Dainty Diva
Sunday, April 5, 2009
QING MING FESTIVAL
I went to the Lim Chu Kang cemetery in the Friday’s mid night with my mum, uncle and aunties. I believe that everyone will have the mentality that it will be freaking eerie but it was seriously not. Upon reaching there, many people (living humans) were doing their offerings and praying. Touch lights were shone everywhere and everyone seemed to be enjoying their “gatherings” with the dead and remembered ones. Nevertheless, I miss my grandparent lots.
A GROUP INTERVIEW
I had a group interview in Price Solution yesterday. It is super tough and stressful. The journey to Paya Lebar, Cisco Centre, by bus / mrt is super long. Finally, I understand the importance of a car / taxi which helps to shorten the whole journey to 20mins by travelling in the PIE expressway. Anyway, I doubt I will be invited back for the 2nd interview as I did not do fairly well in the 1st one yesterday.
THE SHINJUKU INCIDENT
Watch The Shinjuku Incident yesterday night. Not a very Jackie Chan typical type of movie. It’s a good turn for him anyway. There isn’t much Kungfu in this show with fairly realistic portrayal of Yakuzas.
In this film (directed by Derek Yee), Jackie played a "normal" illegal China immigrant in Japan in search of his girlfriend and subsequently encountered troubles and difficulties which lead to him becoming a part of a swindler syndicate in order to pursue a better living and ultimately forming an uneasy alliance with Yakuzas. Gotten used to the new found power, he tried to rearrange his newly taken charged territory in hope for a less conflicting albeit naive manner but things didn't turn out as simple as it seem for him.
Daniel Wu acted as a timid guy in the film. Personally think that his Japanese is better than his weird Chinese accent which still carries a heavy American accent. His appearance was accompanied by short curly hair which contributes to the innocent and fearful look, making you feel sad for him when he gets mistakenly caught by the Yakuzas and got severely brutalized. In the later part of the show, he looked much like a joker who thought that with power and money, he will not be the timid guy as he was before.
There are also many good actors acting in this show such as 錢嘉樂, 范冰冰 and Kato Masaya. Watch it if you want to see a fairly convincing portrayal of the Yakuzas.
