03.08.2008 | 盜墓迷城

又係暑假黃金時段另一強勢鉅片, 《盜墓迷城三•龍帝之墓》上星期四開畫(比美國仲早一日添), 其實都預咗會好多人爭住睇架喇, 所以諗住熱潮稍退後先打算去睇.. 點知前晚JY人突如其來咁摟我話不如禮拜六晚去睇, OK啦咁, 一貫先上網訂飛以免到時向隅.. 不過網上訂購竟然早就full晒(難怪同事KL早一個星期就已經行動咗啦), 得返子夜場於是就有理冇理book咗先, 到時先決定睇唔睇..

噚日朝早去銀行辦完事, 經過KLCC戲院, 反正得閑就不如學人排隊撲飛啦, 唔想睇子夜場咁晏, 所以希望可以撲到早幾場嘅飛.. 當時條龍排到出戲院門口, 一番掙扎上唔上馬之後, 最後依然屈服.. 廿分鐘之後, 終於排到去中間位置, 結果見到咩吖哪你估?? 原來最篤有兩個專為呢齣戲而設嘅express counter!! 個notice得半張A4紙咁細, 重要張貼一二角, 鬼知咩大佬?? 我頂@#$%^&*.. 於是即刻離隊, 排過去個express lane, 都尚要排成十分鐘, 好彩都仲買到飛, 如果唔係實滿肚火去鏟死個票務經理呀我話你知..

夜晚會合JY入場, 竟然滿座, 啲人連前排位都唔放過, 真係佩服佢哋對呢齣戲嘅擁戴.. 對於上兩集嘅印象已經係非常模糊喇, 不過知道O'Connell太太換咗人, 同埋Alex O'Connell竟然咁~快高長大(同Branden Fraser演父子好似欠缺說服力).. 戲中有不少熟悉香港明星擔大旗演出, 而且仲係關鍵人物添, 覺得原本應係主角嘅O'Connell家庭, 好似淪為佢哋嘅配角咁.. 對白加入不少笑料, 特技場面仍然有睇頭, 梁洛施戲內好鬼靚, 楊紫瓊梁洛施普通話好「甩咳」(汗顏), 女巫師楊紫瓊最後一幕竟然用英語嚟施咒(傻眼), 李連傑死得太兒戲(嫌唔夠打斗場面), 最後大戰一幕啲甩頭甩骨鬼戰士好搞笑.. 總括嚟講, 我覺得唔錯囉, 雖然超越唔到第一集但係都OK囉..
another big movie for the summer slot, "Mummy 3: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" was showing since last thursday (and yet another day earlier than US).. knowing that it will be a big hit, so i didn't plan to watch it that soon, but JY suggested to watch it on saturday night.. well, ok then we go do online ticket reservation, and not surprised at all, all tickets were fully booked.. we could only manage to get the midnight show tickets (book first and decide whether to go ahead later), no wonder colleague KL has already did his booking a week ago..

was in KLCC doing some banking business on yesterday morning, walked passed the cinema and i thought why not try my luck to get tickets for an earlier show?? the queue was dreadfully long, but after a good struggle still i decided to hit on it.. was queuing patiently there and after 20min, guess what i saw?? the last two ticket counters were opened specially for this blockbuster!! @#$%^&*, but the notice is just half the size of an A4 paper and was posted in an easily missed out corner.. d*mn, i immediately switch queue to join the express lane, still have to wait another 10min before getting my tickets!!

met up JY for the movie at night, and it was full house, really salute the passion of those patrons on the front rows towards the movie.. can't really remember well the previous two sequel, but i know Mrs O'Connell is another actress, and Alex O'Connell has grown up so amazingly fast (a bit not convincing acting as Branden Fraser's son).. quite a few familiar HK actors and actress faces in the movie, and they play relatively important roles, as if they have the supposedly-leading-role O'Connell family turned supporting role, hahaha.. humour has been added to the lines, CG scenes were great enough, Leung is pretty, Yeoh and Leung's Mandarin really s*cks, Yeoh surprisingly used English to cast spell in the end, Li died a little to simple (too little solo fighting for him), the handicapped mummy warriors in the last battling scene were cute.. overall, i did enjoy the movie, although it still cannot beat the first sequel, yet it's not a bad one at all..

02.08.2008 | 人山腦海

一年一度嘅電腦促銷展PC Fair又嚟喇.. 雖然我係IT人, 但係我其實唔係個科技產品迷(英文叫做gadget geek), 所以從來都唔為呢個年度促銷展而感到興奮.. 今日係閒來無事, 咁啱去銀行辦完啲事, 身在該處所以就既管去湊吓熱鬧.. 因為聽聞呢個促銷會能夠以比平時平啲嘅價錢執到筍嘢, 而且新產品都會喺呢度率先登場, 不妨去睇睇吖..

促銷展喺城中城會展中心舉行, 數百參展單位包晒所有展覽聽, 確實係大陣仗.. 仲未去到現場, 已經見到三五成群嘅各階層人仕朝著會展方向前進.. 由於人流眾多, 主辦單位預先劃定單向出入路線, 所以一入到會展, 見到洶湧人潮, 我已經萌生退堂, 因為我一向都係個容易屈服於人群嘅人.. 不過已經冇回頭路喇, 唯有一路向前, 用手機拍攝當時墟撼情景同埋部份參展單位.. 經自己評論後SONY個攤位最正, 搭起一個小小樓閣畀有意購買產品嘅顧客, 頗有新意就畀個冠軍佢啦..

其實我只不過係一路向前行, 如果有停落嚟都係影相嘅時候, 就係因為得一個入口一個出口, 所以被迫要穿梭所有展覽聽, 擠迫於洶湧人潮中, 姍姍蓮步超過40分鐘之後, 最後終於喺第九個展覽聽搵到出口.. 嘩, 阿彌陀佛大慈大悲, 終於甩難喇!! the annual PC Fair is back again, though i’m in IT line, however i don’t consider myself as a gadget geek, and hence i have never been excited about the PC Fair at all.. today is a coincidence whereby i was there after some business with the bank in the morning.. since just few steps away from the PC Fair, i thought why not just have a look since i have time to spare.. and heard that one can always get cheaper price and perhaps the latest gadgets from the Fair..

the PC Fair is held in the KLCC Convention Centre, hundreds of exhibitor fully occupied all the exhibition halls, was a real gigantic event.. before reaching the convention center, already saw crowds walking towards the venue.. because of the overwhelming crowds, the authority has drawn one-way-only passage ways in and out from the exhibition halls, and when I entered the venue, i was a bit dizzy to see the blasting exhibition-enthusiasts, always disgracefully possessing the so-called crowd phobia, i really felt like turning back but due to the event planning, there is only ONE SINGLE entrance and ONE SINGLE exit.. no choice, i would have to participate in this big march into the halls.. rather to feel the dread, i took out my mobile phone to start taking photo of the crowd and exhibitor.. i personally think SONY should be given the two thumbs up, for being the best exhibitor stall - the two-storey setup definitely is the most unique and eye-popping of all..

well, i actually just keep walking ahead (the only time i stopped by was just to take photo), and it took me more than 40 minutes to fight through the crowd and finally at the 9th (yes, because of the single in single out thing) i finally found the exit to the outsider world!! thank god, that was just a relief for me..

01.08.2008 | 百咔齊放

整理銀包嘅時候, 發現自己持有一大堆嘅咔, 身份證, 信用咔, 銀行提款咔, 儲值咔, 各式各樣會員咔.. 一共十幾張咔, 疊埋成吋厚, 真係難以想像我每日都帶住咁多張咔喺身邊.. 其實呢度都唔係全部, 仲有其他幾張係平時冇乜用到, 所以索性擺喺屋企一二角.. 撇開身份證, 提款咔呢啲基本需要唔講吖, 其他如信用咔同會員咔其實佔咗九成以上, 真係唔明點解有咁多?? 今時今日, 信用咔係送畀你咁濟(阿豬阿狗都可以擁有, 已經冇乜信用可言), 商場內往往有銀行搞信用咔roadshow, 啲職員猛咁喺度拉客, 如果你稍為把持唔住, 一定會因為佢開出嘅一籮籮優惠而申請至少一張.. 其他各式各樣會員咔也是如此, 往往申請過後會質疑自己究竟要嚟做乜?? 無時無刻帶住咁多張咔喺身, 其實都好纍贅, 我開始要清減啲咔量架喇..

while tidying wallet just now i realised how many plastic cards i am holding, ID card, credit card, ATM card, money card and all sorts of membership cards.. pile them up all together and it gave me a whooping inch tall!! actually this is not all of them, i still have some rarely used cards still lying peacefully in a corner in my room.. put aside the essential ID card and ATM card, other cards make up 90% of the collection, i start to wonder why do i need that much of them?? nowadays credit cards are almost free for everyone to use (anyone can own a credit card now, no stringent qualifications or requirements at all), you can easily see credit card roadshows in shopping malls everywhere, and once you can't withstand, you sure will apply for more than one card after being psycho-ed by the bank staff with all the benefits and privileges offered (mind you, those are gold-plated marketing stuffs).. similar to all those membership cards out there, and most of the time after getting one home, you start to wonder why you have done so?? haha.. am carrying too many plastic cards, somehow sluggish, i think i am gonna cut down the number of cards soon..