Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix

Harry Potter. From the first 200 books sold in a small town to at least 150 millions book sold world wide, it certainly has been phenomenon. Anyway, the movie was quite good. I believe it's slightly more matured than the others and it kinda followed the book. Wand dueling was good and CGI for this one was good. I have always been a Potter fan and it was well directed.

But the cinema was filled with tonnes of children. Talking, laughing away and throwing popcorn. They were seriously annoying and I wish they rot in hell. :P

Okay. Time for me to read the book again and hopefully, I can get to read Harry Potter and The Deadly Hollows next week.

Live Free or Die Hard

WOW!!! First time I really liked an action pack movie by Bruce Willis. Being John McClane in the other Die Hards, this has been quite very different. I think this time with more stunts and CGI, they made some stunts quite impossible to be even possible.

But what makes me think is the possibility of hackers hacking into systems crippling everything like Wall Street and DoD. Scary.

Either way, I think this is a must watch movie for this summer.

Day 2

Day 2. Another day of funful shopping. Just went out for 2 hours and I got a pair of trousers and shoes. So, I think I'm already completed for my work. All I need now is to get some shirts not too colourful.

Now, I'm checking for iPod speakers. Any recommendations tech people out there? Really need to get an idea what's good out there. Thanks.

Shop Till I Drop

Today this week is the first day of my shopping spree. I have to get some shirts and trousers for work. These are just a trial-out for me and when I get a permanent job then I will go a bit up. Those who know me, you know what I like to go for. :P

Well, I started at 12 p.m and shopped till 4 p.m. I always love a good shopping spree. It makes me happy. I know it sounds so gay but hey, new clothes means new image man. :)

So, I got 4 pairs of trousers(3 from Next and 1 from M&S) and will might be returning the M&S one. It's a bit of colour. You know I hate shops where they have a certain light which is different compared to sunlight. After you have purchased your clothes, you noticed that the colour isn't the same as you imagine. Aihhhhhhhh.

I also got 2 shirts, 4 pairs of socks and a brolli for my sister. Hers was on the verge of destruction so I had to get one for her.

My next shopping item on my list is just a few more trousers, some strips or checkered shirts(though they make me look like Forest Gump) and a pair of shoes. Wish me luck.

Sports Mania

There were so many major sporting events happening today in UK. This is like overdose of sporting events.

The first sporting event which started for the day was Formula One in Silverstone. The starting was good as usual but the pit-stops made the whole difference. In the end, Kimi Raikkonen won. Yay!!! Hamilton from the UK obviously got a big cheer when he got onto the podium. British, what to do.

Kimi Raikkonen. The promising Finn. :)

Then it was Wimbledon. The most famous grass court tennis tournament in the world. As I told you all, Changyong and I went for it and it was great. Today's singles men match was great. It was between Federer and Naval. The next match in Centre Court was the mix doubles. It was just wow. This was the first time I'm seeing a match where it was really enjoyable instead of being so stressed. :)

Roger Federer winning for the 5th time in a row.

Jamie Murray and Jelena Jankovic. The underdogs. Good game and entertaining. Oh yea, Murray is the first British to win a Wimbledon title in 20 years. Oh wow.

The Tour de France, the second most watched sporting event after the World Cup. Did you know that? I wished I could have seen a bit of it since it was around Hyde Park. I would have joined about 500,000 people. But I decided not to because it would be havoc and I wanted to watch tennis.

I was flipping channels furiously between these 3 sports. Poor remote control.

Ratatouille

KAWAIIIIIIIIIII!!! Okay I sound like Siew Ping but then the blue mouse is absolutely cute. All I have to say about this cartoon that it is GREAT. I haven't had a good laugh for some time watching animation. I know there was Shrek but it was a bit cliche. Either way, I had to download it because it won't be out in the UK till December!!! How sad can we Brit be!!!

Great job Disney and Pixar. As usual the hair on the mouse looks real etc.

Today

Cencaluk Chicken for tonight's dinner. Well, I had to use up tonnes of stuff now in the fridge. Oh yea, I made my lemon cheesecake. I'm quite happy with it. It could have been slightly sweeter and lemony but it is better to eat things less sweet.

At the moment, I'm not feeling too well. I keep getting headaches these days though today I think I have been lacking of sleep. Also, I'm slightly depressed. Aihhhhhhhhh.

Wimbledon

FINALLY!!! After being in this country for 6 years, I managed to watch the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world. It was really a spontaneous trip to go down to Wimbledon and watch tennis. I would say this would be my first time watching a live game sport. I'm naturally a lazy person not doing any sports. But hey, I do enjoy watching GOOD sports. :)

So, basically Changyong wanted to do this before he heads back to Singapore for good and since the event was around the corner, we said let's go. Our journey to Wimbledon was short and to my amazement, it was very well organised. They have bus services to the courts and taxis too at a flat rate. Well, since I'm still young I think it would be wise to use the youth in me to walk. :P

The queue for the tickets weren't existent and after a debate we decided to buy tickets for Court 2 seating tickets. It was 31 pounds. I know it sounds a bit expensive but hey, it is once in a life time to watch it.

So our first match was Ana Ivanovic versus Nadia Petrova. We were slightly late as we missed out 5 sets but it was all good. The next 2 games were spectacular. I couldn't believe the difference watching a tennis game at home compared watching it live. My heart was beating so fast and the adrenaline as a spectator was just intense.

Well, if you watched that match, I was on TV. Just look out for a person in grey jacket with a blue t-shirt. :)

Centre Court. They don't have a roof this year.

Court 2. But then it rained a lot which disrupted play. :(

Ana Ivanovic serves. Cantik!!! :P

Changyong and I at Court 2. Our seats were the second row from the court. So good. :P

Ana Ivanovic which I supported won. :P

The second match was Nicolas Kiefer against Novak Djokovic. There is big difference when the gentlemen play. The ball goes much faster and the strength they have. Waaaaaaaaaaah!

Nicolas Kiefer.

Novak Djokovic.

Everyone finding for shelter as there was thunder and lighting. :)

Inflated balloon to keep the grass dry. I didn't know they had this feature.

Pee ka booo. :P

We were suppose to watch this match but it was cancelled to the shit weather. So close yet so far. :(

We at Court 3 now. Hated the stupid French kids behind us.

Double rainbow if you can see if it. But to my surprise, I didn't know rainbow can have 2 types of colour series'. Like the rainbow on the left is from Blue to Red and the right is from Red to Blue. Cool. :P

And our day ended. Though it was just for only than 2 hours. :(

Oh yea, I had Cornish Pasty and a Pimp while I had fish and chips for dinner. All in all, this trip or outing was very nice. I spent it with a good buddy and the games were nice to watch. So, I think this is one of the things I would have watch before I die and I did. :P

A Crazy Day

Well, today I have been running errands like mad. At 10.30 a.m, I received a letter of employment from my company and immediately went to the Norwegian Embassy. There, I spent 1 1/2 hours filling the application form(which I destroyed it - I wasn't really thinking then). Not knowing that I needed about 90 pounds, I have to find the nearest cash point. Do note I never carry more than 5 pounds cash in my wallet. Sorry lah those who rob me. :) Touch wood of course.

So, you know what's next. Running crazy to get money. Well, I took the easiest way out by going to the Waitrose and getting a drink and asked for cash back for 50 pounds(max per transaction). Since I was 40 pounds short, I had to buy another thing so I got a can of young corn and got another 50 pounds. And then running back to the Embassy and settling everything.

Next, I headed back to the house to get somethings for the evening and I had a lunch appointment with my Aunt in Canary Wharf. We went to an Italian restaurant and it was yummy. And I got my portable external HDD. Yay. Finally, I can store up another 160GB.

After lunch I took the tube to Swiss Cottage to run some errands for my sister. I had to duplicate some keys and finding a locksmith was tiring.

Finally, it was all over. And now, I'm quite depressed thinking of the imperfect things I have done today. Aihhhhhhhhhh. Even more depressed triggered by certain things too. Oh well, it spread through dinner as it was quite shit and now I think I might take a shower and sleep soon. Good night.

Cooking Frenzy

Well, I have been utterly bored here in London doing nothing much other that trying to sort my Norway stuff which slapped me in the face again. So, that's another story. Anyway, I have been cooking a lot. I have been trying recipes out and they all turned out quite nice.

1. Claypot taufu with seafood. Okay. I didn't use a claypot because it wasn't really necessary. But it was all good. The eggy sauce could have been slightly salty but we should try to eat less salt. The daily intake of salt for a human is 6mg.
   
2. Soy Sauce Chicken. I know it sounds plain but it has some other things in it of course not just soy sauce. Quite yummy. I think I would add a bit of sesame oil.
3. Kiam Chai(Ham Choy) Soup. This weeks soup was very very nice and sweet. I'm shocked with myself. So yummy.
4. Steamed Chicken Wings. The wings were quite nice. Definitely different than the grilled honey chicken wings I normally do but I wished I had marinated with more marinate.
   
5. Raspberry Sorbet. This was to clean my pellet. Very refreshing since London is kinda hot-ish at times. Since it is summer, I better make use of the summer fruits.
   

Food to come

1. Diced Chicken with Cashew Nuts. I think that's going to be yummy.
2. Kung Po Chicken. The chicken we always have it in the restaurants. This will be my first time using dried chillies. :) Though I might not be doing it since it is deep fried. I didn't know.
3. Cencaluk Chicken. Sounds adventurous and I like Cencaluk so why not?
4. Ayam Pong Tay. Wow. I will try that for sure.
   
5. Taufu soup with Pickle Veggie. That's going to be to an experiment. :)
6. Abalone Chicken Soup with fish maw. I just love soups.
   
7. Lemon Cheesecake. I'm going to make that later this afternoon after my fridge is more empty. I filled it with tonnes of food for the week. Need to feed a growing boy. :P

Okay. I think that's enough for the 2 weeks I will be here in London before I jet off to Norway. Wish me luck. I hope I don't get food poisoning.