You Don't Mess with the Zohan

This is an absolutely, HILARIOUS movie! I'm surprised, cos its, u noe.. Adam Sandler. He's done the underdog routine so often its no longer funny (observed by Sherm), but he's no underdog this time round. The movie's rude, it's politically incorrect, and it actually carries a message!
In the Zohan, Sandler puts on an Isreali accent, has a new hair-do (the Avalon!), picks up a tan and plays the role of a super counter-terrorist Zohan, whose inner passion is actually hair (to make it "Silky Smooth") - albeit from an outdated Paul Mitchell's compendium. ;-_-;
Sherm and I were laughing our guts out; the movie was well-paced, there was lots of action and hilarity, ridiculousness aplenty, and lots of gyrating! Admittedly, the bingbangboom with the elderly ladies tended to get a bit much after a while, but the movie as a whole is so awesomely funny, we could easily overlook that. Keep your eye out for multiple cameos throughout the movie, and amazingly, Rob Schneider actually has a proper role this time (and it ain't no gigolo).
Must watch! Highly recommended!

More on ERP gantries

In Malaysia, Govt decides to relax fuel subsidies, price of oil rises to just under market rate. Perfectly logical, no govt can sustain such subsidies even in the short-term. Result - opposition leads masses in large-scale protests.

In Singapore, LTA (the govt itself) decides to raise ERP gantry prices ($2 to $3 is a 50% increase ;)) AND will be adding additional gantries to ease congestion in town cos speeds are under "desired" 20km/h (not to say it affects the well-being of the people - we ALL know its a money-making scam by now). Oh oh! and Saturdays are now considered peak hour periods too, a lot of people go to town on weekends, so must tax la! Not sure if anyone's complaining, it IS the CBD, jams ARE expected at peak hours (even Saturdays, Sundays are next I bet); are we expecting a peak-hour 40-60km/h drive there? Is anybody going to raise this issue to the Govt? Will there be large-scale protests? I'm not advocating it, I'm just making a comparison.

And whether the conveniently placed article in today's morning edition of Today, which reports how much better/efficient the public transport system is, is just a coincidence or not is anybody's guess. This simply means, we CAN'T raise the issue, because the alternative is made to be more attractive. Take PT or give in to PAPitalism.

Edit: Oh and let's not forget the poor souls who thought they could afford call-hiring cabs at peak hour to get out of CBD. If I'm not wrong, getting OUT of that zone has just become gantry-taxed too! It's time for a NEW CBD to form, OUTSIDE the old one! lol