Watched the movie "Taken" today and I thought the movie was nice because it had really realistic action scenes throughout a heart-stopping journey where a father (who retired voluntarily from some secret service job) had reluctantly gave his permission for his teenage daughter to go to Europe for a holiday, only to discover to his dismay that she was kidnapped by a vicious group of Albanians who ran drugs and prostitution rings.
Determined not to lose his daughter, he embarked on a one-man mission to save his daughter within a window of 96 hours before she would be forever lost in the human-trafficking businesses in Europe. The movie was an eye-opener about how insidious such crimes were in hoodwinking unsuspecting young girls on holidays and then whisking them off to sedate them with drugs to be sold for prostitution and the movie culminated when the father finally came face to face with the crime lords responsible for such illegal businesses, whom the former deal with harshly. As what one movie reviewer on yahoo said, you won't even notice the movie's 90+ minutes because it was one well-paced, hard-action movie mixed with ingenuity and quite some violence. It's NC16 because of the violence so for those blog readers wanting to go catch this movie, do take heart before stepping in.
It's really warm - I am literally cooked by the stifling heat that has permeated Singapore for the past week. Trying to enjoy the break after Campus Superstars 3 competition but the country has more or less transformed itself into a sweltering furnace to burn the rest.
Still I have managed to grab some entertainment here and there to take my mind off from those performance commentaries nights. Here are some of the games that have been keeping me happy.
Restaurant City - Facebook Game Application
I have always been intrigued by cooking and this is one game I really enjoyed because as an owner of a restaurant, you are to answer daily food quizzes (within 10 seconds) to gain precious ingredients to make new starter, main or dessert dishes for your ever-hungry customers. Alternatively, you can try exchanging ingredients with your friends. With those ingredients, your assigned cooks and waiters will start serving those dishes (visible from the screen) and starting collecting bills for you to upgrade and renovate your restaurant.Money is hard to come by so I was trying my best to give my restaurant a posh look without spending too much since after every 3 hours, the assigned cooks and waiters will be exhausted and you either have to let them sleep or feed them really expensive sandwiches (each costing $200!). I still have many dishes to learn and I am hunting for ingredients everyday. Anyone has eggs and cheese to exchange? Hahaha.
Civony - Free Browser-Based City-Building Game
Pardon the small screenshot because most of the icons in the game are small. Although very similar to the earlier Imperial Ages game that I played a few months back, this one is even more complicated with valleys on the map screen for your armies to capture for increased production of lumber, stone, iron or food. The valleys (grasslands, hills, lakes, deserts, swamps) are constantly changing their levels, which determine the number of defenders guarding the valleys. The game also features heroes whom you can either hire from the inn or capture from valleys. You can grow these heros through an experience system and reward them with money or medals which can increase their popularity, experience and skills in helping you to manage your cities or lead your armies.
Another main drawing point is the alliance that I am in - most of them are actually working adults or graduates from various universities across the world from USA, Australia, Canada and we have been bantering and chatting about various issues across cultures whilst waiting for our buildings in the cities to be completed. The jokes are fast and witty so I am having just reading and laughing at how they are hurling those jokes across the alliance chat.
Going back to my civony and restaurant game now! Will update again soon! ^__^
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