Push the Button

The world is full of terror, if someone makes an error, he's gonna blow us up to kingdom come.
There are some crazy rulers, they hide and try to fool us, with demonic, technologic willingness to harm
Teapacks - PUSH THE BUTTON

Sardonic lyrics from the song by Teapacks to represent Israel in this year's Eurovision song contest. Apparently, the Israelis find it a candid response to Iran's nuclear ambitions and the Islamic republic's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (Read more about it at BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6405457.stm

I found the song on Youtube. It's a rather silly but fun song!

Prices going up...

Today the price of my favourite prawn noodles went up 20 cents, a 10% increase from $2. I tried to find out if the reason was the GST hike, but the 'uncle' made a hasty retreat after my first question confirming the price hike. To be fair, $2.20 is still relatively cheap for a good bowl of prawn noodles.

I find myself more attuned to the costs of living these days. Maybe it's the education. Or maybe it's just the imminent reality of graduation and debts. I wanted to say "financing my own wants and needs" as well, but I don't think my expectations are likely to explode out of my means immediately, although I do want to see the world so badly.

Protege

The buzz coming from award nominations, star power and the raving comparisons to the massively successful Infernal Affairs didn't convince me that the recent HK movie Protege will not be just another rip-off of the Infernal Affairs. Instead, it has completely shattered my entrenched perception of the dearth of the thought-provoking genre in popular HK movies. The brooding movie takes an honest look at the dangerous and destructive heroin addiction from both the perspectives of the addict and the pusher. Caught between the two is Daniel Wu's role as narcotics agent struggling to understand why they cannot extricate themselves from their involvement with heroin.

ok, I love the movie but it's 4am on the first day of the lunar year and I don't have the mental capacity to discuss the movie nor disclose any spoilers for now.

Happy CNY and Gong Xi Fa Cai.

Crane Terror

The weather has been great lately. The clear sky and cool breeze are such a welcome change from the tormenting haze and torrent rains since late last year. I haven't been to the beach to soak in the sun since the last rave about the sunny weather (my life's getting boring) but I've gone rollerblading at East Coast Park with thengz and rockclimbing (after a 3-year hiatus) with Claudz.

The picture was taken on a rare morning when I woke up early and the cranes at the Clementi bus interchange looked so ominous. Of course, I did some digital work on it for better effect. There's too much re-construction and renovation work going on everywhere I go in Singapore. Progress and change, so exalted by our little nation, shouldn't be this annoying and uninspiring. Oh well...