Mid-Autumn Day 2011

Today is mid-autumn day; 15th day of 8th lunar month in Chinese calendar. I woke up at 7am, took a simple breakfast of Gardenia Mango & fruit filled bun with Milo malt drink before going to work. As usual I listened to my favorite mp3 while commuting a 1 hour 15 minutes journey from the central to the west part via buses and mass rapid transit. At work today, doing some sharing on my working experience, self practicing on new assignment and helping out with a client's assignment.

I aborted my original plan of taking a night sightseeing in Chinatown after work due to tiredness. Thus, I do not manage to take photos of Chinatown night view of Mid-autumn Festival. Don't have any mooncake too to spend my mid-autumn night. Instead, I am having a apple juice and a Pandan custard bun for my supper.

Chinatown Daylight Mid-Autumn Festival

Batman 2: The Dark Knight (On Air)

Official website: thedarkknight.warnerbros.com

Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Knight_(film)

Main cast: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Aaron Eckhart & Maggie Gyllenhaal

Director: Christopher Nolan

Release date: 17 July 2008

Running time: 2 hour 32 minutes

Plot:
A follow-up to "Batman Begins", "The Dark Knight" reunites director Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale, who reprises the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne. Now, Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organisations that plague the city streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UBP2nXtRRo

TV Channel: TV3

Time: 9 Sep 2011 9pm-12am

TV Channel: Channel 5

Time: 11 Sep 2011 Part 1 7.30pm-9.30pm & Part 2 10pm-11pm 

Rating:

Plot           9/10

Effect     9.5/10

Scene    9.5/10

Cast         9/10

Overall  9.3/10

Quotes:

The Joker: (to Det. Stephens) Do you want to know why I use a knife? Guns are too quick. You can't savor all the... little emotions. In... you see, in their last moments, people show you who they really are. So in a way, I know your friends better than you ever did. Would you like to know which of them were cowards? 

The Joker: (over the PA) Tonight you're all gonna be part of a social experiment. Through the magic of diesel fuel and ammonium nitrate, I'm ready right now to blow you all sky high. Anyone attempts to get off their boat, you all die. Each of you has a remote... to blow up the other boat. At midnight, I blow you all up. If, however, one of you presses the button, I'll let that boat live. So, who's it going to be: Harvey Dent's most wanted scumbag collection, or the sweet and innocent civilians? You choose... oh, and you might want to decide quickly, because the people on the other boat might not be so noble.

(Joker pins Batman, in view of the two rigged ferries)
The Joker: We really should stop fighting, we'll miss the fireworks!
Batman: There aren't going to be any fireworks!
The Joker: And here... we... go!
(Silence. Nothing happens. Confused, Joker turns to look at the clock, which shows that it's past midnight and neither ferry has blown the other up)
Batman: What were you hoping to prove? That, deep down, everyone's as ugly as you? You're *alone*! The Joker: (sighs) Can't rely on anyone these days...

The Joker: Let's put a smile on that face!

The Haze Menace

This morning I woke up feeling thirsty with a sore throat. The Chinese herbal syrup I took before sleep to relieve cough did not able to prevent me from getting throat irritation. I guess this time the returning haze in Singapore is more serious and smelly too. I have never been affected by such haze to the extent of deteriorating my health condition. In addition to that, I have been sneezing several time today. Luckily my room have air conditioning to keep away from haze. Tonight gotta sleep in my room sealed with air-con.

Haze returning to Singapore

Serangoon NEX

It is Sunday yet as usual I wakes up around 7am to do my laundry and have my breakfast at a nearby foodcourt. I checked my yahoo mail, twitter and restaurant city but my tiredness defeated me. I took a 3 hours power nap at noon to rejuvenate my mind and eliminate the exhausted feeling.

In the afternoon, I went to NEX to get my Amani hair cut at QB outlet. Before heading back to my place, I spent two hours window shopping at NEX. NEX is like a Doraemon pocket. Whatever you think of, you can find it here. Most of the fast food chain can be found here; KFC, McDonald, Pizza Hut, Carl's Junior, Long John Silver's. Renowned restaurants are here too; Kitchen Jade, Putien, Wan Chai Hong Kong, Jia Xiang Mee, Pontian Wanton Mee. My favorite window shopping chains are located here too; Fair Price, Cold Storage, Guardian and Watson. Typical fashion outlets I visited here include Hang Ten, Giordano, Bossini, Sportlink and Isetan. 

For IT gadget fan, Newstead, Challenger and Courts are here too. The public national library which I discovered at the rooftop of NEX is so large and definitely added as one of my favorite hang out during weekend. As expected in this month of mid-autumn, there are dozens of stalls selling mooncakes in the atrium area. A box of four mooncakes costs at least S$40 here. Tasting sample from each of the stalls here will be equal to eating a quarter of mooncake! I better get one in Johor Bahru at half the price compared to here.