Ala Carte Buffet

Today, Aunty May treated us dinner at Akira Japanese Restaurant. I've always drive pass or just go pass that restaurant and have always wanted to try it out and finally got the chance to today.

It's pretty cool when we stepped in we were ushered to a room or in china they call it the “厢房”, which means we had a room for ourselves. For some reason, we felt important as there are only 4 rooms while the rest of the people eats outside as per normal. Maybe because mummy made reservation. But anyway, my initial feeling was cool and excited.

This is the room. Cool right!

My aunt looking happy after receiving her gift chocolates! (It's not her birthday though)

Sashimi Set

The other random orders

It's ala carte buffet, which means you order anything you want on the menu and they cook it and deliver it to you. Supposedly it's free flow la. So we ordered quite a fair bit of dishes. Some came, some didnt. I had ordered plain rice earlier and it wasnt served. 15 minutes later the waitress walked passed and I told her to get me a bowl of rice and she said ok, but the rice didnt come. It happened for 3 times until I was quite upset already. One bowl of plain rice also take so long to serve. I went out and stood outside the room. I was calling out to every staff who walked passed me and they were "busy" with serving their food and walking around. I said to one of them, "Hello, can you help me with my order?" and she said, “好的，稍后就来。“

So I stood outside the room waiting. Waited for 10 minutes but I was like transparent to everyone. My aunty went out to join me and we were both ignored too. After some time one staff finally noticed and came in to take our orders. Everything happened smoothly after we requested to feedback to the Boss. But anyway the food there was quite nice la. If those thing didnt happen, I'm sure I'd have enjoyed my dinner more. I just hope it's an isolated incident. :)

After dinner I met up with my cousin. He was so emo. So many people in relationship crisis now. I hope everyone is ok. Not ok can find me talk! (",)

Bioskin 要你好看 Ep 2

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Movie Marathon!

Ok, I didnt exactly go for a movie marathon. But rather I watched three movies this month which I havent share with everyone.

Kidnapper

Genre: Action
Director: Kelvin Tong
Cast: Christopher Lee, Phyllis Quek, Jerald Tan, Jack Lim
RunTime: 1 hr 38 mins
Rating: PG

Movie Synopsis
Lim (Christopher Lee), a struggling and obnoxious 40-year-old taxi driver, is a complete failure. His wife left him years ago. And his only son - Wei Siang (Jerald Tan) - is frequently neglected. Mistaken for a rich man's son, Wei Siang is kidnapped at an arcade one day and held for an enormous ransom. Thus begins one father's relentless quest to get his son back. In the process, he gives up everything in his life to raise the ransom, only to discover that the nefarious kidnapper (Jack Lim) wants even more money. Unable to raise the second ransom, Lim descends into madness as grief and self-doubt overwhelms him. His own morals are threatened when he flirts with the dark side in a desperate attempt to get his son back.

Movie Review

I think this is one of the best locally produced movie. Good quality, good storyline, value for money. Nothing much to write about this movie except - IT'S GOOD.

Official Movie Trailer

Overall Rating: 4/5

Just Another Pandora's Box

Genre: Comedy/Action
Director: Jeff Lau Chun Wai
Cast: Alex Fong Lik Sun, Eric Tsang, Xu Jiao, Athena Chu, Sun Li
RunTime: 1 hr 30 mins
Rating: PG

Movie Synopsis
Bandit Ronald Cheng effortlessly pulls out the magic sword belonging to Fairy Athena Chu, and Fairy Sun Li who lives by love, is drawn as moth to flame by this deja vu-like infatuation. As Sun Li chases after the Ronald Cheng, who just wants to get away from this "rotten peach blossom", the Pandora's Box opens a doorway into another time zone.

Movie Review

This is a damn stupid movie. It is the chinese version of Epic movie. Though they have a strong cast, but the humour is so bad, I cant appreciate them. But if you got the time to spare, go watch it.

Official Movie Trailer

Overall Rating: 2/5

Confucius (孔子)

Genre: Drama
Director: Hu Mei
Cast: Chow Yun-Fat, Zhou Xun, Lu Yao
RunTime: 1 hr 48 mins
Rating: PG

Movie Synopsis
"Confucius" tells about Confucius' transformation from an ordinary bookkeeper to a philosopher and a sage. It follows his long journey around small kingdoms in northern China preaching his beliefs, and his 72 disciples.

Movie Review

This is a great movie! I love it, though most parts of the movie is really quite complicated. One must learn and find out more about the great Confucius before watching the movie or else you will be confused by Confucius because he is confusing (if you didnt notice the "confu" part) Ok lame! I think it's good. Should watch.

Official Movie Trailer

Overall Rating: 4.5/5