Anyway, my Photobucket account is kind of down as it has reached the maximum bandwidth for the month but it will reset within a few days and everything will be back to normal (I hope).

Some of you may have read my blog post last year about The Banana Song. But I guess most of you havnt. What's yellow and small and popular? If you guessed the minions from Despicable Me 2, you're right! Despicable Me 2 is the sequel for Despicable Me (you don't say). Unfortunately, I'm having the fever too.



McDonald's Malaysia is giving away those minions with every Happy Meal while stocks last. Lots of people rushed to buy them. It's the 9th today and guess what? I've got all three of them! x) I have to thank someone for the birthday present in advance. Yay, minions!



We watched the movie in 3D and I have to say that it was pretty impressive. Enjoyed it so much.



The Anti-Villain League (AVL) recruits Gru, a former villain, after someone stole a laboratory in the Arctic Circle with a giant magnet (sounds impossible but it's more or less cartoon so, who cares?). The laboratory contains a kind of mutating chemical which will turn living things into destructive monsters.





Gru is partnered up with Lucy Wilde, an agent from the AVL. And they realised that they are in love with each other after spending time together. Well, nothing is too late so Lucy jumped down from the plane (you have to remember that being an AVL agent, she has lots of gadgets, including her famous taser-lipstick) after deciding to transfer to the Australia branch. She helped Gru save the world from the evil El Macho, who was presumed to be dead and hired Gru's ex-partner, Dr Nefario to help him abduct Gru's minions to transform them into his own private army by using the mutating chemical substance which was stolen earlier.





There are lots of funny scenes in the movie. I can't help but laugh and awe at the cuteness of those minions. I can't stand their silliness. It's just too hilarious! and being a fan of those minions, I grinned from the beginning of the movie till the end. The guy next to me must have thought me to be a lunatic. hahahaha.



Also, the youngest of Gru's adopted girls, Agnes, is such a cutie. She is also a caring girl. She tried to console Gru when he got the news that Lucy will be transferred to Australia. Besides that, she talks in a cute way too. Darn, I do have such a soft spot for cute things...

So, don't mind if I share more pictures of them? :P









I found out from the Internet that the "minion-ese" that the minions speak actually translates into an actual word, regardless of language. And the way they speak it... it melts my heart. D:



Some links:
The official site
InstaMinions - insert minions into your photos



Steve Carell as Gru.



Kristen Wiig as Lucy Wilde.



Benjamin Bratt as Eduardo, a.k.a. El Macho.



Miranda Cosgrove as Margo.



Dana Gaier as Edith, the second and tomboyish adopted girl of Gru's.



Elsie Fisher as Agnes.



And of course, Pierre Coffin, who, according to himself, voiced 889 minions. He is also one of the directors of the movie.

The movie Minions will be out on 19 Dec 2014, narrating the life of the minions before they worked for Gru. Thrilled!

-photos Googled, trailer from Youtube-

Watched World War Z, ahem, the week it started screening in Malaysia, which was two Fridays back. I was a little preoccupied since then (including working part-time last weekend).



The movie is based on a novel, World War Z written by Max Brooks back in 2006. Directed by Marc Foster and starred by Brad Pitt, the alphabet "Z" in World War Z stands for.... Zombies.

It all started when Gerry Lane and his family were caught in a heavy traffic in Philadelphia. After a loud collision, all hell broke loose. People started attacking each other and the strange thing is, they tend to bite. The ones who were bitten went through a spasm and regained their consciousness after 12 seconds, barely enough for one to flee.



As a former United Nations investigator, Gerry Lane was threatened to investigate this mysterious and freaky incident. It turned out that parts of the world are infected with a virus which turns people into zombie-like creatures. These so-called zombies do not suck human brains like the ones that usually appear in movies or cartoons but instead, they infect them with the virus, turning more and more humans into the walking dead.



After being through the life-threatening situations and even a close call after returning from his investigations in Israeli, Gerry Lane came out with the idea that the virus won't affect the ill or the seriously injured and decided to try out the idea for himself. He had to go through a whole wing of the infected to get the pathogen and of course, he succeeded (being the star of the movie and all). The world managed to buy more time to defend itself and battle against the infected.
In the end, humanity is saved, or should I quote from Gerry, "This isn't the end, not even close."



Although this is a horror film, there are still some funny parts, especially with the infected. They may have lost their consciousness but you have to admit that it is a little funny when a zombie kept banging her head on the glass and showing funny faces.

This movie also showed that to what end people will do to save themselves after a breakout. There was even a gunfight after the chaos in the first scene where people started getting infected. They even threatened Karin, Gerry's wife. Every man for his own, huh?



And be warned, the infected are highly drawn to noises. They could even go over a high wall into the quarantined area by climbing up each other.



Brad Pitt as Gerry Lane, the protagonist of the movie.



Mireille Enos as Karin Lane.



Fana Mokoena as Thierry Umutoni, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General.



Daniella Kertesz as Sergen who accompanied Gerry out of Israeli.

-photos Googled-

I could do with another zombie film. Loved this. It's not too frightening though so don't be discouraged if you're a little afraid of zombies. :)

Guess what? I'm back from being a part-timer and transformed into an average student again. This was my first time working part-time at an event (and at anything, for the record). It proved to be a good experience and I learnt quite a lot.



photo from FB

SCORE - Sports Competition Outdoor Recreational Expo
This is actually a sports exhibition organised by my mom's company, Mantra. She hired me for part-time work and I took the job. She wanted me to learn and I appreciate that, a lot.

SCORE Facebook page
Score.my

The event had about 60 different participating outlets and 100 booths. It was the first SCORE expo and it was held at the Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC) from the 27 to 30 June, 10am to 9pm and 10am to 8pm on the 30.



photo from FB



I worked the weekend away. I rotated between the registration counter and the lucky draw counter for the two days. It was quite tiring because the crowd came in very quickly on Saturday and I didn't even manage to sit nor catch a breath from 9+am to almost 1pm. The Standard Chartered KL Marathon race bag collection was inside the expo and quite a lot of them were there because of it.



photo from FB

Then to the lucky draw counter where I helped combining the receipts and stamp them for the lucky draws. I even helped out with the Facebook counter where visitors get to have a lucky dip after liking the Facebook page.





photos from FB

There were lots of performances and games there, including an obstacle challenge, tri-bikes, archery, paintball and mini putt.

The second day was a little bit more relaxing but still, there are a lot of people to serve too. Was practically busy until towards the end of the expo.



I won a paintball voucher from the Facebook event but I didn't manage to take photos. Here I am with the bow and arrows... which I totally suck in. Maybe some practice would help? The bow is a little heavier than I had imagined. I couldn't manage to get my aim straight...



Selca during break. Mwahahaha. Had a jersey (actually two because I forgotten to bring mine..) from SCORE too.



View from the bridge to Hall 2, where the expo is located.



Also, guess who showed up? Hahahaha. Was touched to see a familiar face around. Had to take him for a tour for a moment. (He was the only friend who showed up... sigh)
Seriously, almost everyone was busy doing something or don't have the transport to go to PWTC. *brokenhearted*



photo from FB

Had a group photo but missing some people. Ignore my retarded face.
Mom said that working in an expo would help me gain experience and I would have something to put into my resume the next time. It was fun and awesome to be working around such friendly people. :)

See you at SCORE 2014, which will be held on 5-7 September 2014, at KLCC!