The only bar in Singapore that should remain open throughout Chinese New Year is probably Long Bar at Raffles Hotel. This is the birth place of the over-rated and over-priced Singapore Sling. At almost S$20 a pop (if I recalled correctly), this stuff is mostly just juice and, worse of all, mass produced – the… Read More »
Sometimes I wonder. Should our government weed out all the middle management civil servants and listen directly to the people? But then another thought struck me. Something even more cynical and scary. What if, the government has already heard but does not care? Such seems to be the case in the casino “debate”. Will the… Read More »
The Road Home is a poetic love story that poignantly shows us the past and the present through the eyes of a son just coming to understand love acutely desired in youth and fiercely remembered in old age. Director Zhang Yimou’s recent effort may have smacked of crass commercialism, but The Road Home is not… Read More »
Windstruck, the pseudo-sequel to the romantic comedy My Sassy Girl, starts off brightly enough, even though the opening scene has the female lead character, Yeo Kyung-jin (played by the effervescent Jun Ji-hyun), on the verge of a headlong plunge to meet her maker (or should it be her lover?). This scene sets the stage (and… Read More »
Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great. Some achieve greatness. And some have greatness thrust upon them. Literally. Just like Frodo who has “greatness” thrust upon him to return an ordinarily looking ring back to its rightful place. Ok, I admit. I’m not a true-blue LOTR fan, so I may not appreciate the… Read More »
It only takes one misstep to screw up your life. Similarly, it only takes one misstep to screw up a good movie. Notwithstanding its promising premise – a mysterious stairway along a wooded path to the school dormitory that will grant you your wish if you can climb up to the non-existent 29th step –… Read More »