Review: The Sorcerers Apprentice

Posted in Movies, Review on 02 Sep 2010 at 2:11 pm

Master sorcerer Balthazar Blake recruits a seemingly everyday guy in his mission to defend New York City from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath.

Nicholas Cage as one of Merlin’s Apprentices and Jay Baruchel as the dorky New Yorker who turns out to have a magic in his blood. The movie is an action packed fun movie from Disney, with lots of magic and entertainment. I’m not the biggest fan of Nicholas Cage but he sometimes does a good job, with this movie its pretty fun but the bad guys aren’t developed enough so that you really hate them, and Jay plays the dorky character perfectly. It’s great when you have a character to direct your hatred towards but Maxim Horvath was more on the entertaining side, the magic was fun but not the greatest movie but I left the movie entertained.

Link: IMDB
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Samurai Demise

Posted in TV on 02 Sep 2010 at 11:38 am

Up until the 1800s there were Samurais in Japan, then came the battle between the gun and the sword, but the Samurai spirit still lives within the Japan. The sad part is that even the acting roles of Samurai practitioners has decreased drastically over the past few years. I don’t even remember seeing a really good Samurai movie in a while, these guys practice sword fighting constantly to perfect their form, and it would be a huge loss if we lost this art form.

Emirates – The Upgrade

Posted in Personel, Travel on 02 Sep 2010 at 8:38 am

Going off on a long trip you always wonder what you have forgotten, I don’t think I have forgotten anything yet. Packed up all my cloths and my carry on for a long trip, headed to the airport with plenty of time. My flight take off time was at 6:05 pm so its before futoor and I have been up since 8 am and hungry as hell. After check-in I wondered why I don’t get a starbucks since I’m hungry but then I remembered I’m fasting. Got to the lounge and I was one of the few non-foreigner sitting in the lounge, I’m assuming most people prefer to travel after sunset. The plane was a little delayed but not too bad, as soon as I got to the gate they took my ticket and slashed the seat number from 9J to 2J, I wasn’t sure why but I didn’t bother. When I got to the plane I found out that they upgraded me from Business to First Class which is great, that hasn’t happened to me in years and I was surprised. When I asked why they said its because of my Skyward Card, I was happy and got comfortable. I was just waiting for the prayer time to break my fast, and as soon as it did I asked for a date and water, then prayed in my seat. As soon as the plane took off the steward brought my food right away since he saw I was hungry as hell, I ate like a starved man, and the food hit the spot before settling down to watch a movie.

Halo: Reach – Deliver Hope

Posted in Games on 31 Aug 2010 at 12:05 pm

Nothing left for the count down to finish until the release of Halo Reach. I don’t know what to expect but my expectations are high, I’m expecting lots of gaming hours and lots of fun. I’m looking forward to getting my hands on it and playing endless hours of multiplayer and getting annihilated, and beating the campaign mode and kicking ass on XBox Live! When I see these teasers I think they should really make the movie, I’m annoyed they haven’t yet.

Review: Iron Man – Extremis

Posted in Anime, Comics, TV on 31 Aug 2010 at 9:12 am

There is no doubting that I am a huge comic fan, but surprisingly I’m no the biggest fan of Iron Man since Tony Stark annoys me a bit, but this is different. This is not an animated tv show but rather an animated comic or to be exact motion comics, which is mix still and moving images to give this very cool comic feel, it feels like the comic is alive and the action in the Iron Man Extremis series is amazing. The story revolves around the Extremis experiment which helps explain some of the Iron Man development, you can see the trailer below for a brief short of the show and the idea of motion comics.

After watching this I downloaded other motion comics but Iron Man Extremis set the standard high with diverse set of characters, excellent animation and great sound. It has this noir feeling to it but seeing the Iron Man in action is fantastic, I’m just frustrated that the episodes were so short, I wanted a lot more. The action is great and the flow is fantastic, well worth watching and I hoping to see more Motion Comics of this caliber.

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Tricolore – Hungry?

Posted in Food, Personel on 30 Aug 2010 at 11:43 am

When you break your fast on an airplane the last thing you want is airplane food so I decided to just have a date and a glass of water and wait until I landed. This is what I call the Tricolore, three types of rice and chickens to match. I was looking forward to laying back after eating that dish and watching some tv. I know some of you might be wondering about my diet, it is still going on and I am maintaining a weight around 92 KGs. The next step is going to be consistently exercising but that is going to be a plane for a later stage. But that really hit the spot.

Oman For The Day

Posted in Travel, Work on 30 Aug 2010 at 8:49 am

I usually try my hardest not to travel in Ramadan as it takes a toll on a person and I honestly can’t justify breaking my fast during these short trips in the Gulf. This one came up urgently as I had to go to Oman for the day full of meetings and they started from early in the morning with three meetings in total.

We came in on the Oman Air flight the night before and staying at The Chedi hotel. After my last stay I don’t think I want to stay anywhere else in Oman but sadly the restaurant closes at 10:30 pm and we arrived around 1:30 am. But the hotel was comfortable as usual with only about 50% capacity it was relatively empty but we didn’t get to enjoy the resort much other then relaxing because we were fasting. But the weather was amazing between 23 to 28 degrees, with mild humidity which wasn’t too bad, it was very pleasant. As soon as we were done we relaxed at the hotel for about an hour and half before heading to the airport to catch our 7 pm flight back, the best part of the hotel is their very good policy about late check out. The next time I go to Oman I plan on renting a car and getting a little lost, I’m curious about a few different places there.

The Wallee – iPad Wall Mount

Posted in Accessories, Computer, Electronics on 29 Aug 2010 at 12:01 pm

There are lots of iPad addicts out there and I know I am one of them, you want it everywhere, in your bedroom, living room, office, kitchen and even your bathroom. I always wondered about mounting the iPad to the wall with some information for me such as temperature, or the music playing on the system, or any other information presented on it. Until now there wasn’t a simpler mount then Wallee, you have the case on your iPad with multiple mounts in your kitchen, office, bedroom, and even outdoors next to your bbq if you’d want. The Wallee uses a patented wall plate with locking “X” that you can put almost anywhere and a hard protective shell for the iPad itself. I purchased four mounts and two cases since I want to install it in a few places to present information for me or play back family pictures for me. This is the perfect simple mount, and its very clean with a just one draw back is that you have to drill into the wall to install the mount but its small and I don’t mind seeing. If you are looking for a mount then this is the mount for you.

Link: TheWallee

M5 RingTaxi – The GreenHell

Posted in Car, Travel on 29 Aug 2010 at 8:58 am

As any man who has an inkling to cars and driving fast I know of the Nuremberg Ring aka The GreenHell. One of the most sought after tracks in the world, every manufacturer tests their cars on that track to beat out other manufacturers. There was even that little shuffle between Porsche and Nissan, and Porsche threw a tantrum about a Japanese manufacturer beating them on their turf. I want to drive on the Nuremberg Ring and its simple to do it but I was think that I lack the skill to drive on it since a lot of professional drivers are on their at the same time, so its a no mercy situation, but their is a small solution and that would be the BMW M5 Ring Taxi. For €195 you can take a lap in a BMW sponsored M5 for the track with a professional driver. I would want to try it out to see what I could learn from the professional driver before taking my shot at it.

Some Interesting Facts about those M5 “Taxis”

• Tires changed every 10 Laps
• Brake Pads Changed every 20 Laps
• Suspension Changed every 50 Laps
• Cars Changed Annually

Back To The Future Trilogy to Blu-Ray

Posted in Movies on 28 Aug 2010 at 7:32 pm

This is probably one of the greatest movies from the late 80s and early 90s, I even remember watching each and every one of those movies on betamax, except for BTTF III which I saw in the cinema. The one thing that stuck in my mind was the flying skate board of Marty McFly and how he never fell off and managed to stay on. If there was any movie to be a classic of the 80s then this would be it, I know I’m going to get this on Blu Ray when its out. And I loved Dr Brown he was hilarious and always getting shocked, I don’t know how many kids who knew what a Flux Capacitor or how much was a Jigawat but it helped Marty & Dr Brown time travel, and I loved the movie music. It was the peak of Michael J Fox, everybody wanted him and I loved that he made these great movies.