Haven’t blogged in a while, so though, why not come back with a movie review? I saw Fast and Furious latest franchise last night, and I am still shaken ;p
Let me start by saying I can stomach almost any silly movie. I was delighted to watch Solomon Kane, I laugh at every silly lines in Pirates of the Carabiean, and can stand even the cheesiest of the cheesy romantic comedies. So for me to say, a movie was BAD, is a big thing. And when in comes to Fast Five, the only review I can give it, is plain BAD.
Don’t get me wrong – I do understand, that the franchise is trying to evolve from it’s original street racing roots. I’m cool with that. But an action flick needs one thing – action. And that is not really the case in Fast Five. The first half of the movie drags mercilessly, touching on subject of daddy issues, pregnancies and family. It’s just a lot of pointless bla bla bla, deliver in a silly pompous way, that almost makes you expect the actors to burst into laughter at how ridiculus the dialogs are.
Dude, where are the cars?
The second half offers some action. But as any successful action movie tells us, you need two adidtional factors: hot babes and big guns. FF fails at both. The leading actresses are both skinny and dired up. My heart was breaking looking at their receeding hair line, deep wrinkles, saggy boobs and thin hair. It’s just a sad view, one that makes you think both of them wondered of from a war movie set, where they are playing starving slaves or something. It’s just painful to watch. Aren’t there seriously any young and fresh actresses with perky boobs and plump faces in Hollywood?
With the big guns territory, the movie fails as well – we only get a few glimpses of technology here and there, a few short car racing scenes, and that’s it. Whatever fights there are in the movie, they are just brutish fist-throwing sessions. The shooting scenes are hilarious – there is a lot of cross fire, a lot of men falling, with not a bit of gore or drama. Even the blood on the shirts of the fallen is of a bluish hue. All of this adds up to bleak and draggy action scenes.
To sum it up: weak and pointless movie. Buy the DVD for you younger brother.
As someone who constantly talks about animal welfare and issues of protecting the environment, I feel a bit like a hypocrite about the fact that I am not vegetarian. I tried, but for me to completely skip meat feels like a tough thing to do – and in Singapore meat is EVERYWHERE! Some places don’t offer a single meat-free dish.
I know a lot of people say meat is good for you, because it gives you protein. But I think as a society we over-value protein and sort of psych each other out about the need to get it in huge quantities and from animals (rather than eggs or lentils). And we simply don’t talk enough about what impact meat has on our environment! Did you know that the meat industry is the major producer of gases responsible for the degradation of the environment and the climate-changes.
But as I said, becoming full-time vegetarian has not been working much for me. But then I saw this video (watch it – it’s from Ted Singapore ), and the guy there suggests going on a low-meat diet, by simply controlling how many meat meals you have – assuming you have 3 a day, that’s 21 meals in a week. Simply pick how many of them you allow yourself to have meat in them. I chose 14/21 (so I allow one meat meal a day) and so far I have been managing to keep that proportion.
I’ve been wanting one for a veeery long time. And I have been procrastinating about this for months and months… Truth be told, if I am to spend a chunk of money on this, I’d rather buy something really good – invest wisely, and not regret later. So my initial thoughts went to EOS … But the potential weight of that thing scares me. So now considering the Sony Nex 5. You think it’s a good idea?
I don’t know what happened this year, but I really really skipped a lot of movies! O.O Rapunzel, Social network, Kick Ass… All those disappeared from the movie theater screening list before I even managed to buy tickets! Gotta be more focused about this.
I’m not really the person to buy cute stuff. I guess I am more practical, and just buy what I need – especially when it comes to decor or stationery. But some time ago I just had this huge urge to buy cute stationery and it just hit me suddenly out of nowhere xD I was like “OMG I NEED TO BBB”, and ended up placing an order on welovezakka.com (just FYI, this is not sponsored or anything.. I think I saw their ad on FB first, then looked them up though Google). Ended up getting heaps of cat-related stuff, further cementing my image as the crazy cat lady
The stuff is super-cute! I’m loving the little pink card-wallet and the cat-face boxes hehe. Do you buy cute stationery?
As some of you know, I am very passionate about animal welfare, especially when it comes to stray cats. Aside from adopting two cats potentially facing living on the streets, I try my best to support all activities that lead to having a manageable stray cat colony in SG.
Few weeks ago, I was visiting a block near Kovan MRT, and saw a colony of tipped-eared, well fed cats lounging around. Because they were neutered, their characters were very mellow. It was a very nice thing to look at – almost a perfect picture, because such cats would not cause residents trouble (neutered cats do not fight or meow in the night), and would not produce new kittens. Additionally, strays usually keep the rodent population in check (cats generally don’t eat rodents, but will still hunt them, as they have very strong hunter instincts).
But being on the inside of the care-giver community, I know that such colony will still grow, and new strays will keep on popping up on the streets. How so? Unbeknown to many, the most steady stream of abandoned pets comes from homes. Many owners deny to spay their house cats, and when kittens show up, the owners will keep them as long as they are cute and tiny, and then pack the kittens in a box, and off to the streets they go! Not to mention the regualr abandonment of un-spayed or pregnant cats.
The very core of the stray cat problems lays in home-breeding and abandonment. The volunteer groups like Love Kuching, Paw Pledge and generally CWS can do only as much, as to try to intercept as many cats they can for spaying/neutering, but they can barely keep up. But even if they did neuter/spay 100% of cats on the streets, new kittens would still be showing up, as stupid people don’t neuter their home pets.
Very pretty stray cat from my neighborhood
So please be kind to pets on the streets. It was not their choice to become homeless, and strawing them or scaring them is an unfair punishment for human stupidity.
If you have a pet, neuter/spay it – there are only benefits to doing so. The cat will lose it’s mating instinct and anxiety, will not be territorial (no spraying with stinky urine, no meowing), will not want to run away when on heat, will become mellow, calm and happy. Spaying/neutering does not hurt the cat – it simply keeps them perpetually in the state between going on heat.
If you don’t have a cat, be vigilant about people in your curriculum who add to the problem. If your neighbor is breeding cats and dumping them on the streets, it’s a good idea to talk to him, or contact RSPCA for assistance.
You can also help by donating to groups that do wonderful jobs at neutering the stray cat colonies. Paw Pledge and Love Kuching are definitely worthy of support, for the wonderful job they do.
), and the guy there suggests going on a low-meat diet, by simply controlling how many meat meals you have – assuming you have 3 a day, that’s 21 meals in a week. Simply pick how many of them you allow yourself to have meat in them. I chose 14/21 (so I allow one meat meal a day) and so far I have been managing to keep that proportion.
. Any idea how the genre is called? xD
