Movie: The story of a professional craftsman 'Jiro Dreams of Sushi'

This isn't the normal type of movie that has a story. It's more of a documentary. The movie revolve around a 85 years old sushi craftsman, 'Jiro, Ono'. He's also the owner of the Sushi restaurant 'Sukiyabashi Jiro'. Through the movie, you can basically have a better idea of the life 'Jiro, Ono' is leading, the lifestyle of a Japanese craftsman, the making of a good Sushi... etc.

Poster of the Movie 'Jiro Dreams of Sushi'

Note:

• As the movie shows a large collection of indulging Sushi images, therefore I wouldn't recommend you to watch the movie with an empty stomach.(In fact, I was drooling towards the end of the movie... And after spending an hour plus watching the movie, I suddenly have the urge of eating Sushi... =="")

* Click here to find out more about the movie 'Jiro Dreams of Sushi'.
^ Click here to find out more about the restaurant 'Sukiyabashi Jiro'.

Not a Sandy Bay...

I managed to do some catching up with a friend from overseas and since I had free up my the whole afternoon, I decided to accompany her to the 'not so sandy bay' in Singapore.

Probably, just by taking a look at the photo shown in the above,
you should have a pretty good idea where I have been to.
The name of this place would be 'Marina Bay Sands'.

As for the main reason we went there would be...

The exhibitions that are on display inside the "ArtScience Museum". There are currently 2 exhibitions on display right now. And that would be 'Harry Potter' and 'Andy Warhol: 15 Minutes Eternal'. I'm not going to write about the exhibition on 'Harry Potter', since it's already a world known character. As for 'Andy Warhol' you probably wouldn't really know him, but you would probably have seen numerous pop art pieces on topics like famous actress, model and singer 'Marilyn Monroe' and Chinese Communist leader 'Mao Zedong' that was done up by him. (Go ahead, do some Googling and you will get what I mean. ;P)

Since the museum is located pretty near the 'Helix museum', we tried taking a stroll across the bridge too. Too bad, half of the bridge was seal off due to the rehearsal for the upcoming NDP 2012 (National Day Parade). Otherwise, you can grab a pretty good look of the 'Marina Bay Sands' and the Singapore River. But looking on the bright side, since there's NDP rehearsal for the next few weeks, that means you can take a good look at the fireworks for NDP for the next few weeks, which is going to be pretty nice. :D

Before moving indoors, let me show you the biggest wishing well in Singapore...?

Singapore's Biggest Wishing Well
I guess this was suppose to be some architectural design element,
but it just so so happen that the look and feel of it, is pretty
much similar to a wishing well. As we were chatting, it seems
that someone had really treat this as a wishing well, and he/she
had threw some coins into the hole in the middle... =="""

So how does things look like below the well?
It seems that there's a pond below the wishing well, but...
wait isn't that a boat????

It seems as if they have recreated a mini version of the waterways of Venice, Italy within the premises itself. Interesting. :)

Some other photos of 'Marina Bay Sands'.

From a consumer's point of view, I personally fell that this shopping mall is pretty nice. Regardless of the shops that you can find/get over there, the corridors of this shopping mall are pretty board, and you don't need to worry about bumping into an unknown person. (I hope that more friends from overseas can pay me a visit in Singapore, so that I can make more trips to 'Marina Bay Sands' to learn more about the place.)

Note:

• It seems that you can experience a complete different 'Marina Bay Sands' at night. Especially, when there is a daily ongoing light and water show, 'Wonder Full' and you can catch a good view of Singapore from the 'SkyPark Observation Deck' and at the same time not forgetting night scenery of the the 'Helix Bridge'.

* Click here to find out more about 'Marina Bay Sands'.
^ Click here to find out more about light and water show, 'Wonder Full'.
~ Click here to find out more about 'SkyPark Observation Deck'.

Movie: Not another Trilogy

Similar to the title of this post, probably when the first movie was a success, they started to move on with the second followed by the third. I think they should really put a stop to all these trilogy idea. Probably only 2 or 3 out of 10 trilogy really turns out to be pretty good. As for this recent movie, 'MIB 3', I personally felt that it isn't as good as the 1st 2 movies. Although there are parts of the movie that turns out to be pretty hilarious but I miss the serious looking guy cracking a joke or 2 kind of scenes. I kinda miss comedy movies like 'Man of the House (Tommy Lee Jones)', 'Meet the Parents (Robert De Niro)', etc... I hope that we will get more Comedy movies like those listed in the above even much more. :D

Image taken from Cathay Cineplexes Website.

Up Next: I hope its not Spidey...

* Click here for the website of 'MIB3'.

Movie: Dodge Ball - a TRUE underdog story

When you are getting exhausted, one of the best way to keep yourself going would probably be the method of watching a hilarious movie that can really brighten up your day. One of my recommendation would be 'Dodge Ball - a TRUE underdog story'. But why do I say so? Basically, Ben Stiller's role was suppose to go all out to take over everything that Peter LaFleur (Vince Vaughn) has. But the stunts that he have made along the way was pretty stupid and lame. (As for myself, I think that Ben Stiller's disguise was so good that I couldn't recognise him.:P) Oh by the way, if you have sit through the credits, you will be getting a hidden footage that is pretty much similar to a remake MTV video. (If all the MTV are produce this way, probably...) By the way, 'Ben Stiller' and 'Vince Vaughn' will be starring in an upcoming movie 'The Watch' and I hope that it will be as hilarious as 'Dodge Ball'.

Image taken from IMDb Website.

* Click here to find more about the movie 'Dodge Ball - a TRUE underdog story'.
^ Click here to find more about the upcoming movie 'The Watch'.

Movie: The Avengers

Yeah after watching all the movies on marvel heroes, Iron Man, The incredible Hulk, Thor and Captain America, finally there's 'The Avengers'. Basically, I love the movie or how should I put it, if you have not watch all the movies on the Avengers yet, you probably want to watch them first before jumping into 'The Avengers'. All those movies are inter-connected to the 'The Avengers', especially if when you have stayed for the extra footage after the long and boring credits. Although this movie revolves around all these Comic based characters and it's suppose to be those serious movie watching super heroes trying to save the world, there are numerous hilarious scene that caught the whole theatre roaring with laughter. :D (By the way, based on relevant resources, there will be an upcoming Thor 2 movie, an Iron Man 3 movie, Captain America 2 movie and another X-Men: First Class 2 movie coming up in 2013 or 2014. Nice~~~ :) )

Image taken from Wikipedia Website.

* Click here to find more about the movie 'The Avengers'.

Movie: Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol

I finally have the time to watch the latest MI sequel. Being a MI movie, I think that the gadget are far more interesting than the plot of the movie. But I got to admit that the visual effects of this movie is pretty amazing and breath taking. Especially when you are watching the scene where Tom Cruise was climbing on Burj Khalifa tower, which is the tallest building in the world, you got to admit that it was pretty dangerous and you need a lot of courage to that. (I knew that this is like a impossible task for me, especially I have a fear of heights.)

Image taken from Yahoo Movies Website.

Movie: A group of Super Heroes come together to form ...?

* Click here to find more about the movie 'Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol'.

Connections between 2 world

I have't being to the extreme west for a very long time and there's a place that I have been looking forward to for a very long time. Therefore, I guess that it's time for me to make a visit to that place...

Here comes....

An art piece with a big spiral. :P

The image in the above was the interior of ...

		The tallest Chinese pagoda in Singapore.

Here are views from the top of the Pagoda

and next to the pagoda we have...

Statues of prestigious figures of Chinese history... Can you identify some of them?

As you walk along the path moving towards the lake, you will come across a smaller pagoda near to the lake.

Continue walking along the path and cross the bridge will leads you to the...

Main entrance to this Chinese 'Park'...

continue walking...

cross the bridge and continue walking...

and more walking...

and you will come across a 'koi' pond. Chilli off a bit by taking a look at the fishes swimming...

Getting through this building will lead you to the...

The turtle museum, which is the Guinness World for
having the largest collection of turtles.

Take a short stroll back to the pagoda and you will come across a pond with...

traditional chinese looking buildings surrounding the pond...

and a big statue of Confucius.

As you walk past the pagoda, you will come across a park with...

Stone status of the 12 chinese zodiacs. So which zodiac are you belong to?

Besides for the stone statue, there's also stone
chairs with the zodiacs sitting beside it.
(Like the one that I had shown here.)

Cross another bridge and that will lead you to a completely different world.
No more chinese looking buildings and structures but now that you will be getting is...

Japanese looking structures.
What I have shown here would be the best representative of a Japanese structure.
A 'Torii Gate'.

Next to the 'Torii Gate' would be a Japanese looking Building...

Japanese Garden.
(Although I think they were trying to build a ZEN harden
but it doesn't really look like it, but it still look Japanese,
especially with the stone lanterns, etc...

Spend some time, walk around the park and you might find something that interest you.
For example:

Japanese looking bridges...

Bushes that looks like Mosses...

Interesting looking Pond... etc.

By the way, you have reached the end of this post and the actual name of the places that I had shown here would be the 'Chinese' garden and the 'Japanese' garden located next to the Singapore MRT station of 'Chinese Garden'. Mark my words, it's always a healthy thing to do strolling through a unexplored park and taking a break from the fast-paced city life.

As for myself, I love the countryside and I don't mind staying in the countryside.
Ever since I was young, my ideal home would be a house situated in the middle of
a bamboo forest. It would also be the ideal place for taking a rest from the fast-paced
busy city life of Singapore.

* Click here to find out more about the 'Turtle Museum'.
^ Click here to find your Chinese zodiac sign.