to squeeze in 10 movies in September due to an overly hectic schedule…

The Longest Yard (2005)

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  • Remake of a 1974 movie with the same name and premise. Adam Sandler plays Paul Crewe, a MVP football player under suspcision of fixing a game, and ends up getting jailed. There he will put together a football team of convicts and criminals to take on the prison guards…
  • Typical Hollywood underdog vs superior team sports flick. Of course, with Adam Sandler, it’s also a comedy - but one with plenty of forgettable jokes.
  • Watchable only if you enjoy watching American football films, but even then - this movie stretches believability to the limit. I honestly didn’t feel for any of the characters, and neither was it particularly inspiring. Passable.

Doomsday (2008)

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  • Another English production following the funky over-the-top action-filled fun similar to the Mad Max series. Plot wise, don’t expect anything original, but do brace yourself for some really in your face craziness.
  • Doomsday pays homage to virus films like 28 days later with a hot zombie-mowing actress like Resident Evil, factions at war like Underworld, fantasy like LOTR, futuristic punk, mad car chases and fights, simply put - the ultimate hodge podge of awesomeness.
  • *Spoilers* You will even appreciate the sick humour in the film via its many pointless violence and sarcasm. Imagine a bunch of cannibals roasting a human captive on a device with a welded sign stating “MediumRareKrispy”, or how as the good guys escape a medieval castle down the stairs and you catch a signboard at the side stating “Emergency Exit”. Imagine how the Prime Minister suddenly gets splattered with blood from an infected, and subsequently blows his brains out. That’s the sort of comedy you get here, and it rocks!
  • Totally fun filled romp through sci-fi, fantasy, horror, comedy and more!

John Rambo (2008)

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  • John Rambo is back! This time, Sylvester Stallone not only helps write the script, but he’s the director too. Not too bad a job I might add.
  • The plot is really simple.. old wrinkled Rambo tries to find peace in Thailand where he ends up helping a bunch of missionaries get into war torn Burma. Naive missionaries get killed / captured, and Rambo tags along with a bunch of mercenaries to rescue them (of course its all just an excuse to dish out some major hurt).
  • The MOST violent movie I’ve ever watched. The MOST realistic violence too. Realistic in the sense that it doesn’t try to hide what REALLY happens when you get shot with a .50 caliber machine gun or a sniper rifle. You won’t see quite as many people getting dismembered, shot, chopped, stabbed, blown apart, mutilated, beheaded in your face compared to any other movie in history. It’s got an on screen body count of 236 (or average 2.59 deaths per minute)..
  • If you are looking for an action movie style massacre - Rambo’s a no-brainer. I absolutely didn’t mind the ‘not so hidden’ message about pacifism and religion in the film either. :)

The Bank Job (2008)

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  • A bank heist movie based on what is supposedly a true cover up of a real bank job called The Baker Street Robbery in 1971. That case was never conclusively solved, with news coverage being silenced by a government imposed ‘D-Notice’ for reasons of national security. This movie is a fun filled, entertaining fictionalized account of the entire incident.
  • British film, with some English humour. Well acted with lots of witty one-liners. Edge of your seat plot twisting circumstances, and a very tense ending as you wonder how the protagonists will ever make their way out of the mess they got themselves in. Very satisfying, well directed, well written movie - highly recommended. :)

The 40 Year-Old Virgin (2005)

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  • Yeah I know I’m watching this a bit late - considering the same producers and writers have gone on to release hits like Superbad and Knocked Up. So I eventually watched it on one of my bus trips down to Singapore. The title says it all - no need synopsis.. :)
  • Steve Carrell landed the perfect role as the poor guy that has to come to terms with his virginity, and his group of friends who are trying to get him laid. Most importantly, despite all the comedy - you actually do end up caring what happens to him..
  • And it does have some classic scenes! It had a great mix of humour - slapstick, vulgar, racist and intelligent witty one liners. There were moments when I couldn’t help laughing and chuckling to myself on the bus.. :P Well, it was rated as the Best Comedy for 2005 by RottenTomatoes (84%) which is quite surprising for a raunchy film.. :P

True Romance (1993)

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  • Wow oh wow - what a movie! A hooker falls in love with a comic bookstore owner, and through some of the strangest circumstances, come into possession of a suitcase filled with cocaine. Things get really hairy of course, when they try to sell the cocaine..
  • The synopsis above doesn’t do this movie justice. The movie was written by the maestro Quentin Tarantino himself, except that he ended up not directing it. But it’s still got his trademark ultra memorable scenes etched all over it. You will remember the events in this film looong after you watch it. They do NOT make movies like this anymore.
  • It’s got a superb cast list - filled with top names that don’t get more than 10 seconds worth of screen time. Samuel L Jackson dies within the first minute appearing, Brad Pitt doesn’t do anything at all in the film except being stoned, Val Kilmer’s face isn’t even visible! Oh yeah, and Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper delivers one of the most tense interrogation scenes in movie history. Let’s not forget that the two romance leads are played wonderfully by Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette.
  • Brutal, shocking, funny, tense and very entertaining. Super Underrated Awesome Movie. :)

Mr. Woodcock (2007)

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  • A comedy about a super stern and borderline abusive gym teacher and one of his students who underwent hell under him. Fast forward years later, the kid is now a successful ’self-help’ author (played by Seann William Scott), goes back to his hometown, and discovers that same teacher dating his mom. There goes the self-help principles he preaches right out the window..
  • Generally about 2 men competing for the affection of 1 woman, and about coming to terms with his past. However, the whole depiction is pretty shallow and aimless. Don’t expect to get any moral message in this movie.
  • Billy Bob Thornton should stop accepting all these hard ass male roles.. his previous comedy Schools for Scoundrels wasn’t much to shout about either. Expressionless, uni-dimensional with forgettable humour. Eeck.

Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium (2007)

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  • A kid’s movie about a magical toy store ran by the eccentric and lovable Mr. Magorium (Dustin Hoffman). Unfortunately, Mr. Magorium’s time is coming to an end, and he decides to hand the store down to his apprentice and shopkeeper Molly Mahoney (Natalie Portman).
  • Colourful, bright and young at heart movie, which is wonderfully acted - particularly by Dustin Hoffman with his nasally weird voice. Natalie Portman’s really sweet in this movie too - the only thing I disliked was her sticklike stiffy orchestrator performance at the very end of the film. Even Jason Bateman’s stoned acting was well placed in this movie as Henry Weston, the mutant accountant.
  • Note that this is not an artistic movie, nor is it serious or does it try to break any norms. The storytelling is simple, divided into chapters like the book, and is filled with lots of funky toys, activities, sights and sounds that just doesn’t make sense, and only serves to either make you go “wow, I love that!” or “What the heck is this nonsense”.
  • I’m fairly certain this movie will not appeal to everyone. You have to be very young at heart (loving all things odd, strange and cute) to fully appreciate the Wonder Emporium. I know I did - especially the depressive ugly monkey that just wants a hug. :)
  • It’s got some good morals in it though, about how we should never lose faith in ourselves, and learn to look at the world in a little more carefree light. Through the eyes of a child, there is always wonder all around us. After all, as quoted by Mr. Magorium himself.. “even 37 seconds, well used, is a lifetime..”

Vantage Point (2008)

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  • The President of the United States gets assassinated by a sniper during a public summit. Moments later, bombs go off at the location. Vantage Point is an action suspense thriller that takes you through the entire event via 8 different people’s perspectives.
  • Basically, the movie will unfold for about 10 mins, then rewind and restart all the way at the beginning again through someone else’s viewpoint. In total, you’ll see things through the eyes of a television news producer, secret service agents, an american tourist, the president himself, and .. I shall not spoil the movie for you. ;) Think of it as about the same 20 minutes repeatedly being squeezed into 2 hours of movietime.
  • The constant rewinding had it’s frustrating moments. I felt that it could have been done better - for one, lose the stupid clock timer. However, the way the story unfolded was great cinema writing (and cinematography planning), at the end everything comes together as though it was all due to fate or some higher power..
  • Huge names dot this movie - Dennis Quaid, Sigourney Weaver, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, William Hurt. Pretty decent performances from most of them.. (Matthew Fox is expressionless as ever). Action scenes were really choppy but effective. Music keeps you at the edge of your seat.
  • Overall, not too bad an action movie to dig your heels into PROVIDED that you won’t get annoyed at constant repeats, how everything seems to be so convenient, plot holes and goofs aplenty (if you’ve got a sharp eye), a non existent background story and the wee bit of American propaganda.

The Hoax (2006)

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  • Based on the actual story of how an author by the name of Clifford Irving almost managed to pull off one of the biggest publication lies in history - faking an autobiography of billionaire Howard Hughes. For those who don’t remember, Howard Hughes is the eccentric recluse businessman depicted by Leonardo Dicaprio in The Aviator .
  • Richard Gere gives one of the best performances in his career as Clifford Irving, as he falls ever deeper into his own web of lies. Forced to forge Howard Hughes writing, voice, and the way he thinks - Richard Gere clearly portrays how prolonged acts of impersonation can often lead to psychological distress.
  • The movie was beautifully directed, with plenty of near miss suspenseful moments - just as you think the jig is up, Irving manages to pull off the impossible and keeps the lie going. These are the highlights of the film, as you just don’t know how it’s all going to unfold.
  • What is it with movies about conmen - one can’t help marvel at their ability to fool everyone around them, yet there is still the constant dread that they will be caught eventually? Great drama with good pacing - definitely worth a watch.
28th Sep, 2008

Joining an Anti ISA Rally

I’d like to say first off that I’m not into Malaysian politics. I never felt the need to pledge a strong allegiance to any political party, nor have I ever attended any DAP ceramahs or rallies by the Opposition. This rally wasn’t political.

Politics is politics - it’s always a dirty game, filled with lies, corruption and empty promises. This will NEVER change. But when politics infringes on a citizen’s basic human rights, when gross injustice is perpetrated, when criminals walk free, when fires of racism is blatantly used to blackmail the masses, that’s when my own boundaries are crossed.

The straw that broke my back was when the Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar signed an order to detain blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin for 2 years without trial. What the fuck was that about. And this was JUST after all the previous bullshit of:

  • Detaining MP Teresa Kok because she supposedly submitted a petition to reduce the volume of the azan prayer loudspeakers - when even the council of mosques have stated that she submitted no such thing. Or even if she did, how is this exactly a threat to national security?
  • Detaining journalist Tan Hoon Cheng just because she quoted Ahmad Ismail’s racially inflammatory speech. Oh wait, no she was detained cause there was ’supposed threats to her life’. What the heck, does this Syed Hamid think we’re stupid? And Ahmad Ismail - the real racist bastard, merely gets a slap on the wrist.

I mean, I’ve had enough of this. Malaysia’s my home too. RPK is a champion of the people for bravely speaking out against the corrupt government. Some of his racial commentaries may be very caustic, but they are merely truths as he sees it. More likely he was jailed due to his large network of contacts giving him unprecedented dirty information on our leaders. RPK’s detention under the ISA was the only thing BN could do to silence him - short of actually assassinating him (charging him under the sedition act, and banning his site obviously didn’t work).

True, the culprit here is BN, abusing a draconian law to suit their own needs. I know I can’t get rid of BN now, and what’s to stop the next governing party from abusing this same law again?

The very least I could do is to join a peaceful rally yesterday night to voice my discontent at this archaic law. To protest against the unlawful detention of 64 prisoners at Kamunting - some of which have been there for years, torn apart from their families, and abused by the guards and wardens there.

A well edited MalaysiaKini video of yesterday night
Watch till 3:36! I lol-ed :P

Here are some of my photos:

Anti ISA Rally 1

In front of Dataran Merdeka

It started at about 7pm. The police sent a force to cordon off the entire Dataran Merdeka, and deny the gathering access to the field. So we ended up standing on the main road, causing massive traffic congestion.

Some slight jittery moments when riot police showed up with shields and helmets. But with such a muhibbah group, with Chinese, Malays, Mat Sallehs and MPs amongst the bulk of the Hindraf crowd - I was pretty certain they wouldn’t do anything drastic (as long as we kept our peace - which we did).

Then again, I counted no more than 20 police officers, who pretty much left us to our own devices.

Anti ISA Rally 2

Marching along Jalan Tun Perak (in front of Masjid Jamek station)

Thousands of us marching along with our candles, chanting “Mansuhkan ISA!, Valgha Hindraf!, Bebaskan RPK! and Makkal Sakthi!”

Anti ISA Rally 3

In front of Pudu Pilliayar Temple

We were eventually diverted up the road near Puduraya to Jalan Pudu Lama where the gathering massed for more chants, songs, prayers and interviews.

Anti ISA Rally 4

Lighting some candles along the roadside

The rally lasted until about 9 plus, before we dispersed.

And some awesome photos from Vignes who went as well:

Anti ISA Rally 5

Anti ISA Rally 6

Anti ISA Rally 7

Anti ISA Rally 8

Links to news articles and blogs on the Rally:

Oh, and Happy Birthday Raja Petra!

27th Sep, 2008

Old Friends

Met up with some really old friends recently..

Faz’s Belated Birthday Gathering

Rhu Jan! A GilaGanger, who’s changed so much since I last saw her (no longer the geeky small girl with thick specs) :P Still has that splitting smile though from before, and still as cute as ever.

Finally managed to meet up with her over dinner (she was in New Zealand for about 5 years studying interior architecture), and she agreed to join us for a round of Werewolves at the KL Plaza apartment suites.

The REAL agenda was to have a secret belated birthday celebration for Faz. :) Thanks to Laura for securing the party venue for the night!

Faz's Bday - Rhu Jan, Faz & FoOie

L-R : Rhu Jan, Faz & FoOie

Faz's Bday - Happy Face Smearing!

Happy Face Smearing! We Love you Faz :)

Faz's Bday - Groupshot

A bunch of mad lycanthropes :)

Matthew’s Wedding Dinner

Matthew, or Meng Ooi as I know him was a secondary school friend of mine. We haven’t really met or spoken to each other in more than a decade!

A BIG HEARTY Congratulations to him on his wedding, and big thanks for the invitation as well - without which I wouldn’t have been able to meet up with some other old BBians too - Yap Leng San, Wesley Ong & Mok Yoong Ming.

Matthew's Wedding - The Couple

The Happy Couple

Was really happy to also meet up with Ng Ee Lin from my high school years - gosh, I’ve missed this girl SO MUCH. My adolescence was filled with crazy water fights, sleepovers, parties and gatherings over at her house in BU, and an unforgettable post SPM hotel hopping trip with friends in Penang.

Matthew's Wedding - Ewe Jin, FoOie & Ee Lin

Ewe Jin, FoOie & Ee Lin

Ahh the good ole days. :D

I know I know, it’s been awhile since I updated this blog. :(

I’m sure many of you would have heard of my recent big decision to head down to Singapore to work at the end of October. I’ve just been awfully busy with my preparations, planning and organizing my relocation. There’s just simply so much to do and so little time!

Anyway, here are some way overdue updates. Promise more to come soon! :)

Panoramic Clone Shots

This was initially Darrell’s photography assignment. He needed a venue and models, so I volunteered and we dragged Li Yi into the picture too. Photos were taken at Faz’s house (thanks Faz!)

Clone Photos - Kitchen

The Kitchen

Clone Photos - Living Room

The Living Room

Clone Photos - Garden

The Garden

All photos courtesy from Darrell - I just did the ugly photoshopping and panorama stitching.. :)

Bangsar Delicious - FoOie & Li Yi

Dessert at Bangsar Delicious

Bangsar Delicious - Brownie Art

Half Eaten Brownie Art?

Look Out Point

I’ve heard of this place a few times by people claiming its arguably one of the best night views of KL. Due to the remote location however, I never figured out how to get there.. until recently.. Thanks to Li Yi of course, who’s a regular up there to pak tor.. haha :P

Look Out Point - FoOie, Li Yi & Darrell

FoOie, Li Yi & Darrell

Look Out Point - Nightline

And a night scene photo from my Olympus.

Look Out Point actually seems like a pretty decent hang out spot. Located deep in Ampang off Jalan Hulu Langat, make sure you get proper directions before heading up to avoid getting lost. It’s got cafes on the cliff side where you can sit down for a drink and enjoy the view till late into the night…

Let’s go yum char there!


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