Familiar with Doraemon?



Doraemon, the blue robotic cat from the future.
Doraemon, the cat which I enjoyed watching on TV.
Doraemon, a cat that has amazing techie stuff.

Anyway, it's 100 years before the birth of Doraemon this year. Yep, the birth year of this particular robot is 2112.

Accidentally stumbled upon a Doraemon exhibition at Sunway Giza on Sunday. Actually, my bro and I just wanted to follow my mom for her facial treatment and to shop for groceries.



After my mom left us for her facial, we decided to walk around for a while. We walked out..
And we were like, OMG! There's a huge Doraemon there!!

Unfortunately, I was broke at that time (am broke now too) so I did not buy anything but just browsed around.



Turned out that it was part of Memopillow's "We barter, We care" project, in conjunction with the celebration of 100 years before the birth of Doraemon.
Unfortunately, the bartering event was a day before. It's just too bad. I've not been to Sunway Giza for ages.



Model for the day: My cute but annoying bro. :D





There were also tons of Doraemon merchandises. Plushies, stickers, food containers, clocks, T-shirts.. You name it.







Anyway, if you're not too familiar with Doraemon, you may notice that there are also yellow versions of Doraemon, with ears. This is because Doraemon was originally yellow in colour and he also had a pair of ears. A robotic mouse bit off his ear and he was simply depressed. He then drank a potion and he turned blue as he wept. That also explains why he's afraid of mice.

Learn more about Doraemon at Doraemon Wiki!

Long story short, we decided to have sandwich one day.. Ok, maybe it was an on-the-spot decision, but I'm not regretting it anyway. This is just awesome!

You may not have heard of SJK(C)Sungai Buloh but it was where I spent 6 years of my life. Felt nostalgic when I got back there yesterday. Looking at the classrooms where we once chatted and played like crazy, the canteen which we often complained about, and the grassy green field...

Guess most of you must have watched Hotel Transylvania by now, right? I watched it with one of my besties, Michelle, during our trip to Mid Valley last Tuesday. I'm not going to go into the shopping part because I was practically exhausted by the time we were done with it.

Anyway, back to the movie.



What if monsters exist and they are hiding from humans? Monsters like Frankenstein, Dracula, The Invisible Man, Bigfoot, etc.



What if your dad is Dracula? And you are his only child and had never set eyes upon a human being in your more-than-100-year-old life?



What if your dad is the owner of a hotel for monsters? The only human-free sanctuary for monsters all around the world? But somehow, a human boy managed to stumble upon this huge hotel...

And, what if.. your 118th birthday is coming soon?



This is another of those computer-animated film. Well, we've been getting pretty much of these nowadays. I'm not complaining though. (Well, the obvious reason I watched this with Michelle was because all of the action-packed movies screening these days are rated above 18. ugh. But I enjoyed this movie anyway. We had our laughs.)



Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky, creator of Dexter's Laboratory and Samurai Jack, this comedic animated film turned out to be awesome after all. I'm a huge fan of comedies and action movies. So, I'm content with any one of the two genres. You have to give it credit, it IS funny.



The story is about how Jonathan, a young traveller, ended up in a hotel for monsters and "zing"-ed with Mavis, Count Dracula's daughter at her 118th birthday. By rule, humans are not allowed into the hotel. Count Dracula's attempts at hiding Jonathan's true identity proved to be futile in the end and he forced him away. Unfortunately, he found out that his daughter had already fallen in love with the young traveller...



Mavis looks kinda cute when she turns into a bat and makes those eyes. OK, not kinda, it's TOTALLY CUTE.

There are a few notable actors and celebrities who lent their voices in this film.



The comedian Adam Sandler as Count Dracula.



Selena Gomez as Mavis, Count Dracula's daughter.



Andy Samberg as Jonathan.



Kevin James as Frankenstein.



Cee Lo Green, whom I got to know better by watching The Voice, as Murray the Mummy.



Steve Buscemi as Wayne Werewolf, who has lots and lots of werewolf kids.



And David Spade as Griffin the Invisible Man.



Anyway, there was a pair of father and daughter sitting beside me in the cinema. The little girl was still quite young and they remind me of Count Dracula and Mavis. I mean, I'm kinda jealous of their father-daughter relationship. It seemed like they were having a great time bonding. The girl was so cute and she was speaking in rapid Spanish. Awwww.



Here's what you get when monsters are shocked or dumbstruck. :D
Feel free to leave your comments or thoughts on the movie or anything else, for that matter.