2012

Hurrah it's the start of the new year, a time for new beginnings and to work on our resolutions.
But folks, this means that 2012 is looming ahead....

 Coincidentally, I just watched the eponymous movie (again) while at the hair salon.
Even so, I still teared at the emotional scenes, very much to my embarrassment, since I was helpless in the chair.
With rollers in my hair and wires attached to each, so I looked like an alien myself.

Back to my point, there had been recent reports by a US-based scientific agency: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) claiming that 3 giant spaceships have been detected en-route to Earth with ETA 2012.
Fact or fiction?Either way, we can scoff at it or be well-prepared, uh-huh.
Well, I thought it would be handy to document these (useful) survival tips from 8 days in case we ever encounter an alien invasion:

1. Forget the video cam (as seen in Cloverfield), I can't sit through this movie by the way (along with Quarantine and Blair Witch), my face turned green and my head was spinning argh!And may I add, as seen in Skyline (the lead actor armed himself with a camera after his friend got sucked..what?!) too! (extremely lame movie, that I endured with butt vibrations at the state-of-the-art 4D movie theatre in Incheon, pity that it's wasted on this show. 8 days says: Seriously - it's the end of the world. Your supposed Oscar-winning footage of an alien invasion won't even make it to America's Funniest Home Videos if all of civilisation is wiped out. So gather what you need and make your escape in helter-skelter fashion, instead of lugging around a video cam like those folks in Cloverfield, ridiculously trying to capture every moment of the last day of your life
2. Look for Allies (as seen in Transformers) If there's anything the Transformers movies taught us (besides the fact that Megan Fox looks hot) it's that everyone has an enemy you can use against them. And the enemy of thy enemy is thy friend. If not for Optimus Prime and his Autobot pals, Shia Lebouf and the rest of the human race would be toast courtesy of the Decepticons. Bottom-line: Suss out the rivals of evil alien invaders, befriend 'em and bring 'em to the party.
3. Anything Can be a Weapon (as seen in District 9) What an everyday item is to us could be Kryptonite to alien nasties. Remember invaders defeated by the common flu in War of the Worlds and ETs undone by water in M Night Shyamalan's Signs? Try a can of coke, your own fart or play Justin Bieber's music - just get creative. You can even make a few alien friends by offering them something they can't resist.. like cat food. Hey, it worked in District 9. After forging alliances, destroy 'em when their guard is down.
4. Trust No One ( as seen in Species) You never know what form an alien can take. Be extra wary if someone starts behaving oddly, even if he's your husband. Especially if he's an astronaut. Just ask Charlize Theron in The Astronaut's Wife. And guys, if an uber-hot babe suddenly finds you sexually irresistible despite the fact that you still live with your mum, have no life and play video games 24-7, chances are she's not really of the same, um, Species.
5. Find the Motherload (as seen in Independence Day) All aliens have a ginormous mothership that they report to. At least according to Hollywood. Find the damned thing, figure out a way to infiltrate, and then mess them up big-time from the inside. This is especially effective if you're Will Smith.
6. Hang Out with the Right Folks (as seen in Aliens) Make friends with people most likely to survive an invasion: A military hardhead, some gung-ho security guard, a Sigourney Weaver-type dominatrix, a down-and-out scientist whose alien conspiracy theories no one bought. These guys will form your ragtag team that'll take out the mothership. Oh, and don't forget Will Smith.