‘Jia xiang’ (Mandarin) is the equivalent of hometown, and ‘mee’ (Hokkian) means noodle. There you have it, a noodles’ dish from the hometown of Sarawak (Malaysia). Yang and I went down to Compass Point for dinner on Tuesday evening. There
OK, what about the movie now? I’ll start by commenting on the good parts. Firstly, Petersen’s film cleverly centers his narrative not on the main story – the stealing of Helen and the war – but on the two opposing
For those of us who’re not familiar with the legend, here’s my summary of it. Paris, a young prince of Troy, is visited by three Goddess who poses to him a question: who’s the fairest of them all. Athena promises
Troy (2004). While blogging about John Woo’s Red Cliff the other day, my mind ventured into a similar retelling of an ancient story of war, tragedy and love: The Trojan War. I dug out my blu-ray edition of Wolfgang Petersen’s
Quantum of Solace (2008). Quantum of Solace was the first James Bond movie I didn’t catch in the theatre since, well 25 years now. I think it was several things. Daniel Craig is a great actor and has the rugged
One of the funniest things about travelling across countries is the amount of smuggling that goes on. I mean, when Matt came by to visit us a year ago, he had a backpack loaded with camera gear for me. And
The Day The Earth Stood Still (2008). For this film, I’ll save us the suspense and get right to it: this a one-star, and it isn’t because of Keanu Reeve’s typically wooden acting or Jaden Smith has none of his
I blogged here 8 months ago about our quest to find a new replacement sofa for our living room but never really got our hearts into it. Oh, we went by Courts and Ikea a couple of times and saw
Time flies! It’s been just over a year since I bought the D300, and I thought it’d be fun to do a short post on what’s happened to it over the first year I’ve owned and used it.:) Cost $2,450
There comes a point in time listening to the classics that you start being able to distinctly tell by listening who’s the person singing a particular role. Funnily, the two vocal ranges I have difficulty with singer identification are Alto
Newspapers for me elicit quite a range of reactions and emotions. You get the funny stories (like the three Somali pirates), tragic stories (like the three Somali pirates if you believe that those Somalis didn’t have a choice in making
Of all the classical music there is out there that’s composed for solo instruments, I’m guessing that the piano got the largest heap. Haydn wrote 62 piano sonatas; Mozart wrote 18 (plus a huge number of other solo piano works),
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