TRAVEL TO PLACES: THAILAND CENTRAL FESTIVAL PHUKET

My Personal Experience: I went to Central Festival Phuket last April 29, 2011, together with my whole family. We went to the SFX Coliseum Cinema, bought some breads and ate at Yayoi Japanese Restaurant. We also explore other parts of Laguna Phuket like Canal Village, Banyan Tree, Dusit Thani, Factory Outlet, Outrigger Villas and Sheraton Grande!!!

Central Festival Phuket

120,000 square meters bursting with world-class products, Central Festival Phuket is the consummate one-stop shopping, non-stop entertainment complex for every Phuket resident and visitor. Enjoy the newest, largest, most complete shopping and entertainment complex in the South.

Source: http://www.centralfestivalphuket.com/aboutus.aspx

TRAVEL TO MOVIES: THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES

Director: Harald Zwart

Cast: Jamie Campbell Bower, Jemima West, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Kevin Zegers, Lena Headey, Lily Collins, Robert Sheehan

Plot: Based on the 2007 first book of "The Mortal Instruments" series by Cassandra Clare, after Clary Fray (Lily Collins) a seemingly ordinary teenager, witnesses a murder at a club, she finds out that her mother, Jocelyn, is attacked in their home in New York City and kidnapped by Valentine in his search of the Mortal Cup. She calls on a Shadow-hunter named Jace and his fellow Shadow-hunters, Alec and Isabelle Lightwood, to help her on her quest to rescue her mother and along the way finds out truths about her past and bloodline and becomes the person her mother feared she would become. Clary learns that Shadow-hunters are half-angel warriors and that she too has the powers of one. Clary then finds herself caught in a battle between forces she barely understands.

Source: http://movies.insing.com/movie/the-mortal-instruments-city-of-bones/id-3fe40000?nav=60100

My Movie Review: The movie is mystical and mysterious makes it little bit confusing but as it goes along the story becomes clearer. The relationship of lead characters kept me guessing and intrigued. Are they really siblings or not? And who are real enemies? The movie features lots of visual effects and revelations that makes me want to watch more. Lily Collins fits the role, she gives interesting presence that is fresh, young and divine to Clary's character. Looking forward to watch what will happen to them in the next chapters.

My Favorite Item: The Mortal Cup

Also known as the Angel's Cup, was a cup from Angel Raziel. It is one of the Mortal Instruments given the Angel Raziel to Jonathan Shadowhunter, the first Shadowhunter. 

Source: http://shadowhunters.wikia.com/wiki/The_Mortal_Cup

TRAVEL TO PLACES: SINGAPORE BUONA VISTA

My Personal Experience: I went to Buona Vista this year June 1, 2013, together with my brother and his girlfriend. We rode a train going to Buona Vista, went to The Star Vista and ate lunch at Xi Men Jie Taste of Taiwan. We explored the mall from bottom to top, we went to The Star Performing Arts Centre, Gong Cha Store, Morganti and mall's roof decks.

The Star Vista

As an award-winning architectural landmark within the Buona Vista area, The Star Vista is an urban retail sanctuary set within a uniquely integrated and natural environment. It's a seamless one-stop dining, entertainment, retail and services venue for shoppers.

Source: http://www.thestarvista.com/malls/static/subpage_about.aspx?id=mall

TRAVEL TO MOVIES: PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS

Director: Thor Freudenthal

Cast: Alexandra Daddario, Brandon T. Jackson, Douglas Smith, Jake Abel, Leven Rambin, Logan Lerman, Nathan Fillion, Paloma Kwiatkowski, Sean Bean, Stanley Tucci

Plot: Based on the second novel in the "Percy Jackson & the Olympians" series, this sequel to "The Lightning Thief" chronicles the adventures of thirteen-year-old demigod Percy Jackson as he and his friends, Annabeth Chase, Clarisse La Rue and Tyson, his half brother, rescue his satyr friend Grover from the Cyclops Polyphemus and try to save Camp Half-Blood from a Titan's attack by bringing the mythical Golden Fleece back to cure Thalia's poisoned pine tree.

Source: http://movies.insing.com/movie/percy-jackson-sea-of-monsters/id-c14f0000?nav=60200

My Movie Review: The movie is a splash expect lots of water action that is fresh to the eyes and young actors taking in-charge. I started the movie at the middle part cause I arrived early at the cinemas, I decided to repeat watching some parts to understand the movie better and I felt enlightened to the direction of their story. Logan Lerman puts hint of purity and innocence to Percy Jackson character especially on his eyes and Grover makes the scenes familiar and classic being black best friend or side kick to the male lead.

My Movie Item: Golden Fleece

It  is the fleece of the gold-hair, winged ram, which was held in Colchis. It figures in the tale of the hero Jason and his band of Argonauts, who set out on a quest for the fleece by order of King Pelias, in order to place Jason rightfully on the throne of Iolcus in Thessaly.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Fleece

TRAVEL TO PLACES: PHILIPPINES MANILA OCEAN PARK

My Personal Experience: I went to Manila Ocean Park last year April 3, 2012, together with my sister. We rode a train going to United Nation, station at LRT Line 1. We saw other landmarks like Manila Hotel, Department Of Tourism and Luneta Park. At Manila Ocean Park, took picture at the Seriland, 3D Theather, Trick Art Museum and Mirror Maze.

Manila Ocean Park

It's the country's first world-class marine theme park and a premiere educational facility. An integrated urban resort with marine life attractions and aqua-themed hotel, the park is geared towards an all-year, all-weather destination for locals and tourists. Everyday is a holiday and an ultimate fun place for all ages.

Source: https://www.manilaoceanpark.com/main/

TRAVEL TO MOVIES: RED

Director: Dean Parisot

Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Bruce Willis, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich, Lee Byung-Hun, Mary-Louise Parker

Plot: Retired black-ops CIA agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device. To succeed, they'll need to survive an army of relentless assassins, ruthless terrorists and power-crazed government officials, all eager to get their hands on the next-generation weapon. The mission takes Frank and his motley crew to Paris, London and Moscow. Outgunned and outmanned, they have only their cunning wits, their old-school skills, and each other to rely on as they try to save the world and stay alive in the process.

Source: http://movies.insing.com/movie/red-2/id-a6e30000?nav=60100

My Movie Review: The movie is exciting, lots of action and explosion with old actors that's young to watch. I enjoyed it since most scenes were interesting and  have sense of fun to it unlike other action movies with boring parts.The movie RED stands for Retired Extremely Dangerous which fits it's title and the saying "The Best Never Rest" proven by this movie cause their all great in different ways. It also features shifting characters, an old fiend became the unexpected enemy and  a young enemy that becomes part of the team!!

My Favorite Term: Kremlin

A kremlin  is a major fortified central complex found in historic Russian cities. This word is often used to refer to the most famous one, the Moscow Kremlin, or metonymically to the government that is based there.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kremlin

TRAVEL TO PLACES: SINGAPORE BRASBASAH ROAD

My Personal Experience: I went to Bras Basah Road this year July 6, 2013, together with my brother and sister. We ate our lunch at Ramen Play, it's my first time to taste Ramen, good when it's hot. We went outside the Singapore Art Museum, Dome, attended the mass at Cathedral Of Good Shepherd and then watch a movie at The Cathay Cineleisure.

Bras Basah Road

Bras Basah Road is a one-way road in Singapore in the planning areas of Museum and Downtown Core. The road houses several landmarks including Fairmont Singapore, Raffles Hotel, Singapore Art Museum, Cathedral of the Good Shepherd and the Singapore Management University.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bras_Basah_Road

TRAVEL TO MOVIES: THE WOLVERINE

Director: James Mangold

Cast: Brian Tee, Hiroyuki Sanada, Hugh Jackman, Rila Fukushima, Tao Okamoto, Will Yun

Plot: Based on the celebrated comic book arc, this epic action-adventure takes Wolverine, the most iconic character of the X-Men universe, to modern day Japan. Out of his depth in an unknown world he faces his ultimate nemesis in a life-or-death battle that will leave him forever changed. Vulnerable for the first time and pushed to his physical and emotional limits, he confronts not only lethal samurai steel but also his inner struggle against his own immortality, emerging more powerful than we have ever seen him before.

Source: http://movies.insing.com/movie/the-wolverine/id-06780000?nav=60100

My Movie Review: The movie is so intense since it deals with Logan inner struggle and hunted by his past with Jean and a dying friend who became his enemy. The Wolverine features new interesting characters such as Mariko, Yukio, Shingen, Noburo, Harada and Viper. This movie finds Logan in Tokyo in the world of Yakuza and Samarui, where he protected the princess and suddenly fell in love with her. Logan's physical strength was tested in the battles with his enemies since he became mortal and not immune to the pain.

My Favorite Line: Eternity can be a curse. The losses you have had to suffer... a man can run out of things to care for, lose his purpose.