Tuesday, July 29, 2008

LA was ROCKING 5.4!!!!

Woke up in the morning, switch my computer on and went on with my usual morning routine....came back to my computer, was checking my email when i heard the top of my apartment building shaking (i'm on the top floor) so i thought who on earth would be running up there, then the shake got harder and louder, soon enough, bottles were hitting against each other and my fridge was shaking left and right.

IT WAS AN EARTHQUAKE!!!

The whole place was shaking for a couple of seconds, that thing that went through my mind at that moment was "Oh dear, i hope it ends soon!". I couldn't do much but to wait it out and hope for the best. Although it was only a few seconds, it when it happened, it felt like it was very long, it was crazily amazing i have to say haha. How i wishes i could record the place shaking, you feel it all over the place, your feet, you see things moving, you hear things shaking rapidly!! Both my sis were in bed, when it happen, they actually thought i was the one shaking the bed and was kinda pissed at it until they woke up without having me in sight! What a joke!!! I heard one of my sister's voice "EARTHQUAKE!!". Apparently, the quake was centered in the hills south of Diamond Bar and Chino Hills, a good 40 miles from where i live. The dept was roughly 8 miles below surface, because this 5.4 Magnitude earth quake occurred so deep under us, that it affected people as far Las Vegas, there are also reports stating that people as far south in San Diego and Mexico felt the jolt, that's like the distance between KL and SG, imagine that, and 5.4 Magnitude is a relatively moderate level according to reports.

Below are report statements by the USGS :

July 29th, 2008's report



Above : Top 10 list of LA's highest quake magnitude.

This quake was a major one compared to what i felt back in 2005, i was at my old apartment with my friend, and suddenly, we felt the ground rattling and we look at each other in silence....and started laughing at yourselfs wondering what just happen!! Felt like a huge truck just ran through the roads out side my apartment, but there wasn't any trucks. Moments later a friend call to ask if we're alright, and we were informed of a minor earth quake. That was my first time, surely not the last. I'm going to prepare myself from now on.....




Friday, July 18, 2008

Dark Knight at LARGE!


AMC IMAX Theatre
@ Universal Studios
The Dark Knight




The movie was great!! SUPERBBBB The movie scores, the actors and actresses, the many locations shot...it's just amazing!!! We watched it in the IMAX theater, 2D, not 3D. The ratio of the screen varies from time to time through out the whole movie, sometimes it uses up the whole screen, sometime just the usual 16:9 ratio.

Some of the scene makes you go WOW!!! The same kinda WOW you feel when you look over the edge from a tall building!!! These "wow shots" were mostly scenes shot in Hong Kong!! Most of the scene were shot in Chicago, near Jean's school, she got all excited when she saw places she recornized hehe, i know i would!! Apparently almost hlf of the movie was shot in the UK too, and a small part in LA (trying not to be a spoiler here =p )
As you all may know, the screen in IMAX theater are huge, like from the top of the theatre to the floor below you, and there is nothing that can block your view of the Large screen, im talking about how some tall guys in front of you might be in your view throughout the whole movie, not this time.

We had to leave our place early, as we wanted to secure good seats, and in the US, almost all theatres are on first come first serve basis....it sucks i know, but this is the US. By the time we got there, there was already a line waiting outside, and it was about 8am in the morning....was kinda gloomy and chilly but it was all good weather for us to be waiting outside the theatre. Doors opened at 8.30am and everyone was excited to get it, of cause there were FANS wearing batman t-shirt, there was this guy who was reading the comic book and had a tiny batman placed in this chest pocket, talk about fans hehe. I couldn't count the amount of times the people clapped during the entire movie, they even clapped before the movie started, they cheered with joy when the movie begin, and suddenly, you can hear silence then, wow, i don't think we'll get this kinda silence in Msia huh, and no PHONES rang too!!!
THE JOKER - He was really good, his acting, his voice, his lips, just so natural!! The story line is much different compare to the other Batman movies, batman dies this time.........haha, its up to you to believe =Ppp it's just so funny when the people clapped n cheered during the movie haha, but i have to stress that the movie is GOOD! It was nothing like what i've expected, really different and unexpected.

TWO great composers come together to compose scores for this movie?
Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard I just love the music they compose for movies, started listening to their scores when i was young, apparently they also worked together for the Batman movie (2005).

Well, i think i didn't really spoil the movie now, have i?
You guys enjoy the movie, cheersss!!!

The movie is dedicated to the late Heath Ledger who did a very good job acting as The Joker.



"Why so serious?"





Thursday, July 03, 2008

Discharged, yet again!!

Yeap, i was suppose to update you guys after i get home from my outpatient treatment, but after the surgery on Friday morning, the doctor decided that it would be best for me to stay over for just one night and see how things go, then he would give me the green light to go home.


Carol, the nurse who was the one who discharge me on
Monday afternoon, was so excited to see me back in the
hospital haha, of cause i was half asleep until i realized that i was back in to the hospital, i remember waking up once in the holding room after the surgery, one nurse came in and wake me, told me i was done, gosh....i felt the urge to go pee real bad, i even remember asking that question, the nurse said it was normal, and so i felt back to sleep, i was still feeling lethargic.


On
"The DAY"

Arrived at the hospital at 5am, checked in and a nurse came down to the lobby, showed my parents the holding room, prepared me for my surgery. So i changed into the hospital gown and the nurse came in to ask me couple of questions regarding the history of my health and started my IV drip. Next, i have to wait for the ANOTHER nurse will come to talk to me about anestesia - shes the one who will put me to sleep. And THEN my nurse comes in to talk to me, comfort me and also push my on my bed to the surgical room.....boy it was so cold in side, the moment i was wheeled in, i started shaking, it was so cold!!! I was introduced to the other nurses in the room as well. Then i felt this warm suit over me and slowly......i doze off......... It was like a break from my body, i just left my body, not knowing where i was heading and when was i coming back... a p a u s e in my life. It felt like just a click of a button, everything was over, and i was woken by a nurse telling me it's all over and my lights went off again after i briefly talked to my nurse and i ended up in another hospital room. There's where Carol came in smiling!

*Note the wheelchair, standard patient discharge policy in the US.~ felt weird being push around in a chair.















You see, hospital food are not at all bad, they are yummy yum yummmm, really!!
I felt like a pig, eat 3 full means a day, breakfast, lunch and dinner,
and that's not all,
I actually get to pick what i would like to have for my meals.

Below are a few samples of the MENU:







What would you like to have?