Slumdog millionaire

I caught Slumdog Millionaire last night. To be honest, if not for the Oscar best picture, I probably wouldnt watch it. Two reasons...its a movie about indian...which I am really not a fan...and secondly, its directed by Danny Boyle...the director of the ultra crappy 28 days later. Anyway, after beating the films that I have watched at the Oscars for best picture, I was interested to find out if its really that good. This is the first time I watched 4 out of 5 oscar nominated films. Milk was good because of Sean Penn. He totally deserve the best actor award. The Reader was good because of the ever so fantastic Kate Winslet. I am so glad she finally won the oscar. But the movie was a little too slow and heavy. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was a nice fantasy film but a little too long at 3 hours. So I went in thinking, how did a low budget independent film about Indians beat all the big boys, and I came out surprised that its actually a really engaging movie. For the first time, there were no ridiculous song and dance segments during the movie - only at the end..Although I enjoyed the movie, it made me so not want to visit India. LOL. I never thought of visiting there in the first place but after watching this...its like NEVER!! The conditions of the slums featured in the movie was appalling. Those kids were so pitiful and so badly abused you cant help feel sorry for them. So, at the end, I could see why the oscar picked this movie as their best picture. Its a beautiful love story and a amazing tale of a boy who went from slumdog to a millionaire overnight but all he ever wanted is love. If you havent watched it, go catch it now before its too late. Its not a typical Bollywood movie, cos its directed by a British, but its a really entertaining show.

Penang

Went to Penang on thursday for an inspection trip. It was really short trip, I flew there in the morning and came back in the evening. Didnt have much time to go sightseeing but I did manage to cross from Penang island to the mainland...not on the penang bridge but on the ferry.

On the vehicle ferry to mainland. Its really cool and to my surprise it is quite a nice way to get across instead of using the Penang bridge which I heard is always jammed up in the morning.

A similar ferry passing by in the other direction.

Penang island

The Penang bridge at the left side....very blur due to the morning fog.

From this view, it reminds me of Hongkong victoria harbour though not as beautiful.

After crossing to the mainland, I went straight to work. Then after lunch, I did abit of shopping but not at Georgetown. Its a pity I didnt get to go there...oh well. After that, went straight back to the airport to wait for my flight. Everytime I visit parts of Malaysia, I always feel that these places seemed stuck in time. The buildings, the people...they seemed so 70s...living such simple kampung/small town life. I wonder if its a good thing sometimes...not living in a city ...but enjoy life at a much slower pace...hmm