The Hostel

Went out with Ben, Meiqi and Yuanru today... been quite a long time since we all went out. Was rather last minute... so SORRY for all those who I never ask! ArrRR! Hahaha.. planning is tough work! :(

Met up at city hall, and went to Suntec for Ben and Jerry ice-cream! Really sinful, but OMG so delicious! Makes up for missing the free scoop of B&J ice-cream on Wednesday... or so I keep persuading myself -.- Decided to watch The Hostel.. sounded like a good movie (horror)... had the impression it was a korean/japanese horror show.. or so we thought! More about that later...

Anyway, the movie was at 6, and we had time to kill... so we just walked around aimlessly. Something interesting caught our eye.. you know those shops with lots of machines to win soft toys... manipulating their 'claws' and attempting to pick up the soft toys. Yeah... well, there was this persistent guy who was trying to win a Pooh-Bear toy for his girlfriend.. and that was kind of weirdly drawing and fascinating, judging by the small crowd that gathered to watch. There were so many close shaves.. and even us spectators felt pity everytime the bear lifted into the air.. but dropped at the last moment:( But! Gotta admire that guy's persistence man... after lots of tries, he finally got it! =) And it was more of a fluke of luck than actual aiming, since Pooh wasn't actually lifted up.. but rather tipped into the chute:) Oh wells, good things come to those who deserve it I guess... we even gave a little cheer when it happened:)

After that, went to Toys'R'Us to walk around... some fascinating toys around indeed.. Reminded me of how much I want to play munchkins again *hint hint*. After that, we sat around talking until the movie finally started...

About the movie... sigh... it was really a horror to watch. And no, I did not mean that in a good way. The Hostel has gotta be one of the worst "horror" shows I've ever watched.. if you can even consider it horror. Lots of gore and gruesome scenes... but absolutely no scare, no tension, no fear, no plot, no storyline. In fact, I can't think of anything really good about it.. unless you're someone who enjoys watching torture perhaps. Bah! Seriously a waste of my time and money. For god's sake.. the first quarter of the show was totally crap... minor bit of character development... lots of sex/flesh.. Almost no storyline to speak of... Geez... I mean, I'm a guy and of course we enjoy watching such stuff... and I know sex sells. But hey! Putting that kinda stuff in a movie for no reason whatsoever, with no help to the storyline, plot etc etc... Useless I'd say. Even had the girls ask us if this was really a horror show after 20 minutes into the film.. Haiz...
Anyways... if anyone wants to watch it.. please please think again! Ugh.

On the other hand, after the show, we walked around (aimlessly again:P) in circles, before finally deciding on TCC to chill out and chat. However, when we got there, the place was full, so we ended up at the next door Gelaré for drinks:) Talked a lot til 11+ before heading home:) Was an enjoyable day after all, despite the lousy movie!


P.S. Just sent resumé to 2 part time job applications! Praying hard to get something!!