Aftershock vs Legend of Chen Zhen

Yesterday watch 2 chinese movie. One from Hong Kong. Another from China.

The 2 movie is good example of what a good story can do to a movie.

The first movie Legend Of Chen Zhen(精武風雲．陳真) is made by Hong Kong. With Donnie Yan (Ip Man), Hsu Qi, Wong Chau Sheng etc as its cast. And background story of Donnie Yan as the legendary Chen Zhen. If you are not sure who is Chen Zhen then please watch back Bruce Lee movie Jing Mou Mun. With Donnie Yan doing what he do the best, beating up the bad guy. With Hsu Qi as the sexy singer/hostess, and with Chau Sheng as a underworld tycoon, yet the whole movie is a failure. Story that fail to create drama, building up suspense or have any twist. It is not suprise at all. And the hero that suppose to save the world, well it just feel like Ip Man now trying to be Spiderman. Especially when this guy always stand at the roof looking at the Shanghai city.



Now the second movie is a much more different movie. The movie name is Aftershock(唐山大地震) The cast of the movie is not someone famous. At least I only recognize two name in the movie. The director Fong Xiao Kang and the actress that act as the grown-up daughter. The story is a tragedy and touching one. It is not that complicate without any love story, complicate motive, conspiracy. Yet the core of the movie is the great acting by the cast and thus most people who watch this movie will be crying. Yes I did cry.



Anyway, a few weeks back, when I watch Ip Man 2, I mention that, the reason that Ip Man 2 great is not Donnie Yan fighting skill. It is the story and director ability in presenting this story in such a way that the drama, the suspense, the mood is slowly build up. And so the first movie Legend of Chen Zhen that I watch show how true this is, coz it still is Donnie Yan fighting. But it is not even 10% as good as Ip Man 2. The 2nd movie, with a good director, succeed in making a good movie.

P/s: Aftershock(唐山大地震).. Highly recommended but prepare some tissue. I purposely don't mention anything about the story so that you all can watch it yourself.

Countdown....6 more days.....

So abt my cat lover photo and video? no one like it? coz dun see any comment. :P

Anyway, about my left ear hearing problem, right now all seems ok. I can hear normally.
But like the specialist say, this is just temporary solution. I know he is telling me the truth, coz it is my ear anyway. I know if now I use cotton to try clean the ear, it may cause the middle ear wall to swollen again and causing the airway to close. Thus making me lost hearing ability for left ear. Well not fully lost, I just can't hear outside sound, but I can hear my own hearbeat. Something like when we cover our own ear and concentrate, we can hear the internal heartbeat sound.

Specialist suggestion is to perform a surgery on my left ear. Make a cut behind the left ear, remove the bone that is hardened and then see new bone growth. If everything is ok then good. Else they may need to do something else.

Typical answer from a specialist, "I will do my best to cure you but I won't guarantee you are cured. And you need to pay even if not cured."

However I wish to be really cured and healthy again.... So I choose to undergo this operation. Scheduled to do it on 30th September 2010. Probably lose hearing again for a few days after the operation. And maybe some headache or body balance problem....

If you interested to know more, can read the medical term at this website.

For all my kitty cat lover friends

I never know that I am so in love of these cute darling. But when I see cute video or photo of them, I just feel I need to share them out. (><)

Kitty that hide inside the crouch.

Whack A Kitty.

Kitty looking for food.

Kitty Begging for Food.

Sleepy Kitty.

Mean Kitty.

Tom And Jerry?

Suprised Kitty

Playful Kitty

Cute cat photo

Finally, warning to all my Kitty Cat Lover friends

Life is always full of bump and turn

Life is always full of bump and turn. It is hard to have a straight smooth road in front of you. That is what I can say about what happen recently.

When I see the racist issue that starts again in Malaysia, I just feel bad. I really feel want to comment or just write down my taught about it but too bad, I am in Malaysia. Not a place that really support “Free thinking, Free speech ” country.

So let’s talk about other bump that happening to me. Since August 27, my left ear have some hearing problem. Or I should say since years ago. Anyway the story is quite dramatic and long. But the summary is now my left ear is half deaf. I can’t hear sound from outside. But if I concentrate, I will be able to hear my own heart beat using my left ear. The specialist say there is acne at the middle part of my ear airway, causing the wall to swollen so much that it blocked the airway. Thus I can’t hear voice from outside.
Tomorrow I will visit this specialist again. Let see is there any solution to my problem or that I will be like this for the rest of my life.

Another bump. My trip to HK is gone. I am not sure is there recent change to policy or it is due to travel season in HK, but the price for accommodation and airplane ticket to HK has gone so high that it is almost same as going to Taiwan. So now, bye bye HK. Maybe next time.

And Taiwan welcome me, pls. I am coming on 14 Nov and will be there till 21 Nov. Expected to spend this year birthday at Taiwan. So excited when I think about it.

Now why would I say this as bump coz when you can travel it is a great things.
Well this I have to relate back to my last trip. Last year I plan for Taiwan trip and I ended up going to Korea. This year I plan for HK trip and I ended up going Taiwan. So if next I plan to go Australia, will I ended up travel to Hokkaido? Just another turn that always remind me, we don't get what we want but still it may not be a bad thing at all. :P