Wedding Bliss

On the 7th June, 2008, my friend Huan Yang celebrated another stage of his life... a stage that i would never get myself into..hahahha... He celebrated his wedding at Meritus Mandarin Hotel in Orchard. The Dunman gang were there as well, together with Violet's fiance (she's next.....). The night started out terribly, when i was wearing the outfit that i assembled for the dinner. It was the pants that i wore for my JC prom and guess what...i could not fit into the freakin pants. It must have shrunk in those years of abandonment in the closet. When i finally squeezed into it, i realized that the zipper was spoilt. I had to find another outfit to wear and rush to the dinner as i was like late. In the end, i wore something that seems apt in a filming scene... Violet said i looked like a director. Everybody else at our table wore shirt and pants. Great. Tse Guang, as usual was at his fashionably best, wearing a dapper suit complete with folded napkin at his breast.

The dinner was very sweet with lots of christian elements that i am not too comfortable with. There were prayers, the usual video montages, the christian song singalong that i thought gave more pleasure to the performers than the guests. Anyway, the best part was, i got a liiiiiitle bit drunk...keke....ahhhhh the joys of a wedding dinner... free wine!

The currently still unmarried ones of the Dunman Gang.

Dunman Gang with Huan Yang's wife

The same as above, now with Violet's fiance.

Forcing Huan Yang to drink alcohol..

Anyway, i think that they make a really cute couple, and i wish them well in their married life even though i don't believe in it...

Beijing delicacy

Recently, a chinese restaurant opened opposite my house, the same stretch as the famous chicken rice, a very daring move considering the legacy of the chicken rice and it being blocked by the over-head bridge. In order to attract customers to try, they're now offering 50% off everything on their menu except drinks and a separate menu which has like meat/fishes etc dishes. However, the menu that is 50% off is good enough to satisfy any hungry singaporean. They have a nice variety of dumplings and usual chinese dishes like la mians and fried rice. I went to try out the place with Marc and Daniel, and we ended up ordering food that is enough to feed 5 people; and all in all we only paid like 30 plus. The next day, i brought my 2nd brother and my grandma to have lunch there. The following are the food that we ordered.

Fried rice with brinjal and chicken...very very yummy...

2 Plates of dumplings, 1 with mixed fillings, and the other with vegetable. We also ordered the appetizer, pork in chili and garlic.

The food is good, cheap (even without the discount, a plate of fried rice is $6.80.. the dumplings range from $4 to $7.80 for the fish filing) and the service is very good. Alas, the business there isn't very good. Probably people working in the area didn't know that this place is opened and have 50%? This we do not know but i really hope that they will work it out because i really like the place and the food.

Adrian, my 2nd brother who came home a few days ago...

The 2 stone fountains, most probably for feng shui...

Beijing Yuan.. the name of the restaurant.

Grandma and me...

Studio Ghibli

I realized that i really like the animes from Studio Ghibli. The company was founded in 1985, and most of the animes are filmed by Hayao Miyazaki along with his colleague and mentor Isao Takahata. The music of Joe Hisashi accompanied most of the classic animes that i love so much. For my next birthday gift (or any occasion whatsoever), you can get me a Joe Hisashi movie symphony album. It will be GREAT!!! haha.....Anyway, these below are the animes that i had watched so far...

Laputa: Castle in the sky

Watched this recently on Tudou. What a great website to catch so many classic animes from Studio Ghibli. The love between the 2 young characters are so sweet.....

My neighbor Totoro

Watched this for one of my class in the Japanese post war anime module in NUS. Marc commented that i am Totoro and he is the girl.....Ooookkaayyyyyy....

Spirited away

The very first film i watched from Studio Ghibli. Up to now i can still watch it and be lost in the magical land of ghosts and dragons. I love the soundtrack of the movie too! Currently my message ring-tone is the theme of Spirited away.

Princess Mononoke

Was highly recommended by Sam, and i didn't regret watching the movie. This movie's music is THE BEST from Joe Hisashi so far.

Howl's moving castle

Watched this in the cinema.

Grave of the fireflies

This has got to be the saddest film i had ever watched. Watched this in the Japanese post war film module in NUS too and at the end of the film, almost everyone was like crying when the song 'Home sweet home' was playing. This film portrays how children suffered during World War 2.

These films from Studio Ghibli gave me so many beautiful memories and introduced me to the wonderful music of Joe Hisashi. I really hope that in the future, more of such classic animes will be produced.