road to ORD

sorry girls.. i'm going to use this post to talk about NS.

anyway, now that the biggest "test" of my NS life is over and that i have spend decent amount of time and money to celebrate and spoil myself here and there, i'm back settled down. i'm back now settled down to look what's up next for me. hell yeah last few stretches of road to ORD. couple more of important operations and standby and training before i can finally meet up with my pink IC once again.

so during this time, i'l be trying to make full use of the NSF benefits, mainly the medical side and try to slack away from October onwards when all the shit will be passed on to the junior company. wisdom teeth surgery will be primary. now, i'm on course of arranging appointments that son will lead to the surgery in Changi General Hospital. next will see if i can remove my corns and warts for free. :)

technically i have about 100 working days to ORD. so good figure.

capture the feast

today's off day from the old and boring Seletar Camp was pretty food-filled. however, i would like to focus on the dinner trip with my platoon mates earlier this evening. we went to Kiseki Japanese Buffet Restaurant all the way at Somerset/Orchard area for dinner. i'm not here to talk about how nice the food is or how much fun i had eating and chilling with the awesome platoon mates. i'm here to talk about a social stigma.

yes, you read it right. social stigma. and this is the action of taking photos of food.

relax people, i know a lot of you are guilty of doing so but please take note that i do not refer to all of you. okay, i shall clarify the fact that i'm okay with people taking photos of their food that is sitting on their table in front of them right before one enjoy his or her dish. capturing your nice meals are like capturing pictures with your friends.. for memory sake. i'm okay with that.

what i'm not okay with is something i saw a couple of times today at that restaurant's buffet spread. there were a few people walking around the spread with their camera taking photos of the food up-close and as a group before they head over to take the plates to take their food. well, that sure left many other consumers pondering if they should let them take or just act as though those "cameramen"to finish taking. my point here is, while taking photos of your food is alright with me, i find doing to that extent and hindering many others is way overboard. seriously, if you want that, just head over to the restaurant's website and download snapshots of the dishes. i'm sure they have tons of it.

burn burn burn

i can't tell you where the journey will end but i know where to start

movie talk 4: the lost son

back to another talking about another decent movie that i have watched a couple of months back. this movie is set in the past where women were deemed as a small voice in society. the movie i'm referring to is "Changeling".

the story is mainly about a woman who had a son living with her in an average house during the 20th century. one day, her son went missing and she went on appealing for him to be found. this case was somehow seen as an important one for the town police force as its poor reputation led them having to solve more cases. they decided that this case would be solved and let know to the media. unfortunately, her son wasn't found and the screwed up police force decided to bribe an orphan that resembled him to say he was the woman's son in front of the media before handing him back to the woman. the woman was shocked as she consistently deny that he was her son. her constant fight to voice out was always falling to deaf ears or silenced almost as she spoke. this continues throughout the movie.

i feel that this is a real awesome movie for it really shows the extent a mum would go just to find her son and what not. plus, it also highlights how much courage and determination to be heard, to never give up no matter what. this movie leads you into guessing where the son could be even up towards the end of the show. what happens in the end is up to you to find out. :)

i still look for your face in the crowd

the past week was probably one of the most tiring weeks in my NS life but nonetheless glad i have conquered it and that it is now over at last. four more months to ORD.. 

#wheregottime

anyway here is a beautiful song by The Script that i have been replaying on my ipod recently.

movie talk 3: alienated

to be honest, i am not a big fan of alien movies. reason being i think that having aliens on earth is more unrealistic than having ghosts here. furthermore, many alien movies sent me go disappointed in the past but not this one. the movie is "District 9".

the plot is about an alien spaceship that parked above Johannesburg in 1982. humans tried to established contact with the alien race and what not. soon over the course of 20 years, some people and the alien population are living on the area known as District 9. now, scientist and military troops are looking to relocate them due to the rising rate of protests and what not.

i was first drawn to this movie when i looked at the amount of money involved. it only took about US$30million to make and its gross revenue is about US$210million. this is crazy. plus, numerous friends said this film is rather unique and so i finally gave it a try. indeed, no regrets. the way the film dictate the storyline is rather interesting. plus, there are numerous heart-warming scenes in the second half of the movie. the ending was pretty touching and awesome. somehow, the director lets you think of your own ending.

movie talk 2: dark and light

this time i'm going to talk about the movie "Beautiful Creatures". watched this movie only couple of weeks back after a friend of mine recommended it to me. did not regret watching it.

the movie is actually based on some novel if i am not wrong. the story revolved about Ethan meeting this strange new classmate Lena. she was not the ordinary student everyone expect. the town was always bad mouthing about her and her family. soon Ethan knew Lena was some sort of sorcerer. Lena was approaching her special birthday where traditionally, her kind would be classed to be either dark or light after that date. Lena's family and her were trying to break the curse of being dark. this struggle grew more and more complicated and the story goes on.

personally, despite a slow and rather draggy introduction of the movie, i think this movie is a rather well-made one. the scenes are awesome. the suspense and excitement is there. the ending is kind of those that let you write on your own kind of thing. mild twist as well which is definitely a plus point. strongly recommended movie. :)

happy 4th of July

hello people a good quick update.

after an initial failure almost two months ago, i finally passed my driving practical test this afternoon. :) hell yeah... super happy. now i can drive manual and auto cars.

movie talk 1: that forgetful girlfriend

the movie i talking about in this post will be "50 First Dates" starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore.

the storyline goes something about this guy who met this sweet young girl in a small store and soon learn that the girl he just met had an accident years ago. after the accident, she somehow would 'reset' her memory and forgot anything that happen ed on the previous day. however, determined and powered by love, this guy still try to find ways to court her.

first of all, some of you might be like me. seeing Adam Sandler in this movie might send you thinking this is a comedy show. but no... this is rather a really sweet drama love story i would say. the plot was well crafted though the monotonous pace might not be some of your likings. either way i would recommend this show.