Week 38, 2026

4 day work week with Wednesday being Malaysia Day. Bit of a wash as a work week, but was kinda busy for the most part?

• They added a second show for Trevor Noah... which is also sold out as I type this
• Spent Malaysia Day eve in the dark as the power went out around 11 something p.m.. Could only go to bed around 3 something the next day when the power came back on.
• Managed to redeem the Starbucks x Snoopy PSL bag charm from the Sunway Lagoon Hotel store as the mall store was OOS. 
• Went to check out the Watsons event at Midvalley. Got some samples, just not as much as some of the hauls I've seen in passing online, but that's okay; I'm still trying to use up what I already have. 
• Went to the local GP about the red itchy bumps(?) on my legs. Was prescribed antibiotics and antihistamines. 
• AESOP Women's Library at the KLCC store on Saturday. The queue for a free book started early, but I only got there right before the store opened, so I was only in line for about 1 hour, 40 minutes give or take. Went around to collect other samples, mostly fragrance samples, so it wasn't a total waste of LRT fare (couldn't drive down cos roads were closed for some marathon, and didn't want to deal with the stupid jams). 
• Tried the teh tarik burnt cheesecake and cempedak egg tart (Merdeka specials) from doudou bakes in SS4. Ngl, they were pretty expensive (RM26 and RM13?), but I liked the flavour of the cheesecake, cos who doesn't like teh tarik? 
• IOI Damansara announced new parking rates, starting next month. 
• RIP Duncan Sheik
• Some people are kpkb-ing about Tillamook adding a halal label to their products. Other people here are like, where to find Tillamook products, which as far I know, has been here for years liao. 

Week 37, 2026

Haze is back, y'all. 

• It was announced this week that Trevor Noah is finally performing here. After years of not being able to get tickets to see him in Singapore, him coming to PJ wasn't on the bingo card at all. What's funnier is that it's gonna be in 3 Damansara, so in my hood, practically. There goes the traffic. 
• Got a cheap ticket to see Trevor Noah during the pre-sale, no drama on my end. But tickets were scarce when I checked again at the end of business, so it might sell out quickly.
• Took Friday off just cos. Went to Genting Premium Outlets. Was already on the MRR2 when I realised that I forgot my wallet at home, and was too far gone to turn around for it. I made it work. 
• Met up with some college mates on Friday night in SS2. 
• Chipotle opening in Singapore next year
• There's gonna be a Hawaii Five-O movie? 

Week 36, 2026

Three day work week, Monday being Merdeka day, and Tuesday being the ad hoc holiday announced by the MB. 

• Spent Monday at Pyramid
• Tuesday in line at Stickerrific for Hobonichi Day
• Friday night at Pav Damansara Heights for that Kino's first anniversary celebrations/sale
• Dropped off umbrellas for repair at OUG market on Saturday
• RIP Gloria Steinem 

Week 35, 2026 - Pre-Merdeka madness

3 day work week. A lot to cram in those 3 days. 

Decided to take Monday off just cos Tuesday was Maulidur Rasul. 

• Ended up going to Pavilion Bukit Jalil on Monday
• Spent Tuesday watching my second Jason Statham movie (Mutiny) this year at IOI Damansara, with a chiropractor appointment later that afternoon. 
• MB announced a cuti peristiwa (ad hoc holiday) for 1st September cos the Selangor contingent won a lot of medals at the SUKMA games. Or something to that effect. Guess I won't have to use the annual leave for what I was planning for on that day... 
• Drove downtown on Wednesday night for the Valiram Merdeka sale. Was sorely tempted by some stuff, but ultimately came away with a single limited time, Merdeka-themed flavoured macaron. Got the other flavours from the store across the road. 
• Saw my first opening night play (local production of Duncan MacMillan's Lungs) in ages on Thursday.
• Would not recommend going to the Kayu Ara eco-shop, but now I know how to get to the Kayu Ara LRT station. 
• Decided to go watch One Mic Stand's Merdeka show on Saturday cos I really got nothing else better to do.
• Spent Sunday riding the LRT to Midvalley and KLCC cos I didn't want to deal with the downtown road closures cos there was a marathon going on this weekend. 

Mutiny

Second Jason Statham movie this year... I KNOW! 

This movie is so undermarketed, so the cineplexes are making people pay full price to watch this by not having morning screenings AT ALL. Kinda annoyed that I spent RM20 to watch this. (Sadly, the HSBC Live+ RM10 off promo is already over, *whomp whomp*). Only upside to a midday movie is I would need to have lunch beforehand, or else it would be too late and I'd be hangry AF if I waited until afters. 

So ended up at Gossip Cafe not far from the IOI Damansara GSC and had my fix of Portugese style stingray set (with rice, a soggy papadom, and not warm sunny side up egg) before the movie. Honestly, not the best value for price paid. 

This time he plays a former cop and commando who's now a billionaire's (very the overqualified) head of security, who goes on a vengeance mission to find out who wanted his boss dead. Ends up on a cargo ship, stumbles into a human trafficking ring, kills his way up the chain, chaos ensues. 

• Dude is his own movie genre at this point lah. 
• There's some Die Hard references, especially when he was crawling around in air vents and what not. 
• OMG he Phineas Gage-d that guy khau khau, but with a knife. Oklah, not exactly like Phineas Gage, but close enough 
• There's reasons why this movie is rated 18. For real. 
• I want to know how they are able to find out phone numbers and people's dossiers like that as non law enforcement... 
• Props to whoever linked Jason Statham's SSM listing for his production company on the Wikipedia article.. 

If you watch Jason Statham movies for the same reason I do, just watch it to check your brain at the door, kill a couple of hours... Ok, it's a 90 minute movie lah. Don't think I can tahan if it ran any longer than that. 

Week 34, 2026

Another tired week. Also still haze. Putting the air purifier through its paces after so many years. 

• Went back to Ambank to get a new card cos old one got blocked liao. Sigh.
• Met up with some former collegemates at a recently opened Korean BBQ in Hartamas on Wednesday. 
• Got a couple of new pans with Mum at the Tefal warehouse sale on Friday morning
• Finally (!) saw Spider-Man: Brand New Day on Saturday
• Went to the Public Bank's 60th anniversary celebration at 1U on Saturday after the movie, mostly for the swag. 
• Sunday became self-care day: accidentally scheduled a massage and facial on the same day

Spider-Man: Brand New Day

It's been awhile since I've seen a movie so long after it's been out - I just couldn't find the time to go watch cos got other stuff going on the last few weekends. I figured with the demand, it's not going away from the cinemas just yet. 

The hall I was in was still about 70% full. Can hear a group of young boys who can't contain their excitement to catch this Spidey movie. Despite being about a month since it came out, the cinemas are still giving posters and whatever to moviegoers. GSC gave everyone who was watching this a Bugle "newspaper", with a centrespread poster. 

• NGL, when I finally saw the trailer or whatever, I was like... is he going through Spidey-perimenopause ah? Okaylah, it's the arachnid hormones trying to take over the human host or whatever, but it does look like perimenopause from where I'm sitting LOL
• I can't believe it's been 5 years since No Way Home... which arounds about right, cos they were about to start college back then, and this is right when MJ and Ned already graduated college...
• How is Yelena not soggy all the time, if her "office" was really in a bathhouse LOL - but seriously though, how long was Florence Pugh's day like that? A day, tops? 
• I'm gonna guess that not letting Frank finish the swear word by webbing his mouth is so they can keep the 13 rating or whatever, and cos it's funny 
• Him being grossed out by his organic webbing is also kinda hilarious. But yeah, why wasn't Tobey Maguire's Spidey back in the day? 
• The heng dai vibe between Tom Holland and Jon Bernthal is pretty obvious both on-screen and off (as they were doing press for both this and The Odyssey) 
• In fairness to Yelena, her reasons for conducting business in the bath seem pretty sound.. 
• If he's been wiped out of everyone's collective memory and is full time Spidey hor, where he got the money for his living space and the hardware lah? Inheritance money is it? 
• The effort he put in to suppress the spider hormones this whole movie is just so futile in the end when he decided to just embrace it.. 
• Did they bring Marisa Tomei back for this, or was it archival footage? 
• I've read about most of the references they've got in the movie going in, but apparently there's a glimpse of Michelle Yeoh also? 
• Despite the secrecy, I'm sure most of the fans got it right about Sadie Sink being Jean Grey (like DUH, if you ask me), which helps to shoehorn in the upcoming MCU X-Men. (They've already announced the cast during D23)
• Does this mean Sony doesn't have to make another Spider-Man movie for the time being? 

I guess this one is okay lah, just a bit long for me. Could it be shorter? I dunno either. The fight and action scenes are pretty cool. I'm not sure if I would want to do the 4DX experience..