Thursday. Afternoon. Orchard Cineleisure.

I made up my mind to catch SAW III today. I was afraid of missing it if I waited till next week to watch with Jun Hua. Having watched the two prequels, I was eager to know the ending for the story. It's kind of sad though, having to watch a movie alone - if Jasmine and Mars were of legal age, the gang could have watched together last week.

Well, I was not to be totally lonely at Cineleisure. Passing by Mini Toons, I saw Chor Liang with a group of friends, and went up to talk to him. It's been quite some time since we last met, so we had quite a bit of catching up. Much of the talk revolved around chess. Hiaz... I miss those days where we chiong 'supply' chess everyday after school. The culture does not seem as strong these days. Found out from him that NY chess club is still only strong in Othello; surprised to hear that HC chess club isn't really VERY strong as I've always thought...

I was excited to know that he got tickets to SAW III - perhaps I would not have to sit alone? I was to be disappointed when I got to the ticket counter and found that his row is full. No big deal since I wasn't expecting any company in the first place. Meeting him was already a pleasant surprise.

The movie was filled with gore as expected. The first 15mins, especially, had nauseating scenes. I half thought my lunch was going to turn to vomit. Revolting scenes aside, the show did not have much else to offer. It's the same storyline with a different ending - Jigsaw and his assistant, Armanda, dies. Still, I thought the show was satisfactory as the audience were treated to new forms of torture(Mwahaha!!! I'm sadistic), so there was something else to look forward to. Chor Liang and his friends did not agree though. Apparently, it was the first show of the three(does this qualify as a trilogy?) for all four of them. As such, they did not 'catch' the links to the prequels, and were dismayed at the early revealing of Jigsaw, and hence, the lack of suspense. I had to brief them on the storyline to convince them that the show is not really as bad as they were lamenting. Were they convinced? I doubt so.

Well, it's passed 3am in the morning now, and I ought to go to bed lest Jigsaw reincarnates and come after me...maybe he's responsible for the kink in my umbrella frame...

I'm tired... How much longer must I carry on this clandestine activity? Give me back my computer!!!