Last night, I was one of the few people in Malaysia and perhaps in the world to watch 2012 earlier before the movie opens to the public. It was the Premiere Screening of 2012 in Cathay Cineplex Damansara. Because of we watching earlier, there was security check before going into the movie hall. No camera phones, laptops, pdas, cameras and recorders were allowed to bring in. All of us have to deposit our phones to the deposit counter. Gosh…. it is more strict than Airport security check.

Now lets talk about the movie… I’m sure some of you watched The Day After Tomorrow before. 2012 is directed by the director of The Day After Tomorrow, Roland Emmerich. The scale of the disaster is way bigger than in The Day After Tomorrow and it is very thrilling at the second half of the movie. This movie is worth watching and of course there is always a happy ending to this disaster movie. In this movie, you can see how the Earth plates move that cause massive earthquake, tsunami, volcanic activity and shift the earth land. It is definitely the best Disaster movie of the year.  CAUTION: SPOILER AHEAD.

SPOILER

The movie starts with a group of scientists in India found out that Earth core is heating up due to a huge sun flare in 2009 (time in the movie). Adrian Helmsley (Chiwetel Ejiofor) found out about it from one of the scientists and inform the US President about it. In 2010 (time in the movie), 42 countries come out with a survival plan where several ships will be built to save the mankind from the biggest catastrophic on Earth. In order to prevent havoc, no one is allow to tell about the disaster to the public. Along the way, few people was killed because of exposing the details to the public.

In year 2012, Jackson Curtis (John Cusack), a novel writer brings his kids to Yellowstone for camping but he found out the lake he used to visit is gone due to the Earth core is heating up and dry up the lake. He was stopped by military and from there he met Adrian Helmsley who now work for the White House. After the military released him, he met a guy who tell him about the world going to end and the governments are building a big space ship to save the mankind. The guy told him that he got the map of the ship location. Jackson thought he is crazy to talk about all these things.

After a series of earth quake happened in California, Jackson started to realise something is not right and what the guy told him about the world going to end is happening. He quickly get his ex-wife and children to board a plane in the airport to run away from California. In order to save his family from the disaster, he has to bring them to the space ship that the guy mentioned to him earlier which is the only hope left but he need to find out the location of the ship. So he went back to find back the guy and get the map. The location appears to be in Cho-ming, China which is very far from California.

The journey to China is not very smooth and a very bumpy one. Is he manage to get his family to China onboard the ship? Will the ship able to save mankind? Will mankind wipeout completely? How the earth change after the disaster? To know about it, be sure to catch the movie in the cinema near you.

Here is another 2 finalists from DigiColor Model Search 2009, Cherlene Wong and Tiffany Tan. Enjoy…..

Cherlene Wong

Tiffany Tan

The model who grabbed the title Miss Photogenic during the DigiColor Model Search 2009 is Rachel Lau. She is very pretty in front of cameras. She deserved the title. Thanks to WoayChee for these photos.

Here is the another model who is one of the 13 finalist of DigiColor Model Search 2009, Jane Kwan. She won the title Miss Videogenic. Here is some of her photos.

Last Sunday was the DigiColor Model Search 2009 Grand Final held in Mutiara Kompleks, Jalan Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur. There were 13 beautiful finalists during the final. Most of them is so beautiful and it is hard to predict who will be the winner. After few rounds of catwalk, the judges finally crowned Jean Lim as the Winner for DigiColor Model Search 2009. I only post Jean Lim photos in this post. For the 12 other finalists photos, I will post it as separate post soon. For now, enjoy the photos of Jean Lim. She also the Miss Popularity.

Next month will have a very interesting movie which I has been waiting to watch. It is 2012. It is about a very big disaster will happen to Earth on December 21, 2012 which will wipe out the entire human race.

Now Sony Pictures is having an online contest which you could win holiday to Colombo, Sri Lanka by upload an item which you want to put into a time capsule which will be useful for human after the disaster. Here is the contest page: http://www.2012.com.my. I uploaded an item to the time capsule.

What item I keep in the time capsule and why?

I keep lighter in the time capsule. Why I keep a lighter? After a disaster at such a big scale happened, most utilities service like electricity, gas pipe, telecommunication and water will be out of service. Without electricity and gas, we cannot use kettle to boil water and cook food. As we know water and food is important for human to stay alive. With LIGHTER, we can create fire to cook food and boil water. At desperate times to stay alive, food and water will be the most valuable asset. That’s why I will keep lighter in the time capsule.

2012 Movie

2012 movie is directed by Roland Emmerich (Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow). His previous disaster movies is very nice. I think this movie will be nice as well. While the world is at the end of its life, divorced writer and father Jackson Curtis (John Cusack) uses his ancient prophecies knowledge to try to make sure the human race will not totally wipe out. I’m interested to see how he will save the human race from the disaster.

Last Saturday was the finals for Lumix Star Search 2009 with 12 finalists competing. The 12 finalists was picked based on judges points and internet voting through Panasonic Lumix Star Search website. The final start at 1.30pm but photographers already started to fill up the Midvalley Exhibition Center as early as 12pm to get a good spot to take picture of the 12 finalists who walked the stage to win the competition. I reached there at 12 pm and got a good spot which near enough for my 18-50mm lens. Now here is the 12 finalists:

Last 2 week I did a preview post on Tokyo Game Show 2009 which was held 2 weeks ago in Tokyo, Japan. I got no time to process my photos after come back from Japan. At last I managed to take some time in the weekend to process photos on Tokyo Game Show. Beside showcasing latest games and upcoming games in the Tokyo Game Show, there’s also a lot of Japanese booth babes all over the event floor. Here is the photos of the booth babes.

Yesterday morning I went to Ghibli Museum at the outskirt of Tokyo, Mitaka. Ghibli Museum famous for Totoro, Laputa, Spirited Away and many other nice animation movie. The ticket for Ghibli Museum need to buy in advance in Lawson convenience store at least one day before your desired visit date. Lawson is easy to find and here is the instructions on how to buy the tickets. I bought mine 1 month ahead with the help of my friend over in Japan. The ticket bought from Lawson will be exchanged for a very special ticket in the museum which is a small part of a film from any of the Ghibli animation movie (see the photos below). It is very nice souvenir.

The interior of the museum is very nice and beautiful. Too bad they don’t allow any photo taking inside the building. You only can take photos outside the building. The museum showcase a lot of original drawing of the creator Hayao Miyazaki. You can see how he draw one scene step by step. They also showcase some tools to make a still subject become animated. It is very fascinating to see it. I highly recommend this place for tourist. It is a very unique museum to visit.

Outside the building, got the Laputa replica that you can take photos. They also have a cafe for you to have a small refreshment and enjoy the scenery around the museum. Now here is the photos taken in the Ghibli Museum.

Ghibli Museum signboard at bus stop outside Mitaka JR station

Ghibli Museum Bus

700m to Ghibli Museum. If you walk to the museum, you can see this signboard.

500m to Ghibli Museum

At the entrance of Ghibli Museum

Ghibli badge logo

Decoration outside the building.

Stairway to Laputa

Laputa guardian robot Replica

Laputa guardian robot

Back of Laputa guardian robot

Laputa guardian robot Hand

Laputa Control Unit. I'm controlling the Laputa hahaha..

Chair

Museum Exterior

Museum Exterior

Museum Exterior

Ghibli Museum Cafe

Museum Exterior

Museum Exterior

Water Pump

Floor plate...

Cute Cat Water Tap

Museum Exterior. Can see the Laputa robot head there.

Totoro Ticket Counter

Film Ticket.. A very nice souvenir

My loots from the museum.

Yesterday was the first day of Tokyo Game Show 2009 in Makuhari Messe. It was a business day. Not so many people as open day which will be on 26 and 27 September. Big IPs showcase upcoming games like Final Fantasy XIII, GT 5, Assassin’s Creed II, Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker, and many more. I will write more about upcoming games in coming posts. Here is some of the photos I took there. More photos will come soon on TGS babe.

Tokyo Game Show 2009

Sony Booth

Xbox Booth

Assassins Creed II

Maid

Xbox Booth Babe

Sega Booth Babe

Robot replica near the entrace to TGS2009