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ARGH...yesterday's bbq food was overwhelming.. too many chicken wings. Not too bad though. GJ ppl. However, How YOU ALL cook the food de. Use the ambers, not the fire. My tummy feels really queasy right now. I suppose you could say it went smoothly, apart from the needless pushups and all. Too much time away from military style discipline/punishment had me this awkward feeling of nostalgia? no, more like fear o.@ wor. After that, Jianxu, me, Geng Hao and his friend when for a movie together. Lots of hiccups and random slipups along the way... Decided on princess, all shows at 11.45pm, thought that it was too late, rushed to tampines mall, where JX n I got separated from the other 2 coz of the closing train doors (paiseh ah GH, was i walking too slow?LOL JX n I completely forgot the entrance to TP and went round a huge detour involving walking to the end of the bus interchange and back from behind the row of neverending shops. ended up coming up later than them. maybe is tian zhu ding de la yao GH and friend have some alone time), found out that the 10.45pm show was sold out, went to century sq, found out that the remaining timings were the same as TP, I am Legend - 11.45pm, National treasure:book of secrets - 12 midnight. after retarded coinflips that determined our decision otherwise, we settled for NT:bos, when to MACs n for sum reason did not choose the 1 in TP, went to the 1 at the bus interchange. Knn so out of place got =.= 2 tables only. then got 1 group of Mutts guai lan over at 1 table. wish i could take a photo lor XD. wait there down there ai kua ai pah or sumthing. In the end another big detour back to century sq's MACs. Cool way to burn our time wor. Walk here walk there also aid in digestion. Not bad la i suppose. spent our whole 1hr at Macs. So finally, to the movie.
Did you guys wait very long for this part? im sure u did. Personally i could just give the movie a 3/5 Its a little sad, the chim parts were very fascinating. But it just seemed that everything went very smoothly, like they already knew what to do. everything was laid out for them to touch, push, pull or unlock. No surprise at all.
Maybe its becoz i watched NT 1, maybe thats why i expected better. I would like to change my mind and say tht NT 1 is better than NT2 if any of you have not watched the first movie. Its like watching pirates of the Carib 1 n 2, although i would say it was much better. Many miniplots here n there. breakups n makeups n as mother of gates said, the heat of the moment. GH, this shld give you some ideas i hope. *cough* *cough* whatever so thats about it, i would say just watch it for enjoyment. Shit, crap, I geng Very long Liao, need to go toilet n release the inner demons. BB
Anyway, here is a summary of national treasure 1
The story centers around Benjamin Franklin Gates, whose family believes in the legend of a fantastic treasure trove of artifacts and gold, hidden by the Founding Fathers of the United States, and forgotten to all but a few. The first clue was given to Ben's great great great great grandfather by Charles Carroll, the last living signer of the Declaration of Independence, saying simply , "The secret lies with Charlotte".
Using sophisticated computer arctic weather models, Ben, with his friend Riley Poole and financier Ian Howe, finds the wreckage of a Colonial ship, the Charlotte, containing a Meerschaum pipe engraved with a riddle. After examining the riddle, Ben deduces that the next clue is on the back of the Declaration of Independence. While Ben sees such a highly guarded artifact as an obstacle, Ian finds no problem in stealing it. In the standoff, Ian escapes and the Charlotte explodes with Ben and Riley inside, nearly killing them.
They attempt to warn the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, and Abigail Chase at the National Archives, but no one takes them seriously, believing it to be too heavily guarded to be under any threat. Ben thinks otherwise, however, and decides to steal it to keep it from Ian. Ben and Riley manage to steal the Declaration during a 70th anniversary-gala, just before Ian arrives. Dr. Chase, who is holding a replica, is kidnapped by Ian who thinks she has the real one, and Ben has to engage in a car chase to rescue her. As she will not leave without the Declaration, and Ben will not let her leave with it, she is forced to go along with them.
Ben and Riley agree that the only place to hide from the police would be Ben's father's house in Philadelphia. Despite his father's disbelief in the treasure, Ben manages to reveal an Ottendorf cipher on the back of the Declaration, referring to characters in the Silence Dogood letters. The coded message in the letters leads them to Independence Hall, where they find special bifocals invented by Benjamin Franklin. Ben examines the back of the Declaration with the glasses, to find another clue. After a short chase, Ian gets the declaration from Riley and Abigail, and the FBI arrests Ben, who has the glasses.
When the FBI attempts to use Ben as bait to get the Declaration back, Ian arranges to have him escape by jumping from the deck of the USS Intrepid, into the Hudson River. Using Ben's father as leverage, Ian forces Ben to interpret the clue on the back of the declaration, a reference to a secret chamber under Trinity Church in New York City. When they arrive at a seemingly dead end, Ben's father makes up another clue to keep Ian going, telling him a lantern is the clue to the Old North Church in Boston, referencing Paul Revere's ride. Ian goes to Boston with his men, leaving everyone else to die in the caverns.
When he has left, Ben explains that there is another exit, through the treasure room. They find a secret passage into another chamber. To their disappointment, they find it empty, and assume that the treasure was moved yet again. However, they know that another exit had to have been made in case of cave-ins. By further examining the walls, Ben finds a hole the shape of the pipe from the Charlotte. This lock opens a door into the true treasure room, containing artifacts from all periods of history.
When they leave through the second exit and the FBI arrives, Ben discovers that the chief investigator, Special agent Peter Sadusky (Harvey Keitel), is a Freemason. Ben proposes to give it to various museums around the world, with credit being given to the entire Gates family and Riley, with Dr. Chase not being penalized for the theft of the Declaration. With Sadusky not wanting to end an investigation without someone going to prison, they fly to Boston just in time to arrest Ian. The U.S. government offers Ben and his friends 10% of the treasure, but Ben only takes 1% and splits it with Riley, amounting to about $50 million each.[2] With his share, Ben buys a mansion once owned by Charles Carroll, and Riley buys a red Ferrari 360 Spider.
BASKET. HOW come they can write so much 1. the plot su mmary as long as my Post. Crap i so suck at expressing my thoughts in words meh??!?!??!
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Aah.. tonight was like any other night. Except my dad had to go bring me to bugis to eat at sakae tepanyaki. OF all the choices it had to be the lobster zzz... I felt that it was an utter waste of money. the lobster was no bigger than the size of my fist. the bill came up to $72.XX. I could buy HALO 3 with that kind of cash..
Went to cold storage. Found the infamous devil of all chocolate.99%!!! hoho. i'm gonna try it tonight...see you in the other world...
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