Archive for July, 2008

6am

By Delrondu | Confession

I’ve been tossing and turning and it’s now 6am in the morning. And I’m wide awake as one can be at 6am on a Sunday morning. This will not bode well for the rest of the day. Here’s hoping after two slices of this wholemeal bread and some laughter from the new episode of Last

Breakdown

By Delrondu | Confession, Info

Three days ago, the car I was driving broke down just outside the entrance of the biggest roundabout in Brunei. And it was during lunch hour too. Needless to say, half the country saw the huge green Beemer blocking the road with the driver standing by the road, with his mobile phone in his hand and

Journey To The Center Of The Earth

By Delrondu | Cinema

The original story was a fun journey filled with excitement and awe. This movie is no different, filled with roller coaster fun and didn’t disappoint in the awe department. The only problem with this kind of movie was how the characters could fight against the animals, let alone prehistoric ones, like they’ve been doing it

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

By Delrondu | Cinema

Visually stunning and with the sense of fantasy taking over what was a science fiction story. Del Toro’s vision is an unbridled invention onscreen, especially his creation of the antagonist whom I just couldn’t take my eyes off. Much better than the first one as I didn’t even like that. Rating: 7 / 10 (Full

Playful Innocence

By Delrondu | Cinema, Confession, Writing

I want to go to a toy store, hunt down a toy that I have in my mind. I want to cheer when I have found it, hold it in my hands with nothing but excitement. I want to ask for permission to have it, plead with my eyes and pout till I have my

Rules, for Men

By Delrondu | Quote

Got this from another one of Reuben’s forwarded emails. Actually I wouldn’t be surprised if he wrote it. RULES AT LAST A GUY HAS TAKEN THE TIME TO WRITE THIS ALL DOWN FINALLY , THE GUYS’ SIDE OF THE STORY. ( I MUST ADMIT, IT’S PRETTY GOOD.) WE ALWAYS HEAR ‘THE RULES’ FROM THE FEMALE

Hancock

By Delrondu | Cinema

The movie split into two distinct halves. The first half had so much potential building up the story only to take an unrecoverable plunge in the second half. Rating: 6 / 10 (Full review at silverscreen.thinkbrunei.com)

Meaning of Success

By Delrondu | Cinema, Info

Hulk of 2005 raked in $245M and was considered a failure.  This year’s version may not even bring in that kind of figure but is already considered a success. http://news.uk.msn.com/Article.aspx?cp-documentid