So another Halloween passed and I feel there's less kids going trick-or-treat around the neighborhood. This year I met an unhappy little boy. He had a grumpy face and say "trick-or-treat!" with sort of angry tone. I was a bit shocked at first since I was wondering where's his holiday spirit. Perhaps he didn't want to go and was forced? That I'll never know. I hang over the basket and let him pick candy. He grab a handful and storm off. I hope he enjoy the holiday and the fun associated with it. After all, we spend all these money on custome, candy, and decoration for a day to have fun. If it's not fun then it lose its meaning, isn't it?
This year I spent some time on Halloween event again in World of Warcraft. The headless horseman make an appearance again in Azeroth. Scarlet Monastery graveyard is filled with eager adventurers searching for the rare mount and achievement hungry players to fullfill event achievements. The loot is ok for newly level 80 but for casual raider like me it's junk. And it's getting boring. I'm surprised to find myself tired of WoW. Maybe i'll spend my next Halloween in another place instead of Azeroth.
A cup of tea resolves everything, but please don't bring me hot water with leaves!
Another failed attempt for afternoon tea makes me wonder if our coffee/tea brewing machine is too old. Of course, our company uses products from Keuring which provide many different brands of tea and coffee. All I have to do is put the tiny "K-cups" into the brewing machine and watch it go. Few seconds later, a hot tea or coffee will be presented automatically. Sounds simple, easy, and fool proof, isn't it?
Unfortunately, this instant method often makes a mess. I never try the coffee but I notice whenever I want to make some tea from the brewing machine, most of time the tea had some fine cut tea leaves floating in the cup. Sometimes it'll even cover up the cup. It's as if someone prepared tea and dump leaves in it. Now who would want to drink THAT?
With all the supposedly "ideal brewing environment", the "ideal pressure", the "ideal pre-heated water" a brewing machine provides, in my opinion nothing beats the good old tea bag. It's just as fast and I can control the concentration with the control of time and dips of tea bag. Of course, nothing beats the good old fashion regular tea leaves. It requires patience, but it's worth the wait. Nothing provides more joy than seeing those tea leaves absorb hot water and slowly expand. It's as if all of today's troubles were absorbed and vaporized with the aroma of the tea.
So I was extremely bored on Wednesday 8/19. Therefore I decided to go to Movie Theater and watch some movie. Unfortunately Star Trek was no longer showing and I wasn’t in the usual mood for some horror. Out of boredom I picked to watch G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.
No, I am not a true G.I. Joe fan. I mean, I heard of it. There used to be a cartoon show in Taiwan about G.I. Joe. And I’ve seen their toy franchise in the toy store from time to time. They also have pretty big advertisement whenever a new line of toy came out. But that’s all I know about the franchise. Heck, I didn’t even know which Ninja is the bad guy. (I kept thinking the ninja dress with black robe is the bad guy.)
So enough about me! This movie is about G.I. Joe and some action. Yes the plot isn’t that great. In fact I’d even go to the point and say the plot of movie is horrible. There are many scenes where the character has memory flash back which provides their background story. However, the transition is very poor. There should be a better way to link their past to their present, yet this movie used the cheapest way to show audience why he became evil, why she got heartbroken, what’s the deal with those two…etc.
Another bad part about this movie is the Baroness. I always enjoy a movie where there’s an evil women. I said evil, but not bitchy. There’s a difference. If you recall the 007 movie “The World if Not Enough”, the main villain in the movie turned out to be working for Elektra King, which was portrayed by Sophie Marceau. Now one must admit that you NEVER saw that coming. And that’s the best part I like about that movie. Nowadays villains are all male who want world domination. How many movies you saw is about a smart, beautiful, and powerful women want to control the world? The Baroness in G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra showed promise at the beginning of the movie. She kick ass, she has the brain, and she toy with man like they’re her little puppets. It looks like she’s getting closer to her goal. I wouldn’t be surprised if she backstabs the Cobra commander dude and that pompous French arms dealer. Then she turned out to be the real mastermind behind the whole scheme. That’d be cool! Unfortunately, the movie took the traditional approach and killed my anticipation. It turned out the Baroness was being controlled by nano-robot and her actions were against her free will. BOOOOOooooo~
In short, if you’re a fan of G.I. Joe, or if you just want to enjoy a movie with lots of action, go for it. You will definitely see a lot of high tech gadget, explosion, and some kungfu fighting.
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