Slowcatchupkuan - Part 2
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About Me – Excerpt

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About Me - Excerpt
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The “About Me” page on this blog had been blank ever since i started blogging because till now i have not had any inspiration. Today i finally came up with the perfect paragraph to fill it with.
 

“I am like a Golden Retriever. I am very eager to please which means psychologically i’m never going to get a Goldie; i’m more inclined to having a Bulldog which is completely opposite of my nature. Ironically this also means that besides desperately trying to please everyone around me, i also have to please my dog.”

 

Perfect. Applaud.
 
 

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Ain’t Feeling Too Good Myself

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Have you ever felt so tired of life you just want to curl up in bed and never ever wake up? Ok, thats how i am feeling right now only it’s 10 times worse. It’s not PMS talking here, perhaps it’s the meds i’m taking.

Life is a constant eshaustion, worries and arguments for me. It scares me when my nights are haunted by dreams of myself jumping off some random buildings.  A different one each night but i jumped down everyone of them.

And now this blog is not a place for me to rant anymore.
 
 

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Getting All Excited Over Tintin

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Getting All Excited Over Tintin
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My first contact with Tintin was way back in primary school. I was what, perhaps in Standard 4 or 5 when i happened to pick up a crumpled, dog eared comic with colorful pictures. It probably wasn’t in as bad condition as i remembered because you know how memory tends to exaggerate. However it was missing a pages or two and a vintage, made of the old school newsprint instead of the type of glossy paper used in comics today; that i am sure.

At that time my school was having a reading program where a certain time slot is placed before the school assembly started. Everyone must sit on the hall’s floor with a book to read. Well, most of us just opened the text book on our lap and stared into space waiting for the 30 minutes to pass. For those looking for a more creative outlet, in front of the hall next to the piano there was a battered wooden book case that actually flips open like a book. In it were books that had seen better days. That’s where i found my treasure.

I might have mindlessly stashed it in my school bag after the bell rang or i might have stolen it (come on the books in there ends up in the trash sooner or later anyways) but i only recall finding it again back at home. I have faint memories of Egyptian mummies and balls of fire so i’m pretty sure it was Hergé’s The Adventures of Tintin: The Seven Crystal Balls. I read and re-read the thin comic and enjoyed every minute of it even though at that age i didn’t understand the themed political propaganda of Tintin stories.
 


 

But soon i found other exciting things to do and i hid it in the back of the drawer and forgot all about it. That’s when i lost my treasure; i never found it again.

That will make it to the “Most regrettable things i’ve done” list because the battered Tintin would be worth a lot now but mostly because it’s one of my favorite comics. Instead i have to settle for the new hardcover collection like everyone else. The story of Tintin with his sidekick, Snowy is the same but somehow the feeling is muted without the newsprint material. Like what the hiking guide keep saying to us in Chiang Mai “Same, same but different”.
 

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Just the same it’s hard not to be excited knowing the movie is screening soon in Malaysia. Watching Tintin and Snowy running around the globe getting into trouble and kicking some bad villain’s arse and Captain Haddock’s totally unorthodox cursing especially “Blue Blistering Barnacles!” is just too fun. It’s like being a kid again.

Trailer: The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn.
 


 
 

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Happy Diwali!

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Wishing everyone a Happy Diwali and Happy Holiday!

My darling nephew is in Sungai Petani celebrating with the family. Oh i miss him so!!
 

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“Quickly come back so ah yi can play with you. Muacks!”
 
 

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Get Wowed by Real Steel!

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First the synopsis from IMDb.
 

“Set in the near future, where robot boxing is a top sport, a struggling promoter feels he’s found a champion in a discarded robot. During his hopeful rise to the top, he discovers he has an 11-year-old son who wants to know his father.”

 


 

Much anticipation had been placed on this movie especially when everyone in my circle had highly recommended it. And i pretty much enjoyed the entire show.

The plot borderlines corny with some cheesy scenes i could go without but the good performance by the casts more than made up for it. Evangeline Lilly and Hugh Jackman gave a genuine and endearing performance (ok not so much Jackman but Lilly and him is really good to look at) and Dakota Goyo who plays the cute yet street-smart son is very impressive. He’s a force to look out for, this kid.
 


 

Loved the robot hero, Atom. Compared to the other almost monstrous robots in the arena, Atom looks like a beaten metal scrap but it’s easy to grow fond of him and every time Atom fights you just can’t help but cross your finger and hope he pulls through.

And oh, can he dance!

It would be awesome if i have a personal robot like him.
 


 

Mostly i was blown away by the sensational robots and the excellent CGI. I was so caught up with the robot boxing matches that i actually wanted to stand up to cheer and jeer. The sound effects were incredible. Wham! Wham! Wham! So realistic it was that i winced more than once watching the robots tearing up each other.

By the end of the fight my adrenaline was pumping and i was flushed. It was that cool!
 


 

If you haven’t watched it then you are missing out; perhaps not for the sentimentality of the father and son relationship but for the spectacular metal clanging on metal fights.
 


 
 

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Everything Dogs Related

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It puzzles me how dogs could sense that they are welcome at my home. Strays or lost dogs never fail to arrive at our doorstep. It’s not like i’m a certified dog rescuer nor am i running an animal sanctuary, hell i wouldn’t be able to sleep at night if i did. Being a worrywart, i’ll be at my wit ends trying to re-home the dogs. So sometimes when it a dog lingers in front of my house for days, i try to ignore them but it’ll only be a matter of time before i see those sad pleading eyes and relent.

This is dog number 17 that happens to grace our home in May and he won’t budge from the front of my house so we fed him. Yup the 17th. Sheesh… i guess Kepong people like to abandon dogs.
 


 

We named him Brownie. The most playful dog we’ve encountered. Chases everything he sees.
 


 

Lucky dog had been re-homed. Now he stays in TTDI with a new housemate a Labrador. The last i heard from his new owner is that he’s being really territorial and bullies the Lab. LOL oh well…
 


 

Another incident with dogs last month. The boyfriend ended up getting bitten really bad by my neighbor’s dog. 3 puncture marks on his hand and one on his leg was bitten by Kobe. Scared the shit out of me because he was bleeding so much and we had to rush to the clinic for rabies jab.
 


 

Kobe and the neighbor’s dog are the sworn enemies. I don’t know why but maybe Kobe knows we hate the psycho owner so she had taken the responsibility to be hostile towards the dog. Every time they see each other they will try to bite each other’s head off.

I hate to say “I told you so” but i did specifically told the boyfriend not to intervene when they are tearing at each other but he never listens. So dear, “I told you so!” but kisses because you saved Kobe LOL.
 


 

And finally i present to you Boy, a really giant of a dog that had been wondering the neighborhood for a week before he decided to seek shelter under our car 2 weeks ago. We fed him and he stayed in front of our gate howling like a baby at dawn till we let him come in.
 


 

Poor boy had blisters on his four feet and was exhausted. I really cannot understand how someone could have lost… i think more likely abandon such a huge gorgeous dog (he is bigger than a German Shepherd).
 


 

Anyhow, he has now found a new home at Puchong. They named him Samson but he refuses to answer to that name so instead they called him Boy which he apparently liked.
 


 

I cried so hard the first night i let him go.  I hope he is happy there because i’ve grown so attached to him even though we only took him in for a night.

I pray that there’s no more abandon dogs at my place because really cannot take the stress anymore. What’s wrong with you Kepong people??!!! Your mother never teach you to be kind to animals?!
 
 

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Unlimited Net10 Plan

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This post brought to you by Net10. All opinions are 100% mine.
 
 

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