New Movie Line-up for these year!

As i was reviewing for HP7Pt2 (previous blog), i went around the cinema and to my atonishment, there are lots of movie to be looking forward to. I hope their date of release are soon.. Here are my Reels of Movies for the 2nd half of year 2011:

Still remember the big googly eyed cat in Shrek? He has his own movie and i can't wait to see him action with his spanish slang...

Smurfs in 3D? This i gotta see and i never miss movies like Stuart Little & Enchanted and many more in the same genre

Who will ever miss the comic turn movie ? Marvel never has stop marvel me with comic characters made alive in movie. This, I will not miss.

Another comic character made alive in movies... How can I miss it?

Comic book of Adventure of Tintin has made me amaze and I am expecting a lot from a movie. Adventure movie such as this always have a place in my list.

One of the Sci-Fi Movie that i am looking forward to with a plus, hugh jackman in acting in it. Wahahaha

Rowan Atkinson is a great actor and had made me laugh terribly in his 1st sequel. I will not expect any much less for the second part.

HP7 Part2

Once i found out, Harry Potter 7 Part 2 is out, I cant wait for my husand to come back from Sibu to watch the movie, so I decided to watch the movie alone.

I decided to go to Star Cineplex because 1. less people and 2. earlier showtime. Its been a while i hv been to the place. It has been updated to a comfy place where they have put in additional Rest N Go chairs to give the movies goers a chance to have a massage while waiting for their show.

After watching the movie, what i love about are these moments (which i quote from another blogger's blog):

• The Dragon Scene – Hmmm… who won’t love to catch that alive! After all, breaking into Gringotts isn’t an easy task, leave aside the thought of making an escape, that too, sneaking away with a Horcrux from Bellatrix Lestrange’s vault! Only a dragon can take you to a safer haven, and I would love to see it give a ride to Harry, Ron, and Hermione!

• Bellatrix Lestrange Vs. Molly Weasley – Ahh! We all have had enough of Bellatrix! And we are now waiting to see Ron’s mum, Molly, take her on, wand-to-wand! I wish that Molly puts her down, so that she can give company to Voldemort in hell!

• Neville Longbottom slaying Nagini – Calm and serene, that’s our Neville Longbottom. Enough of that boy! We just want to see you slay that pest, Nagini! Never mind that it’s one of the seven Horcruxes!

• Voldemort Shocked – Yes. We want his eyes pop out in surprise when he finds Harry breathing, just when he thought that he has spelled Harry to death, forever! I am willing to watch Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows online just for this one wish fulfillment.

• Dumbledore Again – WOW! Though it may only be for a few minutes, but we are eager to see our favorite old man again, never mind if we meet him in heaven or whatever place that was between Earth and heaven! I miss those blue twinkling eyes, and those half moon spectacles too!
  
  
  For those haven't watched it yet, watch out for these moment in the movie. It was Awesome!

Kpg Lifestyle

It has been 4 months being adapting to kampung lifestyle. Truthfully at first, i wasn't able to cope with it because i was really a town gal. I was not able consume a few things such as:

1. Necessity

It was the Gawai tym where there are lots of family members come back to celebrate the holidays together. Then, you would expect that the road going to your house is block by not 1 , 2 but many cars. 1st of all, you will not have two way street road for a kampung road, but a small fit-for-1-car width. Can you imagine the 'jam' you have to go through just to get to your house. By the tym u reach ur house, you will find no more parking space as it was taken up by your overly crowded neighbour. U have no choice but to park in the middle of the road, knwing that you will hv to move ur car every 5 min for the car going to and frm the Bau town.

Another things is water. Especially during the 1st 2 days during gawai tym, you can 100% guarantee that you will not hv water supply becos the water source are frm the 4 dams around the kpg and when every household open their watertaps, there will definitely not enough pressure for the water to go to the household in the valley. And it so happen my house is at the valley. Can you imagine going to the "Bori Gawea" with crowds that did not have their bath just so they can save water for the evening? Or even tons of cloths which u decided not to wash because no water. It was challenging and was really a knock to my senses.

Food choices are limited here as you do not have McD, Sugarbun, high-end restaurant foods to savour by your taste buds. However, you will see more of exotics food which is a fortune in town. I was served frogs, squirel, snake, bats and many more which i do not wish to know what is serve in front of me on the dining table, as it will take away my appetite. Don't get me wrong, I love the food, high end and exotics. Pork is a everyday food here and I love pork. However, i need to slow down pork intake as i am concern for my cholesterol level and being fat... (hey, it is hard to maintain my BMI as it is, ok?)

2. Kampung Style Thinking

Kampung people are very patient and layback where as I , town gal , is always looking for fast result, fast response and fast movement of progress. Once a week meeting is too much for kampung people but too little for town gal like me. If i were to compare decision making process, town has a longer procedure than kampung committee, but kampung committee has the tendency to prolong the work to a completed result and in the end of the day, it all come to the same timeline. Decision making is also difficult because you have to consider the spirit beliefs, culture, do's and don't of a time period e.g. Mourning, and many more. For example, it is not ok to play with gongs or drum during mourning period or at any day because to do so, you have to ask permission or bribe the spirit in order to play the instrument. So, we town gals may belittle this beliefs but it meant a lot to the kpg folks in making decision according to customs beliefs.

In terms of accepting changes, it is also hard because of native set of priority. 1st - Farm (Kebun), 2nd - Beliefs / Religions, 3rd - Money / Necessity, 4th Health, last Education / community development. It is hard to penetrate to community with the focus of education or development because farming is their way of living and has not seep in their mind on how education and development can change their state of living. IN my eyes, kpg folks can see physically what the results are, fruits and vege's for sell and to provide food on the table instantly, but for education and development result is something abstract and can only be seen after few years and something that the folks are not ready to wait and see. As a development and eduction centre for the folk, it is quite a challenge and install the mind set of a ready set go thinking to involve in something they think is a waste of time. It may take a while for them to realise and hopefully in the future, my folks can surf internet through their mobile phone and buy grocery online. in 10years tyme, maybe...(finger cross)

3. Politics.

I always say "Hey, look at the bright side, you will never get involve in politics if you stay in Kpg!"... I regret saying so because in a small community like this, you will find greater politics because 1, it is a small community and 2, everyone knows everyone and everything you do. I have seen heated environment amongst the kpg folks where just after the State election was commencing and that week was full with activities from both democrat and opposition parties were involve. YB Peter Nansian and YB Anuar Ibrahim were here to give their speeches... Promises were thrown like they were true and sure, money were given out like they were grown from trees... After the campaign were over, and we know de result of the election, lets just say, the leaders don care about the social impacts are after the elections. People turning against each other, promises were not fulfil as said, suddenly depletion of money supposedly given for the community bodies e.g. JKKK, Women's group...

But as my forth month here, i am still observing my ppl and trying to understand the mismatch info and time and also foreign contributors which ignites the difficulties faced by many rural communities, in hope for the future, they will be more educated and more EI in tackling impacts from the more developed side of the country. Do you have a light bulb to help me to push them to the speed of development? ... PM me

Local Interest

My good friend, Grace asked me to join her to watch Masterpiece perform in Padawan Fair. I was a bit reluctant bcos if i am going, i will be going tom Kpg Serasot, and only after 6pm (working hours, understand?) To travel late and going through Bau - Batu Kawa Road is not ideal after dark cos there are no street light to light your way and its been a while i did not travel using that road. Anyway, all these thinking are no where close to compromised my promise to her to go to the fair. So, i decided to go.

Traveling that road, you won't be lonely cos there are lots of cars using that road but in other hand, you won't have the chance to overtake as much as you wanted. So, the way you drive depends on the crowd of driver you were with on the road.

It was drizzling and it was dark.. i tried to visualised the road , the turn and corner but it somehow felt different. And there was a part of the road was being re-seal so it was really great that i drove slow that night. If not, i may have flat tire in the middle of the night in the middle of nowhere.

After 1 hour drive, i finally reached MJC and met her at Secret Recipe. I was really craving for Secret Recipe Cakes specially Chocolate Indulgence.

I paired it with Hot Mocha which is also one of my fav drinks. Plus, this branch has the most friendliest staff and efficient work. With a smile on their faces, nothing went wrong. After i settle down and catches up with my gal, we decided to parked our car there and walk to the Padawan Fair. Bringing along my trusty camera, i was really excited.

First of all there were lots of people and it was really happening. We went past the stage but Masterpiece is not on yet, so we walk about the food corner, and the game corner and there was a Beer corner. Then we notice someone wearing black trench coat with long hair and Grave called out a name "DEPHA!"... And here is the picture i took for that moment...

Then, Depha excused himself as he need to go back stage to prepare plus more and more fans taking picture with him. So, we went another round to wait for the band performance. We were so excited. And then at 11pm, the real show start...

For more pics, do check out my FB. Deep in my heart, i wish i can have the same commitment for my bidayuh band too. But alas, I cannot find any Bidayuh singer / band that are as good as this. Maybe they are still underground and are not ready to expose into the local music industry or may not have the support from the communities around. Or maybe I was not expose to the bidayuh musicians...Who knows, but I wish there are some awareness for my beloved bidayuh local musicians. Those who knows, do let me know ya... Chow 4nw.