movie review: get smart

synopsis:

In this all-new action comedy, Maxwell Smart (Steve Carell) is on a mission to thwart the latest plot for world domination by the evil crime syndicate known as KAOS. When the headquarters of America's spy agency, CONTROL, is attacked and the identities of its agents compromised, the Chief (Alan Arkin) has no choice but to promote his eager analyst Smart, who has always dreamt of working alongside superstar Agent 23 (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson). Smart is partnered instead with the only other agent whose identity has not been compromised: the lovely-but-lethal veteran Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway). As Smart and 99 get closer to unravelling KAOS' master plan, they discover a nefarious scheme to cash in with their network of terror. With little field experience and even less time, can they save the day?

my say:
once again, i can confidently say that steve carwell did not disappoint the audience in this movie. his humour and antics are really very spontaneous and you can really laugh from the bottom of your heart. unlike Rowan Atkinson in Johnny English, Max's really a very smart agent. although he did made some blunders here and there, his analytical skills were superb though. a very good watch i would say

another tiring wedding day, not mine of course...

i've had another tiring day of friend's wedding after khaifong's.
morning: brother for wee meng. fortunately, it's not as early as khaifong's 5am.
chauffer for the brothers to shuen yann's house and
then to their solemnisation at the church.
i can say the service's really very very loong...

and then at around 1 plus, i rushed off to chin siew's church wedding.
it's surprisingly much shorter than wee meng's.
when back home after that for a short rest.

then at 6.30pm, set off from home to wee meng and shuen yann's wedding dinner.
as usual, ended at around 10 plus.

one FULL day of wedding meals.... burrrp....

khaifong & yingxue's wedding

here's a summary of what we did during khaifong and yingxue's wedding..

we arrived at khaifong's place at 4.30am, waiting for the auspicious hour.
at around 5.15am, we left the house and set off to park royal hotel.
the handsome bridegroom upon arrival


alright brothers, let's get ready to fetch the bride!


and the torture begins...


doing yoga...

morning exercises' good for health...

drinking soy bean milk out of a baby's milk bottle...

luckily's not that taxing.

yep, that's my wife's lipstick mark...

alright, shall have you blinded folded and guess which one's ur bride...

hey hey, don't anyhow touch!

yep, you got it!

yingxue's parents

as the auspicious hour's slightly delayed, we've to drive at top

speed to rush back to khaifong's house for the traditional procession

the lovely couple...

khaifong's parents, brother and sister-in-law

brothers and sisters unite

forced to kiss? nah....

we went to NTU for outdoor photo shooting...

gosh, i actually blocked eugene's face! *evil grin*

full of envy...

let's pose and....

the crazy bunch actually pushed us to the ground!

oh yah, i was the one who caught the bouquet...

solemnisation at park royal...

presenting the emcees for the day..... steven and huifang!

hope we didn't do a bad job...

end of lunch....

malaysian mandarin

wah lau, this is so discriminating, but quite true lah... keke...

中国人 ：今晚你有空吗？我没空！
马来西亚华人：今晚你得不得空？我不得空！

中国人 ：饼干受潮了…。
马来西亚华人：饼干'漏风'了…。

中国人 ：从上海去苏州要多少个小时？
马来西亚华人：从上海去苏州要几粒钟？

中国人 ：难道他不可以来吗？
马来西亚华人：你不给他不来啊？

中国人 ：周杰伦不喜欢穿内裤。
马来西亚华人：周杰伦不喜欢穿底裤。

中国人 ：我一向都是这样的
马来西亚华人：我一路来都是这样的啦

中国人 ：我的手机掉进沟渠了。
马来西亚华人：我的手机掉进龙沟了。

中国人 ：这样你不是很不值得吗？
马来西亚华人：这样你'马'很不 '歹'？

中国人 ：你真是聪明！
马来西亚华人：你真是pan nai！(源自马来语pandai，聪明的意思)

中国人 ：你安静！
马来西亚华人：你diam diam！(源自马来语diam，安静的意思)

中国人 ：我要去银行取款。
马来西亚华人：我要去银行'按钱'。

中国人 ：为什么？
马来西亚华人：做么？

中国人 ：你很强~
马来西亚华人：你很够力~

中国人 ：明天也叫他一起去吧！
马来西亚华人：明天叫'埋'他一起去！

中国人 ：我很郁闷~~~
马来西亚华人：我很'显'（sien）啊~~~~（'显'比郁闷的境界更高）

中国人 ：你再说我就打你！
马来西亚华人：你再说我就hood你！（有点粗俗的）

中国人 ：你在说什么？
马来西亚华人：你在说sommok？

中国人 ：你不要令我丢脸~
马来西亚华人：你不要'下水'我~

中国人 ：真被你气到…。
马来西亚华人：被你炸到…。

中国人 ：你别乱来~
马来西亚华人：你表乱乱来~

中国人 ：你很无聊
马来西亚华人：你很废

中国人 ：XX你
马来西亚华人：Kanasai（意思是像大便一样，骂人的话）

中国人 ：我们一起吃这碗面~
马来西亚华人：我们'公司'吃这碗面~（源自马来语的kongsi，就是一起分享的意思）

中国人 ：我们结婚吧！
马来西亚华人：我们结'分'吧！（'婚'字受粤语影响，所以音不标准）

中国人 ：今天的天气很热~
马来西亚华人：今天的天气'乐'到。。。。。。.......（'到'字要拉长，然后没有下文了）

中国人 ：哇!
马来西亚华人：哇捞wei!!!!

中国人 ：我受不了他！
马来西亚华人：我behtahan他！

when you're real bored in class...

dragonboat training

when dawn tay from east west community called me a month ago about the
community challenge, i was very excited about it.
we decided to take part in the dragon boat challenge as it's the most
value for money, as it cost $500 per team of 12, much
better than sending teams of badminton or table tennis where only
a smaller number of people can participate.

today's our first training, nice weather, nice sun.
roystern's our instructor.
everything went well and smooth. for first timers
like us, i supposed we've done pretty well.
roystern was very patient and encouraging. and the
thing is, he coached us for free! all for the word: PASSION
oh well, kinda paiseh actually, gotta repay him with something.
let me think about it...

one more month to the competition, really hope we can perform well on that day.
here's the team make up:
1) xiaohui (team captain)
2) fiona
3) michelle
4) naomi
5) jace
6) ivonne
7) juven
8) brandon
9) christopher
10) sebastian (he fell sick and couldn't make it for our first practice)
11) yours truly

better performance next sat guys!

disappointing nikon

haven't taken the mrt for a really very long long time.

wee siang and myself took the train from orchard mrt station
to cityhall station to avoid overcrowded carparks.

we went up to the level 4, looking for the nikon booth.
surprisingly, canon, samsung, pentax and all the other megabrands
were there except for nikon.

we thought: probably, it's on the 6th floor.
then we made our way to the exhibition centre at level 6.
we looked high and low, but no nikon balloons were to be found.
and just that when we were about to leave, weesiang said: hey, steven, here here...
and to my astonishment, it's nikon booth: just 3 glass cabinet small!
i supposed it's at the most 2 x 3m.

when we asked the nikon salesperson why is the booth so small,
he said: oh, because carrefour's our distributor this time round,
so we only have a small booth to showcase our products.

my goodness, such a prestigious brand's marketed in such a disappointing way.
no sales of lens, no sales of external flashes...

*faint*
what a wasted trip!

singapore south ridges

explored the south ridges finally today, and many thanks to
sherry for being my model for the day...



venus fly trap




presenting my model.... (drum roll....)
SHERRY WONG!


let's do it the bollywood way,
shakalaka babie....




henderson wave




alexandra arch


cheeky sherry...


cute little fellow...

movie review: kung fu panda

sypnosis:
Enthusiastic, big and a little clumsy, Po is the biggest fan of Kung Fu around...which doesn't exactly come in handy while working every day in his family's noodle shop. Unexpectedly chosen to fulfill an ancient prophecy, Po's dreams become reality when he joins the world of Kung Fu and studies alongside his idols, the legendary Furious Five -- Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey -- under the leadership of their guru, Master Shifu. But before they know it, the vengeful and treacherous snow leopard Tai Lung is headed their way, and it's up to Po to defend everyone from the oncoming threat. Can he turn his dreams of becoming a Kung Fu master into reality? Po puts his heart - and his girth - into the task, and the unlikely hero ultimately finds that his greatest weaknesses turn out to be his greatest strengths.

my say:
laugh laugh laugh throughout the show. if you really have a bad day,
go ahead and watch this film.

brotherhood telepathy?

was browsing through my brother's mt kk photos and realised the following:

location: same

position: same

attire: same

pose: same

the issue is, we climbed mount kk on 2 seperate occassions;

2 weeks apart!!!

kinda eerie huh....