Child's Eye...haix

To watch a horror (spiritual-theme) movie is like an expansion to the third dimension into something unknown yet. It is something which can possibly be explained by science or to some extent, maybe not entirely. Perhaps, it is a completely different realm which can only be experienced when you are in it.
eg: When you are dead and your soul leaves your body and I supposed that's when you can be in that third dimension. LOL...

Yea, many thought it's a waste of good money to buy a ticket to a horror show just to get yourself spooked. I don't know but I am watching all interesting movies regardless of genre and it really is entertaining to watch creativity being molded into graphical reality. However, I must say that the Child's Eye by Pang's brothers is nothing to be compared to their very first break-through of The Eye. I love The Eye (as much as I love The Shutter) for its originality and storyline.

The plots of their movies go down hill after The Eye. I watched most of their creations and felt truly disappointed with all except The Eye and Re-cycle.

The Eye 2 and The Eye 10 are bad, seriously. I watched though because I was very impressed with The Eye and I thought they are the Master in making original eastern-infused horror movie. I guess they are having a hiatus?

The Eye was really good after years of watching lousy horror movie with no storyline while Re-cycle carries a really good message in it; a rather sad one though. Anyways, everything has got a expiry date and will then eventually be forgotten and re-cycled once the due date is passed. I am still waiting to be proven wrong.
And of course, there's another moral to the movie; something regarding abortion. Oh well, it's 4 years back and so I don't quite remember that part-- for all I remember, it's sad.

So, back to the Child's Eye, I was expecting something more but however, with that said, I was still frightened by the sudden sound of the soundtrack as well as that camera-plunge-movements. It has got a weak script but at several camera angles, it does the trick in frightening you.

In this, I see a different morale from Gecko.
Gecko: To kill smaller animals is inhumane.
Bunny: (diverts) To kill during pregnancy is a definite no-no and there are so much that a pregnant woman should avoid.

(It is inhumane and unethical to use smaller animals in the name of greater good in science but then again, sometimes, it is inevitable. Cell culture may present a good model for experimental purposes but then again, there are various factors to it that may lead to inaccuracies. As to compensate such inaccuracies, an animal model is used as a confirmation to the uncertainties found in experiments using cell culture.
Both models has to go in parallel for better understanding of a concept yet to be ascertained as a fact.
Okay, whatever it is...sometimes, it just has to be done on the basis of logical reasons.)

Besides, as the same goes for most horror movies, the main morale is that one should not harbor grudge; because it is like an evil seed. Grudge towards a certain event or person will eventually grow into a tree of hatred that grips tightly to one's soul to an extent that leads oneself towards self-destruction as well as creating inconvenience to others.

As to conclude, I would say that The Child's Eye is one movie to go for if you wanted a good scare from the soundtrack. The storyline is weak and somehow, in the end; logics are erased from the movie (because you will find that two humans got transported between two places and you'll have no idea how that happened as no clues were offered beforehand. One can assumed that they may be possessed to walk back to the hotel). The ending isn't conclusive but I made an assumption that an accident happened and possibly caused by unrest spirits from the haunted hotel.

By the way, Do Not go for the 3D version. It makes no difference, really.

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It has been such a long time since I last stayed up late, listening to online radio and relaxing to the silence of the night. FM98.8 is playing good ones tonight :)

Budget Malaysia 2011

The hot topic of the month will be the new 2011 budget; which can be viewed at:

1. http://www.treasury.gov.my/data/speech/bs11.pdf

A very honest to the point article at:
2. http://graphics.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/Risks/Malaysia.pdf

A humorous approach to the speech at:
3. http://www.kenwooi.com/2010/10/budget-2011.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=budget-2011

Very well, all the links above are self-explanatory texts. Thus, be your own judge.
My opinion? Geez, there are some (painful few) plans which sound like a good one; while every others are plain "build, build, build...and build without proper/further thoughts" kind of activities.

Simple things got complicated

I hate it when people is trying to complicate simple matters. I do not know if it is age but I came to realize that my patience towards groups/people who try to make simple things difficult is getting limited.

I want to get things done and I need to get things done and I will get things done. S i m p l e.
A mentor taught me this : It has to be done, It will be done as everything has got a solution. I second that.

Yesterday, today and Now..another chapter of Randomness

Yesterday's traffic policemen are idiots. There was an ambulance trying to rush past the row of cars and yea; why was there a row of cars jamming the road? Oh, that was because the policemen didn't realize that there was an ambulance and thus were busy easing the traffic of the opposite side of the road.

Today's traffic was smooth despite the downpour. It was a little past 4.30am and the road was peaceful with only a few cars on the road. I always enjoy the early hours. Everything is much more calm and the silence is something gold can't buy.

Now, with a good hot cup of Milo-O in hand; after a dinner of bread and mango (as dessert) as well as the mind temporarily switched off from work -- I stared at the mango and start to reminisce. Sighs. There were good times and also bad times and the sweetest was that RR and I breezed through them -- though sometimes it wasn't exactly a breeze. Sometimes it was a hurricane. Oh well, I supposed the last hurricane was really huge but it happened for a reason and for whatever reason it was, it happened. Initially, it was a harmless swirl of air; until it later on gained momentum and turned into a hurricane.

Life is picking up now (so I hope, fingers crossed) and it is moving towards a good direction; though it might be too early to tell but for now, everything is going good. It is going to be Friday soon and for the second time in this year, I am anticipating Friday. The amphibian is back!