Saturday, February 17, 2007
this afternoon, my family went to watch "Just follow law", Jack Neo's latest film starring Fann Wong and Gurmit Singh. Watching a movie as a family together is a rare event in itself, let alone watching it on CNY EVE, so i was quite surprised that my suggestion was given much support.
I simply love Jack Neo's movies, for the way it portrays us. Much as you may hate how his movies mirror our lifestyle, you can't stop telling yourself "oh, that's so true!".
"just follow law" was really SO TRUE about government bodies. Especially so in what I see in my military life. The "shooting" of arrows by E-mailing here and there takes place just everyday in there. Any complaints or any 'bu-shuangs' will just be settled with the shooting of emails, because of their nature as 'black-and-white'. Everything I see actually got an airing in the movie.
And did anyone notice there were some relevances to the elections last year? I only spotted 2!
#1: Daughter had a maths test.
Girl: Dad, my maths results! There were 84 questions, and i scored 66.6%!
Dad: Ok, not bad for a first test!
The relevance: Ok, my dad didn't even notice the relevance until I told him. There were 84 parliament seats during the elections, which was PM Lee's first elections. His party garnered 66.6% of votes.
#2: Auntie went to register for course.
After completing the form, she wanted to put it in the bag, but was stopped by the receptionist.
Receptionist: Hey, you cannot put into your bag.
Auntie: Huh ok.. You all installed CCTVs is it?
The relevance: This is a more obvious relevance. Can't remember? Does James Gomez incident ring a bell?
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I think the movie deserves to be watched. Watch for how true it was for our country's government bodies, watch for how clever the story plot was, and also how Fann and Gurmit switched roles and pit their acting skills against each other. Watch it also, for it is a local production.
Sidenote: The auntie in the movie said that she has a blog right? I went to that blog address, and realised that someone had already set up for her! It's laozhabor.blogspot.com!
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By the way, i'll be going malaysia for visiting on First Day and Second Day of new year. So I'll be uncontactable during these 2 days. Just don't blame me if I don't reply sms-es. :)
人生是黑白的.
10:26 PM <3
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Friday, February 16, 2007
I've been anticipating the Budget report this year, mostly because of the scheduled 2% GST hike that will take effect from 1st July this year.
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There is this 'GST credit' bonus, which my parents will be getting 800 each, spread over the next 4 years. I'm just wondering if i qualify for that as well, cos im not yet considered an "adult singaporean". And if i don't qualify this year, will i qualify for the 2nd, 3rd, 4th payout from next year?
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But one tiny, little, insignificant satisfaction will be the one-off $100 bonus im getting, which will not be enough to offset the 2% GST hike.
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Speaking about Budget here and there, here's my budget loss for today:
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1. $220.50 for my next Japanese course
2. Approximately $28 for today's k-ster and dinner
3. At least $6 on public transport
4. $2 in taxi fares out of base this morning
5. $2.80 for breakfast, $2 for lunch
6. And I've yet to pay the person who's helping me out for tmr's duty!
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Anyone wanna invite me for CNY gamblings for me to recoup my losses??
人生是黑白的.
11:31 PM <3
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Sunday, February 11, 2007
I figured that if i do not start my new year shopping by today, I wouldn't have any other time left. So i managed to squeeze in a much-needed 10 minutes to do a lightning-style shopping.
Don't underestimate what can you possibly do in 10 minutes. I got a shirt and a jeans. I browsed through the articles quickly, then went to the fitting room to try them out, then settled the $90 bill, and then rushed off to meet vin, yl, junhua & ys for a movie.
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I've been listening to Tank's "Zhuan shu tian shi" on repeat mode for the past few days. It's not that i've only just got exposed to this song, just that the more i watch 花样少年少女, the more i fall in love with the song.
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花样少年少女 has become one of my motivation recently. This cranky show is one big reason to make me smile these days. The cast is good, the storyline is good, the songs are good. Haha, NO IM NOT BIAS, cos those who don't believe in the show can ask those who are watching it. It is a must-watch.
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And Channel U will be airing it on WeekNights, 7pm, starting Feb 15.
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Don't you ever miss it.
人生是黑白的.
11:34 PM <3
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