Bismillahirrohmanirrohim....
This is the place where I am
jotting down my daily lives, my experiences, travels, joys, and
things I cherish in life..
along with my family's journeys.
This has been a great and will
be a beautifully ridden life.
In short, did that, been there,
will be...all those vistas.
안녕하세요?...Welcome to Suray's World & Beyond
where you will see what I treasure and cherish in simple yet wonderful life.
After a week since its release, Eyra and Freya asked me to take them to the theater. This time...it's Dragon time. Yep, they watched the first one and this one seems to excel as well. Eyra wouldn't have been so excited, had om Kiky and tante Nia not come to join us. Since there were not many seats left...I got to purchase the tickets online so as to confirm our seats.
There were 6 of us watching the 'HTTYour Dragons" on IMAX.
I thought the IMAX at Yongsan was the same height and size as the one in Wangshimni CGV..but boy...I was wrong. It's not even half the size of the latter. :(
But..luckily the HTTYD in 3D was amazing.
and oh...just a day before...."Guardians of the Galaxy" was also the one movie I did enjoy.
Oh child....^^(one of the OST's title) still lingers on my ear.
other 80's songs dotted during the movie really got me hooked to the movie.
I just realized that I promised Eyra to get her the Rio 2 merchandise ....only to find that they're sold-out. Hmm..*sigh* I wish I'd remembered making THE promise. Anyway...so it went like this..to compensate what I did I took her to the cinema (again) to let her decide if she wanted to see the movie (again). This time in Korean, of course.
Well, at first she was so excited of having heard the idea of re-watching Rio 2.
But then..she told me "Dad, it's okay. I don't need those stuffs."
But, what about re-watching it? She said, " Nope, no need to, either"
A downloaded picture of the kids from the 'waive and get photographed' screen-camera @ IFC.
It's located at the main atrium of the mall where most people would gather. Right in front of it...above the atrium hung a huge screen that keeps on sending out advertisements. But, it's not the ads that draw people to keep on glued onto the screen, it's the snap-yourself onto the camera and keep the pictures for yourself.
It's not even the rather-awkward-looking virtual-reality gimmick that draw people's attention...But...
THIS. Yes..this postcard-like pictures of ourselves.
People (mostly kids) would gather, run, walk, tag, follow along, wave hands ...bump into one another to get into the box into which a camera would zoom and then then snap! A moment later an IQR code would pop up on the screen for us to capture and save the pictures---if we want it to.
Like this one.
And this is one of the pictures of Eyra and Freya. Gosh..I don't understand what's the fuzz about it in the first place. But, I guess...the fun of chasing the box and making sure that they ARE in the picture...are things that they like about it.
As for me, this is great moment to let the kids roam free after having a bliss at buffet lunch a few hours earlier.
Last but not least, it's Frozen's famous characters, Kristoff, Anna, Elsa, and of course, Olaf--the snowman. Though they're just plainly pinned-up life-size paper, they're surely a major attractions for the kids and adults-alike.
Eyra's been head over heels over Elsa from 'Frozen' that as soon as she saw them, she insisted that she took the picture with them by squeezing her face right onto the perfectly cut hole that would fit a face for a make-believe picture like the one above.
*gee, I was holding her up from behind this picture so as to let her fit into the 'hole'
Continued on about the Disney characters at CGV Art Gallery, Eyra finally met with Minnie. These ones, too, were actually a pinned-up life-size characters. With a perfect angle, it would've been a three-dimensional picture..but I wonder if this one would do fine ..for the trick.
At least, Eyra could go hand in hand with them. Right, Eyra?
POSE here...let alone...climbing up on it and take a picture of ourselves. But, for the kids, these CGV letters were seen like a BIG characters to play with. Oh, well...just go and let me take the pictures, girls.
and..me, too. I'd love to be there with you, kids. Oh, Freya...you really fit well into the C!!!
And ...while Eyra was almost perfectly fitted into the C, Freya, on the other hand, had the most playful pose of them all. She asked me to put her into the G and posed with that. Okay...quick--quick...before someone asked us not to take a picture here!!
*Oh, My....* they're not done, yet. They seemed to be enjoying their time while me on the other hand..had to deal with my own predicament of being in the situation where some people were watching us. But, oh, well....
CGV set up these BIG letters for us to enjoy, right?
Had they prohibited its visitors from climbing up the letters, they'd have posted some notice, right^^
ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ I'm trying to find some affirmation of what the kids'd been doing...
yes..it's March and B'day-month. So, the other day...out of nowhere and beyond expectation, we got a free big-size pop corn and two cokes of our choice to celebrate the B'day. Sure...거절할 필요가 없죠? Why not just take it with a smile, then?
ㅋㅋㅋ Yes, I could be oblivious to the fact that for all CGV members, one free snack like this ....once a year is hard to resist, right?
And what 's the fuzz of taking this picture? I knew that as soon as I traded it back to counter for the popcorn...I'd never see this piece of congratulatory note again.
I was right. Yes, Grabbed my free popcorn+cokes and there gone this pink-note of Happy B'Day. THank you, CGV. A simple thank-you note is enough.
I managed to see this talked about and anticipated movie on the premier on July 29. I thought the movie was about to be premiered on August 1. But I heard the news that thanks..to Director Bong's agreement, Koreans could enjoy his latest movie a day sooner. After finishing my recording, I rushed to CGV @ IFC Mall, the nearest one the office.
It was a truly demented, twisted, jaw-dropping, mind blowing Korean movie that left me numb and speechless at the spectacle and its story telling. Koreans must have been so proud of this wide-release movie all across the globe. I can see why. Even CGV decorated itself with lots of posters to sort of commemorate and celebrate the premiere.
The posters of each characters depicted in the movie are hung across the hall. Well, I am not sure about other CGV, but right here in CGV Yoiudo, there was a warm reception on the premiere.
Two Koreans movie are screened at the same time: Snowpiercer (설국열차) and The Terror Live (더테러 라미브). I could not see both on the same day.
In fact I just saw the Terror Live on August 1^^
The social division within carriages on the train circulating the world drenched in the 2nd ice age. The relentless pursuit of freedom. The meaning of humanity is at stake. I just could not believe my eyes of what I saw as I let myself being absorbed into the world of 'Snowpiercer'. The cinematography was appealingly indeed a feast to the eyes even during the most brutal and goriest scene in the movie. The camera movements never sore the audience.
The striking differences among carriages as the rebellion approaches the upfront carriage were enough to make me (at least) awed by the sheer portrayal of what it must've been like to live on the train for 17 years, especially for those who had to leave at the back of the train.
See what they eat: don't get alarmed.
See what they have to endure to survive: don't be alarmed.
See what they have do: don't be alarmed...
Just...let your mind absorb the upper/beyond realities...which are appalling to comprehend.
and..yes..the luxurious debaucheries on the front compartments were also appalling.
Behold!!!
I am not sure as to whether international audience would be able to embrace director Bong's style in movie-making...but yes...I think this Korean movie will be easily remembered as one of the advanced achievement of movie making along with its international cast and crew members.
I saw two special buses parked outside CGV theater at 중계. I guess...the mouth-to-mouth marketing and the internet sensation that Junggye CGV theater has been making for the past week are deemed incomplete without these buses^-^
What's not to like? The Grand Opening of this theater (as I wrote in my other entries) teased the movie lovers to have the too-good-to-be-true offer: all movies for only 3,000 Won and that's roughly 2.5 US$ each. What a treat. Even I won't be able to see movie (let alone the 3D ones) in upscale cinema Indonesia. (except in small cities I guess). So...this is a madly insane marketing of the CGV.
I am happy to be the member of CGV.^^
See the buses? They are just parked right outside the Homeplus Mall where CGV occupies the whole 8th floor.
well, it is...just like what it says right there. I got to click on my cam so as to confirm and keep it for the sake of making it a historical proof (giggles^^)
well, what what not to like?
ALL movies are just for a mere 3,000 Won. That's like 70% off. It runs from April 25 until May 8, 2013.
It's 7.30 pm in the evening and I learned that there's the newest CGV theater--the one which is much much closer to where I live. It's in Junggye/Hagye station (line 7) which is just 3 stations away from where I live.
As I got into the complex, I was asking to myself as to why there were so many people queuing right in front of the elevator up to the 8 floor. I noticed something 'fishy' was going on...so I ran up the escalator to reach the 8th fl. to find out the 'irresistible' offer that was so hard to turn down.
Yes!
Since it's only 3,000 Won for each movie, I decided to watch Iron Man 3 for the 2nd time. This time on Digital screen no 3D no 4DX. Just wanna feel it on a usual screen. Oh, I almost did not make it to see it again that night...well...since all seats were sold out.
One thing to learn: just be patient and keep your eyes glued on the keep-changing screen telling how many seats were left/available. Since buying and reserving tickets in Korea secure online/real-time features, I told myself that there were chances people would just give up reserving/cancel their reservations in seconds. And so there was..I was right. Just when I was patiently waiting for another 20 minutes, 2 available seats popped out --out of nowhere--on the screen.
Grabbed my queuing number and dashed into the ticket counter and bought the ticket for a mere 3,000 Won.
