Prom Night Movie Review

Well, the title of the post is called Prom Night Movie Review, but I'm asking myself if this thing is worth calling a movie!

Ok, a quick summary.

A female student was stalked by a crazy teacher and she witnesed how he killed her mother.

Three years later it's Prom Night and that same killer escaped to come back for her.

In his quest for his princess he kills everybody that crosses his path before getting shot himself.

This movie suposed to be in the horror/suspense genre but there is little of all that.

It proves once again that Hollywood movies are not always great. There have been to many of this kind of movies, where mediocre directors and actors try to make some money.

This movie is a waste of money and a waste of time.

Rating: -5/10

I created a minus rating just for this movie, which means they should pay you money to go and watch this movie!

Singapore is 13th most expensive city in the world

According to Mercer Worldwide Cost of Living Survey Singapore is now the 13th most expensive city in the world and the 5th most expensive in Asia.

Singapore's rise in rankings is partly due to the appreciation of the Singapore dollar against the US dollar.

The research confirms the global trend in price increases for certain food products and petrol.

After living in Singapore for almost a year I find it not surprising.

A disturbing factor though is that still a majority of the people work for a salary of around 1200S$ which is very little if you live in the 13th most expensive city in the world!

Here the top 20 as published by Mercer:

1. Moscow
2. Tokyo
3. London
4. Oslo
5. Seoul
6. Hong Kong
7. Copenhagen
8. Geneva
9. Zurich
10. Milan
11. Osaka
12. Paris
13. Singapore
14. Tel Aviv
15. Sydney
16. Dublin
17. Rome
18. St. Petersburg
19. Vienna
20. Beijing

Boat Quay Singapore

Boat Quay was the busiest part of the old Port of Singapore, handling three quarters of all shipping business during the 1860s. It was the hotspot for trading and so it became the starting point of Singapore’s success as a business hub.

In those days Raffles had signed an agreement that made Boat Quay a free port for Singapore which caused a big influx from immigrants of neighbouring countries.

Boat Quay's decline as a Port began in the 1960s.

The shophouses have been carefully conserved and now house various bars, pubs and restaurants.
Boat Quay now offers Chinese, Indian, Indonesian, Thai, Italian and other international cuisine.

It is the probably the best place for the Singapore entertainment scene where most professionals and expatriates go to chill out after work.

Boat Quay is a great place to spend the evening and have a nice dinner at one of the riverside restaurants with great views.

It is all a bit pricy and touristy but still a great spot to plunge into the night life.

To get there just take MRT to Raffles Place and head towards the Singapore River.

The Strangers movie review

When Kristen (Liv Tyler) and James (Scott Speedman) are staying at a secluded vacation home in the woods after attending a friend's wedding scrary events start to occure.
Opening the door after a loud knock they found a dazed young woman in front of the door wish they send away.
When James head back to the city for a short while, Kirsten gets terrorised by three people and when James finnaly gets back he founds Kirsten in shock.

During the long night they try to find a way out of this terrorising nightmare.

The movie was made with a very small budget to Hollywood standards.
Tyler and Speedman put down a great performance in this horror suspence movie where the violence happens off camera.

A great movie that gives you a few jumps in your seat. It seems to be the new trend of movies.

Rating: 6/10

£350,000 to give peace a chance

£350,000, thats what has been paid for John Lennon's handwritten lyrics for 'Give Peace A Chance' at a rock memorabilia auction.

John Lennon wrote the lyrics on a piece of paper in a hotel suite in Montreal during Lennon and Yoko Ono's historic Bed-In for Peace in 1969.

The framed lyrics where sold by Gail Renard who was in John Lennon's company when he wrote the lyrics.

Reading the lyrics makes the whole thing a bit ironic as a piece of paper is sold for that amount of money.

At the same auction another Beatles memorabilia was sold at a record price. A drumskin used by the Fab Four on the front cover of their 1967 album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, fetched £450,000.

I geuss The Beatles still stand for big money!

Hancock Movie Review

Hancock is Super Hero Movie directed by Peter Berg and staring Will Smith and Charlize Theron.
Will Smith plays an alcoholic Super Hero whon saved many peoples lives in Los Angeles but gets no respect because of his unusual way of saving people.
One day he saves a public-relations spokesperson his live and in return this man will try to change Hancock's public image for the better.
Hancock will have to spend some time in prison as part of this public image improvement.
After some time the Chief of Police asks Hancock to rescue people in a chaotic bank robbery and Hancock becomes popular again.
Soon after he finds out that the wife of the public-relations spokesperson, Mary, is actualy his wife who also has Super Powers.
Mary reveals that they are the last two Super Hero's and have been a couple off and on for 3,000 years. When they meet their other half they become mortal and Hancock starts loosing his Super Powers.
During a revenge plot by some criminals that Hancock put away he and MAry gets serious injured.
To save Mary, Hancock leaves the city, restoring both of their power.

Altough the movie has received mainly poor to average reviews it is still a great action Super Hero Movie.
The movie has got some great special effects and Will Smith puts down a convincing role.

If you are looking for pure entertainment and not to much thinking then Hancock is what you are looking for.

Rating: 7/10

70-year-old woman gives birth to twins

Omkari Panwar, a 70 year old Indian woman gave birth to a twin. The boy and girl where born premature but are in perfect health.

The woman and her 77-Year old Man always wanted a son to continue their farm. They already have two adult daughters and five grand children.

The poor family sold their buffalo’s, used all their savings and took a loan to get a special treatment to get pregnant.

They are delighted to finally get a son, as it is tradition in India that the son has the right to a dowry when he gets married. And that’s the reason why they spend so much money and tried one last time to get a son.

According to the proud father he can now die as a happy man.

The Return of the Leatherback Turtle

Malaysia witnessed the return of the Leatherback Turtle last month after a one year absence.
The leatherback Turtle can grow up to 180 cm and 600 kilogram in weight. They are the largest of all sea turtles.
The biggest ever recorded leatherback turtle was a male stranded on a Welsh beach that reached 256 cm long and weighed 916 kg.

The nesting of the Leatherback Turtle fell drastically in Malaysia due to over
fishing, pollution and poaching.

While 50 years ago there where around 10,000 female turtles laying there eggs every year on the beaches in Malaysia, the number dropped drastically with only 800 in the eighties and even none last year.

As it becomes increasingly more difficult to find male Leatherback Turtles, most of the eggs found are not fertilized. No eggs hatched since 2000 because of this.

So even today after two Turtles returned to the beaches in Malaysia there is still big skepticism for the survival of the species.

Playing football in Cambodia can be dangerous

Three football players where killed during a football game after lightning struck.
Three other players got injured and had to be rushed to hospital. The incident happened in Phnom Phen, the capital of Cambodia.

The victims where all in their early twenties. The Cambodian football association recommends its members not play anymore during bad weather.

This year there have been killed 40 people so far by lightning.