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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Transformers 3 Dark Of The Moon

Last night, i was privileged enough to watch the premier of Transformers 3 Dark Of The Moon with 4 friends courtesy of a church friend! Thank you so much!

Lets start off with the trailer here:



I would recommend this movie as Movie of the year, i must say Micheal Bay outdid himself this time round, i can't imagine if watching in 2D was great, what about 3D?
Definitely worth your time and money.

The movie is quite long about two and a half hour excluding all the cinematic trailer!
With a great line up of superstars including veteran actor John Malkovish and Frances McDormand, the old crew; Shia Lebouf, Josh Duhamel, Tyre Gibson and so.
The most funny appearance would be funny asian guy Ken Jeong which really fit his role well just being himself.

The new leading actress Rosie Huntington-Whitely fills in her role well as the girlfriend of Sam but also the Damsel in distress that does play a key-role in the end...Surprisingly! Most of the time, i though she was there for advertorial time, body or beauty but not a key-role, kudos to that.

Overall the story line was great, it followed the textbook of cinematic plot well, not leaving any missing spots or cliche moments too much, leaving a hint here and there with a big BANG of surprises and shocks to keep the viewers going and asking for more.

One little thing that changed the most was the role of Sam, he has been downgraded to playing a much smaller role and most of the time, we were being focused on the war as whole which is great because it is a intergalactic war.

Nothing more can be said about the Sentinel Prime which viewers would look on as a colossal figure of ancient power but only to be left in shock and awe few moments later in along the movie timeline.

One huge change in the movie is the emotional element, it was very well played out by the actors and the Autobots. Micheal Bay and team did a great job getting viewers to connect with the emotions running in the movie, you could understand the situation of the moment and i can say i heard a few sobs here and there in the theater during the emotional moments which is one of the movie's selling point if you asked me.

There was a underlying message which really struck me hard that Sam quoted once or twice in the movie "Do something that means something" or along that line. It got me thinking that sometimes i would want to mean something in someone or my life as well, not just living life as it is but doing something worthwhile to remember, something for the generations to come.

I wouldn't go on much longer and spoil this movie for you but I would definitely urge you to go check it out before time runs out, it would be one of the best movie you have watched this year alone. I would give it a 8 out of 10.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Music, Mind and ImagiNation

The stresses of life are always coming in on us day in day out wherever we are, whatever we are doing and no matter how hard we try, its just hard to let it go and just get on with life because stress is like a balloon, if you keep filling it up, one day its just going to "Boom!"

How then do we go about trying to let all that air out of our heads and body? Many people would pay big bucks for therapy, yoga, hypnosis, medication, massages, and so much more and i support that, its good to pamper and take up a activity which relaxes the body but how can we go about when money is a issue?

This blogger has been in the workforce for almost 7 months now and the stress amounted can be immense and great, this blogger has to admit he has gone about the wrong way to deal with this stress, when i eventually stumble upon a simple technique that can sooth you in just 10 or 5 mins, just to get through that day.

The technique is called Music Mind Relaxation.
Our minds are great imagination machines to the point where it becomes so real that you can literally touch it and feel it! So harnessing the power of our minds, our imagination and our sensors, this technique will take you for a short journey of our imagi-Nation and come back relaxed.


All you need to do is to first find some relaxing music or nature sounds, here are some links for you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94HYEe1bOFU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW0TdN5r4ug&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiVO8yPk-vM



I prefer the beach cause its the best scene to picture in a mind.

Basically, just find any nature spot or sound you would really want to hear on YouTube. Done?

Right now wherever you are, in the office or at home, sit back, get comfortable, clear your mind....now take a deep breath and start the video.

Take off your shoes and socks if you want and just let yourself go into the sound and music,let your mind and imagination bring you to that place.

Feel your body in that place, feel it in your toes and feet all the way up to your body.

Let it flow in your body and feel relax, peace and of sound mind.

enjoy that time and block out the world for that moment, just relax.

As the video finishes, take another deep breath and remember that relaxing trip you had, bring that feeling back with you into the world.

That really worked for me and if it doesn't, don't feel too bad, it takes time to immerse in as your body has to relax and the mind emptied but if all else fails, just go do whatever you like and have fun.

Remember that you can work, produce, perform better and efficiently when you are relaxed and composed.

Have a great week and God Bless.