When I first read the word "I-Pad" in an article online, I thought it was some kind of a Chinese gadget imitation of the Apple's I-Pod.  But no, it was a serious pc magazine article talking about the launch of the latest wonder from Apple.

This is really a remarkable, phenomenal invention... ok, let's just hear it from its makers and find out how they rave about this expensive toy.  If you won't get convinced by these people, then probably you're a robot.

I-Pad... me.. want.. one...

Not that I dream of going to these places.  But out of curiosity I checked out these videos just to see what's going on with these far-flung areas.  I salute these guys who risked their lives just to get a glimpse of these places and share their vids to us.
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Ok, I must say that I'm a movie addict.  I rarely watch in the movie theaters though (except if the movie requires really large screen to better appreciate it, like 2012 and Avatar), because it takes too much time and effort for me to prepare and schedule my trip to the mall.  And yes, it's rather expensive nowadays.  So I befriended Sadikh and I get my regular *stash* of DVD movies and tv series from him.  They're pirated, obviously.  Yeah, shame on me.

Needless to say, last Christmas holidays, I got to watch several DVDs - from tv series (I'm loving "The Closer") to concerts (MJ's 'This is It" and Beyonce's "Irreplaceable" concert) and to movies of course.   Let me see... Inglourious Basterds (love you Brad!)... The Taking of Pelham 123 (love you Denzel and John!)... Jennifer's Body (hate you Megan!!!)...  I also watched some movies which are not that memorable so I won't mention them here anymore.

But what is this I just saw last weekend at the mall?  I saw a rather intriguing movie poster.  I took a closer look and the actor was... yummy Paul Bettany.  I love love Paul since I saw him in "A Knight's Tale" starring the young Heath Ledger.  In the movie, Paul was the one introducing Heath before each match, and what do you know, I fell in love with the accent.  I'll attach the movie trailer here and find out for yourself.  By the way, Paul's new movie is "Legion" coming in January 22nd.  I won't miss that one.

Here's the trailer of "A Knight's Tale"... Check out Paul introducing Heath's character... yeah, it's the accent.

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Here below is Paul Bettany's upcoming movie, Legion.

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Sorry, can't help it.  Here once more is Paul, in the movie "Wimbledon'.  I'm proud to say I watched this in the movie theater. =)

I could have added also the trailers of "A Beautiful Mind", "Master and Commander" and "Da Vinci Code", but this post is already getting too long.  (Of course I also saw these movies!)

I love travelling, although I can just afford to travel when I'm assigned on a business trip.  I wish my office has a branch in Paris, one of my dream destinations.  Well we have one in Haarlem, so that's close enough.  Now how to make my boss assign me there, that's my next mission.
Speaking of travel destinations, here's one which I wouldn't dream about.
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The movie Avatar (as if you've never heard about it) is already on its third or fourth? week of showing and I haven't seen it!  I was planning to just wait for it to come out in DVD, courtesy of my friend 'Sadikh' but now I'm changing my mind.  I will definitely watch it in widescreen theater, 3D even... that is, if it's still showing next week.  It's a pretty long movie, more than 2 hours, it's a sci-fi movie (which I am not quite a fan of), so I hope I will be kept awake.  But watching a 3D movie may be a different experience, and that's what I'm actually looking forward to.

Check out the trailer below, which is in HD.. so... good enough.
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But no, I am not trying this at home, believe me.