ACTIVITIES IN DECEMBER - PART 2

A few other activities during this festive month.

1) THE HOST

The tag line "Science fiction for people who don't like science fiction" is rather catchy for me..

I have finished reading this book by Stephenie Meyer, the author of the Twilight Trilogy. Unlike any vampire and werewolf, the author explores a science fiction with romance in this book. Here, the earth has been overrun by an alien species called Souls which invade human bodies and erase personalities. A soul name Wanderer (or Wanda as the human called her later) was implanted in a human (Melanie Stryder). Inhibiting human mind and body is new to Wanda and soon she finds out Melanie is not willing to give up to Wanda, refusing to relinquish possession of her mind. Later, Wanda find herself driven to reconnect with Melanie's old life, her vision of her human brother and lover, Jared who is in hiding and jeng jeng jeng.....well I won't tell more of the stories since I was made to know that The Host will soon be getting into a movie and will be directed by Andrew Niccol of the Gattaca fame.. but what I like most in this book is the conflict between two men i.e one loving an alien and the other loving the host which share the same human body... kinda interesting don't you think..this story coming from a writer who made a vampire and a werewolf falling over a girl... And talking about Eclipse, tentatively it will be shown world wide on the 30 June, 2010....

2) TWELVE ROOMS WITH A VIEW

Is the book I am reading now. Theresa Rebeck is a master story teller with all the right ingredient for a fantastic novel and I love her instantly. Here, Tina Finn, the main character, heard about her inheritance of a huge luxury apartment overlooking Central Park during her mother's newly-dug grave. Being a girl who is living in a trailer park, this will her dream for a better change but all this turn topsy turvy when her half brothers, left out of the inheritance think that she has no right to the apartment and they want her out by any means necessary..not only the brothers but other tenants have their own agenda for the house too and the story will go on how she must be prepared to fight to the end to keep it..yup the part that I have not encountered yet but soon..so much anxiety waiting for this Wednesday (will be on leave) where then I can snug in and finish reading the book....

3) Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant.

Intended to watch "Sherlock Holmes" on a last minute unscheduled activities last Thursday in Mid Valley but I cannot secure a good seat. A and I watched this movie instead. It is based on a book series by Darren Shan and it focuses on the fantasy adventures of a teenager and his best friend who discover a travelling freak show (creatures such as snakeboy, wolfman, bearded lady, monkey woman etc) who later was turn into a vampire himself. Then, he found out about a war between vampires and their enemy counterparts but later unknowingly breaks the 200 year old truce.... I found this movie very interesting, fast moving, perfect CGI, plenty of action and humor too...the unhappy part was that, the movie does not end here meaning more sequels will come thereafter...which means another painful waiting period again... arghhh...

Enjoyable movie...go see it

While in Mid Valley also, I bought a watch. After all this years of wearing watches given to me as present for my birthdays from my special ones, the time has come for me to buy one for my own. I have no intention to buy the watch at this time since I intend to buy it during my actual bonus payment scheduled in April or May next year but because of YES...yup.. the Year End Sales, I can't resist buying the watch earlier using my interim bonus with full knowledge that I am going to Bali this end January...nangis jap... nonetheless I am happy with the watch. Its a Victorinox Swiss Army Active with Sapphire Cyrstal Glass and with a 3 years warranty... with this purchase, I have to postpone buying a new couch or sofa as per listed in the budget items for this year..hehe

Last Saturday, A and I also went to Aquaria. Because of the holiday, we expected a long que to buy the tickets. As as solution, A and I decided to take turn queueing and eating at Kenny Rogers there..I will show our pictures there in my later post. We then have dinner at Quan's, with Panzer, Amri and Leo, starting with appetiser, main course, ice cream for dessert and coffee afterwards, our main discussion inter alia was our planning for a small gathering on the upcoming new year's eve....