There's always hope

I saw this sign on the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco. Do they really think this sign is going to stop people? Well, I guess it did do its' job since I didn't jump after attending to my company meetings. Remember people, there's always hope.

Flying fun..

Well it's been about a year since my last flight. The flying experience seems to have changed alot since I last flew (probably had something to do with me having a wireless connection at the Maple Leaf lounge with free alcohol). I mean, it's a late flight and I'm expecting a nice dinner but I find out, there's no more free meals! No more "Do you want chicken or fish? Well we only have fish so too bad". Now it's "Do you want to buy something?". What's with that? The flight is so expensive as is and you can't even afford to give me even a bag of chips or cookies? Air Canada sucks...or maybe it's a new policy for other companies as well. I decided against purchasing a meal at first but broke down around 11pm and bought myself a chicken fajita sandwhich. I gulfed that baby down within minutes and went to the back of the plane to throw out the garbage. The steward asked me "WHAT?? You finished already??". I told him that I was hungry. I think he felt sorry for me and gave me a muffin and some crackers! BOOYA!! Play on their emotions and you can still get the free food!

Beside me, there was a pretty tall dude. Man he tried to go to sleep right at the beginning of the flight but he kept moving! He couldn't sit still since he was very uncomfortable. He tried to place his pillow on the seat in front him, to the right, to the left...he even put his feet on the seat between us! PEOPLE, KEEP YOUR FEET OFF THE SEATS! No one wants to smell them! His movement was driving me crazy. Tip for that dude, GET AN AISLE seat next time!

The Maple Leaf Lounge

I'm at Terminal 2 right now at the Toronto Airport and I'm sitting in the Maple Leaf lounge thanks to a free guest pass from my manager. This place is sweet! Free drinks, free food, and free wireless internet connections. Too bad there's no free phone calls. They have phones around but you need a phone card. I guess they expect the people that come to this lounge to be upscale enough to not carry quarters in their jean pockets. Oh well....now I can surf porn while waiting for the plane to leave. This makes the airport trips much more fun. The chairs are comfortable and I have a nice little table that my laptop is sitting on (yes I can have kids still).

My friend said you can't pass out though since you won't hear when your flight leaves, however, I just heard an announcement for an Air Canada flight so he's wrong. I took a couple of crappy photos so I'll put them up later (I didn't want to walk around and take some nice shots since everyone seems to be lounging and I didn't want to disturb them).

Oooh, here comes my personal stripper...lap dance baby! Just kidding.

Last Life In The Universe

Last night, I watched a Thai film called Last Life In The Universe. It's about a Japanese librarian who wants to kill himself until the death of a girl brings him in contact with the dead girl's sister. Now I'm not sure why I am intrigued with this film since I'm not even sure if I completely understand it, but, I loved how the director develops thei relationship between them. This is not a boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy wins girl back. This is a drama with some dark comedy sprinkled throughtout the film. I'm not a film critic/reviewer so if you are interested in learning more about the film, you can find more info from the imdb link below:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0345549/

If you don't like artsy films and want everything spelt out for you, this movie is not for you. I think the director wanted the audience to interpret the events in their own way.

Volcano High

I watched the Korean movie Volcano High on the weekend. Basically it's about a high school where all the students know martial arts and belong to a specific club (i.e. Kendo, weight-lifting, Rugby club). There's a secret manuscript that will give the owner some supreme Martial Arts power. The principal owns this manuscript but the vice principal and the leader of the weight-lifting club hatch a plot to steal the manuscript. I don't want to give too much away but eventually, all the clubs get into a battle to determine who the best is. Of course, there's one transfer student who possesses some extreme power but is unfortunately, a pacifist. You can probably guess how it's going to end...did I tell you there's a girl involved?

Anyways, I really liked the premise of this film. I'm a big fan of anime and martial art films and this movie combines them both. Nothing like a good high school fighting film. So what did I think of it? Although this movie had some funny moments, it really bored the hell out of me. I was sitting throughout the whole movie, waiting with anticipation, on some awesome wacky, over the top fight scene which would blow my mind away. But what did I get? Shit worse than a Van Damme film...ok no movie is worse than a Van Damme film but you can feel my dissappointment. Very standard kicks and punches. Sure there were some CG but it was soooooo dull. They introduced all these cool characters from different clubs but the fights last less than a minute. Directors, listen up! If you are going to make a martial arts film, make the fights last long! For example, did you see the bathroom fight in Jet Li's Unleashed? OH MAN. THAT'S DA SHIT RIGHT THERE! The funny thing is, someone released Volcano High dubbed by hip hop artists such as Snoop Dogg. Maybe I should have seen that version instead... I love how the cover doesn't even have the actors in the film. It looks like the rappers are actually acting in it....good ol' Hollywood.

What's He Doing?

As I walked into my company's washroom, I noticed that there was a guy in one of the washroom stalls. The strange thing about this was that his feet were facing the toilet. Ok, our washroom has one urinal so it's possible that the urinal was taken at the time so the dude needed to go to the stall. However, I walked in, walked into the urinal, washed my hands, and walked out of the washroom. This dude was still facing the toilet and there was absolutely no noise.

So, what conclusion should I draw from this? All I know is that I won't forget those shoes and when I finally see them again on the dude, I'll be adding him to the list of people's hands that I will never shake...right next to the dude who walks out of the stall with a can of coke and then leaves the washroom without visiting the local sink.