The best way is to use a fork lift or a trolley. That way she is comfortable and you don't exert yourself. Hahaha....just dry humour to start the article. Anyway, I get asked a lot on this topic and I am not saying this because people think I am some kind of master at this. Truth is, they think we Chindians know better because we have both culture.
Let me ask you, who are the best pickers? Gorgeous guys or ugly guys? The answer is confident guys. If they are gorgeous, they are not going to work hard to get the girls. They don't need to. If you are ugly and have no confidence, nothing is going to happen for you as well. But if you are confident, there is a chance that something can happen for you. There are more girls than dudes in the world so that odds are stacked in our favour. Even though you may strike out a lot, eventually you will get a hit.
The first thing you gotta to do is to get over some mental blocks that you have built up in that mind of yours. Blocks like "What if she thinks I am ugly?", "What if I can't measure up to her previous dates?", "What if I am not cool?", "What if I don't know where to take her?" and the most common "What is she thinks I am stupid, or weird or laughs at me?".
Well the problem is, she probably will but if you keep at it, you WILL strike gold. Someone will like you. In fact many one will like you. So some tips for you to get the mental blocks away.
Concept 1 : When picking up a girl, you must be detached from the outcome.
If you care about what the girl thinks of you, you are destined to fail. Let’s face it, there are going to be many girls that you are just not compatible with. Many of them just won’t live up to your expectations and you won’t live up to many of theirs. You must get over this and not care if you succeed or get rejected. If you care, then you will do everything you can NOT to screw up, and consequently, this makes you screw up.
Concept 2: When picking up a girl, YOU are choosing her.
When you talk to someone for the first time, you must realize that there’s a reason that you are talking to them. If you’re talking to a woman for the first time, it’s likely that she already knows you’re trying to pick her up. Many guys have tried to pick her up before and many will in the future. This does not mean that she decides if she will accept your approach or not. When you go shopping for a car, you might walk into a dealership, but does that mean that you will purchase the car? No way! The only way you’re going purchase the car is if it’s a good investment and the salesman is competent. The same applies to dating. When you go out and you meet a girl, keep in mind that YOU won’t take her home unless you like her.
Concept 3: Be happy, enjoy what you do and she will too.
Many guys approach this as a horrifying experience when in reality, it should really be a pleasurable one. If your objective is to find out what kind of person this girl is and then make her smile, then you’re likely to have many good and enjoyable interactions. If you try to “win” by picking her up, you’re doomed for failure. Most of the time, the best pick ups are when you aren’t even trying.
Concept 4: No immediate compliments!
What ever you do, do NOT compliment her on her looks. Paying attention to detail is good, but as soon as you mention her physical appearance, things start to turn ugly. If anything, you can mention her clothing, accessories or anything out of the ordinary, but do NOT mention her appearance. Even if she has the most beautiful eyes you’ve ever seen, refrain from mentioning it. You can tell her later… much later.
Concept 5: Building attraction immediately
In order to build attraction, you must be able to convey signs of a good and desirable mate. These will naturally be present in men whom workout often and are already successful with women. However, what if you don’t have time to work out often and you aren’t already successful with women ? There is always your personality. Personally, working out was never my thing and the good thing is it's probably not the girls as well. Exercise to stay healthy and the attraction will come.
Now with all that tips and you still need a boost, I have one more piece of wisdom for you. Take a baby (could be yours or borrow one) and look hopelessly lost at the supermarket. Pick one supermarket where it's in a neighbourhood full of single working people. A girl cannot resist a man lost in the food section with baby. Food, cooking and baby is their world. It's their maternal instinct to not resist a MAN getting lost in their world.
Coz you read my blog, that one was free!
Friday, June 24, 2011
Dylan Dog....what can I say??
What kind of person has a family name called "Dog"? An Italian comic book hero, that's who. That's right, Dylan Dog was surprising an Italian comic book hero. How it got to the silver screen is beyond me. So anyway, it's about a hero that is some kind of private investigator. He has been selected to be the go-between with the humans and the creatures of the night. Then his fiance is murdered and that pushed poor Dylan over the edge.
As with all plots, fate will drag him kicking and screaming back into his old world with his trademark black jacket, red shirt and jeans. There a war going on between the vampires (which are stereotyped to be gangland members, 5,000 bucks suit wearing snobs) and the werewolves (which are portrayed as the hard working class people. There are also zombies but they are just cowards....bad smelling at that. In this movie, they provide the comic relief...unlike Resident Evil.
I am not sure if this is an action movie, comedy or horror. It tried to be a bit of all. The comedy was welcoming and the horror was predictable. It has its moments but if life doesn't give you any free time, you can skip this.
Brandon Routh was not too bad. He reminds me of Keanu Reeves...can play only one expression and one type of role. He is typecasted into the serious, brooding, puppy eyes hero that has the same expression for EVERY situation. Geez! So this movie suited him. He played a person in dilemma and suffering for something....maybe lack of expression.
I give it a popcorn and some nuggets because that's what I had. Bottomline, it has some entertaining features but not enough for me to want to watch it again.
As with all plots, fate will drag him kicking and screaming back into his old world with his trademark black jacket, red shirt and jeans. There a war going on between the vampires (which are stereotyped to be gangland members, 5,000 bucks suit wearing snobs) and the werewolves (which are portrayed as the hard working class people. There are also zombies but they are just cowards....bad smelling at that. In this movie, they provide the comic relief...unlike Resident Evil.
I am not sure if this is an action movie, comedy or horror. It tried to be a bit of all. The comedy was welcoming and the horror was predictable. It has its moments but if life doesn't give you any free time, you can skip this.
Brandon Routh was not too bad. He reminds me of Keanu Reeves...can play only one expression and one type of role. He is typecasted into the serious, brooding, puppy eyes hero that has the same expression for EVERY situation. Geez! So this movie suited him. He played a person in dilemma and suffering for something....maybe lack of expression.
I give it a popcorn and some nuggets because that's what I had. Bottomline, it has some entertaining features but not enough for me to want to watch it again.
Green Power! In the brightest of day and blackest of nights
Nope, not talking about money. I am talking Green Lantern movie. Hollywood has done a good job taking comic book heroes into the silver screen. Some were badly done (ie Batman early years) and some were great (ie Batman later years). Green Lantern was the latest to grace the silver screen and while it didn't really follow the absolute origin, I thought it was not too bad.
It starts with a cliche character called Hal Jordan. A super hot-shot pilot that can have any woman he wants, is reckless, suicidal, had authority and daddy issues. Just someone trying to live up to his father's rep and screwing up everything in his path. Then he gets chosen by this green ring that needs to be recharged by some tacky-plasticky looking water tumbler-look-a-like lantern. Next thing you know, instant super hero. So now he has to learn responsibility, blah blah.
Don't get me wrong, I think Green Lantern is cool! Ryan Reynolds is a superb comedian. I love him in all his movies. I thought he did very well here though it was a bit of a challenge to take him too seriously. Even when he was suffering, you half expect him to start laughing out loud.
I thought Blake Lively (love interest) was just too hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Acting wise, was not too challenging. The other downsides for me is that the ring looked too cheap. I mean, the center of the power is the ring. Give it more ummph! I was also hoping there would be more fight scenes and that the climatic scene could have been longer. The effects for the ring was just awesome and I was left wanting more of the ring.
It looks to have a sequel and I will look forward to it.
In the brightest of day and blackest of nights.....
It starts with a cliche character called Hal Jordan. A super hot-shot pilot that can have any woman he wants, is reckless, suicidal, had authority and daddy issues. Just someone trying to live up to his father's rep and screwing up everything in his path. Then he gets chosen by this green ring that needs to be recharged by some tacky-plasticky looking water tumbler-look-a-like lantern. Next thing you know, instant super hero. So now he has to learn responsibility, blah blah.
Don't get me wrong, I think Green Lantern is cool! Ryan Reynolds is a superb comedian. I love him in all his movies. I thought he did very well here though it was a bit of a challenge to take him too seriously. Even when he was suffering, you half expect him to start laughing out loud.
I thought Blake Lively (love interest) was just too hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Acting wise, was not too challenging. The other downsides for me is that the ring looked too cheap. I mean, the center of the power is the ring. Give it more ummph! I was also hoping there would be more fight scenes and that the climatic scene could have been longer. The effects for the ring was just awesome and I was left wanting more of the ring.
It looks to have a sequel and I will look forward to it.
In the brightest of day and blackest of nights.....
Sunday, June 12, 2011
There is no price for awesomeness or attractiveness!!
I can really relate to the movie for 2 reasons.
1.It is really, really funny!!
2.For some reason I remind people of Po both is size and character
It doesn't try to make it like any other improbable kung fu movies, where exponents will be doing gravity defying moves without human fear and doubt. At the same time it does include just the right amount for it to be funny. Jack Black, to me is an enigma. His comedy can be entertaining and timely.....when you don't see him. I can't enjoy his movies like Gulliver's Travel or Tropic Thunder. But here his personality (or voice) suits the Po, his still insecurity, reliving childhood dreams with his heroes and just being his all round clumsy self.
There are new characters added, like Gary Oldman who made the villain deliciously....err...villainy. The soothsayer was voiced by my personal favourite celeb, our very own Dato Michelle Yeoh. She has a peculiarity which is not noticed by many. She (the soothsayer goat not Michelle) keeps eating the silk robe of the villain. She does it because she is a goat. Did you know Jean Claude Van Damme voiced Master Croc? He probably had 3 lines and I didn't even notice how he delivered it as with Jackie Chan's Monkey. Hmmmm....that was a weird sentence.
As with all sequels, the element of surprise is not there but I wouldn't have missed this for the world. I still laughed and guffawed to my heart's content. There was a scene towards the end where Po and Shen attempted a conversation when Po was on a roof that just cracked me up. You just have to see it.
At any rate, this is a very enjoyable movie which I totally just enjoyed. Fun for the whole family and truly there is no price on awesomeness!!!
1.It is really, really funny!!
2.For some reason I remind people of Po both is size and character
It doesn't try to make it like any other improbable kung fu movies, where exponents will be doing gravity defying moves without human fear and doubt. At the same time it does include just the right amount for it to be funny. Jack Black, to me is an enigma. His comedy can be entertaining and timely.....when you don't see him. I can't enjoy his movies like Gulliver's Travel or Tropic Thunder. But here his personality (or voice) suits the Po, his still insecurity, reliving childhood dreams with his heroes and just being his all round clumsy self.
There are new characters added, like Gary Oldman who made the villain deliciously....err...villainy. The soothsayer was voiced by my personal favourite celeb, our very own Dato Michelle Yeoh. She has a peculiarity which is not noticed by many. She (the soothsayer goat not Michelle) keeps eating the silk robe of the villain. She does it because she is a goat. Did you know Jean Claude Van Damme voiced Master Croc? He probably had 3 lines and I didn't even notice how he delivered it as with Jackie Chan's Monkey. Hmmmm....that was a weird sentence.
As with all sequels, the element of surprise is not there but I wouldn't have missed this for the world. I still laughed and guffawed to my heart's content. There was a scene towards the end where Po and Shen attempted a conversation when Po was on a roof that just cracked me up. You just have to see it.
At any rate, this is a very enjoyable movie which I totally just enjoyed. Fun for the whole family and truly there is no price on awesomeness!!!
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Wives better than first class prostitutes???
This is one headline that I just had to read over and over and over again....then got my wife to read it over and over and over....you get the picture.
Check this article out. "Obedient Wives Club"
According to this article, that my giving free sex lessons to wives so that they become better than first class prostitutes, will make the family stronger and cure social ills such as husbands going to prostitutes. Hmmm......so if I as a husband frequent prostitutes, it is my wife's fault as she is not one.
This is a very interesting and new concept. I wonder if the women who ran this club are not first class prostitutes and how much do they charge? Do they also make their students LOOK like first class prostitutes? Of course I am probably taking this out of context and some of you are saying "Big Al, why does your chindian brain always think about sex and focus on the wrong things?".
To that I say, "Well, this article came from a club run by women whose sole purpose is to ensure women are obedient to the husband especially in bed and.....I don't care what you think." I am not sure what the general sentiment is but if I were the women, I will take up this class and if your husbands still don't appreciate or get cured from "social ills" at least you have an alternative career to consider.
Boo Yah!!!
Check this article out. "Obedient Wives Club"
According to this article, that my giving free sex lessons to wives so that they become better than first class prostitutes, will make the family stronger and cure social ills such as husbands going to prostitutes. Hmmm......so if I as a husband frequent prostitutes, it is my wife's fault as she is not one.
This is a very interesting and new concept. I wonder if the women who ran this club are not first class prostitutes and how much do they charge? Do they also make their students LOOK like first class prostitutes? Of course I am probably taking this out of context and some of you are saying "Big Al, why does your chindian brain always think about sex and focus on the wrong things?".
To that I say, "Well, this article came from a club run by women whose sole purpose is to ensure women are obedient to the husband especially in bed and.....I don't care what you think." I am not sure what the general sentiment is but if I were the women, I will take up this class and if your husbands still don't appreciate or get cured from "social ills" at least you have an alternative career to consider.
Boo Yah!!!
A pirates life for me...yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
Yes, it's time to set sail on the high seas and check out everybody's favourite pirate, Capt Jack Sparrow. It is Jack's 4th installment is one of my favourite movie franchises. Despite my fears, I thought the movie was well played and had a good feel to it. I certainly preferred Penelope Cruz to Kiera Knightley and I know I am going to get some hate mail over this.
After part 3 "At World's End", I had given up on Pirates of the Caribbean. It was a very confusing story with a very bad ending and really poor, misguided plot. "Stranger Tides" kept the story simple, plot easy and some additional unnecessary characters, like the clergyman and the mermaid. Yes there is a mermaid.
It's about Jack meeting an old flame and together sail the high seas looking for the fabled Fountain of Youth that was first searched by Ponce de Leon (seriously folks, do some reading!!). The villain this time is Capt Blackbeard, the most notorious pirate (this is real, folks) of his time. So off they go, looking for the items to capture the fountain's water. Ponce de Leon's chalice, mermaid tears, Penelope's buttoned down blouse and the usual Johnny Depp genius.
There were moments but I am sad to say despite all the effort, POC has run it's course. Johnny Depp has said, he will not shoot another installment and if they do it with Johnny for the next sequel, no one is going to watch. Capt Jack belongs to Mr Depp. So enjoy this while you can. It will not set the world on fire was how the first part and even the second did but it will give you something to remember Capt Jack Sparrow.
Walk the plank yer scurvy dogs....Arrrrr....
After part 3 "At World's End", I had given up on Pirates of the Caribbean. It was a very confusing story with a very bad ending and really poor, misguided plot. "Stranger Tides" kept the story simple, plot easy and some additional unnecessary characters, like the clergyman and the mermaid. Yes there is a mermaid.
It's about Jack meeting an old flame and together sail the high seas looking for the fabled Fountain of Youth that was first searched by Ponce de Leon (seriously folks, do some reading!!). The villain this time is Capt Blackbeard, the most notorious pirate (this is real, folks) of his time. So off they go, looking for the items to capture the fountain's water. Ponce de Leon's chalice, mermaid tears, Penelope's buttoned down blouse and the usual Johnny Depp genius.
There were moments but I am sad to say despite all the effort, POC has run it's course. Johnny Depp has said, he will not shoot another installment and if they do it with Johnny for the next sequel, no one is going to watch. Capt Jack belongs to Mr Depp. So enjoy this while you can. It will not set the world on fire was how the first part and even the second did but it will give you something to remember Capt Jack Sparrow.
Walk the plank yer scurvy dogs....Arrrrr....
The Mighty Thor - movie for both guys and gals
Now why do I say that? When I mentioned to my friends and colleagues that the movie Thor was opening last month, I got some very varied reactions. The guys were excited and we chatted, made plans to watch and talked a bit about the comic book. Girls though, looked at me like deers caught in headlights. No clue! Then the Chinese educated, regardless of sex, thought I was mentioning a new restaurant. I don't create the stereotypes, I just see them.
However, after the movie, I reported back to these same friends that it was very decent and indeed a lot of "plex" for the gals to enjoy. Many of them went to see it, even though they had no idea what the movie was about.
For those of you not living in a cave somewhere in Kashmir, you would know that Thor is the mythical God of Thunder in Norse mythology (Norse are referred to Scandinavians....Norway, Sweden, Denmark! A little help people). He is the son of the "Head God", Odin and one of his brothers is the God of Mischief, Loki who incidentally is the inspiration of the movie "Mask" by Jim Carrey. Look it up people!
Thor carries a hammer called Mjölnir, pronounced something like Me-ol-nay (hey I am not Scandinavian!). This is not your hardware-hammer-in-a-nail ordinary tool. This is used to level mountains and create lightning. It is one ass-kicking piece of equipment and only Thor can lift it.
Anyway, this movie talks about Thor being proclaimed as the next successor to Odin but not just there yet. He gets arrogant and cocky, blah, blah and is betrayed. He is banished to earth where he meet the beautiful mortal Natalie Portman's character. And so the race begins to save his own kingdom, earth and to reclaim his right. On the way, he learns to be humble, sacrificial, blah, blah...you have heard this all before.
Thor was a very stiff and uptight superhero in the comic books but here I guess Hollywood gave him a little bit of coolness and of course his plexs don't hurt him one bit. As usual, this is a very guy movie which means, there is action, some love interest, explosions, humour and very little logic. The guy played Thor is a new actor and he did it quite well, though risking the rain on his parade, it was not a difficult role to play.
I enjoyed it and I will recommend it to all but before you go see it, please or please...read up about Thor first!!!
However, after the movie, I reported back to these same friends that it was very decent and indeed a lot of "plex" for the gals to enjoy. Many of them went to see it, even though they had no idea what the movie was about.
For those of you not living in a cave somewhere in Kashmir, you would know that Thor is the mythical God of Thunder in Norse mythology (Norse are referred to Scandinavians....Norway, Sweden, Denmark! A little help people). He is the son of the "Head God", Odin and one of his brothers is the God of Mischief, Loki who incidentally is the inspiration of the movie "Mask" by Jim Carrey. Look it up people!
Thor carries a hammer called Mjölnir, pronounced something like Me-ol-nay (hey I am not Scandinavian!). This is not your hardware-hammer-in-a-nail ordinary tool. This is used to level mountains and create lightning. It is one ass-kicking piece of equipment and only Thor can lift it.
Anyway, this movie talks about Thor being proclaimed as the next successor to Odin but not just there yet. He gets arrogant and cocky, blah, blah and is betrayed. He is banished to earth where he meet the beautiful mortal Natalie Portman's character. And so the race begins to save his own kingdom, earth and to reclaim his right. On the way, he learns to be humble, sacrificial, blah, blah...you have heard this all before.
Thor was a very stiff and uptight superhero in the comic books but here I guess Hollywood gave him a little bit of coolness and of course his plexs don't hurt him one bit. As usual, this is a very guy movie which means, there is action, some love interest, explosions, humour and very little logic. The guy played Thor is a new actor and he did it quite well, though risking the rain on his parade, it was not a difficult role to play.
I enjoyed it and I will recommend it to all but before you go see it, please or please...read up about Thor first!!!
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