The year that was in music 2012

Best picks of music for the year 2012, in no particular order.

Fun featuring Janelle Monae- We are young

Some nights

Gotye featuring Kimbra- Somebody that I used to know

Kelly Clarkson- What doesn't kill you make you stronger

Jason Mraz- I won't Give up

Maroon Five-payphone


Pink-One last Kiss


Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen- Good Time


Mumford and Sons- Lover of the light


Alt-J- Something Good


Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros-Mayla




The list wouldn't be complete without the infectious hit from the land of Korea called Gangnam Style by Psy. Not so for it's lyrical content but the way the Korean Rapper markets himself and the song, with a  witty horse galloping and lassoing dance movement. It's also the first video in Youtube history to reach a billion view.

The year that was in movies

Here is a recap and compilation of the best film of 2012 that left a good impression on me. In no particular order.

Best superhero comic movie 2012

The Avengers

All the major Marvel comic superheroes all roll into one massive ball of fun. Enough said.

• random movie review: The avengers

The Dark Knight Rises


Intense and brooding story about redemption.The conclusion to the Batman Saga by  director Christopher, solidifies his status as one of the King of story telling.

• Random movie review: The dark Knight rises.

The amazing Spiderman


An unecessary reboot. I love the chemistry between Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone. Andrew does a more realistic Peter Parker in my opinion.

• Random movie review: The amazing Spiderman reboot

Best sci-fiction movie of 2012

Looper


Not as mind bending as Inception, but the premise of the story is watchable enough to feed  the appetite of Sci-fiction movie buffs.

Men in Black 3s

Haven't lost their groove yet. To be cool in a suit means the way to go is being a Men in Black.

• Random movie review: Men in Black 3

Best comedy movie of 2012

Crude and unapolegitic, Ted is not for the faint hearted and those looking for a lovable gentle teddy bear. He get his point accross and his does it in your face.

• Random movie review: Ted

Best Indie/Arthouse movie of 2012

Moonrise Kingdom

Artsy, quirky with a tinge of nostalgia set in the yesteryear era.

• Random movie review: Moonrise Kingdom

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

A buffet of excellent British actor in the movie. A light exotic story set in India with strong performances from each actor.

Best action/espionage/spy film
Skyfall

Bond never got this better until Daniel Craig came along and played Her Majesty the Queen's secret service. In this outing he doesn't disappoint. Epitome  of suave, cool and awesome all in one.

• Random movie review: Skyfall

Best  Full Length Animated/Stop Motion films

Brave

A beautiful handcrafted animation from Disney Pixar.

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

As usual they move it, move it for a third time!! The third installment of the involves a daring rescue mission, a lot of circus routines and an uncontrollable amount of craziness.

• Random movie review: Madagascar 3

Frankenweenie


I love the macabre, the somber quirky stories Tim Burton always does. Frankenweenie is no exception.

Random movie review: Frankenweenie

Best adventure drama  adventure film of 2012

A visually stunning film with an equally stunning story.

2012 is not without under performing movies. Notable film are of course the big budgeted John Carter and the remake of the  American television cult classic Dark Shadows acted by Johnny Depp.

Other notable movie news:

• A big history of big screen flops. (Entertainment BBC)
• Blockbuster economics: So you want to make a movie?

Something Holloween

Marcus Lamm, 21, tried to pass over the train tracks despite the lights flashing and the gates closing in Manningtree, Essex.

Gangnam Style Best and Worst 2012

Best

What a hotmess right???!!!??

Improv Everywhere: The black tie beach 2012

gangnam style best and worst 01

The best

Presenting.....Mudd!!

Spot the game

Spot the game, or commonly known in Bahasa Malaysia as Titik, is a game involving two people, a sheet of mathematics paper, one pen each for each player(preferably different color) and a game plan. For example if you are on the blue team, your aim is to capture as many of your opponents dots by making sure that the dots are fully connected to make a fortress. Do this before your opponents does. The one with the most dots or covered area wins.
Do anyone of you played this game before at school? If you do give a comment below this entry regarding your experience on this matter.

Stronger: SCH

Book give away

Listen readers of Random Dot FM. Here is your chance to win yourself a book by Jonathan Safran Foer titled, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. 

You can participate in anyone of the following:

1. In the most creative essay that you can write, tell me something loud and incredibly close that happen to you in real life. ( It's an open essay, it could be something sad, happy or funny that happened). 
2. Since it is going to be the new year, take a picture of yourself planking with something Chinese New Year related. ( Planking with a mandarin orange, planking with a cheongsam, be creative)
3. Create a Chinese New Year video. It might be a choreographed video of you and your friends dancing to a Chinese New Year song, or perhaps miming to a Chinese song comically-anything creative and related). Upload in on youtube and send me the link of the video.

Here are a few simple rule and steps you should follow:

1. In order to participate in this contest you need a blog/website or youtube account.
2. Include your full name, mailing address, contact number( for Malaysian contestant) and also the link  of the entry you had done) so that I can verify the authenticity of the entry and also to send the book to you via mail. ( E-mail:  gurgle_86@yahoo.com).
3. Include a link of this entry  on your website or blog with the Title of the link, "ITS EXTREMELY LOUD AND CLOSE"
4. Only one entry is allowed in any of the the following stated above.
5. The last date of submission will be on the 29th of February 2012.

Christmas outing at Mahkota Parade Part 1

Venue: Mahkota Parade

Date: 21st December 2011

Kids from various schools and orphanages took part in this outing

consist of 4 parts

Part 1 consists of the children getting their schoolbags from the counter at the entrance of the shopping mall

nice!!!! a schoolbag for the new schooling session 2012

okay queue up now kids.....

Kids from various schools and orphanages took part in this outing

Avail yourselves and get your attendance look at by the beautiful lady assistants....

what does that have to do with the kids.....Part of 2 of Christmas outing at Mahkota Parade will commence soon.....stay tune

mother of All Hot Wheels

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