Asian Tiger

I did the unprecedented thing in my life. I watched 2 movies in 4 hours in a cinema and during that time, consumed 3 boxes of popcorns. Since today is Friday and so happened that Thursday was a public holiday and tomorrow’s the weekend, I figured it would be a good day to catch the movies as many will be away from town for holidays or simply to their respective hometowns. I was right, the cinema was empty. I had the whole row, right smack in the middle of the cinema; Golden Screens Cinema.

I have preferred Golden Screens Cinema compared to Tanjung Golden Village for classiness, cleanliness, seat space and air quality; well, that’s my personal opinion. Leave a comment if you think otherwise. Back to my story.

For my first movie, I chose Aliens versus Predator 2, AVP2 in short. Why? Because I have not forgotten how trilling Aliens was when Sigourney Weaver fought with it. Though the movie started off well by me having the whole row to myself, it started to go downhill from the first kill. With Aliens+Predator (somehow they mated and created Aldators) roaming the town, killing every human they could seek out, it all ended with a bang, a nuclear bang - how convenient. If you are looking for a movie just to kill time with no-brainer movie plot and lots of gory stuff, this is it. I did not enjoy this movie and quite frankly, I feel disappointed - at least throw in some steamy scenes to make this watch worthwhile.

Fresh out of watching AVP2, I went around to buy yet another box of popcorn.  I took my seat at this large cinema and munched away.  As soon as the movie ‘In The Name of the King’ started, it felt so Lord-of-the-Rings-ish.  As the mud monsters came on, I thought I was watching Lord of the Rings.  The storyboard was quite shallow; farmer has a boy and wife, monsters came and kill the son, wife escapes, wife held hostage by the baddest person in the movie, farmer rescues wife, wife kills the baddest person, farmer becomes king.  I’m glad this was a short movie.
I’m starting to feel that movie producers are out to insult my intelligence and I’m crossing my fingers that the movie I Am Legend will not.  Did I enjoy my day? Yes I did.  Anything that takes my mind off work is enjoyable; if I don’t have to pay for it.

I’ve got good news and bad news for you. The bad news is - GMail Notifier works on Windows 2000 and Windows XP. This is stated on the main page of GMail Notifier. To be honest, I did not test GMail Notifier on my newly installed Microsoft Windows Vista machine. I love GMail Notifier when I had it on Windows XP; where I can be alerted of incoming emails without the need to login to GMail.

When I moved over to Vista, I lost that functionality for a little while until I found out that…. (this is where I break the good news) Google Talk application acts like GMail Notifier for Vista users. Yes, all you need to do is to install Google Talk and you will be alerted of new emails like the screenshot below.

Actually, Google themselves did mention this on their site:

If you have the Google Talk client installed, you will automatically receive new mail notifications from Google Talk and you do not need to install the Notifier.

Worried about your privacy being encroached? Want to save yourself from potential embarrassment? Worried that public areas such as changing rooms are fixed with spy cameras? We all do not want to be the victim of voyeurism and therefore we must protect ourselves.

If you travel a lot and stay from hotel to hotel, protect yourself by getting one of these spy camera detectors. This gadget is shaped as a pen which makes carrying around easy and help you not to forget. Simply pack the iTeki Wireless Camera Detector Pen in your suitcase and leave it there. This potential “embarrassment-saver” will then be with you whenever you travel. It’s not expensive (USD16), so you can buy one for each suitcase that you own.

This pen is simple to use. Simply point the pen around the hotel room or any private areas or better still, walk along furnitures and walls as well as places where spy cameras can potentially be placed. If a wireless spy camera is detected, the pen’s tip will emit colourful flashes. Now, protect yourself.