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• Rabbit Hole
  on May 7, 2013 in Musicals / Plays
  I watched the local production of "Rabbit Hole" last night, starring Adrian Pang, produced by his production company Pangdemonium!. Adrian Pang is one of the few really talented artistes here. It is our country's good fortune that he decided to come...
• 501 Amazing Facts About Malaysia
  on Apr 22, 2013 in Books
  I bought this book through a recommendation by fellow blogger Julie. I enquired to the author Venkat Hari through his blog, and got this book specially flown in from Malaysia!The book really lists down 501 trivia stuff about Malaysia. It is divided i...
• Midnight's Children
  on Mar 31, 2013 in Movies
  I do not normally watch Indian shows, even those in English, but those I have watched are pretty good, like Slumdog Millionaire, and Life of Pi. So when I saw that Midnight's Children is showing, and knowing this is a story by the controversial Salma...
• Golden Globes 2013
  on Jan 13, 2013 in Movies
  Now that the Golden Globes is over, I am not that happy with the results. How did Argo win Best Picture (Drama), because there are definitely much better shows! I was very happy that Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway and Les Miserables won for Be...
• Les Miserables ...
  on Jan 3, 2013 in Movies
  I just came back from watching Les Miserables for the second time. And my verdict? It is an excellent show, by far the best movie of the year! I may be biased because I love the musical, but I find this movie version just as good, or even better, tha...
• Amour ...
  on Dec 30, 2012 in Movies
  Today I watched two movies, "Won't Back Down" and "Amour". Amour is a French show, literally translated to "Love". It is a story of an elderly couple who have been married fifty years. They only have each other to fall back on since their only daught...
• Skyfall!
  on Nov 1, 2012 in Movies
  I went to watch the new James Bond today. I have been quite a James Bond fan ever since my mum introduced me to the first show I watched - Goldfinger, when it was having a rerun. That was when I was very young and I did not understood what I was watc...
• The Words
  on Oct 15, 2012 in Movies
  I went to watch "The Words" last week, and it is one of the best shows I have seen in recent years. This show reminds me of "Atonement", as the theme is similar. Both shows focus on a writer, who use words to tell the truth, and atone for what they h...
• Borders To Close?
  on Feb 25, 2011 in Miscellaneous
  There is an article today about Borders, the giant bookstore chain, going bankrupt. I am not sure if they will pull out the store here, because if they do, it is a disaster indeed as I will no longer find any good books around anymore.Borders is t...
• A Read-A-Thon
  on Feb 19, 2011 in Miscellaneous
  All of a sudden, I am having a reading marathon. I used to have these "read-a-thons" back in my school days when there was nothing much to do, since my parents did not allow me to go out nor watch any television, so when I was bored, I started rea...

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