Movie Review : Hua Mulan

ahsun: =)

Went Yishun GV to watch Hua Mulan late at night..... i will say it's a story whereby most of the people will already know the storyline but yet different casts/actors will give the movie a different feel and emotions depending on who the

actors are.... this one is starring Vicky Zhao as Hua Mulan and Baddy Hu Jun as Modu.... plus the someone claimed "handsome-when-he-was-discovered-to-be-a-prince" de Chen Kun aka Wen Tai in the movie.... i would give it 8/10 for the movie..... the stroy is good....but it lacked details and smooth transition.....i liked the scenes whereby the people died and hua mulan realized

that war actually is a very cruel thing to happen..... i guess it's normal for human to realize somethings when they truly experience it themselves ba.... the movie also taught us to be filial to our parents....some of the more traditional virtues that the chinese emphasis one.... which points us to [ ren ("humanity"), xiao ("filial piety"), and zhong ("loyalty") ] going by Confucian Moral from chinese past studies.

Here goes the actual movie synopsis:

Release Date:	26th November 2009
Language:	Cantonese
Running Time:	113 mins
Rating:	PG
Genre:	Action
Starring:	Jun Hu, Vicki Zhao Wei,Jaycee Chan, Chen Kun,Wei Zhao [full cast]
Directed by:	Jingle Ma
Local Distributor:

Based on the Chinese folk heroine Hua Mulan. When the country is threatened by invaders, a young girl defends her father by sneaking away from home and dressing up as a man to join an all-male army where she eventually assumes a historically critical role in defending the nation in a time of war.

"铁要经过提炼才能变成钢材，人要经过磨炼才能变成人才 。。。"

Song Review : 陈奕迅 <<上五楼的快活>> Track No 3: 多少

ahsun: =)

Actually was a very random switching of channel in the middle of the night...chance upon the MTV channel and saw this music video playing....which is Eason Chan's latest album : 上五楼的快活 Track Number 3 - 多少 ... i dunno what came over me.... but i just literally stop what i was doing and quite focused on listening to the music, rhythm and the lyrics of the song playing on TV... I just find the song to be kinda sad in judging how much time and effort we need to actually find what we want in life....regardless of what is it.... isn't it ironic but true??

Here goes the lyrics:

歌名 ：多少

作词：蔡健雅 作曲：蔡健雅

我用尽所有方式　找个人给我安慰
渡过寂寞的黑夜
我问守护的天使　也许她能够体会
这无助让我好累

走到无路可退　我还能相信谁

用多少天　用多少年
的跌跌撞撞才找到终点
用多少伤痛的心爱才不离开身边
用多少谎言去掩饰彼此的不完美
要用多少个世纪让我看透一切

我走在这个城市　熟悉又陌生的脸
有谁能给我安慰
我问守护的天使　也许她能够体会
这无助让我好累

走到无路可退　我还能相信谁

用多少天　用多少年
的跌跌撞撞才找到终点
用多少伤痛的心爱才不离开身边
用多少谎言去掩饰彼此的不完美
要用多少个世纪让我看透一切

我没有任何防备　没方向到处地追
没翅膀却好想飞
我努力顺风跟随
黑或白找不到个绝对　全都是灰

用多少天　用多少年
的跌跌撞撞才找到终点
用多少伤痛的心爱才不离开身边
用多少谎言去掩饰彼此的不完美
要用多少个世纪让我看透一切

要用多少个世纪让我看透一切

"铁要经过提炼才能变成钢材，人要经过磨炼才能变成人才 。。。"

New Tuition Assignment Coming Right up...

ahsun: =)

Kudos to joanne for the recommendation.... that i got the tuition assignment from campus tutors... haha...cheers.... starting in 13 Dec a Sunday 2 to 4pm.... hopefully i can reach there on time....kinda check how to go there already......

So bascially just need to enroll over at the website to be able to receive tuition assignments for various preferred location and the types of assignment u want.... for example... i put mine preference more towards to the North and Central area.... Taking up assignments from primary school maths to secondary school maths(though i need to revise to take up sec sch maths) ... and also programming assignments and IT related tuition jobs.... which i believe i shouldn't have any problem teaching..... and the assignment i'm going to teach is C++ ... which i haven't touched since Poly Days.... but nevertheless i digged out some tutorials to better prepared myself for it.... cos i really wanna help those who need tuition.... =)

Hopefully will have a good working relationship with the student ba.... start of my tuition journey.... hahaha.... hopefully can start another good income source .... $$$$$

"铁要经过提炼才能变成钢材，人要经过磨炼才能变成人才 。。。"

Food Review : Eighteen Chefs

ahsun: =)

Met with rina. edwin and yan for dinner gathering.... have been thinking of giving the eatery Eighteen Chefs and visiting it since it has

been launched as i know the restaurant is a special one: the founder chef was a ex-convict and went to jail before because of drug addiction. So i believe the restaurant is under the Yellow Ribbon project which gives those who did wrong in the past a second chance to amend their life again...

In the cafe or i would call it... the overall layout is good.... spacious... ample lighting.... though it's a self service style restaurant.... the waiter who brought us to the table didn't told us the menu was under the table....unless another waiter walked past and asked whether we have ordered our food already... It's a self service style cafe....hence payment have to be made first before the food is served.... but nevertheless.... it's been a bad experience at the cafe;

Firstly, the food we ordered is kinda expensive.... ranging from $6 for western set plus additional combo sets for the soup, drink and garlic bread....it adds up to around $12 per person.... and next is the food.... yan ordered the basket of french fries and nuggets.... but they're like under cooked....seriously....u can even see the "color of the meat" inside the nugget itself....kinda disgusting..... I ordered black pepper spaghetti with hotdogs.... and the spags was super spicy....or rather...i think the chef hates me.... it's so hot....i could barely finish the food.... there's also omelette with fries which looks undercook as well....i seriously wonder is the chef qualified to cook....or they just find anyone to cook.... Vvvv terrible bad experience i would say..... i even said that i would give them 10 marks...... upon 100 marks.... because it's really that bad...... so folks....stay away from that restaurant.... i rather u go eat BK...seriously....

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"铁要经过提炼才能变成钢材，人要经过磨炼才能变成人才 。。。"

A Blog Post once a while....

ahsun: =)

Finally have some time to blog about recent updates.... had some changes in life which are normal as changes are supposed to be constant in life.... Weekend jobs switching places....preparing for exams after major project and end of semester.... preparing for trip to bangkok on 4 dec.... Thinking of how to earn more money during the school holidays or whether to go back serve the army to finish the one month stint at CNB again.... hmmm.... thinking hard.....

Revision for exams have not been smooth and been stopping here and there.... need to get it going and done with.... think i need to stay overnight to finish my notes before i can read them.... although only two modules....nevertheless....still need sufficient amount of effort to get good grades for it....final exams are more often than not.... the determining factor in the final grade for that module itself....

Working for 2 years....almost every weekend i will be around Tanjong Pagar area....but all these are gonna change.... no more nasi lemak .... drive in macdonald....or even bus ride from shenton way to yishun.... but nevertheless....kinda curious on how the job will be done over @ the new place.... Bras Basah Road NUTC Union House.... hopefully no one goes there... haha....which signifies easy job.... lol.... Have been thinking of working in F&B line as i wanted to gain some experience and feel of working in fast food restaurant....know the operations and management of an outlet....so that next time i can venture into his area.... “民以食为天” is what prompts me that the food industry will never go BUST.... unless yr service and food sucks.....

Last but not the least.... Holiday trip in Bangkok with cousin bee and kitty.... though initially was excited....but the excitement sort of dulls away.... maybe it's because of financial constraints...and also dunno what i can buy over there ba..... will try to control my personal finance as that's my largest and weakest area in terms of money.... need to control it in order to invest in better products and gain higher returns....

"铁要经过提炼才能变成钢材，人要经过磨炼才能变成人才 。。。"

It's All Over... CS3214... Good Bye~~~

ahsun: =)

Finally Completed the Major Milestone in my Nus Degree....the 8 Module Credit Project - CS3215: Information System Development Project.

Working for the past few months..... endless and countless busy nights and stay-in weekends just to code out the functions and features on time for submisson on 12 Nov 2009 5pm -> which they later postpone till 11:59pm.... me and my group mate stayed on till the last min before submission and we declared the end of this module....and end of programming in Netbeans EVER!!! It's such a pain to use netbeans....although we do have jokes around it some how...like some errors named "COBRA" .... "PERMGERM".... haha....a real fun lot to be with my team mate....after this module...some will graduate while others will stay on in school for another one more year to get our honours....hopefully and pray hard that we can score for it as we really put in alot of effort, time, blood and money(stay over in school and frequent dinner session in school) to complete the project..... WOW!!!

I can only say.... "Well Done guys!!!! WE MADE IT!!!"

Now focus on exams next on 3 Dec 2009.... wahahaha... after which is BKK tri

p and whole lot of activities plan during Dec 2009....can't wait for it to come.... hahaha.....

"铁要经过提炼才能变成钢材，人要经过磨炼才能变成人才 。。。"

Stomach Flu Yet Again....

ahsun: =) What's wrong with me nowadays....getting sick so easily....that's untypical of me....maybe due to the lack of nutritional fruits....exercise.... and activities.....have been rushing assignments after assignments....projects after projects.... and busy busy busy..... even attempt to stay overnight in school for one day last week....maybe due to the fact that staying overnight reduces my immune system ability to protect my body....hence the stomach flu again..... the feeling is terrible lor....felt like dying with the pain in the tummy....damn it..... i dun wanna get it again.....

Next few weeks are crucial for the project deadline and also last rush for the major programming project le...due on 13 nov....hopefully can finish all the functionality as promised....dun wanna under perform during this period....hope all bugs and problems can be solved smoothly and quickly...no time to lose le..... until middle of nov only den can relax a bit....cos only got 2 papers to prepared for dec exams.... after that can await BKK liaoz..... my long awaited break ah... pls.... come faster ah.... =)

"铁要经过提炼才能变成钢材，人要经过磨炼才能变成人才 。。。"