Ip Man 2
Ip Man 2 (2010) – on rental. I’m not sure what’s it with these Hong Kong films centered on the stories of these Chinese martial arts masters, but they sure look like as though they’re going through the same script
Up in the Air
Up in the Air (2009) – on rental. Back about 13 years ago the region was hard hit by the first Asian economic recession. While those in the public education sector were still reasonably secure in their jobs, the rest
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010) – on rental. The story theme of an ordinary boy who finds his destiny among the powerful and fantastic is one that book authors have been mining for years. Several of
Inception
Inception (2010) – AMK Hub. If Inception is what director Christopher Nolan can come up with during his spare time in between his second and third Batman films, one wonders just what he’d be able to come up with if
Re-entering the Kitchen: Tom Yum Soup with a Twist
It’s the weekend again! That means I have more time to do cooking at home :D I decided to give tom yum soup a shot after getting inspired by another local blogger. So it was to NTUC to shop for
Re-entering the kitchen: Nikujaga
I felt like Linguini in Ratatouille when trying to cook Hannah’s and our dinner simultaneously tonight. The last thing I wanted was a messy kitchen with injuries and broken porcelain wares. I was browsing through the Internet for easy recipes
The Book of Eli
The Book of Eli (2010) – on rental. There are a couple of actors in Hollywood today that are able to switch with relative ease between roles of opposite alignments. Most can’t. For instance, the one time when Arnuld Schwarzennegar
Agora
Agora (2010) – on rental. One of the films I was really looking forward to catching this year has been Agora. The film stars Rachel Weisz, and she plays Hypatia, a Greek scholar and teacher of mathematics and philosophy who
Re-entering the kitchen: Watercress Pork Ribs Soup
Hannah has better food while at her nanny’s place. Her nanny is a Cantonese and as many of us know, this dialect group is particular about their soup. Every meal must have a soup dish. I just got a recipe
iGrip
Two colleagues of mine – both Apple fans – and I were talking about the MacBooks and iPhones yesterday afternoon. One was surprised, like my Kumamoto colleagues last year during the teaching trip, that I used my MacBook Pro primarily
Salvaging Coins
Lately, our 4 year-old Electrolux washing machine has not been as effective in removing dirt and grime from our clothes as before. So I took to checking the drain pump (that little squarish door at the bottom of the washing
Dear John
Dear John (2010) – on rental. The other romantic drama to arrive while I was away was Dear John, a film starring Channing Tatum, the beefcake previously seen in G. I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, and up and coming
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