An Eyeful of Jane Seymour

The title of my posting might be misleading. But this movie actually showcases a very young, nubile Jane Seymour as the attractive Princess Farah.

Just like another adventure of Sinbad, this time it is the eye of the tiger of the witch, Zenobia, that Sinbad has to combat as she had used sorcery to prevent Prince Kassim from ascending the the position of Grand Viziership.

Being changed into a baboon, Kassim will become more and more a baboon and cannot be changed back if the full moon fades away.

As usual expect the wonders of the stop-go animation effects of Dynatron created by Ray Harryhauser.

In this movie, you will see big eyed ant-like soldiers, a metallic bull, a giant-sized walrus, a sabre tooth tiger and a troglodyte.

Patrick Wayne Wayne is Sinbad and the movie introduces Taryn Powers as the telepathic Dione.

If you love Sinbad movies, this one entertains.

Trapped in an Elevator-Inconvenience and Anxiety

Well, what do you know.

I got stuck in a lift with some twenty people at lunch-time this afternoon(3 May 2012).

I was attending a meeting and we piled into an elevator(No. 8 which actually means lucky in Cantonese)at Dataran Takaful in down-town KL.

Then it happened. On reaching the ground floor, it refused to open its doors.

The usual swearing words we heard; and a women was almost frantic-banging on the lift door panels unceasingly.

The sad thing about old buildings are they are served by old lifts.

We were unfortunate to be served by more than a few decades old OTIS elevator.

After being alerted, the security officer had to called in an OTIS maintenance expert to open the doors as their maintenance crew is not allowed to handle lifts.

Sadly, they do not a man that is conveniently around to prise open the elevator doors on demand.

All of us had to agonise over 35 minutes until the maintenance man arrived from the other side of town which was Damanssra.

There was more anxiety than inconvenience. We were fearful of what would happen in the lift. Will someone faint or even die? Was there going to be sufficient oxygen for all of us before we all collapsed in a huddle?

When we heard noises from the other side of the door panel,we knew help was at hand. Then the doors opened and we saw the OTIS man.

What a relief to be able to breathe fresh air again, away from the stale human odours!

An experience best avoided!

The Heart With A Million Knots

Perhaps I was very young. Easily enamoured by the beauty of Chen Chen and the romanticism of that tender age.

Those were the days that we can associate with the dashing handsomeness of Charlie Chan Siang Lin.

Even the movie with its ups and downs tend to even out as the good overtakes the bad.

The theme song was lilting and softens our hearts for the young lovers.

Interestingly, it was a fairy tale that we all gobbled up like geese.

These days, the younger generation may not take too easily to this kind of gooey-saccharine movie.

But for old foggies like me, it was certainly heart-warming to see the beautiful Chen-Chen all over again, as young and as fresh.

The Golden Touch of Ray Harryhausen

Prior to computer graphics, the world of animation belonged to Ray Harryhausen.

Ray have lent his skills from such great epics such as Jason and the Argonauts to the classic Sinbad movies.

So, now that the Bersih 3.0 climax is over, I settled down once more to walk down the memory lane of movies.

This time, I immersed myself to look at Ray Harryhausen's magic at work in The Golden Voyage of Sinbad. Story-wise it is no more exciting that any yarn spun from the Arabian Nights. However, the magic of John Philip Lawas the debonair Sinbad, Caroline Monroe as Margiana and Tom Baker as the Evil Wizard, Koura in search of youth has its chemistry.

Caroline Munroe is obviously a sight for sore eyes then.

Also, the catch phrase, "Believe in God but tie your camel' reverberates throughout this movie.

God movie and I will have more pleasant strolls down memory lane soon as I intend to watch The Seventh Voayage of Sinbad and Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger after this.

Bersih 3.0-To Be Discreet?

Today (28 April 2012) will see a potential fight between the victorious Gods of power from Putrajaya and the so-called vanquished Titans of Bersih 2.0.

Until it begins and plays out from the hours of 2.00 to 4.00 pm, one cannot tell but speculate.

There will be a sea of colour in the expected mammoth crowd but yellow will dominate and possibly green.

The government is not stopping the LRT and so we can expect more to turn out in spite of the clampdown around the Dataran Merdeka.

Though, I would not expect many BN component parties to send its people to participate (in spite of MCA allowing its members to do so),there will be some intermingling with the crowd for sure.

I do hope they are no trouble makers up to mischief who can cause the whole protest to go awry.

Some heading for the venue may be emblazoned in yellow Bersih 3.0 t-shirts and its signature emblem. Others may come as they will.

This photo of a person discreetly having a yellow item in his pocket as he rode the LRT is a sign that history may be made today if they can really get a juggernaut of a crowd to appear in the streets of Kuala Lumpur.

Will it be might and mayhem at play?

Or will it be a peaceful outing?

Let us be witness to it.

The Iconic Holly Golightly

Remember the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's?

Yes, we all do, don't we?

It was classic Audrey Hepburn.

Now, they are re-shooting it with Anne Hathaway in the role.

Anne is lovely.

Do you like the first shot here?

YTL-The Obvious Treasury Buy-in

This is one interesting counter.

Just when you think that it has gained traction,it begins to slip and believe me, it slipped below the RM1.60 radar today, going to RM1.59. This is definitely not in the comfort zone of most minority shareholders who would have averaged about RM1.50 after almost more than a year of YTL's stock split to 10 sen.

Even before the lunch close, I knew they will do some mickey mouse on the counter to bring it back to its overnight level of RM1.64.

And by Jove they did, punting it up from RM1.61 to RM1.64 all the way till the close.

And it was obvious that they are Treasury buy-ins which they reported accordingly.

Let us see what happens to the counter this coming Monday.