a chuckful of surprises

This is going to be a random update of my life, plus my thoughts on the latest episode of Chuck (S4E9). The review is after the pagebreak so as not to spoil those who haven't watched it and want to watch (Or just so those not interested can just not click it)

Ah, just finished two exams in the past 2 days. New Media was really hard despite being all MCQ.. the options were all super close and the questions weren't easy. Especially the application questions..oh wow. Each were worth 4 marks each.. so like really damn stress to choose one option knowing that you could lose 4 marks there and then.

Today was PL1101E which has always been one of my stronger modules as well as the one I put the most effort in to.. So I thought it was quite manageable. I won't dare say I'll ace it so hard that they can't find a good enough grade for me (LOL that came out funny) , there WERE quite a few questions that I wasn't sure of and my essay was smokefest for abit. But.. manageable ba. Because I worked really hard for it. Hope I get my A :/

Last paper is on Monday!! ugh fml most people would have ended exams by then and I'll be the only sad person having a paper. PHILOOO. Have to immerse myself in the complicated inquisitive world of philosophy for the next 4 days. Maybe I'll make another philosophical post

Ok thoughts on Chuck after the page break




I liked how we finally had a 2 parter for Chuck! Like every time the action gets so intense and they get into such danger and trouble but at the back of your head you know everything will turn up fine so in the end there's no suspense or tension. Like, they're captured by enemy spies? Don't worry, they will escape, or someone will rescue them. They are have 10 guns pointed to their heads? Don't worry, they will disarm everyone in a high tempo fight synchronized with music.

It's always the same! That's something about Chuck that made the subsequent seasons more and more predictable and hence the action less and less enjoyable. I wouldn't mind a few cliffhangers like how the previous episode ended.

Anyway, while the whole 'giant she-man' thing was funny, it was also highly unrealistic? Like oh sure, a CIA spy easily beats 'the best fighter' of Thailand. Furthermore, the fight wasn't really realistic, I would expect a street fight like that to be more than just the typical roundhouse kicks style that Chuck always uses. There should be more grappling, locks, and of course dirty moves which was the only thing they got right (throwing sand into Sarah's eyes)

Want to know how to make a decent street fight? Think Prison Break Season 3, SONA. Now, THOSE fight scenes certainly get your adrenaline up and you are almost cringing from the violence but leaning forward to urge the protagonist on. Also, how Michael eventually won the fight was realistic too. (And even more necessary because he isn't supposed to be a fighter)

How the whole scene could have been improved was Sarah fighting her teeth out trying to beat the fighter, and actually losing eventually, but the whole idea of that scene should capture the desperate effort of Sarah to keep fighting to save Chuck. Then in the end the 'boss' will ask his fighter not to kill her but let her find Chuck. Much more emotional value!

Ok maybe my critique on this whole 'unrealistic fighting' is not ... 'accurate', because this was precisely the style that Chuck started with and it's meant to be like that (for comic value). But once in a while can throw in some stuff like what I suggested right? ^^

I also didn't like how Chuck woke up from his 'sleep'. Wasn't his memory supposed to be wiped out? How come everything is fine and dandy!? Oh sure, lobotomy is a reversible process. Just yank out the electrodes (?? another part that I thought was damn weird.. Like she wasn't worried that just yanking them out may actually cause damage to Chuck)  and all the memory is restored.

I thought it would have been much better for Chuck to open his eyes.. then go "Who are you?" -to be continued-

SO MUCH BETTER!! THREE PARTER!! Ratings sure go up. hahaha.


Ok that's all I have to say for Chuck. I hope the scriptwriting stops being so predictable~
(btw the blog post title is a line that Chuck said during this episode, I guess it was intentional and so lame lol. 'I am just chuckful of surprises!' (I think the actual expression is 'chock-full' or maybe it really is 'chuck-full'. I've no idea how to spell it)

And on a random side note, loved the LOST references in HIMYM this week! 4 8 15 16 23 42 :D 6 numbers I will never forget haha. Ok that's all I have, I will see you guyssss(and girlsssss) next time!