The Old Spaghetti House

Dinner date with Gayle. =) <3
The Old Spaghetti House (TOSH) at Robinson's Place Manila.






Jay~

Soulja Boy Gets Amped

Travis Barker of Blink 182 (all his other bands can be ignored) amping-up the hit hip hop song Crank That.

O. M. G.



Jay~

The Mist

Went to watch The Mist with Gayle last week, and I have a lot of mixed feelings about the movie. The storyline is classic Stephen King, which leaves you wondering what's coming, and dreading it, yet unable to contain yourself from reading (or in this case, watching) more. I found it riveting, though the ending does leave the viewer with an 'Oh crap..' kind of feeling. I wouldn't mind watching it again though. The religious bitch reminds me of someone back in Miri. LOL. *hush*

The movie opens with a big storm off a lake. Painter David Drayton (Thomas Jane, The Punisher) and his wife, Stephanie, watch the storm arrive and they bunk down in their basement. The next morning, a mysterious mist hovers over the lake. Upon seeing his boat house destroyed by his neighbor's tree, he has a chat with his lawyer neighbor Brent Norton and they decide to go to town and get some supplies. David's son, Billy, tags along. While driving along, they see military and police personnel rushing to the direction of the lake. Then they reach the supermarket and this is where the 'fun' begins.

While chatting with patrons, everyone at the supermarket hear screams outside. The mysterious mist now envelops the town, and they see Dan Miller running to the store all bloody. Upon entering, he urges everyone to lock down the store and tells of how his friend was 'snatched' by a mysterious creature. Everyone, understandably horrified, bunks down in the supermarket. Suddenly, an earthquake hits. Soon after, a mother, unable to bear the idea of her two young children at home alone, ventures out, and finds no one at the store is willing to help her out.

As the day goes on, a deeply religious woman (bitch), Mrs Carmody, suspects that Armageddon is coming. David goes to the back of the supermarket to look for a blanket, and hears funny sounds coming from the shipping door. He goes back and get some other guys to check it out, and they doubt David's sanity. Norm, a bagging boy, offers to check out what's blocking the generator vent outside (read: trying to show some balls). When the door opens, a thick mist reduces visibility to zero. Norm is grabbed by huge clawed tentacles and in the ensuing battle, Norm is dragged off and the creature loses a tentacle. As David and Ollie, the assistant store manager, try to convince the patrons, Brent doubts them and accuses them of playing on others' fears. Brent and some others venture out of the store and are never seen again. The others then tie a clothesline around a biker's waist, as he attempts to retrieve a shotgun. As they reel in the line, only the bottom half of the man is recovered.

That night, huge locusts-like insects gather at the store's huge plate glass windows, which have been reinforced with duct tape and bags of pet food. Large flying creatures pluck these insects off, and as they hit the plate glass, the glass starts breaking. Eventually, the store is breached and the patrons are forced to defend themselves. They do so with makeshift torches. The girl bagger gets stung by an insect and dies, while another is badly burned. The store does not have medicine and some will have to go to a nearby pharmacy. David and some people, including Ollie stage an expedition to the pharmacy. They retrieve supplies, at the cost of three men dead.

Seeing the failed expedition, Mrs Carmody preaches and preaches and eventually, her group grows larger. A mechanic, Jim, who was with David earlier at the backroom incident where Norm died, becomes one of the most vocal followers. Anyway, David confronts one of three off-duty soldiers and demands that they explain. Unfortunately, two of the soldiers commit suicide, and the remaining one is forced to tell about the Arrowhead Project, a project by the military to explore other dimensions. Apparently, this one went wrong. No shit partner. Mrs Carmody and her crazy bunch of monkeys lynch the poor boy, with the butcher stabbing him in the gut three times. Mrs Carmody claims that God wants blood sacrifice, and David's tiny group is powerless to help. The soldier is thrown out of the store and he is killed by the creature.

David's group is now seriously freaking out. They gather supplies at the check out aisle and prepare to make a run for David's car. They are discovered by Mrs Carmody and she accuses them of stealing. Her now large group surrounds David's group. Mrs Carmody then demands that David's son Billy be sacrificed. Like David would allow that. In the fight, Ollie shoots Mrs Carmody dead (good riddance, bitch) and the stunned group lets David's group pass. In the rush to the parking lot, several of them are killed, and Ollie's gun drops on David's car, and he retrieves it. The long and lonely drive begins.

They first drive to David's house, where he sees his wife is dead. They then drive on and on.. In the car are Amanda, a woman who looked after Billy in the store, Billy, an old lady named Irene, Dan, and David. Eventually, they run out of gas. The mist is still thick, and they all silently agree that there is no point in moving on. David checks Ollie's gun and finds it still has 4 bullets. There are 5 people in the car. David shoots Amanda, Irene, Dan, and his own son Billy. He screams in his car, and urges the creature to take him. He gets out of the car and hears a rumble behind him. The creature? Nope. It's a tank, and the army has successfully contained the mist. Oh shit Dave. He sees truckloads of survivors, among them the mother who ventured out alone. Army personnel are everywhere, containing the mist with flamethrowers. As everyone in the cinema realizes this, groans and cries are heard. Tough luck man. You killed four people needlessly.

Oh shit Dave. You should have waited two minutes.

8/10

Jay~

Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! =)
A special Happy Hearts Day to my valentine, Gayle. You're awesome babe.

Thanks for the Ferrero Rocher chocolates, the hand-made mobile, and the really sweet letter. I had a fantastic Valentine's. =) *hugs* It was fun painting your toenails! Hahahahaha.. I think I did a pretty good job actually. =P Hahaha..






And the artist at work.


On a very good note today, I got my results for four Theology (TREDONE) exams. The results are:
Quiz 1 - 100%
Quiz 2 - 100%
Quiz 3 - 90%
Quiz 4 - 96%

Um so.. *grins* Suck on that!

Unfortunately, in the afternoon, something nasty happened. I got off the lift (life, NOT 'elevator') at Andrew Lobby, when I saw this girl just collapse and faint. No one really helped her, so I turned back. I realized it was my classmate, Darryl, and she was seriously out of it. Along with 2 staff at the Lobby, I got her into the Sports Com clinic. She was pale, groggy, and talking rubbish. =( Poor girl. Turns out she donated blood at the blood drive and she has not eaten anything the whole day. *sigh* Freaky.

A pretty eventful Valentine's Day. =)

Jay~

Skittlez Crew

I get a lot of questions from friends back in Malaysia about my crew. Well it's about time to introduce my 2nd family to the world (or at least to my regular readers, LOL).

United by one passion. Dancing.
United by one love. Friendship.
United by one choreographer. God.
We will tear up dance floors.


Name: Michael Decano
Or also: Decky
Skittle Color: Lime Green
Forte: Krump, LA New Style, Tutting, Locking, Choreography
The big brother of the crew, Decky is also a member of Krumpinoy and the La Salle Dance Company - Street. He's a full-blown Krumper who hits every beat with groove and power. Apart from being a lady's man, he's also a cypher-starter at The Prince of Jaipur, where we all party.


Name: Nicole Carlos
Or Also: Nica
Skittle Color: Red
Forte: LA New Style, Breakdance, Choreography
The one responsible for bringing me into the Skittlez Crew, Nica is a member of the Southside New Breed breakdance crew and is an avid b-girl. She also helps choreograph some of our dances and breakdance parts. The moment you think she's a harmless girl, then BAM, you just got hit by an arm invert.


Name: Kevin Dion
Or also: Papa Kev
Skittle Color: Pink
Forte: Street, Breakdance, Choreography
Papa Kev choreographed a lot of the dance for the crew's REMIX 2007 piece, and is one of the crew's big brothers. He was also a member of the La Salle Dance Company - Street before joining Skittlez. Unfortunately, academic work and organization responsibilities have caught up with him and he seldom sessions with the crew. He's a dear member, and will always be looked up to.


Name: Matt Padilla
Or also: G-Fab 43
Skittle Color: Yellow
Forte: Krump, Street, Choreography
Matt is another Krumpinoy member who is a proud Skittle and our head music-mixer. Talented in editing and production, he mixes the songs for competitions and shows, along with Decky. A very technical dancer, his Krump is a mixture of smoothly controlled power and kill-off tricks. Battle at your own risk.


Name: Marie Corazon Munar
Or also: Coyi
Skittle Color: Purple
Forte: Booty Hop, Street
Coyi is the smallest member of the crew, but no doubt she's one hell of a dancer. Her booty hop is insane and can never cease to drop jaws to on-lookers. She provides a lot of laugh for the crew, and her fresh style livens up the crew a lot. She's also a beat-boxer and a freestyle MC.


Name: Ann Chua
Or also: Ann
Skittle Color: Orange
Forte: Booty Hop, Street
Ann is another booty-shaker who can never cease to amaze the audience with her powerful hits on every beat. She can just about kill any other girl (with the possible exception of Coyi) in booty hop, and has used it on occasion to kill off during a battle. She is now a trainee of the La Salle Dance Company - Street.


Name: Dhonnebenx Resuello
Or also: DX
Skittle Color: N/A
Forte: Breakdance, Street, LA New Style
DX is Nica's crew mate in the Southside New Breed until DX was accepted into the La Salle Dance Company - Street. He's a battle breakdancer, with his trademark air-chairs. He never really got to be in any Skittle dance or performance and he left the crew. He ended up being replaced by Matt, the yellow Skittle.


Name: Francis Fabie
Or also: Fabieoulous
Skittle Color: Blue
Forte: Pop-lock
Fab is the Skittlez' specialist in popping and his contortions and tricks are decidedly deceptive. He dances for Victory Christian Church as a pop-locker. He is also the crew's 'photographer' most of the time.


Name: Lizbeth Yap
Or also: Liz
Skittle Color: Turquoise
Forte: Street
Liz is the last remaining girl of the original Skittlez Crew. She dances a conventional hiphop style, and can always be seen in crew sessions.


Name: Brent Chua
Or also: Brent
Skittle Color: White
Forte: Street, Breakdance, Krump, Locking, Choreography
Brent is in the weird position of being jokingly called the Skittlez' 'trainee' while also being one of our choreographers. He was a member of the Sketchers Dance Battle winning team, Dance-X of Xavier School, and is a member of the La Salle Dance Company - Street. Brent is probably the most experienced of the lot in terms of years dancing, and it shows on the Jaipur battle floor.


Name: Jessica Villena
Or also: Jess
Skittle Color: Maroon
Forte: Street
The newest member of the crew, Jess has always wanted to be a Skittle but certain problems were in the way. Recently though, she has just started joining our sessions and ta-da, she's a pretty good dancer, so we welcomed her into the family.


Name: Aldrich Heiner Go
Or also: Aldz
Skittle Color: Green
Forte: Breakdance, Street
Definitely the one with the longest name (2 words omitted from above), Aldz is also currently the Skittlez' best male breakdancer. A typically shy dancer, he pops inverts and air-freezes for fun, and he's the headspin guy of the crew. He provides tons of laughter for the crew as he is usually the joker and Pentium 1 member.


Name: Jason Cruz
Or also: Jay
Skittle Color: Black
Forte: LA New Style, Strutting, Krump, Breakdance, Choreography
Joined when Nica asked me to meet her dance group. I had an empty slate in dancing, having stopped breakdancing for 4 years due to an injury. Proud to have trained under Cross Effects, those guys were instrumental in bringing me back to dancing. I'm a definite freestyle dancer, and a cypher-battler in Prince of Jaipur. I hit groove and beats, and I Krump Slayer-style, which means with 'weapons' and 'kill off tricks'.

Special Mention:

Name: Lily Mae Cua
Or also: Lily
Skittle Color: N/A
Forte: Street
Lily was a part of the original Skittlez Crew that made it through the elimination stage of REMIX 2007, but unfortunately, she had to move to the USA. The Skittlez Crew needed to replace her talent and quickly, and guess who was that new member? *wink* That's Lily on the right, with Decky, during the REMIX Eliminations.

Skittlez Chyeah on three! =)

Jay~

Skittlez Chyeah

You guys are freaking awesome.

<3



That's for all of us. Damn, you guys are freaking awesome. =)

Jay~

LSDC Results

It's a no for finalist #6.

*sigh*

I had breakdance, LA, and krump. Still not enough? I got the choreo too.
Point proven: SHIT HAPPENS.

Funny, 5/10 non-trainee applicants who got in were all girls.
There's a food for thought.

Thanks Skittlez and family for the wonderful prayers and support (thanks for waiting 4 hours with me!). Congratulations to our own Skittle, Ann for making it through.

I need some space to lick my wounds, so to speak.
Three cheers to the man upstairs.

Jay~

Orange Skittle is 19

Happy birthday to the Orange Skittle, Ann Chua!!!
Our specialist girl battle dancer, with her insane booty-shake moves. It was awesome to have you spent your birthday with us Skittlez. =) We might not have been the complete crew then, but hell yeah, we had fun.

First.. The Skittlez went for health checks.. My results were alright, and they will be in the next blog post as soon as I find the paper with the results on it.





Then it was time for a fancy dinner at a fancy Italian restaurant called Cafe-something-I-cannot-pronounce where we had fancy food while being entertained by a fancy three-man band. How do you fancy that?














*sigh* We put a new meaning to 'fine dining'.

Then it was time to get crazy at Serendra, this fancy mall area nearby.






One love. Skittlez. Chyeah!!
Happy birthday Ann. =)



Jay~

Hitman + Saw IV

Watched the DVD at Decky's place with the Skittlez. This is actually the second time I saw the movie, but I was too lazy to do any review of any sort. Well anyway, the movie is your typical shoot-em up action flick. Lots of nice guns, and seemingly impossible gunfights, which of course, Agent 47 (the main character) would always win. The flick is based on the hit Playstation game of the same title, and I found it really creepy that the actor could walk and does look like the Agent 47 of the game.

The movie starts off with kids in an indoctrination camp called The Organization, being taught how to be the perfect assassins. They are taught to be ruthless and to be killing machines, whose only purpose is the completion of a successful assassination. One agent stands out among them, and that is Agent 47. Along the years of service for The Organization, he is hunted by an Interpol policeman, Agent Mike Whittier. Meanwhile, Agent 47 is hired again, and is tasked to kill the Russian President Mikhail Belicoff. He does this, using a sniper rifle from over 4km away (Wow). As he goes back in his hotel room, he is instructed to kill a witness, Nika Boronina. He is ready to kill Nika on the sidewalks of St. Petersburg, but stops as he realizes she has never seen him before. He goes back to his hotel room, and discovers that the hit on "Belicoff" was set up by Belicoff himself, and that Belicoff did not die, and was portrayed as only a grazing wound. He does not know that his hotel hideout was discovered by both the Interpol and the FSB (the Russian CIA). Agent Whittier comes at the site, where he is met by FSB agent Yuri Marklov. FSB is unwilling to wait to capture Agent 47 and sends in an elite SWAT-like team. Unfortunately, Agent 47 is very skilled and kills 16 of them in the various battles around the hotel.

Agent 47 kidnaps Nika, and interrogates her. They try to leave at a train station, but is intercepted by first, a lone agent, and then 3 more at the train cabin. He kills all of them, most notably the last 3 in a knife fight, and manages to escape with Nika. Agent 47 arranges a meeting with CIA agent Agent Smith, and makes a deal; Smith would help him in the future if he kills Mikhail Belicoff's brother Udre for him. Smith agrees, as Udre is politically protected by his President brother. Agent 47 goes to Turkey with Nika and after posing as an arms-dealer, kills Udre in a massive firefight at Udre's lair. The death of Udre was meant to draw out Belicoff and his double. Agent 47 captures Yuri Marklov in his trick from the game, the coin (to distract), and rigs him in a trap, forcing him to order his own FSB agents to kill Belicoff. Agent 47 captures Belicoff's double and kills him in a church. He then allows himself to be captured by Interpol's Agent Whittier. On the way, the Interpol caravan is distracted by the CIA's Agent Smith, and Agent 47 manages to escape. Agent 47 appears in Agent Whittier's house, and provides a look-alike body to help Agent Whittier convince Interpol that the real Agent 47 is dead.

The movie ends with Nika opening an envelope containing documents that she now owns a vineyard. She told Agent 47 that it had been a childhood dream of hers. Agent 47 watches her from a sniper scope from some distance, and there, a dead agent from The Organization lies. He ends by telling the dead agent, "I told you to leave her alone. You should have listened".

6/10



What can I say? It's the fourth installment of the Saw series, and this one is different in that Jigsaw (the original serial killer) is dead, and that a new apprentice is doing the 'tests'. Who can it be?

The film begins at an autopsy room. While Jigsaw is being operated on, a wax-covered tape is found in his stomach. Detective Hoffman comes into the scene, playing the tape and there, Jigsaw says that his games have just begun.

The next scene features two men in a mausoleum. One has his eyes sewn shut, and the other (who will turn out to be Art Blank) has his lips sewn shut. They fail to work together, and as they try to kill each other, a machine turns, drawing them together through the chains on their necks. Art sees a key on the other man's neck, and kills him with a hammer and he successfully escape the test. Later in the movie, he is seen as finding an envelope congratulating him and giving another test.

The police then find Detective Kerry, murdered in Saw III. Detective Rigg rush in through the unsecured door, earning the wrath of Detective Hoffman. Detectives Struhm and Perez deduce that Amanda, Jigsaw's apprentice, could not have been strong enough to lift Kerry, leaving the only possibility as Jigsaw having another accomplice.

That night, Rigg is attacked in his house and Hoffman is kidnapped. In his home, Rigg discovers he has tests from Jigsaw, teaching him how to truly save a life. Rigg discovers Brenda, a woman who pimps young girls, strapped to a chair that will scalp her alive. He is forced to make a decision: see her as a victim, or see her as a criminal. This is why Jigsaw calls this test SEE WHAT I SEE. Rigg saves Brenda, who tries to kill him (her own test). She fails, and succumbs to her wounds. Rigg leaves with 2 keys to the Alexander Motel. Rigg has 90 minutes to save his friend Eric Matthews from death.

At the motel, Rigg discovers a room with a pig's head on the bed. There, he reads instructions from Jigsaw telling him about Ivan, the motel clerk, who's a pervert, voyeur, and a serial rapist. Jigsaw wants Rigg to "FEEL WHAT I FEEL" and let Ivan punish himself. Ivan's contraption are 4 posts on a bed and a head vice. He can activate 2 scythes, blinding himself, and thus saving his body, or he can wait for the timer to activate, ripping his limbs off. Ivan only blinds one eye, and the device rips him apart. A message for Rigg from Jigsaw asks him to go 'back to where it all began'.

Rigg goes back to the school where he investigated a child-abuse case. The abuser was the principal, but as evidence was lacking, he was acquitted. Rigg then attacks the man, earning a lawsuit. The lawyer turns out to be Art Blank. Well anyway, at the school, Rigg discovers the abusive man and his wife back to back, metal poles through their bodies. The poles penetrate the man's organs and arteries, while the woman only has muscle wounds. If she saves herself, her husband dies, and if she doesn't they both bleed out. This test was to teach Rigg how to "SAVE AS I SAVE". He leaves the classroom, pulling the fire alarm to alert authorities.

Struhm and Perez arrive, finding the woman dead. A harpoon gun fires, missing Perez but hitting a forensic photographer in the head. *gory* Perez and Struhm look around and find a Billy doll which warns Perez her 'next step is critical'. She steps closer and the doll explodes, sending shrapnel to her face.

Struhm confronts Jigsaw's ex-wife Jill as to why Jigsaw is like this. She tells of her miscarriage when a drug addict named Cecil shoved a door at her, crushing her belly. This makes Jigsaw crazy and it is revealed that Cecil becomes the first victim of his 'tests'. Cecil is strapped to a chair with blades cutting his arms. He has to push his face (hard) through 8 sharp knives to scar his face, to match his 'scarred soul'.

Rigg enters the Gideon Meat Factory and discovers the door to his last test. Inside are Art, Eric, and Hoffman. Art has a spine-cutter attached to his back. If no one comes in at 90 minutes, he will press a button, setting all 3 free. If he fails, his spine is cut. Eric Matthews is standing on a melting block of ice, and 2 ice blocks are ready to crush his head. Art gives Eric a gun with 1 bullet to stop anyone from entering. At 0:01, Rigg barges in, and is shot by Eric. Rigg shoots Art dead, and with that, the traps activate and Eric is killed by the falling ice-blocks. The water draining from the ice block flows to Hoffman, completing the charge he's sitting on, and electrocuting him. As Rigg lay dying, Hoffman unstraps himself.. Revealing himself as the new apprentice.

Struhm enters a room with Jeff (from Saw III) where he kills Jeff in self-defense. Hoffman comes behind and locks the steel door, trapping Struhm inside with no way out.

What a plot. =) It's freaking awesome.

8/10

Jay~