A movie out of Jodi Picoult’s book

I have always like books by Jodi Picoult.

One of her books, My Sister’s Keeper has been made into a movie starring Cameron Diaz (frankly, there are better actresses). It was screened in the US and UK on 26 June, wonder when it will hit our box office.

Check out the move trailer here:


I wish they will produce a movie out of another of my favourite titles “Plain Truth”.

2nd day of school holiday

We took the kids to our neighbourhood swimming complex for a splash. And of all things, I forgot to bring our camera!

Anyway, to cut it short, they had a whale of a time for 2 solid, fun-filled hours. Raeyen kept himself occupied in a kiddy pool while Kieran slid down a not-so-junior tunnel. His dad had to convince the guard that Kieran would be fine taking the tunnel despite his under 1.2m height.

In the late afternoon, we watched Race to Witch Mountain with Kieran at Cathay. We missed its Mom 'N' Tots offer where kids under 7 years of age go free if accompanied by their parent/guardian. It was an exciting movie and Dwayne Johnson has been my fav actor packaged with muscles and sense of humour. You should rent the DVD on "The Game Plan" which he starred if you have not watched it.

Movies I wanna watch

There are a few movies I wanna watch, some are those that my hubby will not be interested, meaning too feminine and boring by his standard.

Those I wanna watch with girlfriends:

He's Just Not That Into You; Confessions of a Shopaholic and Marley & Me. In fact I have the Marley & Me book and decided not to finish reading it because many times, movies are not as good as the books.

Those I can watch with him:

Angels & Demons, which book I had not read and have no intention of reading. I read the Da Vinci Code, which was far better than the movie.

X-MEN Origins: Wolverine, ahhh.... Hugh Jackman.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, which Kieran is looking forward too. This film features the animal transformers, hope it can be as exciting as its prequel!

Gotta watch this with a girlfriend

I was thrilled when I saw a life-sized standee poster of the upcoming movie, Confessions of a Shopaholic, adapted from the novel by Sophie Kinsella, which I read and blogged about. I have read all of Sophie's books, her last was "Remember Me".

You can have a glimpse of the movie trailer here or here.

I gotta watch this, it is thrilling that something I enjoyed reading comes to live! Any girlfriends keen to join moi?

Movie: WALL.E

The whole family watched this cute movie with May & Megan at GV Max, Vivocity on Saturday afternoon.

It was a nice cosy movie about love, very endearing but we are not sure if all our kiddos actually understood the storyline. May was worried that it probably is not so suitable for kids.

Nonetheless, it's cute.

After the movie, we had dinner at the White Dog Cafe... great food and service!

Panda-mania

Last weekend, we watched Kung Fu Panda with May & Megan.

It was so so so funny. Jack Black portrayed Po the Panda (aka the Dragon Warrior) very well. We had so much fun watching the movie, albeit Raeyen's constant mischief.

Raeyen is usually very excited when we were about to catch a movie and he would say, "Raeyen's going to watch movie and eat pop-corns." BUT when we are in the cinema, he just can't sit still throughout the movie. So naughty.

Horton Hears A Who

Together with Ivy's family, we went for the movie at Suntec last Sunday.

There were pre-movie activities from The Little Linguist, Belly Dancing and Airbrush Tattoo. Just before the movie started, we went to Carl's Junior for lunch. After lunch, the daddies did their own thing while the mommies took the kiddos into the theatre.

It was a great movie and started well at first (Horton's a great character for the kids to learn that "a person's a person no matter how small") until Raeyen displayed his disinterest by making noise, kicking, etc.... To let the rest enjoy the movie, I took him out of the cinema to coax him but it didn't quite work out. He was moody and restless. I think I will not bring him for a movie until he is a little older.

And to complete the movie, I have to get the DVD when it's out.

More about Horton Hears A Who!

The movie, adapted from Dr Seuss' book of the same name will be released on 14 March. It's from the creators of Ice Age.

The story goes (courtesy from Wikipedia) ...

The book tells the story of Horton the Elephant who, on the fifteenth of May in the Jungle of Nool, hears a small speck of dust talking to him. It turns out the speck of dust is actually a tiny planet, home to a city called "Who-ville", inhabited by microscopic-sized inhabitants known as Whos.

The Whos ask Horton (who, though he cannot see them, is able to hear them quite well) to protect them from harm, to which Horton happily obliges, proclaiming throughout the book that "a person's a person, no matter how small". In doing so he is ridiculed and forced into a cage by the other animals in the jungle for believing in something that they are unable to see or hear. His chief tormentors are Vlad Vladikoff, the Wickersham Brothers and the Sour Kangaroo, and the small kangaroo in her pouch. Horton tells the Whos that they needed to make themselves heard to the other animals, lest they end up as part of "beezlenut stew", which they finally accomplish. The Whos finally make themselves heard by ensuring that all members of their society play their part. In the end it is the smallest Who of all, Jo-Jo, who provides the last volume lift to be heard, thus reinforcing the moral of "a person's a person no matter how small".

In the movie, Jim Carrey is the voice-over for Horton. I think it's gonna be a fun movie that kids and adults will enjoy.

Click here to view the trailers.

New Year's Day

Had no idea where to go, we took the kids to VivoCity on 1 January 2008.

Had wanted to catch Alvin and the Chipmunks but no good seats were left. Roamed around the mall, kids went to the outdoor playground, they rode on the toy ponies for 10 minutes and then we ate at Carl's Jr for lunch, the boys loved the vanilla milk shake and slurped the whole cup!

After lunch, we chanced upon GV box office and realised tickets for "I Am Legend" were available, Acting on impulse, we bought the tickets since it was near Raeyen's naptime (but he didn't sleep throughout the movie!!!).

The movie was scary and I think I would freak out if I were the last survivor on earth. Unknown or strange virus attack on humans is a scary thought and no one knows what this will bring to our tomorrow. Hence, we should cherish every moment we have and be less petty over small matters.

Weekend do

SATURDAY

After Kieran's gym class, went to Vivocity with Choo for shopping. It was a liberated fun to be out shopping without hubby and Raeyen, though Kieran did whine, "Can we go now?", "Huh, another shop!", "Can we go to the carpark now?", "Can we go home now?"

I was looking for a suitable top or dress for my company dinner & dance coming Friday. The theme is DISCO and I ought to find something "glittering".

After a few hours of shopping and sipping coffee, I managed to buy a LBD from Mphosis. It looks like a singlet top full of sequins from shoulder to under bustline, followed by tiny pleats till the hem. It's simple and functional as I can wear it again.

SUNDAY

Met May & family for the movie - Enchanted at GV Bishan. It's a girl's movie even for me and May - 2 very big girls who still dream about being a princess. It's hilarious - fairy tale entwined with present day - a simple love story.

Then we went to May's place, the kids helped to put up their Christmas tree. May, Megan and I went to buy Teochew porridge as supper before heading home.

In the car, Kieran asked if we could put up our Christmas tree. We promised we would on the following weekend. I think we have not put up our tree for about 3 years already. Hmm, another excuse for shopping - this time, Christmas ornaments!

Movie treat

Along with May family, our whole clan went to watch Bee Movie at GV Bishan yesterday - Deepavali holiday.

It was a great animated movie, though the storyline is somewhat simple. It's brilliant of the creators to think of the high-tech way in which bees work in the hives. The kids enjoyed the movie, the company, pop corns and it was Raeyen's 2nd time to a cinema. He liked the movie too but snoozed half-way through.

After the movie, Kieran went to Megan's place while we stayed a little longer at Junction 8. Bought a pirate-themed bedsheet for Kieran at Aussino before heading home.

We brought Raeyen to May's place and had dinner there. The kids enjoyed the time together and Megan even agreed to have a sleepover next time, so sweet.

Rata-ta-ta good show

On Sunday, we brought Kieran for the movie Ratatouille this afternoon at GV Tampines.

The theatrical effects are fantastic, storyline is touching with the byline "Anyone Can Cook", sounds a little like Martin Yan's "If Yan Can Cook, So Can You". I am not chef quality, but yeah, I tried to cook a little if I could for my family and friends.

Anyone, those who have not watched it, don't lose out in the rat race!

Speaking of cooking, I bought a packet of healthy looking and colourful alphabet pasta from Toa Payoh Lorong 7 (next to Kieran's gym school). What's more? It's ORGANIC. So I tried cooking it in ikan bilis soup for the kids. While Kieran finished it, Raeyen didn't (hey, not that my cooking sucks, but he is a challenge during mealtime.

A father's love

Over the weekend, we rented the DVD of The Pursuit of Happyness starring Will Smith and his cute son Jaden Smith.

It's a heart wrenching movie based on a true story of Chris Gardner, a struggling but smart single father who tried to make ends meet, and eventually became a Wall Street legend.

I first watched this movie on a flight back from Guanghzou but didn't watch the ending as the plane was landing. I thought it's a great movie with a strong message to all men and people who lack determination and perseverance to achieve what they think impossible.

Chris never let any opportunity slip by (carpe diem) and his pursuit for happiness paid off despite hitting the bottoms again and again. I admire his courage and I like a particular line he said to son, something goes "don't let anyone tell you that you couldn't make it. They said so because they couldn't make it themselves."

Movie

Raeyen was fine today after his "Merlion" act last night that shocked us.

As hubby felt a little better, we thought of bringing Kieran for a movie in the afternoon until his tummy took a wrong turn again. In the end, I had to take Kieran.

We headed to Tampines Mall.

Since hubby couldn't join us, we decided to catch Shrek 3 instead of Pirates of the Caribbean.

The movie was funny with the usual fairy tale characters and storyline along the good ones versus the villains (such as the stepsisters in Cinderella, Captain Hook). While it's weird to see Snow White in kungfu, the ending is endearing. After the movie, I got him the Shrek ear-band from McDonald's at $2.

Kieran didn't quite understand the movie as he said it wasn't funny when movie-goers laughed at some scenes. I guess he's more to "action" movies for he wanted to watch Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Transformers and Harry Potter.

Parents day out

Hubby and I went pak-tor today.

We had breakfast at a local kopitiam after sending Kieran to kindy. Headed home for some reading then headed to Vivocity. Shopped around, watched "Wild Hogs" - a hilarious, laugh-till-you-drop movie about 4 middle-aged men aka uncles on a roadtrip. The GV cinema has good seats and view is great!

We also had lunch at Tung Lok Signatures but were irritated by the over-zealous server who either stood too close to our table or fidgeted too much with our utensils, etc.... arghh!

Hopped into Tangs' ladies footwear but my fav pair of Beverly Feldman's natural multi rhinestone thong in size 37 was sold out and no reorder was possible. It was a letdown coz hubby wanted to buy for me as my Mother's Day gift.

Then hubby left for another appointment and I went to Mt E to visit Ivy as she delivered a chubby "piglet" yesterday.

Being a persistent shopper that I am, I went to Tang + Co at Taka to try my luck and was elated that they just reordered ever since its sell-out last Christmas! I'm happy as a bird! Muaaak, hubby dearest!

Flew to Mt E, went into Ivy's room and we chatted about her birth story. Her hubby and 2 boys wheeled baby Zayden in and ooh, he made my knees weak with his chubbiness (is there such a word?) at a whopping 3.895kg. Frankly, I am used to big babies and they are easier to handle. Ivy encouraged me to carry him though he was sound asleep. I couldn't help it coz I really love to cradle babies! We snapped some photos, chatted some more, more visitors came and I decided to go home to my boys.

We will visit Ivy and family with our boys one of the weekends.

Babies... they just make you go ga-ga!

Spidey Sunday

As promised, we took Kieran to catch Spiderman 3 after his Yamaha lesson.

It was his second movie after Cars as we were not sure if he would be ready. We got him a booster seat at Shaw Bugis Junction and caught the preview to Fantastic 4. He was well-behaved though he asked a few questions in between the movie, like "what's that?" when the fugitive evolved into the Sandman. We were glad that he could sit through the whole movie and we promised to bring him to more movies in future. Boy, was he happy!

Movie sneakout

Hubby & I watched midnight movie last night at GV Tampines Mall, it was 300.

I had no idea what the movie was about... 300 BC, 300 what?

Oh, it was about the Spartans fighting against the Persians with only 300 warriors. It was gruelsome with some ugly humongous animals and creatures. Not to my taste but well, a good sneakout from the routine.

We hit right into slumberland when we got home, zzzzzz

Sneaking out

Hubby & I sneaked out last night for a midnight movie - Eragon at Tampines Mall.


It was a nice movie, the male lead Ed Speleers who played the title role is a fresh face after a global casting search, and he has nice, sexy pout. Jeremy Irons, who played his mentor Brom, is as stylish as he gets. Some scenes have gory creatures that resemble those from LOTR. I remember watching the 1st LOTR when expecting Kieran.

Kieran is not ready to go to the movies as he just can't sit still! We are wondering when that day might come?