Movie: The Hobbit + day out in inverness ^^

On Wednesday, I went to Inverness with the guys (Ecky, Jonny, Elim) to have lunch and watch the Hobbit. I've never actually watch any of the LOTR (Lord of the Rings for those who don't know) films before because they never appeal to me. I'm more of a Harry Potter, wizard fighting dark lord kind of girl. A bunch of guys looking for a ring? No thanks! Many people are really surprised when I tell them I've never watched it though - well I have watched like parts on TV before changing the channel because I was bored - and they're even more surprised when they find out I have all the DVDs at home. My father and brother are fans, what can I say. Today my dad revealed we also have the books at home. I was like "how come I didn't know??" 

But before I dive into the movie, Let's start with food.

Lunch is important and I love food! 

When we got to Inverness, we thought of going to The Mustard Seed for lunch. We usually go there and they do a good deal of 2 courses for £6.99 or something.

But.. They were fully booked ><"So we decided to try this new place called the corner grill :)

A picture speaks a thousand words, so here are the pictures~

Menu

So many forks and knives! They must serve decent food haha

They have crackers on the table~ I've never played with one before until that day

Jonny pulled one and.. it's a fan! Did they know we were chinese?

I got mini cards! They're so cute I love them. The fan is also with me because it was decided everything should go into my bag. I was the only girl though so I was the only one with a bag haha

Starter - Mushroom soup. The soup was quite nice but I thought there wasn't enough mushrooms in it. 

Main course - Beef burger and Chips. Their chips were MASSIVE. Like about 3-4 times the thickness of McDonald fries! They were so good tho.

Random picture of cards and drink. Shows how small the cards are

 Another random picture of the lights in the Inverness shopping centre.

So we were originally planning to catch the 3pm showing, but we finished lunch at 2.30 and since the cinema wasn't in town, we thought we would just catch the next one which was at 4.20 and was a 3D one. Cinema tickets were so expensive £8.20. I'm a student and I'm in debt. Now I'm in even more debt :'(

But going back to the film. Everyone says The Hobbit wasn't as good as the LOTR films but I personally thought it was alright. The beginning was slightly draggy but all the action at the end made up for it. And it has kinda persuaded me to watch LOTR now so I might watch it when I have a day where I'm free and have 9 hours to spare :P

I still have many films I want to watch!

But I need to sleep.

Goodnight :D

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2

FINALLY  I saw Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 2, or Twilight 4b as I call it. I've been waiting for weeks to watch this! It's because Alvin went away to America and he told me specifically more than once to wait for him to see it - it's rare that a guy wants to see it that much haha 

But it took us a while before we managed to catch the film...

Last night...

Becky, Eric, Jonny, Steph, Sean and I got the train from Elgin to Aberdeen and we arrived about 5.45pm because the train was delayed for a bit. The original plan was to have Alvin and Carol get a table, have a quick dinner and catch the 6.50pm showing. Unfortunately, the place we picked - Handmade Burger - was really busy, I couldn't get the kids meal and me and becky's food took 30minutes to arrive. That's the WORST experience I've ever had at Handmade burger. I ordered a small beef classic and added mushrooms to it but my mushroom was burnt. It felt like I was eating cancer. You know when something is so burnt all you can taste is the black charcoal? That's what the sides of my mushroom was like. Above all, the service just wasn't that good. I think there were a few trainees in there but it felt like they were all over the place and there was just no system. There were a few people who ordered after me and got their food first. Not impressed. It hasn't put me off eating there but hopefully next time it will be better. 

I thought I took a picture of my burger but I don't think I actually pressed the button. That was how rushed we were ==" 

So after me and bex downed our burgers (everyone else got their food waayy before us) the guys decided we weren't going to make the 6.50 so we had to wait till the 8.30 one (I wanted to watch the earlier showing so I could sleep early ><). The good thing was that there wasn't that many people so we had good seats :D 

Then the film started!!! ^^" *excited shriek!* 

I love the film. I really do. But... I don't understand what was with the fighting scene! I know that it was Alice's vision (it wasn't in the book, yes I'm the freak that reads it) but it was completely POINTLESS! It was completely out of place and I got the inkling that it's just put there to give the film that little bit more action.

And the BABY!! C'mon! It's a multi-million film, surely you can afford better effects and make the baby look better. That baby was fake-looking! Fire whoever created it and hire someone next time! Except there won't be a next time hahaha <-- What a bad joke :P 

Yeah so because of the late showing, we went home late. But despite my rants about the effects and scenes, I still loved it! 

Twilight forever!

Haha no, I'm not that sad. 

Silver Linings Playbook movie and Wagamama

Recognise this? Yep I went to watch Silver Linings Playbook last night with Ecks and Jons, 2 of my guy friends :) When we bought the tickets, the girl asked us if we wanted front middle or back and naturally we said back of course, then we got the seats closest at the back ==" Ecks was so funny though, he said "I don't like these seats, I'm raging! I'm raging!" All i could do was laugh in his face haha and being the nice one, I offered to have the wall as my cosy companion. 

Personally I didn't think the movie was that great although I loved the ending! But then I'm a sucker for happy endings so that's no surprise :P I have to admit though, it's been a while since the movie has ended and I like it better now than when it first ended, maybe because the boys explained to me some of what happened and I get it more now but the beginning was still a bit of a drag. 

So here's what happened:

***WARNING: SPOILERS!***

Pat is a man who was released from a mental institution (he was put in there because he snapped and beat up the man his wife was sleeping with, turned out he was bipolar) and not wants to get back together with his estranged wife - Nikki. Unfortunately, Nikki moved out and sold their marital home and had a restraining order put against Pat.

Pat was then invited to dinner by his friend Ronnie where he was introduced to Tiffany - Ronnie's sister-in-law, who is also suffering from a mental disorder. Despite having his guard up against Tiffany at first, Pat slowly warms up to her and even takes her out to dinner, where Tiffany agrees to pass on a letter from Pat to Nikki. Later however, Tiff refuses to pass on the letter unless Pat agreed to be her partner for a dance event. Although reluctant at first, Pat agrees eventually. 

As Pat and Tiff begin their dance practices, Pat finds himself being attracted to her and Tiff also gives him Nikki's reply to his letter. On the other hand, Pat's family disapprove of his hanging out with Tiff because they think she will bring him down, but when Pat's father lost a bet, Tiff appeared with a proposition which changed the family's opinion of her. The proposition was Pat's father making a bet on another match, which he later turned to a double bet: that his team wins the match and Pat and Tiff get a 5 or above on their dance score. Pat did not agree with the bet and refused to participate in the dance competiton and everyone decided that the only way is to lie to Pat that Nikki would be there watching him dance and that would improve her image of him.

On the day of the competition, Tiff found out that Nikki did actually come and her mood changed drastically. They still danced and received a score of 5, to which they scream and shout in excitement. Pat's father then shared the news that he won the match bet. We then see Pat walking over to Nikki and whispering something in her ear and when Tiff saw this, she left, upset. 

Pat returns to his family, finds Tiff gone and chases after her, telling her that he knew it was her who replied to his letter and that he loves her.

The end.

***Spoilers end*** 

After the movie I told the guys that I was bored, they weren't impressed and said they took the wrong person haha. Then we went to Wagamama for dinner. Wagamama is a british-japanese restaurant (japanese restaurant opened by brits) and I cannot remember when I was last there... must have been at least 6 months ago. I don't love love the place, but going there once in awhile is not too bad ^^" 

My Chicken Katsu Curry

Eric's dinner (cannot remember the name)

Didn't take a picture of Jonny's because his came first and I didn't think of taking pictures then. 

The Chicken Katsu Curry was very good as usual, I love fried chicken! But the curry was spicier than I remember. Tried Ecky's and his was milder! Should've swapped with him.

Then it was time for desserts! We don't get desserts often but all 3 of us were still hungry, so...

My Passionfruit Cheesecake <3

Jonny's Coconut Reika

Ecky got passionfruit froyo which I didn't take a picture of. It did not look interesting. Oh yeah all pics are taken with Ecky's iPhone, because mine ran out of battery :( charged it before I left as well!

Then I went home and went to bed.

I'm glad my first lecture is at 2 today.