Finally Getting Better - How Glourious!

I was very sick for the past two weeks. I had 2 days of MC and even missed the Comex because I slept through the entire weekend. I actually wanted to go to the Comex to renew my SingNet contract (I heard they were giving away a laptop) and look games. Doh.

On the following Monday, I still felt terrible with my constant headaches and blurry vision but I refrained from seeing the doctor again. Another day of MC would have done wonders for me but it would also leave a bad impression on my boss and colleagues.

Fortunately, the Hari Raya weekend was upon me and I looked forward to it very much.

I started the weekend by going out with my gaming friends for dinner at Plaza Singapura's Swensens after work on Friday. Even though I have only been sick for slightly more than a week, I felt as though I haven't gone out in ages. I had curry chicken baked rice and ice cream despite having a cough & sore throat.

After that, we went to catch Inglourious Basterds!


(The fact that both words in the title are deliberately mis-spelt adds to the coolness factor of the movie!)

I was really looking forward to watching this show but it was not quite what I expected. All the trailers out there make it out to be a stylish and comedic, over-the-top action flick about Nazi-killing (I mean, it's directed by Tarantino after all!). But what we really have here is a movie that is extremely heavy on dialogue and spends most of its time building up the plot towards its climax. The movie (all 2½ hours of it) was probably like 90% dialogue and 10% action.

After getting over the initial 'culture shock', I feel that it is still a nice movie. It's clever, tense and sophisticated, and the characters are very memorable (especially Hans Landa played by Christoph Waltz).

Oh, and it was only after I reached home that I finally realized why the final act of the movie was dubbed "The Revenge of the Giant Face". haha.