eC's Chillout Lounge

The weather today was so cold today! Must be around 16d or something, weird for a summer for sure.



Genting International won the Sentosa integrated resort project, and many Singaporeans eagerly wait for Resorts World to open in 2010.

And Universal Studios theme park will be coming to Singapore too! Wow!



Talking about casinos and Hollywood magic, we went to catch the 21st installment of the James Bond franchise, after a sumptuous dinner of butter chicken with rice.

I'm not going to tell you how I felt about the movie, but about the product placement I noticed.



The main car is the Aston Martin DBS, which features a 6.0L V12 that will put out more than 500 bhp, replacing the outgoing V12 Vanquish.

Production is believed to be limited to only 300 units, with each costing nearly US$250,000.



Seamaster Planet Ocean - Casino Royale - Limited Edition



The Seamaster Planet Ocean “Casino Royale” is available with a 45.5 mm diameter case and a black rubber strap. This Limited Edition has exclusive features: the central second hand bears the “007” gun logo in orange and the stainless-steel case back is embossed with the “Casino Royale” logo as well as the series number.



M600i



K800i

You may ask did Sony Ericsson paid millions to be in? I don't know, but I do know that Casino Royale was produced by MGM, which was acquired by Sony/Comcast in 2005.

That will also explain the constant pop ups of Vaio laptops and Cybershot digicams.

Trivia

The movie featured a cameo role by Virgin boss Richard Branson, seen being frisked at an airport.

Ford, which owns Aston Martin, gave 3 of the DBSs to the movie, without having to pay a cent more. They however have to pay US$14m to have James Bond driving their latest Ford Mondeo.

A car crash scene involving an Aston Martin entered into the Guinness Book of World Records with stunt artists flipping the the car a record 7 times during a shoot for a crash.

The Aston was built so well that it wouldn't turn over from a ramp, and a nitrogen air cannon in the car had to be used to make it flip.

Eliss and my heart broke to see the grey beast ripped to bits. We can't even afford a car now.