Let’s not dissect Lord of the Flies in an academic style. I am sure that has been done professionally over and over for decades. Some studied this book in school. As for me, when I first saw the title many years ago, I mistook it to be related to Lord of the Ring. Soon I found out [...]
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Lord Of The Flies By William Golding – A Hard Look At Who We Are
February 3rd, 2012 No Comments
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Chinese New Year TV Marathon – Seeker, Confessor, Shu Qi, Ayumi, Alice, And More
January 25th, 2012 No Comments
Contrary to everyone’s belief, Cynthia and I did not spend 4 days in front of our computers playing our favorite online game. We have hardly touched that game during this holiday. Ha! It is for the love of Chinese tradition (hard to explain so we shall leave it there). It is a rare opportunity to [...]
Tags: Alice · Ayumi Hamasaki · PS3 · Shu Qi
Memories of My Melancholy Whores By Gabriel García Márquez
January 12th, 2012 2 Comments
This book, I have read twice. After “My Cousin Rachel“, I wanted to keep up with the soul nourishing reading spree. I ransacked my book collection, even scanned through the book list according to Harold Bloom’s Western Canon for inspiration. I have read “Memories of My Melancholy Whores” once, possibly in the year of 2004. I wish [...]
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Taylor Swift · World Tour Live · Speak Now – A Must Have!
January 11th, 2012 No Comments
Everybody loves Taylor Swift. Even those who have not heard of her before instantly fall in love when I play her concert recording at my home. Including my 2 years old niece who clapped and danced and looked merry and gay. The most amazing thing is that Taylor Swift was only 21 when she performed [...]
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My Cousin Rachel By Daphne Du Maurier – Words Of The ’50s Still Haunt
January 10th, 2012 6 Comments
I normally do not read books that are written before I was born. I mean, way before I was born. This book “My Cousin Rachel” was published in 1951. I cannot even relate to what the world was like back then. Inside a library, deflated by my return of a book that I was not [...]
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YUI – How Crazy Your Love
January 2nd, 2012 No Comments
“How Crazy Your Love” is YUI’s fifth studio album. I am a fan. Hence you can imagine how painful it was for me to wait till the record hits the store here in Singapore when not too far away, in a place called Hong Kong, the album not only comes with a CD, but also [...]
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Margin Call – “It Is Just Money”
December 30th, 2011 2 Comments
Having worked in the financial market industries for quite some years, both Cynthia and I found the movie “Margin Call” pretty realistic. There are moments in the movies when we chuckled at the rather private jokes (OK, maybe not that private, but we have not worked in other industries for long to be frank). And [...]
Tags: Demi Moore · Jeremy Irons · Kevin Spacey · Paul Bettany · Simon Baker · Stanley Tucci
1Q84 By By Haruki Murakami – A Magical Read
December 4th, 2011 No Comments
1Q84 is the 10th Murakami book that I have read. There are similarities when compared to The Wind-up Bird Chronicle. It is divided into three books that span across three consecutive time periods. Each chapter is named using a phrase found inside that chapter. 1Q84 further explores the concept of free will versus destiny and fate. [...]
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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 – A Deeper Look Into The Saga Thus Far
November 28th, 2011 6 Comments
Cue to perfection, at the very nanosecond that this show was ended, the dude next to me bellowed in pain. For a good ten or twenty seconds, I wasn’t counting. It could well be half a minute. I was giggling. I could feel his pain, even though I could not relate. Like having 117 minutes [...]
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Puss In Boots – Too Cute To Even Think
November 22nd, 2011 No Comments
Life can be like scenes from your favorite movies. Take today as an example. I felt like being Rachel McAdams in “Morning Glory“. I was excited to face the day, with added responsibility as one of our colleagues was on compassionate leave. No problem. In our team, we watch over each other’s back. We are there [...]
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