Transformers- Dark of the Moon

I'll do a terse one on this movie.

Transformers Dark of the Moon
has quite a handful of bad reviews tagged to it,
despite being the 3rd sequal riding on the famous robots.
Wat's wrong with the show?

I went to the cinema on Sunday.
Middle way into the show boredom inched in,
was quickly dispersed by the fighting scene,
esp the part when Decepticons
ripped the building for few running humans.

How I feel:

Hmm... It was okie.
Normal. Acceptable.
Not much "Wohoo"
Still the usual Transformers style.

Bad guy clashes wit the good,
heavy metals clashing heavy metals.
Good prevails as always.

It left me with this thought:
Will I still go to the cinema for the fourth sequal?

I thought hard why this nostalgic hero characters lost its charm on me.

1) No longer original
They'r robots, not alien.
The alien-looks got worse as each sequal goes.
I am beginning not able to distinguish
if I'm watching Aliens vs Predator or robots.

In the original cartoon play,
all robots transformed frm some objects.

The strange long-legged robots looks confusing.
Wat's tat actually?
Seems like they've joined
every spare metal parts frm hardware shop for this.

2) The intriguing transform

1st sequal I hit the cinema with lots of anticipation.
My eyes widely opened with each transform.
Making me nervous whether if the next robot
would be transformed from the toilet bowl.

Now, even the weird bird
transformed frm the photocopy machine
did not even tingle me.

Perhaps I've seen it too early
frm the photocopier ads.
They've lost their element of surprise.

3) The story

Same banal story.
Recovers some old robots (tat's similar to the 2nd),
then Decepticons tried to expel Autobots frm earth.

Why must they always bring out old robots?
To make things more laughable,
they even include beards, glasses on the old ones.

I was worried the next sequal will be on

two old robots playing chess, 

talking abt colour fading on parrot,

whistling at girl,

then going for a cancer screening together.

However put yrself in the script-writer's view.
Wat else can u write on Transformers?
They'r unlike X-men where u can follow a script.
Or avatar with a new script,
bogged by some family issues.

They can only revolve ard earth, human, robots.

Unless they decided to turn the heat
by concocting an avatar to fall in love with a robot.

My Review:

TWO OUT OF FIVE

Give credits for them on the destruction effects,
the falling buildings.
Let's hope for surprises for the next one.

Will I go to the cinema?
Ans: It all depends on the preview.

Hitachino Nest Beer

Hitachino Nest Beers-The Red Owl?

Straits Times 15May2011

It appeared on Straits Times 15May2011,
recommended by one of their ST food journalist.
Being titled "Best Beer"
together with her strong recommendation,
how can we miss this?

I'm going to taste three of their four available beers,
and see how good they r.

Background:

Kiuchi Brewery started making sake in Japan since 1823.
They started brewing Hitachino Nest beer in 1996,
the highly lauded Japanese Classic Ale.
The rice is milled and polished,
similar to sake,
& fermentation requires both sake & ale yeasts,
thus yielding a beer unique in taste & craft.

Red Rice Ale

With their red owl (plus a shade of pink background)
sitting in the middle of the bottle,
quite tantalizing to pick up a bottle.

The top recommendation was this Red Rice Ale.
A complex sake like flavours with malt sweet notes.
Hints of strawberries (tat explains the pink)
in the nose and palate,
this is an intriguing mix of sake,
malt & bitter notes in the finish.

Strawberry in a beer?
Let's investigate.

 Pink monster?

When I poured the beer into my glass,
there was a slight pinkish tint.

1st sipped got a surprise.
There was this sweet aroma,
followed by bitter taste on my palate,
just wat they promised- a bitter finish.

This is more of a girl+guy combo.
Girlish side- the aroma.

I can't really recognized the taste of strawberries,
but the lurking aroma will be a boon to ladies.

Becoz it's just a hint of strawberry taste,
If u go on continuous sips,
rest assured there will only be bitterness.
However if u drink slow enough,
there will be periods when u can enjoy the scent.

Let me touch on the guy part.
Although the aroma,
there was this bitter taste with it.
Macro man shld like this.

Overall

An interesting mix.
I would prefer a stronger aroma.

 White Ale

Hitachino Nest White Ale.

A refreshing mildly hopped Belgian styled beer

with a complex flavour of coriander, 

orange peel & nutmeg.

 Yellowish tint

This was a refreshing beer.
The sweet orange taste was quite palpable,
tasted like wheat beer with a sweet touch.

Overall

Thumbs Up for this one.
For those who do not like bitterness,
I would recommend this.

Sweet Stout

 Just the name alone heighten my interest.
 Stout that is sweet?

 Then the concoctation-
 mixture of coffee, chocolate?

 normal stout colour

Didn't expect any surprising colour other than black.
There was the normal stout taste,
however, the drink was more smooth.

At times reminiscent of Kopi O.
Just as wat they promised, they delivered.
Coffee in the stout.

Wat's missing is the chocolate taste.
I had expected there would be no choco hint,
since they would anyway
be overshadowed by coffee or stout even if any.

Overall

Stout lovers,
this is better than normal stout in the market.
Strong stout taste with Kopi O somemore.

I wonder hw u get drunk when stout knock u off
and coffee awakes the mind.
Perhaps this is the 'I want to but I cannot'.


The bitterness at times,
seems to bring out the "out of love" feelings.
Majiam 喝闷酒.

All being said, I recommend to try this,
since when can u find coffee easily in a stout?

All in all, these range's a nice concoction,
with element of surprise in each bottle.
My fav pick is the white ale,
altho I might, again grab the rest too.

With annual production limited to ard 2,000 cases a yr,
it makes enjoying one even more satisfying.

Hand it to the Japanese!I'm going to grab few more of this.

Where u can find the owls:

Liang Court, Meidi-Ya Supermarket

Footnote:

Pour them out & drink frm yr glass instead.

I find the taste more pungent 

rather than drinking straight frm the bottle

He's relaxing

Upon googling,
then I realized crayfish is a nocturnal creature.
Hidding in the day (despite his size),
active once it's dark.

No wonder during daytime I seldom see him.
Tot he already jumped off and M.I.A.

Yesterday nite, I saw it on top of my plant on few occasions,
afraid it might really jump out of the tank,
I placed a safety net to cover the tank.

Just now, I purposely off the lights,
switched on the bluey night light to observe
wat tat guy's doing in the dark.

Guess wat,
he climbed up the highest point of my plant,
just beneath the water surface,
he tilted its body to one side
and rested there.

出 pattern!

Few times he dropped down,
again climbed up and rested @the same spot,
wif tilted body.

He did this several times.

Wat a cute guy.
I'm beginning to like him.

Relaxing

Suntanning?

Snow White Crayfish

My new member- Snow White Crayfish.

This pearl white crayfish is frm the rivers & streams of North East Australia.
Quite rare.























  


Also included another sucker.
Sucker fish.
I need someone to clear the shit.

I'm not going for the normal black ones.
Their job already shitty liao,
black one makes the scene worse.
Also, they reminds me of dark lizards.

I saw one species having zebra stripes.
A breed frm Brazil.
U can google the pix.
One of the nice ones ard.

Look closer @the price,
it got nicer.

$200 plus for one.
Siao.
Wat an expensive sucker.
For those who use gold to make toilet bowl.

After careful selection,
got him, Mr Spotty.
At least some pattern to beautify the habitat.

Wedding @Copthorne King

 Last nite was Alex+Jonice's wedding @Copthorne King.

wif Alex

Serendipitously ran into our groom
upon stepping out of the lift.
Quickly grabbed him for photo,
since later he would be too busy.

On our photo,
we almost made a kissing thumb.
Jonice won't be too pleased.

 Daniel+Dani

Instant print service

I like the instant print service,
after taking pix,
the photographer gave the memory card
to the uncle @this counter.

Within mins,
printed card-size pix made available.
Wow wow!

The food was good there.
Midway into our dinner,
we chanced upon a familiar figure lurking behind.

Chef tat look like the guy on Channel 8 variety show.

In order not to get the wrong person,
my friend asked him if he was the guy on TV.

Wearing an austere face,
he replied:

"Yes, I'm the one"
Replied wif seriousness and decorous,
wif a slight angle of bowing,
without any air of a celebrity.

He was the master chef in Copthorne King Hotel.

When I asked him for a pix,
he readily came forward.

Despite donning a no nonsense look,
he placed his hand on my shoulder.

For a split sec,

I thought I might be the next Chef Apprentice on TV. 
Thought he has realized my inner potential

based on my looks.

Keeps daydreaming!

Guess on his tap on my shoulder,
he realized instead tat my best cook is instant noodles.

See Colours!

Try staring at the red dot for 30 seconds,
move to a blank wall and keeps blinking.

U'll see him in colours.
Try it!

Most skillful accessories seller

Full of bubbles

I've came across the best seller @a pasar malam.
Wat an experience which I'll like to share.

I went to a makeshift store looking for
a new screen-protector for my Galaxy Tab.

I showed him my Tab how blurred the old protector was,
and he intro me a super clear sheet.

He told me the price, which I agreed.

Then he started to take the product,
& placed it into a plastic bag.

I was taken aback, amazed by his actions.

"Hey, I need u to paste the sheet onto my set."

(thought it's the norm?)

"Orh... I thought u just wan to buy the sheet.

Can paste it yrself."

Phiang, I was surprised.

"Huh? I buy of course need u to paste.

Everytime we D.I.Y the sheet will spoil, wif bubbles.

Thought u all got help to paste?

If not then I don't wan liao."

Reluctantly, he took it frm the plastic,
heaving a sigh of unhappiness.

I felt like giving him a knuckle on his head.
Boh people leh,
he very free why seems like so tough.

As he was doing the job,
I watched carefully at his worksmanship.
My 1st impression was- he's just lazy.

As tme goes by, I changed my perception.
He pasted it 1st tme, bubbles.
Took it off, re-pasted, still bubbles.

Okie okie, I tried to calm myself.
Maybe he's got his own ways.

@this kind of Ah Beng store,
how to discontinue the purchase
when he's already used the sheet?

Then after few unsuccessful tries
to minimize the bubbles,
he tried to press them out instead.
Damn amateur leh.

Thought my set got install air-pump.

1st tme I see salesperson
paste a screen-protector so difficultly
wif so many bubbles.

Using a cleaning cloth, he wiped the screen,
majiam trying to polish,
or trying to summon
a Samsung Genie out frm the screen.

I got worried @my screen,
& the end product.

He even once shook his head.
Wat hell? 7 inch screen liao leh.
So big liao still shake.

Half-way, he even dropped his cleaning cloth on the floor,
discovering only when he needed the cloth, 
he tried hopelessly to find it,
until I solved his awkwardness
by pointing out to him.

He took 10 mins to scribble off all bubbles.
Showed me the finished material.

Thankfully all ok,
except a single bubble on the front camera.
I pointed out to him, surprisingly he told me tat one Boh Pian.
(I saw him tried to eliminate it, but to no avail)

"Buy a cover holder then cannot see liao lor."

Wat an AH BENG way to resolve problems.

I wanted to ask him change another new sheet,
but on second thoughts I didn't.
Since the situation was already tensed,
I scared another attempt, might left another bubble,
worst off, in the centre of the screen.


Wat an experience!