Le Grand Chef (식객 Shikgaek) (On Air)

Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Grand_Chef

Main cast: Kim Kang Woo (김강우) & Lee Ha Na (이하나)

Director: Jeon Yun-su

Release date: 1 November 2007

Running time: 1 hour 53 minutes

Plot:
At a press conference, a cooking knife of a special spirit is being presented to the public. The knife belongs to the last Korean royal chef of the Chosun Dynasty who cut his arms with this knife to show his loyalty to the king and the country. The Japanese bureaucrat at the time was deeply moved by his conviction and returned to Japan with this knife. Now, his son has come to Korea to return the precious knife back to someone who really deserves to own it and announces a cooking contest to find the best cook for this knife. Thus the destined match between the grandsons of the two apprentices of the royal chef has begun…

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPx422nK5qU

TV Channel: 8TV

Time: 29 Oct 2011 8.30pm-10.30pm

Rating:

Plot           9/10

Effect        9/10

Scene       9/10

Cast          9/10

Overall      9/10

Morning Trauma and Night Sadness

I woke up at 4.30am and felt traumatized with an unbelievable nightmare. I was at home when I found out it was unusually quiet and weird. An intruder appeared in front of me suddenly that I quickly nabbed her down. I took off her knife and put onto her throat when her accomplice came into sight. I threatened him with his accomplice on my hand to let me know if my mother was in their captive and where she was. They led me to the front compound where I was shocked to find out my mother was pinned down to the ground by an old "insane" woman with hideous face. The moment I took my glance away at other intruder, things changed drastically. I was horribly stricken with hopelessness and sadness as I found out a lump of brain matter covered in blood was oozing out from left side of my mother's head. Her face was beyond recognition with pool of blood. She was still moving her head slightly with her hand reaching for someone. I was crying out to her that I was with her now. "I am with you, mom. I am with you now, mom!" I felt very sad. My sadness and the nightmare was quickly "drowned away" with me preparing to go for work in the early morning of 615am.

In the noon, I was emotionally disturbed again with another client asking for a project status which was supposed to be taken over by other colleagues as I was working with a new client today. I guessed the project didn't go well and apparently no one had been updating the project status to the client. The manager who brought this client in was unreachable; apparently he turned off his mobile that the desperate client couldn't reach him but me.

When night came, I received an sms from one of my colleague. She expressed her trauma of going through this project that she couldn't possibly handle it. She feels hostile towards me now. I feel so sorry and sad of being in such predicament. The management of the company I am with is so hypocrite and selfish. I wish I can be even more cruel and selfish to win over them but I am emotionally exhausted. I hate them and decided to take back my acceptance to work for them directly in their office.

Two souls are suffering trauma tonight.

Anime Festival Asia 2011 - AFA11 (Preview III)

Anime Festival Asia 2011 is bringing back Atelier Royale Cafe and Moe Moe Kyun Maid Cafe due to popular demand.

Atelier Royale Cafe lines up new faces of well dressed butlers with this year theme namely "Wonderland". Catering to female customers only, patrons will be pampered like princesses with food and good looking "servants".

Check out Atelier Royale butlers introducing themselves in Japanese Language:

As for male patrons, be ready for young and beautiful maids to serve you food at Moe Moe Kyun Maid Cafe. More exciting to line up of new faces, four special guests will also make appearance as Moe Moe Kyun Maids.

Check out the four special guests intro:

Let's Go!

Work at Worst

I was called to an "urgent meeting" today. The sales manager said it's better to discuss in a room which only took a short while knowing that I was busy with a project. I thought he would like to discuss something that he didn't want others to hear about. The HR also came in to my surprise. "So another problem by an employee which need my intervention?" I thought. To my dismay, it was an inquiry to my so-called misconduct.

Sales Manager: Why didn't you inform us that you  are on medical leave yesterday. The whole world is looking for you.
Me: I have informed Ms. X (HR) as per procedure (HR code of conduct). This is what I do all this while.
Sales Manager/HR: So it's not your fault....
Me: Do I need to inform "the whole world" in future?

Obviously the HR system is a failure. Employee is being called to an inquiry as prime suspect of a misconduct when the system itself is the main rootcause. They could have avoided this unnecessary humiliating inquiry if they have checked among themselves in the first place. This experience shed some light as to why many employees feel the employer is such an asshole. The code of conduct is just another asshole white papers. I can't wait to my last day.

Medical Hibernation

Me: I have been coughing since last 3 weeks. It seems to get worse.
Doctor: Normally we will take X-ray if more than one month. Hopefully it is not....
Me: (WTF shock!)

I was given "sleeping" Polarax pills for running nose, "sleeping" cough syrup and antibiotic Clarithromycin medication. Consequently, I slept for 7 hours today. After taking a second round of medication, I am sleepy again now. My coughing has been reduced significantly.

Nevertheless, an important lesson I have learnt after having suffered a 3-weeks of coughing; bacterial infection from nasal to lung is not treatable with Chinese herbal cough syrup. Even lozenge like Fisherman is ineffective to suppress the symptom. Once taken, it lasted only an hour or less before my persistent coughing  resumed.

Resident Evil: Extinction (On Air)

Official website: http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/residentevilextinction/site/

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_Evil:_Extinction

Main cast: Milla Jovovich, Oded Fehr & Ali Larter

Director: Russell Mulcahy

Release date: 21 Sep 2007

Running time: 1 hour 35 minutes

Plot:
Years after the Raccoon City disaster, Alice is on her own; aware that she has become a liability and could endanger those around her, she is struggling to survive and bring down the Umbrella Corporation led by the sinister Albert Wesker and head researcher Dr. Isaacs. Meanwhile, traveling through the Nevada Desert and the ruins of Las Vegas, Carlos Olivera, L.J., and new survivors K-Mart, Claire Redfield, and Nurse Betty must fight to survive extinction against hordes of zombies, killer crows and the most terrifying creatures created as a result of the deadly T-Virus that has killed millions. Written by Akoksum2003

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh7qwF23ijI

TV Channel: Channel 5

Time: 20 Oct 2011 10pm-12am

Rating:

Plot           8/10

Effect     9.5/10

Scene    9.5/10

Cast          9/10

Overall      9/10

Quotes:

Alice: The Umbrella Corporation thought they'd contained the infection. Well, they were wrong. Raccoon City was just the beginning. Within weeks, the T-virus had consumed the United States. Within months, the world. The virus didn't just wipe out human life. Lakes and rivers dried up, forests became deserts and whole continents were reduced to nothing more than barren wastelands. Slowly but surely, the Earth began to wither and die. What few survivors there were learned to keep on the move. We avoided major cities. If we stopped anyplace too long, they would be drawn to us. Only a few at first, but then more and more. A never-ending army of undead. For those of us left, staying on the road seemed the only way to stay alive.

White Queen: I'm sorry I didn't mean to startle you, I am the artificial intelligence which...
Alice: Yeah I know what you are, I knew your sister, she was a homicidal bitch.
White Queen: My sister computer was merely following the most logical path of preservation of human life. Alice: Yeah kill a few save a lot.

3D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy (3D肉蒲团之极乐宝鉴)

Official website: www.3dsexzen.com
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_Sex_and_Zen:_Extreme_Ecstasy
Main cast: Hiro Hayama (葉山豪), Leni LanYan (蓝燕), Saori Hara (原紗央莉), Vonnie Lui (雷凱欣) & Yukiko Suo (周防ゆきこ)

Director: Christopher Suen

Release date: 14 April 2011

Running time: 1 hour 50 minutes

Plot:
Wei Yangshen (Hiro Hayama) is a conceited scholar from the Ming Dynasty. He believes that since life is short he should pursue the ultimate pleasure with the time allowed. Wei Yangshen then meets Tie Yuxiang (Leni Lan), the daughter of the Taoist priest, and falls in love at first sight. The couple soon marry, but do not find sexual bliss. Tie Yuxiang is inexperienced and Wei Yangshen has problems with longevity and the abnormally small nature of his private part. One day, Tie Yuxiang travels to the Tower of the Rarities where the Prince of Ning keeps his treasures. There's also the Pavilion of Ultimate Bliss in the Prince's compound, where wild orgies takes place. Two of the Prince of Ning's prized girls are Reizhu (Saori Hara) and Dongmei (Yukiko Suo). With the prince's permission, Wei Yangshen partakes in mad sex with these lovely ladies. Unfortunately the minute size of Wei Yangshen's private part also gives him an inferiority complex. With the help of the Elder Bliss (Vonnie Lui), Wei Yangshen undergoes a penis transplant and also acquires the ultimate sexual skills. Wei Yangshen is now able to give countless women the ultimate sexual experience. However, this is all part of the Prince of Ning's sinister plan ...

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycqk16UrYWI

Theme song:

Rating:

Plot           7/10

Effect        8/10

Scene       8/10

Cast          9/10

Overall      8/10

The Sorcerer and the White Snake (白蛇传说之法海)

Official website: www.baishechuanshuo.com
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sorcerer_and_the_White_Snake
Main cast: Jet Li (李连杰), Eva Huang (黄圣依), Raymond Lam (林峰), Charlene Choi (蔡卓妍), Wen Zhang (文章), Vivian Hsu (徐若瑄), Miriam Yeung (杨千嬅) & Chapman To (杜汶泽 )  

Director: Ching Siu Tung (程小东)

Release date: 29 September 2011

Running time: 1 hour 38 minutes

Plot:
White Snake (Eva Huang), while in the guise of a beautiful woman, falls in love with a young herbalist named Xu Xian (Raymond Lam). With the help from the Green Snake (Charlene Choi), she went to the human world and married to Xu Xian. However, when Fa Hai (Jet Li), a sorcerer from the temple Zing Shan intervenes, a furious battle is about to begin ...

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOXg1SL60nk

Theme Song:

Rating:

Plot           7/10

Effect        8/10

Scene       9/10

Cast          9/10

Overall   8.3/10

Love You You (夏日樂悠悠)

Main cast: Eddie Peng (彭于晏), Angela Baby (杨颖), Zhu YuChen (朱雨辰) & Zhou Yang (周扬) 

Director: Jingle Ma (马楚成)

Release date: 30 September 2011

Running time: 1 hour 28 minutes

Plot:
Following the smash hit, "Summer Holiday" directed by Jingle Ma, a new generation of casts returns for this classic rom-com shot entirely at Lang Tengah Island, located between Redang Island and Perhentian Island, Malaysia. The story follows two lovely couples that are whisked to a remote tropical island, where they discover the relationship with their significant half is vastly different from the other.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el1Ev0d6mq4

Theme Song:

Rating:

Plot           6/10

Effect        6/10

Scene       9/10

Cast          8/10

Overall   7.3/10

Wanton Mee @1st Love Won Ton Mee, Geylang Bahru

Wanton Mee S$2.00

A "decently edible" wanton mee is hard to find in Singapore. Whenever I tried wanton mee from a foodcourt or hawker centre, roughly 9 out of 10 doesn't meet my expectation and fails to even surpass my rating of 5/10. To discover 1st Love Won Ton Mee is a food blessing as it makes into my list of best wanton mee in Singapore.

Rating: 8/10
Location: 1st Love Won Ton Mee Stall @Geylang Bahru Blk 68 #01-3201 (near to Hawker Centre/Fair Price)
Open Hour: Tuesday-Sunday 6.30am-2pm

BreadTalk Green Tea Cake

BreadTalk Green Tea Cake topped with strawberries and green tea macarons

Rating: 9/10