Mamma Mia! The Movie

Familiar with this?

"Mamma mia, here I go again. My, my, how can I resist you?"

And this?

"You are the dancing queen, young and sweet, only seventeen..."

How about this?

"Money, money, money, must be funny, in the rich man's world"

Yes, they are ABBA's songs and ABBA is one of the most renowned groups in the 70's and 80's.


How would a guy in his early 20's know these songs which were sang before he's even born? Well, it's all the influence from parents. I was forced to listen to Light&Easy [Lite.fm's old name] whenever I sit in the car.

After a while, I started enjoying the English oldies despite the fact that I was teased by some friends for tuning into Lite.fm. Hmmph!

On 25 September 2008, everyone in Malaysia will be able to catch all the famous ABBA songs on the big silver screen - Mamma Mia! The Movie. It is an adaptation of the famous Mamma Mia musical that has been watched by more than 30 million people around the globe.


Mamma Mia! The Movie revolves about a mother, a daughter and three possible fathers. The daughter tried to find the identity of her father to walk her down the aisle on her wedding day.

The lead actress is Meryl Streep, who also acted in Music of the Heart - a heart warming movie based on a true story about a violin teacher trying to adapt to a new city and bringing music to the schoolchildren.

So, I'm really looking forward to see another good performance of Streep and of course, a long list of non-stop musical songs that will make everyone hum along.

Mamma Mia! Billy, out.

Note: If you didn't know, Nuffnang is giving away free tickets to watch premiere screening of Mamma Mia! The Movie for Glitterati members. Check out the details in Nuffnang's blog. I hope I'm among the lucky ones. =P

Food Hunt in Bangkok

7 June 2008 @ Bangkok

Our official first day in Bangkok!

First we walked around Siam Square to find some Thai food to satisfy our taste buds. We took quite some time to decide on what to eat because everything is written in Thai language.

Pink Cabs can be found everywhere

We finally went into a noodles shop and guess how we order our food! We had to point at the type of noodles we want and tell the cook "soup" or "no soup". Funny enough, their noodles are called kuey tiaw too!




These side dishes we ordered by pointing at the pictures displayed in the shop.



The taste of the noodles and side dishes are some what similar to the usual stuffs we can find in a Chinese food stall.

This photo below is taken on top of a pedestrian bridge. The door in the middle is the entrance to the MBK shopping mall and u can see the metal detector thingy behind the guard.


Our next mission is to buy the train ticket to Chiang Mai. So, after acquiring some information from the Tourist Information Centre. We took a bus to the Hua Lamphong Train Station.

LeongKee & Me [back], Kuan and MinBee [front]

See how big the "rod" is!

This is the Train Station. Pink taxis everywhere again.

After we confirmed our seats to Chiang Mai, we head on to the Chatuchak Weekend Market. As its name implies, it only opens on weekends.

Another security guard - checks your bag before you can enter the station

SS again =P

Remember him? The guy who sleeps whenever he sits? Haha.. =P

Here we are! The Chatuchak Weekend Market is gigantic. Loads of people, loads of food, loads of stuffs to see and loads of money gone... There are people who even provide courier services to send the stuffs you bought here back to your own country.


Thus, we started our food hunt. First we saw coconut ice-cream! It's really refreshing on a big hot day. They even give coconut water when you buy their ice-cream. It's really good.


Opposite the ice-cream stall, we saw JJ Spring Roll. [Chatuchak is also known as JJ] There're many varietys of spring rolls where you can mix and match coz' they all cost the same. We bought a few pieces to try.



Then, we saw this stall with many people queueing up. It looks like ABC and cendol so we decided to buy one to have a try since everyone is getting thirsty.



Wooo.. looks nice! But taste sucks! Not recommended. i don't know what are the ingredients in there but the taste is very weird. Some more the ice are in very big pieces. Our dear friend LeongKee thinks it's nice, so we let him finish the rest. Haha...

freshly blended fruit juice - sluurps...

We also bought some balls to eat.

Before we head back, we bought some drinks to rehydrate ourselves. We went back using another type of transportation in Bangkok, the Sky Train. [it's just like LRT lah]


Went back to our guesthouse for a little rest and make room for the buffet dinner we planned to have in the evening. Billy, out.

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The Amazing Race Asia 3

The long awaited Amazing Race Asia Season 3 [TARA3] is finally here, premiering on the 11 sept at 9pm, exculsively on the AXN channel! Wootz!

It's deemed to be the toughest race ever, with shorter resting time, harder journeys and a more fast-paced and intense race.

TARA3 poster

As always, there will be 10 teams from all over Asia racing against each other to win the grand prize of US$100,000.

Just like the past seasons, we still have 2 teams to represent Malaysia for this time. Present to you the Malaysian teams.

Best friends, Ida & Tania [profile]

Bro & Sis, Bernie & Henry Chan [profile]

Bernie and Ida are both TV personalities. I feel that TARA always chooses actresses, models, paegent queens, TV hosts, etc etc as the participants. The other not-so-famous people who applied are not presentable enough for the viewers?

I don't know. But here's another TV host teaming up with his brother and this team hails from Korea! This is the first time a Korean team is featured in TARA, and hey, one of them is also called William.

Brothers, Willilam & Issac [profile]

Ok ok.. I was grumbling about the selection of racers because my audition tape failed. Yes, I sent in my application few months back while me and my friends were so busy with our Final Year Projects and exams, just to try to get a spot in TARA3.

Anyhow, I'll still support the show. Give me more actions and dramas, racers! =P


Don't forget to tune in to channe 701 [AXN] on 4 Sept at 9pm for Racers Revealed and 11 Sept at 9pm for the first leg of the race!

I think I won't be able to catch the first episode on tv coz' I have to go for some stupid induction course by TM. GAH!

Check out the teams in TARA official site. Who will you be rooting for? I hope the Malaysians can go far again. Go Ida, Tania, Bernie & Henry! =) Billy, out.

P/S: Still no all-guys team for Malaysia. The producers should have picked me. Hahaha...

References:

• Allan Wu's blog
• Photos adapted from The Amazing Race Asia 3 website