'Tis the gift to be loved and that love to return,
'Tis the gift to be taught and a richer gift to learn,
And when we expect of others what we try to live each day,
Then we'll all live together and we'll all learn to say,
'Tis the gift to have friends and a true friend to be,
'Tis the gift to think of others not to only think of "me",
And when we hear what others really think and really feel,
Then we'll all live together with a love that is real.
Something personal for you ladies' readers of my blog
I'm have been a "Whisper" fan. I like how it feels like its close to nothing when use I like how the wings keeps it firmly in place I like how its so comfortable
Being an exercise Fanatic, doing exercises such as Dancing , Running , and sleeping Its important for me! And it has been a trusted 'friend' to me
Tips to a happy period :) 1. Do things that you like. For me, I exercise a lot during this time as I find it lessens the flow and it makes me happy. 2. Embrace this reminder and celebrate this day of womanhood with flowery dresses and sweet clothes - and thank God for making you a woman.
3. Gives an excuse for you to throw tantrums to your boyfriend - He understands. Its the time of the month. Dear BFs, let us have this week to be a princess. Tender Loving Care Pls (smile)
4. Think about your less pimple and tender after
5. Design a personalized pouch - Put a face of your frowning emotion on it - reminds you to smile
And now with the new Whisper's SUPER LONG OVERNIGHTS I'm definitely going to try them - Long and Big and comfortable - the right mix!
Watched Shaolin and I absolutely love it - for its prominent themes that I always like - family ties that never breaks, jealousy that causes hatred, believing in yourself is important, and pride always comes before a fall etc etc.
This movie is set during the Warlord era where everyone is fighting to gain power and land. The movie starts out with the scene at the Shaolin temple where Andy Lau ( role: Hao Jie) kills his troopman despite the latter pleading for his life and agreeing to give up all his riches to the former.
It then continues on to the street scene where 2 powerful warlords, Hao Jie and Song Hu (Shi Xiong Hong)pretenciously gives greetings to each other.
The scene then proceeds to where we see Hao Jie though merciless in his conquer of land, understands that foreigners are not to be trusted and to never put the Chinese land into their hands. This idea, which is challenged by his right hand man, Cao Man (Nicolas Tse)and where Hao Jie threatens that whoever goes against him, will not live.
This goes the same for the warlord Song Hu. Hao Jie plans for the killing of Song Hu. (I love this part because its so intense and I thought the part would come where Song Hu kills Hao Jie insteads) Alas, Alas, it was not to be. Instead, it was his ambitious right hand man Cao Man who takes advantage of the situation.
Using the blind hate of both men, Cao Man entraps both of them - eventually killing Song Hu and his family, Hao Jie's precious daughter. His distraught wife (Fan Bing Bing) abandons him.
Ultimately Hao seeks refuge at the Shaolin temple ( the one which appeared in the first scene) and though reluctant at first to help a man whose villainy they have witnessed first hand, the monks welcome him in. Hao disguises himself as a monk and slowly but surely the innate goodness of the monks ( as well as the chef monk - jackie Chan) help repair his shattered soul. With the new perspective to life, Hao lives life with gratitude.
However with the ever vicious and ambitious Cao Man on the throne, something must happpen. And indeed, the community begin to question how come their husbands, brothers etc are not coming back and no one knows about their whereabouts after they were sent to work on the land (which the foreigners bought from Cao Man) for the exchange of guns. Hao Jie finds out that Cao Man is working with the foreigners and killing many innocent people - and he vows to rescue them - by giving himself up to Cao Man - stalling time and attention to himself, and away from the rescue that is suppose to happen.
Like all usual hated characters, they always bring out the love ones of the victims to tortue them. And yes , Hao Jie's wife was brought out and tortured with him looking on but not being able to do anything.
And like all hated scene, some good guys have to die. While rescueing the villagers, the senior monk sacrifices himself - despite being shot numerous times and stabbed, He holds on towards the door latch, preventing the enemy from chasing up with his people - towards the end. - (Everytime I remember that scene, I feel like crying)
As the villagers return to the Shaolin temple, the main monk tells them that all have to move as Cao Man will definately come and claim his winning title - by killing them all. As we see the good people die, my heart sank each time - and at each instance the good people die, its all because they sacrifice themselves for another.
And the final scene, ends with Cao Man fighting with Hao Jie but Hao Jie, not returning back the punches and hits.Hao Jie feels responsible for what Cao Man has become and keeps telling him to turn back before its too late.
At that moment of time, the scene shifts to the foreigner who is staying outside of the temple saying that no one should be kept alive, this shameful defeat should be silenced where he bombs the Shaolin temple - regardless of the people inside. With this bombing and pillars falling, Hao Jie pushes Cao Man away and takes the brunt of the fallen pillar. Cao Man finally realises what he has done but it was all too late. Hao Jie, with the bombing, falls off the edge, and guess what - haha- into the hands of the 'deity' ( I kinda laughed at that scene because it was predictable.)
All in all, I would rate this show a 9/10 because I love how the themes were portrayed and such amazing actors and actresses. Nice! Ps: I wonder how come jackie chan played such a small role in the movie. It was quite a waste of his talent.
Before the Chinese New Year is officially over. Let me share a few pictures of the numerous Lao Yusheng I had during the new year.
1. Lao Yusheng at my relatives house Ingredients: Carrots, Radish, sesame seeds, peanuts, lemon and honey, crackers
2. The Meet-the-session Group at Nee Soon South with Ms Lee Bee Wah Come and volunteer with us! Sharing what God has given you with the community - knowledge and ability to write and understand English, Chinese and dialects. We welcome you! :) For more info: click here
For this Yu Sheng, as usual the amazing effort should be applauded - It was self-made through hard work and it was placed in the centre of a big foil and covered with plastic wrap to maintain its freshness. (Vegetarian) Ingredients: Coconut meat (Very Yummy), carrots, radish, onions Real thick honey, lemon, peanuts, sesame, sesame oil, wu hua fen - Absolutely delicious!
3. Family dinner at the restaurant at jade seafood restaurant orchard The Forum
Went to Malaysia for the New year and caught 2 new movies! :) Shall share the first movie: The Green Hornet!
The Green Hornet (Actors: Seth Rogen - Rich spoilt brat - in the movie as green hornet ; Jay Chou - Multi-talented - in the movie as kato ; Oh! and Cameron Diaz - in the movie as as a secretary - though I am wondering how come she acted so little in the movie -such a waste of her talent ) The whole storyline revolves around "The Green Hornet and his side kick, Kato" which were created by them to fight crimes - as superheroes. - Heard this was adapted from a comic.
Here's a summary of the movie Britt Reid (Rogen) is a spoiled brat, whose primary goal in life are partying and annoying his father, James Reid (Tom Wilkinson). James is a billionaire newspaper mogul in Los Angeles that fights corruption through his paper, while Britt parties into the night and frequently appears in his father’s paper, generally in a less than flattering light.
When James dies, Britt is faced with the prospects of running a newspaper empire that he neither wants, nor cares about. He soon meets his father’s old mechanic, Kato, and the two from an unlikely bond. While Britt is intelligent but unmotivated, Kato is a gifted engineer and martial artist that does nothing with either ability.
After a drunken evening, the men head out into the city to cause trouble, but that is interrupted when Britt attempts to stop a mugging. He does so but badly, and Kato quickly comes to his rescue. Together the two relish the excitement of helping people, and Britt then has an idea.
Rather than fighting evil out of altruistic motives, revenge, or a feeling of responsibility, Britt and Kato decide to fight crime because they are bored and think it is fun. Britt decides that they should pose as villains and attack the city’s criminals, claiming to take over while secretly working their way up the underworld and identifying the main threats. It doesn’t take long before the run afoul of the city’s resident kingpin, Chudnofsky (played by Inglorious Basterd’s Christoph Waltz), and Britt and Kato are quickly in way over their heads.
For me, before the movie, I was quite apprehensive as there were much negative buzz about it among the net. However to my surprise, the show was enjoyable - and funny!
The green hornet and Kato had just a good chemistry that the humor just flowed even with simple actions and words - very impressive were the mechanical ideas that came about from kato - the side wheel drill, the machine guns at the side door, the knock out gas gun, and the bullet proof car covering - I liked it quite alot.
I also like how the plot interweaves in the theme of friendship that breaks the boundaries between the very rich and the not-so rich - where they both struggles with the notion of jealousy and forgiveness.
Here's a preview if you are still thinking if you should watch it
