The Hills have Eyes 2

Slept at 3+. Somehow didn't sleep well or maybe didn't sleep enough. Woke up before 9 am ... washed up ... started playing "一千年以后" on my e303.

Been a while since we watched a movie, not much of watchable movies in recent weeks. But this movie "Sua Tow Wu Mut Jiu 2", simply lives up to its 'R21' rating. Not a glimpse of cuts or editing, but maybe got deleted scenes ... not sure.

Definitely not for the faint hearted, gore, bodies into halves, smashed brains, chopped limbs, fell to death, rocked to death, bayonet through the mouth, you name it, most probably you get it. Story still revolves around sector 16, some secret army base where it was used to test nuclears. And it somehow infected people. mutated them, defaced them, became stronger and well maybe smarter or the victims are too KT. This time round, soldiers got involved.

Movie begins showing girl giving birth, probably one of the girl from the last movie. So another mutated "Yeeeee" got born but this one is still not inhuman, helping the soldiers along the movie.

The girl in the picture with "Mr Damn F*cking ugly" was banged from behind by his father, who is "Mr Damn F*cking big and ugly".

Each soldiers got killed off along the way, in its own unique way. 3 escaped, probably are elements for "Sua Tow Wu Jin Zue Mut Jiu 3".

So looks liked more gore and gruesome killings is in the boil for the next sequel.

Moment of the movie :
if you are hanging off a cliff with your 2 hands gripping tightly to the edge. How can you wave Bye Bye to yourself ?!?!??! Let the mutated bastards help you !!! They will chopped off one of your hand, so you will be holding to the edge with all your might, while he used your hand to wave Bye Bye to you !!!!

8/10 for great entertainment value.

Change

People are usually resistant to change, in any aspect, daily life, work, play etc. One excel in what they are good at or love to do, maybe esp more in the area of work.

But sometimes, you have to change, due to other factors which are more forceful to allow one to just ignore/overrides the change one has to make.

These are usually dilemma times, sometimes you still have some deciding space but sometimes practically not much. Weighing the pros and cons might not help in the end, as it might just even off. Or maybe one really do not know what he/she wants now or near future or mid term.

In addition, what lies ahead of one's choice is not possible to ascertain, the most certain factor will only be the monetary value of what you will be getting for what you will be doing.

So .... Dilemma times again

Rain + Rush hour + Cab

These 3 things comes together hand in hand ... like brothers ...

If you can call and get a cab during rush hour when it is raining, either you have used up most of your luck for the year or somehow you are so taiko that it is unexplainable.

Tried calling this morning from 8:20 am to 8:50 am, engaged all the way. Silvercab is the best, "Thank you for calling Silvercab. All our customer service officers are busy right now. Please call back later" ..... Omigod ... felt like kena played !!! Comfort and TIBS .... "Du Du Du ...."

Patience waiting by the road side is the only way out, lucky got one cab turn out of the carpark, probably starting his day, so I used up some of my luck too :)

我静静地望着它
等待一现昙花
好像错过了它会感到害怕

不顾一切地等它
不管日夜时差
过了多少春夏秋冬的变化

眼泪慢慢地落下
擦掉不是办法
如果不能忘记就继续牵挂

茫茫人海地寻它
天涯海角不怕
一生一世等一幕需要代价

富士山下

这首歌收录在陈奕迅 What's going on 广东专辑里. 它的旋律实在扣人心弦, 林夕的词, 泽日生的曲. Intro 部分的起伏让人很期待 ..... 好喜欢这两段词. 伤感的音符和看而简单听恻动人的词, 绝配 !

攔路雨邊至雪花　飲泣的你凍嗎　這風褸我給你餓到有襟花
連掉了即也不怕　怎麼始終牽掛　苦心選中今天想車你回家
如讓我不再送花　傷口應已結疤　風翻開了心裏墳場才害怕
如若你非我不嫁　彼此終必火化　一生一世等一天需要代價

誰都只得那雙手　靠擁抱亦難任你擁有　要擁有必先等失去怎接受
曾沿著雪路浪遊　為何為好事淚流　誰能憑愛意要富士山私有
何不把悲哀感覺 假設是來自你虛構　試管裏找不到他染污眼眸
前塵又化像石頭　隨緣地拋下變逃走我絕不罕有　
往街裏繞過一晝　我便化污有

A comic laugh a thousand words

Card Tricks

Some impressive fishy card trick !!!

Friday Dinner@The Station Kitchen

The food outlet of St James Power Station, smart move for people to grab a bite before or after their partying. Open by the BreadTalk group, is a combination of 3 main type of foods in a same venue. Prata, Noodles and Charcoal grill. But you can only order charcoal grill food at the designated area.

Indoor was packed and waiting is still required, outdoor also must wait ! But some 10, 15 mins later ... we were told outdoor have seats ... Duh. Sat down, browse through the menu, typical hawker/kopitiam fare for the prata food. Noodles are 鼎泰丰 kinda of food, that explains breadtalk.

We ordered some chilli vinegar wanton, pork chop, chicken murtabak and braised beef noodles. The murtabak is like crepes on the crispy side, the fillings was generous but over taste with the curry is abit salty.

The wanton and pork chop are normal, nothing fantastic. The beef noodle soup tasted simple as well after 556 Whampoa, TP bak kut teh, JB pig organ soup. But somehow the noodles was lumped together, didn't taste as good. Looks like C who usually have a name which sounds like pugilists did not handmade them. Maybe he went for break, the L took over.

Wonder how long this will last but with IR coming up. If it can survive till then, should be packing in the tourists.

Our neighbour's mobile 厕所

Not sure why the need ? Maybe good chance to "take some money" !!! And 20 cents to use it quite cheap, considering if in Singapore. So about 2 million use is needed to recover the cost ( If what reported was the actual cost ).

It looks sort of futuristic and packs a lot of feature, didn't really see or use it so won't know.But at least can see that it is much more cleaner than other toilets.

Even states that only 15 mins use, 1 min of warning will be given after 15 mins then the door will open .... win oredi ... "Only in Mer Lay Sia".

A sure no no for constipater, magazine/papers readers and take-your-own-sweet-timester. Unless, the risk/reward is not there !!!

The pictures abit small, you can click on them to make it bigger.

Thursday Lunch@Sakae Teppanyaki

A more high class on-the-spot teppanyaki by sakae replace the original one at Century Sq basement. The price difference is worth it, set lunches ranges from $10.90 to $12.90 if i remember correctly. The extra $2 for the garlic rice is a must try, fried on the spot.

We had the beef set, basically steak cut into small cube cook to your preference, you name it .... well done to bloody raw or you can even choose which cow you want*. It comes with miso soup, fried mixed vege, some tofu which was teppanyakied and a bowl of "can't remember the name" beans.

My medium well beef was good, done just nice, not too hard or too bloody. Goes well with the garlic rice which gives a nice fragrance.
*Just kidding, you can't choose the cow

Oh noooo !!!

No nasi goreng kampong today ?!?!!?!?!?! Cook not around !!!!! Oh noo !!! End of the world !! How can we not have nasi goreng kampong for our frequent dinner !!!?!??!?!?!

Somehow .... chef not in today :( So hopped over to another delectable stall ... Soon Heng :)

The name may sound like some AQ operation or headquarters but nah .... it is a 24 hour kopi tiam style malay/indian food stall located along middle road. Very popular among usual diners and those who wants some supper.

The mee hoon goreng, hor fun, nasi goreng and roti john "special" are very nice favourites.

Jolin 唯舞独尊 2007 演唱会

Jolin 真的长 "大" 了. 奇怪的是刚开始时, 她还说 "好久不见, 我有没有变啊 ?" ... 是在自我炒作最近传媒指她去 "隆胸" 的事 ? Anyway, it has became a thing of the past, think nobody is interested in the truth anymore, just that is a fact that she is big now.

Power dance and song segments, ballads, popular hits, pyrotechnics, cleavage, energized crowds, hiccups, solo dancing .... etc.

Show started with her being elevated up in 2 gymnastic rings in a 一字马, did some movements then came down .... and it all started.

一连串的动感舞曲 with her group of dancers, sometimes one would wonder how can these artistes remember all the moves, lyrics ( maybe can lip sync ), melody, synchronize with the band, not to mention to catch your breadth .... Siong ar ... "Pai Tum".

Her first ballad of the night, 假面的告白


The special guest is Taiwanese boy band Energy which completely was of no related to the whole concert except gave some time for Jolin to rest and change her outfit. They sang 3 songs ... maybe so as to tell Singapore they are still "alive" ... new album coming out ... blah blah. Maybe will left 2 only when it comes.

Some hiccups here and there, she keep pulling up her slacks, somehow maybe didn't fit her. The rifle dance movement saw her rifle guard got snapped off, this make some off her later moves impaired. Later in the show, some costumes parts behind became lose, was in the middle of bringing the crowd up to the next level but she just have to stand quite still for someone to fix it.
She belted out familiar tunes 柠檬草的味道 天空 说爱你 睁一只眼闭一只眼 怀念 Mr Q 假装 唯舞独尊 马德里不思议 野蛮游戏 ... she got the crowd all standing up after the warmed up 人体海浪. Then came 看我七十二变, from slow to faster and faster beats.

Then encore came ... she came up to perform 舞娘


And somehow she has to read out all the sponsors name one by one ... no read maybe no need to come liao next time.

But at least we still get to hear 倒带 as the finale ...


Anyway, got this irritating usher keep telling people cannot take video !!! She told me twice somemore ! wah kaw ... while the rest of the 5,424 people are taking, she just bo liao bo liao tell off some people near to her. For what ?!?!? not that we are using "TCS/Mediacorp" broadcasting camera to take the video !!!

Other than that, a very entertaining show.

Friday Dinner@Whampoa FishHead Steamboat

Balestier road is full of eateries along both side as you drive through. This outlet at 556 balestier road serves good fish head steamboat .... okie ... not good ... very good. If you either have fish head, fish slices, fried fish or seafood as the main content ....



The soup taste more and more 鲜甜 as it gets more concentrated. 鱿鱼 kangkong, 虾酱鸡 and 街边豆腐 were recommended, so we ordered. The 鱿鱼 kangkong is normal, somehow got a layer of oil on top of it. 街边豆腐 is nice, 4 big pieces of 豆腐 on a bed of 羹.



The 羹 is quite thick and has dried shrimp with some crab meat in it ... nice. The inside of the 豆腐 taste bland which is just nice as it blends with the 羹.



The medium size steamboat we have is just about the right, the fresh pieces of fish slices dipped into the chilli was so good, the right combination !!!

The 虾酱鸡 was highly recommended, it was very crispy on the outside but the overall taste didn't give any extra oohm.



The bill came to about $66, quite alright consider the medium steamboat.

A place which we will definitely return again ....

Mr Bean's Holidays

Should be the last Bean's movie.

A free trip to south france turns bean into a so called kidnapper who took away some Director's son and he ends up having a standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival.

Sounds impossible and is like mayhem everywhere.

Bean's kind of comedy, about untimely errors, mischief, exaggarated manners of his body and limbs and his preposturous action which he thinks is normal.

Along his trip, he kept taking videos of the happenings and this get shown at the Cannes Festival which intercepted Carlson Clay's film. If the maker's attempt to make this clay's film a funny attempt, they did it !!! Btw, William Defoe is Carlson Clay, maybe no more Golbin for him.

A lighthearted movie with some laughs here and there ... 6/10

Mission Impossible V - Ls in Bombay

This can only be found in Ls movie. Exclusive !!!

Saturday Dinner@Botak Jones

They server damn good american food at damn good prices, started by Jones who is botak and has 4 stalls in Singapore.



This new one at Toa Payoh north, just beside SPH news centre and in front of Blk 199.



Located in the eating house, botak jones has numerous servers donned in blue and white. Basically, resistance is futile against the food it serve, which are fast food, burgers, hotdogs, fish&chips, salads, steak, etc. Nice food are never healthy ...





The botak burger set meal with cheese ........


A 150g minced beef patty hand mixed grilled medium well and topped with melted cheese on top. Fries crispy on the outside and soft on the inside and sprinkle with 极乐 spices ... the coleslaw which is the only normal side dish taste good as well.

Each bite of the patty with the cheese on top and some mustard on it just taste real good.

Joe Augustin was there with his family as well, looks like his son is going for 5 mths BMT.


The $7 is worth it as portions given are generous, barely finishing in the end.



If you are really that hungry, like you just finished Survivor after 40 days of almost no food, you may want to attempt to try to "You crazy ".



It is basically 3 patties, must be some damn hungry big eater canivorous being to finish that.

The food it served with the prices is definitely better tha fast food joints out there. Maybe it will open one in the east soon .......