Thursday saw Minibean heading to Malacca in the morning, means the “handover” was done on late Wednesday evening.

It begun 3 days of recuperating period, which I repaid all those sleep debts with plenty of quality rest.

I woke up no earlier than 4pm for Thursday, Friday, and today.

Which was also aided by the cough mixture, the bout of cold I got from Minibean, PMS on Thursday, and blood loss for these 2 days.

I had the longest PMS EVER as my hormones went haywire.

Nonetheless, it didn’t stop me from having quite some fruitful days, and it is just great to know that I will be all geared by Monday.

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Eileen dropped by on Thursday after her work to pass me 3 tickets to the zoo. Did I ever mention how blessed I am to be constantly surrounded by people who are such blessings.

It was good to see my airbrush teacher, Dave, after so long.

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Nick then popped by so we could head down to an photography exhibition nearby, and knowing I did not have any food prior, he actually packed some home-cooked food for me, and it was even accompanied by lotus root soup!

Sweetest meal ever.

Honestly I was very touched as I munchmunchmunched at the foyer and gobbled most of it up before I made a mad dash to Jurong Point to get some tickets to watch The Expendables!

We swiftly headed to Jurong Library for the exhibition (which marked my virgin trip to the library in eons!) and we bumped into Marco, and I invited him to join us for dinner at Jurong Point’s Hong Kong cafe.

Dinner was short, but it was cosy to just sit around with the boys to catch up before we all rushed for the movie which I was eagerly anticipating!

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SPOILERS ALERT

The boys were hyped after the show, so did I, and that pretty much sums up how The Expendables will send the testosterone and adrenalin into overdrive.

I am aware about the mixed reviews out there, but honestly, HOW CAN ANYONE MISS SUCH AN AWESOME ENSEMBLE?!

It was charged with actions, raining bullets, packed to the brim with nostalgia, and graced by all the biggest action legends.

And judge me all you want, it is my first ever Sylvester Stallone movie.

Yes.

First.

Ahem.

If you guys are saying this guy is washed up, I better go dig up all those old movies and feed my movies trivia bank, cos boy, those fucking muscles! THAT GUY IS FREAKING RIPPED FOR HIS AGE!

And his sense of humour and that slanted smile was probably passe, but I am all for nostalgia, and I bought it all.

And yes, it too, is my FIRST EVER Jason Statham movie. What can I say? I had missed this good piece of sex for most part of my life, and I don’t know what Kelly Brook was thinking (if only her boobs could think!), but gee, I would have bald babies with this hottie anytime, anywhere, anyhow!

And you got see how protective he was of his chick in the movie or not?!?!?!?!?! Awesomely MAN, I tell ya. And the way he flicked his knives. Scorching.

The plot is probably as thin as Jason Statham’s hair for serious movies go-ers, but this movie is like a history you wouldn’t want to miss revisiting, and for that familiarity and old-school actions (CGI or body double free!).. it is enough to get your raring for more.

I have to admit I totally go into fangirl mode when Arnie walked into the church like some holy action hero figure, cos one of the very first movies I ever watched, was Terminator 2, and it was one of the 2 LDs I had at home (besides Top Gun) that I kept replaying over and over.

I bloody cried when I was a young girl watching Terminator 2 okay?! And it would also mean it was one of the 3 movies I ever watched with my parents.

Anyway. I gasped. I squealed. And I swooned.

I didn’t get the joke when everyone laughed at Bruce Willis’ appearance, and when everyone laughed louder when Arnold Schwarzenegger (one thing I have always been proud of, I can spell his name since primary school!) made his grand entrance, but I certainly enjoyed the time when everyone broke into applause when Arnie concluded his cameo with Stallone’s punchline.

But the highlight of the movie gotta be Mickey Rourke. I have been wanting to catch The Wrestler for the longest time but I have yet to done so, and his screen time on The Expendables is definitely a motivation for me to watch it by next week.

This man bloody stole the show, and deservingly so.

The scene of him having a conversation with Sly, it was a shot of his reflection, and an emotional monologue delivered by him flawlessly.. with his lips trembling and his voice quivering. It slowed the movie almost to a standstill, you almost forgot why you were in the theatre for cos you were just lost in the moment Mickey Rourke had enveloped you in.

Fuck! This guy owns it, absolutely!

And it was a breather very much needed in the midst of all those actions.

I LOVED THE GOODIES AND BIG BOYS TERRY CREWS WHIPPED OUT! It would just go into plenty of mindless explosions and things blowing up. WOOOHOOOOOO! Though my impression of him still stays with how he sang “A Thousand Miles” in White Chicks. Hahaha.

I SIMPLY ADORE WATCHING JET LI! Who is probably my preferred Chinese action star amongst the others (unless you count Chow Yun Fatt as an action star!), and it was plenty of funnies!

I also drooled watching the giant, Dolph Lundgren, and gasped, so hot when he appeared on screen.

You know what’s the awesome thing? It seems like action heroes are better at treating their women right in real life than footballers.

Whenever I read about these guys in real life and how they talk about their partners.. are they perfect or what (okay, not all of them, but, gee!), and Sly was saying the moral of the story is these guys deserve to be bashed up cos of how they treat ladies?!

I think this post pretty much verifies that I have plenty of testosterone in me, which probably explains the not child-friendly languages and the endless gushings for the movie, and the prehistoric big boys in it.

But it is gonna be a fun movie that will get you and your friends talking about the movies in the past and the memories they used to bring…

… for the nostalgia they bring? Priceless