Can't remember when was the last time I went around Jalan Pudu area for makan, must be ages ago. This year, my little brother, Ricky initiated our family Chinese New Year reunion lunch (not dinner) in this Chinese restaurant called Sek Yun. When we were about to leave, it started to rain. By the time we reached the restaurant, it was pouring cats and dogs. The food was delicate and deliciously prepared. It almost reminded me of my mum's home cooked food - simple yet is always satisfyingly tasty. This restaurant must have been around for quite some time for they even have a pretty old fashioned lantern hanging from the ceiling! (and also lobsters as decorations on the wall, do you believe it??) It's an interesting place to be. Later in the night, we went over to my sister's place for a real home cooked meal. As usual, my mum never fails to cook up a feast and leave us wanting for more. Thanks mum for the great food and tremendous effort. Happy Chinese New Year, everyone!
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Saturday, February 17, 2007
The Holiday
In line with the recent Valentine's Day, maybe I should write a little about this romantic comedy, starring Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law and Jack Black and directed by Nancy Meyers. 
The opening voice over of Kate already captured my heart. I thought to myself, she is really good...and the writing is equally impressive as well. What can I say about the story? It is just your typical romantic comedy. Everything seems to happen the way we want them to happen, very conveniently. Kate Winslet scores a winning point for her acting and Cameron Diaz can only try to match hers. Jude Law, as always, forever playing this charming and sensitive type of character, which honestly, to me, he plays it decently well. The only problem I found was that Jack's character was not well developed. He seems to evaporate into nothingness when he is next to Kate. It would have been better if more meat were given to this supposedly interesting character in the film. It is definitely your feel good kind of movie, something that you could sit back and relax, just watch it for what it is meant to be - to entertain. It is easy to find love, but the question is, how to then maintain and sustain the passion in a relationship that has become as natural as drinking a glass of water and not feel a thing about it? Not that interesting after all, right? Maybe a slice of lemon to spice it up? Put the zest of falling-in-love-all-over-again kind of feeling right back where it should belong. Where goes the element of surprise?...Like any other days, Happy Valentine's Day!
The opening voice over of Kate already captured my heart. I thought to myself, she is really good...and the writing is equally impressive as well. What can I say about the story? It is just your typical romantic comedy. Everything seems to happen the way we want them to happen, very conveniently. Kate Winslet scores a winning point for her acting and Cameron Diaz can only try to match hers. Jude Law, as always, forever playing this charming and sensitive type of character, which honestly, to me, he plays it decently well. The only problem I found was that Jack's character was not well developed. He seems to evaporate into nothingness when he is next to Kate. It would have been better if more meat were given to this supposedly interesting character in the film. It is definitely your feel good kind of movie, something that you could sit back and relax, just watch it for what it is meant to be - to entertain. It is easy to find love, but the question is, how to then maintain and sustain the passion in a relationship that has become as natural as drinking a glass of water and not feel a thing about it? Not that interesting after all, right? Maybe a slice of lemon to spice it up? Put the zest of falling-in-love-all-over-again kind of feeling right back where it should belong. Where goes the element of surprise?...Like any other days, Happy Valentine's Day! Friday, February 09, 2007
Juwita's For Real
A very clean and down to earth sort of voice she has, almost quite rugged and gritty, the way she sings her songs in this album. Very talented indeed, she writes most of the songs in this album. I love the day to day sort of lyrics she produces, very human yet seems more extraordinary this way. My most favourite song is entitled Teman Sejati. It reminds me a little of how Sheila Majib sings when I listen to this track. Among others are Walking Again, Destiny's Calling, All This Time. Her rendition of Desperado is pretty good too. One of those rare gems in the local music industry.
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