Garfield 2: A Tale of 2 Kitties

www.garfieldmovie.com

Since Garfield is an Orange cat (duhz..) this entry is thus in Orange
Reviewed: Tuesday, 27 June 2006





















To put it diplomatically, this is basically a light-hearted movie (One of those that you would watch after a hard day's work - just basically cos you don't need brains to enjoy it)

To put it otherwise... well it's not exactly a very intellectual or stimulating storyline... to sum it up in a nut shell... there are 2 identical cats, one of whom we all know as GARFIELD... the other is a 'Royal' cat known as Prince.

The old senile owner of Prince goes and leaves all her wealth to her fav. Kitty after her death... thus leaving her of cos evil nephew scheming after the property... He goes way out to get rid of Prince who he traps in a basket and dumps into the river...

Enters Garfield who is just roaming the streets of London..and as fate would have it...is mistaken as the lost Prince by his anxious butler... the real Prince is of cos found and mistaken for Garfield... (pity they dun wear dog/cat tags - they would otherwise have prevented the mistaken identity right?)

So Garfield gets into the castle and irritates the shit out of the evil nephew much to his chagrin while Prince falls in love with Lasagne while still pinning for his home...

The movie reaches its peak when finally both kitties meet up, realizes the devious plan of the nephew and joins forces to kick his ass and while they are at it... induce a ferocious Rottweiler to attack the *ahem* crotch of the deserving b$55sta5d.

As with all cartoons, alls well ends well, Prince regains his inheritance and Garfield lives happily after with odie and jon...and oh yah... Jon proposes to girlfriend Liz in this movie...

Overall 6 out of 10

Dido - Life For Rent

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The Most Amazing and Addictive Dish ever...

What is it: Beef Carpacio

Extremely Addictive
- Tested and proven by all who I have brought to the place ;P
















Where: En Japanese Dining Bar
207 River Valley Road, #01-57, UE Square
Call: 6735 2212 for Reservations (Very encouraged, cos business is usually extremely brisk)

Frequented by plenty of native Japanese expatriates for its authentic and flavorful Japanese fare, En Jap has never failed to impress the palate of all my friends whom I have brought there.

The beef carpacio is expertly prepared... EVERYTIME... each succulent slice offers a delightful burst of flavor, thanks to chef's special marinate. The beef slices are thin yet sufficient for you to enjoy the 'creamy' texture of the beef that simply melts in your mouth... Heavenly and delicious, even to a not-so-beef fan like me :)

Other culinary specialties include its Unagi Fried Rice (Fragrant pearl rice stir-fried with tender morsels of teriyaki eel!), assorted skewers platter, grilled mushroom with minced chicken skewer, assorted Sashimi platter and refreshing macha ice-cream with red beans... and while you are at it...dun forget to order a flask of your favorite Sake (good choices available)...

A decent meal for 2 should come up to $70 - $80

Enjoy!!

Timeshare Fraud?? Leisure Group Marketing

Hmnn... I received an email from a friend circulating the despicable selling tactics of this particular company :(

For starters... I can't stand all these MLM companies or for that matter...any companies that use those blardy psycho sales tactics, can't be bothered to even give them an ounce of my time...

What puzzles me more is their recruitment abilities... how they even convince thinking adults to join their ranks and join in their scamming activities... well perhaps they are really unaware of the true intentions of their company... the second puzzling question is how they convince pple to part with relatively large sums of money like $30,000 with unclear vacation benefits...

From what I gathered from the email, pple who did kiss their cash goodbye to enroll in the program later derived no benefits whatsoever from the program... the organizer simply says that they book too late, all slots have been taken up and if they want to book their vacation...they have to do so 6 to 8 months in advance and even then...it's not guaranteed that you will get it... geez.... I would think that I would be hopping with rage if I was caught in that position!

In fact I did receive these 'telemarketing' calls on 1 or 2 occasions... saying that you won some totally unbelievable and fantastic gifts in some shopping mall contest... but to receive your gift you have to go down to their office and blah blah blah... thank goodness I heard rumours of such scamming activities before and secondly I subscribe to the notion that 'if something sounds too good to be true... more often than not...it is NOT true' thus I tend to be pretty short with these telemarketing people usually just telling them that I really dun care for whatever freebies they are giving away!

Anyway, I'm only blogging about this cause I really detest these cheat tactics cos they are downright despicable cheating people out of their hardearned money... so just in case anyone is reading this... thought you might like to know. :)

Here are 2 forum links that offer some discussion and insight to this subject:

http://www.voy.com/161450/71.html
http://www.crimeshare.net/63.html

An inspiring email I found while clearing my email archives

Saw this circulated email from a friend, thought it was kind of sad, yet inspiring all at the same time...

Perhaps it's just a reminder to the rest of us to remember to be grateful for the things we have now... a healthy body, a thinking mind and a whole spirit... Also a reminder to ever remain hopeful regardless of how bleak life situations may be at times...for if we look beyond the blank wall, we may still find ourselves being a source of encouragement and support to a fellow human being...

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Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room's only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.

The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation. And every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window.

The man in the other bed began to live for those one-hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the world outside.

The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every color of the rainbow. Grand old trees graced the landscape, and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance.

As the man by the window described all this in exquisite detail, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine the picturesque scene. One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade passing by. Although the other man couldn't hear the band - he could see it in his mind's eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words. Days and weeks passed.

One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body away.

As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone. Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the world outside. Finally, he would have the joy of seeing it for himself.

He strained to slowly turn to look out the window beside the bed. It faced a blank wall. The man asked the nurse what could have compelled his deceased roommate who had described such wonderful things outside this window.

The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall. She said, "Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you."

Epilogue. . . .There is tremendous happiness in making others happy, despite our own situations. Shared grief is half the sorrow, but happiness when shared, is doubled. If you want to feel rich, just count all of the things you have that money can't buy. "Today is a gift, that's why it is called the present."

What if people did not work

Kinda lazing around at home when this thought came into my mind...

Well, it's sorta nice to stay at home once in awhile, to recuperate your energies and refocus on what you want to achieve in life... work can be a pain in the ass sometimes especially with weird and senseless management directives...

Just yesterday, I did not know whether to laugh or cry with regard to my company's policy on lost cheques. The thing is this, due to a compensation scheme currently in place to compensate close to 14,000 members, we are making quarterly payments of part cash part voucher, each eligible claimant under the scheme is entitled in $120 cash and $120 in vouchers per quarter until full repayment of $3,000/$2,000.

If you happened to lose the cheque issued to you, there will be strictly no replacement even if you should make a police report or blah blah, if you would like the company to cancel the lost cheque however (you still don't get a replacement cheque) you would need to pay the company $20 admin fee for doing the cheque cancellation.

It made me wonder what's the logic of that... I mean if I had lost the cheque and no that under no circumstances would I be getting a replacement, then why should I bother calling the company to inform them of the lost...and worse...paying $20 to make a cancellation that is of NO benefit to me whatsoever?

Geez...might as well just tell the member to forget he/she ever received the cheque in the first place!

Or well...guess that's what they call a double whammy or stating the obvious like 'a colorful rainbow? or Spaghetti = Pasta but Pasta does not = Spaghetti?'

Haha anyway... my initial thoughts about this whole subject was... imagine a world without work... without the major MNCs that we are so familiar nowadays... what if no one invented companies...come to think of it... work is one of the largest components of Entertainment isn't it... a singular activity that keeps us entertained for up to hours on end... an activity that keeps us lawfully occupied, entertained and at times...amused for at least 8 hours a day!

Geez without work... what would we do? Watch movies? But there aren't any movie companies filming any production... no Hollywood, no Harvest Productions, no Disney productions... wonder if there'll even be books to read...since authors can write but with no publishing companies and no retailers and distributors...how would we ever lay our hands on the 'books'... plus maybe there'll be no school in the first place...so where would the authors learn how to write?

Guess we'll be digging for wild potatos and mushrooms and hunting for the occasional rabbit and fowl... wheez!

Ending a Chapter

Friday, 23 June 2006 will present itself as a concluding chapter to my 12 months and 10 days of service to Raffles Town Club.

It has been an amazing year, filled with great people and wonderful colleagues… it has been a tough year as well, brought about by the court case that the Club faced and the subsequent Scheme of Compromise and Arrangement that was presented to members.

Had I not been involved in the exercise, I would never have believed the possibility of cold-calling 17,000 people in a matter of 2 to 3 weeks! Not a pleasant experience, firstly the horrid feeling of doing the cold calls and secondly, the expectation of being screwed by the angry party on the other side of the line.

With my other colleagues, we spent close to a month bunking in the Club, packing our stuff in the Junior Suite and staying there due to the long working hours during that period. There was plenty more ‘interesting’ things that we did then, all just to allow the Scheme a higher chance of take-up rate.

It was the opportunity of a lifetime to observe how some companies operate and how things may not run as clockwork or as perfect as we may expect them to be. There were some cock-ups, some grey areas and some areas which we totally could not agree with; yet limited in our capacity and our positions…we could do nothing but simply to abide with Management’s directives.

It has been a fulfilling year in all, plenty of eye-opening scenarios and now its finally time to move on and to grow with new challenges that would present itself in my new workplace, till then… let me just pray that the new place will be a more stable environment where I can focus more on my job scope rather than constant firefighting and picking up lost parts of the puzzle…

I suppose there would never be a perfect workplace but we can only try to make it better through our own efforts… I will take next week to recharge, rejuvenate and re-plan in what I want to achieve in my new workplace!