Movies Update: Last Samurai

Ken Watanabe and Hiroyuki Sanada. The former has actually appeared in the jap movie Space Travellers as the mysterious bomb-carrier. No wonder he looks so familiar. The two are my favourite characters in the movie. They are both very "sei" and eye-catching as samurais. Tom Cruise pales in comparison. In fact, he looks quite haggard in the movie. This movie is very epic-like, and I personally like the settings in Meiji restoration era (due to the influence of Rurouni Kenshin aka Samurai X). I went to watch this show with not much expectations (trailer not that anticing enough), and it turns out to be simply magnificent (reminds me a bit of ROTK). Definitely a must-watch.

Movies Update: Magic Kitchen (Mo Huan Chu Fang)

A thrashy show. Silly plot with a few laughable jokes. Jerry Yan (the supposed male lead) turns out to be a big cameo. Sammi is as usual. Maggie Q looks sexy. Andy steals all the limelight as expected. I wun watch this movie if not for the free tickets.

Movies Update: Paycheck

I always enjoy John Woo's movies, in fact his Face/Off is one of my personal faves. Paycheck is not that good, but it's fast-paced nevertheless and entertaining enough with its sci-fi plot (by the author of Minority Report). Not as bad as what the reviews say although i think it'll do better with other casts (a bit sian of Ben Affleck) and more action.

fei zhu died this morning.
i miss you!

Chinese New Year
Ok. It's the 3rd day of the Chinese New Year and I've not slept for the past 26 hours and I'm gonna catch the Last Samurai with my sisters in 2 hours' time. And I'm $100 poorer than yesterday from mahjong and blackjack and 'in between'. More to be updated... Mi getting concussed.. shall catch an hour of nap now...

At Bintan
fun: driving the buggy
not-so-fun: crashing it and paid $ for the damages

fun: bean caught a baby shark
not-so-fun: we could not eat it

fun: great sun
not-so-fun: getting sunburnt

fun: great beach
not-so-fun: no sea sports

fun: playing with sand
not-so-fun: being part of a 4-person sandcastle

fun: paintball
not-so-fun: gun got jammed for 2 games

fun: pony ride
not-so-fun: pony shitted

fun: mahjong
not-so-fun: losing $

Goodbye Lenin!

Went to watch this german movie expecting it to be some war show. Turned out to be quite different. A bit slow paced. Jus like most artistic movies. Not too bad, but not really my cup of coffee.

School of Rock

Quite funny, but over-rated. The kids are very talented though, especially the guitarist and the pianist.

I hate it when people take u for granted. I hate selfish brats who think that their stuff and time are more important than mine. Jus because I'm slack in doing my stuff doesn't mean that my stuff is any less important.