Schlepping Around: catching up

had been away for quite awhile. 5 days to be exact. been too caught up by activities. all of them with dear. how nice, to put all work aside and enjoy myself. not that i couldn't be bothered anymore, but i need to be realistic. work is never ending. period.

anyway, i pampered myself by buying an edt from adidas. nice!

had a little misadventure while paying for it though. to cut the story short, my brother paid more for an adidas deodrant but he got back the excess he had paid. well, no big deal but still, i felt it was the salesperson's carelessness of not checking the goods on display; leding us to think that products on the shelf was on offer. buck up, dude!

later at night, i attended kamilah and shafik's wedding dinner with dear. kamilah is dear's classmate from np and a very close friend of hers. it was a very simple yet purposeful solemnisation ceremony. the newly weds looked their best on the night. i can't help to think about my own wedding ceremony already. it can be broken down into five w's: where? when? what? who (to invite, no pun intended)? why (the above w's)? oh, and not forgetting the 'how'. tough, eh?

here are the shots:

the grand entrance

the stage

spy shot: the newly weds

official picture: the newly weds

all of us (nine, excluding me because i took this picture)

the ladies

the guys

me, dear, the chariot (lexus gs300)

the nine of us went to catch SHREK 3 after the two-hour stay at bukit batok community centre where the wedding was held. damn, it was a very very good movie. the cg graphics are superb and the plot is strong without being overly exaggerated. the ending was especially meaningful and kids would definitely learn something from it. go watch it and you'll know. there were bit and pieces of funny scences that made the audiences burst into laughter. noticeably the scene of 'frog king'. damn funny. it reminded me of kermit the frog in sesame street, but the king is funnier. lol. oh, it was a short movie though.

rating: 8.5/10

next, pirates of the caribbean: at world's end.

in at world's end, chow yun fat's line 'welcome to singapore' really sounded awkward to the ears. well, maybe it's just me. anyway, jack sparrow was at his best again: getting people out of troubles which he created. in the movie, every character had his/her agenda and being selfish seemed to be the right thing to do. william turner had to get his father out of davy's hands, but if he saved his father, he would have to loose elizabeth swan. elizabeth, on the other hand, had to overcome her own guilt by saving jack sparrow. jack's only wish was to be a free pirate. ... and so on as so forth for the other characters.

the movie is typically an adventure movie. what i liked about it was it's way of ingesting the old brit's (with that british accent) jokes. it was real funny. the brits convey through words better than the americans but less expressive, i guess. i wouldn't expect more installments from pirates of the caribbean because more of it would turn people off. really, would you want to see another misadventure of jack sparrow?

rating: 7.5/10

*sigh* i still have not watched spidy 3. heard there will be three more installments...

ok. let me introduce you to crystal jade dim sum. here's what i had the other day (with dear):