The "Machinist"

A week ago, when i watched the film 'The Machinist' starring an extremely anorexic looking Christian Bale as a mentally unstable blue collar worker,...i never in my wildest dreams imagined myself being thrown into a similar working environment, (right down to the blue colour of my uniform) ..cause that is where i find myself now for the next 5 months... in the midst of MACHINISTS! Well, i can say safely though that i won't actually be doing any machining myself ..haw haw,...though i'll have alot of these machinists around. The good news is that the production area looks nothing like the dark menacing claustrophic anxiety inducing workspace like that in the movie. In contrast, it's actually bright, air conditioned,..and the machines are programmed, automatic and highly advanced, requiring a high level of skill and training to operate them....and no deranged looking Christain Bale character either though there was this chinese bloke who kept eyeing me suspicously...staring at me without the slightest hint of discretion,..obviously checking me out. Well i suppose i couldn't blame the poor veck. My delicous self was probabaly a rare sight for him to behold...cough... Anyways, the most amusing thing is that three quarters of the blue collared workers there are indians,...and i don't mean local indians. There must be more "imported" indians in that sector/department than any other in the company. So,...i guess it's no surprise for me to find myself being the only one on attachment posted there in that sort of...er.. company,.... even if i'm not technically indian (me having more in common with ceylonese terrorist scum). I spend much of the day pretending to comprehend what was happening around me, as i was given a little orientation of the place and work that goes on there. I must admit i was impressed with some of the nifty sophisticated instruments they were using. These are instruments far too expensive for any university to purchase for use in the workshops...cough.. cough ..well atleast NTU! Anyways, i don't reckon it's going to be a slack 5 month industrial attchment like some lucky cunts i know, going by my experience on the first day. I am just hoping i'm wrong!

FANTASTIC Fantastic Four

Cheeky accompanied me to watch Fantastic Four. I couldn't get anyone else, cause quite simply no one else was interested. Some people would rather watch garbage like War Of The Worlds..sigh! Well, it's a pity, cause this movie is an absolute masterpiece. The best comic book based movie ever,period. Astonishing special effects, astounding action sequences and Jessica Alba(i think i'm in love,...bye bye Natalie, Kirten and Audrey) in what has to be the single most dominant performance by an actress in a super hero flick makes this movie a modern day classic. Move over Christan Bale, get the fuck out of the way Marv,... this is the the definitive superhero flick. By the end of the movie(i wished it would never come), it's pretty obvious that a sequel is already in the works and it's going to be *hint* planet shattering..err confused? *hint* big sized alien lifeform who consumes life force of planets for survival..still clueless? oh nevermind..watch the movie!! Julian Mcmahon as Dr Doom pisses all over any super villian captured on celluloid so far! I think fans of Nip/Tuck better prepare themselves for the actor's inevitable departure as he gets ready for movie superstardom.This is THE BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR , and i'd be arse fucked if anything better heads our way between now and December.

The above typed is absolute bollocks,..but i suppose anyone who knows me ;) could telll that from the very first word typed...

Another week's passed with nothing much of note. I was supposed to post this on Monday, but the page got refreshed accidentally and everything got wiped out. I couldn't be arsed to type another post till now. We had another get together last week, Aneez, Guang Yi, See Yeh, Chang Yew, Sheng Zhi and i . This was suposed to be someone's bright idea to make up for the previous one for which Sheng zhi and Chang Yew couldn't make it. In fact the previous get together we had was a farce considering that the four of us who turned up that day, See Yeh, Guang Yi, Aneez and i, see each other so often..(ok maybe not so much aneez..which is a good thing!). The get together then was just excuse to blow some cash at Swensen's...fuckin waste of money! We didn't blow as much last week. We ate at a cheaper place,and the food was accordingly inferior. That's not to say i believe expensive food equates to quality food... it doesn't.

I spend the last week watching movies i had downloaded, Shaolin Soccer( a decent movie though not in the same class Kung Fu Hustle), The Royal Tenenbaums(a hilarious high brow comedy which i feel is superior to Wes Anderson's previous effort, Rushmore), Big Fish (one of Tim burton's best) , Shaun Of The dead(an absolute gem of a zombie flick laced with british wit), The Machinist( a little known hitchcockian- noir thriller in which Christian Bale's skeletal presence alone is enough to hold one's attention)and Equilibrium(a decent film with Bale's performancee once again outstanding). But i'll reserve most of my comments for the worst movie i had the misfortune to witness in a long time, Bad Boys 2, which is an absolute disaster. Ok fine, i won't be so harsh,..and i'll grant that it has some excellent action sequences. But most of those sequences were as unnecessary as it was overblown. But it shouldn't come as too much of a surprise when a movie's directed by the "highly accliamed" Michael Bay. One director who could give Joel Schumacher(he who ruined the batman franchise before its recent ressurrection) a run for his money.

I also had a JC class gathering at Winston's place on Saturday, which went fine, if only thanks to the X-box that kept us entertained. Honestly, i couldn't but help feeling out of place, thank god vikram was there to share the misery, what with everyone communicating in mandarin...fuckin communist(kiddin)! But it was ok at the end of the day, i didnt feel like i should bolt for the door,..so i suppose it wasn't that bad. Even had some free alcohol to drink...oh and i forgot to mention Vincent,..haw haw...sigh still the same ol schmuck i had known in jc. His "racist" remarks never fail to amuse. He's one of those whose mere presence helps to make it a more pleasant experience when all else seems lost.

Haven't felt my best recently,troubled kinda with certain thoughts that keep swirling in my head. I realise though that i need to get a hold of myself and start to look at things more objectively. Never make the mistake of letting your heart rule your head. The consequences are rarely positive in nature. Industrial attachment begins next week, and i can't say i am looking forward to it. I will miss school for sure...i mean you can afford to skip classes, even self declare a couple of days midweek off..but you can't skip work. I will also certainly miss lazing around at home, just slacking away watching movies and taking long naps. But i suppose a few more weeks of that, and i'll turn in to one George E Romero's zombies...sigh..i think i'll go and take a nap now.