Month: August 2005

Ong-bak

Ong-bak (2003)I’ve been hearing a lot of positive remarks about “Ong-bak” from many lovers of martial arts movies. It’s been kind of hard to find the film, but finally I managed to.

Directed by: Prachya Pinkaew
Genres: Action, Adventure
Cast: Tony Jaa, Petchtai Wongkamlao, Pumwaree Yodkamol, Suchao Pongwilai, Wannakit Sirioput, Cumporn Teppita, Chatthapong Pantanaunkul, Chatewut Watcharakhun, Rungrawee Barijindakul, Nudhapol Asavabhakhin, Pornpimol Chookanthong, Udom Chouncheun, Boonsri Yindee, Arirat Ratanakaitkosol, Woravit Tanochitsirikul
IMDB raintg: 7.3
My rating: 10.0 [rate 10.0]

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Maxim: next level

Drooling Maxim

Two new things were introduced into Maxim’s life today – fruits and huge bath.

We gave him a little bit of apple puree. Just a couple of tiny baby spoons. He looked very confused, but swallowed. So far so good.

We also decided to bath him in the normal bath, rather than in his plastic baby bath. He is not fitting in it comfortably anymore. Technically, this is not his first time in adult bath as Olga gave him a couple of after sea showers in there already. But I’m marking today as a B-Day. Maybe tomorrow I’ll make a picture of him in the adult bath. If he won’t splash too much, as he liked to do.

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Quest for baby chair

Maxim has grown up enough to have his own chair. Olga and I had already scouted Jumbo for a selection of chairs, but there was nothing that we wanted to buy immediately, so we left it for laters. Today laters came.

Basically, there are just a few requirements for a good baby chair.

  • Stable. It should be hard to overturn, slide, or otherwise misplace it. Maxim is gaining weight constantly and he is also getting more active. Falling from a meter or so high on the hard floor is the last thing we want for him.
  • Solid. Most of the baby furniture is made of plastic these days. Plastic is easy to break. If it’s not plastic it’s either metal or wood. Metal furniture often has plastic joints which kill the whole purpose of it. Wooden furniture often looks solid, but needs to be tried and tested.
  • Flexible. Baby chair is a piece of furniture that usually occupies a lot of space in all three dimensions. While at it, it should be more than just one position chair. It should either have more than position so that it could be used on both high and low levels, or it should be transforming into a low chair with a table. Or something like that.
  • Cheap. We are not going to save of safety, but I don’t want to pay three digit sum just because baby furniture manufactures think that I should.

So we were all set and ready to go and find that perfect chair.

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Ed Wood

Ed Wood (1994)“Ed Wood” has been the first movie on my wishlist for more than two years now. None of the local DVD rentals had it. I couldn’t find it in the shops. And I haven’t seen any trace of it online. That all was very surprising considering a high rating of this film at IMDB. Finally I managed to get my hands on the copy of the film.

Directed by: Tim Burton
Genres: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Cast: Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, Jeffrey Jones, G.D. Spradlin, Vincent D’Onofrio, Bill Murray, Mike Starr, Max Casella, Brent Hinkley, Lisa Marie, George ‘The Animal’ Steele, Juliet Landau, Clive Rosengren
IMDB raintg: 8.0
My rating: 6.0 [rate 6.0]

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