This entry is a compendium of The J-thing's Observations of the Day over the past week

Psychos
Please watch this news report and tell me I'm not the only one who either feels really sorry for her miserable existence, or feels like bitchslapping her to face reality.  For me it's probably both ( Read more... )

C and I went to catch Just Follow Law today.

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That's what I call The Peak, the current primetime drama serial on Channel 8.  Honestly, when I first heard the title, I instantly thought of The Peak in HK, where all the über-rich people stay and had the impression the serial was about the super-rich of Singapore striving to outdo one another in the climb up the ladder of society.  Then I found ( Read more... )

After watching an episode of 祺天大圣, I am convinced that pole dancing is definitely an artform.

The other night, C and I went to watch Curse of the Golden Flower.


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"The good news is that in this country, political will is a renewable resource."

I went to catch An Inconvenient Truth today, in a bid to get my mind off the harrowing interview.

Now this is a film I highly recommend you watch.  It's a refreshing change from the usual commercialised stuff, and it's even quite scary to see what Al Gore has to say ( Read more... )

I've been busy this past week (or weeks) so haven't had time to write about this.

On Monday, I rushed down (after being held back at work) to the new National Museum to catch my only film this SIFF, a local film by Kan Lume.  whirlwink happened to be there too but because I was late I didn't have a chance to say hi until after the film was over ( Read more... )

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WTF were the judges thinking ( Read more... )

I played Sudoku for the very first time in my life last week, and it's damn addictive!

Anyhow, in other news, I caught V For Vendetta with winstontlchow on Monday.  As expected, it was brilliant, though it was really bizarre, watching Westminster blow up like that.  Winston was pointing out to me how it was written back in the '80s, but it was so descriptive ( Read more... )

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