OMG Eclipse!

I went to watch 'Eclipse' last Friday with my hubby and son. I know three's a crowd but I had to bring my son along. It's either Eclipse with my son or no Eclipse at all. I opted for the former of course!
As for the movie, it's the best out of the three Twilight Saga so far. My hubby agrees to this too. It has romance, comedy and action, all rolled into one. Although, the movie jumped a bit during the first half of it, Eclipse is still awesome. Maybe it should be broken into two movies like 'Breaking Dawn' I guess. There are so much to show but so little time. Heck! why they don't just make it a 3-hour movie. I don't mind especially with Jacob's abs and Edward's face to feast my eyes on ...OME! I'm melting all over again. I saw the picture stills and I have reservations about Edward's face actually but he looked sooo handsome in the film. And my fear is for nothing!
As for the acting itself, I think R.Pattz improved tremendously. He is sooo Edward in 'Eclipse'. His tortured face, his sly grin, his boyish charm...get a grip on yourself Lin! and Kristen Stewart has finally dropped her stuttering imitation of Bella. and Jacob..sweet Jacob. I can just eat him up! I just love all the cast but maybe they should also focus on each newborn a little bit.


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This review is so outdated. I didn't even realize I wrote this without finishing it. Now I don't remember how to finish it. Got to wait until I watch it on DVD I guess...sorry...

TWILIGHT ROCKS

I love Twilight books to the max. Why? Because I like fantasy...that's why I like Harry Potter books, The Chronicle of Narnia, Lord of the Rings and Vampire Diaries to name a few. I guess not every people would understand this craziness but I don't care and I won't stop telling people about it.
I've been a dreamer my whole life and I have dreamed that I would find this tall, dark and handsome guy one day...well at least I got the handsome part correctly...according to me that is. Since young I've read love stories on fairy tales, stories of princesses and princes from other countries, Sweet Dreams series and Mills & Boons, when I was in STF! So, when I read a little movie called 'Twilight' in 'Galaxie' magazine in November 2008, I was intrigued. I saw the picture of R.Pattz and K.Stew as 'Edward and Bella' and I was in love at first sight! I quickly went to find the book because from my experience with Harry Potter movies, the film will never do justice to the book. And boy...when I read it, I was in for a treat. I finished the book in record time. It was very hard for me to put the book down even for a meal or a relief.
The story is mesmerising and the characters are awesome. I also love the fact that it champions chastity. It's a pure clean fun. I admit that the dialogue is quite cheesy but who cares! And Edward Cullen is perfect. He is so handsome, so romantic, so understanding and so unselfish. Although I'm 38 and a mother of two, I could fall in love with him over and over again. And he is fictional...my husband won't mind if I fantasise about him. The way he loves Bella is every woman's dream. He loves her unconditionally. That's why older women fancy Edward, I guess. He reminds us of the perfect gentleman that we have been looking for since we were young. As for Bella, well she's one lucky girl and we have all dreamed to be in her shoes. And the rest of the characters, they are just awesome, the vampires with their special abilities and humans with their innocence.
My husband is Team Twilight of course and this is one cunning scheme of mine. You see, nobody of my age is crazy as I am in this small town so I would be dateless on watching Twilight. So, he was intrigued that I was so engrossed with the book that he asked me to translate the story to him. Well he tried to read one of Narnia's books before and he gave up after a few pages and the book is M.I.A until now. I'm not going to take the risk with my precious 'Twilight'! To cut the story short, I told him the story minus the cheesy parts and he's hooked right away.
After reading the first book and having watched the movie, I tried to find the rest of the books. I managed to finish all three in five days! All the while translating to my dear husband too. And he's the one who's pestering me with 'what happens next' question.
I love New Moon and Breaking Dawn and I like Eclipse. When I finished the books, I was at lost as if I have lost my friends. To satiate this, I started googling anything that is Twilight. I've read Midnight Sun and it is such a WOW. I hope Stephenie Meyer will finish and publish it one day.
I love the Twilight books and I am proud of it. To those who don't get this, just give the book a chance. You might be suprised at yourself because everyone like a good love story...


My shoutouts goes to K.Nah : I've finally posted something on Twilight so you must now your promise to read my blog and be a follower. Next stop-my review on Eclipse movie.

Argentina sucks! I'm a woman and I love football!

Yeah... you read it right...I'm a football craze. People raised their eyebrows when I said this, just because I'm a lady.
I've been lazy lately... in fact very lazy to post anything in my blog. And I've gained a few kilos too! I've been busy watching the World Cup you see. The games were on tv everyday, every evening, every night and every morning! and I have watched most of the games even the 2.30 am games especially when my fave teams were playing. (How I love working in the afternoon!) Now, I have a breather since the 1st semifinal is two nights away. How do I love it so far? Well, I'm still jumping with joy because my fave teams are in the semifinals and Argentina is finally out!I'm no glory hunter but I love Germany, Spain, England, Brazil and Holland since 1986, I think. I can still remember some of the famous players back then...Rummenigge, Alan Shearer, Roberto Carlos and Ruud Gullit to name a few. And I hate Argentina since Maradona's hand of God. Well, they are also the best actors on the field and never a 'fairplay' team.
I was torn inside when the Germans was playing against England...the Dutch vs Brazil... This is unfair! Fifa should follow the tennis match-ups. The no.1 player never plays against the no.2 player until the final. Now world no.2(Spain) is meeting no.3(Germany) in the semifinal! Who am I rooting for? I just can't pick between these two. They are equal in my eyes but I'll pick one of them when they play against Holland in the final.
Although my fave teams are mostly European teams, I also rooted for the minnows like Ivory Coast, Ghana and New Zealand especially when they played against Argentina and Italy. The African teams didn't play well as I had hoped but I'm proud of the Asian teams. South Korea and Japan did so well but luck was not on their side. I'm impressed with their skills and gameplay. I can only dream that one day Malaysia can play like that.
Aaargh...the referees! They are so blind and biased. I wept for the teams that went out thanks to the referees' blunders. I can understand the call for technology in football but I'm only for the microchip in the ball and extra referees at the goalposts. Other than that, it will only take the beauty out of the game. Just bring Baldy(Molina) back please!
Emmm....RTM... stop blaming them people! Just blame yourself and Astro. Are you blind? or deaf maybe... It's written and announced everywhere long before WC that RTM will not be showing all matches live! And didn't you all know that Astro has the exclusive right. Heck RTM has to take the draw on which matches to show live. Funny that they only got lame match-ups. Smelling fish anyone?
Back to the beautiful game... I love Germany vs Argentina the best! First, because the German has thrashed my most hated team. Secondly, it's the best of Germany I've seen so far. Jaochim Loew stays true to Klinsmann's revolutionary style. Those who have seen how the Germans played in the 80's and 90's would agree with me. The action was non-stop and they ruled the game. Then we have England vs Germany. It's just packed with drama. I just hope that the semis and final will be nothing short of heart-stopping moments. As for the other teams' reviews... Italy and France are old news. They are still playing like in the 90's. (Italy was just lucky in 2006). Brazil must go back to their samba ways and enroll in anger-management class. England... fire your midfielders and defenders! Argentina...what goes around will come around. Try to win the fairplay award for once. You're too humble dear African teams. Get it in your head that it's never enough to be in the first round to New Zealand and Australia.
Lastly, I am relieved that an African witch-doctor got it wrong to say that Argentina will be the champion. You should take a prophecy course under Paul the octopus, the true oracle or the Nostradamus of WC 2010. I wonder what Paul has to say about Germany vs Spain...

P.S: Paul has picked Spain for the win! Should I weep now????

My shoutouts go to my hubby and my brother: You cannot simply switch teams when Brazil and Argentina are out!

I love Iron Man 2...

I went to watch Iron Man last week. Two things happened to me...
First, never trust the reviews. See it for yourself. I always tell myself this but somehow I got suck into somebody's opinion again and again. Iron Man was quite good actually and entertaining too.. There's never the problem of too many villains or too many subplots. Everything just gel together nicely. I never once got confused. Are the critics watching the same movie? In fact it was better than the first movie (except for Don Cheadle...) R.Downey was so much wittier. The action scenes were non-stop...contrary to the reviews. To those movie critics, get a life or make your own movie guys! Movies are for entertainment! If you want to be educated, read a book!
Having said that, I'm still wary of Eclipse. Yes, of course the trailers are awesome but so were New Moon's. But the film itself... so dissapointing. I read on Twitter that a few lucky fans, courtesy of Oprah, got to watch the rough cut and they love it. Of course this is from Twihards. After New Moon, I'm a sceptic. See... I love Twilight movie way more. I think Catherine Hardwicke really captured the characters' emotions. New Moon was a mess and I hate the hairdos. Twilight is the best! Cross my fingers for Eclipse.
Another thing was, I almost fell going down the steps after the movie. My hubby didn't help me at all but he just looked at me incredulously and asked, "Why did you trip?" ( Pasai pa nak jatuh!) And here an odd couple in front of us were holding hands all the way down. Instead of being angry at him I just want to laugh by the audacity of the situation. By the looks of it, they are not married yet. And people always say men treat women nicely when they are still bf and gf. But when they get married, all these gentlemanly gestures will go away. Is is true? As for my hubby, I blame myself. See, I still marry him although there was one day where I really fell and he just walked away. I should have left him right there and then!

My shoutouts to Twihards in Jitra and S.Petani : Let's us make sure they will screen Eclipse here. No more travelling to Penang just to watch the movie please.

Lee Dweyze rocks!

Yey! Lee wins as I've expected. Crystal did out sang Lee but that's reality TV folks. Like it or hate it. So another reality singing prog. ends. I 'll live with Mentor...
Simon Cowell has finally left the building. Will AI be relevant without Simon? Only time will tell. Who likes the finale? I did...at least for the first hour. They're too much singing that I felt like being boxed to the ears. I was surfing the net in the next hour that I missed the all AI sing-a-long tribute. I read that it was the highlight of the show. Now I have to catch the repeats just to see that. And I've missed two repeats already. I'll wait for Sunday's repeat.
I agree with E!online that Lee's win was overshadowed by Simon's tribute. Do you? You're unfair FOX! Lee should have his moment.
Back to this year's finalists, it's just like AF8. They're no more WOW factor. I think both shows are taking its toll on viewers. But I'd still be watching when they come back next year. You see I'm a sucker for these kind of shows. Oh why they didn't show DWTS's shows in Malaysia...sob! :(
Another fave of mine has ended too. Criminal Minds anyone? The season 4 finale was such a cliffhanger that I cheated. I know season 5 is currently showing in the US and I just can't wait until next year. I assume it'll be next year, right 8TV? Anyway, I read the season opener's overview and Spoiler Alert! I was so relieved! But then I read another overview and ... I stopped myself from reading more overviews. Damn this internet!
There's a silver lining in the cloud though. The slot is being replaced by Vampire Diaries! Hope that it's good as I've read it from so many comments. Time to hit the book. I like to read the book first before I watch the visual interpretation of it you see. Want to know my verdict? See ya!


My shoutouts to ex-STFians 85-89 esp. 5SS: I'm looking for all of you in fb as we speak!

I am an ex-AF Fan...

Just until the next season of AF that is. I watched the final concert and yes, as I predicted, Shahir won it. Sadly, he didn't sing like a champion. But he redeemed himself at the end. He sang his first single way much better then. But WHAT! Iwan was fifth? I thought he sang way much better than Maulana. Anyway, I think Daus was the best performer of the night. He sang and performed like a pro.

Everyone has his/her own opinion though. My mom loves Shahir's song to death... which got me thinking...she'll ask us to download the song as her HP's ring tone just like Siti's/Hafiz's winning song anytime now. Adlin said that it is an old-fashioned song. I kinda agree with Adlin here. Remember when Shahir sang 'Tiara'? It's like a sequel to that song.

Now that AF has ended, I can concentrate on something else like the World Cup in 3 weeks time!
And the AI final is tomorrow morning. My bet is on Lee Dewyze. Sorry Crystal... I'm a rock chick not a hippie lover. Hope the best man wins!

As for Mentor, I definitely believe Mas Idayu won't win it this time. Shaq sang 'ke laut' last Sunday. This is not a good sign Mas. So brace yourself for a defeat. It might come sooner than you think.



My shoutouts to my mother: You cannot use my son as an excuse to watch AF anymore mother...

AF8 is simply the best...NOT! the worst.

AF8 is coming to an end tonight and I felt nothing. No excitement for the final concert. No sadness that they would not grace the TIVO every other night. The truth is this is the lamest AF ever if not the worst. No wonder Adlin put on his sour face every Saturday night. Just like AI (but I'll save my comment for another day). The thing is Norman is a great 'Pengetua'. They have the best teachers of all AFs except for Que maybe (Not that he is bad but he's too young and too cute to be a teacher). Their voices are not bad at all. Then why on earth didn't I have the same feelings as yester years before the final concerts??! This is what I think. THEY HAVE ZERO PERSONALITIES. And whose fault is that? The talent scouts of course. I watched how Deja Moss and Cikgu Shafi chose the contestants. Personally I don't know what the heck they were doing. Just when I thought a contestant has a good voice with a great personality, they would produce the red card. I am no Simon Cowell but I think I would know whether a contestant sings in tune or not. Bring back Iman Wan and Ajai for auditions. They would know who got the personality or not. The public want to watch a show with good singers and unique personality to go with. You better understand this ASTRO or you won't have any AF fan left. And please return to the old format... we miss all the melodrama and tears during elimination. This is not AI people. Malaysians like drama ok and its not Sarimah's fault you guys. Its Astro's!
And no more Jimmy's bashing please. He is doing a decent job with the limited time Astro give him. One hour and half with all the singing, jury's comment and gimmicks, he's practically breathless. With the songs cut short, I feel what others feel but I must say Norman & co did a great job compared to MI and OIAM.
The final concert is tonight and my vote is for Iwan. Hey don't judge me. Since all of them have the same so-so voice, at least he is cute. I don't think he would win though. He gets one good song and one lame song. It will go down to Shahir and Adira for the title. Happy Watching!


My shout-outs go to Joe Flizzow: There's nothing wrong with your choice of Killing Me Softly man. You just don't get it. It's the Malay rock song. Never ever change a rock song to R&B! We Malays hated it to the max.

My Secret Of AWET MUDA.

This year, I asyik kena puji je or perli if you know what I mean. Firstly, pasal my weight. Everybody keeps saying, "Eh! You dah kurus la.." or "Macamana u lose your weight?". At first, I thought they were just teasing me. Then a few of my hubby's friends also tegur I about my weight. I was naturally embarassed to say the least. But I just cakap, "it's just an illusion..." or "I pakai baju kecik than my supposed size". And it also got me thinking... I besaq sangat ke dulu? But sometimes I rasa depa perli je coz I am not a typical 38 years old Malay lady. I dress as I like. Sometimes baju ada fit sikit. Maybe that's how they say "Tua tak sedar diri" in a nicer way. The truth is I tak kurus pun dari dulu. My weight remains the same. I tau la coz I timbang almost everyday! Maybe I nampak je kurus because of my breastfeeding. I rasa my body kecut sikit at all the strategic places and this create the illusion that I'm losing weight. Anyway, to the people that think I'm thinner, thank you for the compliments...

Secondly, orang asyik heran bila I habaq my age. They said I look younger than my age. Even today, I got the same reaction from my colleagues. I even made the mistake calling them kakak when we are actually of the same age. You see, they refer themselves as kakak when talking to me. Bukan salah I ok... Ada sekali tu, another colleague also think I'm in my early thirties or late twenties. Problem is dia pakai tudung labuh so I quickly think dia perli I kut. Kekadang, I ni nampak terkinja-kinja macam teenagers. Maybe she's sincere. I just don't know but tak baik prasangka kat orang so I'll take it as a compliment. Of course I bgtau hubby setiap kali org kata I nampak muda. Saja nak gloat depan dia. My hubby orang tak akan kata muda coz uban penuh kat kepala. Bukan uban tua tapi uban penyakit. Yang peliknya dan I pun akui benda ni, ex-KSAH boys time dia semua beruban premature. Depa makan ajinomoto banyak sgt kot no. Tak da sapa-sapa nak buat thesis ke pasal ni? Back to my age, I'm now in my late thirties tapi hati masih muda. And I believe this is the secret to awet muda!

27 May 2010
Saja nak add bagi sapa-sapa jelah jealous. Another colleague ingat I'm in my late twenties. Dia cakap the way I carry myself make me look young. Tu lah, I dah agak dah. I ni tergedik2 cam orang muda!




My shoutouts to Leena fellow STFian 1985-1989: Are you still rocking girl? Search and Gersang are still my favourite bands.

How To Get Pregnant My Way.

When people hear that my eldest child is only two months shy of his third birthday, they will look at me incredulously. You see I'm already 38 years old and my son should be in his teens if I had him immediately after my marriage. But Allah has other plans for me and my hubby. And I'm lucky enough to have a mother-in-law who didn't pester me with this. In our culture, to have no children is a no no. And here, I was the problem and not my hubby. My periods were not regular as it was. I only had two or three periods in a year. I was so lucky that my hubby didn't leave me or marry another woman just to have children.
After being married for 4 years, I was getting worried. I truly believed that I could bear children. Since I don't really believe in traditional remedies and besides the fact that they are too bitter to drink, I went to see a gynae. I had a laproscopy and my hubby had his sperms checked. The results were in. We were both healthy and the doctor said that we just have to wait. He said that he would continue to treat my periods problem but then my hubby was transferred to another state. At the new place, we immediately forgot to get pregnant.
Then, one day we came back to our hometown and we remembered that we must try to get pregnant. Now, an Indonesian lady had told me about this miracle vegetable before but I never took any notice. She told me to take it everyday as any kind of dish but since I didn't cook and we always ate out. I didn't heed her advice. Then, my mum's Indonesian maid told me about the same miracle vegetable. This time I took notice and started to eat it everyday. Since I didn't cook often enough, I asked for the vegetable dish every time I ate out. So ladies and gentlemen, I would like to introduce to you the miracle vegetable...BEANSPROUTS... women only please. For the men, I give you ... EGGPLANTS!
Did it work? Yes please, at least for me. It worked like magic. Indonesians believe that these two vegetables are the answers to fertility. My periods became regular and before you know it I was pregnant. I was feeling nauseous early in the mornings for two weeks still I didn't know that I was preggers. You see eleven years have gone by...and pregnancy did not cross my mind at all. I even went for a roller-coaster ride. Fortunately nothing happened to my baby. Then I was sick for a few days and somehow I was afraid to take paracetamol. So I bought a pregnancy test kit and sure enough I was pregnant. It was one of the happiest day of my life.
Now I am blessed with a cute son and a beautiful daughter. I got my first son when I was 35. I got my daughter two years later. You see, I didn't take any precautions after my first child because I thought it would be as difficult to get pregnant again. Now I know better. To my friends out there, you can try this method if you have fertility problem and be sure to tell your friends too. I cannot guarantee anything, just to share a possible answer to your problem. But if this does not work, you can always try another method of mine. I'll save this for another entry. This is my first blog entry so please excuse any of my shortcomings. I want to show you my two beautiful angels but I haven't learned to post pictures so maybe next time...


My shout outs to Azli Abd Wahab SDARIAN 1985-1989: Remember me, Eiza? How many kids
do you have?