I have an unexplained fascination with a local favourite past time—movie watching at the cinema. Many of you have attributed the reason is due to the lack of interesting activities that one can do during the weekend. I concur partially.

We exchange money for a reclinable seat in an air-conditioned hall with hundred others where we remain silent and actually pay attention to on screen dialogues and watch in awe during ass-kicking scenes. What we pay for is a glimpse into another person’s world. Pandora is a perfect example. Who does not want to be in it?

Cinemas are great crowd-pullers here. Hopefully with the opening of the new cinema at Suria Sabah next week, it will attract a much-needed crowd to the mall which is still barely occupied since its December opening last year. Appalling.