Over the weekend my wife and I sat down to started watching Disney’s live-action Mulan movie on Disney+. We are both big fans of the animated movie from 1998 and when this movie was announced we were both very excited about it. I can not speak entirely for my wife on this one but as soon as I saw the trailers I got the sense that this was going to be a very different movie from the original. It had a different vibe, it made me think of movies like Hero, or House of Flying Daggers and I was a hundred percent on board with that.

It took us two days to watch it 😅, not because it’s a very long movie but just bad timing. We started late Sunday and we couldn’t finish it, at least not until last night when we watched the other half. My impressions of this movie are simple – I enjoyed it a lot. I loved it as it’s own thing. Perhaps because I was already prepared for it not to be the Mulan we all. Know and love. It’s a good Mulan (1998) inspired action movie if you will. There are a lot of nice nods and callbacks to the animated version but it is not that Mulan.

I never got bored while watching this flick. Some scenes and or situations that were maybe a little more dramatic on the animated version weren’t as dramatic on the live-action. But that didn’t take away anything from the movie to me. The fighting and battle sequences were amazing, something you would expect from movies like, as I mentioned above, Hero or HoD.

I am sure there are flaws and purists will criticize it because it is not exactly like the animated movie but an interpretation of. Like maybe the lack of some of the humor that the animated version has, although there are very hilarious moments in this movie. Also, the dragon in the room, not being apart of the live-action version. An introduction of a character not present on the animated version.

Personally, I am an easy sell, if it entertains me and keeps me away from my phone for most of it, it’s a good movie. I do like different interpretations and takes from other characters in movies and books, I am not a purist. I would watch it again, in fact, I plan to. Again, it is its own version of this tale and I am more than fine with that. I think the most important thing is that (to me) it still keeps what is the core element of this story. This girl that has this big sense of duty, and love for her family, discovering her power through her journey and becoming a great warrior.

I have misplaced my wallet and other items many times before. With some patience and mad searching skills 😝, they usually turn out. Whenever I misplace my wallet it usually turns out to be in a pocket in my backpack that I have forgot about, my car or in the washer 😅

This time around I knew in my heart “, after searching on all these places, the thing it’s gone. Last time I had used my wallet was on Friday, I remember I bought the Super Mario’s 3D All-Stars game. I might have gone to our local market for bred after. Yesterday I didn’t leave the house for anything so it wasn’t until this morning that I realized it was gone.

I did panic a wee bit, searched the entire house, called the two palaces I had been, almost sure it wouldn’t be at those places. After half of day of searching I had to call my bank and cancel my debit card make an appointment to get another driver’s license and cancel my PayPal debit card. However, what made me rally panic was company’s travel credit card, lots of monies that it ain’t really mine. Which it was the first thing I got taken care of.

This is the first time I have ever lost my wallet in such a way.

What I am really sad about is the wallet itself. It was a nice thin leather wallet from Pad & Quill and they don’t have it anymore 😢

On a much better note, we have purchased Mario Kart for the Nintendo Switch 😁👍🏼

For the past week or so I have been trying to “show” Marley how to game. I mean, she does some gaming but usually on the iPad – ‎Sneaky Sasquatch mostly. Recently though, she has shown interest in playing the way I play, on a console or the Nintendo Switch. To me, the Nintendo Switch has the most kids-friendly type games, or at least the ones I own. I don’t think I own many kids friendly vidjia games on either the PlayStation 4 or Xbox One. Making this the obvious choice, the Switch. And here’s is the thing, I am having a hard time thinking about what would be the perfect game for a 4-year-old. I want her to learn and have fun and not be frustrated.

I was trying to think about the type of games I was into or got my first experiences with and at what age I was. Thing is, I cannot remember at what age, at all. I remember my cousins having an Atari but I never played Atari. The first Nintendo game I remember playing was Super Mario Bros and that game was released in 1987 on the US, I was 4-year-old. Although I must have probably played it a year or two later. I am not sure, to be honest. I know the first console my parents bought me was a SEGA Master System, also released around 1987 and the first game I remember playing was Alex Kidd in Miracle World, also released on 1987. Maybe I was 4yo when I started gaming. And I remember Alex Kidd been a little frustrating.

Anyways, I cannot find Mario Odyssey for the switch anywhere, so Yoshi’s Crafted World™ was probably the next obvious choice. So far she likes it, she likes the fact there’s a pink and a purple Yoshi, and so am I. She is not about collecting things and finding secrets but more about just playing around. She does get frustrated at times when she can quite figure out what to do, “I am not good at this game papa”. I jump in and help out of course but then I get into this debate of how much is too much that then she won’t get any good at it. Makes sense? I guess this will be a trial and error thing. I kind of want to get Mario Kart and see how she does maybe. I was also thinking maybe Animal Crossing might present a good experience but we will see. One time I downloaded Viva Piñata to the Xbox. Think of it as Animal Crossing but Piñatas, and she wasn’t really into it. But I will try AC, I mean that’s a game that I had purchased mostly out of hype and I couldn’t get into it.

Maybe Marley will.

Yesterday I had a good workout. I am pretty happy about it and I feel very motivated. As long as everything else in my world works out, I should be able to keep it up but then, we have Murphy’s. Needless to say, I am very sore today, it feels good in a way. My purpose yesterday was to do a somewhat full-body workout to, in a way, condition my body and prepare it for what’s coming.

If you follow along, you should know I am all about kettlebell and body-weight kind of workouts. I am also a huge fan of EMOM type workouts and that’s what I did yesterday.

EMOM

• 5 burpees
• 5 kettlebell snatches (per side)
• 6 Kettlebell Clean & Press (per side)
• 20 Swings
• 7 Rollouts

Again, the idea is to complete each movement within a minute and rest the remainder of it, then moving to the next movement. I completed a total of 5 rounds, resting 60 seconds between them. I took the inspiration for this workout from Juan Leija on the Instagrams, in fact, 90% of my kettlebell workouts are inspired by him.

Let’s see what can we accomplish today. Luna seems to be a little on the weather as well thus I might have to take her into the doctor.

IN OTHER NEWS:

There’s seems to be some kind of event today and people are wild about it 😜