during one of my lunches with my colleagues, we were having this discussion about movies, dramas etc until noel recommended us watching the legend of bruce lee. i thought it was some old film back in the late 60s to early 70s but according to him, the title is a chinese-made drama released last year. to my surprise, they found this guy who look a lot like bruce lee.
never mind the other cast, just watching the “reincarnation” of bruce lee alone makes it worth watching the chinese-produced drama. the story retells bruce lee in his younger days till the end, literally. died at the age of 32, he left a legacy in his name. often i wondered if i have 3 years of life left (i’m 29 this year) and if i were to die at 32 years old, what will i have achieved. probably nothing.
in any case, apart from the cheesy dialogue in chinese mandarin, i’d say it’s a pretty good watch even for non bruce lee fans.
“我们不是東亞病夫 !”
Bruce Lee
today is Chap Goh Meh
shamelessly copied from wiki,
“Chap Goh Meh or Tzap Goh Mei (Chinese: 十五暝; pinyin: shí wǔ wěi; literally “fifteen night”) represents the fifteenth and final day of the Lunar New Year period as celebrated by Chinese migrant communities. The term is from the Hokkien dialect and refers to the fifteenth day of the first month, which is the occasion of the first full moon of the New Year.
The occasion is marked by feasting and various festivities, including the consumption of tangyuan. In traditional Chinese culture, it is also celebrated as the Lantern Festival or the Shang Yuan Festival. In Southeast Asia, however, it coincides with the Chinese Valentine’s Day.[1] It is also when young unmarried women gather to toss tangerines into the sea, in a hope that their future spouse will pick it up – a custom that originated in Penang, Malaysia. In the past, this was also the only day that unmarried ladies could be seen with their partners.”
well well well, i wouldn’t really want to bitch about govt dept or anything of that matter, but seriously, i was doing my conversion of driving license yesterday at ssdc. sure enough, i know it was a saturday and i could have anticipated a lot of people there. but anyway, the moment i reached the traffic police counters for amk branch in ssdc, i was shocked. i swear there was at least a hundred people gathered around there all waiting for their numbers to be called up.
instantly, i went to get a queue number. my number was F114. the current number being served is F052. lol, ok so how long will an estimate of 50 people in front of me going to take?
right, so my number is F114 at 11:48am. the counter closes at 1230pm or so it says on the operating hours. also, it was written on the glass panel that an estimated waiting time is around 3.5 hours. i thought to myself, ok that could be the worst case scenario and it probably might take some time but just not as long. so we waited.
i was hoping that some fellows preferably in the regions of 80′s and 90′s queue numbers could give up andcome again another day. but it seems that every number is being attended to. yep you guessed it right. the freaking notice of the waiting time indeed took us 3.5 hours to get to our turn.
when the whole thing was done, the waiting area was left with only a handful of people. the time? it was 3:16pm. geez.
so anyway, i’m officially able to drive in singapore now. *evil laughter*
anyone bought toto 10M hongbao draw for tonight?
huat ah! may there be 10 millionaires after tonight! XD
i just took my first jap elementary 1 lesson at bunka language school yesterday!
well, i did learn some elementary jap at my local cc, but i guess it’s better to retake from elementary 1 in a new school.
classes are every wednesday 6.30 to 9.30pm. sensee just gave us homework and there will be a small test next week.. sheeesh, stress already. but anyway, nihongo de asobo. hope to be able to learn some decent japanese within this 2 years.
