Today I went out with Jacinth and Denise to go Christmas shopping!

I used the $50 takashimaya voucher my dad gave me to buy 3.5 gifts. My mum's earrings were the most expensive, Denise and Jacinth helped me pick it out.

Tonight is also the first night that I'm using the wireless on my laptop to blog!

And today, I finally ended up watching Casino Royale because Denise and Jacinth wanted to watch it, partially because I had a free movie ticket voucher (from dad) for it, so I figured I wasn't actually paying to watch Daniel Craig.

I still dislike Daniel Craig, but I have to admit, the parkour stunts were pretty cool (I also ended up spending 50% of the movie's length trying to remember the term for that 'genre' of stunts). The opening sequence was really cool too and I like the song by Chris Cornell, You Know My Name. As for the rest of the movie, I liked the script with so many twists and turns, which ended up making me think the movie ended 2 times before the actual ending. Also I was mildly thrilled to watch the poker game and be able to recognise the terms like 'full house' and so on, thanks to MSN 7 hand poker, hahaha.

*spoiler ahead*
Also towards the end, when James Bond went back to try and rescue Vesper Lynd who had betrayed him, Denise and Jacinth were making a lot of noise about how stupid he was. Somehow I felt like I could really understand his position and his choice for going back to try and save her, even as she didn't want to be rescued and tried to stop him from rescuing her because she couldn't face him.
*spoiler end*

I guess that's why the critics said this was probably the best bond movie, it wasn't all action, there were 'slow' parts which really filled out the plot and made it more than a simple "crash, bang, f**k" movie".

I still dislike Daniel Craig as Bond though. I think Alexander Litvinenko is the best spy though, of course he's dead. I also think what's happening now with the investigations into his death would make a really good movie. It's like the 2nd Cold War now or something. Litvinenko PWNS Craig. So there.