Calvin's Soapbox

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

the deathly hallows freakin' rawkks!


and what did i tell you about "not killing the money tree" huh?

the ending was, simply put, predicable: voldemort dies, harry lives.. everyone is happy.. yada yada yada.. but i have to say that the story as a whole was really good. i mean, i don't remember a book which actually made my heart beat faster as it got more kancheong.

however, i personally felt that although the twist was a stroke a genius, it kinda just fizzled out just before the climax - know what i mean? well, if u don't too bad - go get the book and contribute to JK's already bursting bank account!

after all, if she really keeps to her word that HP7 is the last book, all she has now is the next 2 movies n then she'd be out of the job..

so help her out laaaaaaaa... people single mother la weiii! :D


Monday, July 30, 2007

who wants to see norah jones live in malaysia?

i do i do i do do dooOOooo... (n i know u do too!)

so pls help support this amazing bunch of people at bringnorah.blogspot.com

(waited til i saw the sun... dunno why i didnt cum... tee hee hee)

Sunday, July 29, 2007

i'm a happy pothead!

well although there has been much negative comments about the Order of the Phoenix movie, i personally thoroughly enjoyed it. i'm pretty sure that its a biased opinion since i'm such a huge fan of the potter series.

i have to admit that somewhere in the middle it suddenly got all draggy and even i found it hard staying awake, but it picked up after that so its all good. i guess the only reason i found the story good was cos i re-read the book just before i watched it, so with the storyline fresh in my mind it was pretty interesting watching it on the big screen.

so wats my conclusion? only potter fans or those who've read the book will enjoy this movie. so u know wat to do if u really must watch the movie - go read the damn book! otherwise stop whining like a bitch u are! :P

p/s: why doesn't voldemort have a nose?

Saturday, July 21, 2007

SUCCESS!



now the only problem is that for some reason i can't remember the previous stories and since this is the last of the book in the potter series, i thought i'd just take my time and go thru the previous few books before moving on to the latest one (of cos, i'm sure having to pay rm109.90 for it when carrefour/tesco's selling it for rm69.90 had something to do with it).

the pot war (hmm, doesn't have the same ring as opium war huh?)

i knew that the competition was heating up between the local hypermarkets on price of groceries and fresh produce, but its getting ridiculous when the hypermarts decide to take on a book store!

what am i talking about u ask? tesco & carrefour are selling the latest harry potter book for only 69.90!!



which is really annoying considering i preordered mine from MPH 1u, and my deposit itself was already RM70!!

anyway, JK announced that this is definitely the last potter book (although i really doubt it. i mean would u kill a money tree?)

so anyway, last book or not i'm really curious to know wat happens next so i'll be going over to MPH later to pay RM40 more than if i were to get it from a hypermart. sigh.

Thursday, July 19, 2007

the potter movie has been opened for a grand total of 7 days now and i've not watched it! *gasps for air* oh why oh why doesn't anyone invite me for free sneak previews anymore..?

ah well, the movie's not that kancheong because i already know what happened in that. whats more important is the Deathly Hallows release this saturday!

who's gonna die? who's gonna die?

in case you guys din know (which i'm sure u dont since u're not a pothead fan, that JK initially announced that she will be killing of 3 of the characters in the last book, but later on retracted saying that she decided to "spare" one of them.

so who's it gonna be?


will harry die..?!


oh the suspense of it all..

should i be kiasu and queue up at 1u at 8am in the morning to get my copy (only to finish it by 3pm that very same day?)

hmm.. anyone up to teman me for a rombongan down to 1u on this sat morning? (or better yet.. anyone wanna go pick up my book for me?)

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

note for the day:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEE! talk about mid-life crisis when u have to climb a mountain just to prove to yourself that u're not old.. yet. hehe


mindless violence.. do u likey? i likey.

Q: What do u get if u take away batman's costume, gadgetry, his bruce wayne persona & his money?

A: John McClane (from Die Hard)

tee hee hee.. but seriously, this bugger is hardcore man - he just can't die! just give him a revolver and he will just destroy everything! heck, he single-handedly takes out a chopper and a F-35 fighter jet - from the ground using a car and a brick!! can u get anymore hardcore than that?!

okay, so obviously i just caught Die Hard 4.0 (i think that sounds way cooler then 'Live Free or Die Hard'), and all i can say is this is Bruce Willis doing wat he does best. Kicking badies' asses and blowing 95% of the city up, and walking out of it all virtually unscathed (save a few bullet and flesh wounds).

If 2 hours of solid hardcore action and violence is your thang, then go check it out - you won't be disapppointed. although i was pretty bummed out when Maggie Q died so early in the show. man, i'd let that chick have her way with me anyway, hehe!

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

issit just me or like 99% of the blogs out there is or has already had some mention about the transformers movie? so anyway since i just caught it, i thought i'd jump on the bandwagon and give my 2 sens on the movie as well.

all in all, i just have to say that this is an overly-hyped up movie. when i heard that transformers was coming out, i knew that it was gonna be stupid. i mean, a story with robots transforming into everyday objects is alright for a cartoon in the 80s, but a full fledged hollywood production with REAL people? i dont think so dude.. its just not gonna make any sense!

okay to cut things short i'm gonna just say that the movie kinda sucked!

the acting? BAD!

the storyline? BAD!

but the robots.. zomg! chi choo choo choot.. (the transforming sound, hehe)

its just freaking amazing the amount of detail they put into it. the spinning parts, the blinking lights. heck, they even have moving eyelids! and watching them transform is just freaking orgasmic! chi choo choo choot (i couldn't resist)

so to hell with actors and storyline i say! go watch it for the robots! i mean there's a reason to why they called it "the transformers", and not "a bunch of people with some alien robots" right?

of cos i'm right. now go watch it if u haven't. chi choo choo choot!

(but only if u're an 80s baby, cos without the sentimental factor, the movie would just suck. badly. really badly.)

oh yeah, during the fight sequence between prime and megatron, i found myself hoping that the producers would pay homage to the original cartoon movie by including the classic lines:

Megatron: Why do you throw your life away so recklessly?
Prime: That, Megatron, is a question you should ask yourself!

Those who watched the 1984 cartoon movie (my, has it been that long?) should remember this. Although Megatron did mutter something about why Prime cares about humans or something, but it just ain't the same.

Tuesday, July 03, 2007

so plastered on todays paper once again (okay, it was more like page 4 this time around), is a big-ass pic of our dear leader pak lah, who during the unveiling of the Prime Minister's Department new corporate image, forgot to put on his New Corporate Image Tie! He even went on to say that he thought the one he was wearing was the new corporate image tie because there was some batik motives on it.

here's what the man had to say about it:

I am sorry but I actually chose the wrong tie.. This morning, my wife pointed the tie to me and I was thinking, why did she chose a red tie with yellow spots on it?"

I thought (the corporate tie) must be the one with the batik design, so I took this one,” he said, pointing to the tie he was wearing.

Erm, okaayy.. but shouldn't the Prime Minister be the one who is the most familiar with the new corporate image of the PRIME MINISTER'S DEPARTMENT?!


eh..? new korporat tie are not zis ones?

Next time, must listen to your wife – only when it comes to dressing up – but not on policy matters,” he said to laughter from the assembly.

Newsflash dude - they were probably laughing at you, not with you.

Monday, July 02, 2007

the 3 answers that guys dread the most:

1. Whatever

Guy: What should we have for dinner?
Gal: Whatever
Guy: Lets have steamboat?
Gal: Dont want la, later i get pimples
Guy: Okay, lets have Sichuan cuisine then
Gal: Yesterday ate that already, today eat again?
Guy: Hmm, how about seafood?
Gal: Seafood no good la, later i get diarrhea
Guy: So what do u suggest?
Gal: Whatever..

2. Anything

Guy: What should we do now?
Gal: Anything
Guy: Lets watch a movie? Its been a long time since we watched a movie
Gal: Don't want la, waste time only
Guy: How about bowling? Some exercise will be good
Gal: Exercise on such a hot day? Aren't you tired as it is?
Guy: Okay then lets have a drink and a snack in that cafe
Gal: Drink coffee later cannot sleep la. Eat snacks fat then how?
Guy: Ok fine, so what do u suggest?
Gal: Anything..

3. You Decide

Guy: How about we just go home then?
Gal: You decide
Guy: Okay, lets take the bus
Gal: Buses are dirty and crowded, don't want la
Guy: Fine, we'll take a cab then
Gal: Such a short distance - not worth it le
Guy: In that case lets take a slow walk
Gal: How to walk on an empty stomach?
Guy: Then what u suggest?
Gal: You decide..
Guy: Lets have dinner first
Gal: Whatever..
Guy: So what do u want to eat
Gal: Anything..
Guy: (looks around.. gonna kill her if no one's looking)

Sunday, July 01, 2007

hehe, another one of them hilarious jap game shows