4 Weddings and a Funeral

It is the school holiday, starting on Friday in Malaysia. And as much as I want to post about the movie 4 Weddings and a Funeral which is excellent in a lot of way and which I considered to be not a chick flick although insisted by my wife who just got the bug of watching and understanding all the British comedy in it, I actually am using it as a premise to blog about the many weddings that I am to attend.

Last night was my first one of these 2 weeks holidays and today is where I have to bring my mom to another. In short, I am just the driver and the one who will 'benefit' from all the food. But as this wedding is for the child (not sure son or daughter) of my parent's ex-company, which both of them retired from and is one of the biggest land cultivator in  Malaysia, your guess is correct if you think I am willing to drive my mother to go from my hometown, 50 km away, to KL and then back again, is due to the potential of meeting some business people there.

 

This was last week, which is not even the holiday yet...

There is no 'off' button for any entrepeneur. Weddings are a great place to meet people informally then the following week, follow-ups can be done. 

As of now, let me enjoy all those glorious food. Nyums....

p/s - there is no funeral here, if you are looking for it

Ergo Ego

I thinks people have said this again and again. Men have ego and rarely will back down from a fight just to save their face especially Asian. Men will always like to be in control and will never admit that they need help. Hence, the problem between men and asking for direction. 

I beg to differ. That was of men in the past. When they control the household and the household, be it the wife or wives or the kids rely on the men to bring back the food and whatever a household needs.

Nowadays, men are no more in control. The key word is equal. 

How do they retaliate? 

By being violent.

And why does this happens? My selfish answer is due to the ego being transfered from the male to the female of the species. Ever heard of a women NOT answering back when they were asked to do something or not do something?

Women have their ego too and when they wield it, they are much more ruthless and capable of higher threshold of holding to their ego, not giving in and even retaliate. Much better than men.

And, the songs/movies/people which taught them how are partly to blame.

But the biggest blame, fall squarely on...
.
.
.
.
.
.
.

MEN!!!

T4 : Prequel, sequel or equal?

(There is no spoiler here, just hints)

...what's up with the cameos. There were 2 old actors and you guess it right if you are thinking about that guy who has not acted for quite some times as he changed his career. I was not even sure whether that was him or just some digital feature of him.

Then there was the song from T2. If you remember the first time you see the late Edward Furlong in T2 (and yes, he's dead) then you remember that song by THAT defunct band (with the original members but came out with new material just last year).

Then, for the first time, I did not know that places can also be a cameo. Or was there 2 places being used again? Your guess is as good as mine. 

I did not give any part of the storyline away right? Just go watch it yourself...

The T4 poster at the cinema

But, before I fade away and try to seem to give the game away, let me ask you this (which was asked before by some columnist in a newspaper, which I can't remember when or where) :

If this story is about John Connor and he met his father who was then sent to 1984 who impregnate his mother while saving her from the Terminator, what is T4, is it a sequel or a prequel? I mean, it has to come first before events in T1 happens. And then, should this be T1, then T1 becomes T2 et cetera, et cetera?

To me, it was too confusing to be thought of and it was a good movie, but still I am waiting for that movie that I want to watch again and again, which I have to say Star Trek is a good bet. For now...

And you better revise back all those Terminator movies here

Testerone leaden movies

As I was typing this (around 4pm, Wednesday the 27th), I have just bought movie tickets for the new Terminator movie which I am very excited to see as much as the next guy. As that day was Wednesday and since cineplexes took over theaters all over Malaysia, we get to watch movie for cheap on Wednesdays. For the Terminator, it was not the case. They hiked up the price and even though it was a Wednesday, we have to pay a few Ringgit Malaysia more.

Anyway, out of curiosity, why does these type of movies always seem to be able to draw the crowd. The word, Summer Blockbuster Hits, has been in our conscience since Terminator itself, in 1984, brought the big bang of the sound of summer. These type of movies are those which starts with a bang and then end with a bang. One of the first was the Die Hard franchise and the Lethal Weapon franchise. Then when digital technology became more and more pronounced, people are blindsided by very good artificial people moving on the screen and no one really know the difference. 

 

One of the old testerone filled movie

Universal Studio was once so famous as people pay tickets how movies were made and stunts were performed. I bet in a few years, that will not be the case anymore. Everything will be played out in front of the blue or green screen and actors are just another props that the directors and studio executives have to deal with. Ridiculous demand from divas will be no more.

Aren't all these sound like machines are taking over people already? Actors, you are terminated....

p/s - You can rent those movies from Blockbusters if you haven't seen them... ; ) which you can click below :

p.p.s - Read my take on T4 tomorrow

Playing tag with 2 ladies

I was tagged in the space of this week twice. One is by Daisy of InLove With Daisies, with her post  Saturday Seven which was done last Saturday. The rules for this tag are:

1. Link to your original tagger and list these rules in your post

2. Share 7 facts about yourself in the post

3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names and links to their blogs

4. Let them know they’ve been tagged.

(Sorry to say I am not going to tag another seven as I don't think I have that many willing bloggers. Most of those I know are too jaded for this tag game. Spoilsports!)

So, here is my answers :

1) My blog name (K ruel) is very near my real name if you break it into two words in which one of it has only one letter (and remember Malay is spoken phonetically);

2) I maintain 2 blogs and I post something new every day for the past 9 months;

3) I am married for the past 6 years and here is hoping to many more (to the same person);

4) I am a lawyer who is hoping to be one until I die;

5) I love travelling around the world and driving around in my own country;

6) I never studied in other country except my own; and

7) I have 4 cats which were born right at my back door

Another one by flawed angel who have a password protected or was it lifted off already? As I am not sure, I just mentioned her blog but not linked her here. Her blog is The Temple of Irreverence. Flawed Angel tagged me with this meme and I again am cheating by not passing it to anyone. Her's doesn't have real rules except tagging others. Here goes :

6 important things that make me happy (in random order):

1) Writing just about anything;

2) Hanging by the beach anywhere in the world;

3) Reading anything including the menu at a restaurant;

4) Sleeping in late after my morning prayer;

5) Playing with my cats; and

6) Making love

So, ladies, I hope these will satisfy the tagging requirements....

Looking for sugar mummy/daddy

I am actually not sure whether I should post about this here or my other blog, Legal Cat-asthrophe which deals about business and such. Why you ask? Well, having sugar mummy or sugar daddy to me is more of a business deal than anything else.

Just imagine when you negotiate for the 'sugar' that you will be getting from your benefactor who may supply you with cash, car, place to live, clothes and a gym membership for the guys, so that they can keep in good shape. How about those pills either for the women to ensure no unwanted pregnancies or for the men, to make sure they can perform at any time and as long as they possibly can. Of course they want to get their money worth.

So, that is why having a sugar daddy/mummy is a business deal and not just an affair that you have out of the blue where you are deprived of sexual satisfaction by your spouse or partner. Or maybe you are just bored and need some excitement. Being a 'kept' person is hard work, if you ask me.

Where do one get any of these mommies and daddies? I myself thought, you need to prowl the town in clubs and discos or at least at lobbies of hotels, which maybe kind of competing with the local ladies of the nights who may be doing the same thing. It wouldn't be good for your reputation to be mistaken as such and might even be scandalous if you work during the day.

Why not try this website (or maybe you like prowling those bars and clubs) :

How I wish I am at a beach now

I have actually planned a getaway with my wife during the weekend as I have been too busy with a lot of things at the office for the past 6 months. Although I am going away to Singapore for the Singapore Sale with my parents, siblings and of course, my wife, this coming 6 to 8 of June, I still want to have my beach break. I have a beach bum dream if I have not became a lawyer. Maybe I will still have the chance to weave it after the trip. The problem with me is, I hate to go holidaying while the school is on a break which is in a week time.

I love going to scuba diving site although I am not a diver. I have been to a lot of beaches and have been wanting to do it for some time again, but I am not really sure why I still not doing it yet. I think because of the work at the office which seems to pile up even though I have managed to finish it day in and day out. Of course, one of the best reason to go for a holiday is a quote I always heard said by those who said that, "Work will never be finished, so why wait for a holiday"

I bet that guy who was chosen as the winner of The Best Job In The World, is having the best time of his life. Getting paid to snorkel, scuba dive, blog and just sits there in one of the best beach of the world. In Malaysia, we have quite a few famous scuba diving sites such as Pulau Perhentian for the amateur and then there are those in East Malaysia like the Labuan Island, which has 3 to 4 shipwrecks. There is also the heavily guarded Pulau Sipadan in east of Sabah which was infamous for the kidnapping which had happened there once. It is safe nowadays and the Sabah government has also limit the number of people on that island at any one time.

How do you know whether a place is a great scuba diving site or not? If you do need reference, why don't you try the website Best Travel Destinations for Divers which has a list of all the best destinations for divers. Maybe you yourself will have an unforgettable beach holiday of your own....

Off the coast of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, East Malaysia, during my trip last year

Pulau Perhentian, circa 2007. And yes, this was only snorkeling

Morning in Bali, circa 2004

Women like to hide their intelligent by being blonde sometimes

The 'in' word in between my wife and her friends, and even between my partners who are all ladies is "My blonde moment" to show that sometimes they acted in certain ways just to get what they can by doing just that. And as the name suggested, with apologies to all the intelligent blonde around the world, it is by acting dumb and giggly and all those things that one associates with bimbo. And they do get what they want when they do this.

The problem with me is, I am surrounded by women in my life. From my wife to an office full of women ranging from the school leavers, attachment students, interns, clerks and my partners. In an office of 20 people, there are 4 other men but only one stays in the office all day as the other three are always working in the field. That leave me having to deal with women wiles all day long.

My wife has been out of the equation long ago and she only get her ways when I let him be. As a husband, of course you let her twist you around her finger. What are husbands for, right?

As for my partners, as all decisions that we make are business decisions which may affect our livelihood and even tip the economic scale for the better or worse, that is where everyone knows, if a decision has to be made, I am equal to be the occasional uncooperative boss who just wants things done without caring whether it was going to lead someone to go crying later or hates me for making the decision.

As a boss of nearly 10 years, I have never let any one of my staff to be too 'friendly' or any incident happens which border to the word 'scandal'. It did happen once among the staff but that was considered a one time incident.

In short, women do act as if they are dumb sometimes just to get away with something. Out of being summoned for traffic offence. Batting eyelids to jump queue. Asking strangers to help them change tyres. But in my view, society has wisen up as women themselves have asked to be treated the same. And that is where the game is played on equal footing at times unless it is played by players who never know there are such a rule...

Those coupons book

I have a car which have a certain type of membership and with it there is certain times of the year where I will receive coupon books for me to get discount on certain things like clothes and such. The same goes when I have these credit cards which supposedly give of points for every penny I spend on any of the purchase which I use these cards on. Usually the points can be converted into items which sometimes are useful around the house or if you are a big spender you can even buy handphones and such with these points.

I actually are too lazy to take these coupons around and even if did have it in my briefcase, being a man, we are more of an impulse buyer than women. We buy things when we think we need it. This is one big different between women and men. Women are willing to wait for sales and deal with crowds and such whilst men will just buy whenever they feel like it.

That is why, I suggest the women in North America who think they want to save on their purchase to bu 2009 Entertainment Book which can help them save at any time. They can save on dining, shopping and even travel. Their main retailers are Best Buy, Target and Home Depot. It is specific to wear you live. It has coupons, membership cards and even more printable coupons. And the price is also attractive with free shipping. During this

I know my wife would love one if it applies here in Malaysia. We do have those coupons from a company which owns boutique like Chloe, Hugo Boss and a few others. I do need a new pair of shoes.

Maybe we will utilise it this weekend.

Handy Man

I have always been known to do the odd jobs of repairing when I was living with my parents. Then, I got married and I was supposed to be the one who try to repair anything that is broken. It was still true that I do repair things like always but laziness do crept in at times and I do take my time, sometimes, even to change a blown fuse or a bulb which has gone bust. It fell to me on try to repair any broken things which may have resulted in my clumsy hands using it or is due to normal of wear and tear.

However, there are times that there are things which I can't fix. Currently, like what we had with the toilet bowl, we found another problem that I couldn't fix. The flush keep on collecting water without stopping as if it is never full. The sounds show that there are water filling it up. It drove us crazy.

Unlike Tim the Toolman Taylor (if you know who he is, then you are old...), I do have an affinity to really fix things. In the first instance, I opened up the flushing mechanism and put it back. It worked for a few days then the problem cropped up again. Then, I play around with the position of the whole flush by tilting it to the front and back. Still the problem persisted.

Sometimes, after working on it a few times, the fill-up stops. And I considered another problem fixed. Then after using it a few more times, the sound returns. 

Now, after nearly 3 months, I have given up and surrendering the job to a real plumber. 

Being a handy man is one thing but really knowing what you are doing is another thing altogether.