Yesterday was my birthday. As usual, I bought some food; shortcakes, muffins and tarts for my colleagues. Shortcakes were their favourite. Hmm… How do you choose a present normally? I would probably choose the things that I like. However, in the case of buying things for my colleagues, I will have to choose the things that I do not quite like. Well, that is just culture difference I think. We were brought up in different kind of environment and food though we speak the common language, English.

Mee made a cheesecake for me which was nice; lemony and cheesy taste. I do not think it tastes very much different from the cheesecakes which I had before. After all, this was her first effort in making a cheesecake.

Anyway, the day went well. Mee and I had our dinner at the Lime Leaf restaurant. It is a Thai food restaurant. However, we like to think that a third of its menu consists of Chinese style food. Upon entering the restaurant, we were greeted by a very welcoming Thai-waiter. We then ordered a Lime Leaf platter, Tom Yum Kung and Pad-Thai. Overall, the food was all right. I like the Tom Yum Kung because of its uniqueness but it lacked of spiciness and it was a bit salty. We also thought that the food was not hot enough.

We then proceeded to the Vue cinema to watch Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. I was very excited before that but I was a little bit disappointed after watching it. Previously, I was not sure whether the lead actor was the suitable one to be the Prince of Persia. But no doubt, he was good. What disappoint me were the overall actions in the movie. Some of the actions we incredible and heart-stopping but it lacked the idea of deadly traps and puzzles which could easily be found in Prince of Persia games. Watching the trailer was like watching the summary of the whole movie. Hence, there were not much left to explore.

I just want to add. I read some of the reviews in the Internet Movie Database. There was one review that quotes “for an adult it’s silly and fun and utterly unrealistic”. What an idiot! I do not think of any movies that I have seen before were realistic. I mean how could a movie be realistic when everything is just about how a director and script want it to be. She even compared Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time to the In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale. What a big mistake. That King movie was probably a low budget movie. It tried to imitate the force of Uruk-hai army as seen in The Lord of the Rings but failed miserably as they looked more like a bunch spiritless extras. Jason Statham starred in that King movie. I have to say apart from the Transporter, any other movies that starring Jason Statham is not really worth watching.

Apparently, this reviewer wrote quite a lot of reviews in IMDB. Having read through some of the reviews, it is clear that she has a definite definition for the movies that she is about to watch. For example, in a movie about police, she will be expecting shooting, bombs and killings. However, a movie about police can also be about a spy which does not necessarily involve a lot of shooting. It will be about how the spy can keep the line clear between being a good guy and being a bad guy. Well, can someone please stop me now? I think I can spend the whole day criticising her. I will stop myself now.

Today is not too bad. It is hot but not as hot as yesterday. The hot weather yesterday was giving me a real headache. When I reached home, I just wanted to go out again. Indeed, Mee and I went to Tesco; Mee had the opportunity to shop while I took advantage of the air conditioning and the time to cool off myself. Still, when we reached home, the house was not pleasant to stay. I wonder if I should go to the gym today. It might be real hot inside with all the sweaty smell and sticky feeling.

Not having enough of sleep is really causing a lot of health problem. Last week, I practically slept at 0300 every day and by the end of the week, my face is full of acne. Real big ones. Start from this week, I will try to sleep early and yesterday was a good start. I slept at 0100. You might ask; what was I doing? Three things to sum it up; games, tv and internet.

I received a lot of comments on my blogs and I really appreciate people who have taken the initiative to leave valuable comments. However, most comments were left without given much thought. I believe that they simply want to advertise or create valuable links for their website. Please do not leave irrelevant comments. I monitor all comments and I will delete the inappropriate ones.

Another Friday again. Mee and I are still thinking whether or not to freeze our gym membership for next month due to the renovation. There will be classes for the first and last week of the month but we are wondering if it will be safe to be inside the gym. I know health and safety is important in this country but there are also lots of neglect cases happening around. Even a small renovation going on at a room under my office had caused power failure a couple of times.

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I watched Top Gear last night. It was an old show about rv for sale in this country. Well, as I mentioned before, this country is only interested in caravans and rv seems to be a little too huge. There is a family who lives near the place I live now who has both rv and caravan. I am just thinking if they already have an rv, why did they bother to keep the caravan? To me, caravan is too much a hassle; you have to attach it at the back of the car, you cannot drive too fast and the fuel consumption will be very high. Anyway, I cannot imagine myself spending money on caravan and going on a local vacation on a caravan.