Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Valentine's Day


I was going to write a long review about this movie, but due to the lack of time, here it is, a 2 min one.

Movie is not the next Love Actually. Besides the strong (and beautiful cast), the story is disjointed and does not leave you with a warm and fuzzy feeling at the end, like other rom-coms do.

It does explore the different aspects of love though, man love, woman-child love, old people love... but so much of it was in passing, that one does not even feel a connection.

Wait for the DVD.

3/10

Friday, February 05, 2010

New York, I Love You


This movie must be appreciated with the following understanding:

1. Its tagline, "Every Moment, A Story Begins"
2. That it was shot over 36 days
3. That it was a project of many directors; each who had 24 hours to film his scenes, and; one who passed away during filming
4. It won many awards at Cannes
5. It was the directorial debut of Scarlett Johannson and Natalie Portman

If you didn't understand these things before you saw the movie, your thoughts after the movie would probably be:

1. WTF was this movie about. Stories that don't seemingly join and with no conclusion. Very RANDOM
2. Lots of stars, but WTF?

I had those thoughts but what I can say is that this movie is about the energy and the mishmash of cultures of New York, and the randomness of life. It showed love in its different forms. And it doesn't conclude its stories because, who knows what will happen - thats just the way life is.

Quite a good movie, but its more for the people with imagination and with a appreciation of arty films.

7 / 10

Beds.SG

Redecorating your room can be a challenge. You contend with aesthetic issues such as theme, design, colour coordination as well as practical issues such as budget, quality of products and function.

Some of you may know that the family recently "re-built" the house. Trust me when I say that I spent every weekend visiting furniture showrooms, toilet fixtures shops, tile shops, lighting shops et al.

By the time we decided on all the fittings for the common areas, I was burnt out. There was the still issue of redecorating my room left unsettled and I started looking for an online solution.

I was recommended http://www.beds.sg for my bedframe and cupboards for the room. You cannot imagine how happy I was to find that there was such a site with detailed pictures for the Singapore market. Basically, I decided on the model I wanted, placed an order via the website, and they DELIVERED and INSTALLED for FREE!

Buying a bedframe on this website is:

1. Simple - just click click
2. Cheaper - they are much cheaper than any walk-in showroom since I think they don't have overheads for showrooms (they are about 50% or more lower in price than their competitors, even on sale)
3. Quality - amazingly, what you see is what you get. This is in contrast to some unscrupulous online shops who put nice photos and deliver you rubbish.
4. Service - Delivery was on time and simple. And customer service was prompt and polite.

I tell you, i'd recommend beds.sg to anyone. In fact, I'm going to order another bed frame for my brother from the website!

Go take a look today!