So? How was it?

I can tell you everything turned out well. I went for many trips. I gave talks. I was given many opportunities. But most importantly, I found a job.

Or should I say the job found me. I felt like a newly-wed and I am so happy!! I am going to work so hard… But at the same time going to enjoy life more.

Oh yea… My plan to reduce weight had failed terribly thus far. Guess it is time to pick up. Haihz…

So here I am running in between KL and Singapore. Staying in KL for holidays while rushing back to Singapore whenever I get the call asking me to come back for job interview. Haha.. Really like businessman!!

I was back in Singapore on Tuesday for interviews and so I was lucky enough to be able to catch the premiere of Shrek: Forever After. It should be the final movie on Shrek. *sob*sob* Seriously it’s one of the finest (and funniest) animation you ever watch in cinema. Still remember how pretty Princess Fiona (in human form) and how she performed the Matrix split.. Haha..

This final chapter comes in 2 version. 3D and normal 2D. Thanks to omy.sg and UIP, I had the special invites to the grand 3D opening of Shrek! So cool putting those 3D glasses on!!

But I think it doesn’t make such a big difference. Shrek is still cooler in story and jokes than its effects. The 3D effect might still be a great enjoyment at the beginning of the movie, but when the story goes on, I got hook up in the story itself more than the 3D effects, by forgetting that I was wearing the glasses. (wonder if that’s a good thing)

Before watching Shrek 4, I was wondering how  the scriptwriter going to start a whole new script on Shrek because since Shrek 3 most of the possibilities of the characters and storyline had been explored. This kinda reminded me on “Infernal Affairs 3″ (Hong Kong movie) because all the good characters are dead and wonder how are they going to start the 3rd episode.

But this Shrek is smart! It started off with a “What-if” situation… What if “SHREK IS NEVER BORN BEFORE”?? And the story goes on from there… How did they make Shrek never been born before? You’ve gotta watch the movie to find out! I don’t want to spoil the fun here.

As usual, funny and tickling your senses all the way from the beginning til the end. I love it. Though sometimes you will get a little bit bored with the main character Shrek (it’s the 4th movie you saw him duh?), but in this movie I think the (fatter) puss-in-boots and filthy donkey and warrior Fiona had spiced up the story! Quite a refreshing experience to see those (new) characters!

Moral of the story: Appreciate and cherish what you have now! Now bring your children or younger brother and sister to watch the show and enjoy the time together!!

*Stay through the credit. It was a nice anime with familiar scenes from the 1st movie to the final one. So it kinda hinted that this is the final chapter for the movie.

Trailer:

Straight after the presentation, I was glad that I had the night specially arranged for me by omy.sg. Again with their kindness, they had invited me over to an exclusive screening of “Robin Hood” staring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett.

I am the fan of Robin Hood since young. Who doesn’t like a genuine heroic story who “rob from the wealthy and gives to the poor”? I mean it’s one of the best hero stories ever written on Earth. Being influenced by my mother (she likes Kevin Costner very very much!) I always had the kind of impression that this hero has got to be handsome.. Haha.. The previous 2 versions (Robin Hood: The Prince of Thieves, 1991 and Robin Hood Men in Tight, 1993) featured 2 gorgeous guys in the movie.

1991

1993

And when I first heard that they are going to cast Russell Crowe in this new Robin Hood movie I was shocked!!

I thought I was going to be disappointed!!

But I was wrong. It turned out to be just a nice and one of the coolest movies in 2010! Seriously!

I’m totally buying this new Robin! To be honest I think no one has got to be more suitable than Russell Crowe. He plays the new Robin with much more in-depth personality. Great!

OK. Enough crap on the childhood memory. Let’s move into the review of the movie.

Overall I love this film. Though I’m not sure with the editing because for Singaporean version that I watched there were some abrupt cuts into other scenes which made me confused a little bit. But overall I love the story!

If you’re thinking that this movie is about Robin Hood saving his own village then you are wrong. This is more like “Robin Hood: The Begins”. It tells the story way before “Robin Hood has become Robin Hood”. Yea.. It’s about how history for this character and how he is shaped to be a heroic character in that way.

We see more actions and fighting scenes (though, as usual, some unacceptable scenes like having a sense of romance on a battlefield) but the story really touches me in deep on this Robin character.

I like the part where he stayed in Nottingham especially and to be frank that’s the essence of the whole movie.

Oh yea.. Did I mention that Cate Blanchett is wonderful in this movie? She plays an English woman perfectly and I love her character. Well, she’s much more “useful” in this movie compared to previous version where Marian was just like Princess Peach in Super Mario waiting to be saved. Haha…

And to relate this in the current situation in Malaysia as well… Haihz… Who is the Robin Hood to free us all??

Rise and rise again,

until lambs becomes lions.

Then from Dhoby Gaut MRT station, I took the latest Circle (orange) line that had just launched last month. Quite a small train compared to the green/red line.

Promenade MRT station is the closest for now. Well these is one MRT station in construction that located just below Marina Bay Sands but only after 2013. Who knows we still got chance to take that train after 2012? But for now it’s a short 10 minutes walk from Promenade.

Walking is not a bad choice. You get the full view of Marina Sands and you get to walk on the ‘Helix’ bridge.

Well I’m not a big fan of ‘Helix’ bridge but I’m sure it will be much more fascinating during the night time with the light decoration turned on. So sad the SkyPark on Marina Sands is not going to open until June, 2010. Arggh!!

Can you see the SkyPark? It’s so ‘neat’ and ‘clean’ beneath it. Hahaha…

The Shopping Mall located opposite of the hotel is called “The Shoppes”. It’s not fully constructed yet. But I bet it’s going to be amazing when it’s fully open in Jun.

Caught ya! Chilling under hot sun?

And our spotlight of the day.. The Casino!!!

Seriously I like Marina Bay Sands’ casino MUCH MORE than Resort World’s. Personally I like the design as it gives you the “GRAND” feeling as compared to RW’s. More “WOW” factor as I mentioned earlier that is lacking in RW’s. Sad thing is that they don’t have resting area like RW or it will be perfect!

And their beverages are upon serving by waiters. Means you need to be a bit thick-face if you are not gambling to ask for it! Hahaha…

For those who are curious, no I didn’t gamble!! I hate gambling!

So then I moved to the hotel part which is the main building of Marina Bay Sands.

Just amazing huh?!The cheapest online rate is SGD450 per night. I wonder when will I get the chance of staying here… *sob*

Give you another view on the building before I leave.

Wow! I’ve became their fans! Marina Bay Sands. *like*

Couldn’t find the real poster. Whatever as long as it brings out the same message. I had been invited by omy.sg to the exclusive preview screening of Iron Man 2.

I mean. who doesn’t like action super hero?! Haha.. Basically the story continues from the first movie picking up after Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) announced that he is the Iron Man, creating craziness and vows towards his latest identity. However, greater power comes greater responsibility. (why sounded like Spiderman?? haha) In this movie he’s gonna deal with his family’s past, where his enemy overtook him by creating a more powerful machine. *blah*blah*blah*

His acting is not bad. Overall the story is standard. Overall the movie is ok! Hahaha… I’m a very “storyline” person. So to be a little more stringent, yea.. a little bit disappointed in the storyline though. But hey! It’s a comic superhero story!! Hahaha…

To be honest, I am quite (and very) disappointed with the latest Integrated Resort: Resort World in Sentosa. The architecture is predictable, the design is lazy. Not “wow” factor at all.

A little bit “old-fashioned” and predictable floor layout with casino and branded boutique and stuff.. Pretty similar to those in Macau.

Ju-On spotted in Resort World!!

Well at least one thing for celebration is that we have one extra place to hang out in Singapore. Cheers to that.. o.O

Well at least we need not to travel uphill (as in Genting KL) for the casino.

But the restrictions are very intolerant as saw from the news that tourists were refused for admission due to dress code and unable to show passport. Oh yea~ If you are a non-citizen/PR of the country, remember to hold on to your passport because they will check at the entrance.

That night I entered the casino for 4 times, flashing my passport 4 times too…

Hmm… Never mind. I’m looking forward to the 2nd and another Integrated Resort with the “WOW” factor!! Marina Sands Bay Resort!! Well if you are a Public Relation officers looking for bloggers for your opening event, please drop me an email.

“還記得紅豆冰的味道嗎？在赤道國家炎熱的下午，吃進口裡的紅豆冰，冰涼清甜，甚至把嘴巴凍得有點疼了，但是來不及再繼續感受，它卻已融化了。。。”

與其說這是一篇影評，不如說我在幫《初戀紅豆冰》賣一碗單純的愛。

影評等我去看第二次後才寫。現在只想在這裡向各位分享一部馬來西亞少有的中文電影。如果說要認識台灣要看《艋甲》、《海角七號》，那說要認識馬來西亞中文習俗和南洋文化濃郁的中文電影，非看《初戀紅豆冰》不可！

我是個眼淺的人，加上電影中搬出了很多90年代以前的玩意兒，各種回憶緩緩呈現在眼前，不得不感動得落淚。曾幾何時，我們是那一班年幼無知、天真無邪的小孩，隨著藍色的天空，漂浮的白雲，無憂無慮的玩起那繽紛色彩的bakuli，那簡簡單單的跳飛機。。。

這是一個馬來西亞中文電影的起步。加上年初的《大日子》，大馬中文電影在今年稍微有了起色，是件好事！嚴格來說，要指點要批評的地方是一定有的。但是身為大馬中文電影的初哥來說，說是非常不錯了！再說我是在新加坡“遠地”觀看此部電影，感覺更深。我覺得與其嚴厲的去批評，還不如多加幾分的鼓勵，好讓大馬中文電影有出頭的一天！

還有一個非常喜歡的地方，是阿牛翻唱了很舊的一首歌“純文藝戀愛”。我聽會原來的版本，再聽阿牛的。只可以說阿牛的版本感情更為多層次、更悲傷、更無奈。對於愛情的無助，更是聞者憂傷。曲風得以新的編排，更是扣人心弦，讓人愛上這首歌！

看了下面這個短短宣傳片後，不要猶豫了。去看吧！就用你那蘊藏在心中的那份童真，去看這部單純的初戀吧！

《纯文艺恋爱》 主唱：阿牛 词曲：陈绍安（原唱） 编曲：饶善强

你是汹涌的海浪 我是疲惫的沙滩

暖暖的斜阳 吊在我们的肩膀

你用醉人的眼波 拴住恋爱的绳索

那么痴迷 那么绮丽

你轻轻柔柔的细述着槟城下的雨

淋湿你的长发几十年来抹也抹不去

啊 我会慢慢的想起 几十年都不会忘记

要畢業了。進入超人狀態。吃飯怕嗆到、睡覺睡到嚇醒、讀書讀到發脾氣、小考考到噴血、喝補湯怕腦充血、吃好料吃到暴飲暴食。。。全是要畢業前忙功課、忙考試、忙論文的癥狀。其實寫出來只是嚇唬你們的，我自己在爽而已。我沒有這么stress。有朋友看到我一幅懶洋洋的樣子似乎不可思議，覺得我不屬于這個星球，甚至懷疑我是不是延畢了。再一次用我那洪亮又有一絲帥氣的聲音向大家宣布：我今年畢業!! @(*%$#@ 竟然敢咒我畢不了業？！我只是有一點點“看破紅塵”的感覺，覺得就算壓力再大、臉上再憔悴也是于事無補，還不如發奮努力弄好應該要做的事情。我不會給自己壓力。不會給自己白頭髮。（最近照鏡子看到我那男人味十足的胡須竟然有一條白色的時候，我覺得天昏地暗、世界要末日了！嚇死我了！）

但是在部落格前面守候著我這個太帥哥的你們要等一下哦！我還在“尋找人生目標和意義”。待我發現了過后再更新部落格對你們宣布一下咯！

（在一陣很棒的閉幕音樂默默地離開。。。）

Directions for my studies. Directions for my career. Directions for my hobbies.

學業的方向。事業的方向。興趣的方向。

Directions for my future. 未來的方向。

More than frequent, my target seems vague and fainted. 目標從來不曾清晰過。

And often I lost my way. 而我時常迷失自己。

The journey has never been easy. 我的路途像一條充滿石子的小路。

It hurts each time you fall. 摔一跤，滿臉蒼傷。

And along the road you feel like holding on to something. 一路走來，很想有東西可以支撐自己。

I wish for the angel from the bedtime stories. 我期待著童話中那位天使。

That she appears one day and brings all my wishes to the heaven. 有一天能將我的愿望帶上天堂。

And sooner that I can realise, it all comes true! 或許在不久的某一天，就會實現了。

And I shall become the brightest star in the night. 而我也會成為夜空中最明亮的那一顆星星。

Too long never update my blog! Lazy? Busy? Kinda like a mixture of 10% busy and 99% of laziness… Hahaha…

The 1-month trip in Taiwan was nothing more than a superb, excellent, fun trip and I will definitely miss the times I had there~~~ I will try to update you guys as soon as I finish catching up all my studies and stuff.

For the time being, enjoy some photos from the trip.