Week 48: Busy handling H1 forms

 This week has been a normal week finally. But I have been busy handling H1 documents for her sponsorship which is a lot of documents that I need to prepare. Hopefully we can finish it by next week since its a lot of money.

Nov 23

• Today I cooked some beef stew with mashed potatoes. It was awesome. 

• Did classes. Took a nap. Sunday is always time for me to recharge 

• There were people coming to the house to fix the leaky roof 

• Evening brought wife to go get her shot and H1 went to see the doctor as well for antibitiotics. 

Nov 24

• Yesterday cooked some leftovers. The beef I modified it into a sheppred pie and I made some fried rice with some fried chicken 

Nov 25

• For lunch I ate some ayam gepuk. For dinner I cooked some fried noodles

• Today pick up the maid

• Have some good news today.  H1 got accepted to the scholarship that we are applying. Which means her whole studies will be fully sponsored. But we have one day to send the form 

• Mom is here today. 

Nov 26

 • Mom is going back to her hometown today 

 • Today needed to go to the bank to settle H1 acknoledgement form. We need a new bank account. We manage to settle the acknoledgement form. Now we need to go and get all the documents ready 

 • Ate Nasi lauk with catfish and rendang. Dinner was 2 eggs. 

Nov 27

• Another day settling the documents 

• Ate some Din Tai Fung. It was so good. Brought some sushi for H2. 

• H1 came home in the evening with my sister in law. I cooked some olio 

• I got a lawyer letter asking to pay for the services to get the money. Need to figure out what to do next 

• My best friend got stalked by someone online. Due to that she is going to deactivate her X account. It’s for the best I guess

Nov 28

• Got to talk to the lawyers and they say I can pay in January which is great for me. I did have some followup questions.

• Finish 90% of H2 forms. It is almost done 

• My friend is not in a good place. She is sad that people are hating on her. I told her there is nothing much you can do but just hang on to the people who care about you. But emotions are a tricky thing 

• Didn't cook so just ate once for lunch. I am not sure this diet is working but my body is getting used to eating once a day. Kids had mcdonalds for dinner. 

Nov 29

• Did classes until 10am

• Mom came back and we went to Q Bistro for lunch with H2

• H1 got a pool party and her best friend came with her. She drove herself

• In the evening wife ordered food for her and H2 and then she had a bad stomatch ache. 

• Got a text from a girl who needs help with her boyfriend. I try to give my best advice. 

Next week I have nothing on my docket. Just finishing H1 forms and that is about it. Business as usual. I miss cooking. 

Scandal Season 7

The fall and rice of Olivia Pope 

The season: Oliva had all the power and then the power got hold over her and she went a path of redemption 

Did the close everything: Everyone storyline was closed. The best ending was Quinn story. The rest not so much. Even Olivia ending 

Stats: I did 7 season 124 episodes in around 120 days. Which is not bad in 4 months. 

Would I watch it again: Probably not. This show is a one and done. It was a great show but the magic is not there if you watch it a second time... Maybe in 20 years 

Paddington in Peru

A satifying ending to a great trilogy 

What is it about?
Paddington and the Browns goes to Peru to find Aunt Lucy 

The Good
Paddington is a very feel good movie. Even with everything looks bleak. You are always smiling 
The supporting cast has a lot to do in this movie
The ending is fun  

The Bad
The bad guy is very boring even with multiple personalities 

The Ugly
Nothing much 

After Credit: Yes

Verdict: A must watch. One of the best trilogy

Week 47: I am going to Japan next year

Well this week was something. I helped my friend again and then something I said made her change her tone with me. I don't know. I did however discover Allah again and I should trust Allah on everything. Everything has a plan and don't be sad or angry when things don't go your way. Everything will be revealed at the right time. I can't wait but I know I will have to have patience 

Nov 16

• Cooked some claypot chicken rice

• Send H1 t the laundry 

• House in leaking due to heavy rain. Waiting for the contractors to come but they never came. Hopefully this week 

Nov 17

• Today cooked some fish curry since it has been a while since we have eaten some fish 

• My friend just text me saying that she needs more money. It's been the third time this month. As reluctant I am to give the money I think this would be the last time since third time is the charm I guess. I said I will try to find her the money.

• Wife didn't feel to go to work today but we did went in the evening since she needs to give the car to H1 but she came home with me 

• Pick up cleaner and send wife to get her injection. Cleaner left close to 11:30pm but not after we lost creamy. It turns out he was sleeping in my office. That cat rarely sleeps in my office 

Nov 18

• Today went to the bank again to get my last batch of money to give to my friend. Someties I ask myself why do I do this. Is it because I do feel pity. Is it because of love. I don't know. But what I do know is that I can't help anymore. I have taken too much and I think going to the future I just have to listen and support her I guess.

• I do believe everything happens for reason. There is a reason that we crossed paths. Everything is part of Allah's plan. So what am I supposed to do. Have faith and pray a lot. In a perfect world I wans things to be favouring me. But you can't have what you want but I can promise that one day you will get the thing you want the most. 

• today cook some ayam rempah. It’s been a while since I did that. But I think I might have made a lot of chicken 

Nov 19

• Wife had an event in the city so after 10 we headed there. It was a conference and her team was presenting a poster. The thing is that they have already presented so we hang there until 1pm. Had some 7 eleven for lunch

• I think I want to start intermitten fasting a while. I think it proven to work but it is going to take a while guess 

• My friend is avoiding me. Sigh... Oh well. I can't do anything much about it but just give her time 

• Cooked some fried rice for dinner 

Nov 20

• After class I had 3 errands to run. The first is go to the hospital to pick up wife medication. The second is go to IKEA and get some picture frames and the third is picking up the maid after picking up H2

• Ate some curry puff and hotdog for lunch. Fasting so far "(well it has been two days) makes me hungry. But it is just my body getting angry at me 

• Mom bought me a ticket to Fukuoka. So I am going to Japan next year October. This is going to be interesting 

• H1 came back home late last night and at 11pm I send the maid home. 

• I've decided to stop worrying about the future and just put 100% faith in Allah. I know that seems a bit delusional but I think it is all going to work out alright 

Nov 21

• Today I made some creamy red sauce pasta. 

• H2 is bringing her friend from school because they got a group project later at another house. I send them from 3pm and pick her up close to 8:30pm. 

• Wife had a meeting at her uni at night

Nov 22

• Lazy Saturday. Just did a lot of classes 

• Had Nak Nak for lunch. 

• Slept around 1030. I like my new schedule

Next week  mom is finally coming down after a while. I officially finish a year of English classes and on the next year. Other than that... I am going to be as suprised as you are. I love my life. It is always an adventure 

The White Lotus Season 3

The best vacation series is back

Welcome to Thailand: New couples, friends and family comes to thailand for a beautiful holiday but as any White Lotus story. Things are not as what they seem. 

The best story: I think the family has the best story among the 5 subplots but the only problem we don't know what is the outcome of the issue in the end.

Would I want to go on a holiday like this: Yes and no. It is great to just relax. But a week of this is too long. My relaxing time is me playing videogames 

Ending: Sad ending for everyone except 2 parties.

Not Just a Goof

Behind the scene of one fo my favorite movies 

What is it about?
A documentary about A Goofy Movie 

The Good
There are a lot of inside scoop about the making of the movie. The movie is a step child of the Disney Animation studio 

The Bad
There are some parts of the documentary was not too specific but its okay 

The Ugly 
Nothing much 

After Credits: No

Verdict: A great documentary if you like the movie 

The Studio

One of the best comedies this year

What is it about? Matt Remick (Seth Rogan) has just been promoted to head of Continental Studios and with that comes the headache of trying to make beautiful movies as well making sure it makes money 

Every episodes: It deals with real life things that studio heads have to deal it. Such has a note to the director (that's funny), Cinema con (Even funnier) as well as Casting to name a few

The Awkward moments: This show is all about awkward moments and why that is so hillarious. I can't explain it but you just need to wathc it for yourself. 

Season 2: It is confrimed and we will see how the movies that they announce at cinema con will fare. 

Week 46: Helped my friend again with money

This week another week of adventure for me I guess. Everyday I am thankful for what is going on in my life. Allah is great so I just think I go with the flow. Whatever happens it is just part of Allah will. So rather than stressing it out better I just be patient and konw good things will come for those who wait. Needed to help my friend again with money. I don't know I really pity her. I hope that one day she will bounce back and this will all be a bad dream 

 Nov 9

• Woke up with a huge fight with wife. She was worried about our relationship and I had to ease her in saying that everything is going to be okay 

• Took a long nap and had to pick up the cleaner after that 

• My best friend text me up again and she needs more money. Sigh... I can get she is trapped. She wanted to kill herself. So I try to find  her the money so she would not do it. I can't have that on my conscious. 

• Had some Oriental Kopi with wife for early dinner

• H2 went with her aunt to visit step father in law in hospital. Turns out now  he has bloody pee which means he has to be transfered to a different hospital. They came back close to 7pm and after that her aunty went home. 

Nov 10

• After class went to the bank to get some money for my friend. She needed it more than me. I can get it back. It is going to take a whlie but its going to be okay. My friend is feeling sad and guilty and I think the road for her discovery is going to take a long time 

• Today I cooked some noodles. It was delicious

• Pick up wife in the evening and continue on the classes

Nov 11

• Today I cook some chicken curry. With the modified curry I added it to my noodles and it became curry noodles 

• Classes as usual nothing out of the oridinary 

• Pick up wife in the evening 

Nov 12

• Today I cooked some bone soup. With mushy rice as H2 likes to put it 

• Send some food to wife at her office 

• Pick her up in the evening. Got some rambutan from her friend. Need to cut and clean that later. 

Nov 13

• Today I didn't need to cook since we have a lot of soup leftover. So I decided that after class that I will go to the city to get wife medication 

• School called and H2 just vomited at school and I need to pick her up. Got there as soon as I can 

• In the evening did a lot of classes but it was raining heavily which cause the whole house to blackout. As a result I miss one class that I was teaching halfway 

• Evening installed all the lightbulbs that are broken at home 

Nov 14 

• Made pesto for the girls with some chicken tenders. Decided to give some to my friend who was working. They never had it and they really enjoyed it. I was happy

• Had some ayam gepuk for lunch after friday prayers. After that need to help wife with her wheelchair issue. They are going to install handicapped areas around her office.

• Came home and do more classes 

 

Nov 15

• Lunch the kids wanted pizza so I ordered that and fires 

• Me and wife had lunch at Kenny Hills/ I had the crispy chicken burger 

• After we went shopping around the mall and came back home at around 3 where I did more classes

• Evening watch 2 more episodes of that Korean drama. It is a bit over the top

I am supposed to go the therapist next week but I think I will skip it since I need to save some money. Other than that I have nothing on my schedule. Just normal routine stuff. I really need to finish Ninja Gaiden by next week if possible.

Never let go

I don't get this movie

What is it about?
A mother needs to keep his two boys safe from an evil by tying them to the house everytime they want to go out 

The Good 
The acting is good I guess

The Bad
You don't know what is the bad thing that is chasing them 
It is not scary since you can't understand what is it about. 
The ending doesn't make senes

The Ugly
I do think that is movie message is about depression or something close to it

After Credits: No

Verdict: Don't watch. This movie sucks 

Scandal Season 6

The race of the presidency is on

The race between two parties: This season is between Millie and the new Democratic president Vargas. This is a great race where no one tries to cheat even if there was times that they can cheat

Conspiracy: The second act where things get really heated. The last 10 episodes is one of the moments of the series 

Best and worse characters: Best character this season is Cyrus. Worse character is huck. He just can't catch a break. 

The last season: Next season will finally be the last season. The season everything will change and I don't know how they are they are going to stick the landing.

Lift

Netflix style Ocean's 11

What is it about? 
A group of thieves try to save the world by pulling off the biggest heist 

The Good
The movie is fast paced and very colourful 
Each characters have fun banter 

The Bad
The movie is over the top and downright crazy. Well the technology doesn't exsits but it does make for a fun movie 

The Ugly
Nothing

After Credits: No 

Verdict: A great simple popcorn movie. 

The Rehearsal Season 2

This season was amazing 

What is it about? This season Nathan is trying to figure out how to stop aircraft pilot error and the answer is a simple one. It a communication between the pilot and co-pilot before the start of the flight 

Autism: This show reallly shows that everyone is awkward situation when dealing with other people. But trying it again and again makes you can handle it better. 

Budget: HBO gave Nathan unlimited budget. This season he really went all out and I think it shows. The last episode is amazing 

In the end: Will this solve the problem? Not sure. But in the end we did get to see Nathan understanding more about aircraft safety 

Dead Cells

One of the best games this year but...

Game no: 563

Genre: Action (Roguelike)
Platform: PC
Release Date: 2018 (multiple DLC updates until 2023)

What can I say about Dead Cells. It won some gaem of the years way back in 2018. It one of those games that will survive the test of time since 7 years later it still great to play and responsive. Overall this game will be in the forever immortalise as one of the best action games ever. So what is Dead Cells. You play as a sentient blob that inhabit a corpse body and you need to figure out how you got there since you got amnesia (obviously) So you have to make your way to hordes of enemies until you reach the end of your goal. Every time you beat an enemy they will drop some call cells. Cells are the currency of the game. With cells you can upgrade your weapons and your abilities. So that is basically the game. You go again and again until you finish the game. This game stucks you on an endless loop 

What do I like about the game. Besides the fluid pixel art style. The game play is fun. It is fast paced and engaging. You start of by choosing 2 main weapons and 2 secondary weapons. The weapons can range from face short range swords to long range bows as well as elemental powers such as fire. ice and lightning (my favorite). The secondary weapons are there to help you to clear out big rooms with sprawling enemies. It is fun to experiment on which combo of weapons that you want to use. Each weapon has different attributes and they give you a fun way to dispose of the enemies. The other thing I like about this game is the unlockables. Everytime you get more cells and blueprints (these are weapons, items, clothes, abilities that you can use in your run).
You unlock something that changes your gameplay style. I bought this game after no more new updates were given. That means that I got the ultimate game with all the DLC. Including the Castlevania DLC. If you are fan of Castlevania, this game is a match made in heaven. They replicate the castle with enemies from the series and remix music from your favourite stages. Playing the stages until you reach Dracula its a blast. This is where the BUT comes in. I can tell you I played this game with cheats. I put one hit kills and unlimted health mostly. You know when a game is fun tha teven with cheats I could play this again and again and it doesn't disspoint. Well I lied. The boss fights with single hit kill does dissapoint a bit but after a while I just wanted to get through the game as fast as you can. There are tons to do in the game and I think without cheats you are just going to end dying again and again.

The thing that I don't like about this game is that once you find everything that the map has to offer you practically done. To get all the maps you have to go to a specific area and to get to a specific area you need to get a specific ability. All of these takes time to do it. But once you get all of that you can practically go anywhere in the map. So the game milage may vary since without cheats you can play this game until you get bored. But due to the hard difficulty I don't think you are going to enjoy it. 

Overall Dead Cells is a great game. Obviously its going to be in my top 10 and even with cheats (which I think is the best way to play) this game still deserve an S-Rank

Week 45: I helped my friend with a lot of money

This week has been a rollercoaster. My friend was in serious trouble and I decided to do the selfless thing by helping her. I don't know if I will ever see that money back but I will do it again and again if any of my friends need me  

Nov 2

• Last day of the birthday weekend 

• After packing up we went to a build a bear place where both girls build a bear. H1 build a penguin dress as a bunny and H2 was a bear wearing overalls. 

• Had some ramen for lunch

• Came back home and I started working for 5 hours. I have a lot to catch up and after 10:30pm I send the cleaner back 

Nov 3

• Today I did 18 classes because I am behind on my classes. So it was a very tiring day for me 

• My new best friend has some money problem and she needs a lot by tomorrow. She has to do somehing that she doesn't want to in order to get the money. So I decided to give her the money instead. The thought of her doing something that she can't turn her back to will break all of us. So yeah. it is just money and you can get it back slowly

• Made some butter chicken, potato masala and some veggies 

• In the evening wife went to get her shot and some mcdonalds.

Nov 4 memorable/unmemorable

• Wife went to work by herself since she wants to go home early I guess. 

• After class I went to the bank to get some money for my friend. It is just money and she is very grateful. She gave me a proposal that I don't know how to react to. I can tell you that my life is never boring. There is always a twist every week 

• Ate some ayam gepuk for lunch and made some carbonara for the kids.

• Went to get H2 allergy test. She is mostly allergic to dust, mushrooms and beef.  

• In the evening talked to my insurance agent. She is having a lot of personal problems. I always thank Allah that my problem seems insignificant and I wish everyone just to be strong and that time will make it better 

Nov 5

• Today H1 wanted masak lemak ayam which I haven't cooked for a while. It turned out very delicious 

• Other than that nothing much happened. Just the normal routine

• My neighbour did text me and saying that he is going to do some construction soon which I am okay with that

• Mama is at Thailand and she is detailing her adventure. Must be lucky she can travel the whole world like that. I wish one day I can travel the world 

Nov 6

• Today I decided to make some fish wraps. Sounds delicious and it did. But I may made the mistake of putting some  spicy salmon bites 

• Did 16 classes 

• Did nothing to weird just the same thing again and again 

Nov 7

• I didn't cook today but I had lunch outside. Ordered some chicken rice for the girls 

• Wife took my car but I accidently left H2 phone and headphones there so I have to pick it up when I pick her up from school 

• Send H2 to swimming and pick up the cleaner. The cleaner was working so late that I send her back close to 11

• Dinner was some family mart for everyone 

Nov 8

• Today ordered some Tim hortons for lunch. Had 2 types of pasta and some timbits (small donuts) 

• Watch some Korean show with wife. It was a very interesting show but it not a full season so every week is 2 episodes 

• In the evening the kids and wife have a hotel dinner with their wunt. I was not going  so I get to had dinner at my favorite coffee shop

Next week mom will be coming so that will be fun. Other than that I have nothing much own the docket but just do as much classes as I can since this is the last month for this year. Hopefully I can finish Ninja Gaiden by next week.

Rewatch: John Wick Chapter 4

A satisfying ending 

John Wick Chapter 4 old reivew

After a while you stop overthinking about this story and just enjoy the ride. Chapter 4 is like one big roller coaster ride. I think for every movie they try to just increase the action again and again until there is nothing much for us to expect. Having Donnie Yen as the blind assassin is a good touch. This character is well liked by everyone where I wonder how they heck they are going to do a Chapter 5 (which is in development now) 

The Rehearsal Season 1

This show is amazing 

The premise: Imagine you haev a hard situation to do but you are worried about the outcome. Enter the Rehearsal, a show by Nathan Fielder which he will let you rehearse the situation again and again and find all the different outcomes 

Unlimted budget: What happens when you get an unlimited budget from HBO? They make this into a 1 on 1 recreation of the thing they wanted to rehearse. They actually build a bar, hire actors to follow their counterparts and so no

Flowchart: I wish life is like this. Doing the what if's. Real life you don't have a do over. So this show shows that even with enough practice you can even think wha tis going to happen since humans are unpredictable 

This season: Someone wants to tell bad news, someone wants their inheritance and the main story is that someone wants to experince having a child from birth till teenagers. 

Rewatch: John Wick Chapter 3 Parabellum

The is my old review 

John Wick 3

Is it just me but I didn't remember anything that much about this movie only I know that Halle Barry was in this movie with her dogs. This movie is really over the top since why is everyone an assassin? Who needs killing here 😅. But I do notice that Keanu now talks a bit more slowly than the first movie. I need that suit, besides of being bulletproof it can also be impact proof.

The Last of Us Season 2

You need to play the game to get more backstory

Time Jump: 8 years has past since the first season. This time the story shift to Ellie since this is mostly she is going to very heavy greif 

The game is better: They only have 7 episodes to tell the first half of the game. They miss all the side stuff since those are just basically gameplay but they did get into the deep stuff.; I think Ellie did everything a bit too fast

What would you do: Would you save a person by killing everyone else? I would. 

Cliffhanger: It ended with the climax of the game. The next sesason Ellie won't be the main character of the game. I wonder how many more seasons does this show have 

Rewatch: John Wick Chapter 2

This movie still holds up

John Wick 2 Old Review

Watching this again I can't help think that why does the world needs a lot of assassins. I mean are they too many bad guys need killing. I am still interested in the suit. I mean not the bulletproof part. But the part it doesn't look too moist when its when. Maybe it has some self drying features. 

Scandal Season 5

The shows just get better and better 

The end of Liv and Fitz: The whilrwind romance finally got the happy ending at season 4. But we know that all good things will end. Once you get what you want, you don't want it anymore. It was good while it lasted 

Changes in roles: A lot of the main characters have different roles to play. Cyrus is out and Abby is now in the White House. The President now sleeps with a lot of people and Olivia is back doing her thing

This arc: They are trying to get Millie to be the next president. But there are other people who also wants to be the president 

In the end: This season end without a serious cliffhanger. But next season we will know who will get to be the new president 

A House of Dynamite

The most scariest horror movie of the year 

What is it about?
What happens if a nuclear missle was detected heading towards America 

The Good
This movie shows the point of view of everyone who is involve in the event of this disaster 
It is really scary on how the systems that were design to save a country is not really effective.  

The Bad
The ending. This movie doesn't show what happens but more what are plans that takes to ensure continuity. In the end we didn't get to what comes after that

The Ugly
We should not have any nuclear weapons period 

After Credits: No

Verdict: If this happens in real life. It is going to change the world