Week 17 - Still on the Eid mood.

This week is just be a normal week for me. I mean there is drama but nothing I can't handle. Ended with food so that is always good. 

Apr 21
• so it turns out that my mother bribe some police official so that’s a jail able offence. Other than that it was the same story as before minus mom in laws signature
• My neighbor invited the family for a Eid brunch. We ate nice food. Finally got to see her house which was beautiful and watch some tv. After that I had to go back and go grocery shopping because wife students are coming
• Today wife’s students from 2013 came to the house to have a reunion. The last time the whole of us were in a group was 7 years ago. Now everyone is married and have children of their own. I cooked some curry chicken. The maid made some friend chicken and veggies. One brought cake and brownies. Overall it was an awesome time. Took pictures and laugh, the last guest left at 745 which gave me time to do some classes
• Me and wife had bad poops 💩.

Apr 22
• H1 first day of IGCSE. Her first paper is Art and Design.
• So I got a call from my cousin asking if my Mother in Law (MIL) is still wanting to sell her house. She found an offer for 2.5 million. After talking to my wife we presented the offer to her. My wife got yelled at and been called "unwise and crazy". That really hurt her feelings and I know what is going to know is going to happen next.
• I was right. Last night around 1am she cried herself off. I really am super pissed off at my MIL. So starting today I am going to distance my wife from her for as long as I can. She can just piss off.

Apr 23
• H1 done her Art and Design project. I'll see if I can include the picture here She also have an Eid party so her test started late

Apr 24
• Today wife had a Eid celebration at her university. 120 students participated and there were a lot of food. We stayed from 12-5. I am so tired.

Apr 25
• Wife went to the labor department that is in charge of labor welfare. So she did a long interview and I was not allowed to join. After the interview they called me in to tell me that the next step in May is meeting the panel of doctors to assess her. I ask what are the chances and they say for back pain is relatively low but we can try. Wife was a bit down. It is a lot of life changing money and she is being very negative about it. I told her we have to try if not we won't know
• My friend who is sad this whole week since her boyfriend didn't called finally is okay. It turns out her boyfriend was giving her the silent treatment because of me. She is still talking to me and her boyfriend didn't like that she kept that from him. Now my friend is going to Europe to see him and is going to pay for his ticket to come and see him. She as for my advice and I advice against it. But she keep defending that guy. After a while I got frustrated and just hang up. I feel sorry for her. She is "love drunk" that she forget that she is being used by this person. This person is making her feel guilty. Oh well... who am I in this conversation. Might as well I just keep quiet and just pray for the best

Apr 27
• Today is open house time. We got 2 invitations to go for open house. One was my wife aunt which makes the best Sambal Jawa ever. I just ate that and I am full.
• The other was my Father in Law invited everyone to come. To also celebrate my nephew birthday as well I guess. Mom tagged along for both parties and have fun. In my FIL house my SIL also brought her in laws as well so that was a fun get together. Plus there were so many food that I didn't eat that much. The problem was going there and coming home. I think we spend like 4 hours on the road.
• I couldn't send my friend to the airport. Well they are off to Europe for a month. Probably see them next month or not. Time will tell I guess.

Next week will be my 18th years anniversary. I didn't plan anything because I was too busy. Hopefully we will do something nice

We Own This City

This is the true story on how it change the entire police force in the states

What is it about? This story is about crooked cops who police the city of Baltimore where they just take what they want and do a lot of false arrest. This series shows how little or no accountability the police had during early years (the events took place between 2012 - 2017) and how the Federal Law enforcement handled it 

Jon Bernthal: Is it just me or this guy has been typecast to play a role that involve someone who doesn't play buy the rules and have a lot of guns. He is the MCU Punisher 

I didn't quite follow the story: This story is told in a form of flashbacks and the present. I understand the main plot of the story but there were too many characters on the table. In the end I just follow one plot point

Do I still want to visit the US? Yes but probably just go to the touristy place. This place is scary...  

The Beekeeper

This is a must watch action movie 

What is it about? 
What happens when the Beekeeper hive is disturb. He goes all queen slayer on everyone else

The Good
This guy just on God mode because he is literally a one man army
Action scene is good. 
The premise is like John Wick. One small action cause a chain reaction that is so that so satisfying to watch 

The Bad
The coincidences are like just staggering 
This movie just ends. Like they ran out of film 

The Ugly
Nothing

After Credits: No

Verdict: This is a good time. Must watch    

Parks and Recreation Season 1

From the creator of The Office 

What is it about? In the town of Pawnee it follow Leslie Knopp and the office of Parks and Recreation. It is basically a single camera comedy (like the office) where we follow them like a documentary 

Is it funny? First season so it's too hard to tell. But they made 7 seasons of it. So I think give it time.  

Main goal: To build a park in a pit which I bet is going to be the 7 season finale of this show

Which characters I like: so far none yet. This season is not that funny as it supposed to be 

Mean Girls

Same movie new premise 

What is it about?
They remake the Mean Girl movie but now it's the form of a musical and I guess smartphones

The Good
Some songs are very catchy 
The story is more or less the same so there is nothing much to expect out of it
A lot of stars from the old Mean Girls movie came for a short cameo 

The Bad 
The story is a tad too long. 
Not sure that if in school people like this still exist but this movie is a sad in this current age. Everyone just want to fit in

The Ugly
Nothing much

After Credit: Yes

Verdict: If you like the old movie, you will enjoy this one I guess 

Walker Season 3

This show has made a fan 

Cliffhanger resolve: Yes. It takes a whole season to resolve the cliffhanger which it's always the case of Walker. It makes you invested in the whole chapter 

CW Drama: This is really a CW show. There is not that much action but more drama and I think I am ok with that. This season mostly focus on the Walker kids Auggie and Stella with the rest have their own issues to deal with.

Big Bad: The big bad is not revealed until 4 last episodes but before that you can figure out what is going on

Another cliffhanger: Yeap... to make a story there is another cliffhanger and I don't think this will get resolved anytime soon. Season 4 coming soon 

Reacher Season 2

You do not mess with the Special Investigators 

What is it about? Reacher is back after one member of his team is found dead thrown off the helicopter. He has to reunite back with his old unit to figure out what is going on. 

Reacher: That guy is something else. He is like a tank. Slow and yet powerful 

The Bad guy: Seeing them get beaten out like a pulp was so good. Reacher is still human but he cam take a punch

Breakout Kings: Shoutout to all the past actors who star in another great series. So far 3/6 of them are in this series 

Week 16 - A lot of things happen this week.

This week has been a busy week with things happening. There are a lot of things that I can't keep up. It was an up and down journey I guess 

Apr 14

• Took wife shopping. We had some Korean and ice cream. It was a perfect day for the both of us
• Bought me a new screen protector that has a one year warranty and a stand
• Came home wife showed H1 paintings to mom. And then when mom ask if H1 is studying for the rest of her exams. H1 said no which cause wife to be super annoyed which starts a chain reaction of she being upset.
• Went to mom in laws neighbors house for dinner. I wasn’t feeling it because we left H1 behind. Good thing my mom was there to handle her and good thing that I cooked butter chicken for her as well
• Came home late and fell asleep. Only to be woken up at 3:30am to the sound of wife crying and hurting herself again. Honestly I can’t handle this anymore. I keep praying it gets better only to end up worse. I really am sad. Sometimes I wish for something or someone better but I know I am here on this earth to take care of her till the end and that’s what I’ll do

Apr 15
• First day of 6 fasting in syawal. H2 wants to join. H1 join but as usual she didn’t have the morning meal
• Wife wants to start no carb diet. So I’m cooking meals without any carbs. It’s going to be a bit challenging
• H1 and wife are not talking to each other. So I do not know until when. Tired of handing these two
• Mom left. She is coming back next week

Apr 16
• Wife is still upset with H1. So not sure if yesterday she dragged met to her to ask her to apologise. Hope it works I guess

Apr 18
• H1 finished her IGCSE Art project. Finally after 3 months she finished all 12 of her drawings
• Brought her to eat her favorite fried chicken. Bought a lot of chicken

Apr 19
• Today wife has her knee and back operation. We came so early but only to found out that our operation has been push back to the evening. So we had breakfast first and then just waited until 3pm. After that the operation only lasted 45 minutes. Wife was sedated but after the operation she was okay.
• We left for home but it was raining heavily. A tree fell down and blocked the road so we had to find another route. I decide to go to my Mother in Law house to see the baby.

Apr 20
• My cousin came today at the house. She and her husband got invited to do Hajj so we just gave some advice of things to pack and do once you are over there.
• This is the biggest story so far I have. So disclaimer before reading this. Your Uncle on your Nana side is a douchebag and asshole okay and you know how problematic he is. So lets see last couple of weeks police came to Nana house and raided his laptop and other stuff due to his business. Well today we found that that he was making forged fake documents and the kicker is he asked her mom. My mother in law. Your grandmother to sign it. So on a scale of 1-10 how bad is this case going to be 13. Well talking to the police (which is also a cousin of wife) That my brother in law cheated a guy and took a lot of money from him. So unless he dropped the charges (which I think will require Brother in law to pay back the amount and then some) the police is going to have to press chargers. By pressing chargers my mother in law is looking for around 4 years of jail time. Yikes. I will keep myself reprise of this situation but as for now. Wife is super pissed off and I don't want to let her go extremely pissed off. It is not going to be a pretty picture.

Rally Challenge 2000

Arcade racing games in the old days really have bad design 

Game no: 525
Genre: Racing 
Platform: Nintendo 64
Release Date: 2000

Well another racing game that is just easy to control and fun to play (sort of) in the Nintendo 64 era. The problem with the old school design is that they put a timer for each checkpoint which makes the gameplay very frustrated. You have 30 seconds for each checkpoint and you need to precise. That's about it. The game have the usual troupes like realistic cars, tracks all over the world. This is a good game for an afternoon. Overall B rank 

Mr Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie

Monk is back in a very weird future 

What is it about?
Everything has change and Monk is in a utter state of depression. It will take all his will to live to solve one more last case 

The Good
Everyone is back except Sharona. But she is shown is a flashback 
The Pandemic really shows how this is Monk's world and we just live in it
There are a lot of funny Monk moments and everyone got their time to shine even if it just for a while 
It opens the door for a future show Maybe?

The Bad
The case is not that great but this is close to home so I get it 
Depressed Monk is very sad and I don't like it 

The Ugly
Suicide is not a pretty picture no matter how you look at it. 

After Credits: Yes

Verdict: A great end for Monk. If you love the series you should watch this movie 

Monk S8

The Final Season

Mr Monk tie up loose ends: This season shows everything about Monk that needs tying up. Every character needed a story has been told.

Say goodbye: It is always hard but I see that this is 125 episodes of great television. You can watch this again and again and you will be entertained 

Lot's of milestones: Monk got back his badge, celebrated his Birthday, be a best man

The end: It was a great ending and a happy one. Monk lives on... The best part is. They made a movie out of it which I am going to review next 

Week 15 - Eid Celebration

So Alhamdullilah that Ramadan has come and went. I hope that all my good deeds are accepted. And now it is time for Eid. This week has been an interesting week. I enjoyed myself hanging out with my cousins and my mom 

Apr 7
• after 50 days mama came back. Miss her a lot
• Had to cook a lot because the whole dad in law family is coming. We made masak lemak telur ayam, ayam kicap, Sayur campur and sambal. It was lovely hanging out with the family

Apr 8
• H2 and mama left for kampung. We will see them on the first of Raya
• Run errands with wife. The roads were empty. The mall was empty. We had iftar outside and wife bought 15000 worth of gold.

Apr 10
• Today is Eid. So Wake up as usual but this time we need to get everyone ready since we are supposed to leave by 6:30. But since these are my girls we are talking about we ended up leaving by 7. The trip was fast with minimal traffic. Arrive there around 8:05 and was greeted by H2
• After greeting my mom and everyone who is there we went for Eid prayers and after that came back and eat. But before we came back everyone took a lot of pictures that we were there for 20 mins just taking pictures.
• First house is my old late grandfathers house. Ate some food and then just hang out with cousins. Mom has a house with Aircond so the family hang out there. We decided to go out to visit our other relatives. My uncle came just before we left so we had to wait a while
• Second house is my cousins house. Just the same thing where we go. Say hi and eat
• Third house is my uncle house. He is close to 90 but his mind is still sharp as a tack. He also has an overweight cat that apparently likes to sit on H2
• Fourth house is my other uncles house. I like this house because they don’t serve typical Eid food. We had some ayam penyet and soup. My cousin is going for haj so I invited them over to compare notes
• Fifth and last house is my other uncles house. They are the coolest because all of the relatives are great to be around with. But I hang out with my wife because she can’t climb up the steep and narrow steps
• Came home and then me H1 and wife left back home. We arrive close to 10pm

Apr 11
• Wake up this morning and decided to go back to see mom because they are doing a open house Eid celebration.
• So what happened was the the family next door which was my late aunt kids (so my cousins) were supposed to do a potluck and invite all our extended family to come and eat. But what happen is that they invited their side of the family rather than invite our side. So when we came there food was almost finish our side of the family had to cook for their guest. They didn't do any food at all. It turns out we got scammed into doing an open house for them. I still manage to eat a plate of curry mee so I am good
• Took pictures with the whole family before some of them had to leave to go back to their husbands hometown.
• H2 found friends and H1 found a friend. So they both didn't want to go home just yet. H1 friend offered to send her home tomorrow but because we didn't know the girl we said no. So what we did is was stayed one night. The problem is that we didn't bring any clothes so we just borrowed clothes from our cousins

Apr 12
• Woke up to pray at 4:30am in the morning. It was very quiet. I like the rural life.
• After prayers I made breakfast for everyone. They seem to be amazed that I can cook and enjoy my cooking
• By 9 we packed and we were ready to go home. The roads were not that bad. Came home and everyone went to sleep. • Did laundry and some classes and had Mcd for lunch.

Apr 13
• Today we went for Chinese food for lunch. It was so delicious
• Went to Mom in Law house to take some pictures and hang out  

It was a great week for me. I love catching up with my cousins and eating a lot of great food. Next week my wife will do another operation. Other than that. Not sure what will happen. We will just wait and see I guess 

I.S.S

This is more phycological thriller than horror 

What is it about?
The Us and Russia are in a war with each other and I.S.S astronauts needs to fight to take control of the station 

The Good
Space looks beautiful. I love seeing people float in space

The Bad
The story is unmemorable and it quite boring. 

The Ugly
This show didn't resolve anything. It ends so unsatisfying 

After Credits: No

Verdict: Skip this. No worth the watch 

Walker Season 2

More family drama then action 

Previously on: So basically they continue the survillance story from season 1.

The drama: So there is a new family feud for the Walkers in the form of the Davidsons family. The backstory seems forced but it takes 20 episodes to settle the whole event

Saying goodbye: Walker old partner is leaving and there is a new partner coming in at the tail end of the show. I like the new partner better since she is funny 

Cliffhanger: Yes, it end in a bad cliffhanger since the there is a thread wasn't solved 

Anyone but you

This is more a reverse rom com 

What is it about?
Two people who met each other but hated each others guts need to tolerate each other for a wedding

The Good
The story is interesting since they started hating each other before things get better 
A lot of funny moments like laugh out loud funny 
Sydney Sweeney has that cute girl next door feel 

The Bad
It doesn't shows what happens in the end with them.
Really rich people problems in this wedding so this situation is unlikely to happen  

The Ugly
Nothing much

After Credits: Yes

Verdict: I like this movie. A must watch 

Week 14 - Last week of Ramadan

So less than 10 days left before we celebrate Eid. So that is something. As for me its just as normal. Nothing much is going on which for me is good day

Mar 31
• I talked about death with wife. It triggered her badly and she went on to a spiral and didn’t leave the room for 24 hours. I had to get burgers for break fast and eat it in her room. This is among the reason why I can’t be myself around her. Everything I say she will take it to heart. Which makes me sad. So I have to learn to think first before talking

Apr 1
• manage to bring wife shopping and she bought a cream dress. Now all that’s left is me I guess.
• H1 went for an iftar with friends at the mosque. She came home late. It was a good memory for her

Apr 2
• H1 invited her friends over for iftar. I cooked a lot of Japanese food. It was good and her friends had fun

Apr 3
• had to go to 2 different hospitals for doctors appointments. H2 is tagging along. H2 needs to be medicated same as H1 due to the changes in hormone. Nothing to serious. It’s just a transition phase
• Went to another hospital where wife needs to do another operation on the 19th since the previous operation didn’t stick. She is not looking forward for that one
• Wife best work friend came to break fast with us. I made some pasta and brought him to the mosque. We end up talking until late

Apr 4
• went to mom in laws house to find a shirt that matches the girl. Found something yellow rather than cream.
• Wife brought the family members to the mall and bought them new clothes as well as treated them to food for iftar. Spend a fortune. It’s for a good cause
• My burgers that I won were finally delivered to the mosque for everyone to enjoy. Job well done finally.
• I was disappointed at my best friend decision but in the end they made the right choice (either that or they are lying to me but there is nothing much I can do about it)

Apr 5
• Got an unauthorize use of my credit card. So had to call the bank to cancel my card

Apr 6

• Today the cleaners are in the house for a deep clean
• Brought wife out. She wanted to go shopping but because it was the last days of Ramadan that means a lot of places are full with people and the roads are jammed with people going back home. In the end we just hang out around town

So that's about. Next week will be Eid... let's see what this is stored for me and the family

Monk S7

 One more season of fun 

Milestones: Monk finally reach his 100th case in this season. This show is forever evergreen. You can enjoy it no matter how old you are. I am going to ask my daughter to watch this after she finish her exams 

Saying goodbye: We lost two characters this season. Dr Kroger (who the actual actor died) and Kevin (Mr Monks neighbor) both will be missed 

Mr Monk Goes Underwater: Best episode of this season because Monk hates close spaces. I found that the more uncomfortable the episode is, it will be the funniest one 

Ending: It ends not in a cliffhanger but it sets up next season which is the 8th and final season. Everything will be wrapped up.