Troy – Part 1
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
Showing at a local home cinema – Part 9
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
Buccaneers Arrrrrrr!!
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
Showing at a local home cinema VIII
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
New Sofa – Finally
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
One year later
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
Lucia Popp
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
I’m Not Sorry
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
The Goldberg Variations
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),
The West Wing
I remarked briefly here the other week that The West Wing is one of the best three drama TV series I’ve followed. The series is set in the White House and is about the fictional presidential administration of Josiah Bartlet,
Showing at a local home cinema VII
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008). I thought the first one was awful. It could had that starting a few years back, we’ve got saturated with animal-esque animated films. Few productions can match the consistent inventiveness and visuals of a Pixar
Lentor's Kitchen – Claypot Rice
Claypot rice is one of Yang’s favourite dishes and we had one recently for dinner at his parents’ place (fondly called Lentor home). Traditionally, a claypot is used to cook this dish but Yang’s mom invented her own style to
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