The Night Is Just As Dark Before The Dawn.....

New month, new responsibilities. And it doesn't look rosy. So much chaos, disorganized.

Steady feet don't fail me now..... I'm gonna run til you can't walk

When will things get better?

The first of my "The Dark Knight" Hot Toys figures just arrived earlier this week. Naturally, with my working hours + transportation handicap, I was unable to pick it up until today.

Slip Cover - Front

Slip Cover -Back

Box - Front

Box - Back

Why, hello beautiful. And you are beautiful.

It's gorgeous. The Christian Bale head, really looks like Christian Bale. The Batman headsculpt now has lines, giving it character.

It's not who I am underneath, but what I do, that defines me

I'm very pleased with the purchase, I was told that The Joker should arrive next week. Yikes!

Then there's the new "The Dark Knight" suited Batman that's supposed to be released in August, which I reckon will arrive here in September, if all goes well.

GSC Cinemas sent me a coupon, which entitles me to a free movie ticket in August since my birthday's this month. Sent an sms to Weng yesterday to see if he's seen "The Dark Knight", which he hasn't. So, I thought "OK, time to go for round 3!".

The both of us couldn't book the tickets online, so we thought we'd try our luck by queuing for the tickets today.

When we got there at 12:00 pm, ALL THE TICKETS WERE SOLD OUT! We were already too late for the 12:00 pm show. There was 1 seat left for the 3:10 pm screening. The screens showed that there were still uncollected tickets which will be sold 30 minutes before showtime.

We decided to head off for lunch and try our luck later. Went to TGIF's for lunch and it looks like they have more new items on their menu! Way to go TGIF's! I wonder if Chilli's added anyt

We had the set meals and I ordered Buffalo Chicken with Blue Cheese dip Grilled Chicken with Cheese and the Chocolate Malt Cake for dessert. Weng went for the Fried Calamari, Roma Chicken and had the same dessert as well.

Deep-fried Calamari & Buffalo Chicken with Blue Cheese dip (Yum!)

Grilled Chicken & Cheese with Cheddar Mash Potatoes

Roma Chicken with lots of vege!

Some types of foods are an acquired taste. Durians, escargot, caviar, blue cheese.....

I'm starting to develop a liking for blue cheese. Mmmm, even asked for more to go with my appetizers which I finished off after finishing the mains.

Went back to GSC after lunch, wanted to see if we could score a couple of those uncollected tickets from online bookings. No luck, in the end, it was either that 1 miserable seat in the front row, on the far left of the screen or nothing at all.

It's been 3 weeks since "The Dark Knight" premiered here in Malaysia and tickets are still sold out. Un-fucking-believable! I don't think I've experienced anything like this before.

In the end, we decided to watch "21" starring Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, Lawrence Fishburne and Kevin Spacey.

Synopsis:

An MIT math whiz is recruited by a teacher to join a specialized team, the Blackjack Team, of card counters. They break away from their mentor before casino security finally catches up with them. Based on the best-selling book by Ben Mezrich “Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took The Vegas for Millions”.

The movie was based on a book, which is based on a true story - I think. The movie didn't suck, but I think I'd have prefered to watch "The Dark Knight" again :p

This was where the great Batpod standee once stood

Batpod!

After that, we checked out LCD tvs! I was blown away how crystal clrear the new Sony Bravia screen looks. Amazing.

I have got to get me one of those! :p

I've read reports about people bashing Christian Bale for the "Batman voice" that he uses in his movies. It's deep, gruff, guttaral even. But they say its irritating, annoying, inaudible etc. I don't really have a problem with that. Really. Anyhow, here's a video that pokes fun of the voice: