I'm normally hyper/excited about something, or upset, or pissed. Maybe you'll probably label me "emo". But today, none of that nonsense.
I had to send Ryan out for tuition as the folks and family are in China for a holiday - no problem.
We left the house earlier than last week, it was a nice, slow drive. I managed to enjoy the music. I didn't have to speed like a maniac to get him there on time like the week before. It was all good.
After dropping him off, I stopped by at Atria. Thought I could kill a couple of hours there while waiting for Ryan to finish. It would be a waste of time to go home, take a rest only to come out again an hour later.
I haven't been there in ages - and what a place it has become. You know there's a problem with a shopping mall, if you think the most interesting shop is SPEEDY Video! I was was "window-shopping", looked at books and basically covered the entire Atria and the old Parkson Grand building within 30 mins or so.
There were cheap books at the Big Bookshop Clearance, but not what I wanted, and books that I did want are either:
a) already have it (Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code")
b) didn't have what I wanted for cheap (Dan Brown's "Angels and Demons")
c) interesting books, but torn covers/sleeves (visual guides for "Batman Begins" and "Superman Returns"
After going to all the shops that I wanted to visit, I did what I did many years ago, back when I was in college.
I bought some food and drinks, and sat at KFC - waiting. It used to be a daily routine way back then.
Atria is such a boring place, I spent about 30 - 40 minutes playing games and listening to my music on my phone before it was time to pick Ryan up. Initially, I was thinking of bringing my laptop with me and go to a place like Starbucks in Uptown with Internet access. Maybe next time, I should do that.
After picking Ryan up, decided to head down to Cineleisure because, my Hot Toys Superman/Clark Kent has arrived! Yay!
We checked out what movies were showing, and decided that we might watch"I Am Legend" since "Aliens Vs Predator: Requiem" was rated 18-PL and Ryan was making a fuss about not being able to enter.
We went back down to Shiok Toys where I got the Superman, then went to the basement to put it in the car, then went back up to the cinema again.
We managed to get tickets for the 7:50 pm show. Then on the way to TESCO, we stopped by Borders and I found "Angels And Demons" going for RM 34.90.
Borders were also selling the "Transformers Steelbook Limited Edition" but when I checked the casing, it looked like there were some tiny scratches on it. Since I already spent quite abit on the Superman, I thought I'd postpone this purchase.
The DVDs (and other boxsets and limited editions) were stored in a locked glass case, and they had to get a supervisor from the Ground Floor to come up to open it up for me. The excuse that I gave the guy was that it was slightly damaged and that I would checked the Times Square branch instead.
Proceeded to TESCO to get some stuff, then went back to The Curve and had dinner at Kim Gary's before the movie. Of course, it was the cheese-baked rice again for me.
I love cheese - I really do.....
Finally, after dumping the groceries we got back in the car (which was parked at Cineleisure), we went up to catch our movie.
"I Am Legend" was enjoyable - but I found the movie to be really "quiet" at times. I guess that fits into the mood the movie's plot, which is about the last man on Earth after an outbreak of a virus.
I read somewhere in the newspapers the other day, an article about Will Smith being the most "bankable" (I believe that was the word used) movie star whose movies reaches people of all ages, races or something like that.
It was a long, tiring day - but enjoyable. Managed to snap some pics of the Hot Toys Superman, but lighting wasn't good and I had to use the flash. Maybe I'll take more tomorrow. And I'll probably need to take a pic of it with the TAKARA Batman.....
New Outer Sleeve
Old Outer Sleeve
While he doesn't really look like Brandon Routh (some pics make him look like Tom Cruise!), I like it more than the previous headsculpt.
First Release
Re-release
Brandon Routh
Gotta update my "Wish List".
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