In times like these..

its times like these where work,relationship,play,uni assignments,daily chores and money shortage become so overwhelming. like a tidal wave drowning me from the top.

its times like these where i wonder why i allow myself to go through so much,

its times like these i want to run back to my family where i know no matter how terrible i am, i will still be accepted and love unconditionally.. 

its times like these is when i wish i was home, hiding in my bed under the sheets never to see the dangerous evil world outside

 its times like these i realise how many true friends i have supporting me emotionally and physically in uni and out of uni,

its times like these where i see God's grace blessing me with a forgetful mind to forgive and forget easily, 

its times like these where i realise that no man is an island. No matter how proud one can be, nobody will survive alone in this journey of life

its times like these where i yearn to be so much closer to God. all the wrong bad things to be washed away and be pure like snow once much. To wish he would hold me, rock me in his arms and sing a luluby to shoo the troubles away..

its times like these where i am forced to grow up, think deeper and learn to let go the many things i once held dear..

Because after times like these...everything material i love and covert is just like chaft in the wind. meaningless.

 What remains is the memories, the love and God eternal

'Before I Die' is a weak anthology

Before I Die (2003)
Starring: Dawn Murphy, David Lee, M. Catherine Holseybrook, Nancy Felciano, Phil Herman, Gusto Perez, and Brock Richards
Directors: Dave Castiglione and Dawn Murphy
Rating: Three of Ten Stars

I love anthology films because one can expect that some part of them is going to be good--if a particuarly segment is lame, that's okay, because it'll be short and there's promise of something better coming right up.

With "Before I Die", that promise is hinted at, but it never materializes. There's nothing in this film that rises above mediocre and boring.

"Before I Die" is a horror anthology film that consists of three stories and a framing sequence. The frame involves a short story writer (Herman) struggling to meet a deadline. As he comes up with ideas, and starts pounding his keyboard, the film relates the stories he write to us.

It's not a bad concept for a frame and it's a more natural-feeling way to present the stories than in many anthology films I've seen... heck, it's a better way than those used in some of my favorites, such as "The House that Dripped Blood". Unfortunately, the complete lack of energy that Phil Herman brings to the role of the writer manages to make the interludes a bit tedious, despite some interesting camerawork and smooth transitions.

The first story ("Time for Dessert") follows a woman (Holseybrook) and her chubby-chasing stalker (Perez) who is appalled that she seems be pick up every guy she meets but him. He finally gets his date with her, and uncovers her dark secret. While the attempt at presenting an overweight woman as sexy is something rarely seen, and I give the filmmakers a little consideration for that, there is virtually no story here, less tension, and long make-out scenes do not make for interesting viewing.

Next up, we have "The Last Resort", which is a tale of an average pair of newlyweds (Murphy and Lee) who find themselves as the only guests at a luxury resort that doesn't exist. This one had all the potential to be a fine ghost story, but it's potential is sapped by an overlong running that's padded with boring scenes of average honeymoon-couple lovemaking, bad camerawork, and even worse sound recording. My guess is the only microphone on-set was mounted on the Camcorder used to film the scenes, and ther are many times when it picks up so much ambient noise that the dialogue is nearly drowned out. The "shock ending" is also entirely too long in coming and is delivered in a painfully clumsy fashion. Still, there are a couple of moments when the potential that is hiding within this poorly done short manage to show themselves, and Murphy and Lee mostly do a decent job on the acting front.

Closing out "Before I Die", we have "Someone is Sleeping in My Bed." It's a confused mini-slasherflick where a maniac killer murders some trick-or-treaters, and then breaks into the house of a spicy dish (Feliciano). It's a weird little film, with dreams sequences, an odd phone call, and a strangulation murder that's done with as much style as can be expected from a film on this level. It might have actually been a worthwhile effort if someone had bothered writing a coherent script. I suppose they thought the bare skin would carry the day.

When "Before I Die" wrapped up (with a blending of the film's reality and fiction that is driven home so hard that I'm not sure if the filmmakers think their audience is stupid, of if they have no faith in their own abiliites to get their meaning across), I felt a mixture of disapointment and boredom. I doubt your reaction will be much different.

Wish I'd been there in time....

Took a look at my "Blogger Reading List" and saw this headline on a post:

HORROR SITES ARE SELL OUTS, LIARS AND SCREENER WHORES

The teaser text displayed was:

Im not only a site moderator but im a filmaker and i have a lot of experience sending screeners and id like to talk about what sites i believe are sell outs and full of crap, for one any site that tells yo...

But when I clicked to go read the post, it had been deleted. And I'm left in suspense over who the screener whores might be!

My guess someone lost their temper and then thought better of it. I've been there, if that's what happened.

I still wish I'd gotten to read the post, especially since the blog it appeared on has notices that solicit screeners.

The Complete Night Stalker, Part One

Since horror movie reviews are nothing out of the ordinary here, I'm going to build up to Halloween by reviewing every episode in the classic Kolchak: The Night Stalker series. I already covered the two movies, so nothing seemed more appropriate than this.

(And if anyone out there would like write about that short-lived remake series from a few years back, I'm always open to guest posts!)

Kolchak: The Night Stalker
(The Complete Television Series Reviewed, Part One)

Episode One: The Ripper
Director: Allen Baron
Rating: Four Four of Ten Stars

A serial killer is stalking the women of Chicago and beating the tar out of police officers by the dozens. Kolchak (Darren McGavin), along with his long-suffering editor Tony Vincienzo (Simon Oakland), have landed at INS, a small-time wire-service. As Kolchak (over Tony's objections) investigates the killings, he comes to believe that that he is the original Jack the Ripper, and that unless Kolchak stops him before he claims his fifth victim, he will vanish and resuface in a different city where the pattern will repeat itself.


If the plot of the first episode of the series sounds familiar, then that's because it is. It's basically the same as that featured in "The Night Strangler."

This is a dissapointing start, made even more dissapointing by the fact that there is never any real sense of menace in the story. Yes, a serial killer is on the loose, but Kolchak is never in any danger. On the upside, McGavin and Oakland are both as good in their parts as they were in the films.



Episode Two: The Zombie
Director: Alex Grasshoff
Rating: Eight of Ten Stars

Someone is murdering Chicago's gangsters and a chance conversation with one of his sources sets Kolchak on the trail of the culprit: A small-times numbers operator who has been called back from the grave to serve as the means to avenge his death.

I was as delighted by this episode as I was disappointed in the series' first installment. There wasn't a single element of the episode that wasn't an improvement over "The Ripper." The storyline was more original, the funny parts were funnier, and Kolchak's ability to survive the adventure intact felt as though it was in serious doubt on more than one occassion. While the threat of the mad slasher seemed distant and non-personal to Kolchak in "The Ripper", in this episode, Our Man at INS is under threat of sudden termination by illegal bookmaking operators, gangsters, corrupt cops, and, of course, the walking dead. In fact, Kolchak's confrontation with the zombie is so creepy that it tops what you see in many movies.


Episode Three: They Have Been, They Are, They Will Be...
Director: Allen Baron
Rating: Three of Ten Stars

After a string of bizarre animal deaths at a Chicago zoo are followed by some very similar murders, Kolchak becomes convinced that space aliens are threatening the city--who else could possibly be mutilating animals and then escalating to doing the same to people? Will he manage to prove the Truth Is Out There, or will the government agents dogging his heels stop him?

This episode has a rushed feel to it. The story simply doesn't hang together, and has some pretty dumb elements, even by the standards of the Seventies (an alien who is off-course with his spaceship can find his way home using a planetarium's starmap?), and Kolchak makes some pretty far leaps of logic to keep the story going--because much of what he concludes isn't based in his investigation--and the fact that he manages to locate the alien craft using a very simple method; if finding the UFO is THAT easy, why hasn't the government got it surrounded already? The greatest flaw of the episode is that it's dull. It never manages to engage the viewers. In fact, the best part of it is Kolchak's voice-over at the end where he compares the murderous alien to just another traveler stopping at a roadside diner for a bite to eat. If only the rest of the show had been that amusing.


Episode Four: The Vampire
Director: Don Weis
Rating: Six of Ten Stars

After weaseling his way to being sent on assignment to write a puff piece about a Guru visiting Los Angeles (thus getting what he views as a paid vacation), Kolchak is distracted by the news of murders that seem eerily similar to ones that he investigated while living in Las Vegas. In fact, this episode is an unofficial sequel to "The Night Stalker" movie, as the vampire menacing Los Angeles is a spawn of the creature that first drew Kolchak into confrontation with the supernatural.


Kolchak's attempts to trap the vampire in this episode are pretty amusing, as is his attempt to use a real estate agent he meets as a ghost-writer to meet his deadline with INS. The climax with the vampire is interesting (even if I found myself wondering how he managed to set up the way he trapped her), and I think this is the first time where Kolchak isn't the victim of a far-reaching cover-up, or is left with no evidence that something bizarre happened . Just like in "The Night Stalker," the police arrest him for the murder of the vampire, but they have to let him go... for a very interesting and sensible reason. But, there's no hint that anyone is going out of their way to cover things up. (Of course, no one believes in vampires, even in Hollyweird.)

All in all, this was a pretty good episode. It was nice to see some tie-backs to the movie that started it all, and it was also nice to see a police officer portrayed like an intelligent person. The homicide luitenant in "The Vampire" is intelligent and dilligent enough to keep digging into his murder cases even after a couple of Satanists are locked up for them, because the clues aren't adding up. Virtually every other police officer that's appeared in the series up to this point would have called it a day with the first suspects.

Next week, I cover episodes 5 through 8, as I continue my way through the mixed bag that is "The Night Stalker" television series.

Kumar- Stand up Comedian

WARNING: what u might hear and see is totally racist, anti politics, stupid and definitely 18SX but 

HELLUVA FUNNY WEI!!!

i'm not dirty minded i just know how to enjoy a good laugh.

this is a transexual stand up comedian VERY famous in Singapore. u can google HeSHE

( dunno how to classify them..ahhaha)

do wait for all to load. Worth ur time!!

 






 

Plants Vs Zombie

hello ppl!!
wanna know WHY i've not been blogging so much recently?
i got addicted back (i was and once again caught it) to

PLANTS VS ZOMBIE!!!

last saturday i even skipped a BBQ with my fav foods just to play PVZ for 7 hours continuous. Buan is puzzled at my weird weird fettish with a childish game but i cant seem to bore of it. i've played like 8 times repeatedly the whole session. there are 5 levels. each level has 10 sub levels. plenty of minigames, puzzles and survival modes to kill. there is also a garden to tend to (like farmville)

 when i sleep, i dream about how to kill zombies and garangtuas (big fat zombies) and today i went online and found CHEATS to kill them. so exicited to learn how to use this game cheat thingy..

 my god..whats happening to me? 

i always laughed at ppl addicted to online games like Warcraft or poker or farmville i mocked them , labelled them foolish and weak!! and i'm part of that community now..  matilah..
AHAHAHAHa...u should try it too!! download it online!!
(will be back to blog-sphere once the excitement goes down) been on addiction for 2.5 weeks now! haha

Saturday Scream Queen: Gina Ramsden

Gina Ramsden is a dancer-turned-actress who has appeared in two fine horror movies from director Marc Fratto, including her starring turn as the reluctant zombie revolutionary Angela in "Zombies Anonymous".

Ramsden focuses most of her efforts on theatre work, and last year she turned down the opportunity to appear in another Fratto's films because she felt the part wasn't right for her. However, she has stated in interviews that she is considering other horror film roles. One hopes that she takes them, because horror films need to feature more actresses who have talent beyond just looking good.

It's a zombie movie of a different sort

Zombies Anonymous (aka "Last Rites for the Dead") (2008)
Starring: Gina Ramsden, Joshua Nelson, Christa McNamee, and Mary Jo Verruto
Director: Marc Fratto
Rating: Eight of Ten Stars

The recently dead are rising into a state of undeath with their full faculties intact and society is struggling to cope. When Angela (Ramsden) is murdered by her abusive boyfriend (Nelson), she too rises from the dead. She first tries to conceal the fact that she is now dead so she can quietly carry on the business of living. Ultimately, she is forced to join other zombies in the fight for social justice and equal rights, in the violent battle against the anti-zombie movement led by the vicious Commandant (McNamee), and even to struggle against a cult of zombies that have become the monsters the living fear they are.

"Zombies Anonymous" is a cut above the vast majority of zombie movies from the past and present. It's got a better script, it's got superior camera work and make-up effects, and it's got a cast of very talented actors. In fact, it belongs on a level approaching "Dawn of the Dead" as far as the performance delivered by the cast and its effectiveness is delivering social commentary and satire while still remaining a perfectly straight and deadly serious horror movie. The intense plot twists and turns in the third act and the blood-drenched, dramatic climax is also one of the best finales to any zombie movie, period.

Director/screenwriter Marc Fratto has created a film that not only stands apart from most of the output from his fellow indie filmmakers but that also puts recent horror movies from major studios to shame. There may not be hoards of mindless, flesh-eating zombies roaming the streets in this film... but the monstrosity the unfortunate zombies in this story cause to be revealed in the average person is far more frightening. Like the best horror films (and sci-fi flicks for that matter), the worst monsters in the "Zombies Anonymous" aren't the creatures in the title but rather the humans that "fight" them.

First and foremost, Fratto made sure that he maximized the quality of the one thing that every indie producer has total control over: The script.

With the exception of a couple very minor logical flaws (ones that could perhaps even be dismissed as artifacts of a society falling apart in the face of a completely unexpected development but which feel more like plot conveniences if one is being perfectly objective), the script here is honed to perfection. The film is virtually free of padding and every line of dialogue is vibrant and necessary. Each major character even has their own unique way of speaking, the true hallmark of a well-written, well-polished script. The mirror it holds up to society and the issues of tolerance and how quickly we might all give way to bigotry are also explored in very clever ways--the zombies here are not threatening anyone but are as harmless as they were when they were fully alive yet they are still hated and abused, sometimes by those who used to be their friends and loved ones. Finally, the film offers some of the commentary on the modern, brand-name and consumption-driven business world. (Interestingly, the marketers and mega-corporations might well be the most accepting of the new "living dead" segment of the population in the film, as they quickly jump on the opportunity to market products to them. I'm not sure if it was a message that Fratto intended, but it's true that the smart businessman is the least bigoted person of all... your money spends the same no matter who you are.)

Second, Fratto didn't try to create scenes and effects that were beyond what he, his actors and special effects crew could effectively handle. Fratto also has an eye for staging and filming action, with the result that all the action and fight scenes in the film are convincing and realistic. The splatter effects are also extremely well done. (Angela's death at the beginning of the film was particularly excruciating and shocking.)

Finally, "Zombies Anonymous" features a cast of excellent actors. Almost everyone appearing clearly understands the different techniques that need to be employed when acting for a camera instead of an audience in a theatre (something all-too-rare among actors featured in low-budget films like this), and every important part is filled by someone with a level of talent that makes me hope they'll go onto bigger films and bigger paychecks in the future.

Gina Ramsden is particularly good in her part, portraying a character that could easily have come across either as a whiner or as a cliched battered woman if someone of lesser talent had been cast. Instead, Ramsden infuses Angela with a humanity and depth that makes the viewer feel deeply for her and gives the film an emotional center all-too-rarely found in zombie movies. We're already rooting for the zombies in this picture, but it’s the sympathy and emotional attachment to Angela that Ramsden's performance generates that really makes us hate the villains in this picture.

The final word is that "Zombies Anonymous" is the best zombie picture I've seen in years. With enough gore and violence to keep fans of modern zombie movie happy, enough character development, soul-wrenching horror and tragedy to keep fans of classic horror movies entertained, and enough intelligent content and social commentary to keep all but the most snobbish "intellectuals" engaged, this is a film all horror fans can appreciate.

You can also gain more information about the movie and see production stills by visiting the official website.

It's a predictable view from 'Secret Window'

This review is being posted as part of Blog Cabins' 30 dAyS oF cRaZy blog-a-thon! The blogosphere is a tad more insane this month than usual!

Secret Window (2004)
Starring: Johnny Depp, John Turturro, and Maria Bello
Director: David Koepp
Rating: Six of Ten Stars

Mort Rainey (Depp) is a novelist on the verge of a burn-out when his life gets even worse: A maniac (Turturro) accuses him of plagiarising a story he wrote, and begins an ever-increasing campaign of violence and terror against Mort and those closest to him.


Based on a short story by Stephen King, "Secret Window" features a number of themes related to the darker side of the basically lonely professional life that every writer leads... and if one is familiar with those themes and how they've played out in King's works, where this movie ultimately goes is very predictable.

However, the cast is made up of competent actors--Depp once again shows what an excellent actor he is, and Turturro was downright frightening in most of his scenes--the script is well done, and the director clearly knows how to use all the tools in his bag of tricks to keep the suspense up.

Even if I realized early on that I was watching yet another movie about a crazy writer being stalked by himself, through a twisted part of his broken mind that has taken over, Koepp delivered a film that kept me watching due to nicely staged scenes and by managing to provide enough twists to keep me wondering if I was wrong about my assumptions. The script was also well enough written that I cared about the characters. I didn't want Johnny Depp's beleaguered writer to be a maniac, because
I liked him, and I certainly didn't want Maria Bello to end up in a shallow grave. It's one of those rare mystery movies where there really is no mystery if you've seen enough of them, but it is still well-crafted enough to make it worthwhile.

And it could be that this film was predictable to me because I've seen so many horror, mystery, and suspense films. Maybe viewers who haven't watched quite as many movies, or are as familiar with Stephen King's Package of Repeated Themes and Stereotypes would be taken aback by the "shocking twist ending."

A monster brings fractured family together

The Host (aka "Gwoemul" and "Monster") (2007)
Starring: Kang Ho, Hie-bong Byeon, Ah-Song Ko, Hae-il Park, and Du-na Bae
Director: Joon-ho Bong
Steve's Rating: Eight of Ten Stars

The Parks are a slightly dysfunctional family whose members never quite manage to acheive true success due to an everpresent combination of bad luck and various personality flaws. However, they must pull together and overcome their weaknesses when the baby of the family is abducted by a monster and only they can save her.


"The Host" is a monster movie that delivers equal amounts of suspense, humor and horror as it unfolds. In this, it is equal to other great monster movies from the original "Godzilla" to "Island of Terror", and through to "Slither". What sets this film apart from other monster movies is the Park family in this movie. The way NONE of them can ever quite manage to rise to whatever challenge is facing them is alternately funny, tragic, sad (sometimes all three at the same time), and so realistic that it gives this movie a totally unique quality. Although families drawing together to fight a monster threatening them--and ultimately triumphing exactly because they have drawn together-- is nothing new, I don't think there's ever been a movie family quite like the Parks before.

(Nowhere was the Park family trait of never quite crossing the threshold of success more clearly spelled out when the 7th-grader who the rest of the family is trying to rescue devises a way out of the monster's lair on her own... only to discover that all her work amounts to nothing when her rope made from the clothes of partially digested victims ends up being too short to be useful.)

This film is even more impressive because of the way the story resolves itself. The outcome of the climactic battle is in perfect keeping with everything we know about the Parks and their lives, but I still expected I very different ending than what was delivered.

With a good script, excellent special effects, decent acting, and some fantastic moments (the sequence where the monster attacks the crowds in the park along the Han River is one of the best monster attack scenes ever put on film,), the film could have rated a Nine or even Ten if not the way it starts to meander a bit as it closes in on its climax. Basically, the director and screenwriters felt the need to inject a nefarious conspiracy by the United States military into the film--probably so they wanted the International Community to know how kewl they are!--and it served no purpose other than to slow things down and detract from the film's center, the Park family. It's a testament to how strong everything else is that it stays on track and manages to pull together for its climax.

Aside from a single misstep motivated by the director's desire to be invited to cocaine-fueled orgies at Hugo Chavez's presidential palace (or maybe just to get a fan letter from Kim Jong-Ill), "The Host" is a spectacular monster movie with a unique flaire. Every horror fan should check it out, particularly if you enjoyed "Tremors" or "Slither".

Cutting remarks

i just finnish forcing myself to sit down and study a little bit for my brain test this saturday. its just 1 hour but i felt my whole body just started to decompose in living daylight. Studying is painful to me. i cant sit down and concentrate! it aint my thing.

i HATE all sorts of exams and test and whatever that evaluates me. Even from childhood days i detested it and the pressure of evaluation has the power to change my mood into a bitch, insomnia and worst- i fall sick super easily before the evaluation. weird? yes..even piano exams freaked me out !! now i think back..the car license exam, motor exam, balloon test, interviews, multiple hundreds of  school test and exams, public exams , bible quiz in church, scrutinized by bf's family and rubbish etc.. ALL MAKE ME very frustrated and edgy! 

REVOLTING bitchy evaluations!! shit

sadly, even after uni i cant run away from it! future job and life..haihz..

Honestly speaking my motivation is low, i'm very irritated n sleepy rite now.

Just to share a few words from the bible reading i did tonight to end this bad week:

 Proverbs 12:18

 Reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise bring healing.

Truthful lips endure forever but a lying tongue lasts only for a moment.

No harm befalls the righteous but the wicked have their fill of trouble.

Unhealthy attitudes of anger, frustration,irritation, stress, guilt and insecurity all contribute to damaging speech. Words have the power to build up or tear down. i find myself guilty of slander, gossip and cursing. The reading was applicable today. Time to watch what i say. I want to have a life LESS of trouble.

 i apologize if i'm acting weird or saying things that are awful..it will all go away soon.

Whacky interesting news from the world

 

Hannibal the killer swan

A swan in a quiet rural pond in the United Kingdom has killed 15 other swans in just a few months.

The killer swan - which has been dubbed Hannibal, a serial killer in the film Hannibal  - attacked the other birds by beating them with its beak, wings and feet.

It would attack the swans until they drowned in the pond in Pembroke Castle, West Wales.

Hannibal will undergo blood tests to find the reason for its aggression.

Maria Evans, an animal worker at Pembroke Castle's pond, said: "I've never come across such an aggressive bird.

"It is an absolutely horrible swan and people really don't like it. I've lost count of the times I've been to pick up dead and injured swans.”

Ruth Harrison, 25, said: "I've seen Hannibal attacking other swans and it is quite unpleasant.

"After the killing, it swims around the pond with its wings up, looking so proud of what it has done.

"And if its victims are injured on the bank, it just won't let them back in the water."

Hannibal carried out its first attack in February.

Evans said: "The water in the pond is very brackish, salty, polluted and lack of nutrients can be responsible for nasty behaviour in swans.

"Once we have the results of the tests, we can decide Hannibal's future. But I know that people wouldn't be sorry to see it go."
Source: The Telegraph, UK

Octomom gets a porn movie offer

Desperate situation calls for desperate measures.
Octomom Nadya Suleman, who's reportedly having financial woes, has been offered US$500,000 (RM1.5 million) to appear in a porn video.
In documents obtained exclusively by TMZ, Vivid Entertainment revealed that it would pay the large sum to the mother of 14 if she agreed to appear in "one scene for one hour" in one of their adult films.
Read their offer to her: "[We can] arrange for [payment] to happen quickly so that you will get paid in advance of your October 9th deadline."
Suleman is reportedly having trouble providing for her family after failing to secure a book or TV deal, and that she will soon be forced to apply for welfare aid as well as vacate her home by next month.
Vivid Entertainment has previously offered Suleman US$1 million (RM3.1 million) for a similar tape in 2009. But she turned it down.
Source: www.tmz.com
Published Sept 20 2010

Man forced wife to wear only panties

The stairs Ding was forced to climb by her husband

A Taiwan court has granted a 35-year-old woman a writ of habeas corpus against her violent and abusive husband.
Not long after their marriage in March, the husband had started to abuse and assault the woman, surnamed Ding, of Taipei.
He forced her to wear only panties at home.
The husband, identified only as Zhang, also woke her up in the middle of the night and forced her to ascend and descend the flights of stairs at Baikuo Shan Park for hours.
According to the woman, she needed to get permission from Zhang, also 35, even to go to the bathroom.
"He would not allow me to leave his sight."
Ding - a married woman with an eight-year-old child - met Zhang over the Internet in September last year.
She fell in love with him and left home to live with Zhang in Changhua, some 200km away.
Ding married Zhang in March after divorcing her husband of 10 years.
She said Zhang treated her very well at first, but his attitude changed soon after they got married.
Zhang began to abuse her – forcing her to stay under the hot sun while wearing thick clothing and assaulted her.
He also disallowed her to contact her family and friends.
On Friday night, Ding – who could not stand the abuse anymore - sought help from the Yuanlin domestic violence prevention team.
A team member sent Ding to the police station and she immediately applied for a writ of habeas corpus from the court.
Due to the seriousness of the case, Changhua court granted Ding the writ right away at pre-dawn on Saturday.

Source: United Daily News, Taiwan

Body-shaping suit saves woman from being raped

 An insurance agent, who was almost raped by her client, was saved by her body-shaping undergarment in Taiwan.

The 30-year-old victim had visited her client in Chiayi in May.

At the man's house, he suddenly dragged her to a room on the second floor and attempted to rape her.

The married women pretended that she wanted to use the toilet and was then dragged to the toilet downstairs.

The 45-year-old man pushed her onto the floor, tore off her jacket and skirt, and then molested her.

But after a while, the man let her go when he failed to unhook her body-shaping suit.

The furious man then ordered the woman to write an IOU for a sum of NT$200,000 (RM19,580).

He let her go after she promised to bank in the money at once.

The woman ran out of the house and telephoned her husband for help. She lodged a police report later.

She suffered injuries on her hands, chest and thighs.

The man has been charged in court.

Source: United Daily News

Man detained for chaining up his adopted daughters

Police have detained a man in East China's Jiangxi province in Beijing for abusing four adopted daughters and chaining two of them up for nearly a week in an empty building.
The 38-year-old father, identified only by his surname Yang, was detained for child abuse, the Nanchang-based New Legal Report said on Friday.
The two four-year-old girls, nicknamed Baobao and Beibei, were found by a security guard on Tuesday in ragged clothes and covered with mosquito bites, the report said.
They were each shackled at their wrists by a 1.5-m chain attached to a water pipe in a bare room in the building, it added.

Above: Two girls are locked up by iron chains in a room in Jiujiang, Jiangxi province on Sept 14. Below: The two girls are dressed in clean clothes after they were rescued by local police on Sept 14. Image source: Gu Weidong / for China Daily

The girls said their father came back every night to feed them and they even urged the security guard not to unlock them out of fear of facing worse punishment, it said.
"On Tuesday afternoon, some workers found a child craning her neck and looking out from a window on the fifth floor. They were surprised because the building had only been completed a few days before and no one had moved in," Lei Cunquan, the director of a local property management company, was quoted as saying by the report.
"We were shocked to see such a terrible scene when we opened the door. The two girls were terrified and curled up in a corner when they were touched," he said.
The two girls refused to be set free after workers cut the iron chains, Lei said.
"We will be beaten to death if you release us," Lei quoted one of the girls as saying. "My father locked us up here and brings us food every night. We can only be unchained when we have meals."
But both of them denied Yang was their natural father.
After local police caught Yang, they also rescued another two girls nicknamed Sisi and Lele, who are three and six years old  respectively, in a house where Yang's mother was living.
Sisi and Lele told police that Yang frequently beat them.
After being contacted by local police, Baobao and Beibei's natural parents said Yang had adopted the two girls, the New Legal Report said.
Further investigation was underway, local police said on Friday.
Yang could be sentenced for up to seven years in prison if convicted of abusing the girls.
At present, the four girls are being cared for by the city's orphanage.
"Although their bodies have gradually recovered and all of them play happily with other children, the event was very damaging to them psychologically and the scars will last for a long time," said Wu Jie, director of the orphanage.
"If they can't return to their homes, we will take them into the orphanage and help them find suitable foster families in the future."

Source: China Daily

Tongue Boy' licks world record

An Australian man has earned himself a place in the newly-released 2011 Guinness Book of World Records after his tongue was declared the widest in the world.
Jay Sloot, 25, who is known as "Tongue Boy" to his friends, can lift 375ml cans of soft drink with his tongue, which has been measured at 7.9cm wide.

Jay Sloot's tongue has been measured at 7.9cm wide

Sloot, who works at his family-owned business at the WA Water Ski Park in Perth's southern outskirts, said he realised he was a little different five years ago.
But he has taken to his new status, especially since he got to enjoy a free trip to Rome earlier this year for the filming of a television show for the famous record book.
Where his record is concerned, Sloot feels he's got it covered after being five years on top.
"I reckon I have them covered for a few more years," News.com.au quoted him as saying.
Source: ANI

mode: Stress

THIS IS THE CONDITION OF MY beloved MOTOR!!

the metal bracket broke off with my motor body hence it had to be taken apart like some lego set ( no battery,oil tank, wires and body) and solder back with iron. I was more horrified to find out that it was an accident bike with many patches before this (its a2nd hand scooter)

My mood is cranky due to PMS, lack of sleep, clowning work that i have to reject cause i promised to spend more time with Buan and also due to the fact that my motor is down and i have no car, i'm short on money, i'm angry the sat test cant come faster cause its nerve wrecking waiting to sit for it (eventho its short and simple) , i'm angry that Buan is demanding these days, i'm angry with the state of my face with billions of pimples coming out destroying my good skin.

HELL i'm angry with everything!

to cool down i was editing some photos of recent activities and it did put out that fire in me.. among them were-

German food that Buan brought me to eat during weekend. top is pork chop and bottom is chicken 

i got to meet with Jamie in church last sunday..i missed her ever since she went to KL to study! she was my loyal sit next to me buddy in church

The crazy bunch of hometown friends came to penang (one is hiding away from this pic) just to eat lunch. they were on a road trip and i had to skip thai class to bring them out!

i got to try the new MCD shaker (with cheese) reminds me of Super Ring i use to buy when primary school time. currently collecting the Powerpuff Girls from happy meal. (this week is the last one) 

Got to celebrate moon cake festival with all my housemates (excluding Jave cause he was busy) we ate BUFFET streamboat + bbq!! i ate tons of fried sotong and ice creams!! WHEEE

So if i look at life at the end of the day its not miserable, its just packed this weekend and i have many commitments to fulfilled..sometimes its so burdensome, sometimes its better no uni, no bf, no clowning, no expectations...sigh..God give me strength and wisdom to survive this week. Thank u. Amen

'Johnny Sunshine' is full of violent sex

Johnny Sunshine: Maximum Violence (2008)
Starring: Shey Bland, Eric Halsell, John Patrick McCauley and Josh Winkerbean
Director: Matt Yaeger
Rating: Four of Ten

In a dark future world overrun with zombies, Johnny Sunshine (Bland) is the hottest star in the snuff porn/zombie porn business. the film followers her through a couple of typical blood-soaked, drug-addled workdays while the producer and distributor of her films, Max (Halsell), plots to sell her boyd and soul to a corrupt cop named Stein (McCauley) so he can secure his entry into a walled city as a full citizen.


"Johnny Sunshine" is a film that mixes the cyberpunk and zombie movie genres quite effectively. It's a natural mix, as heartless societies are the mainstay of both (at least in the "after the fall" mode). It's a film that I sat down to watch, expecting to love, despite its obvious low budget.

But, then the torture porn started. I'm not talking "torture porn' in the "Saw" sense here... I mean literal torture porn. Long sequences of it. Sequences where our "heroine" rips a man's tongue out with a pair of pliers while having sex with him, and another where she rapes a young woman to death with a crowbar.

It was horrible stuff, and it was beyond my tolerance limit. I'm already a little squeamish when it comes to movie violence, but throw in sex at the same time and you've made a movie that isn't for me.

The on-screen snuff porn aspect aside, there's an interesting storyline unfolding in the film that details the complete and total corruption of society, and it presents a healthy dose of George Romero-esque social satire on the whole reality TV movement that's been taking every media segment by storm. The story would have been a little stronger if there had been something likable about Johnny, but it's hard to care about the fate of a character after you've watched her rape a girl to death with a crowbar. The ending is in keeping with the tone of the film and Johnny's personality and it actually made me revise my overall opinion of the film upward. it's actually one of those rare perfect endings and it shows that screenwriter Sean-Michael Argo has a keen sense of story (crowbar-rape scenes aside).

The acting in the film is a better than average for what is usually found in this kind of movie made with this kind of budget and Shey Bland is an attractive and charismatic actress (which gives the Johnny Sunshine character more appeal that she might otherwise have had given the repulsive things she does). The make-up effects and fight scenes are average, which means they fight choreography leaves something to be desired and more than once it's obvious that blows don't connect due either to bad camera placement or actors not hitting their marks properly.

If you can stomach the repulsive sexual violence in this film, it is actually a nice little hybrid genre picture. It makes me wonder what director Matt Yaeger and writer Argo might come up with if they do a second movie. I see talent here, and I'm interested in seeing how it develops with experience. I likewise hope to see Shey Bland again in the future--this is her first and, so far, only film credit--as she appears to be an interesting and talented actress.

'Biting the hand that feeds you' has another meaning when cannibalism is involved

The Severed Arm (1973)
Starring: David G. Cannon, Paul Carr, Marvin Kaplan, and Deborah Wally
Director: Thomas S. Alderman
Rating: Three of Ten Stars

Trapped by a cave-in in a remote, abandoned mine, five men cut the arm off of another companion in order to ward off starvation. Five years later, the man they mutilated seemingly returns to seek bloody revenge on them. Viewer boredom and an utterly predictable "twist" follow.


"The Severed Arm" is a low-budget film that's too slow-moving to be a real thriller and nowhere near intense or violent enough to even approach the status of slasher-flick. With its bland, badly acted characters, dippy electronic score (that sounds at times like someone is just pushing random keys on a Moog synthesizer), and its multitude of plot holes and characters behaving stupidly for no reason other than to advance the plot, there really isn't much to recommend this film aside from the occassional glimmer of creative camera work and some nice lighting of night scenes and dark rooms. The final few minutes do finally manage to bring a little bit of horror sensibility to the film, but it's really too little, too late. (In addition to being pretty much be exactly where I was expecting the movie to head all along.)

In fact, I think the only reason to see this film is to look at those nicely done lighting set-ups. On a couple of occassions, they manage to evoke some drama in this otherwise dull movie. (On the flipside of that, there's also an extended night sequence that's so badly lit it's hard to figure out what the heck is happening.)

Clowning tips!!

 Hello!!

On friday and Sat i had the best clowning experience EVER!!

why u ask?

 because i became a BALLOONIST means a clown but without the silly oily make up and clown suit and itchy red nose - SAME PAY!!!

my own costume to look friendly and young to the kids!

these are orphans from a Islam charity home..event was held in Rasa Sayang Resort (very high class)

Sandra the ballonist and Don don the clown..

Yesterday i went to Evergreen Laurel Hotel on Persiaran Gurney and had a great suprise!
i went to the 1st floor thinking it was a rich kid's party cause the client was fussy and demanded i come half an hour earlier to show face n brief me on things! (since when clowns needed briefing!)


I went on time but to my horror it was NO birthday party or whatever...but instead

a CHINESE WEDDING DINNER with hundreds and hundreds of guests!! omg..my job only asked for 1 hour. how in the world can i ever make everyone satisfied and run away on time? i have NEVER done wedding reception dinner EVER!!


THANK GOD i survived the tsunami of children and greedy adults asking for their grandmother, aunties, cousins and god mothers from dunno where (one lady asked for 10 flower bracelets! madness) and as i was leaving i made one big beautiful multiple love shape balloon and gave it to the bride and her dad gave me  a

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big fat RM 50 tips in angpow!!!

WOHOOOWWOOO!! give me more wedding next time babeh!! no make up, no fuss, tons of smiles and money.
i'm greedy i admit. reality lah ...
SUPER worth it all the time! ;P

Saturday Scream Queen: Irene Ware

Irene Ware is among one of the most under-appreciated actresses of the 1930s, both in her own time and now. She might not have had Fay Wray's pipes in the screaming department, but few damsels in distress have ever had the ability to light up the screen whenever they appeared... not to mention elevate entire movies by just being in them.

Irene Ware used $1,000 won in a 1926 beauty contest to move to Hollywood in search of show-business stardom. Like many actresses her day, she appeared in movies of every possible genre, but in almost every role she showed amazing grace and poise. These qualities shined especially brightly during her starring turns in "The Dark Hour", the "Return of Chandu" serial and "The Raven," one of the best films that Bela Lugosi appeared in.

As the 1930s wore on, Ware found herself getting smaller and smaller parts, rather than moving up the starlet food chain. In 1940, Irene Ware retired permanently from screen acting after marrying writer John Meehan. She passed away in 1993.

SwallowTyre Review

Hi pepz, today main activity is: sleeping and eating alot and stream watching True Blood series online.

I wish the holidays never end lah..best sangat. Tonight going clowning as balloonist means without make-up! Same pay! hurrah!!

When i came back to Penang to my surprise Buan changed my motor tyres for me from old heavy tube lousy  tyres to better ones front and back! The specific tyre we're talking about today is:

 SWALLOW TUBELESS TYRES 70/90 for Nouvo bikes.

Price- RM55-65 (depending on how u bargain)

i love my scooter very much u know

The front tyre slimmer and tubeless means it has no tube hence if it gets puncured the air comes out very very slowly saving precious time to get to the repair workshop. no need to pump air so often as well!

Check out the lines. makes breaking faster and safer when raining/ slippery roads

What i love the most about the new tyre is that its super light and my bike suddenly can move faster, fuel efficient (save rm2 per week on petrol) and handling is so much easier. my SUPER heavy bike magically transformed into "POWER STEERING"

now i'm a safe rider with safe tyres back and front. They make a hell of a difference to your driving experience. NEVER buy china cheapskate tyres even though they are cheap cause they have a risk of bursting when hot.

PROS: Fuel efficient, Better grip for breaking, Power steering easy handling and parking, Faster speed with little throttle

CONS: breaks can be too strong and jerky, hard to handle when speed is high (shaking)

VERDICT: ONE HAPPY SATISFIED CUSTOMER and CLOWN who is going places faster, better and safer!

ABC in 18SX version

Remember i posted a few clips on Namewee the rude crude brave rapper?
i just found this on you tube. its 18SG and 18SX...so if ur underage just close your eyes ok?
this got me rolling in laughter. watch with an open mind. haha
MUST watch

'God of Vampires' is okay fusion of genres

God of Vampires (2010)
Starring: Dharma Lim, Ben Wang, Morris Chung, Evan Lam, Shy Theerakulstit, and Jason Argento
Director: Rob Fitz
Rating: Five of Ten Stars

Hit man Frank Ng (Lim) knows that in his line of work one kills first and asks questions later. But when a contract brings him into direct conflict with a powerful Chinese vampire lord, Frank discovers that he probably should have asked some questions. With undead stalking and killing everyone around him--even those he happens to pass on the street--Frank turns to an underground doctor and specialist in the occult (Wang) for help. But can even ancient Chinese secrets stop the wrathful onslaught of the undead?


"God of Vampires" is one of those movies that was a labor of undying love and the product of unyielding dedication. Director/co-writer Rob Fitz and his cast of actors have been spending weekends for ten years working on this film. Interviews with cast members and one of the directors of photography, as well as behind-the-scenes documentary footage included on the recently released DVD chronicle the often-times difficult, more-often-than-not stressful process of part-time filmmaking on a tiny budget. These extras are worth the price of the DVD by themselves if you're thinking about making a movie with your buddies, or perhaps even trying to move it up a step and actually get real talent to work with you on it. They are also interesting viewing and far more useful than the usual promotional crap masquerading as documentary material one usually finds on DVDs.

But, from a horror movie viewer's perspective, did the ten years of blood (both real and fake), sweat, and tears pay off?

For the most part, yes. The film is an interesting fusion of the horror and action genres that has at its center a Chinese spin on vampires and undead that many of us who consume a steady diet of coffin-sleeping emos with vaguely eastern European-sounding names will find fresh and usual. The action is generally well-staged--even if there are a couple of points where creative camera placement is used in attempts to hide a few budget short-falls and the limits to what could be done stunt-wise and location-wise--with the fights scenes being exceptionally well-staged for a film at this level of production. The acting is also superior to what I've come to expect from low-budget films. Finally, Fitz and his cinematographers had a great sense for dramatic visuals, and they picked great locations and then maximized them with some excellent camera-work. All in all, I don't think I've come across a more enjoyable fusion of vampire lore since the first time it was done with "The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires."

However, the film does have its flaws. The biggest of these is the fact that when it should be building to a frenetic climax, it seems instead to slow down. From the point where our group of in-over-their-head vampire killers walk up to the vampire lord's lair in cool-looking slow-motion, what had been a fast-moving film suddenly feels like it is dragging, despite all the violence and mayhem that is unfolding. Even the final battle between Frank and the vampire lord seems like it goes on for a little too long, despite the fact that it features some nice stunt-fighting and sword-play. Part of the problem is that for the first time in the film there are times when characters stop to deliver lines or jokes at times that are completely out of step with the overall flow of events, but a bigger problem is that it's difficult to follow what's going on because many of the scenes during these important climactic battles were either underlit or the film was over-exposed. While one problem could have been fixed with some re-evaluation of the final cut, the other one was probably insurmountable with a movie made by part-timers over the span of a decade.

All in all, though, the good outweighs the bad, and this DVD is worth a look by both lovers of vampire movies and those contemplating making films themselves.





(Oh... and all the gore and gun-play effects are done the old-fashioned way, with squibs and blood-packs and real firearms loaded with blanks. None of this digital nonsense that is showing up everywhere. "God of Vampires" is Exhibit #1 in the case that the old ways are still the best ways when it comes to movie violence.)