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Entries by Haris Abdul Rahman (3438)

11:08PM

TGV Birthday

A couple of years back, when we were planning one of Idlan's birthday, we made a few enquiries about where to celebrate. We have done the usual - house party, clowns, biggest cakes, restaurants, halls, play gym. We wanted to do something different. We settled for the Bird Park. Amongst other things we came across was to do a party at a cinema, a pool and outdoor garden theme.

The cinema one was unfortunate because there were no big releases during the boys bit days at the time. The place we discussed at was at Pavilion. The package did not come cheap, but it does come with memorabilia, all fitting the theme of the movie. It would have been great to have the Rio theme for instance. The cinema would provide a private sitting area - for those who had been to the Gold Class foyer at GSC at Pavilion, you would know what I was talking about.

Today, we had one such party at TGV Wangsa Walk Mall, to celebrate one of Idlan's classmate's party. The movie was Transformers. The party began at 11, when we picked up our tickets at the foyer, then being ushered into the theaters hall. The friend of hours actually paid for the whole theatre, all filled with friends and families, with the birthday boy and his friends sitting in the middle row. Before the movie begin, we had the usual cake-cutting, sing songs and tidbits. Not much food though, some sausages and popcorns. The movie then begin right before noon.

Speeches before the cakesIt was a great idea actually, although I would have wished for more food. I could see throngs of people buying the tickets outside while we were ushered into the hall. I would personally struggle to fit in that me people though. I would need close to 200 people to fill the hall. the other problem if found was the whole party was done inside the movie theatre. There were not much room to maneuver as we had to walk across the row to get in and out of our seats. We also had problem to stash our food as the seats were pretty cramped.

The cake-cutting was done at the front of the theater, and after that, we had to queue for food on the side. It would have been better if the food were served in a bigger area, maybe the main foyer - unfortunately the main foyer at the cinema was rather too small. There was some delay clearing the food before the movie started, making the children really restless. I would blog more about the movie later.

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11:23AM

Movie Starting

We were bow packed into the theatre and waiting for the cake-cutting and sing songs. The boys getting grumpy understandably. Movie starting in 20 minutes. Havoc!

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9:12AM

Getting Set

Yup! We needed to get moving. It would e an early birthday party today. The boys were looking forward for it. Daddy was looking forward to it. It was going to be at a cinema. The theme was Transformers. And the party would be topped up with a movie, Transformers, Dark Side of the Moon. Couldn't miss that!

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11:16PM

Lovely Night Out

The boys exams were coming to an end and Anita decided to have a break. It happened that the would be a birthday party tomorrow morning for one of Idlan's classmate, and we needed to go out to buy the presents. Rather than bringing the boys, we decided to go out, just the two of us. We ended up at the Curve.

The eerily quiet IKANOEven the kopitiam was quietI was expecting a big crowd at the Curve, this being a Friday Night and all. But surprisingly, it was pretty subdued. I walked across to IKANO to get a magazine, and the place was actually pretty empty. IKEA however was still packed as usual. After getting the presents, we settled down for a quiet dinner at the Apartment. Had an enjoyable dinner, finally only reaching home after ten to be scolded by Irfan ......

Finally dinnerEarly morning tomorrow for the birthday party. That would be at Wangsa Walk Mall at the cinema. We would be watching the Transformers ......

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6:07PM

Source Code

The film Moon, staring Sam Rockwell released a couple of years ago was a great sic fi thriller. Often these sic fi affair tried to vow you with their clever visual effects and wildly improbable storyline. Moon was different. Essentially it was about a mining scientist plied by Rockwell who was on a two-year mission marooned on the moon, only in physical contact with a robot. Apparently it was one of those clever artificial intelligence ones who can read his mood and interact accordingly.

He was looking forward to return to his young family - a daughter born when he was away - when something peculiar happened, and things started to unfold from then on.

The same directors' sophomore effort (Duncan Jones), Source Code, offered something along the dame vein, but not stereotypical of Moon. It offered enough action to keep you at the edge of your seat, in the meantime made you think about the whole affair. It again left a lasting impression, something that only hit me a few days after the fact. Good quality psychological thriller, with a definite twist in the end. As the movie would be coming out on DVD soon, I suggest that you grab it when it came put. If you were into psychological thriller, you couldn't go wrong with this.

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