recycled post

i wrote tis on me facebook... am just 'recycling'...
just being random on a random sunday at the random hour with the random thought...
1. i ♥ my friends in London. I miss them tons!

2. i ♥ and collect postcards! all sorts of postcards!

3. i ♥ to collect weird stuff.

4. i ♥ tin boxes, and i collect them.

5. i ♥ dead people.

6. i ♥ death related stuff.

7. i ♥ movies. i have a thing for movie quotes.

8. i ♥ H & M.

9. i ♥ to jump.

10. i ♥ to laugh.

11. i want to study dance journalism.

12. i ♥ to travel.

13. i ♥ airplane food.

14. i ♥ instant noodles. i wish i could set up a website on instant noodles.

15. i hate my fringe! i dun have a choice.. my baby hair are standing up, so the stylist said i have to have the fringe to bring the weight down :(

16. Christmas period is my favourite time of the year.

17. i ♥ my friends to be happy.

18. i ♥ food

19. i ♥ soundtracks.

20. i hate the gold and ching chong decoration during chinese new year.

21. i hate the whole idea of sabo-ing the groom before he enters the bride's house. (Absolutely dumb idea!) The whole part of the groom and his best men having to drink vile stuff and do humiliating activity is so stupid!!!!! Cos by doing this doesnt mean he will not stray, it doesnt mean there wont be divorce, it doesnt mean its HAPPILY EVER AFTER!!! Its just ABSOLUTE stupidity on one side, and humiliation on the other!!!

22. I think wedding portfolio photos (those taken in a studio) is a bloody waste of money and time!!! cos once u are married... the album goes into the cupboard, collecting dust, feeding to termites and end up degenerating!!! I feel its very sad that couples want to feel like they are CELEBRITY by having their photoshoot, and posing as loving and adorable lovers... OH PLEASE!!! spare me!!!! it's so fake!!!!

23. i believe 6 in every 10 married couples will end up in divorce. of the remaining 4, 3 will end up as loveless marriage and kept together because of the kids, and 1 will hopefully be of true love...

24. i want to go through the entire pregnancy process even if i don't get married. i found a sperm donor already anyway.

25. i think the name LUCIFER is just a name and it has nothing to do with the devil as many perceive. the devil could have been call AH BENG or AH YO YO!

heart-wrenching...

And i thought the movie 'Atonement' was heartbreaking... ah.... till i watched THE READER.... yes... The very film that won Kate Winslet the Golden Globe Award... for Supporting Actress... I wouldn't say she deserve the award for Supporting Actress... i feel... She RIGHTFULLY deserve the Best Actress award for this film.. I mean.. She was in the film from the beginning to end.. she acted the aged Hannah Schmitz, as well as the middle age Hannah Schmitz. The male character opposite her was shared by the young David Kross and the reputable Ralph Fiennes...

The plot is straightforward, and it could happen to anyone... of that period... but the relationship of the young Michael Berg (played by David Kross) and Hannah Schmitz (Kate Winslet), was intense and mixed at times... She was the lover, the vulnerable child and also at times the maternal partner in the relationship. She uncovered many facets of her character in the 123 mins film. As strong as she is on the front, the film also captures her vulnerability and her childlikeness. A side that Micheal Berg fell helplessly in love with. I believe the initial attraction between the two characters was lust... but her love for him grew when she was in prison and she received the story-telling cassettes from Micheal Berg (she was convicted for a war-time crime). The mature Michael Berg (Ralph Fiennes) visited her just one week before she was going to be released from prison. He has not seen her for almost 30 years; when she saw him, she initiated and reached out her hand for his. he hesitated a little and he placed his hand over hers. Within moments, he retreated, and that was absolutely heart wrenching.

I love the sets too.. i mean what not to love? its EUROPE!!! Germany in the 1950s to 60s. The architecture, the details on the bannisters, the ceilings, the furnitures, the furnace by the bathtub (which reminded me of the bathroom scene in The Dreamers), the fabrics used as curtains, oh oh.. i simply love the young Michael Berg's attire (every part of it... literally EVERY PART of it), and his bed linens (its almost like a Laura Ashley pinup)... and so many things to love about it... oh... another thing... i fell instantly in love with the cinematography... the director Stephen Daldry, who also directed one of my favourite film, The Hours, and Billy Elliot, clearly showed his trademark in details and the use of very subtle idiosyncrasies to amplify the mood and dialogue...

Some may say the duration of the movie is too long, but i feel.. there were details that could not be left out... the intensity of the affair between Michael Berg and Hannah Schmitz had so much details, as it helped to answers her latter decisions and her way of dealing with issues that she was facing. i just wish i can understand german and i would read the original german text!
I would definitely suggest anyone who is in the legal age to watch this beautiful film... I would definitely love to watch it again... the ever-so-yummy Ralph Fiennes and of cos the delectable Kate Winslet is just enough to have me indulge in the film once again... am looking forward to Kate and old partner in crime, Leonardo Dicaprio's Revolutionary Road... by the way, she is a very down to earth, and humble beauty in person... She was my client when i was working in a boutique in London... heehee... she is absolutely an angel in every way! hahahaha...

electronic JINX

hmmmf 2008 has been a year of unfortunate electronic events... hmmf... first my iphone was left in the UK for a couple of months... then just before September, my hard disk of my MacBook crashed... terribly unexpectantly... all my school Art Festival events archives were all documented and lost as my hard disk just crashed on me... It was ever so upsetting that all those pictures, and videos of the students' rehearsals, etc were all gone with the other data.... hmmmf... then in September... my digital camera went cranky... it's button came springing out as i hit the 'to snap' button, while i was in the midst of snapping a picture. anyhow... that was hardware problem... i had it fixed... paid $60 for a little button, a spring and some strong glue to get them attached together... Just as i thought everything was smooth sailing... my macbook hard disk CRASHED on me AGAIN!!!!!!! in less than 3 months!!!! ARGH!!!!!! From now on.... i detest my work macbook... for it has failed me not once but twice in less than 3 months... worse of all... all my pictures in iPHOTO was also GONE!!!! it was utterly DEVASTATING!!!!! Just as i was still mourning over the loss of my pictures and data in my 2nd crashed experience... my digital camera slipped out of my hands and hit the floor whilst in it's case... and broke it's screen.... yes yes... my digital camera took a dive and committed suicide... well not exactly, as it didnt quite kill itself COMPLETELY... i would say.. its just handicapped. hmmmph...
well... i did have some backups... but nothing compares to re-installing every single file ALL OVER AGAIN!!!!!!!!
i wish and i pray that may 2009 be a year of happy electronic experience... no suicidal thoughts on any of my techno stuff... PLEASE!!!!!!

sad rice :(

sink ur teeth: the FOOD post - UK EDITION 2008

yes yes... it's coming to 6 months and i have not updated what happened during my Summer London trip 2008... (i miss london very much!!!!)
My first meal when i touched down, Lunch with Tsumugi at Strada!!!! i had my usual... seafood linguine, and we had tiramisu to share...



The following evening... i had dinner with saffie... we had pancakes on King's Road... We ordered a savory and a sweet, heehee... the sweet was a traditional Sugar and Lemon Pancakes.... We finished EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!! YUMMILICIOUS!!!!



Met up with Elaine for dinner at Bryon along with Saff and Nat...


Oh My Goodness!!!!!! SINCE when has burger tasted so FABULOUS!!!! I ordered a generous portion of their house classic hamburger with portobello mushroom!!!! AHHHH!!!! you have no idea how delicious and juicy it tastes till u sink your teeth in it!!!!
Elaine decided to go white meat... and had a chicken sandwich :) it was delicious too!!! Bryon's the place to eat!!!! highly recommend!!! and the price is affordable too!!!
Then there was shopping in Bicester village... and i had to confess... i missed Carluccio's!!! I have to have the lasagna... but.. sigh... it didnt taste as good as i anticipated though :(


Met up with one of my colleagues from SOTA, Wang Jiunn, who happened to be in London too. And we decided to go turkish... heehee.... no belly dancers unfortunately... we went to the famous Effes II. This place has a special sentimental attachment to this place.... it was the place that my first few friends that i made in london (who are turks), introduced their cuisine to me... and i remembered i was hobbling out and about london on my crutches and my turkish flatmate (whom i grew very close too whilst living in YWCA) and we bought kebabs as our takeaway lunch. we sat on a bench and enjoying the huge serving... The uncle at the takeaway counter was very generous.. he gave us extra meat and pitas too.. he probably think we are very poor students... oh.. well... we were... hahahahahaha... This was also the place Paul brought me out for my birthday dinner.... heehee.. i remembered vividly that evening, he refused to tell me where we were heading... and we got off the bus at Green Park, and I looked at him astonished... and said, "ARE WE GOING TO THE RITZ???!!! ARE YOU BRINGING ME TO THE RITZ???!!!" He laughed hysterically... he said he can't believe that came out of me.. hahahahha anyway... it was a private joke... the thought of it as i write now.... makes me laugh... sigh... i was so... gullible... anyway... back to this recent trip... so.. i had dinner at Effes II. Well.. i can't really remember what i had... i think i had lamb... no.. chicken... no ... lamb... or maybe... chicken.. alas.. i can't remember... here's the dine in pictures....




i love the look of the bar too... and how can i resist taking pictures of the lamps.... very exotic... :)

YAUATCHA!!!!!!!!
aiyo.. no need to say anything... jus enjoy the pictures!!!! dim sum and yummy food!!!!












PAUL'S



Traditional Sunday Roast... MY FAVOURITE!!! yorkshire pudding!!!! and yes.. i finished it ALL!!!! hahahahaha

Tom's Place for fish and chips... which unfortunately closed down due to the recent financial downturn....




and of cos ROCK & SOLE fish and chip place!!! how can i miss this out... went there with Paul.. and i think i almost squashed him.. :p


And how could i not have english breakfast.. at Chelsea Bun... but i have to say it wasnt very yummie... oh.. no.. i had better!


And at Daylesford Organic (supermarket cum makan place cum shop cum bakery cum florist i think) with Charity and her friends...i love this place!!!





the burger aint as yummy as Bryon's!!!



the yoghurt is so cutely packaged!!!




And my last meal in uk before i flew back to tropical singapore... it was the morning... and i had a very sweet tooth that day... had a tart and a white chocolate cake... erm... i think the tart was far too sour... and the cake was extremely sweet...


and tat concludes my eating adventure in london... 2008...