"Sky of Love" and "Hero"

I have finished watching “Sky of Love” and “Hero”, which is very rare, because I seldom watch the DVDs I buy.

Sky of Love is nice, but you have to suspend your sense of logic to fully enjoy the movie. There are many parts in the movie that defy logic. Just bear in mind that this is a J-movie, meant to tug at your heart strings. And it succeeded in doing that. I won’t add any spoilers here. Watch it yourself.

Apparently, the movie is based on a cell-phone novel, whatever that is. The cell-phone movie, apparently, is in turn based on a true story. I don’t know how true that is.




Next, Hero. This one you need to use your brains as you watch. It is about this Kimura Takuya guy (the main actor), who is a government lawyer (called D.A. in the movie, which I think means District Attorney). He was put in charge of prosecuting a guy for manslaughter, and the case is linked to a high profile bribery case involving a former Transport Minister. Kimura is pitted against a seasoned lawyer, who was once a promising D.A. himself. Watch how Kimura used all his wits to win to the case. Interesting, if you like to watch movies that make you think.

This J-movie is based on a TV series. Yes, you’ve guessed right. Now I am looking for the DVD of the series.

In KL

I am in KL now.

I took the Aeroline coach which left Harbourfront at about 10.20 am. It was a smooth ride all the way - no jams at the 2nd Link, at the Singapore and Malaysian sides.

I was given the 2nd single seat from the front. Very comfortable, and with an electrical power point too (not all seats have that). I plugged in my laptop, and watched National Treasures 2. So time flew very fast, and before I knew it, it was close to 3 pm and we had already reached the outskirts of KL. I didn't manage to finish the movie.

My sister picked me up at One Utama, and we walked around a while. I bought 2 Japanese movie DVDs - Sky of Love for the title song which is sung by Mr Children (their latest single, which I posted on my blog before), and Hero.



Here's the song again - it's called Tabidachi No Uta. Enjoy.



In the evening, we went to visit my mother. It was raining, and we were caught in a really bad traffic jam on our way back. Apparently, the jam was all over KL. I have not been in one for many many years. Thank God for no traffic jams on the MRT.

And I cleared so many emails, just finished only. Finish up the rest tomorrow.

Good night, all.

Long Time No Blog

I had lunch with Dekun today. We went to Crystal Jade in Jurong Point. We shared a bowl of stewed beef noodle (it was a big serving), with side dishes of pan fried tofu cubes, xiaolong bao and chives dumplings. The food was surprisingly good, and the portion was just enough. Then we went to Coffee Bean on the 1st storey for coffee, which I don’t take (first time I set foot in a Coffee Bean shop). I had ice blended pure cocoa instead, and we shared a piece of cheese cake, which was very rich. I was so full, that I didn’t feel hungry even at eight o’clock at night.

It was a good time catching up with him. He’s on study break, and will have his exams after this. Then it will be job hunting for him. We parted at about 1.30 pm when he went off to work at the coffee shop in Jurong West.

I stayed on in Coffee Bean to use the wireless. It was a Starhub wi-fi, to which I didn’t have an account. So I went to MacDonald’s. They had wireless@sg, but the connection was very erratic. I gave up, and went to the Jurong West Library at the Frontier. The wireless@sg there was good, but my laptop ran out of battery. Boo!

I browsed around, looking at the book titles. I was attracted to books about John F Kennedy and his family. Then I chanced upon the business management section with books on leadership. And there I saw this book (Titles is John F Kennedy on Leadership):


I borrowed it to read. I don’t think it was by chance that I came across it. I am supposed to take a session on leadership in the Leadership Development Course for the Boys in November.

I have always been fascinated by John F Kenndy. He was one of the two greatest Presidents of the United States, the other I think was Abraham Lincoln. Here’s an excerpt of his inauguration speech, which he delivered on 20 January 1961.

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility -- I welcome it. I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation. The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it -- and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.

And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what you can do for your country.

My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.

Watch the speech here:

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Part II -



From the library, I went back to Jurong Point, and decided to come back to rest. I slept a while, and in the evening, walked to MacDonald’s in Taman Jurong. I sat there (nice air-con) to read the book. Then I went to Sheng Siong Food Court for dinner, followed by browsing through the stuff in Sheng Siong Supermarket. I was checking the cereal drinks to see if they were made in China.

I went back to MacDonald’s after that, and read the book. Finally, I took the 154 home.

Between last night and just now, I watched 3 movies on cable. Last night, it was one of the American Pie shows – stupid mindless jokes, but good for relaxation. This morning, watched A Perfect Murder (watched it before in the cinema). Quite intriguing, but the ending was really a let down. It could have been much more exciting. Just now I watched Clara’s Heart, starring Whoopi Goldberg as a house-keeper who developed a very close relationship with her employers’ son. She's such a good actress.

It was a relaxing day. Tomorrow morning I have to take the BB cell since Wen Wei and Dennis are at the Pulse Retreat, and Justin messaged to say that he is sick with fever, flu and cough.

Goodnight, everyone.