A "brother" of mine was not able to meet me for a drink yesterday cos' he could not find his car keys before leaving home!!!

WAHAHAHA! :D

Yeah! As usual, this "brother" of mine, Kenneth, is always so comical! :P

Yo bro! You know I'm talking about you! And I bet you're gonna read this blog post cos' you're my all-time blog fan, ya? LOL.. *winks* ;)

WAHAHAHA!

Alright, I shall not tease you any further.. But I really could not help laughing at you! LOL.. :p

You are always so funny! :P

Anyway, it's ok that you weren't able to meet me after your mishap, no worries cos' I'd also still managed to spent the afternoon heading down to Orchard Paragon

after leaving Tanjong Pagar..

Went there to pass somethings to another "brother" of mine, Jian Yu, at his workplace there.. :)

And while I was there, I also visited the bank to obtain some information.

After which, I travelled down to Yishun to meet my mum & Shawn Ethan, for dinner at Northpoint Shopping Centre.. :)

Bodyguards and Assassins

Watched Bodyguards and Assassins on DVD this week & was very impressed!

Bodyguards and Assassins is a 2009 Hong Kong-Chinese action-drama martial arts film directed by Teddy Chen. It featured an all-star cast, including Donnie Yen, Nicholas Tse, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Leon Lai, Wang Xueqi, Simon Yam, Hu Jun, Eric Tsang and Fan Bingbing.

As most film critics & movie reviewers gave it very good reports, I must agree that this film's really very impressive.

This film had it all! Impressive production; directing; choreography; storyline; plot, very well-selected & chosen actors for their individual roles..

Check out all the awards & nominations this film has received!

Oh my goodness!!! I'm awed!

Awards and nominations

4th Asian Film Awards

Nominated: Best Film
Won: Best Actor (Wang Xueqi)
Nominated: Best Newcomer (Li Yuchun)
Won: Best Supporting Actor (Nicholas Tse)
Nominated: Best Production Designer (Kenneth Mak)
Nominated: Best Costume Designer (Dora Ng)

29th Hong Kong Film Awards (most number of nominations in event history)

Won: Best Film
Won: Best Director (Teddy Chen)
Nominated: Best Screenplay (Guo Junli, Qin Tiannan, Joyce Chan and Chan Tong-man)
Nominated: Best Actor (Wang Xueqi)
Nominated: Best Supporting Actor (Tony Leung Ka-fai)
Won: Best Supporting Actor (Nicholas Tse)
Nominated: Best Supporting Actress (Li Yuchun)
Nominated: Best Supporting Actress (Fan Bingbing)
Nominated: Best New Performer (Li Yuchun)
Won: Best Cinematography (Arthur Wong)
Nominated: Best Film Editing (Derek Hui and Wong Hoi)
Won: Best Art Direction (Ken Mak)
Won: Best Costume Make Up Design (Dora Ng Li-lo)
Won: Best Action Choreography (Stephen Tung Wai and Lee Tat-chiu)
Nominated: Best Sound Design (Kinson Tsang and George Lee Yiu-keung)
Nominated: Best Visual Effects (Ng Yuen-fai, Chas Chau Chi-shing, Joe Tam Chi-wai and Yung Kwok-yin)
Won: Best Original Film Score (Chan Kwong Wing and Peter Kam)
Nominated: Best Original Film Song (Chan Kwong-wing, Chris Shum Wai-chung and Li Yuchun)

16th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards

Won: Film of Merit
Won: Best Actor (Wang Xueqi)

Revolutionary indeed!

This film is a must-watch for those who have not watched it yet!

Wednesday, 18th of August 2010 - Joshua & Mabel Eva's ROM solemnization ceremony & dinner @ Central's Tung Lok Restaurant! :)

Yup! It was a very beautiful ROM solemnization ceremony, followed by a dinner @ Central's Tung Lok Restaurant! :)

Mabel Eva, & Joshua, is finally hitched! :D

As there were lots of photos taken by Denny,& family photographer, here's the link to their ROM photos on Facebook! :)

Check out their ROM photos here! :

Joshua & Mabel Eva ROM

We are all looking forward to their matrimonial wedding dinner this coming December 2010! :)

Kampong Glam area.. :)

Visited & strolled down Kampong Glam area yesterday afternoon.. :)

Kampong Glam is well-known for its many landmarks there & one is none other than their ever-popular Masjid Sultan Mosque, located at No.3 Muscat Street.. :)

This beautiful mosque - The Sultan Mosque was named after the first Sultan of Singapore, was built with a SGD3,000 grant from the East India Company. It is the largest mosque in Singapore and the present building was constructed in 1928. With its massive gold-topped dome and spacious prayer hall, the mosque has one particularly interesting feature--the base of the dome is made up of glass bottles.

Just beside Masjid Sultan Mosque, was the Malay Heritage Centre, located just a street away, between Kandahar Street & Aliwal Street..

Had never visited the Centre before, thus I went in to take a look & was pleasantly surprised by how beautiful & peaceful the place is.. :)

Here are a few photos I took of the place while I was there.. :)

It so happened that there was also a Pasar Malam going on along Kandahar Street during this period of the fasting month.. :)

I couldn't resist a cup of Icy Chendol on the hot sunny afternoon.. ;d

It was delicious! :D

After which, I strolled down Bussorah Street..

I really like the place cos' as I was strolling down the lane, I felt as if I was not in Singapore anymore..

You will understand what I mean when you are there.. ;)

Little pretty shophouses lined both sides of the street.. :)

Stumbled by chance upon this shop called Children's Little Museum @ 42 Bussorah Street.. :)

There were also many other interesting shops located along Bussorah Street, however, due to the sudden downpour, Clement (who came to meet me later) & I stopped by this backpacker's cafe for a drink while waiting for the rain to stop..

The name of the cafe was Sleepy Sam.. :)

It has a very nice, cosy, dim ambience.. :)

"Uncle" Clement on the phone.. :P

We also stopped by OBJECTIFS

& strolled down Haji Lane..

I also dropped by the National Library Building along Victoria Street that afternoon

& "bumped" into my friend, Angeline, there.. :)

Another weekend with da boys

Enjoyed a late breakfast with family @ East Coast's McDonald's on Saturday morning! :)

Below is a video & photos of Jonathan Ezra, riding on the kiddie rides, located outside East Coast's McDonald's.. :)



On Sunday, we had our lunch at Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 3's Xin Wang HongKong Cafe..

We had a sumptuous meal of noodles with luncheon meat & egg.. Noodles with egg & chye poh.. Hor Fun with prawn & egg.. Pork Floss Fried Rice.. Cheese Baked Rice with Pork Chop.. Yuan Yang Iced Tea etc.

Sorry, didn't get a chance to take photos of all the dishes above.. :P

Too busy with da boys.. :/





After our lunch, both boys enjoyed themselves at the Changi Games 2010 held at Terminal 3's Departure Hall.. :)

Here are some photos I took of them while they were there..

Shawn Ethan checking out & trying out the games at the Changi Games 2010 @ Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 3

Shawn Ethan posing at the Changi Games 2010 @ Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 3

Jonathan Ezra posing at the Changi Games 2010 @ Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 3



Oops.. Sorry! This photo I took was out of focus! :(

Thousand apologies.. :P

The boys @ Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 3's Departure Hall.. :)

Friday the 13th.. ;)

Last Friday, which also happened to be Friday the 13th, I visited White Sands National Library

to return my library book which I've finished reading & also borrowed another while I was there..

I borrowed Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories.. :)

So far it has proved to be very entertaining & creepy.. :) Hehe.. :)

To emphasize on how "inauspicious" the day was, I chanced upon an interesting sight while I was on my way to the library that afternoon..

I spotted 13 black crows, all perched in a row, by the canal, that afternoon!

What an amusing sight! ;D