After meeting Shyam for dinner at Gutton's Sq (know the former open air hawker centre at Orchard Carpark located at Koek Rd?) on sun nite, we talked about the service industry in S'pore, whether service should be improved. Dinner was rather sinful: oyster omelette and fried carrot cake. Gosh, i wonder how much oil i had consumed in this case. And somehow, i just feel that the so called makan guru K.F Seetoh has not really lived up to his name of makan guru. It just taste normal and oily, and the price is unsurprisingly, out to cheat the diner's $$$. Mabey not going to patronise Gutton's Sq anymore. Anyway, Shyam said that Gutton Sq was mrant to attract the tourist.
Headed straight to HMV, and later, his request to Paragon's Gramophone. To our disappointment, the shop had closed the moment we reached there. So just went to the Market Place and get myself a bottle of chilled Volvic, and forgotton that an additional 15cents surcharge is added for chilled drinks.
Just today, i had spend most of my pocket $$$ on music cd's. Purchased Maksim's latest album, Variations Pt 1 and 2 (which i am listening to right now.) And somehow, i just feel that i should have bought the album later. Well, i was supposed to purchase Duran Duran's latest album, Astronaut's Special edition, which comes with an additional DVD and a booklet, compared to only the music cd alone. But after looking at the price (cost $18.90, which is definitely much much cheaper than hmv or graophone or others, compared to the solo album without the dvd at $15.50) and the budget, i decided to get it next week. While the fact is, i am dying of thirst for new cd's to listen to. Yes, i am getting tired of the albums i had with me rite now, even Georgie or Sting could not save me rite now. At the same time, i am wondering should i buy Ray Charle's Genius Loves Company. But after much struggle, i decided to go for Maksim, despite the fact that Ray Charle's is also selling at $16.50. More rather, i would reserve that for my X'mas.
Talking abt Maksim's Variations Pt 1 and 2, for those who expected a new twist after his 1st successful album The Piano Player, you might be disappointed with Variations. Know why is it called Pt 1 and 2? Simple, if you listen to it carefully. Pt 1 are fast tracks which brings his usual self and the style he had from his previous album, The Piano Player, and he caught the world's attention, thanks to his Piano Player. However, on part 2, it's all classical. It's more of a style of Beethoven or Tchaikovsky, rather than the new age or modern piano pieces. Forget to state here: know where i get the albums at such a low price? Visma trading at Chinatown, just below Yangtze cineplex. And when i told Jeremy last year there's where i bought my cd's, he gave me a puzzling look. When was the last time a teenager made a trip down to Chinatown? Surprisingly, when i was buying Maksim, a 14yr old boy's mother bought her son a copy of Eminem's Just Lose It there.
As usual, received today's 8Days, which features Renee Zelleweger on the cover (Yeah!), and comes with a free copy of 2005 calender, featuring Mediacorp celebrity had a cut and paste on Hollywood and Asiam blockbusters. Pretty upset with it, cos this shows how useless Mediacorp could be, in terms of putting up some decent pose for the calender. Rather than showing their creativity on how can Mediacorp surprises the readers with brand new post of, let's say, their drama series, blockbusters were chosen. And over here, i am going to identify some whose pose had really insulted my fav.celebrities:
Jan: Fann Wong pretending to be Jim Carrey in Bruce Almighty. A so-so looking actress replaced a veteran comedian.
Feb: Tay Ping Hui fails to show his charm by pretending to be Jack Black in School of Rock.
Mar: Insult No1. Phyllis Quek insulted Uma Thurman's The Bride and Michelle Chong maked Daryl Hannah a bitch in QT's Kill Bill. Hey, Uma is one of my actress, okay? And while Uma could come out with additional Paycheck and upcoming Be Cool with John Travolta, where the heck has Phyllis gone to? Any new shows from her? Michelle, on the other hand, simply looks plian ugly by being the imposter of Elle Driver.
Apr:Dennis Keller trying to look sexy by being Angelina Jolie in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.
May: Insult No 2: Sharon Au PRETENDING to be Maggie Cheung in Wong Kar Wai's 2046. Sorry, Sharon's look can never replace Maggie. A badly criticised comedian whose acting is always the same can never replace the top Cannes actress.
Jun: Julian Hee and Belinda Lee trying to do the kiss b/w Tobey Maguire and Kristen Dunst in Spiderman. omg!
Jul: Utt and Gurmit Singh turned Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can upside down, by impersonalting Leonardo and Hanks.
Aug: Jamie Yeo spoiliing the image of newcomer Diane Kruger by being Helen of Troy.
Sep: Another failure. Christopher Lee impersonating Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Carribean. Sorry, but Johnny had the look. No matter how hard Chris is trying to be, he can never replace Johnny.
Oct: Who the heck is Otelli Edwards pretending to be Jennifer Garner who was blowing the bubble gum in 13 Going 30?
Nov: Pure insult: Lum May Yee plays the role of Lee Mik Su the Bitch (well, Lee is a bitch or rather, a whore anyway. She acted in plenty of B-graded Korean porn in the 80's which had several re-runs at Yangtze, in fact, one of her old film had a re-run rite now.) , wth is Timothy Nga who thinks he can replace Bae Yong Jun who plays the asshole, and with Yvonne Lim playing the pathetic victim being screwed up by Bae in Korean Sex Scandal Vol 1.
Dec: Fiona Xie and Moses Lim took the kiddie's role of Princess Fiona and Shrek in, umm...you know what is the show. Somehow, it looks really disgusting.
Does Mediacorp has anymore such creativity? Are we going to see Allan Wu, Li Nanxing and Edmund Chen playing Sean Penn, Tim Robbins and Kevin Bacon in Mystic River? Or how about getting some adults posing as Harry, Ron and Hermoine in Harry Potter?