Finally, the 2nd half of 2009 is here. It seems to be so scary that time flies too fast.
It also marks the new chapter of my life: life as a undergraduate.
Being a student for SIM-RMIT, that old feeling which I had as a TP student is back again. However, before I can fully enjoy life as a student, this is what has happened for the past few days:
30th Jun - got myself a new Billabong pencil case and new stationaries. Waiting and wanting to start for the new school term. Oh yes, was supposed to enjoy myself in the orientation, but unfortunately ends up cancelled due to the outbreak of H1N1.
1st Jul - New school term! Lessons begins....2 weeks later. Postponed due to the outbreak of H1N1. Still went to school to collect my student card. As a student of SIM-RMIT, I will receive 2 student cards: one for SIM, another for RMIT.
3rd Jul - go back to school looking for 2nd hand textbook on sale, and managed to get some details.
Not stepped into cinemas for quite sometime. As a movie buff, I am relying on my supply of movies from library@esplanade and Video Ezy for DVDs. Anyway, the choice of movies released lately were seriously not meant for my personal consumption.
Terminator Salvation and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen were the only 2 movie that I catched with Yaoda in cinemas. My verdict: Terminator seems to be a much more better deal than Transformers 2. Though box office results speaks for itself, I agreed with what one of my friend says: Michael Bay ought to be shot. Transformers 2 is simply a robots battle porn for kiddies and gamers, where so many robots pop out in a sudden to fight. More and more fighting within 2 hours 25mins, and ends up a mental torture for me. Not forgetting that the infrastructre of the movie theatre and sound system also affects the mood for a movie.
We catch the SAFRA free screening of Transformers 2 at GV Tiong Bahru. As there are thousands attending the screening, we got ourselves with nothing but front row seats. (SAFRA is famous for giving early birds front row seats, as they do not know that GV arranges the seats with alphabets beginning from A from the screen, instead of going down from projection room.) As we got ourselves the first 2 seats at row C, 3 hours of viewing (the remaining 35mins goes to advertisments) ends up having 2 giraffes leaving the theatre.
Earlier I told Yaoda do not have a high expectation for GV Tiong Bahru, as 1) it is old, and the movie will only be screen in Dolby Digital, instead of DD + THX (which we enjoyed at The Grand Cathay for T4), so lower your expectation for sound system. 2) Transformers 2 will, unfortunately, screen in 35mm prints only, instead of digital format in Singapore. (v.different compared to the release of Transformers when it comes in both digital and 35mm.), so do not expect crystal clear images compared to T4. And that should answer that the screening is not really ideal.
Moral of the lesson: only go for SAFRA free screening when you feel that the movie is not worth paying a single cent watching it.
Just feel like watching Duplicity in Lido, but unfortunately, it was arranged in Hall 7, which will make you a giraffe again without sitting on front row seats. :(