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Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Arcadian

 A horror movie that was made on a budget










What is it about?
15 years in a post apocalyptic future. A father and two sons must survive the night by barricading their house every night

The Good
I think Nic Cage does this as a favor to someone. The story is not bad but I think his role was less than 10 minutes of the movie    
The brothers have good chemistry together 

The Bad
Since this movie is made on a budget. We really can't see what is happening
There is always a bad guy in this story 

The Ugly
The ending 

After Credits: No

Verdict: Quite a boring movie. Skip it

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Doom Patrol Season 4

The last season of a somewhat weird show 


















Where did we left off: Honestly I have no idea. Doom Patrol has always been a show that I don't actually know the plot of what is going on. All I can say that this season there is a new bad guy who wants their life essence and they have to stop it

Is this for everyone: No, I can say that Doom Patrol you need to like the characters in the first place. I do like all the characters. Everyone has a chance to shine here. You will get a good backstory for each character and in the end you can't help but fall in love with the characters 

The musical episode: They finally did a musical episode. And the songs are very catchy. If you one to watch an episode. Just watch episode 9. Special appearance by Brendan Fraiser and Matt Bomer (They only provide voices) 

Ending: Everyone has an ending. Some happy, some okay and some sad. The last 5 minutes with Cliff  was the saddest moment in tv I ever watch. Overall it was an okay show. Seen once and will be forgotten 

Sunday, May 26, 2024

Week 21 - Two movies in a week

Another good week in my book. There are some hiccups but for me this has been a low key week. I love when the weeks are like this


May 19

• Went to watch a movie IF with family and wife's cousin and student. The movie was not bad at all
• Had Nando's for dinner

May 20

• Wife back pain is getting worse. Couple with her blood pressure is not going down. I am very worried about her. The problem is that, there is nothing much I can do about this. All I can do is just make her feel as comfortable as I can.

May 21

• Went to watch a nighttime movie with wife’s best friend (it was her birthday)
• Mom is here

May 22

• Went for a walk in the park. It was nice

May 23

• H1 has English listening today and her friend decided to stay the night

May 24

• Brought H1 and friend to eat some fried chicken
H1 had to ruin the day by being rude to wife. Now wife is in a bad mood. Good thing wife is okay by the time I sleep.

May 25

• H2 has graduation ceremony soon. So we went to the mall to find the formal attire. We didn't find the vest but we did find the skirt

Next week is going to be a bit busy with a lot of other events happening. I hope I can finish Super Mario before June.

Sheriff: Narko Integriti

 The last time I watch a local movie was 6 years ago. 











What is it about?
It's about a police officer (Sheriff) who hunts other corrupt police officers

The Good
The story is not bad. It has a lot of plot twists 
Malaysian cinema has improved over the year. The movie action is not over the top but it is believable
The characters each have their own motivation on why they do what they do 

The Bad
For the title character he has like less than 30 minutes of screen time. They are most focus wit the other characters rather than him. Which sucks because his character is the interesting one 
Bad guy is too cliché. 
Ending was predictable 

The Ugly
Too many slow motion shots. 

After Credits: No

Verdict: Not bad at all. I enjoyed the movie    

Thursday, May 23, 2024

Deadloch

This show is really a funny suprise










What is it about? In a small rural town call Deadloch where everyone knows everyone. There has been a murder and it is up to two detective to find out who the actual killer is before more bodies starts dropping

Funny as heck: This show is so funny. With their Australian accents and Australian references that if you were there that you can only get. You will end up finishing the episode with a smile. All characters have great chemistry with each other 

8 episodes: Each episodes the keep unraveling the mystery only to get a new mystery come around. In the end we will end up guessing who is the actual killer. 

Season 2: Not sure if there is one. The story is wrapped up nicely but I wouldn't mind it. 

IF

Do you ever have an imaginary friend 










What is it about?
About a girl trying to reunite displaced Imaginary Friends to new kids and find something for as well

The Good
The movie is a fun and easy going. Even if it deals with hard issues 
The IF designs are interesting and all have different personalities 
The IF are voice by the who's who of Hollywood with Brad Pitt making a cameo 

The Bad
This movie doesn't really explain about how the girl is allowed to go 
The Ending is good but they really don't explain what happens to the IF once they find somebody.

The Ugly
The Marshmallow IF. That is Ugly 

After Credits: Yes but it doesn't set up anything 

Verdict:  A good family movie. Fun for everyone 

Sunday, May 19, 2024

Week 20 - I am sick

 I am sick this week. Which really sucks because it effects my nose and I am coughing a lot. Other than that life is just on auto cruise. I don't mind. There are ups and down but nothing substantial


May 13

• H1 got physics today
• Wife gave gifts to her stop students. Plus today is her official day back at work

May 14

• H1 got chemistry and language today.
• I think I got H1 cold

May 15

• I am officially sick. Got my antibiotics. It is going to be a long 5 days
• I got another regular student for my class.

May 16

• H1 Last paper of the week Chemistery
• H1 went on date. The guy is wife's student. He treated her ice skating and sushi
• I hate being sick. I didn't do any class in the evening so I can rest my voice. It doesn't seem to be helping

May 18

• Today wife cousin has an event of planting trees at the house. She came and cook breakfast while her colleagues came and plant trees. After that they played with the cats
• H2 has an archery competition. She entered for fun and got a participation medal
• I wasn't in a good mood in the morning. I don't want to tell her but I feel sad that I am poor. Everyone else is enjoy their money while I have no money. I think it was my fault to begin with but it is okay. I know that my time is not now and it will come eventually. I just have to lift my chin up I guess. The sad part in all of this I can't share this with her because whatever she says will just make me annoyed. It is probably just me. I don't need anyone to solve my problems for me. Sigh...
• In the evening wife's past students came to visit. I cooked olio. Someone brought a blueberry cake and then we ordered pizza. One of her students was asked to stay due to living far away. I decided to sleep early because I was super tired.

So I think I want to try to lose so weight. I am 83kg and that is not that great. So back to my normal habits of Fasting. Exercise and portion control. Try my best to control my sweet intake as well.

Saturday, May 18, 2024

Parks and Recreation Season 3

New set of challenges










Continue from last season: The government is still bankrupt so this season they didn't focus on the park rather on how to make money for the government

Two new characters: Ben and Chris joins as permanent fixtures which provides are very funny perspective. I think Ben is funny because he is the serious one 

Is it office funny: So far not really. There are funny moments but it isn't super funny. 

Season 3 ending: It ends in a cliffhanger where it is going to continue next season 
 

Friday, May 17, 2024

Wish

I think this was a miss 










What is it about?
In a kingdom where the king will grant a wish a year to his citizen. One person finally find the actual truth behind it

The Good
The story is simple enough to understand
The art style is 3D but cell shaded so it looks like very nice drawing that is moving 

The Bad
Songs aren't catchy
The Bad guy is so cliché and we already can figure out what happen in the end

The Ugly
I think it is just me or this movie is not that magical. It doesn't have what Frozen had

After Credits: Yes but its just in a form of a song 

Verdict: If you like cartoons, it is worth a watch 

Young Justice Phantoms

Season 4 of the best cartoon that I liked










This season: The core Young Justice have their own solo adventure with them all connecting in the end. This season the main story character is Superboy. Everything starts and leads back to him 

Missing: Nightwing only comes he last 4 episode which really sucks. Every original member gets around 3 episodes at least together with Superboy and Miss Martian has the most episodes. Oh yeah and there is no Batman at all this season. He just got a voiceless cameo in the end. 

Topics: I love this season. They touch on Islam and they did a good job on how they portray it. In fact this is one of the best explanation on the religion. They also dead with depression and substances abuse. They do go heavy on the topics 

Ending: It took 6 years to get to Season 3 and another 2 years for Season 4. They haven't renewed it for season 5 but they didn't cancel it as well. So I can say if this is the last season of Young Justice. It was a good ride. But if we have to wait another 10 years for season 5. It would be a good wait either way. No matter what this is a must watch show. 

The Iron Claw

Does Zac Efron look like He-Man or that is just me 










What is it about?
It is the true story about the Von Reich family. The greatest family in wrestling and the terrible tragedy that they have 

The Good
If you like wrestling this movie is for you
The movie waste no time to tell the story 
This is a sad and tragic story 
The matches were not bad

The Bad
I don't really like wrestling that much so I didn't quite enjoy the movie 
There are moments where its just a lot of talk and it doesn't advance the story 

The Ugly 
No

After Credits: No

Verdict: It's a biopic. If you like this things. A good watch 


Sunday, May 12, 2024

Week 19 - An easy week.

 This week nothing special happen which is great in my book. Just the usual stuff with added sprinkles 

May 5
• Today finally after 4 years I got to see my best friend B. We ate a bakery where we shared fish and chips, pizza (which was so delicious) and a dessert. We talked for 3 hours about life. I miss this. I know he lives nearby but due his busy schedule we never get to see each other
• Two more open houses in front of the neighborhood. That was fun getting to know the neighbours
• Order Korean chicken for the kids and H2 got food poisoning

May 6
• Got our passports.
• H2 stayed at home and Mother in Law came to babysit
• H1 has Malay reading today

May 7
• Mom in law was involve in a small fender bender
• Rained heavily that a tree fell down in the middle of the city
• H1 had Math and Bio

May 8
• H1 got English today and she is not feeling well.

May 9
• H1 has the last paper of this week which is Math and Add Math. She said Math was super hard.
• Wife has an invitation Eid open house and I was invited as well so I was super dressed up and we enjoy a lot of food and company. I talked to a lot of of her colleagues. They don't seem to quiet to know who I am.

May 11
• My wife's oldest colleague finally got married. So went the wedding and met a lot of old friends
• Made stew today at 9pm. I don't like cooking at night but kids were hungry

Next week will be busy bringing the girls to their appointments. Other than that I don't see anything else happening

Parks and Recreation Season 2

 Getting better










The park: It is getting there. They manage to fill the hole so that something

Comedy: There is a hit and miss. Sometimes the jokes land and sometimes they don't

Best Character: Leslie Knope and Ron for me are the best characters in the show. This show reminds me of the office but a lighter version of it 

Ending: Government is shut down. I wonder what will happen 








Saturday, May 11, 2024

The Grand Tour: The Sand Job

They are back 











What is it about?
The Grand Tour crew is back and this time they are modifying high end sport cars intro dessert off roaders to go through the sahara. 

The Good
The 3 of them we are in for a good time. 
This reminds me classic Top gear programming
This is a feel good show  

The Bad
Nothing

The Ugly
Nothing much 

After Credits: No 

Verdict: Great show as always 

Friday, May 10, 2024

Yellowjackets Season 2

This season was not that good










Continuing where we left off: Nothing much has changed. Each other the yellowjackets have their own problems they need to handle on how they navigate the life challenges

Flashback: We all know what happens but the Flashback sequence seems a bit too convoluted with a lot of side stories from the B characters. There are a couple of girls that are not from the main 6 girls so we know that they still have a couple people left to die 

Elijah Wood: He is in this and he gives off a creepy vibe. So far his character seems to okay but he is too easy to commit murder so I assume there is something with him in season 3 

Ending: It doesn't end in a cliffhanger but the flashback sequence end in another set of challenges. Now we are going to wait for another year until the next season comes 

Monday, May 6, 2024

Week 18 - Last week of Syawal

Another week and another set of events happen. I wonder how do people do it. Keep on living. Because even in a week a lot of things happen

 Apr 28

• lots of open houses today. At least 3 open house. The first 2 is just in the neighborhood. So it just a walk away. Went to both just to say hi to the new neighbors'
• Went to wife university friends reunion. They have been friends for 28 years and it is hard to see them all in one area. We all brought our own food in a pot luck. I made lasagna at 430 in the morning and it was great. Every kids like it and I was happy. We stayed there for 3 hours before going home

Apr 29

• Today is our 18th year wedding anniversary. I've met your mom 20 years ago and the rest is history. Even our life has been challenging and there are a lot of ups and downs. I wouldn't trade her for anything in the world. I do wish things will change on certain aspect of my marriage but I think she is the best that I am going to get right now. So I will thank God for my gift and I will take of her till I can't
• Today we didn't do anything special. We just went out to a fancy restaurant to eat and then went home. Tomorrow we going to do our passport.

Apr 30 (unmemorable)

• Went to the passport counter today with my wife. It turns out because she was born in the west of the country. Her passport need to be send over for 5 working days. I've paid for my passport but I am going to pick it up by then
• We went out to eat and I park my car. After lunch we went home. My car accidently graze the next car beside me. It was a big scrape. I left a note and she text me. I told her I will pay for the damages. It was really a mistake on my part. I'm not worried about the money part since we can get money back. I did polish my car. It has a small unnoticeable dent but other than that it looks good as new.

So April started good but ended badly. It is okay. That is what we called life. There are ups and down. Nothing much to be stress about. The best part is not how you react on bad news, but it is how you pick yourself up from a bad situation.

May 1

It’s going to be May!!!
• H2 had a science project so she and her best friend went out to her best friends mom office to finish it. Then we found out that the project is due tomorrow. So all the moms were pissed off and they had to stay late till 10pm.
• We had an open house from wife best friend. Had a lot of food and hang out there for 3 hours. Wife met her student from 24 years ago. How time flies.

May 2

• H1 had her first paper. Biology. More papers to come

May 3

• H1 had Chemistry today
• Had a fight with wife about money. I knew this would happen eventually. I snapped and yelled and then she got quiet. So this is going to be a long week of my apologizing but I am not sorry for not having any money. So I need to just work harder for it I guess.

May 4
• Went to a family wedding this afternoon. Met all of wife's family.
• In the evening set up the neighborhood for our open house. Cooked, cleaned and arrange the tables. In the evening was a good time mingling with our neighbors. Wife came so that was good. Overall had a fun night

Another week... I have nothing much to say. I did enjoy a lot free food. Which is great. 

Saturday, May 4, 2024

The Fallout

The US is so not a safe place to live 











What is it about?
The fallout of a school shooting that affect one high school student 

The Good
The story takes 10 minutes to establish how bad school shootings are
It just on mundane stuff 
It deals with very bad issues. Very PTSD

The Bad
The story is boring
I think they stretch this movie a bit too long. 

The Ugly
Nothing much

After Credits: No

Verdict: Skip. It is not an interesting movie