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Entries from December 2006

Had Fun With Board Games

December 30th, 2006 · 3 Comments · Memorable Events - good or bad

In the era of media domination when XBox360 and PC gaming are kings, movies are favourite past time, and people indulge themselves into YouTube and cable TVs, hardly do we remember that board games can be just as fun if not more. It is a great opportunity for friends to interact and for us to [...]

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Borat - You Either Love It Or Hate It

December 29th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Documentary, Movie Reviews

If indeed true that this is a documentary film made with real people in real situations, I really pity some of the people who were caught in this one big giant reality TV series in the expense of the audience’s laughter. Borat, played by Sacha Baron Cohen, left his home country Kazakhstan traveled into America [...]

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Give Me Back My Internet Connection!

December 28th, 2006 · No Comments · Diary

The last time I got frustrated with Internet connection was when StarHub was my ISP. The customer service representative pointed me to InternetTrafficReport.com and told me, “Look at those numbers. The whole Singapore is affected by [a damaged underwater cable].” Little did he know that back then, it only affected StarHub. Now I am with [...]

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Eye Wide Opened for Curse of the Golden Flower

December 26th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Foreign, Movie Reviews

Days ago, I asked one of my friends to recommend a movie to watch over Live Messenger and her immediate response was Curse of the Golden Flower and have myself a “boobs treat”. Well, I have forgotten the exact phrase but it was something to that extend. Last weekend, I suggested this movie to my [...]

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A Merry Christmas + Ministry Of Sound!

December 24th, 2006 · 4 Comments · Party

First, WilfridWong.com and its crew a.k.a. Osbob.com would like to thank all the viewers for your support (erm … Mark you better leave a comment here). Though not many of you leave a comment or two, the hit-rate does tell me that you are somewhere out there. A big thank you and … MERRY X’MAS!
Today, [...]

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Leadership and Self-Deception - A Book That May Change How You Deal With People

December 23rd, 2006 · 2 Comments · Book Reviews, Non-Fiction

“It was Friday night when my son Bryan wanted to use the car. I didn’t want him to use it - partly because I saw him as someone irresponsible, troublemaking, and disrespectful - so I gave an insanely early curfew time (10.30pm) that I didn’t think he would accept. Bryan accepted the condition, took the [...]

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Against The Day

December 21st, 2006 · 4 Comments · Memorable Events - good or bad

My big boss up there works in a mysterious way. One day I shall make some sense out of today. Meanwhile, my wild ideas and dreams of …

Going for a Silk Road trip with my buddy Ken (he takes pictures and I write the journal) and have the book published, the photos sent for exhibitions, [...]

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YUI – A Young Japanese Artist To Look Out For

December 19th, 2006 · 6 Comments · Foreign, Movie Reviews

I know I have been a movie-craze/Japanese-craze lately but this is a great blog entry full of [virtual] goodies. I have even linked up two great video clips from YouTube. Just stay with me for a minute or two.
Last weekend, running out of shows to watch, I have decided to catch an Asian movie. So [...]

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My Civic Surprised Me Once Again

December 18th, 2006 · No Comments · Diary

First it was the auto winding down of my side window when my Honda Civic detects an obstruction while winding up (please don’t ask me how it happened). Then it was the child lock that took me a while to figure out why my passengers could not get out of my car time and time [...]

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“Flags Of Our Fathers” Paved The Way for “Letters From Iwo Jima”

December 16th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Documentary, Movie Reviews

Centered to DreamWorks Picture’s “Flag Of Our Fathers”, directed by Clint Eastwod, is that one photo that was taken when five Marines and one Navy Corpsman raised the US flag on Mount Suribachi during World War II. The battle of Iwo Jima was violent when Americans first landed on the Japanese soil. Back in the [...]

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