Movie Review: The Hangover 2

Hangover II, the sequel to Hangover follows Phil (Bradley Cooper), Stu (Ed Helms), Alan (Zach Galifianakis) and Doug (Justin Bartha) as they head out to Thailand for Stu's wedding. Stu's plan was for a subdued party but little did he know that what happen in Las Vegas will happen again. This time, they woke up in a dingy hotel in Bangkok and lost Stu's soon to be brother-in-law, Teddy (Mason Lee). Phil, Stu and Alan  - along with Mr. Chow (Ken Jeong), now have to retrace their steps and figure out where Teddy is before going back to the island where Stu is set to marry Lauren (Jamie Chung).

I had high expectations before seeing this movie. Sequel should be more entertaining that the first right? But at the end of the movie, I was a little bit disappointed. 

Hangover II followed the same premise as the first one: Out of hand party - wake up the next morning without any knowledge of what happen - missing person and get an animal involve. At least this time, it was a monkey and not a tiger. 

The roles of each character was pretty much the same. Phil being the leader of the wolf pack, Stu being the one who has a different personality when he gets booze up and Alan being the reason why the night goes haywire. At least this time, Doug wasn't the one missing.

Don't get me wrong though, the movie still had funny moments with different scenery and more raunchy. But they could have added more to make it different from its predecessor. If you have not seen it, you are better off when it comes out in DVD or Netflix

Rating: 6 out of 10

Li Na - French Open Champion

History was made today when Li Na beat Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 7-6 (0) to become the first Chinese player to win Grand Slam Single Champion. It sure was a long time coming as Li Na came to the tournament seeded number six and played a great tournament trouncing her opponents in each round to get to the finals to face defending champion Schiavone. Both ladies played a great final and the second set was a battle. 

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Dance Parade NYC 2011

Amazing diversity as seen to different dance styles...

Gareth Emery at Pacha

Gareth Emery

Gareth Emery finally made it to Pacha New York City last friday, May 13, 2011, 13 months after Mount Eyjafjallajökull exploded and its volcanic ashes halt all air flights in Europe, and he surely rocked the place out.

Gareth Emery

His three-hour set was a great mix of progressive and melodic trance couple with house tunes. He came in at 1 AM (Jason Jollins opened and closed that night) and open with an intro edit of his tune Arrival with Brute Force. He played tunes from his Northern Lights album and Northern Lights Re-Lit album as well as other DJs and some mashups and remixes. Some of the tunes he played were:

Ferry Corsten - Feel It Above and Beyond ft. Richard Bedford - Sun and Moon (Club Mix) Nadia Ali - Rapture (Gareth Emery Remix) John O'Callaghan ft. Betsie Larkin - Save This Moment (Gareth Emery Remix) OceanLab vs. Gareth Emery - On A Metropolis Day (Myon & Shane 54 Mashup) Ferry Corsten - Punk (Arty's Rock N Rolla Remix) Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400 (Chris Schweizer Bootleg) Marc Simz - Forbidden City (Heatbeat Rapture Mashup) Steve Angello & Faithless - Knas Insomnia 2011 (East & Young Mashup) Lange & Andy Moor & Komytea & Tiesto - Lethal Stadium Four (Gareth Emery Re-Edit)  Diddy Dirty Money - Coming Home (Dirty South Remix)

Gareth Emery ft. Brute Force - Arrival (Ashley Wallbridge Intro Edit)* Gareth Emery ft. Activa - All Is Now Gareth Emery ft. Roxanne Emery - Too Dark Tonight Gareth Emery ft. Lucy Saunders - Fight the Sunrise Gareth Emery ft. Lucy  Saunders - Sanctuary** Gareth Emery - Global (Jordan Suckley Remix) Garreth Emery - Exposure Gareth Emery vs. Markus Schulz ft. Jennifer Rene - Citadel vs. Not The Same (Armin Van Buuren MashUp)  Gareth Emery vs. Motorcycle - As The Exposure Comes (Gareth Emery Mashup) Gareth Emery (ft. Mark Frisch) - Into The Light Pendulum vs. Rank 1 vs. Nic Chagall vs. Wippenberg - The 100 Islands (Triarchy Edit) Andain - Beautiful Things

*Opening Tune **Closing tune

And he closed with his tune Sanctuary with vocals from Lucy Saunders. Just an amazing set, I have never dance this much for awhile and I could surely tell because it was a rough walking back to Grand Central Terminal to catch the train back home.

Will to Win

Double calf cramps after jumping towards the hoop - on the floor withering in pain, calf muscles were throbbing and hard as a rock. First thing I ask…
“Did I made the shot?”

That’s determination, perseverance and the will to win..

“No matter how difficult the goal the triumph of willpower over weakness will gain success”

btw, the basket went in and I won the game for the team.

The last time I had double leg cramped, it was also during a game of basketball in 1999. Before the game, I decided - since I know I wont be playing too much - to play a pick-me-up game with some people. Little did I know, I had to play most of the game when our forward picked up two quick fouls. The double cramp happen late in the game...

The game was a tooth-and-nail game. Every basket counts and we were up against a better team. We were in the zone and I read the play - overhead pass from left to right to their shooting guard. I ran and leaped trying to steal the ball but I knew it was a mistake. Once I landed, I was writhing in pain on the floor with both my calf muscles hard as a rock and pain shooting up. I think I shouted every curse word there is as I lay there with my teammates and friends trying to calm me down and move me. The game was delayed for 10 minutes as they were unable to move me easily since every time they try, pain shoots up my legs. Some even though I broke my legs but luckily wasn't. They finally was able to move me but I stayed on the floor laying down while a girl friend and a teammate watch over me. We lose that game and surely felt disheartened but a game is a game, you win some, you lose some.