Reunion Dinner

Reunion dinner was an international one, with my German manager, Swiss housemate and 3 Chinese students joining us. We had the usual steamboat but the fun bits were mostly during the talking. Having people from various parts of the world also meant that various languages were heard at the table, including Hokkien, German, English and Mandarin. The Chinese customs and superstitions were a topic of interest to the 2 Europeans.


M: Is it true that you're not supposed to cry during Chinese New Year?

Me: hmmm.... i've never heard of that. What's the reason?

M: Supposedly if you cry during the start of the year, you'll cry everyday of the year.



My auntie: Then what if you're a baby?

Rachel Getting Married

The show was nice. A bit on the artistic side. Many scenes were filmed with a handheld camera, which gives u the feeling of being there with the actors. Kim (Anne Hathaway) was the "problem child" in the family. Wedding preparations bring to the surface all the struggles, including remnant hurt from the parents' divorce, death of a sibling, sibling rivalry and assimilating a step-mom. Very interesting, though not an entirely new idea. Anne didn't look so hot in this show. But the acting was engaging. Definitely a more substantial show than Bride Wars.

Bride Wars

It was a crowdpleaser. A very ok movie. but ok only. Anne Hathaway was really really pretty, with snow white skin and a dazzling smile. And Kate Hudson is absolutely adorable. But other than that, the story is predictable and simple, the scenes were fairly typical and the men are not cute. But i enjoyed it. Mainly because of the company and the brainlessness of it all.

Minimalist memories

My theme for 2009 and the rest of my life is minimalist. I understand this may sound very difficult to achieve since i'm me. But let's just say i've lots of room for improvement. And i really want my room to achieve that type of zen feeling when one steps in. I'm on the way ok.
So i began to throw things out. But some things hold some precious memories. So i decided to take pictures of them and post them here instead. Photos are a good way to remember things right?
This is the thing which our leader held when we were all preparing for the graduation ceremony. At that point, we were all dressed like Harry Potter. I really liked this sign and held it to take several photos. My prof was so amused.

I kept a whole bunch of posters from Anything Goes. To this day, i still consider that musical to be my proudest moment of my young life. This is because i was really challenged for the role. I just saw snippets of the DVD and i still can't believe it's over. Thank God for lovely memories.

The full view.