Showing posts with label BOXING DAY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BOXING DAY. Show all posts

Wednesday, 26 December 2018

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

WELL I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY. IT FELL ON AN INTERESTING DAY THIS YEAR AND LETS JUST SAY WE ENDED UP GETTING 5 DAYS OFF. NICE TO JUST RELAX AND HANG OUT. I THINK IVE SAID THIS BEFORE... IM PRETTY SURE I SAID IT BEFORE... CHRISTMAS SEEMS LIKE ITS GETTING QUIETER AND QUIETER EACH YEAR. IT SEEMS LIKE THERES LESS AND LESS THINGS GOING ON AND PEOPLE DO LESS AND LESS. PERSONALLY ME AND MY FAMILY HAVE NEVER BEEN BIG INTO THE WHOLE CHRISTMAS THING. WE HAVE NEVER HAD A TREE AND WE HAVE NEVER DONE ONE OF THOSE BIG FAMILY PARTY. I MEAN WEVE BEEN TO FAMILY PARTIES BEFORE BUT WE NEVER HOSTED THEM... THEN AGAIN WE LIVE IN AN APARTMENT SO THERES THAT LOL. EVEN WHEN WE LIVED IN A HOUSE WE NEVER HAD A TREE, WE NEVER HAD A FAKE ONE EITHER, OR A SMALL ONE. IT WAS NEVER REALLY A THING FOR US, ALSO SINCE WE CHINESE. ALTHOUGH ONE YEAR OUR NEIGHBOUR DID COME OVER DRESSED AS SANTA AND GAVE ME PRESENTS LOL. ALSO, I WAS NEVER ONE OF THOSE KIDS THAT BELIEVED IN SANTA EITHER. TRUE STORY... WHEN I WAS YOUNG, I DONT REMEMBER WHEN OR HOW OLD... I THINK IT WAS AT SCHOOL, I BASICALLY SAID THAT THERE WAS NO SANTA AND SANTA DIDNT EXIST. LETS JUST SAY SOME KID CRIED LOL. IT WAS SOME WHITE KID. CHRISTMAS IS SUCH A WHITE THING TOO. YOU NEVER REALLY SEE OR HEAR OF OTHER CULTURES LIKE REALLY INTO SANTA. EVEN IF THEY ARE THEY ARE MORE WESTERNIZED IF ANYTHING. THE WHOLE HOLIDAY THING IS JUST LIKE ANY OTHER HOLIDAY. OUR FAMILY WAS NEVER BIG INTO IT AND IT DOESNT REALLY MATTER IF WE DO ANYTHING. WE CAN DO THINGS BEFORE OR EVEN AFTER THE ACTUAL THING. WE JUST DO WHAT WE WANT, WHEN WE WANT. I NEVER REALLY GOT PRESENTS EITHER AND I WAS FINE WITH THAT. UNLIKE HOW SOME OF THE KIDS I SEE THESE DAYS THAT GO CRAZY AND THEY GET A TON OF GIFTS. IT WAS NEVER REALLY ABOUT THAT FOR US. I DONT KNOW... YOU MIGHT SEE IT WEIRD, BUT THATS JUST MY FAMILY. EVERY FAMILY IS DIFFERENT. THIS YEAR WE WENT OVER TO MY BROTHERS PLACE AND HAD LUNCH AND HUNG OUT WITH THE NEPHEW. I SEE SOME PEOPLE MAKING IT REALLY BIG AND HAS TO BE A THING BUT THATS JUST NOT US.

TODAY WAS BOXING DAY AND AS BOXING DAY TRADITIONS GO, I GO TO THE MALL AND SEE HOW BAD IT IS. ONCE AGAIN, THE MALL WAS PACKED, AND THERES A TON OF PEOPLE. I DONT LIKE LINES AND I DONT LIKE CROWDS, AND THIS IS THE WORST DAY TO GO TO THE MALL. THERES REALLY NOT MUCH TO BUY AND LOTS OF STUFF ISNT EVEN ON SALE. EVEN IF IT IS IT MIGHT NOT FIT, THERES NO EXCHANGES, NO REFUNDS, LINE UPS, CANT TRY IT ON, AND SO ON AND SO ON. EVEN ELECTRONICS THERES NOT MUCH OF A SALE... THE SALE GOES ON TO AFTER THE NEW YEAR... SO WHY WOULD I BOTHER TO LINE UP AND FIGHT WITH PEOPLE WHEN I CAN GO TOMORROW OR THE DAY AFTER TO GET SOMETHING THAT DOESNT CHANGE PRICE... THERES REALLY NOTHING TO GET AND ITS NEVER REALLY WORTH IT. YOU MIGHT GET LUCKY AND FIND SOMETHING BUT OVERALL... ITS JUST A WASTE OF TIME.

OH YA THE WORK CHRISTMAS PARTY WAS A GREAT SUCCESS!!! EVERYONE HAD FUN WITH THE GAMES AND PRIZES AND EVERYTHING. I REALLY AM OUT OF IDEAS FOR GAMES NOW SO I ALREADY SAID IT, NEXT YEAR SOMEONE ELSE IS TAKING OVER LOL. WHOEVER IS TAKING OVER WILL HAVE BIG SHOES TO FILL LOL. IT WAS THE BIGGEST AND BEST PARTY EVER! OH AND FOR MY SECRET SANTA GIFT I GOT THIS COOL BUDDHA BOARD. ITS LIKE A ZEN THING AND YOU PAINT IT ON A STONE THING THAT DRIES AND THEN YOU CAN KEEP REUSING IT. SOMEONE KNOWS ME WELL. I WONDER WHO GOT ME THAT...

OH YA WATCHED THE MULE AS WELL. CLINT EASTWOOD, ALISON EASTWOOD, BRADLEY COOPER, LAURENCE FISHBURNE, ANDY GARCIA, MICHAEL PENA, AND A FEW OTHERS IN THIS MOVIE. BASICALLY CLINT IS OLD, AND A FAILED FATHER AND HUSBAND. HE TRIES TO HELP THE FAMILY OUT WITH MONEY AND HE DOES IT BY RUNNING DRUGS, HENCE THE MULE. HE DOES WELL AND ITS THE STORY OF HIM BEING A MULE. THE MOVIE IS BASED ON THE TRUE STORY ABOUT A 90 YEAR OLD DRUG SMUGGLER FOR THE CARTELS. THE MOVIE WAS ALRIGHT, THE ENDING COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER. IT NEEDED MORE KILLING AND MORE INFO ON SOME OF THE OTHER STORY LINES. ITS BEEN A WHILE SINCE CLINT HAS BEEN IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA. I MEAN HES DONE STUFF BEHIND BUT IN FRONT ITS BEEN A WHILE. HE WAS BUSY WITH THIS ONE, HAVING PRODUCED, DIRECTED, AND STARRED IN IT. I GIVE THIS A 7.2-7.5/10. ITS CLINT!!! WHAT ELSE DO I NEED TO SAY LOL, BUT YA IT COULD HAVE BEEN  BETTER.

LASTLY, THIS IS THE LAST POST OF 2018. CANT BELIEVE I MADE IT ANOTHER YEAR. WHAT HAPPENED IN 2018... WHO KNOWS LOL. 2019 SHOULD BE A BIG YEAR, I HOPE ITS A BIG YEAR, LETS MAKE IT A BIG YEAR! WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY NEW YEAR AND SEE YOU ALL NEXT YEAR.

RT

Wednesday, 27 December 2017

JUMANJI!!!

WELL I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY. ALL I DID WAS SLEEP, WATCHED TV, HUNG OUT WITH GF AND FAMILY AND FRIENDS, RELAX, AND EAT, AND IT WAS GREAT!!! MUCH NEEDED LITTLE VACATION. LUCKILY IT DIDNT SNOW OR SNOW MUCH SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET AROUND. ON CHRISTMAS I WAS WITH FAMILY AND THEN WENT TO GO EAT CHINESE FOOD WITH FRIENDS FOR DINNER AND THEN HUNG OUT. THATS THE THING... ALL CHINESE RESTAURANTS ARE BUSY AS HELL ON CHRISTMAS. NO ONE COOKS AT HOME AND EVERYONE JUST GOES OUT, GOOD FOR BUSINESS I GUESS HAHA. MY FAMILY HAVE NEVER REALLY BEEN BIG INTO CHRISTMAS. SO REALLY IT JUST FEELS LIKE ANOTHER DAY TO US... MEH LOL. OH OH OH AND THE GF GOT ME WORK STUFF, GOT ME BOSS POLO, PANTS, AND SOCKS. THEY LOOK SO NICE AND FEEL NICE TOO. AWESOME!!! THANKS BABE :)

MAYBE BECAUSE IT WAS BOXING DAY... OR MABYE IT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS A TUESDAY... OR MAYBE IT WAS ALSO BECAUSE EVERYONE IS ON VACATION... BUT HOLY CRAP WAS THE THEATRE BUSY!!! IT WAS PACKED!!! ANYWAYS WENT TO WATCH JUMANJI, YES THEY MADE A SECOND ONE AFTER ROBIN WILLIAMS VERSION BACK IN 1995 WITH KRISTEN DUNST. THAT MOVIE WAS GREAT AND THEY BETTER HAVE DONE IT JUSTICE, AND THEY DID!!! THE MOVIE WAS GREAT!!! IT WAS FUNNY. HAD INTERESTING CHARACTERS, AND OVERALL IT WAS ENJOYABLE. THE MOVIE STARS DWAYNE "THE ROCK" JOHNSON, JACK BLACK, KEVIN HART, NICK JONAS, AND KAREN GILLAN. THERE WERE A FEW KIDS BUT THEY DIDNT HAVE THAT MUCH SCREEN TIME IN THE MOVIE SO WHO CARES LOL. SO EVERYONE REMEMBERS THE FIRST ONE, THIS ONE HAD A NEW TWIST IN THAT THE GAME WAS TURNED INTO A VIDEO GAME. THE KIDS GET TRANSPORTED INTO THE GAME AND HAVE TO WIN TO GET OUT. OF COURSE THE KIDS WIN AND THEY GET OUT IN THE END AND EVEN FREED THE OTHER TRAPPED KID. IT WAS FUNNY HOW THEY SWITCHED THE KIDS CHARACTERS WITH THE CHARACTERS IN THE MOVIE AND JACK BLACK HAD TO PLAY A TEENAGE GIRL LOL. JACK PLAYED THAT UP AND IT WAS HILARIOUS. THE SHY KIDS WERE STRONG AND POWERFUL, WHILE THE POWERFUL TEEN WAS KEVIN HART. IT WAS FUNNY SEEING HOW ALL THE ADULT ACTORS HAVE TO ACT LIKE TEENAGERS. SO BASICALLY ACCORDING TO THE MOVIE... THE FIRST KID WAS TRAPPED SINCE 1996, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN A YEAR AFTER THE FIRST MOVIE SET. WHY WASNT THE GAME DESTROYED BY THE OTHER KIDS? THE KID WAS FREED AND THEN HE WAS ABLE TO LIVE THE OTHER 20 YEARS BUT THOSE YEARS ALREADY HAPPENED SO HOW DID TIME WRITE THEM BACK IN IT? THE GAME CONSOLE WAS DESTROYED IN THE END BUT THE CARTRIDGE WASNT. IF I WAS THE FIRST KID AND I SAW THE GAME TURN INTO A CARTRIDGE I WOULD BE LIKE HELLLLLLLLLLLL NO!!! AND DESTROY IT. OH OH OH AND THE OLD KID NOW WOULD HAVE TOTALLY HIT THAT GIRL HAHA EVEN THE OTHER KID SAID SO LOL. IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THAT ALL THE KIDS LEARNED SOMETHING IN THE END. BOTH THE GF AND MYSELF LIKED THE MOVIE. IT WAS A GOOD CAST WAS PEOPLE WE LIKED AND THE CHEMISTRY WORKED AS WELL. I GIVE THIS MOVIE A 8.3/10. THERE WAS ACTION BUT NOT ENOUGH AND THEY PLAYED UP THE COMEDY MOMENTS. THE FIRST ONE HAD MORE SERIOUS DARKER MOMENTS. THIS IS MORE FOR THE NEW KIDS AND NEW GENERATION.

WELL CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL BE THE LAST POST OF 2017!!! ANOTHER YEAR HAS PAST BY JUST LIKE THAT. ITS BEEN AN INTERESTING YEAR, MAYBE IL REVIEW IT NEXT YEAR, MAYBE I WONT. THATS ALL THERE IS FOR THIS YEAR, SO I WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY NEW YEAR AND SEE YOU NEXT YEAR :)

RT