Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Ironman
Terrence Howard as Lt. Colonel James Rhodey Rhodes
Gwyneth Paltrow as Virginia Pepper Potts
Jeff Bridges as Obadiah Stane

Well well, what can I say? Most of the story elements kept true to the content in the comics. And the way it was portrayed, it did not disappoint. Kudos to Downey for bringing Tony Stark alive in the big screen. From the playboy industrialist tycoon to the self-righteous superhero he become later, the expressions, the character, it was just simply awesome.

Next up, about all the nifty high-tech stuffs that you can find in Stark’s state-of-the-art home. Simply marvelous. But I kinda think shouldn’t he have a separate “playground” for test runs or whatever. I know he is rich and all, but wouldn’t it be kinda shitty if you destroy something whenever you set the repulsor levels too high or something. And he seemed to have some fun blasting his lab when he got the repulsors working the way he wanted. Oh yeah, I think J.A.R.V.I.S. is pretty cool too, except the fact that it thinks any accident must consequently result in fire or something, or at least massive amounts of heat.

About the armored suit, I don’t blame Rhodes for wanting to play Iron Man too. Haha, if I could, I would also like to try one of those badass suit. and go vroom vroom and pew pew pew. It is damn bloody cool, something which is probably out of the league of anyone in our present timeline, or so I think. For the antagonist, all I can say is… imitation ain’t always the best course of action, and ermz, bigger doesn’t mean better… lolz

And to all who watched the little extra after the credits, well, you will see someone who is a bigshot of S.H.I.E.L.D. It opens up the way for a sequel, which is in fact, already in the plans. Oh yea, Downey will cameo as Tony Stark in The Incredible Hulk as well, as part of the unified marvel universe

tatata!

All right, haven’t been blogging for quite some time, so here is a mega-mix-it-all-up entry that rojak all the random bits of things going on recently. Actually, its not that mega after all… will be short short post.

Well, because, I’m back to insane levels of Guild Wars again, hahaha… Oh manz… If only I am that hardworking for mugging academics, I wouldn’t know where I would be already. That thing has taken up like 2000 hours in the past 3 years of my life. I’m still so passionate about the game its amazing, hahaha. It better not be a detrimental factor to my career (not that I have any now) Oh yea my dearest guild members, you will find a password-protected link on the sidebar over there -> and it is the initials of our guild name. You can make a long-term loan of any of my non-utilized unique equipment as long as it improves our combat capacity

Ok, the second random story is about Mother’s Day. Actually didn’t do much, we went to a particular eating outlet in IMM to sort of like have a dinner, with ermz, a big big family. 11 people me thinks. Don’t want to talk too much about it lah, but the service ain’t very good. Plus… its super ex… I think both of it boils down to it being a special occasion… bleahz

Onto happier things now First, my beloved soccer team won their second successive league title. woot woot. It was a memorable night. I watched the match live on tv. There might be a more comprehensive post on this in 10 more days. Now is not the time to talk about celebrations, hurhur. 1 match at a time guys, 1 match at a time… 1 more match to go, 1 more… BELIEVE!

Finally, about my erm, NSMen life. Well… interesting twists today I had. So the story goes, that I was not notified in any means of the need to book for my non-ICT IPPT. By right I had to have an annual IPPT you see… and of course I was not involved in any in the current window, which is about to end. So I was kinda like ermz, what to do? Better play safe right, since under statutory duty to, else prospects of fine/detention will be staring into my face. So I called the service centre. So this guy answered my query to the above. Yes yes he said all that I need to know, but is all that I already knew, and said oh maybe you know your unit sometimes maybe never notify you. Yes yes duh… I asked him to go check my unit, of coz nvr notify lah… And then the best answer he gave me was… yea your pes status suggests that you are required to go for your IPPT. No qualms about that, no problem… So I went to book… I tried you know… I tried booking online. System pops up error message saying I can only book for an IPPT date after my next birthday. So what did I do? I called again, and this time someone else picked it up, someone who probably knew better what to do. “Thank you Sir, according to our database, you are only required to go for your first IPPT window AFTER your next birthday” This despite ORD-ing more than a year ago. Cool happy response I got, not just because I do not have to go for an IPPT, but it was more a relief of a definitive answer about whether I need to go for an IPPT. No matter how strange the scenario is, oh well, I have another year to train

tatata!

Hoorah! Exams for the semester over. I’m still surviving from exasperating dejection and torturous rituals of the big mugging campaign. Oh yea, the latest rite I went through was the generation of a 2 pages cheat sheet for my mno1001 exam. I squeezed everything I could (from the textbook) inside it, definitions, ideas, processes. (minus the ones I actually knew very well, thanks mainly to econs!) Oh yea, that means my cheat sheet is not the longest, hahaha… I merely had like around 3600+ words I think. (please do be reminded my long strings of blah/blah/blah/blah/blah/blah/blah/blah count as 1 word :x) But I could use a healthy font size of 8 and design nicely with colors.

But thats not the point. The point is… the hols is here again! Hahaha… lots of fun things I can do now Gosh… saw my psch class photo. Sparked memories it did! Many familiar faces, and many foreign faces!!! Yes I can name over 20 people! Whoops, not sure if thats a good return (I think its great!), hahahaha. Crap. We are all so little minis back then.

Haha… so many gatherings, class p want, heroux want, my psch class also want! But that one super-duper hard to get it done I think, like still trying to bring everyone back into the circle. But I quite passive one. I wait for people to invite me to outings wahlau,  slacker sia! (typical of me no doubt)

Ok great, didn’t sleep much last night, so… tata

Allrighty, I only have 1 more paper left for this semester, MNO1001… Omg, I don’t think I will like that paper. The entire learning style is so open ended… and the content is like so non-fixed… I wonder at times how much of the tutorials contribute to eventual exam answering techniques. Blahz, the good side is I have effectively 3.5 days less sleep and misc time to prepare for this paper. This means that it could be the paper with the most time spent this semester (whether its most well prepared will be debatable). Oh yea… the cheat sheet, 2 pages… How am I gonna squeeze everything in it???

Major contrast with the paper I just slew this morning, DSC2006. Formula list 2 pages??? My god… is there enough things for me to put onto the formula list?? I didn’t even use up 1 page, and in fact, most of them are already imprinted in my mind. The paper itself, haha, to me is damn easy (sorry if I sound complacent). For the 2nd running semester, I thought the easiest module I was taking is the higher level modules… (DSC2003 & DSC2006) Hahaha… why are they level 2?? Maybe I should seriously consider to specialize in DSC.

Look myself in the mirror… What have I been doing? Slacking?! Cannot forgive myself… Complacency? Nahz… its a matter of stupidity. This must be the worst ever Maths paper I have ever done in my life… yes I’m telling you, for the goddamn (reaching) 22 years of my life. It all seemed a natural thing back then to me… but that must have been a myth. Diligence was the key factor, back when I studiously made sure I completed each tutorial when it came out. (Thanks Ken for being the best study companion I could ever ask for in jc)

Now it was different, I’m in biz school. The mathematical proficiencies required over here is vastly inferior, if I may say that. Has it eroded my diligence, has it diminished my mathematical aptitude? Perhaps… perhaps… Now I couldn’t do much even with a cheat sheet when my brain was ingeniously filled with formula in jc… There were questions I could have integrated outside the panic of exam conditions. No doubt the confidence level was lacking because I slept/ facebooked in lectures, dozed off during tutorials, and attempted to revise for 1/3 days.

I had an astute intimacy with maths… and I need to find it all back. Whoever is up there please let me embrace it once more. I put it down here, for the nth time, that I’m going to work damn hard next academic year, and hopefully, it will be the 1st time that I’m actually serious about it.

Yay… my world took a sharp dive. I dunno what I’m doing anymore… A culmination of factors brought together at the most inopportune of time, when I will face battles with many level99 exam papers the coming week. The final straw came at the weekend, the stupid referee and the stupid linesman… Yes, it proved to be the catalyst for my implosion… Boohoo.

What is it that I want, what is it that I’ve been gunning for… Lost… in the clouds of mist. I need someone to bestow the gift of clairvoyance on me… to find my path.

Finished watching this drama recently. Not too shabby, a strong cast overall. All right! Let me try something truly lame for this post, which includes my own phony power rankings (which must be a fluke coz influenced by my own idea, hahaha). This should be a very very long post considering the number of characters in the show… many spoilers ahead, long post.

人物介绍在此, 也包含故事内容…

铁中棠：男
武功指数：初期 **** / 中期 ******* / 后期 **********
铁血大旗门第四代弟子，初始武功并非卓越，但机智无双，侠骨仁心，更加上坚忍不拔的决心，希望有朝一日能化解与五福联盟的仇恨。在一场战役中不幸跌落山崖，侥幸没死。在深谷中遇见水灵光，两人一见钟情。无意中发现了大旗门的宝藏，包括“大旗十二式”剑法，武功上有了一定的增进。后来误认水灵光为堂妹，开始逃避这份感情。凭着他绝顶的人格，在江湖上结识许多好汉。在一次巧遇下，碰见了雷鞭，但水灵光却被朱藻劫走。过后与艾天蝠结为兄弟，然而也练成“天耳通”，武功再次提高。他一心想救回水灵光，破了朱藻设的阵后却发现许多武林人士都来声讨朱藻。在这般奇遇下，他身负重伤碰见夜帝夫人。夜帝夫人在为他疗伤时也把毕生修得的“嫁衣神功”内力传给他。他的武功顿时突飞猛进，在江湖上也稍有名气。他也与朱藻结为兄弟，一心想撮合朱藻与水灵光。有一次被云铮打落悬崖后遇见夜帝。这时才发现水灵光是夜帝的女儿。夜帝也将毕生的武功精髓传授给他。过后与水灵光爱情复燃。最后他化解了大旗门与五福联盟的恩怨，共同对抗武林危机，食毒教，成为武林的传奇人物，堪称一代枭雄。

云铮：男
武功指数：初期 **** / 中期 ****** / 后期 *********
铁血大旗门第四代弟子，云翼次子。他一向鲁莽行事，但勇武过人，激情飞扬。他一直认定铁中棠是大旗门的叛徒，处处为敌，还差点害死铁中棠。他与温黛黛有着一段艰辛的爱情故事，过后娶她为妻。一次得罪艾天蝠，被打重伤。温黛黛送他到少林寺得以解救。过后到常春岛发现日后竟然是家母，得到母亲真传，武功猛进。从那刻看出他开始长大了，误以为亲手杀死了铁中棠，下定决心完成铁中棠的宿愿，化解与五福联盟的恩怨。过后兄弟相逢，联手对抗食毒教。以高尚品德说服群雄，风九幽将毕生内功传给他。最后担任大旗门第四代掌门。

水灵光：女
武功指数：初期 * / 中期 ** / 后期 ***
水柔颂之女，生长在深谷十八年，与母亲相依为命，根本不知道外面的花花世界。是个似水冰心的隔世女子。一天巧遇铁中棠，一见钟情，两人共同经历磨难。在洛阳战役，九子鬼母见她好是喜欢，有心收她为徒，却被拒绝了。原以为盛存孝是生父，后以为铁青笺是生父，却执意喜欢铁中棠。拜入九子鬼母门下一阵子，过后被花霜双误认为是女儿，巧之习练“漫天花雨”。最后知道夜帝是生父，满是欢喜，与铁中棠重逢。

温黛黛：女
武功指数：**
一个如火风骚的风尘美女，原本为司徒笑办事，贪图一生享用锦衣美食。后来真情萌芽，爱上云铮，更为他多次牺牲。过程中被雷鞭缠上，好不容易才得以解脱，与云铮两人有情人终成眷属。

云翼：男
武功指数：*****
铁血大旗门第三代掌门。固执到极点，牛脾气非常人能忍。到最后经过多次劝阻，终于脑袋开窍，化解与五福联盟的恩怨，不再认为女人会消弱男人的斗志。

云九霄：男
武功指数：****
铁血大旗门第三代掌刑者，云翼之弟。比起来脑袋通明的多。

铁青笺：男
武功指数：**
铁血大旗门第三代弟子，铁中棠生父铁毅之弟。大旗门的叛徒，想私吞宝藏残害铁毅。最后与水柔颂同归于尽。

幺叔：男
武功指数：****
铁血大旗门第三代掌旗手。被风九幽的“摄魂大法”迷惑了心智，成为座下神斧力士，最后被解救。

云铿：男
武功指数：****
铁血大旗门第四代弟子，云翼长子。因爱上仇家被判五马分尸之刑，铁中棠暗中放走。多年隐居在外，最后救妻冷青霜壮烈牺牲。

铁中树：男
武功指数：***
铁血大旗门第四代弟子，铁毅次子。多年追随掌门，忠心不二，武艺平平。

冷一枫：男
武功指数：初期 **** / 中期 ******* / 后期 **********
寒风堡堡主，五福联盟之一。一心要铲除大旗门，更要称霸武林，不惜拜入飧毒大师门下。过后成为毒神，武功盖世，但丧失理智，最后家破人亡。

冷青霜：女
武功指数：**
冷一枫长女，爱上云铿。多年隐居在外，好不容易夫妻团聚，最后被毒神杀死，与云铿同赴黄泉。

冷青萍：女
武功指数：**
冷一枫次女，喜欢铁中棠，却只是一厢情愿。最后中毒过深，导致神智不清，人间惨剧。

司徒笑：男
武功指数：****
落日牧场场主，五福联盟之一。号称五福的军师，足智多谋，但过于小心眼。他野心勃勃，想要得到大旗门宝藏，屡次与大旗门发生冲突。

小包子：男
武功指数：**
司徒笑徒弟，为助师父达成宏图丧失性命。

盛大娘：女
武功指数：****
盛家庄园庄主，五福联盟之一。顽劣固执。早年丧夫，接管庄园，与大旗门为敌。

盛存孝：男
武功指数：****
盛大娘之子，绰号紫心剑客，五彩剑客之首。正气凛然，沉默寡言。最后死于迷失心智的云铮刀下。

易挺：男
武功指数：****
绰号红鹰剑客，五彩剑客之一。为人正直，忠肝义胆。与云铿结生死之交，仰慕大旗门的铁血男儿。最后被飧毒大师害死。

易明：女
武功指数：****
绰号翠燕剑客，五彩剑客之一，是易挺之妹。娇俏可爱，思绪敏锐。与云铿结生死之交，仰慕大旗门的铁血男儿。最后被飧毒大师害死。

钱大河：男
武功指数：****
绰号黄冠剑客，五彩剑客之一。好胜心强，猜疑心重。孙小娇之夫。

孙小娇：女
武功指数：****
绰号碧月剑客，五彩剑客之一。火辣风骚，目中无人。钱大河之妻。

水柔颂：女
武功指数：***
盛存孝的第三妻。先后跟铁青笺和夜帝发生关系，后怀孕，被盛大娘打下悬崖。在深谷产下水灵光，苦度十八年。最后与铁青笺同归于尽。

黑星天：男
武功指数：****
天武镖局总镖头，五福联盟之一。脾气暴躁。跟随司徒笑想拥有大旗门宝藏。

白星武：男
武功指数：****
天武镖局副镖头，五福联盟之一。黑星天之弟，对兄言听计从。

沈杏白：男
武功指数：***
黑星天之徒弟。诡计多端，阴险狡猾的武林败类。过后拜入冷一枫门下，日子不好过，又拜入花霜双门下。最后又追随风九幽。

霹雳火：男
武功指数：****
霹雳堂堂主，五福联盟之一。个性豪爽，大方直率。他对多年的仇恨产生怀疑，过后与铁中棠和云铮结为好友，化解仇恨。

海大少：男
武功指数：****
外号侠盗，专门劫富济贫。与霹雳火性格相近，结为好友。

雷鞭：男
武功指数：********
武林四圣之一，尽得少林真传，身怀绝技，过后亦然还俗。脾气古怪，荒唐之极，头脑简单。对阴嫔有所好感。被毒神杀死。

雷小雕：男
武功指数：******
雷鞭之子，潇洒少年，对感情专一，一心爱着花灵铃。得父亲武学真传，算得上一条好汉。结识云铮两人成好友，但被父亲逼着娶温黛黛。过后略施小计成全云铮和温黛黛。最后遇见花灵铃，有情人终成眷属。

花霜双：女
武功指数：*******
武林四圣之一，一套“漫天花雨”独步江湖。有一段时期遗失女儿，错认水灵光为女儿，最后才母女团聚。

花灵铃：女
武功指数：****
花霜双之女，年少时对雷小雕一往情深，过后被仇家追杀，母女分散，失去记忆。最后遇上雷小雕，恢复记忆，旧情复发，母女团聚。

卓三娘：女
武功指数：*******
武林四圣之一。贪图武林禅宗“嫁衣神功”。最后对抗毒神时不幸送命。

风九幽：男
武功指数：*******
武林四圣之一。贪财，疑心重。在大旗门和五福之间的仇恨扮演重要角色。用“摄魂大法”先后迷住幺叔和云铮。最后夺得“嫁衣神功”，修炼后自食其果，把所有功力传给云铮，然而自尽。

田苏：男
武功指数：*****
风九幽之徒弟。武功不错，样貌和行踪有如鬼魅，令人不寒而栗。最后在卓三娘与风九幽战斗中被师父狠心杀死。

朱藻：男
武功指数：*******
夜帝之子，相貌堂堂，一表人才，文武双全。可惜是个花花公子，风流成性。初遇水灵光时一见钟情，后来发现他们竟是兄妹。阴嫔死后立誓终生不娶，隐居度世。

夜帝：男
武功指数：**********
一代武林至尊，无人能胜。但风流成性，结下冤孽。过后隐居许久，将毕生武功精华传授铁中棠。

夜帝夫人：女
武功指数：*********
武功极高，花了十年修炼“嫁衣神功”，但容貌丑化，下身瘫痪。过后医治铁中棠，将所有功力传授铁中棠，才得知“嫁衣神功”的秘密。她恢复容貌，双足也能行动自如，却油尽灯枯。

日后：女
武功指数：*********
云翼之妻，产下双子后被逐出大旗门，投靠常春岛，继承岛主之位，武功超群。过后与云铮母子相认，传授武艺。

阴仪：女
武功指数：********
绰号九子鬼母，凡是接到她的夺魂朱都九死一生。威名显赫，但其实为人善良，收许多残疾人士为徒。武功高深莫测。

艾天蝠：男
武功指数：******
九子鬼母之首席弟子，武侠世界里的蝙蝠侠。因看过阴嫔容貌，被挖双明。研习一套“天耳通”，与云铮对打前未曾被打在脸上过，可算武艺非凡。

梅兰竹菊：女
武功指数：****
九子鬼母座下四大魔女，现只有三个。易冰竹被潘乘风玷污后自尽。

破足童子：男
武功指数：****
九子鬼母小徒，古灵精怪。活泼贪玩，想当大英雄。

阴嫔：女
武功指数：******
九子鬼母的妹妹。绝世美女，凡看过她容貌的人都会被挖去双目。对朱藻死心塌地，后被雷鞭软禁。过后妒嫉朱藻其他女人，想要报复。最后为救朱藻甘愿挡了雷鞭一掌，然而毙命。

李洛阳：男
武功指数：****
在洛阳经营家传的珠宝生意，待人诚恳。

李剑白：男
武功指数：***
李洛阳之子，忠厚老实，但年少无知，武艺平平。

潘乘风：男
武功指数：***
风流倜傥，但为人卑鄙。计算铁中棠反被计算，最后九子鬼母魔女剑下，以为姐妹报仇。

赵奇刚：男
武功指数：***
寒风堡刀手，曾受铁毅恩惠，因而帮助铁中棠和云铮。花灵铃失去记忆后被收为义女。

无色大师：男
武功指数：*******
少林方丈，雷鞭的师侄。武艺高深，曾替云铮辽伤。

飧毒大师：男
武功指数：********
食毒教唯一幸免者，用毒高手。一心创造毒神，用冷一枫作为躯体，以便称霸武林。结果不能完全控制，被毒神杀死。

在最深沉的一面，这不是复仇的故事，不是寻宝的故事，不是称霸武林的故事。这是一个单纯，艰辛，震撼的爱情故事。问世间情为何物。。。