the first day of Chinese New Year is gone. it was quite alright really.

went to church in the morning. well, i missed most of it so i don't think it counts. my stomach lurched and pulled and gargled halfway through mass. when nature calls, you answer. i was thinking of holding it in till we reached home but i couldn't hold out and right after the general intercessions i charged into the toilet. there is one cubicle in IHM that has big windows a little above ground level that expose the occupant. i had to be the idiot to rush into that one. half the time in there, i was looking out for people and ducking everytime someone walked by. i have to say that i believe in Einstein's Theory of Relativity. it seemed like 5 minutes to me in the cubicle but by the time i came out, i had already missed communion. i guess toilet cubicles and space craft are somewhat similar.

after mass we went to my grandmother's place. it was boring cause we were the only ones there. i ended up dozing off and had to be woken up as we left for my aunt's place. the food there was excellent. just excellent. then i played some xbox with my brother and Kev my Arabian-British cousin. we decided to catch Constantine after that which we did and i will rave about it now.

Much unlike Elektra, which i think is a sh*t show, Constantine is a smarter, wittier film. once again, i'm no movie buff but i write what i perceive. so, sue me. it's much more in touch with this world than Elektra. i've never read the Constantine comics but Keanu Reeves makes him so cool. i heard that Constantine's actually a blond Englishman but Keanu Reeves brings an air of Neo's invincibility to Constantine. apparently, Earth is the poker table of God and Satan. long ago, they placed a wager to see who Man worships more. it's like a subtle war between Heaven and Hell. whoever Man favours more is the winner. they can only influence and not make contact. those are the 'rules' of the game. the coolness of the whole concept is that angels and demons walk among us. Constantine calls them 'half-breeds' or those who are demons or angels but look like humans. they are the ones influencing our lives. their interaction is minimal but it's like the butterfly effect, affecting your entire life. Constantine is a man born with the ability to see these half-breeds. he had an accident when he was 15 and was dead for 2 minutes. within those 2 minutes he had been to hell and back. since he was destined to be in hell, he decided to atone for his sins by killing demons who break the rules by making contact with humans, therefore placing himself in God's good books to buy his way into heaven. the concept of heaven and hell is really interesting and the most logical, to me at least, as well. they are just parallel dimensions of Earth. way cooler than the above and below concept. Constantine has this really cool aresenal as well. he has these glass baubles of holy water from the River Jordan, a shaft that contains 'Dragon Breath' [a stick-like flamethrower, cool sh*t] and a matchbox of bugs that make a noise demons hate. the coolest of weapons of course, is his big-ass crucifix-shaped gun which is a muli-barreled automatic shotgun. even the cross-hairs are crucifixes. the bullets are propelled by the dragon breath stick and it apparently brings a lot of pain to the demons. Keanu Reeves really does well in making Constantine a real bad-ass mo' fo' who only cares about himself and doesn't give a shit about anything else. he sure as hell smokes and drinks a lot.

the show moves at just the right pace and it's two hours of film are filled with enough engaging scenes to keep your eyes glued to the screen. although it's a dark gothic film, it still has a few humorous sarcastic quips and the ocassional showing of the finger by Constantine [including one he showed to Satan as he almost went into Heaven]. the acting is good and you really feel the messed up feeling the characters have as the show progresses. all in all, it's a good show and you should catch it.

i think i'm going to sleep now. okay, i AM going to sleep now.

"take the music away.."