My Little Plant

Presenting to you , this is my little cactus plant which I got during my Cameron Highlands trip a few months ago:)

Still surviving...hehe; but it kinda reminds me of my aloe vera plants mum have in the garden back home in KL.
Hmmm....perhaps I should bring this home to KL and let it grow with its breed and Mum can help me to care for it....

Snail in the garden

Haha....caught this snail slow in action as I was waiting to go out on the weekend.....ya...I am getting boring; even find snails fascinating....but hey, don't you think this is indeed a big and fully grown snail?
And my, do they move so slowly.....tick tock tick tock:p

Haaaapppie Feet

Watched Happy Feet a fortnight ago (sorry for the overdue post).

Was kinda bored and not really in an animated mood but somehow my friend dragged me along and so, we ended up in Gurney Plaza (duuuh, where else to catch movies in Penang).

We were there early; about 11.30a.m.
Anyway, the line is building up and the crowd's coming in:P

Too bored; friend still waiting in line...so, I snapped some pics of the other section; of people from the beverages and food counter for the movie-goers :)

That same weekend was also the much anticipated opening of the longest and largest mall up north; Queensbay Mall.

Don't ask me about it; I haven't been there myself - not part of the frenzy crowd to flock to the opening of a new place when I know fairly well this is a place to stay for good and not going to be just there for a weekend:p

So, I don't know what the frenzy and excitement is all about to rush to a newly launched mall....:P

Anyway, back to my movie outing, since there is nothing much to watch, we decided to watch Happy Feet - the cute little penguin animation that we have seen in the big screen trailers while watching other movies as well.

So, this was a Warner Bros productions ( frankly speaking, I seldom watch non-Disney animation productions; kinda biased and skeptical towards the others huh...LOL! I am one loyal Disney fan :)

I will not go into too much length on this review; mainly because I find nothing interesting about this production; and let me tell you why.

First of all, after the first few minutes into the opening scene, I was bored. Yups, amazing how an animation can actually bore me so soon (I think this is a record compared to all other non-Disney animations I have watched; hey, even Madagascar didn't bore me this soon:p )

I was a little edgy with the scene where the penguins were singing during their courting season.

Norma Jean, the female Emperor Penguin was at the prime of her attention as she sings her way to find her mate.

**It seems that the Emperor Penguins in this heart of the Antartica is to have their own heart song and to be able to sing to find their soul companions.

Pushing her way through the others, Norma Jean finally found her soulmate in the brave Memphis and together they formed a family; or rather an egg.

Now, contrary to other species (including human beings; homo-sapiens alike), these Emperor Penguins practise the male penguins being the ones who stay at home during the winter to protect and hatch the eggs while their spouses go out fishing for food.

As Norma Jean leaves the nest reluctantly along with all the other female penguins, Memphis and the rest of the male penguins continue their journey to brave the winter storm to hatch their eggs safely.

Memphis, being the vocal one started out singing and in the midst of his enthusiasm, he dropped his egg.

**The rule for the eggs; is never to drop it**

Memphis managed to retrieve the egg and thought that it will be fine. However, little did he know that this will start the nightmare for him but the beginning of the Happy Feet story.

Moving on, during the hatching season, all the eggs hatched naturally one after another and you see all those adorable little penguin chicks coming out and hollering near to their dads; all except Memphis's egg.

He waited for a while and anxiety was creeping in when his neighbour's egg hatched to an adorable and inquisitive little female penguin by the name of Gloria (whom we have the gut feeling will be the future companion of Memphis's son...surprised?:p)

Anyway, the egg was a little slower but eventually Memphis was relieved when it finally hatched but not for long though when they started noticing the strange wobble the little chap had when he was trying to stand on his feet.

At the same time, he can't really speak well which soon earned him the name of Mumble.

Norma Jean soon came back and the family reunion was a happy affair; Norma is still in the dark about Mumble's predicament and definitely not about the egg dropping incident.

Mumble soon revealed himself to be a different penguin as he was unable to find a heart song and worse still, he can't even sing - sort of tone deaf.

Due to that, they outcasted him as of bad gene and that soon led Memphis to admit that he dropped the poor little guy in the egg.

Mumble however was not totally useless; in fact he was pretty talented with his feet movements to tap or even compose music; much to the chagrin of the penguin's elders who expelled him from the pack in scorn.

Finding his own interest, he ended up in another land with the adelies breed of penguin (which are shorter and smaller in stature - rather cute, I should say:)

There he met their Great One, Lovelace who actually took pride in wearing the plastic holder which holds our aluminium cans in 6 packs and he called that as a bestowment from the Heavens above.

As such, he has all the other adelies penguins bowing to him and look to him as the great advisor and seer of future:p

Anyway, Mumble soon landed himself in a mission to find out about the lack of fish which caused the shortage to his kind's food supply and together with Ramon and the great Lovelace and 2 other pal penguins, they travelled until the human land to find out the problem and also to seek help to remove the plastic thing which was choking Lovelace.

One thing led to another and Mumble landed in a zoo which gave him a sense of fear initially but his happy feet taps him out to freedom as one day, he attracted the attention of a little girl while he was tapping to her fingers on the glass window and soon brought the whole crowd to his attention.

The zoo soon sent him home to his kind; but attached the GPS system thingy behind his back to find out his location. He was again unfairly accused of turning on his own kind but as he soon got the whole pack to dance and tap their feet, they got the people's attention worldwide to the food-deprived penguins in the Antartica and also the pollution problem.

Of course, it soon came to a happy ending (as all cartoons do) and guess what...pssst, Mumble ended up with Gloria...LOL :)

Like factor?

1. The little baby penguins -when they were still offsprings, they look really adorable :)

2. Those adelies - Ramon and the gang actually injected more happiness and notched up the flow of the movie

Dislike factor?

1. The texture of the adult Emperor Penguins - very badly rendered; gives me the creeps and also goose bumps when I look at them...ugghhhh, and imagine that the whole show focuses on them :(

2. The posture of the female penguins and their voices - I know they are supposed to sound sexy but....ewwww....just gives me more goose bumps

3. The heart song part - hmmm, just doesn't seem to appeal too much to me

Well, guess I will only stick to only Disney produced animations in the future; I think so far all the non-Disney ones have kinda disappointed me - not that I am so Disney-obsessed but speaking from the flow and the tacky dialogue lines; guess they are no match for Disney yet :p

Frankly, Happy Feet? Definitely not my cup of tea....up to you guys whether you want to watch it; to me, it's plain boring :(

Rating: 4/10

Coming up next from Disney in Summer 2007; trailer seemed amusing - looking forward to this French mouse with a picky taste for food (sounds familiar?Hehe....)

Leadership?It is all in the mind...

Leadership by birth or made creates a more powerful leader?
An ambiguous argument huh?
To me, it is all in the mind - which was why I was surprised at a bunch of people who could actually travel all the way just to attend an hour's talk.
Guess they are pretty insecure, but knowing them well; I should say that the talk is not fully beneficial to them unless they change their mindset first and foremost.
Reason is simple; a leader lies in the mind - you may gain the knowledge to become a leader through tips and tricks BUT if you do not think like a leader, sustainability becomes the issue.

Leadership by birth was actually argued to be more effective. Why is that so?
Simple, the concept goes back to mindset; by birth - yes, we are bestowed the talent and skill but at the same time, the mind was also instilled at the same time and with further upbringing in the right environment to mould the correct mindset, this will of course be a strong ruler in any field.
Similarly, if you want to make yourself a prominent and influential leader, my advice is to first have the right mindset and also mature thinking...for those who flocked for the talk; people whom I feel still have a long way to go (not being prejudice; but judging from their behaviour and all the things they have done so far in situations), they do need to ponder on what they need to do for themselves before even moving in the direction of a leader.

Kelantan Dress Code

The new ruling dress code for the women in Kelantan is definitely ridiculous and outrageous at the same time.
Although they specify it for the Malay women folks, and that their intention is noble in protecting the women's honour, to me, it is just plain discrimination.
Not entirely based on feminisim, but I still do not see the point why women's dressing should always be the culprit. Everything that befalls the women automatically becomes their fault to begin with.
She dresses too sexily! She asked for it...
Uhhhh...puh-leaseeee...why should women be blamed for men's and those beasts' inconsiderable actions?
Our dressing seduces them? Why are we at fault when they cannot control their sexual desires?
Do you seriously think this will actually solve the problem?
If dressing is the main issue, does that mean that those fully-clothed women are not victimised?
As a matter of fact, I do not see that happening; look at the previous rape cases reported in the newspapers and you will get what I mean; if you still remember the rape case on the bus involving a UiTM graduate who was a decent and properly dressed lady heading to work.
And yet, during the hearing, the bus driver cum the rapist still blamed it on her; saying he "tak boleh tahan"
I find this totally hilarious that women's dressing are repeatedly being blamed for the increasing rates of crimes when there are other "noble factors" as well.
Instead of controlling our dressing, why can't the men be also blindfolded when they walk on the streets to protect women as well?

I believe this is something that should go in both directions; if this is supposedly a noble step to protect the women's honour, I think the men should act and think in a noble direction; which is to have the respect for women.

Look who's invited :)

My invitation card to the annual dinner...hehe...nice ler?

Self-made from the president herself; way to go Zue...:)

Really loved the material and design of the invitation card - Black, Red and White...with the killer red rose :)

Annual Dinner 2006 Part 1

Ta daaa....finally the day of the event....hooray....then I am home to celebrate beloved daddy's birthday:p

Hehehe....committee were there early...me as usual and this was the signage at the main hall to lead our guests to the venue itself :)

Can you see my figure reflected?:p

And these were snapped from Han Yong's camera; the view of the hotel garden or rather, sea view:p

That was our banner...hey, where's the other half?

Look at our miniature flyers and you will get what I mean...so what happened to Mr ar?:p

The grand entrance into the Grand ballroom.....haha....

And these are the grand receptionists....hahaha....HY, JA, Liew and Fook:)

Busy setting up....actually they were the important men of the function and they will be coordinating the events....there we have, the man of the event himself there:)

Guess who *winks*

Ladies and gentlemen, presenting to you, our ATDM dolls...hehee :)

Dedicated dancers; bravo and I really salute their commitment and sacrifices made to spend their after work hours each day to dance to perfection for the event:)

Way to go, guys and gals....sway your way:)

Performers for the opening dance...Sway....I love that song...tantalizing for a salsa cum tango combination...ooo and also rhumba dance in this dance.

We had our full run rehearsal; with timing and also the coordination of the flow:)

Ran until 12.30p.m. where we finally have to leave the hall for the hotel staff to decorate the hall....so, it's time for our lunch and also self-preparation.

For the gals, it pretty much meant setting your hair and making up to transform ourselves into the belles of the ball:)

So, we headed upstairs to the hotel rooms (yeayyy, we managed to get a room from E&O for the committee and forked out extra $$$ for another room)

This is the first room; actually this belongs to the guys but since the other room is not available yet, we crammed into the guys' room to settle down and rest before we set off on the beauty mission:P

Some of them wanted to get some sleep but since we were bound by the time constraints, no choice lar....need to buck up and go for lunch then take our baths and also change for the night.

Anyway, a little peek into the room.

Surprisingly, I would say the rooms are not bad; no wonder they charge you for such a cut throat price...hahaa, frankly, there's more expensive hotels around but for Penang, this is it:p

The rooms were spacious; and yet we were told this is the smallest room....or rather, I would call these suites man:p

The beds; there were 2 queen-sized beds by the wall:)

We then headed straight to town for a quick lunch and then straight to get things done for ourselves....

Stay tune to the next part...hehehe.:p