A weekend that involved a dragon and a baby.

Parents if you are wondering if you should take you kids to see the movie " How to train your dragon?", my personal suggestion would be... wonder no further. Go! go! go! If you like Avatar, your kids would like this one. Ha!ha! My personal opinion on the movie is that it's the kid's version of Avatar, not as strikingly beautiful, but beautiful nonetheless. Interesting storyline, an unlikely hero beautiful 3D animation, happy ending, what more can you ask for from an animated movie. Plus point if it matters at all, upon checking the website, I just found out the Gerard Butler played the dad! Wow! That's all I have to say! Ha!ha! Oh ok, America Fererra played the Astrid girl, I think that's what the girl character was. what girl character... well you just have to catch the movie now don't cha? It was just the three of us at the movies last Saturday afternoon, since the father was only due back on Sunday with the likely plan of an extended trip, I went on ahead to purchase the tickets later in the week. Thought, Zarif might not be able to survive another week of not watching the movie. Also I thought it doesn't hurt to spend sometime alone with Nayli and Zarif. My time at home is normally monopolised by little Zaim. So I thought, sometime alone with the elder kids would be good. Of course Zaim was not happy at all. Poor thing cried a little when we left for the movie.

I chosed the 12 o'clock show. Zarif decided to start trying on Nayli's passed down Heely's. Since we arrived about an hour earlier before the show, he had some time to practice. We spent quite a long time at Pavvy, which means that he had plenty of time Heelying around the mall, that by the end of the day he complained of leg cramps. He!he! Poor thing! No pain no gain honey!

Here's Zarif trying out the Heely's.

Ready for some 3D experience plus major popcorn and soda fest!

After the movies, we went to the bookstore to pick up a book for each of them, Nayli picked up another of her Wimpy Kid series and Zarif, his 7th Captain Underpants (yes, you read it right) book. He spotted another Book Series, Beast Quest, so he is in super hurry to complete the Captain Underpants Series to start on the Beast Quest. In case you are wondering what am I on about and why am I encouraging my 6 year old to read such a horrendous titled book... do check it out for yourself the next time you are at a bookshop. It is a really hilarious book by Dav Pilkey, great sense of humour and imagination, makes a 6 year old boy actually forgets his playstation and glued to reading! How can I say no to it.

After getting their books, we dropped by Toys R Us to get Zaim something, yes, his mom is super guilty for leaving him behind. Ha!ha! Then it was time for lunch, a rather belated one. Their favourite is the hot plate at the food court. Then, the three of us headed home back to our little Zaim.

My date night on Christmas Day.

How was your long weekend people???
As for me, how can a four day (I took the Monday off too) weekend be anything but LOVELY??? Sigh!!! Over too soon...

Christmas Day was a quite day at home, we went out for breakfast and just hang around the house.

That night, it was date night for Me and Jack... can't remember the last time. The wedding at Bora Asmara... nah, that doesn't count.

We left the house at about 8 p.m and once again got ourselves stuck in weekend traffic at Pavillion. OMG! the traffic was MAD!!! In the end we couldn't even get into the car park at Pavvy, so we chose to park at the hotel nearby, yes we'd rather pay for hotel parking rate rather than going one whole round Pavvy again and waste time in the traffic jam!

So, the plan was dinner followed by movie. We bought tickets to see Avatar. Didn't realise that I actually bought 3D. So duh!!! Since it obviously cost sooo much more, until we collected it and the lady at the counter went like, ok here's your 2 tickets for 3D Avatar blah! blah! blah! We went 3D??? Jack was relieved that it was 3D, coz he was hoping for 3D but his blur, blur, wife just went ahead and bought whatever... not even knowing that they had it in 3D even! (The thing is I was soooo not looking forward to watch Avatar! Thought that anything that wasn't chick flick would just bore me to death. I was expecting something as dark and as gross as Alien vs Predator! so, I must have been buying those tickets with my "eyes" closed. Ha!ha!)

So, movie starts at 10:30 p.m. Jack warned me it's gonna be one long movie almost 3 HOURS!!! Rolling my eyes upwards...I'm like, really?? Oh, great joy!

Dinner was at Dome. Thank goodness Jack had the foresight, about the madness of the crowd at foodcourt at that hour, if the traffic was that bad and just check out the crowd at the foyer! Found out later during dinner, via FB that our cousin actually couldn't find a place to eat and had to go back home and raid the fridge instead! Dinner without squabbling kids were sureal & peaceful! ha!ha!ha!

I had the chippies. (so boring! but good though)

Minestrone Soup - thick and lovely.

Jack's catch of the day was excellent. (why do someone

else's orders are always better than yours? why??)

After the meal, it was Flat White for each of us while I went online, and he sat outside for his post meal huffa puffa!!

Then it was time for... AVATAR!!!

Some pictures from AVATAR.

Sam Worthington as Jake (cute)

Neytiri (Zoe Saldana)

Pandora's majestic floating mountains.

Floating mountains, imagine that! Who would have thought of that right?

My Verdict - GO SEE!!!!

It is a superb movie, great imagination and imagery. Fantastic! Don't miss it! Go catch the 3D one. If you are four-eyed like me do wear your contacts! Makes it easier to wear your 3D glasses. Oh, yes it was a long movie, we left the cinema at about 1:15 a.m. He!he! so I must admit, not all guy flicks are boring! Ok, you win!

After the movie, Pavvy was deserted. Almost!

Note to hubby: Your turn to come with me watch "Did you hear about the Morgans???"!

Source: pictures from http://www.allmoviephoto.com/photo/2009_Avatar_photo.html

The Proposal... left me hyperventilating!!!

Well, not the movie exactly, but Sandra Bullock's wardrobe and mostly her gorgeous Hermes Birkin. Aaaaaaarghhhh!!! It's just sooooo beautiful. Love the scene when she arrived at Ryan Reynold's hometown. She was of course carrying the gorgeous orange Birkin, and 2 LV suitcases, I am not so wild about Pegase (the wheelie thing) but I do so love what I thought was a Keepall (correct me if I am wrong), a lovely oversized Speedy to me. But then again if someone shoved me the Pegase... I have no objections whatsover. Ok, take a deep breath before you proceed...

Here you go... isn't this just so beautiful? I might go for the black one, but just look at that Orange on black, the contrast is just stunning isn't it. Sigh! Been telling hubby that the queue (yes there is one, haven't enquired the KL store about it ...YET!!!) could be 2-3 years, since I am not a celeb nor a socialite, it might even be longer, anyway, I was like, can I like get my name in the waiting list now? Do you reckon you could be able to get me one of these for me in 2-3 years time??? How much is one of these, he asks??? So I told him and he's like WHAT!!!! May be when he decides to get his Naked Bike, I might ask him again... Suddenly, I am praying that he'd buy the bike soon. Ha!ha!ha!

Sigh!

Even in this mayhem... What a sight!

This is a Prada, not crazy about it, but the size is just my kinda size.

Again, throw it to me, I'll make sure I'd catch it.

The proposal scene, ha!ha! I didn't see the knee pad in the movie, clever!! And the killer Christian Louboutin heels, goodness gracious, pretty but I'd never last 5 minutes in them. Unfortunately, I am fated to wear only kitten heels and boring flats!!

Another look at her heels.

Love the shades that she wore too. Apprarently, upon checking they are The Face to Face Ylang 1 (an exclusice French eyewear brand)... do I need to know all these things... Really, just feeding all sinful ideas into my head.

Pictures courtesy of: http://www.celebrityfashiotips.com/ & http://justjared.buzznet.com/ & http://beautify-flr.bogspot.com

So a few reasons as to why you should not miss this movie:

1. Sandra Bullock looks super chic with superb clothes, handbags and shoes.
2. Ryan Reynolds looks gorgeous, hilarious and there is a topless scene!

3. A lot of Birkin scenes!!!

4. A lot of Prada scenes.

5. Beautiful scenery

6. Makes you laugh your head off

7. Makes you go aaaaaahhh!

8. Makes you laugh your head off again... even when the credits were rolling!

Labour Day... not mine though!

Last Thursday was Labour Day holiday. Instead of having a relaxing day at home, lazing around and catching on my sleep, I had things planned for the whole day, The kids time were already booked by the grandparents, so that worked well with our plan for the morning. So after breakfast, the grandparents came and whisked them off to Bangi for a Brunch event. Whilst we headed to the grandparents' home to collect the baby’s cot. Actually it was Nayli’s cot originally, then passed down to Zarif and now, the little one who is coming soon.

The cot was dismantled first from my mom’s home, then transported to our home and then the cot was re-assembled next to our master bed.

So, there goes our master bedroom’s current layout for the next couple of years at least or until we eventually move out to a bigger home. Well this is nothing compared to when we used to stay with my parents and we had Zarif. There was a Queen size bed, a Super Single Bed and a Cot!!! Yes, all in one room. Imagine that. Talk about confined space.

The kids came home at about 2p.m and I only managed just a short 10 minutes cat-nap before we had to get ready to go out. Bought tickets to watch, Ironman for the 4.50p.m show in GSC 1 Utama.

It was a really good show. I was rather dubious about the choice of actor for the Ironman role, but somehow, I guess it worked. Robert Downey Jr. was very convincing as Ironman. Gwenyth Paltrow was good too, all 90% of the time she was dressed in black, very chic and nice. The baddie was Jeff Bridges, well he has always been a
good actor I guess, so no problem with his acting there. Another good thing about GSC Cinemas I just realised is that the seats are better than the ones in TGV, though may not be so for the kiddies, and they have Salter Popcorns, Yummy!!! I always would go for Salty rather then the Sweet Caramelly ones.

Horton Hears a Who!

Yesterday, we took the kids to the movies. It's been so long since we last saw a movie, can't remember the last one. Probably, the first one this year. Well, it was either the Spiderwick Chronicles or Dr. Seuss's Horton Hears a Who! Since Nayli is so into Dr. Seuss's books right now we decided on this one. She has never read this book before, it seems that she has never come across this particular book during her weekly library visits. Luckily, on Saturday after her swimming lessons, and the normal rush to the library to exchange this week's books, she managed to find it. So great, we all took turns reading the book on Sunday morning before leaving for the movies in the afternoon. Except for Zarif, we all went to the movies with the storyline in mind. In case you are wondering, we didn't read out loud to Zarif, cause it was quite a long story and in rather small prints, will take a few days if it were to be read out loud, perhaps we could read a few pages per night this week. If he wants to revisit the story.

Anyhow, the movie was quite good actually, they stuck to the storyline but probably added a few bits here and there to make it a full length movie. Very enjoyable.

Below is the excerpt about the book from Wikipedia:

Horton Hears a Who! is a 1954 book by Dr. Seuss. It is the second Seuss book to feature Horton the Elephant, the first being Horton Hatches the Egg.

Plot

The book tells the story of Horton the Elephant who, on the fifteenth of May in the Jungle of Nool, hears a small speck of dust talking to him. It turns out the speck of dust is actually a tiny planet, home to a city called "Who-ville", inhabited by microscopic-sized inhabitants known as Whos.
The Whos ask Horton (who, though he cannot see them, is able to hear them quite well) to protect them from harm, to which Horton happily obliges, proclaiming throughout the book that "a person's a person, no matter how small". In doing so he is ridiculed and forced into a cage by the other animals in the jungle for believing in something that they are unable to see or hear. His chief tormentors are Vlad Vladikoff, the Wickersham Brothers and the Sour Kangaroo, and the small kangaroo in her pouch. Horton tells the Whos that they needed to make themselves heard to the other animals, lest they end up as part of "beezlenut stew", which they finally accomplish. The Whos finally make themselves heard by ensuring that all members of their society play their part. In the end it is the smallest Who of all, Jo-Jo, who provides the last volume lift to be heard, thus reinforcing the moral of "a person's a person no matter how small".
Now convinced of the Whos' existence, Horton's neighbors vow to help him protect the tiny community.
The book was published in August 1954,

What I just watched last weekend

I watched 2 good "my kinda movies" last weekend. It was sooo good. The 1st movie was hilarious starring Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore. Others in the cast are Campbell Scott and that lady from 3rd Rock from the Sun, Kristen Johnston.

SYNOPSIS
Alex Fletcher (Hugh Grant) is a cynical and self-deprecating former pop idol (the hilarious opening video introduces his '80s new wave band Pop!) who is now playing the nostalgia circuit, but has maintained enough dignity to turn down an appearance on a "Battle of the '80s Has-Beens" TV reality show. Sophie Fisher (Drew Barrymore) is a gifted writer with deep inferiority issues who's been hired to water Fletcher's plants, and ends up becoming his emergency fill-in lyricist for a song he needs to deliver to teen queen singer Cora (Haley Bennett) in four days. Despite this contrived "cute meet," the film, to its great credit, deftly avoids many possible rom-com tropes in favor of organic, character-driven conflicts and comic situations. Alex and Sophie fall in love, struggle over their song, and wrestle with their own respective resistance to romantic happiness, while simultaneously coping with the frustrations of the creative process and the demands of the music industry. The two leads (aided by great comic sidekick turns from Brad Garrett and Kristen Johnston) manage to pull all this off with a lightness of touch that makes the characters' vulnerability appealing and not pathetic. The original songs by Adam Schlesinger (the go-to guy for singer-songwriter film music) is charming and catchy. I never knew that HG could sing. It's true, the songs are really catchty. If you have not seen this movie, go find the DVD and watch. Such a good feel good movie with so many hilarious moments.

The other movie was Catch & Release starring Jennifer Garner opposite this guy whom I have never seen before, but whom I would love to see in this kinda movies again and again and again and I can go on for ages... this is my blog after all!This is such a good movie, and the place where it was shot was just so beautiful!

The synopsis ...

Screenwriter Susannah Grant makes her directorial debut in this tale of love, loss, and finding new love. Gray Wheeler’s (Jennifer Garner) wedding day is not going as planned. Instead of walking down the aisle in her wedding gown, she is at the funeral of her fiancé, Grady, following his accidental death on a trip meant to be his bachelor party. To make ends meet, Gray puts her things in storage and moves in with Grady’s roommates, levelheaded and attentive Dennis (Sam Jaeger) and quirky yet lovable Sam (Kevin Smith). With childhood friend Fritz (Timothy Olyphant) in from L.A. and crashing on the couch, it’s a full house. Inhabiting Grady’s old room, Gray soon learns that her fiancé had been keeping some big secrets from her and may not have been the man she thought he was. Perhaps more importantly, she discovers some surprising things about herself, and her ability to heal and love again.Each of the characters in this film has to find a way to survive the devastating loss of a man who held them all together. Garner effectively conveys Gray’s heartbreak and confusion without going over the top. As Fritz, Olyphant pulls off the role of the mystery man who is always charming but often misunderstood. Jaeger is earnest and heartfelt as Grady’s roommate and business partner. But Smith is the scene-stealer here, with deadpan delivery and great timing as a Celestial Seasonings employee spouting philosophical quotes from the herbal tea company’s packaging. Juliette Lewis appears as a sexy, slightly flaky, Californian massage therapist who is also a skeleton in Grady’s closet.

Good movies, no plans next weekend, get the DVDs and tell me whether or not you agree with me.