Thursday, February 22
Aftermath of the Budget
Today marks officially the beginning of the end. A total of 26 "cuts" for this year for our budget debate. A near 100% increase from last year. The next few days will be very painful. I shall not even think about it!
Thursday, February 15
Gotcha!
Been sifting the internet to find this famous headline in 1982 when Britain capture back the Falkland Islands.
Here it is:
Need I say more :-)
Here it is:
Need I say more :-)
Crunch Time
Ok, the budget has been announced. Crunch time for the rest of the civil service now. A hectic 4 days of getting questions and another week of busy preparing for replies. The year certainly fly past and soon the end of the road is near!
Onward march!
Onward march!
Happy Friendship Day and...
Happy Friendship Day to everyone. For those who have their special someone, Happy Valentine's Day!
Chinese New Year beckons!
Chinese New Year beckons!
Revival of Chinese Movies
Managed to watch 2 Chinese movies over the past weekends and I must say I am quite impressed. Most of the time, I do not bother going to the theatre to watch Chinese movies as they are shown on tele quite quickly normally after about a year.
Incidentally both movies I caught were in Cathay and starred Louis Koo.
The first was Happy Birthday. A romantic and touching movie about a couple who had an on-and-off relationship over the past 20 years. They became apart during their studies but somehow still manage to maintain a close relationship. The movie ended with a dramatic twist and I guarantee that it would make any girl weep (pls note :-))
The second movie was the Protege. A local production starring international stars such as Andy Lau, Daniel Wu and of course Louis Koo. The story revolves around a drug cartel fronted by Lau and him looking for a protege to look after his business. His protege actually turned out to be a police spy and he was determined to bring to an end the drug trade. Excellent movie overall!
Hmm...what the watch this weekend? Epic Movie anyone? hehe...
Incidentally both movies I caught were in Cathay and starred Louis Koo.
The first was Happy Birthday. A romantic and touching movie about a couple who had an on-and-off relationship over the past 20 years. They became apart during their studies but somehow still manage to maintain a close relationship. The movie ended with a dramatic twist and I guarantee that it would make any girl weep (pls note :-))
The second movie was the Protege. A local production starring international stars such as Andy Lau, Daniel Wu and of course Louis Koo. The story revolves around a drug cartel fronted by Lau and him looking for a protege to look after his business. His protege actually turned out to be a police spy and he was determined to bring to an end the drug trade. Excellent movie overall!
Hmm...what the watch this weekend? Epic Movie anyone? hehe...
Thursday, February 8
Superbowl 41
Took my customary leave on 5th of Feb to watch Superbowl 41. It's been a tradition for me to catch the Superbowl since I was indoctrinated to the sport of American Football during my one year stint in Michigan.
This year, the Superbowl featured the Indianapolis Colts and the Chicago Bears. The Colts have been the team to beat over the last 5 years. With star quarterback Peyton Manning, Colts have arguably the best QB in the league but each and every year, they have been stopped by the Patriots (the team I support) during the play-offs. Chicago have been a lucky team thus far. Using a rookie quarterback, Rex Grossman, they depended much on their defence to do most of the work.
Had actually watched Grossman play way back in 2002 when he was the starting QB for Florida Gators. Michigan was facing the Gators for the Outback Bowl and we soundly thrashed them. Thus had never been impressed by him and was rather perplexed why Chicago did not field their experience QB, Brian Griese (another wolverine alumni).
The game started explosively with Chicago scoring with the opening kick-off. The Chicago defence dominated the first half and it was only because of Grossman's fumbles and interceptions that led to the Colts picking up points.
Overall, an exciting match and worth the off I took. Now, a long break before the season restarts in Aug/Sept.
This year, the Superbowl featured the Indianapolis Colts and the Chicago Bears. The Colts have been the team to beat over the last 5 years. With star quarterback Peyton Manning, Colts have arguably the best QB in the league but each and every year, they have been stopped by the Patriots (the team I support) during the play-offs. Chicago have been a lucky team thus far. Using a rookie quarterback, Rex Grossman, they depended much on their defence to do most of the work.
Had actually watched Grossman play way back in 2002 when he was the starting QB for Florida Gators. Michigan was facing the Gators for the Outback Bowl and we soundly thrashed them. Thus had never been impressed by him and was rather perplexed why Chicago did not field their experience QB, Brian Griese (another wolverine alumni).
The game started explosively with Chicago scoring with the opening kick-off. The Chicago defence dominated the first half and it was only because of Grossman's fumbles and interceptions that led to the Colts picking up points.
Overall, an exciting match and worth the off I took. Now, a long break before the season restarts in Aug/Sept.
Thursday, February 1
Bhangraman
For those who studied in UK, you probably would have watched this show "Goodness Gracious Me" It is a skit show with 4 Indians basically making fun of how indians trying their darnest best to assimilate to the British culture.
Among my favourite skit is the "everything indian", "cheque pls" and of course Bhangraman!
Enjoy!
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