The Five Ringgit Movie Experience

In Kuching, and many parts of Malaysia, Wednesday is Movie Day. A movie in Kuching that you would watch on any other day of the week for RM9/10 would set you back a mere RM5 on this special day.

Normally, the movie experience would be alike any other day of the week, but not for me today in this case.

What is the one horror faced when in tall buildings? Lift breakdown! And that was what greeted us when we arrived at the building where Star Cineplex was. So, up the stairs it was.

From the Upper Ground floor, to 1A.. 1B.. *Still chatting happily*… 4A….. 6B…. *Leg feels a bit sore* 8A… *Short of breath, almost there, almost there*. Finally, level 9A!

Hang on, why’s it so dark here? It looked more like a pub than a cineplex, with glowing movie posters being the only source of lighting. And wait.. it feels a bit warm, no air-conditioning too?!

Flickering candlelight lit up the ticketing office as customers were assured that there was air-cond in the theatre and people walked around in half-darkness, almost half blind.

When it was our turn, we found out that the only seats available were at the first two rows in front of the screen. SIgh, sorry girls it was partly my fault for being late. But it turned out to not be too bad, could enjoy the movie without neckache. Whew. Hehe. Not as bad as that time at GSC Midvalley when watching Ah Long Pte Ltd and we got front row seats, impossible to see the screen high up above us. So we ended up sitting along the stairs on the floor, very memorable.

Oh yea, another stupid thing, this time it was me that was stupid. I don’t know what came over me, maybe it was the heat, maybe it was the half-darkness, I bought a whole jumbo combo, medium sized popcorn and a large 7up. Apparently the girls weren’t too keen on popcorn as I was and I ended up eating half of the popcorn. Right till the end of watching the movie, I was still eating. Haha!

Kungfu Panda. Haha. Yea, that’s it. It was funny.

I loved how they made the Panda’s stomach so big and bouncy, cute! I loved how they showed that great strength can be found in the most unusual places. I loved the scene where they showed the kungfu-master-in-training tiger cub and the old-and-wise squirrel(?) Sifu flashback and they were standing together after the small cub delivered some cute, gutsy kungfu moves, and they were they same height! Cute and funny movie all in all. Shorter than I expected it to be, but still good. I’d watch this again with my little brother just to see how he would laugh at the scenes.

*Sugar high from popcorn wearing off as I type*

Getting out from the theatre, the cineplex was still in semi-darkness. Thanks to Jas and her mom/dad for giving us a ride to and from her house and the cineplex. I think I would have panicked if I went there alone and found the lifts spoilt and expecting me to walk up those stairs alone at night.

Whew. Wandkey can do with more outings, bring it on!

Wandkey Eats

Throughout my first year at uni at Semenyih, which is near enough to KL, I can count the amount of clothing I’ve bought with my two hands. Now that’s quite a feat, considering that most girls can accumulate quite a bit of shopping if they were in a place like KL. Nope, my money doesn’t go to shopping obviously. Where does it go? FOOD!!

Studying in a place like Semenyih, deprivation of good food is part of our everyday life. So when we do happen to be in the vicinity of good food, or are driven to the point of having to hunt it down, aaaah…

J.Co Donuts, the dark chocolate ones are divine. Yo Sushi. Gelatissimo. Tony Roma’s Chocolate Avalanche. Bangsar’s Banana Leaf Rice. Secret Recipe Cakes. Chili’s Cheesy Nachos and Fajitas. Sushi King. Saisaki’s Japanese Buffet with the tempura selection and yummylicious teppanyaki. William’s. Carl’s Junior!!

Oh the memories are coming back to me, just looking at the photos.

So, don’t you dare scoff or laugh at me when I take photos of almost everything I eat for the first time. I may not spend my money on things that I can keep for long, not on expensive branded clothes, nor electronics or the like.

But I choose to spend for that moment of satisfaction when the food finally arrives in front of you.. that brief moment when you stare at it, in anticipation of a good meal. Then you take a bite. Sometimes it’s a Mmmm moment, sometimes it’s not. Nevertheless, it’s the simple pleasure of self-indulgence, an experience made all the more enjoyable and memorable with friends or family around, while light-hearted chatter fills the air.

Without all that together, it’s just not the same.

Wandkey is feeling lonely…..

The New Beginning

Well hello there, you there who stumbled upon/was forced to read/got lost and ended up at this blog.

I left the automated WordPress blog post before this there so you can see that this blog actually just existed for more than 2 years (Set up a WordPress account for some kinda joint blog)! And now is officially “born” after its owner has moved from her ancient, soon to be 5 years old Xanga blog.

New Blog. New Experiences. New Beginning. I love new things!

And with this post, Cedric, you owe me a blogskin, I finally moved from Xanga! And no Jasmine, I wasn’t copycatting you, technically I already had this blog for ages. Haha.

Wah I feel sad, all my teenage years memories in my old blog, going to be “left on the shelf” to gather dust. Perhaps it’s just as well, I’m beyond my teenage years now, and don’t WordPress blogs in general look so pretty compared to most of Xanga’s? *Flabbergasted at design options available now*

Ok, so that’s it for a first post. Whew. Stay tuned.