House of Harmony

Saturday was a movie marathon day for me. After watching "You Are My Sunshine". I took a dinner break before continuing a 2nd movie, "House of Harmony"

The story involves the lives of 2 Asian women, mother and daughter, during the early years of 1920s to 1950s. The story starts on the familiar island of Singapore.

Mother, Mei-ling, as played by Fann Wong was a learned and cultured daughter of a well known doctor. She met a charming Mr Barclay who was unfortunate attacked and subsequently had amnesia. While nursing him back to health, she fell for him. A twist of an unfinished love story as she became pregnant and gave birth to Harmony, played by Maggie Q.

Pretty as she is, Maggie Q acting is lacking in depth and emotional portrayal. She too suffered the same fate as her mother as she fell madly in love with this real father's stepson Gideon. Will she learn from her mother's lesson or will she create her own path where inter-racial marriage was a taboo during that period of time?

It is a long movie. I wonder if the book might actually be more interested to read as the movie seem to have jump at different spots, loosely linking up certain scenes and plots. Story gets old and predictable and annoying as the main female leads tried to fight weakly (quite literally) with the society expectation.

Rating: 2.5 out of 5 fairy clouds.

You Are My Sunshine

I watched a very touching Korean movie, "You Are My Sunshine".

The story starts with life of a beautiful girl who works are at coffee shop (ahem, with extra services) and the simpleton farmer. It was love at first sight for our male lead, Suk-jung while Eun-ha is just a skeptic that has been through a tough time in life and doesn't believe in love. Don't blame her when she sees the most awful things in all men.

As the love devoted Suk-jung proposed to Eun-ha, you see our female lead slowly opening up her heart to the sincerity of true simple love. Of course with any Korean movie, their love was tested as her past catches up with her while he discovered she was HIV-positive.

Plot twisted and turned as with any other Korean movies. And at the end, you feel how true love battles and wins against all odd. Quite touching movie. Except that in real life, this is really a tragedy to go through.

Rating: 3 out of 5 fairy clouds. A nice movie if you have nothing else to do and want to get a little sobbie.

A Heartful of Love

Don't we all have regrets? What if one of them is so significant that it can affected your life so much?

The plot of A Heartful of Love started with characters who have regrets in their lives which they would want to change if given a 2nd chance. This chance came in the form of them taking a flight to the town, Moji and experienced time travel to the same place 20 years ago.

The plot thickens as the characters started to unravel the truth behind their regrets. What they are actually missing out in their lives and how they realise what they need to do.

Instead of a simple time travel, they are actually transported back into the past to undo or change their lives before they could pass over. These characters were actually dead but were given a final chance to work on that one thing in their lives which they would change.

It is an amazing and touching story as you follow the characters into the personal journey of their past and how they deal with the situation; grow, let go and made peace. The storyline is very well done.

Rating: 5 out of 5 fairy clouds. This is really a MUST-SEE movie.

A Weird Dream

I dreamt of being in a house. Other than myself, there is my baby girl, my mother-in-law and another lady whom I have no idea who she is.

I was looking for milk powder. Then I found cartons of milk powders with only 2 cans are the right formula for my daughter. The rest of the milk powder are for toodler and older kid for like 1 year and above. When I picked the milk powdwer, it changed into 2 pages of a newspaper.

Because of the frustration in looking for her things, I screamed at my mother-in-law for not being a good caregiver. As her diapers, milk powder, cleaning lotion, changing mat, etc are all over the house in different rooms. My mother-in-law just stood aside and did nothing as I scolded her.

I decided that I am going to take my daughter out of the house. I look for a bag to pack some of her neccessity. I can't find a bag to hold her diapers. I can't find container to hold milk powder, I can't find thermos to hold hot water. I only managed to get hold of a changing mat in front of me. I was very frustrated.

Then I looked up and saw my daughter lying uncomfortably at the edge of the sofa. I decided that I should pick her up myself since no one else seem to care for her in this house. As I walked towards my daughter. I noticed there is an unknown lady sitting there, in her own world mostly. Never saying anything or helping or looking in my entire dream.

Moving towards my daughter who is still lying in an ackward position, I picked her up. Still looking at her, I told her I love her and gave her a kiss. I remember she smiled at me, as if she understood what I have told her and telling me she loves me too.

Note: I am not pregnant and I have not seen my mother-in-law for a long time.

Harry Potter & The Deathly Hollows

I finally lay hands on the latest and most precise Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows book on Saturday, 21 July 2007 at 1:37pm!

I have just started to read the book. I'm excited and at the same time scared it is the final instalment of the series. Will review once I have completed the book.

Happy Pottering!

Diving @ Pulau Dayang 2

Took a short break again this July, went to Dayang for another round of diving trip from 8-11 August 2007.

This trip, I took my advance course and did a total of 8 dives. The night dive will be done at a later dive trip as we are all pretty tired out. It has been fun and refreshing. I have enjoyed the company and good food.

Quite fun to have a group of current chiongster. Ha ha... what a name! I got a see quite a few moray eels, giant bumphead, puffer and a giant puffer! Though I would really love to see how big they can blow up to. Perhaps the next trip, I will get to see it.

The only regret is that my husband is unable to join me. I know inside my heart that he would love to go on such a trip and he would be quite jealous of the adventure and nice food I was treated too! Too bad for you darling, the next one I sponsor you.


HOORAY & YIPPEE!

Nostalgia! Those warm cuddling feelings inside....

Was thinking of a special someone when this song pops into my mind. Very much like any romantic hollywood movie, this was our theme song.

SOMEWHERE OUT THERE
Somewhere out there beneath the pale moonlight
Someone's thinking of me and loving me tonight

Somewhere out there someone's saying a prayer
That we'll find one another in that big somewhere out there

And even though I know how very far apart we are
It helps to think we might be wishing on the same bright star
And when the night wind starts to sing a lonesome lullaby
It helps to think we're sleeping underneath the same big sky

Somewhere out there if love can see us through
Then we'll be together somewhere out there
Out where dreams come true

And even though I know how very far apart we are
It helps to think we might be wishing on the same bright star
And when the night wind starts to sing a lonesome lullaby
It helps to think we're sleeping underneath the same big sky

Somewhere out there if love can see us through
Then we'll be together somewhere out there
Out where dreams come true