Terminator Salvation

Watched this movie tonight.

Another whizz, bang action big budget action movie best seen on the big screen or from 10" in front of a 40" telly.

The plot wasn't great, action scenes pretty standard by modern movies. A little bit like Mad Max meets The Matrix with more then a little Terminator thrown in. Oh! and Christian Bale gets another cool bike in this movie as well.

H1N1

The best advice I've received with regard to avoiding H1N1.



Now go wash your hands!!!

Go-Starn

To "go-starn" in the Malaysian lingo (didn't want to say, Malaysian English as it translates across all the Malaysian languages) means to go backwards or reverse. It is not unusual to hear the instruction directed by back-seat drivers to their unfortunate drivers to "go-starn, go-starn lah!"
Which would translate as "Kindly reverse up old chap" in the more genteel word of middle England (if you had Biggles and Bertie Wooster as neighbours)

Do you know where the term comes from?





It derives from the nautical term of "go astern". the Stern being the back of a ship; therefore meaning to go to the back, or reverse. Translated by Malaysians... "Go-starn lah!"

Gattaca in Blu

I've just watched Gattaca on BluRay.

Oh it's a yummy film. So elegant and stylish. And the colours that come through in High Definition!!! Oh... Gershwin for the eyes!!!

Don't you just love that spiral staircase!

One more for the "Bucket List" - the list of things to do before kicking the bucket.

Mercury's Retrograde

My horoscope constantly warns me about being careful, especially with regard to electronic and mechanical equipment when Mercury (my ruling planet) is in retrograde (I don't know what that means either!!)





Being educated in a world of science, I did not pay much attention to such warnings, however with Mercury being in retrograde much of this month, and with the car breaking down last week, and to top it off the car being bumped into last night whilst it was parked in a car park last night; as Mulder would say... "I believe"

I need a new car!

My 14 year old Camry broke down last night.

It took me 3 hours to get it sent to the work-shop.

With 250,000 km under its belt, it looks like I better get serious about getting a new car, but with the current economic situation and with a new house in the pipe-line to pay for, a few adjustments may have to be made.

Angels and Demons

Last night I watched "Angels and Demons".

Once again, Tom Hanks reprises the role of Dr. Robert Langdon; the role he played in "The da Vinci Code" and once again, Tom Hanks's hair style was a distraction throughout the movie as it's now quite ordinary and the fact that it is so and not the distraction it was in the earlier film, makes it even more distracting! (If you know what I mean)

Apart from the haircut, the film was an enjoyable romp through the Vatican, though I'll always appreciate the book more then the film, especially as I was reading it during the ascension of Pope Benedict XVI; the book helped me appreciate the significance of the colour of the smoke emanating from the chimney of St. Marks Cathedral.

However the most sexy thing about the film was not the divine Ayelet Zurer, but the super sexy black Alfas, the police used to whirl around the Vatican with. That defined the tempo of the film, it was a non stop chase; a sort of Italian Job meets Indiana Jones.

Stalker - A great Detective Story

According to information I've gathered from Sitemeter, recently (15th May 2009) someone in Brisbane Australia, did a "Vanity Search" for me and perused this blog-site for 5 minutes. Then they quit this site after reading my profile.

Yes! My first Stalker!!!!

Would this stalker please identify himself/herself.

Talking about the Weather

The recent heat-wave in Malaysia has turned Malaysians into Brits, Always talking if not complaining about the weather.

Please Allah, let us have some rain...

A Year On

Sung to Sargent Pepper's Lone Heart Club Band

It was a whole year ago today
When I decided to start this blog
It was when I needed a rile
A blog was very much in style

So may I introduce this blog
The one and only "Cincaluk"

Views from the Sofa and the gang...