Cloverfield, just what the fuck is going on?

The first movie I've seen in 2008, and I can already claim this to be the Worst Movie of the Year. Actually, make that the Worst Movie Ever. I HATED that movie, I really do.

I didn't know it was "Blair Witch Project" style camera works until my friend told me five minutes before it started. The camera shakes was already bad enough, together with the shaking that happens on its own (even when the "cameraman" was holding it still) as if it was broken. Fix the fucking camera, for God's sake. It can literally make you sick. I saw a group of people walked out half way through. No doubt due to the camera motion sickness.

Storyline contains three words - Monster attack NYC. That's it. No explanation of what it was, or why it was there. It's immune to bullets, tank shells, missiles, bombs, and probably nuclear weapons as well. But I wouldn't know that, because the ending didn't tell us whether the monster is dead or not.

The entire production crew should be tied to the front seats of a 200 seats cinema and forced to watch their work. The bunch of sadists will probably enjoy it.

Absolutely fucking horrible. Don't EVER let me watch another movie made by the same director (Matt Reeves) EVER AGAIN!

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Dreamt that the whole family was driving to some sort of festival with some family friends. When we arrived, it was already packed. We could see our family friend walked along with the sea of people to the festival ground.

We finally made it to the place. It was on an open ground. The section that we walked through was crowded with Asian food stalls. There were lots of fried stuff, some with just chips. And they expected us to pay for it! On the other side of the row, a western good stall minded by an elderly lady was just starting to get set up.

We walked further in and away from the food stall, and into the model section, somewhat similar to the model shops in Japan. I was at the Gundam section. All of the models are very cheap, and then I found out why.

They were the Pandai brand, not the official Bandai brand. It was one of those knockoff brand. And then I found some transformers toys and Patlabor models. All pirates. Man, there are even pirated stuff in my dreams.

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Dreamed that I was with a friend and her boyfriend at a restaurant. One special thing about this restaurant is that all the dishes in the menu were named after a song, most of which were Karaoke material. I ordered a "King of K (Mandarin)", which I think was a shredded chicken with rice noddle. The friend ordered the Cantonese version of "King of K".

Towards the end of the meal, I went to pick up a key to unlock something. It was then I was met by Andy Lau (the famous HK star), who apparently worked at the restaurant. I went on to unlock that something (forgot what it was). Before I left, I reminded my friend about something (forgot what that was too), given that she was one of those forgetful type of person.

Then I left the restaurant.

Karaoke Night

2008 started with a blast with Karaoke. It has been something like 7 years since I last picked up a mic and sing. Familiar feeling, that was. The only thing was that I sang the same old songs that I sang all those years ago. No one think I'm old... I hoped. Well, the songs weren't all that old, mostly from the 90's. A friend was singing even older songs.

It seems that the place is new, and still haven't got their liquor license yet, so we were offered a 40% discount. That was good. Any discount is welcoming.

Song selections were good, I thought. But what would I know? I only know songs from the 90's, anyway. Maybe I haven't been to Karaoke for so long, or if this place is new, picking songs are so much easier at this place. You don't need to flip through any folders with paper hanging out. Everything is done on the touch screen.

Thanks to everyone. It was a great night.

Last day of 2007? First day of 2008.

Last day of the year, an absolute scorcher, 42C. And it was on this day that we had our BBQ, as if it was not hot enough already. It was fun, though. Only took us an hour to light up the charcoal. Once it was lit, everything went relatively smoothly, except for the first batch of chicken wings, which turned darker than charcoal chicken. Besides the weather, everything was nice.

We broke up at around 11pm. Half of us went to the city for the fireworks. Truth be told, the fireworks here is not that spectacular. There wasn't any countdown, it just started with a 'bang'. And we were like, "oh, so that's 2008." Maybe it's because of the hot weather, it wasn't as crowded as the last one that I've been, the 1999/2000. Back then, I was expecting some Y2K issues, lights going out, planes falling from the sky. Nothing happened... until 2001 - the true start of the millennium (that's another story).

All in all, a great celebration. Haven't had these sort of celebrations with friends for several years now. 2007 had been an interesting year for me, to say the least, especially during the second half of the year. Here's hoping 2008 will be just as interesting, and a much better year for me.