First Outing Of The Year With Friends

As my fellow friends and I are going to be facing a major examination this year,we decided to cut down on our outings until the exam is over.So,our first planned outing was to watch Pirates Of The Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides. There were a lot of bad reviews for the movie but I wasn't going to believe that statement until I watched the movie.

We were supposed to watch the movie at 11 but the only seats available at that time when we were buying our tickets was the 3rd row from the front and below.Sitting so close to the screen would have just resulted in neck pain and missing some of the fast moving action scenes. So,we decided to buy tickets for the 1.35 show.

Well,we bought the tickets and then realised that we had nothing to do until the show started.As we decided to take a walk, we went across an electronic shop.My friends suggested that we toy around with the gadgets until we decide to have our lunch.

It was a good experience going into that shop.I've never been inside before as I'm not the kind of person who is that interested in high-tech gadgets. I kinda had fun playing and moving pages using my fingers on one of the iPads which was for demonstration purposes. The games were not bad too. Before leaving the shop,my friends and I used one the applications on the iPad to write our names and we didn't bother clearing it.

For a change, we decided to have lunch in the food court.The food was not bad, nice for a change from the usual McDonald's and KFC, but Yuen Foong was having a hard time to finish his spicy pan noodles. After the delicious lunch,I was eager to grab my popcorn and settle in front of the screens.

I have to admit that the movie was not as action packed as the first 3 movies but I'm quite sure that the movie didn't deserve its bad ratings.The story line was nice,the original elements of the Pirates sequel was preserved, and the actors were nice for a change. The role of Blackbeard was played quite well in the movie. And the director changed the perception of people on mermaids- from the beautiful sea creatures to insane killers!

After the movie, we headed for our usual last destination before going back home after outings, the arcade. During our arcade visit that day,something amazing happened. Some of the game machines were malfunctioning slightly. They switched on before we could place in our coins.I managed to play my favourite shooting game. I didn't spend even one of my coins at the end of the day.

It was a great chilling out day with my friends. Although many couldn't make it (only Eong Wei, Thaven Foong and I made it),it was great to day to forget the hectic schedule in my life an spend some valuable time with my friends. The next outing will be pretty soon. Till then, it's back to concentrating on school....