Return of Ol' Canuckle Head



So, the hairy and clawed hero or should I say 'anti-hero' (that seems to be the Hollywood trend nowadays) has returned with a new movie :

'X-Men Origins : Wolverine' or in my books, 'Wolverine 4 : Yep, this one's about him too'

How I wish the whole back story of him that we have seen previously were crammed in this upcoming movie instead of F-ing up the other core X-Men characters. My beloved Cyclops wouldn't have died so cheaply and to add salt to the wound , died OFF SCREEN . I'm trying to restrain myself with those Genoshan collars (X-Men fans should know this) to control my outbursts. Don't even get me started on how crappy X3 : X-Men United ( a.k.a. Wolverine 3 : Theres Phoenix, but it's still about him ) was.

From the trailers I've seen, I guess it would appeal to hardcore Wolvie fans and it does look to be another hit Wolvie movie. The only bright spark I can see is that there's gonna be Gambit and Emma Frost (I hope with a costume) ;).

I never realized it until I read online that in his 3 previous movies, Wolvie's main fight sequence were all with women - Mystique, Lady Deathstrike and Phoenix. Let's see how he handles Creed.

I hope X-Men : First Class will really tell the story of the ORIGINAL 5. Til then, make mine Marvel !

Excelsior !

Who do you work for?

As title goes, for whom exactly do we work our a$$es for? for family? girlfriend? or just for the sake of getting $$ ?

Do we work for ourselves? to materialize individual ambitions?

I can't answer that . Really.

When it comes to my time at work and my other endeavors outside the office, I lost count of the amount of lost hours that I should be spending for my loved ones. Aaah.. the sacrifices to earn more..

Demands of life exhausting my very essence.. I want peace. PEACE.

MAKE LOVE NOT WAR - hehe.. the tagline never sounded so relevant until now...

See you at the crossroads

Ok, it's December. Next month would be a new year for all of us. Plus a highly anticipated day that would make me turn 26 in January. This is a crucial period for me. To make the right decisions. I really need a clearer direction to where I'm heading in life. Right now I see 2 visible roads. With a possible third.

Many successful people always stressed about pursuing your passion to become really successful. Trump said real estate was his passion. Mariah Carey loved music all her life. For comparisons sake, locally, we got Yasmin Ahmad who I think is very successful. Tun Mahathir , Lim Goh Tong and the list goes on..

One thing similar to note is that every successful people out there started somewhere else before they decided to pursue their dream. I admit that I do want to make tons of money to materialize my plans, but how I wish I could achieve it by doing something I am passionate about. Yes, I'm not getting any younger but how much longer do I have to wait before one day when I'm at my prime years I said " Damn, I should have pursued it... "

I really need a 'breakthrough'. I don't think I can tolerate routine and structured progress any longer. You can simply put me in a desk job , earning more than what I have right now. But what about satisfaction? What about the basic concept of being happy? Some people may not mind sitting all day in a cubicle at a bank or workstation doing the same old thing everyday. Well I get high when there is a new challenge every day. A creative explosion of ideas all the time. I love it.

Maybe 3 years of working in a routine environment opened my eyes and slapped me on the face. Maybe its time to wake up and go for it. I wanna live and die happily. I wanna be smiling when I die not frown with regret. I hope there is such a thing called 'destiny' for me next year.

Keeping my fingers crossed. 2009 , you better be good to me .....

Between the lines

I sense a calling. A calling that tells me I need this 'change'. Very enticing , very promising. Have you ever experienced the feeling of realising what you've always wanted to do in your life?

I got that 'sign' recently. Some people are born to be cops, ministers , robbers , accountants etc... I realised that there is a job that I actually will love doing. When I tried doing it, everything flows naturally and so synchronised that I was able to deliver it without any stress. I actually said to myself "Hey, maybe I should give this a shot" .

The concern now is probably the fear of the unknown. You don't know how far or how successful you're going to be. The need to have a steady stream of income to materialise long term and short term plans is very high on the priority list. What if things do not go as I hoped ? But my heart is really telling me to go down this route .. because of the great promise and potential it has.

I've consulted my loved ones and close comrades about it. Well I got mixed feedbacks. The general feeling that I can summarise is that they do encourage me to try but at the same time there is a weary feeling towards it. This goes back to the fear of the unknown. The things we don't know and understand normally instills fear until we actually experience it first hand. Like taking your first roller coaster ride or trying out a funky looking dish at an exotic food joint. I just don't want to regret not giving this a shot later in my life. After all, I'm still young and at a very good age to experiment.

I'm currently searching for a solution to address all the concerns and doubts that I have so that everyone is clear about this path that I am contemplating on taking.

Me? A Copywriter?