One word to sum it up: Awesome! Definitely one of those movies worth paying for.

I went to the cinema together with a few friends to watch Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law in action. Oh boy, Downey as Holmes was a really stellar performance. He managed to portray Holmes in a totally different way. I grew up thinking Sherlock Holmes was some kind of nerdy fellow with the huge cloak thing running around solving crimes. In the movie, Holmes was not nerdy at all. In fact, he is a fighter, a problem solver and an exceptional analyst. Same goes with Dr. Watson. A charming, bookish looking doctor who wields a cunningly concealed blade inside a walking stick beating the crap out of villains? Drool. They like, totally pawned it man.

The pair had such chemistry, it is hard to hold back from grinning at their snide commentaries and witty banters. That being said, the first 10 minutes of the movie was really confusing. The English accent was so thick, it was hard to make out what they were saying. Though that only contributed to the fun factor.

The sharp and funny remarks and dialogue aside, the movie offers some really good action scenes. Packed to the rim with intense encounters and fights, enough to hold you to your seats. No seriously, I just love watching the good doctor beat crap out of people. The moments where Holmes plan his sequence of attacks are just jaw-dropping. They give a glimpse of what goes through his head as he thinks out his exact moves to block, parry, strike and pummel a guy to submission in slow motion. Amazing.

Holmes’ famous deductive reasoning method is the most attractive point of the movie. From seemingly unconnected pieces of evidence, he can arrive very impossibly to conclusions. It is just fulfilling to watch as Holmes uncover one mystery after another, unveiling a clever ploy to disguise a power-hungry villain’s ambition as dark arts. It was one of the rare moments in movies when I went “Ooooh” and “Aaahh”.

Excellent plot, superb acting and witty banter. What more could one ask for? Two thumbs up, definitely.

No, I am not William Wallace crying out his last word while getting tortured in Braveheart, though I am very much tempted to say that my predicament was almost similar.

Now that I think of it, it was not so bad. I could get used to this kind of life. I passed Cell Biology (amazingly) and now I have 3 weeks of free time. Nothing much to do sitting at home, yet nothing to do outside either. I could go and explore Prague, but somehow the idea does not seem inviting considering I have to do it alone.

So here I am, whiling away my life. I found something worthwhile to do though. Spending hours typing articles out of thin air for $3 a piece is not too bad. I am at my laptop almost the whole day anyway.

I am growing sideways I think. Not good.

I miss Malaysian food terribly.

As people grow, they learn things. And we all know that no man is an island. Everybody needs someone who can be counted on in times of difficulties. That is how the term “friend” came to be. I personally think, however, that the word means different things to different people.

People run away when they are afraid. Fear of the unknown, fear of insecurity and fear of loneliness. We run, hoping that the problem will go away. Sadly most of the time, it does not. I had to learn this the hard way.

When times go bad, many rely on friends and hope they can stay throughout the difficulties. It is worse if the problem arises between friends. I had the unpleasant experience and the scars remain until today to remind me. Yet, as are all things in life, the most wonderful things come in guises that we least expect. That friend went on to become one of my closest friends today.

Friendships endure storms, and at the end of it, if they survive, the bond becomes stronger. Ever wondered why there is a ’ship’ in ‘friendship’? Like a real ship, to steer through the storm, all that it requires is teamwork. You need the captain and the crew. Both cannot work without the other. Friendship is a teamwork game.

Somehow, my mind fails to make the words express what I wanted to say. I realise that, the world is a much better place to live in if people just take everything as a stoic fact of life. And sometimes that involves stepping back, looking at the bigger picture and have the courage to laugh at yourself before inhaling deeply and trudge on, slowly, one step at a time.

I just passed biophysics and got credit for Anatomy and Czech recently. Praise the Lord!

It is really amazing sometimes, when you feel that there is nothing you can do and hopelessness and despair overwhelms the soul, and yet when the time comes, the Lord provides sustenance and His grace is more than enough to help you pass. I really thank Him for blessing me with favour with the biophysics professor. I really had no idea how to answer 2 out of 3 questions but luckily I still passed.

So now, there is only Cell Biology left and after that I am free for 4 weeks. Going to UK during the holiday, but feel really lazy to plan for it right now. Nowadays I just stay at apartment, going online, playing PC game (Dragon Age:Origins is awesome by the way) or just sleep most of the time.

It might be just me, but lately I noticed as if people around me are suddenly getting together out of the blue. My friends back in Malaysia are together. Two of my classmates finally got together recently after 1 year of pretending-the-thing-doesn’t-really-exist. Naturally, everyone was excited but the novelty wears off after some time. What, Cupid suddenly has too much free time?

Life is good, I am enjoying every moment of my time here. Whee..

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