![]() ![]() In the afternoon, she bowls for two hours. She works out from Monday to Friday, starting with two hours of weights and cardiovascular exercises in the gym. Shalin is hoping for two golds in Bangkok, in the team and individual events - and is doing everything she can to make sure she gets what she wants. Last year, she walked away with gold in the doubles, trios and all-events at the Southeast Asian Games in Jakarta and was second runner-up in the Bowling World Cup in Cairo - where she became the first woman to score a perfect game in the 33-year history of the competition. At the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima, she bagged two gold medals - in the trios and all-events (accumulated score). Her parents once competed for the Federal Territory (Kuala Lumpur) team and now run several bowling centers, where Shalin helps out in her free time. The poised 20-year-old comes from a family of bowlers. ![]() "Shalin is a class above the others in commitment and in ability to withstand pressure at the crucial moment," says Sidney Tung, executive director and secretary-general of the Malaysian Tenpin Bowling Congress. In a nation overflowing with talented bowlers, she has that extra podium potential. M ALAYSIA IS MONTHS AWAY from naming its squad for the 13th Asian Games in Bangkok in December, but tenpin bowler Shalin Zulkifli already seems gold-plated. Malaysia's star bowler strikes out for glory Their cheesiness was not arrogant or presumptive it was strange, shrewd, and unexpected.From Our Correspondent: Hirohito and the WarĪ conversation with biographer Herbert Bixįrom Our Correspondent: A Rough Road Aheadīad news for the Philippines - and some others For a movie that seems aware of its predecessors, you'd expect more intelligence concerning what made those B-movies so much fun. ![]() The main action is more repetitive than clever (snakes slide and bite, victims clutch wounds and gasp). They are helped in their efforts by the many-times-bitten copilot Rick (David Koechner) and rapper Three Gs (Flex Alexander)'s video game fanatic bodyguard Troy ( Kenan Thompson) (you can guess what role he'll play by film's end).Īs kooky and deliberately "bad" as Snakes tries to be, it's mostly just unimaginative. Flynn and the sensible flight attendant Claire ( Julianna Margulies) are plainly the couple-to-be, and they valiantly fight off the menace posed by the snakes and the mostly idiotic (that is, set up to die) passengers. The chaos is episodic and ridiculous, producing lots of swollen, bloodied bodies as well as stiffly delivered bad dialogue. True to its title, SNAKES ON A PLANE doesn't offer much beyond this basic plot point. ![]()
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