Are you ready to be horrified this new year?

I got lucky this time to have a chance to watch the movie preview of "Countdown".                            

 Thinking that it was just like other Thai horror movies, this one had caught me off guard. It was not the usual loud suspense music accompanied with screams, long hair and fingernails.

The story revolves around 3 Thai youngsters, Jack, Bee and Pam. Jack, the rich kid played by Pachara Chirathiva was supposed to be in New York studying, ended up partying for 3 years and have not gotten entry to the University, Bee, Jack's girlfriend had just arrived at the Big Apple who was played by Jarinporn Junkiet and Patarasaya Krueasuwansiri, played Pam who is a design student indulged with love and sex.

The party trio were looking to have fun during their countdown to 2013, and had called the drug dealer Jesus. Only to found out this Jesus was never the one that they had meant to call. The party had went violent, stranger drug dealer made the rich kids undergo pain, suffering and to confess to their lies, sins and own set of dark secrets.

Producer Jira Maligool and Director Nattawat Poonpiriya cleverly plots and build up intense emotions of fear and suspense before reaching the climax of the story. Many twists (conflicts) were incorporated – Unconventional Jesus as drug dealer, the little girl who is the victim of the car accident and also the ending of the story.

 My Thoughts on the Movie...

The film provokes my thoughts on the questionable morals of our society today, are we really doing what we preached, how have we contribute back to our society etc.

Could all these natural disasters today be the punishments to all who had sinned?

4, 3, 2, 1...Are we counting down to the doomsday of us, mankind?

Is a great film and a pleasure surprise to me. The story sucks me in and when the theatre lights lit up, what I thought to myself was “So fast, the movie over?” not knowing that 1 hour 30 minutes had passed. Give it a 4 out of 5 stars!

Craving to watch the film? I have prepared a short treat to the movie's trailer – TaDa!

The movie will be in cinemas on 21 Feb 2013. Make sure you are 18 before purchasing the tickets as the film is M18. Cheers!

Movie Treats From Nuffnang!! Paranorman Here We Come!

I am such a lucky girl! Or could it be that Nuffnang love me?? I won movie tickets to watch the preview of Paranorman 3D! Created by United International Pictures - Paranorman is never the usual animated movies that we watch nowadays. See this video and you will understand

Do you all remember there was a film called Nightmare Before Christmas?

This film by Tim Burton also uses the same method - with handmade puppets and changeable expression.

Bought my tag-along...who other than my Ah Pork

Don't feel jealous of us okie? Here's a trailer of Paranorman for all of you...

It is a story of Norman Babcock who lives in the small New English town of Blithe Hollow. Unlike his peers, he is born with a special talent which is he is able to see and communicate with ghost. But, everyone did not believe him not even his family members and he got bullied in school. Due to a curse of the town, he became a hero. 

Can't tell you the whole story la , you all go catch the movie yourself!

But, I can tell you what I have learnt from this movie.

What can we learn from Paranorman?

• It is alright to be different from the rest, every individual is unique.
• Brave and be true to yourself
• In difficult situation, have faith and trust in yourself
• Adults are not necessarily correct all the time
• One should learn from their mistakes, own up, apologize and be responsible for what he / she have done
• Learn to forgive
• Be grateful for what you have, count your blessings
• Family bonds are tighter than anything else
• Loyalty as a friend

Guess what surprises we had? We were given Paranorman Stickers after the movie!!

Cool Stuff right! 

Last but not least, Big Thank You to Nuffnang, United International Pictures and Cathay!! If you wish to know more about Paranorman, do visit their website, Click here : Paranorman

All videos are credited to their rightful owners. Tata~!

A Happy Refugee - Day Two

I bought a stainless steel bangle for myself the other day and was thinking of engraving meaningful quotes that mean a lot to me on it. I bought the bangle at $42 in an accessories shop called Silver Corner at Bugis Junction. I made an enquiry on their engraving services - a word is $5 each if I never remember wrongly.

I am dumb folded..Cause I did not intend to engrave some cheesy couple initials or even my own name, given that my quote has like around 12 words, it will cost me $60 which is more than the price of the bangle like WTH. So I have been searching high and low for a place that has a reasonable price for it. And guess where I found it? Hougang Mall - the place where my part-time job is located at. Initially, I went to this more hip shop called Blackoutz located on Level 3 which apparently target audience is like teenagers which I suspect would have engraving service, true enough there was but they said that the shape of the bangle can't fit their machine (they charged $5 for the first word and subsequently $0.50/ letter = $24) But too bad, they couldn't do it for me.

Then I went to this accessories shop with quite an interesting name (Dong Xi Nan Pei) located on Level 2 next to Dessert Story and very near Harvey Norman. It sells mainly 925 silver accessories and have a whole long list of accessories services such as cleaning and polishing accessories, fixing accessories, customisation of crystal and precious stones jewellery. And I saw engraving!! Yay... And the shop quoted me $28 and without hesitation I said YES!!

Here's my bangle with the engraved words on the inner area... I did not choose any font, but the final product was just like what I imagine it to be. It was perfect!! The most amazing thing is that it is hand crafted it is engraved by hand, no templates or stencils!!!

The quote I had was " Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around"- Henry David Thoreau.

To me, I feel that it is important to hold onto one's beliefs and values, these are what make people who they are and how are unique in a sense. By doing so, one can make a great difference in life or the world around you. In life, there are always situations that may pressurize you to make decisions that are against what you believe in and having to follow your heart and do what you want to and deem as right will prevent you from having things to regret for not doing or did.

It is also how I live my daily life and I hope by carrying it with me all the time, it will remind me to make just decisions in life. As I always believe that "Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice"- William Jennings Bryan.

I am proud to say I did what I wanted to do in office after my attachment with the SP - I had feedback on the workng conditions of the SP of my company to my big boss - some badly maintained driver seats and trolley after the sharing session of our company's policy book reading. And just happen that the reading chosen was on open door policy which means that you could voice out on what you feel there is a need to change, conflict or unhappiness to any of the people in a higher hierarchy. And I took this opportunity to talk to my big boss - Director of Marketing about it even though it was not really of a concern that is related to my job scope. Really hope what I did could help my fellow colleagues from other business units. 

And another mission accomplished would be Ah Pork and I finally went to watch Brave.

Story about legend, courage and family bonds. Princess Merida who wishes to live a free life was tied down by DunBroch tradition to marry one of the Lord's son. She is out to change her destiny with a cost to pay, which had endangered her family. However, she is determined to fix it. Can she really change her destiny and fate and mend what she had broken? This is a great animated movie not to be missed. It show us that every decision comes with consequences and sometimes it is not always what we expect it to be. Family bonds are stronger and harder to break if only members of the family would listen each other out and clear any misunderstanding. Every parent love their child dearly and is always there for them, to repay their love, we could only stand by them, love them and protect them whenever we could.
A touching story that makes you think twice about your relationship with your parents and family. Remind you the importance of a strong and loving family.

Ah Pork and I had our sweet treat for the day at Saybons.

Saybons the French Food Factory. I am there for my crepes! Yay, other than crepes they have pretty decent soup - e.g Wild Mushroom, Potato and Leek and Broccoli and Cheddar. They now served escargots (yes, snails) but I have yet to try.

Interesting facts about the soup here...Took the picture while waiting for my crepes.

Clean and simple with a pinch of French flavour decor. Their first outlet was in Plaza Singapura it started as a takeaway store and slowly expanded to have sitting area and now new outlets.

My piping hot Nutty Nutella Crepes!

Ah Pork and his Banana...Banana and Chocolate Crepes!

I think if the spread inside the crepes is more generous, it will taste even better! Hmm...prefer the Plaza Singapura outlet (>-<)

A Happy Refugee - Day One

I am feeling much better after all my medication. In my previous post, I have mentioned that my faithful bed has passed away. So now, I have no place to zZzz in. My personal superhero - Ah Pork came to my rescue! He offered his bed to me. Now I have a temporary bed, sad to say but he has the King Koil mattress (he had a better bed than I do) there is no way I should say no to it. Plus, I will need to wake up early tomorrow to cover a colleague for my part time job.

This is the beginning of my day one of being a happy refugee... It starts after work, I get free perks! All thanks to Colgate and Singapore Dental Association. In the month of August, free dental checkups (oral examination and consultation) is available to public at the scheduled roadshows in accordance of Oral Health Month!

This was the roadshow I happened to pass by in Compass Point - Sengkang.
I was given an informative booklet and was encourage to have my free dental checkup by practicing dentist.

The useful, informative and handy booklet.

It educates public on oral health related topics like gum diseases, sensitive teeth, cavities and how to brush better etc.

Just like seeing a doctor in the clinic, I got my queue number

and waited patiently outside the consultation room for my turn.

My checkup sheet with problem teeth areas being highlighted. Erm.. sad but the dentist said my teeth was not exactly as clean as I thought it should be *sob* . He said it was due to my orthodontics fixture - retainers at my lower teeth and that I might want to consider removing my 2 wisdom tooth at the lower gums. There was another booth that handed me free samples.
Free Samples!!

Colgate Total Toothpaste

Haha!! This happens to be the toothpaste my family now uses...

Colgate Plax Fresh Tea

After the success of Colgate Plax, they have come up with a new Fresh Tea Flavour. I have tried and tested it, it really keeps my mouth clean and fresh for hours.

What I like about it - Colgate Plax Fresh Tea Flavour?

• Refreshing Tea Flavour - can really feel the tea leaves kind of flavour explodes in your mouth
• No burning sensation - unlike usual mouthwash, we tend to get the prickling, burning sensation once you gurgle and the mouthwash touches your tongue, this is really different it does not have that scary feeling that you will lose your tastebuds any time.
• Long lasting - it really keeps my mouth fresh and clean for hours at least 6-8 hours.
• No strong minty taste - best for people who doesn't like minty stuff

It is tried and tested!! Highly recommended, I will get a bottle once I use up my sample.

For those who are interested to go for the free dental checkups and collect your free samples (only available on Fridays - Sundays)

Following venues and dates for Roadshow:

Compass Point Atrium, Level 1 (Sengkang)

13 - 19 Aug 2012

11am - 9pm

Nex Mall Atrium, Level 1 (Serangoon)

22 - 26 Aug 2012

11am - 9pm

Causeway Point Atrium, Level 1 (Woodlands)

28 Aug - 2 Sep 2012

11am - 9pm

TAKE NOTE: For Free Dental Checkups and Free Samples 

ONLY AVAILABLE FRIDAY - SUNDAY) and free samples are given upon completion of dental checkup and is while stock last!! There are also some participating dental clinics that offer free dental checkup at their premises. So in the event you cannot make it to the booth, you can check out if any nearby dental clinic you could get your free dental consultation from.

You can click on the links below to find out more:

www.oralhealthmonth.com.sg

www.sda.org.sg

www.hpb.gov.sg

Time to put dental health aside first and fill up my groaning tummy.

Went to Chomp Chomp @ Serangoon Gardens for dinner with Ah Pork. Well, Chomp Chomp is most probably one of the best hawker centre we have here in Singapore, our babysitter for the Genting Trip - Ladyironchef also say so! 

Photo credits to Wanderlust Diary

Great Stomach thinks alike!! I only found out that I ordered my food from the same stalls in Brad's (Ladyironchef) post on Chomp Chomp..Muahahaha (^o^)

Chicken Wings that Sparkles....

Fat Fat Oyster on my Oyster Omelette!!

Hokkien Mee with not the usual texture due to the white thick noodles that are slimmer than normal ones. It is amazing how I could still eat Hokkien Mee after having diarrhea that was triggered by Hokkien Mee. Maybe because I am half a Hokkien that is why I cannot resist it??

Satay without my Ketupat (-_-)

Don't know why people will order satay without the Ketupat (rice wrapped in weaved leaves)? Ask Ah Pork. It is supposed to be the essence of this malay dish. For people who do not know how Ketupat looks like:

Picture credits to Lee Wee & Brothers' Foodstuff 

Got good food to eat, nice and cozy place to sleep. How not be a happy and contented refugee?