Titanic...

This year is the 10th year anniversary of the release of the all time blockbuster "Titanic". A worldwide boxoffice of 1.8 billion, 14 Academy awards nominations, 11 wins..till now its still the all time champ. It was such a phenomenon when it was released back in 1997...and I was one of those who got hooked. I watched the movie 7 times in the theatre...got the collector edition dvd, posters, postcards, screenplay, books and I even made a model of the titanic.

Till now its the only movie I can watch over and over again and not feel bored. The cinematography, the visual effects and the story, its historically accurate backstory and the director's attention to detail is simply amazing. The first movie to break the 200 million production budget but also the first movie to shatter all boxoffice records including the 1 billion dollar mark. This is one film that truly deserves all the awards it was given... at least IMHO.

Dragonball....

Dragonball...Started reading this comic when I was in Secondary 1..and from then on I was hooked...bought the whole set of comics...posters, cards, vcds...I was quite a bai jia zi when I was young, most of my pocket money went into turning out dragonball cards at those card machines...I still have all my prism cards nicely arranged in my card albums...all 200 over of them. lol. I bought these super cute figurines when I was in Hong Kong...so nice...

My priced possessions...

Its summer ! Its the time of the blockbusters....Spiderman 3 is coming on May 1st and I have already booked my seats on that day, yipee! Its been 5 years since Spidey 1 came out, I remember I watched it after my last paper in year 1...Spidey 2, I watched it with my best fren ...the popcorn box and coke paper cup with Spidey on it are still on display in my bedroom...together with my movie collections...Heres a pic...

Things/People that annoy me...

Read the cover story on 8 days last week..."50 things that annoy us" I couldnt agree more with some..so I decided to come up with my own list......

1. People who stopped at the end of the escalator deciding where to go. Just walk on you moron. There are tons of people behind you, inconsiderate idiot. Same goes for people who walk into the MRT train and stop right at the door.

2. People who give out flyers. Please spare a thought for the trees. Nobody is really interested in what you are giving out. It will most probably end up in the dustbin 5 minutes after you hand it out.

3. People who ask you to stop for a survey. Enough already! Every weekend, every mrt station...how many times do you have to ask me how much I spend each month, which bank I put my money in. When I walk past you with my earphones on, doesnt that simply show "DONT TALK TO ME!" ? Why approach me still?

4. Parents who cant shut their kids up in the theatre. If you have kids under 5 yrs old, please go get dvds and watch at home...its cheaper and you probably will annoy less people. Your kids most likely are not interested in the show anyway..and dont even think about explaining to them what just happened even though they asked...

5. The dance floor and the judges. Its a torture...having to watch the trailer during every commercial segment. Especially when it begins with the irritating "em che ah, em che ah..." And those judges....stop trying so hard...especially Wong Lilin..we know you can dance but are you really that good? Do you have to be so mean just for the sake of being mean?

6. Encore telecast of mediacorp shows...Why are they always bringing back horrible shows insisting that they are back by popular demand? Since when was there popular demand? I bet you didnt have enough shows to fill the timeslot so you decided to bring back "Maggi and me". As if the encore telecast of True Files and Missing on Ch 5 are not enough...they have to bring the show back on ch 8 in mandarin and then do an encore telecast again... thats like 4 times!

7. Gurmit Singh and PCK. First season...funny, second season...lame...third season...boring...fourth season...irritating...fifth season... I feel ashamed to be a Singaporean because I dont understand why they made you a Singapore Icon. I am glad they finally decided to axe you and your stupid show but they should axe you completely too...Gurmit Singh, you are so over-rated. You cant even host Singapore Idol properly, you should just hide yourself in those yellow boots.

8. Miss Universe. Why waste money hosting this event every year when you know that the eventual winner will not last more than 5 mins in the actual show against the other contestants. Why waste so much effort when you set the qualifying standard so low. And stop trying to convince us those are really the prettiest girls you can find in Singapore by showing us clips every 15 mins.

9. Bus drivers who like to jam the brakes ever so often...your passengers are trying so hard not to fall everytime you reach a bus-stop or the red lights.

10. My mum. She annoys me on a daily basis...Telling me her life story every day from 1970 - 2007....even though I have already heard them like 1000 times. She even declares she wants to live with me when I get my own apartment! God help me....

11. People who walk into a lift and expect the door to close by itself...well it will eventually..but it wouldnt hurt to press the 'door close' button right?

12. Allan Wu. He cant act, he cant host (watch amazing race asia), he cant speak mandarin properly...why the hell is he still in mediacorp?

13. People who decided to deposit tons of cash into different accounts and then update several bank books at the Cash Deposit Machine.

14. Orchard Cineleisure. For deciding to charge a "BLOCKBUSTER FEE" on this year's crop of summer movies like "Spiderman 3, shrek 3, transformers, pirates of the caribbean...." What the fuck?

15. Hawkers selling bad food. They should try their own food before selling them.

New Haircut...

I always like to have long hair...I thought I look better with long hair....I always like to dye my hair....I thought I look better with brown hair too...but all of a sudden...I decided to cut my hair short and dye it black. A change of taste...sometimes, things can change so suddenly...U can like something, someone...and everything just changed overnight...So today I said goodbye to my long brown hair...

Still trying to get used to it...havent had short hair for such a long time..I guess alot of things u just need to get used to it.. and everything will be just fine...new hairstyle....new beginning.

Sun and Moon and my new sunglasses

Today, I sneaked out for a break. I am not supposed to but its just too boring at home. Its the Good Friday long weekend and I will be damned if I stayed home all three days. So I went on my own food escapade today. My fren introduced me to this Japanese restaurant at Wheelock Place called Sun and Moon. It looked rather nice and was super crowded. We had to wait 20mins before we got our seats. I ordered a Hassai Bento Set which cost me about 32.50. The Hassai Bento Set...I was amazed I actually finished it all by myself. It comes with udon, a free drink and a green tea ice cream for dessert.

Its absolutely worth the money...you have salmon sashimi, scallop, fried beancurd, teriyaki chicken, crab salad, sushi, unagi and egg and also tempura! The salmon and scallop are so fresh...oishii!!

My fren ordered this...look at the color of the beef...according to him, its really good as well. Only after eating I realised I did what I am absolutely not supposed to do...According to my mum or the chinese medicinal beliefs, if you had a surgery, you are supposed to avoid "poisonous" food like seafood, egg, dark soy sauce and yam...they are absolute NO NO after an operation...I totally forgot about it and I ate them all in one shot! Tempura, raw salmon, teriyaki sauce, egg...oh shit...god help me!After eating and feeling like I had lunch and dinner at the same time...I went shopping to burn away the calories...I so need to get myself a pair of sunglasses. My dad is trying to get me to wear his own pair of ah pek sunglasses and my mum gave me her gold rimmed sunglasses to wear...what were they thinking! In the end I bought this pair of Versus sunglasses for $225 ...feeling really guilty for spending so much....have to go on bread and butter for the next few weeks.

孫燕姿-逆光

逆光 , Stefanie latest album. Waited a year plus for her album and it seems everyone in the industry is judging her popularity based on this album...Her last album 完美的一天 , I thought was one of her better albums but it was her worse in sales. Other than 2 fast tracks, most of the other songs are slow, which seems to be the theme of this album...slow, soothing and touching. My favorite track is track number 5 我懷念的. The lyrics is so beautifully written and she sang it with such emotions it just makes you extremely sad. Definitely an album worth waiting a year for and still the best singer to come out from Singapore.

However, I was shocked to see her second and third week album sales in taiwan actually lost to our very own Ms Sun Ho who is into her 4th and 5th week! Unbelieveable!! Never underestimate the power of City Harvest people. Their strength stretches all the way to Taiwan...unimaginable. Cant believe she actually told the media she was sexually abused when she was young in order to get onto the headlines and boost her album sales. What cheap and shameless tactics and I guess its paying off for her.

Confinement...

Slept so much yesterday until I woke up at 3 am this morning...Kept tossing around trying to sleep...woke up so many times and finally it was 6am. Got my first review at 815 so I woke up early to prepare...The swollen feeling is gone and my vision is very clear today..Its quite an amazing experience...less than 24 hrs ago, I never had such clear vision without my spectacles , not even with my contact lenses. Felt so good...lol. Waited an hr plus before the doctor came and after a brief look at my eyes..he said "OK very good!, see you in two weeks time"..sometimes dont you feel its great being a doctor...you keep people waiting for hours and then you just say a few sentences and you charge them a bomb.
Its the long weekend and I am confined at home...cant go out...cant even wash my hair and wash my face..haha..feeling a little dirty. lol...

Perfect vision

I have waited for this day...and today is the day! I went for my lasik surgery...Was quite nervous at first but everything went smoothly. The whole operation took about 15mins and is quite painless. Just a slight discomfort when they put someting around your pupil and applied a suction force. Then a layer of cornea is cut and you actually see the surgeon peel the cornea off...then you hear the sound of the laser go 'ta ta ta ta" for about 10 seconds and its done! After I got up from my surgery chair, I could immediately see the difference.. I could see words far away clearly although still alittle blur due to the operation...Now my vision is very near to perfect...I guess it takes time to adjust and heal but it feels great! This is how I look now...haha...look like The Fly..but thats just temporary..

Goodbye...my ugly spectacles and my last few pairs of disposable contacts....hope I will nvr need you both ever again.

A little nervous...

Going for my lasik surgery in a an hour's time. Feeling a little nervous now...Cant wait to throw away my spectacles! Hehe, the world will be clearer soon..

Amazing fireworks

Found these two videos of fireworks display at the opening ceremony of Wynn Casino at Macau..which I went during my trip! Super impressive fireworks the ending was just breathtaking

..and also the daily fireworks at Hong Kong Disneyland...enjoy..

End of elementary ...moving on to intermediate?

Today I took my exam for Japanese language elementary 2 course...think I did well, should be able to pass. Its not that difficult actually, lots of hints were given. Cant believe I actually had the determination to complete 2 courses in 6 months..normally I am like 'San Fen Zhong Re Du"...Now I am not sure if I want to continue and move on to intermediate class. Well the test was simple, but the actual understanding, speaking is a totally different story. I realised its not as simple as I thought...and I dont want to end up hating it..So silly..haha, I started taking the course for fun...never thought of doing it all the way..but should I? Hmm..

Bye Hong Kong!

Time pass so fast when you are having fun. Our 5 days 4 nights stay in Hong Kong was ending soon. Before we go, we decided we have to do our last round of shopping...I didnt managed to get anything..instead I got stopped by a plain clothes policeman requesting to see my ID. Requesting seemed too mild a word...I should say demanding to see my ID...He was behaving like a gangster and treated us like we were some criminals...Once we told them we were singaporean, you should how fast his face and attitude change man...

After walking like crazy...we went back to the same desserts place we went two days back and were told they have relocated a few units down the road..and the waitress brought us to the new place.. which was super posh!
Golden Seats...how cool is that!

The pattern on the sofa was quite exquisite...the whole place looked like a palace it reminded us of "Curse of the golden flower" ...Pity the waitresses were not dressed like Gong Li. lol

Before we board the plane..its dessert time round 2!! We went to the same dessert place where we ate at Mongkok...this time I ordered the carrot cake minus the red red thing which I dont know what it was....the carrot was so good..loved it!

My last few shots before we left Hong Kong..

Welcome to the magical world of Disney...

Our 2nd last day in Hong Kong...before we went to Disneyland, we went hiking...lol..Gary brought us in search of the famous dim sum restaurant at central...we got a little lost and just kept climbing stairs...We got to this place called Mid Level Escalator...quite a funny name but its quite appropriate...there were lots of escalators that bring you to the the mid level of the Peak....

The funny thing was the escalator only serve the downward direction!!! #@@# Hello, dont you know its harder to go up against gravity?! And its not just a few flight of stairs...it was freaking lots of flights of stairs!!By the time I reached here, I could feel my asthma which I have got rid of many years ago creeping back. The best thing was...after climbing up all the way up there, a kind auntie told us the place we were looking for was located below...*faint* so we took the escalator down...

By the time we reached the dim sum place I already jia ba liao...lol. The trip down was quite interesting though...I get to see the aunties do their early morning marketing...

Its difficult to find meat seller hanging up the meat like that in Singapore nowadays...they still do that the old fashioned way in Hong Kong...

I passed by this ah mah selling vegetables by the street...but she was sleeping....so kelian..

After that we took the train down to Disneyland....I was seriously quite disappointed after I reached there...its not as fantastic as I thought it would be...am I too old for this? I dont know...maybe its just too small and there was nothing exciting to do there. The rides were very short and kiddish. Fear factor =0. Should have went to Ocean Park instead..but there were still a few highlights in Disneyland...like the Lion King Show...quite interesting.......although it felt quite weird to have a guy dressed in some funny costume telling us that he is the lion king ...Simba.. I was half expecting a real cub....

The show brought back some memories...I remember The Lion King was the last movie my mum brought me and my brother to watch in the theater...it was my favorite movie then..I even drew a huge poster of Lion King...those were the days...

A surprise awaited us when we came out of the theater....Ms Beauty...from Beauty and the Beast...She is really beautiful..almost unreal. She looks like a porcelain doll from far...just like the character in the movie...damn the dress was too "pom" if not I would have stood much closer for the photo.

Then I saw this cinderella carousel...hmm. I dont remember cinderella had a carousel or been on one.. I thought she did housework and went to the ball thats it?

Anyhow, I never been on a carousel before so I wanted to sit on the horse and enjoy the ride...my virgin ride on the carousel at the age of 26...how sad...

The second highlight of disney is the parade!! All the disney characters came out in full force...almost. ..We were all waiting for the Disney Si Da Mei Nu (Snow white, Ms Beauty, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella) to come out....but damn I stood at a place where I could only see Snow white...Cinderella was on the other side and Sleeping Beauty was at the top...sianzz

At least I got the 7 dwarves up close and personal..

After that we got nothing to do but wait...wait for the finale...fireworks at 715pm.. so we went around taking photos with the cartoon characters...

I dont really like Mickey mouse...but since I was there, and he is the "Zu Jiao" of Disney..must give him face...

My favorite character is actually Donald duck!! So cute!! hahaha, before I got to take this photo, they told me to wait for 5 mins and Donald and Daisy went to some place ...I guess its toilet break...haha

After a long day....we finally got we were waiting for...the amazing fireworks display....