Kopi Madness

These days we've been having our meetings at the kopitiam because C and T thinks the instant coffee in our office isn't real coffee.

I suppose it's been quite a norm because I can remember everyone's quirky choice of caffeine.

During a typical kopitiam meeting...

C: Kopi O!
T: Kopi Kosong!
W: Teh O Peng!
Me: Kopi Peng!
YY: KOPI PO SIEW DAI PENG!

C,T,W,Me: @_@" YY so troublesome...

I thought my order was the easiest, but kopitiam auntie got everyone's order (including yy's) right except for mine... What I got instead was Teh Peng. Zzz...

Too many too little

Too many hobbies, too little time. Nowadays I'm getting my weeknights and weekends packed full of stuff to do.

Someone once asked,"Where do you find the time to do so many things?"

Well, as Elliot Spencer would say,"You make time. That is why I only sleep 90 minutes a day."

Haha. Joking joking...


(That said, blogging is NOT my hobby. I think it's a chore sometimes yet I feel slightly obligated to blog at least occasionally, for what reason I do not know.)

My Portfolio

I came across this website www.wix.com and I thought it was pretty cool. So I created an account with it (since it's free).

www.wix.com/gerlynncai/GerPhotography

I think it's great for putting up portfolios for commercial or personal reasons. The flash interface is really cool. It displays the photos nicely and also prevents it getting stolen. On the user side, the admin interface is idiot-proof. The downside is that it does not display the photo specs, and probably does not display the photos at maximum resolution either.

Well, not that I'm complaining.

For me, this is a space where I can put up some of my better works. Rid the clutter, focus on the good, draw some inspiration, work towards improvement.

Stool Pigeon

Stool Pigeon
This movie is about how the HongKong Police uses Stool Pigeons (usually commoners/ex-criminals) to act as spies for them in triads/drug rings. This is an extremely dangerous job, where once caught, death is almost a certainty. However, these people, untrained and all, do it because they don't have a choice. The HongKong Police would resort to blackmailing them if they want to back out, and the Police don't always honour their cash agreement, which is essentially making these people risk their lives for nothing. This movie portrays the struggles of stool pigeons, and how a police officer who deals with them copes with his moral conscience.

I didn't like this movie very much to begin with. Why use commoners to do the job? Whatever happened to undercover agents, infiltrators, and high-tech spying gadgets? Not only is the HongKong Police (in this movie) inefficient, they also lack moral conscience and have a brain the size of a pea. Let Jack Bauer show them how to catch these amateur gangsters.

3 stars

Grown Ups

Grown Ups
I'm not a fan of Adam Sandler. Felt that his past few movies comedies are, ironically, not funny. However, Grown Ups kinda gave me a renewed perspective of an Adam Sandler comedy. It is light-hearted and hilarious, and has a pretty good plot backing it. I thought it was funny to see grown ups acting like kids as they reflected on their childhood. The act itself is funny, but it's something we can relate to as well. Loved the drama and the jokes.

4 stars