Wayne P. Reports!

June 11, 2006

Hello hello. My first guest appearance and I have been tasked to review the movie The Omen which we saw last night. As you can see, to get ourselves into the mood, we got tickets for the midnight show for the morning of the 6th of June 2006 (0000, 666) in Hall 4 (4 Horsemen). Were these all signs for things to come? The movie was a remake of the 1976 cult film which many a horror fan (myself included) has seen.

Background
The movie generally is about the arrival of the Antichrist that has come to claim the earth. This is prophesized in the Book of Revelations Chapter 6, which states that the Four Horsemen will arrive onto earth after the 4 Seals have been broken freeing them each. T

he 4 are the White Horse (Antichrist), the Red Horse (War, Blood), the Black Horse (Famine) and the Pale Horse (Pestilence). Basically, all this has happened in the world with a few signs to confirm this like the star of Bethlehem appearing, the Jews returning to Zion, etc. Without spoiling the show too much for those who haven’t seen it, Damien is apparently the last horseman, the Antichrist, who has come down to claim the world.

Verdict
The original scared the living hell out of me when I was young and I had great expectations that this would do the same. Despite being really close to the original story - amid some timely updates, the movie overall did not do it for me. I guess it was anticipation of being scared out of my wits or for something new but this was not to be.

This one was a bit disjointed and the flow was not really very good. Focus had been given too much to the beginning than to the exploration of the origins of the child or the events that took place after it was born. There were shocks and there was a hint of eeriness about the show with the audience looking around every corner expecting something to jump out. However, the rawness of the original and the “uneasiness” about it was not entirely captured and I think most would be shocked rather than spooked by the show.

Plus I think the casting for Julia Stiles (played Katherine Thorn) was terrible as she did not suit the young mother role. I would have to give it maybe a 3 / 5 for not detracting away from the original and some pretty spooky acting by Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick (played Damien).

On a side note I had multiple bad dreams after going to sleep at 0300hrs (yes yes the haunting hour). Had kept on getting dreams that someone was standing at the foot of my bed or in the corner of my room while I was in “half sleep” and had to wake up a few times to make sure nothing was there. Whether it’s related to the show or not I have no clue, but the dreams surpassed the scare factor which the show failed to live up to.

Wayne P.

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Chicken! I’m a CHICKEN!

June 11, 2006

SACA organised a MTB race this morning, and i chickened out, for several reasons excuses:

1. I’ve never taken part in a MTB race before
2. I’ve only tried the backwards trail twice
3. the new trail’s uphill are alot more technical
4. No one else i knew was taking part
5. My blisters on my heels

Last night, we were over at Jandrews’ nest, the West Wing, for their open house + android’s birthday. About 80% of people there were either MTBikers, Triatheletes, or adventure racers. So the topic of today’s race came along, and i was persuaded to give it a go. There were only 2 ladies who registered for the ladies category, but mind you, 2 champion riders…and i’m not supposed to feel intimidated? uh huh!

It just took 30mins of butterflies in the tum, to change my mind… i decided not to go.

And now, at 11am, i wished i had given it a try.

So now, right here, in writting, i promise myself, that i will attempt the next race with Janice YES YES?. We have to ickle… we HAVE TO!!

On a seperate note, i bought a new NIKE dri-fit top from Queensway Shopping Centre, loving the colour, will be using it for the first time later today!

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Rant Time!

June 11, 2006

Ok another problem with the webhost. ipowerweb is really starting to piss me off major. For all you tech savy geeks out there, i need your help.

Someone PLEASE recommend me a good webhost. Currently i’m with ipowerweb but i’m so tired of dealing with them. Apparently my account has been suspended, and i can’t get ANY of my files out of there at the moment. And they want to charge me S$80 to unsuspend the account. No way! i rather start fresh with a new webhost. So i’m desperate, i’ve only got days before this webpage dissapears!!

The only one that i MIGHT be interested in is ace-host
SO GEEKS! HELP ME OUT!!!

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Phuket - Day 4

June 2, 2006

I just realised i forgot to post about Phuket Day 4 !!
We went on another tour on Day 4, and this one was a real action-packed itinerary. It started with a looooonnngg van ride to the inskirts of Phuket. It must have been around one and a half hours drive to get us to the white water rafting camp. YEeeappp… you saw it right, white water rafting!?! Each dingy sits 4 “tourists” and 2 trained navigators, front and back. So all we basically had to do was strap your feet in, and ROW! ROW! ROW! That first picture above was taken by the photographer stationed at the bridge. The only thing that put me off was the body odour coming from those men in our dinghy. PEwwww weeeee….

After all that, it was a small trek to the waterfall. i can’t remember all the names of these places, because i lost the brochure! Doh! At the waterfalls, all the boys were jumping off the rocks, and of course, me being me, i had to prove myself i wasn’t scared, i jumped too. tehehehe…. again AGAIN!

Next stop was elephant camp. A small ride around the premises, and then quad biking. This part of the tour was dissapointing for 2 reasons, there wasn’t much quad biking involved, and i didn’t like the fact that the quadbike area was so near the elephant camp, i’m sure it startles them a bit at least.

Next on the itinerary, an ox cart ride, followerd by a baby elephant show at the huts. If we wanted to feed the baby ele a basket of bananas, he’ll come towards you, use his trunk to take the note from your hand, trods over the banana stand, pick up a basket of bananas, and send it back to you. From there, you can feed him by hand. SO CUTE!

On our last night, we had a cocktail at the hotel bar, a nice dinner at a restaurant by the sea, and stuffed ourselves silly with seafood. The next day, we left Phuket before sunrise to catch out flight back to Singapore.

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Phuket - Day 3

June 1, 2006

Ok, Day 3 was alot more exciting. Same scenario as the day before, canoe trip was cancelled yet again due to bad weather, so we opted for a different tour instead. We decided to do the phi phi and james bond island tour, since there wasn’t anything else to do anyway. I mean, we go all the way to phuket, i’d be darn cheesed off if i didn’t at least bake for another day!

Had another greasy breakfast before heading out to our tour destinations. The boat ride there was absolutely horrendous! The sea was incredibly choppy, so alot of us felt a bit seasick! Even a regular like me felt a bit queesy. It was only a matter of time…2 people threw up! Urgh!

I hate to go too much into to detail about the day, but just to summarise. We fed monkeys, snorkelled, fed fishes, and baked in the sun. I love my underwater camera…check out the rest of the photos in the gallery.

blog more tomorrow. Good night.

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Phuket - Day 2

June 1, 2006

So here comes day 2 update. We originally planned for a canoe trip to Phang Na bay to see the caves plus a bit of snorkelling, but due to the stinking weather in the morning, they called our hotel room at 6am, and said it was cancelled. Bummer!

So instead, we had a nice breakfast at the restaurant, where we bumped into Janice’s MIL aka her Marmadillo. Whats the chances of that !?

Late morning, the sky was still quite overcast, but i wasn’t about to flop around the hotel for the rest of the day. So we trudged down to beach, rented 2 deckchairs, swam a bit in the sea, laid on the chairs, and fell asleep. Late thai lunch at a restaurant around the corner, then back to the hotel to book our thai massage.

I feel kinda bad…for these poor women who are paid so little to scrub my feet and knead my back. But i guess its alot to them.

Dinner, then Patong nightlife round 2. Same ol she-males, just new outfits.

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