On 31/12

It's been freezing cold these days.

Many of the people at office have been donating money to the charities hoping to get more resources to the tsunami victims. Seeing peopel helping each other is probably the only one good thing from this disaster.

They said some of the new colleagues have left shortly after they joined the company. The way they discussed on the issue made me feel as if the remaining staff are losers. Where's my career.

Back to office

Work again after 5 days off. Not much work at the moment but I think I'd better be mentally prepared for the busy weeks or even months. It's hard because I have been in a relaxed mood so far.

Been to a game of bowling with the boss and the team that I would work with. I never knew this is such a tiring sport and at the same time......... that bad a bowler I could be.

Had dinner at Aqua after that. The food was great and the place was so amazing with the great view of the other side of the Victoria Harbour. Not bad really for a bill of $650 per head.

Old friends

Had hotpot dinner with some primary schoolmates. We went to karaoke afterwards and exchanged gifts. Amazing that one of us is already a mother of two.

Chatted with H at the bus terminal all night long. She is just brilliant and her words are really inspiring. On my way back home I thought about when did we first met and I figured out it was already more than 5 years ago.

happy moments

Had a really good Christmas gathering with most of my jongmates last night. We exchanged gifts and what I had was a vacuum cleaner. Amazing.

功夫

Watched the all hyped Kung Fu Hustle. I would say I was a little bit disappointed though I don't exactly know how my expectations had not been fully met.

It seems Stephen Chow was trying real hard to get everything into his movie and hoping to satisfy a huge and diversed pool of movie-goers from all over the world. This ambition really deserves a round of applause even if the actual movie may not be that magical.

See what you have in 99 minutes. Punch lines. Gags. Some touching storylines. Some morals. Lots of computer-aided visual effects comparable to Matrix. Lots of fight scenes much better than those in Matrix. Lots of movie stars of different styles and backgrounds. Tributes to old-fashioned Kung Fu movies. Reminders of classic Chinese and Hollywood films. Not to forget the many streams of martial arts.

I am definitely not a good reviewer of a movie as I would forget most of it even right after watching. What lingers in my mind is often how I feel when I was watching. I would say a movie is superb if I am all absorbed and moved in the theatre. This time, everything was there but it just lacked the connection straight to my heart. That's probably why I felt somehow empty when the movie ended.

Anyway it's already better than Shaolin Soccer though it couldn't surpass King of Comedy. Stephen Chow, what would be your next goal??? Maybe it's too much pressure for you.