Created for me.

Pondering on the thoughts of yesteryear...seeing her smiling face in a distant memory. Stunned in the realization that the most beautiful love was within my embrace.

So many thoughts went unspoken.
The words I can't bring myself to deliver.
To you, most of all.

My greatest wish: that she'd be there beside me always...every passing day, every step of the way convinced me that she's truly the one. For no one else.

And when time will eventually come calling...
I wanted you to know:
I was always yours. One who'd cherish you, till life's end.

IMAX, boxing & books.

Finally, I had the opportunity to sample the IMAX experience in Berjaya Times Square yesterday (1st February 2007). While the movie itself is fairly stereotypical (Open Season in this instance) the whole '3D-ness' makes it all worthwhile. No, none of that crappy, duo-toned, migraine-inducing so-called 3D glasses to be found. Such misery should only be wished upon your most hated foes.

The cinema people did hand out a pair of goggles...a neutral-colored one (thank god), huge enough to cover almost half of my face. Kind of like Rocket Man-era Elton John. On top of my existing glasses, it was an impossible task for me to scratch an itch on the bridge of my nose. 'Transformers' and 'Ghost rider' trailers were shown prior to the movie...I had zero hopes for the former, and slight interest for the latter. While the idea of Nicolas Cage being Ghost Rider is quite...strange to me, Peter Fonda as Mephisto & Sam Elliot as Caretaker just looks SO right. This movie won't likely be doing SpiderMan-level grosses, but I suspect it won't be a turkey either.

While on the topics of movies, I can't wait to see Rocky Balboa. Finally, a Rocky movie to be watched on the big screen. The teasers I saw last year gave me goosebumps, and reviews had been favorable. Between Rocky, Hajime No Ippo (boxing anime) and EA Fight Night Round 3 (XBox 360 boxing game) I become a boxing nut again after a very long period of not caring about the sport. Actually, I loved any fighting sports be it martial arts, boxing, MMA, Wrestling...you name it. My attention just shifted to one or the other over the years.

Before the movie, I stopped by Borders to peruse some potential book purchases. I ended up buying 'The Hardest Game' (a book depicting historic events in boxing), 'Essential Dr. Strange - Vol. One' and a submission wrestling/MMA book. While mentally calculating how much I had to pay for the credit card bills now, I made myself look stupid by forgetting my purchased books at the counter. Had some Italian for lunch - fettucine carbonara & patate el forno. Or whatever the heck those was, not sure I spelled those correctly. Tasted ok lah.

Head home after the movie, played some DOA4(Dead or Alive 4) in the late evening. This game turns out to be ok...it's no Tekken, but it's quite a decent fighting game. So ends my 1st February adventure.