Sebastian Ho

I attended my first LIVE magic show! wiiii

and of all places Jurong Bird PArk! LOL!!

LALALALALALALA

it was well… hmm magical! haha

it is kinda hard to describe a magic show… REALLY!

but it was spell binding… it was cool that they combine both dancing and birds to a magic show…

… i mean like so boring right if keep using rabbits right??.. wahahahha…

don’t believe that it was super awesome?!?! here’s evidence from my friend that came with me

yeahhhh! hahaha that’s evidence enough! hahaha

oh and the entire show was very very colourful… as colourful as the birds of the Jurong Bird Park…

and i am not talking just abt the colourful silk… the lighting and all made it all so colourful and special… and exciting!

the collaboration between jurong bird park and Priscilla Khong is really hmm… magical!

the show was indeed a very beautiful mash-up of magic show classics and the birds… very splendid…

even david copperfield can’t beat that combi! lol

but one thing made me really sad… the show was a one night only thing =/

i was really hoping to bring my other friends tooo! and watch it again! hahahaha

YES it was that GOOD!! =DD

what made the event that little bit special was jackvic (my friend that came with me) were part of the trick!

and get this even jackvic didn’t know how the trick was done after!!!

but i think we finally figured out how they did it over a cup of coffee… but we wldn’t tell

ohoh… and what was the trick? jackvic was cut in to half!! LOL!

… and as a reward for being a good sport… he was awarded a “street magic kit”!! =DD

here are more pics of my friend jackvic!:

and some other snaps during the show =DD

wonderful dances adorned the show =]

and our lovely lovely… “reserved seats” giving us the best views of the house! =P

a video clip:

watch?v=547yyPo-K_Y

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on something unrelated… OMG!!! the BEST BURGER EVER~

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SABBY OUT!
… was listening to Pink’s U And Ur Hand

Dear Sabby,

what happen to you recently, are u alright?

where’s that shining star trapped in ur beautiful eyes.

u lost  the sparkle in ur eyes. is that tears i see. no wait. sabby is cold, emotionless, he doesn’t cry does he.

where’s your passion? what happened to it?

how do u keep ur happy front, when the key things are crumbling.

do u have a best friend sabby? where is he sabby? where is he?

look at me sabby… are u alright?

do u need a place to stay?

no? u prefer a place to run? oh.

i am worried for u.

are ur happiness derived from distractions u distract urself with?

is it just a front? or u actually cutting urself with the penknife of distractions?

why are u running in circles?

y are u sleeping in bed all curled up?

are u scare?

i am.

do u need comfort?

who’s there for u?

what? no one? that’s sad.

what about your future? i am sure it is bright.

oh? you are unsure about that too?

sabby. stay strong.

your real alter-ego,

Sebastian.

Prologue (SCROLL DOWN if u just wanna read the juicy bits of monsters vs aliens)

hmm… this preview screening started off funny =]

i went to the wrong place for the screening! LOL!

the screening was held at cineleisure but somehow… i rembr’d it as the cathay…

that wld be alright if i was early… but i was late (well 3 mins late)

… haha… now this is were the funny interesting bits start: i went to the box office explaining that i am here for the previewing screening of monster’s vs aliens 3D and this girl from cathay gave me like this giant envelop… i ripped it open only to find tons and tons and tons of tickets for their première on 28 May 09!! lol… there was probably the entire theatre tickets in there! LOL!

i went back to the box office trying to explain myself… but the girl was like so sure she handed me the right pack… i know right? i shld have just took the tickets… hahahaha!

either way finally her manger realize that i was supposed to be at cineleisure…..

somehow i mange to convince joie to make a run with me to cineleisure… with the help of the taxi uncle of course…

but the #%$% uncle cheated my money!!! fine i have to pay the 3 CBD charge plus peak hour blah blah… but he short change me… cos’ he noted as i in a hurry… and cldn’t care less abt the change… and he exploited that $%^#$%

either way i rush to the top of cineleisure… trying to find someone who has a clue on what i am saying abt the screening of monsters vs aliens… haha… thank goodness when we got to the theatre the girl who was issuing me my 3D glasses told me the the movie has not started and told me to calm down… i was like YEAH!!! haha

SABBY OUT review [of the movie] below!
… was listening to  Nelly Furtado’s All Good Things

… now here is what i think of the movie!
[and the 3D effect]

To be honest when i first heard of the movie i was like woahhh… niccce another action movie… thinking in the lines of alien vs predator…. and DOUBLE WOAH in 3D! haha

then when i saw the poster… i was eh? dreamworks…. since when did dream works produce action trillers?!?!

then suddenly the other bits of the poster hit me…. OMY… it is actually a animated showww!!! haha

[yes! big thanks to OMY.sg and UIP for making this screening possible]

therefore when the film started to roll… i was expecting a childish show!

and childish humor can be FUN!

but wow! was i wrong…. well not really except for the super action triller bit… the movie though childish enough for kids to enjoy and go all GAGA abt all the cute characters… and slapstick

IT IS AN ADULT MOVIE TOOOOO!

the movie in fact would challenge how informed the adult is… almost every 5 lines u wld find a reference to something else from algore’s inconvenient truth to crazy frog’s techno to how UFO stuff always seem to happen exclusively in America… hahaha… it is a little like ‘gilmore girls’ where the script is infested with satires and references…

i won’t spoil it for u by telling u all the references made…. see how many u can spot…

the movie is also interesting… like it promotes or rather has the theme tolerance…. not in the sense that u get the deliberately inserted afro-americans or asians in… (in fact i don’t rmbr seeing either) … as we are so over the phase… but it elaborate on how people we find ‘monsters’ are have good qualities and might in fact be the hero… very Shakespearean…

omggg… sounds like my literature essay now… lol

either was i think the storyline makes it a really great movie… i mean it is not easy for the writers to create a pretty awesome action-scene movie yet not lose its kidding audience and PG max rating… haha

A little more about the 3D bit…

and for the 3D animation…. top notch… they brought ‘Shrek’ quality a whole new game with Intel’s InTru3Dtechnology. some interesting facts that made me appreciate the quality and work behind it:

“Ed Leonard, CTO of DreamWorks Animation, says it took approximately 45.6 million computing hours to make Monsters vs. Aliens, more than eight times as many as the original Shrek. Several hundred Hewlett-Packard xw8600 workstations were used, along with a large and powerful ‘render farm‘ of HP ProLiant blade servers with over 9,000 server processor cores, to process the animation sequence. The movie demanded 120 terabyte of data to complete, with one explosion scene alone requiring 6 TB.^[4]

Since Monsters vs. Aliens, all feature films released by DreamWorks Animation will be produced in a stereoscopic 3-D format, using Intel’s InTru3Dtechnology.^[5] IMAX 3D, Real D and 2-D versions were released.” -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsters_vs._Aliens#Production

AND i totally can swear by the sweat and handwork of the animators and intel’s technology… the entire 3D effect is really beautiful and realistic… till the extend that it can scare u say if a ball in the movie is throw at u… or say an explosion scene…

the movie literally has a POPS out of the screen effect

it is so good that .. people in the theater actually went “woAH”  when the film rolled…

what make it even sweeter is how cathay did a fabulous job in the entire 3D experience… gone were the days of flimsy ‘paper’ 3D glasses… now u get this beautiful solid ‘Dolby’ 3D glasses… and believe me they make a big difference… u don’t get the headache associated with 3D films…

this movie’s 3D was pure pleasure…. thanks to the ‘better Dolby’ glasses…

so good i wanna steal keep buy them… hhaha (but cathay don’t offer that yet though..)

and get this cathay actually sends them for professional cleaning! so it is H1N1 flu resistant! lol =)

IN SHORT this movie is sweeeeeeet… from kid’s perspective…. from adult’s perspective… from technical perspective…

totally awesome!

and somehow it did fulfill my expectation of this movie to be an action-triller [that even kids can watch]

oh haha… and if you were wondering why there isn’t any pictures of me at the event itself… cos’ i was ‘on time’ rmbr? haha

either way… didn’t had a chance to stand in front of the poster for a shot… but no worries… my macbook will take care  of that!

tooooo bad joie cldn’t be in the picture tooooooo……

SABBY OUT!
… was listening to Britney’s Oops! I Did It Again [Riprock 'N' Alex G. Remix]

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… thanks to the very fabulous people at omy (link) i was invited for the gala premier of Star Trek

and o-my! haha… star trek is seriously awesome

to confess i have not watch a single bit of star trek before this screening cos’ i wldn’t care less… but this movie changed my mind

i am now- a fan.

and i am very pleasantly surprise that the movie is not at all difficult to understand; everything is presented logically so even tech noobs like me who have to idea what star trek or time wrap is about will still understand the movie completely…

a little research on wikipedia tell:

“because the studio felt more audiences would see the film during summer rather than winter. The film was practically finished by the end of 2008. Paramount’s decision came about after visiting the set and watching daillies, as they realized the film could appeal to a much broader audience.”

and i agree … the movie’s story line is refreshing… the focus isn’t all on the technology and advancement of the future and space but rather more incline to a blockbuster action-triller… so both geeks and studs wld enjoy the movie…

for those  who love fx this movie is satisfying tooo! afterall they spent months perfecting the
special effects! totally sizzling hot! =]

and before u slam me as being bias in this entry…

… i am not~ LOL!

IN FACT! i am so gonna watch it again when it opens MAY 8…
… heck i would even buy the blueray

like seriously… even rotten tomatoes (as of may 1) after compiling reviews from all major media finds the movie still standing at 100% positive!

for e.g. “Empire magazine awarded 4/5 stars, saying, “for the first time in the franchise, the Enterprise is a genuine thrill-ride“; “

alrighty… and here are some (repeat “some”) pics of the gala… they were super-duper strict about the no ‘recording devices’ stuff… even my-friend audi khalid’s non-camera phone didn’t make it thru… and we had to check in all our gadgets…they were stricter then a military base..

haha… but i mange to squeeze in a few shots here and there:

want more? visit our local fan site:
http://www.startrek.com.sg/
P/S: this guys made and bought all those star trek costume and ‘weaponry’ seen at the premiere

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SABBY OUT!
… was listening to Black Eye Peas’ Boom Boom Pow (Lollipop ReRub)

caught in the act…
… what can i say? lol

yesss… i have been clubbing

(pic credits to Audi Khalid’s Playing With A Virgin)

SABBY OUT!
… was listening to Pink’s So What (Bimbo Jones Radio Edit)

Pre-uni classmates… the meet-up

isn’t it strange how life throws pple who surrounds us… pple that we used to talk and chat everyday… become just memories that we re-live perhaps once every year or maybe every time where the game of chance places us within 1m of each other… haha…

perhaps the gathering i just had with my schoolmates were the same…

i mean don’t get me wrong… i think it is cool and all the we met up… but there is always this emo thought about it… about how everyones life is diverging ever so far… and it is amazing how our clique at school slowly melts in to just acquaintance… well perhaps not that dramatic… but still the idea…

I mean meeting my class mates were nothing but a sincere effort for all … but think about it… if we really meant so much to each other… y not meet on other non-”massive-meet-up for-a-catch-up-session” days…

perhaps it is time for sabby to change… perhaps he should make more effort in keeping close contact with all his former school mates… after all it is starting to get embarrassing to have pple who rmbr’d u… yet i have only vague memories of them…

it makes me seem proud… and i don’t like that about myself

haha.. enough of the rantings… here were the pictures of the really fun time i had with my schoolmates… too bad bobby, saranya, gabby had to leave early…

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Sabby’s Ranting: Mutual misinterpretation of each other actions…

haha… it would be kinda on topic to rant abt mutual interpretation since my class mates meet up we had  were the same classmates that studied history with me… cold war history to be exact…

hmm… was wondering over the topic while on the bus rides (yes i am poor modest) back from partying.. it is hard to put it in an thesis as those thoughts were fragmented but i wld try..

i was thinking whether we are overly suspicious of some that whatever they do.. we interpret in as it is made with evil intentions… some what like the cold war?

or perhaps even say a person with good intention can sometimes crash and burn if he in turn misinterpret others intent… and for this… it has a multiplier effect… affecting more pple… and more complex it gets the more bloody relationships will be…

and worst… who ever made the saying silence is golden is an idiot… (well in this case at least)

for silence is what makes pple not clear the what they have in their minds… or to reveal their actual chivalric intents… if they are even chivalric…

imagine if we could know the intend of everyone… that wld seriously be way cool…

we wld know who to make friends with and who to otherwise react…

and as an added bonus… who knows perhaps that eye candy u have actually has a crush on u too! haha…

wouldn’t that be a cool way to start working towards the human objective of world peace….

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SABBY OUT!
… was listening to Taylor Swift’s Love Story

EP xx9: Ervin + Sabby, in sLAcking cHilling dRinking!

omgggggg it feels so weird blogging… haha.. it has been 5 weeks since i blog? (stupid time-sucking ns training #$^#$%^&%^&…)

there now resides this weird… how should i begin blogging vibe… lol

hmm… i think i would be photo blogging my partner-in-crime -> ervin!

… part reason is that i don’t much “concrete photos” to blog about stuff… still recovering from the lack of hair (pple say i look weird without uber short hair in my pics.. and i agree)… and learning how to cam whore again… in another words… i look fugly in alot of pics… haha…

zouk flea market…

omg it was supperrrr pack! to the max!

kinda strange to see zouk with bright lights on.. hmm =]

oh and i mange to get one of this bag… haha… kinda have no use for it though…. so…

I am SELLING IT! hahahha…. for only $18 =]

after camp tanning chilling at Cafe del Mar….

haha… we thought it would be cool to chill out right after we book out of camp… haha… not exactly the best idea .. but it worked =]

and omg.. . of course it was the perfect excuse to get my white chocolate martini… OMG… the best martini… HAha… lalalala

oh and i also found a new awesome drink… REAL watermelon juice!… u still can feel the crystal like pulp… hahahah… yumyum

and though ervin claims to be on a diet he had fish and chips… LOL

cafe del mar served me a nice burger too =)

haha this photo has funny story… we thought it would be cool to play with the condiments our fries gave… well.. BAD IDEA… haha.. this was what happen when i tried using it:

apparently.. it didn’t occur to us that the condiments are still liquid.. after-all.. LOL… i bet the stain that would be left would look like as though someone menstruate or something… LOL

THE MOST HORRIBLE PARFAIT i have eaten! =(

what ervin ordered… (looks large.. well whipped.. yummy)

what ervin got…..

i know in pics it doesn’t look that different… but believe me it IS! omg.. the stuff are not mixed properly like how they would claim… the portions is freaking small.. could u imagine that was a “large” size variant ?!?!?

the taste suck’d too…

oh but ervin got it good.. mine was worst… to prove it watch the youtube video…

( the video should be in HD.. if not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz39na05AdE )

… ending off with two random pics =)

… SABBY OUT!
was listening to Britney’s Circus (Villians Remix)
OMG.. this remix is damn HAWT!

Adventures of Sabby Boy!

EP xx7: Marco + Sabby, in Eating and sHopping!

was soooo hard to get a nice picture of marco… haaa… he kept moving

marco took a reallyyyyyyyyyyy long time to order… lol

when my order came in part he was still deciding… haha… PS cafe even took out there dinner menu so he cld decide better lol

tea and cake for lunch…. lol… sinful!

and how could sabby refuse the chance to camwhore while eating! haha

i can almost promise marco will hate this pic… but i think it is a nice photo of him… 

was he texting or taking a photo? haha… u decide…

the bus ride was fun~ nuff’ said! haha

help marco cover up
okay okay… nothing happen alright? ~just thought that loooks cute.. 

no idea how… but marco cut himself… haha..that’s his bloooood ~ for real!

the unglam street…

…. for glam shops!

you gotta remember u are shopping with sabby to be crazy enough to do this… haha…

oh oh… this pic has a funny story…t his aunty was peeping a look at my camera… when i was showing marco the pics we toook for the day…

so when the aunty peek… i tilt the camera for her to see… LOL… and soon she was asking me all about my camera

and i guess the aunty wanted to take a pic with me… haha… and she did…! =D

she posed i swear…. 

… but backed out in the end

oh well… it was a fun day… 

SABBY OUT!
… was listening to Avril Lavigne’s I With You =) 

Went to garden slut slug recently… not bad place really.

beautiful-cute place. not photogenic though.

decisions. decisions. hmm.

went for dinner. set for breakfast.

ron’s bang + mash. where’s the beer?

hmm… for gotten to take joie’s shot of the pasta…. ooops =/

after dinner still kept winning about his craving to eat more- in particular chocolate… didn’t know though how that turned out to a trip to changi airport.

… and thank god we got there… i got diarrhea when we reached so the ultra clean lavatories were the ultimate blessing… diarrhea was quite bad… that i decided to skip my green tea frap at starbucks….

sadly that was the start of me falling ill for the next several days… which today i am still recovering from… lol

hehe… but i still had a chance to play ard at changi airport =P

 SABBY OUT!
… was listening to Avril Lavigne’s Freak Out.