Transformers Sucks!!

Transformers was everything that I expected it to be and worse.

I really don't understand how people can actually watch the movie and come out and say that they enjoyed it.
What is there to enjoy in the movie?

The dialogue sucked - it was SO PREDICTABLE!!
The humor - lame, stupid. Most of the attempted jokes - I have heard before.
The acting - FAKE!!
Storyline - what storyline?
It was like they were trying to rush the story along so that they can prolong the fighting scene.
The robots - well, they are just robots, nothing much to say about them.

The whole movie was basically about the transforming from vehicles to robots to vehicles and fighting and fighting.
Half the time, I didn't know what was going on, who was fighting who.
Couldn't even see who was winning or losing.
You just see metals clashing here and there.

There was so much movement and noise that it was hard to concentrate on what's going on.
The ending was so abrupt - I was like - "Huh! What just happened? Is the movie over?"

I honestly don't get why the big hoo-hah over the movie.

From the very beginning, there were so many wrong things with the movie.

The Chinese are covering up by saying there is a chemical spill?
There are buildings/cars crashing everywhere with robots walking around - how does a chemical spill explain that?

The robot was destroying the pyramid and the blocks were flying everywhere, except anywhere near the guy who was trying to kill it.

A guy who works in a meat shop knows all the government secret.

The bad robots could find the hero's parents in no time at all, but found it hard to locate the hero himself. I wonder why....

The Egyptian government had no problems with the American government invading their country - planes can find in and out of their country at any time!

There are many other things I found ridiculous about the movie- just can't think of what right now.

Anyway, I was just wondering -
How do the transformers reproduce anyway?
Do they grow old?
Do they have families?
Are there any female transformers?

All in all, it was a horrible movie.
The only thing that kept me awake was my Twisties.

But the animation was good - am sure the whole transforming thing was not easy to do. And they did that a lot - too much, in my opinion.
Maybe my eyes were too tired to catch up with the movie - was postcall.
Maybe I am just biased against the movie.

However, I can assure you - I would not have enjoyed the movie no matter what.
And if you haven't watched it - don't bother. You are not missing anything.

To all Transformers fans out there -sorry.

Today, I saw a patient. Known case of cerebral palsy. He couldn't walk until the age of 15 when he went for a surgery to correct the deformity of his legs. He can walk now - but with the age of crutches - and from what I saw, even then he is suffering. However, he said that he doesn't like using a wheelchair - he said it makes him lazy. He has a degree in accountancy - he can get a job easily with his degree, but then the moment he makes an appearance in the interview, he doesn't get the job. He now works as a volunteer teacher (if I am not mistaken).
I just wanted to share this story with everyone.
He is a guy to be admired.
My hats off to him!

Beautiful Barcelona

29.06.08

Even before we went for our trip, we decided that in Barcelona, we would take the Hop On Hop Off bus. Everyone who had been to Barcelona told us to do that, and that is exactly what we did.

The bus has 3 routes, we can follow any of it at any time (up to 9pm I think). It stops in all the main attractions. It even had an audio guide which you could listen to when you were sitting in the bus.

The bus was a double decker bus, with an open air top, but then I only managed to sit out top for a few minutes before running downstairs for cover.

I never expected Barcelona to be SO HOT!!
The sun was out.
There were no clouds.
It was like the sun was just burning you up, roasting you.

Anyway, we had fun.
Here are some of the photos we took that day.

The Sagrada Familia - unfinished even after 200 years!
One name you will NOT fail to hear when you are in Barcelona is Gaudi - a famous architect. Most of the attractions we visited are by him.
It is amazing how he could think (and make) of such amazing designs/work of art!

Every single line is a carving, every carving is a story. Gaudi paid attention to every single detail.
(The Sagrada is being built according to Gaudi's original plan)

Park Guell - another Gaudi creation.


It was SO HOT, my parents refused to go out to the clearing at the background.

The famous lizard at Park Guell


Next, we went up Mount Tibidabo. We had to take a tram and a *something* (forgot the name - something like tram also la) to get to the top.
This is not actually an attraction (at least I don't think it is), but then isn't it beautiful?!

The church at the top of Mount Tibidabo

The glass paintings were really remarkable. It was quite hard to get good shots of them, though. This was the best I could manage.

Hmm, not that many pictures, right? I guess we were just too busy enjoying the view (plus I didn't want to put too many pictures of the same place).

Today, I learnt that excitement is infectious.
I never planned to watch Transformers.
But then everyone is talking about it.
And many people have watched it.
Although many say that the first one is better, I am now thinking of watching the movie.
Although I still don't think I will enjoy it that much.
Just for the sake of saying that "hey, I've watched it!"
Maybe sometime this week if we can get the tickets?

Happenings!

Hmm..quite a number of happenings nowadays....

But I have a specific topic to stick to, for the next 10 days or so - a year ago, today -my very own travel brochure (with limited amount of information).

A quick recap of a couple of things though :

The top new of the day - Michael Jackson died.
My response to the news - OK, so what? So many people die everyday and he is just one of them. I don't feel sad, I don't feel happy, I don't have any feelings.
Why should I, anyway?
It's not like I know him.
I know his existence, I know some of his songs, I enjoy some of his songs.
That's all!

I know many people don't agree with me and might not be happy about it, but hey, my feelings - I can't force myself to be sad for a stranger, right?

Another thing - Everyone seem to be SOOOOO into Transformers.
Everyone wants to go watch the movie.
Everyone is trying to get the tickets/friends to go watch the movie with.

I have had quite a number of invites to watch the movie.
So far, I've declined all invitations.

I didn't watch the first one, and I have no plans to watch the 2nd one.
Is it really that nice?
I didn't even like the preview that much.
Friends tell me I am missing a good movie.
Am I?
Really?

Right now, I think since there is really no other movies to watch, I MIGHT go for the movie, IF I really find the need to kill some time.
MIGHT.
IF.


Anyway, time to start my post.

It was our day 1 in St. Petersburg (SP).
We took the night train from Moscow to SP.
It was the 2nd time I took the train - and the ride was as it was the first time - convenient and comfortable.

We spent 2 nights in SP, in an apartment we rented. It wasn't the cheapest of places (not expensive either), but was very convenient, just along the main street.

Here are some photos we took around SP town that day.

At the Petersburg train station - taking pictures even before brushing our teeth!

Me and Mom at a huge lamp-post (duh!)
(in case you were wondering, by this time, we had already freshened up)



The Kazansky Cathedral - the inside is really, really beautiful

:P


The Church of something-something (a very long name, can never remember it).
It is said to be similar to the St. Basil's cathedral in Moscow, just blue in colour


The city was named after this guy - Petersburg - still wonder why the snake is there.

Mom insisted that she wanted Indian food. We walked and walked for about an hour (?more) looking for the Indian restaurant. See how happy Mom is that we were already there.

Today, I learnt about the existence of fracture blisters.

A patient was admitted for tibial plateau fracture type VI yesterday, and upon removal of his backslab today, he was noted to have multiple large (and unsightly) blisters on his shin and calf.
We first thought of compartment syndrome (which is what we are supposed to think of), but upon examination it was deduced that they were fracture blisters.

Fracture blisters are tense vesicles or bullae that arise on markedly swollen skin directly overlying a fracture.They occurred most commonly overlying the tibia, ankle, and elbow. They usually arise within 24-48 h of acute injury in most instances.

Treatment? My specialist said that it would be better to just let the blisters heal by themself before proceeding with any surgery (for the fracture). The outcome is usually better rather than just debriding the blisters and underlying skin.

P/s congratulations MMA Class of 2009 on your graduation. Enjoy your holidays. Don't think about working life, for now. You will have enough time to mull over that later on.