Bleeding Steel 机器之血

Bleeding Steel 机器之血

Cast:
Jackie Chan, Show Lo, Ouyang Nana, Tess Haubrich

Director:
Leo Zhang

Genre:
Action/ Thriller

Release:
22-12-2017

Running Time:
109 minutes

Language:
English, Mandarin(Sub: English, Chinese)

Special agent Lin Dong (Jackie Chan) suffers a huge personal loss during an assignment to protect a powerful witness. Years later, a mysterious and sinister gang returns to haunt him and Nancy (Ouyang Nana) - a young lady whom Lin attempts to protect at all costs in an adrenalin-pumping and action-packed pursuit.








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It's nice to see Jackie Chan act in a Chinese movie and speak mandarin once in a while!

Nice futuristic show (think robots, steel mechanic heart, space)... as usual thrilling to see him in action.

Good to find the Taiwanese heart-throb (Xiao Zhu) in the movie too! Hope to see the sequel soon!

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Cast:
Daisy Ridley, Domhnall Gleeson, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Benicio Del Toro, Mark Hamill

Director:
Rian Johnson

Genre:
Action/ Adventure

Release:
14-12-2017

Running Time:
150 minutes

Distributor:
WDS

Language:
English(Sub: Chinese)


Synopsis:

In Lucasfilm's Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the Skywalker saga continues as the heroes of The Force Awakens join the galactic legends in an epic adventure that unlocks age-old mysteries of the Force and shocking revelations of the past.




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It's been a while since the last movie we've watched together! As a star wars fan, it's hard for DC not to miss this.

Not quite the ending that I hope for! Luke Skywalker...

I had never been fitter in my life

Yep, since about 2.5 yrs ago, I started with personal training. I invested about S$13,000 and signed up more than 180 sessions. In retrospect, it was a mistake to sign so many sessions at one go. Trainers come and go and each new trainer kept wanting to sell me more sessions. Well, lesson learnt. I would keep it to 36 sessions or less in future.

However, after 2 yrs, I had come to a point where I decided I should train on my own. I did learn some training routines over the past two yrs and one particular trainer had been effective in helping me to lose weight and modify my diet. In the end, cost was the factor. I simply can't sustain the cost of personal training.

I did have the good blessing to meet a training kaki though. He's 55 yrs old but very fit. We hit it off well and he gave me tips on training. I learnt a lot from him. Using his training methods for the past 6 months, I finally made a breakthrough today. I did my first diamond push-ups. I managed 3 sets of 15 for a total of 45! Wow, I was totally amazed. Just two weeks ago, I could barely manage a proper diamond push-up. Definitely more motivated to continue training.

Hard to find that perfect keyboard

Today, the two newest additions arrived. The Logitech G710+ for home and the Kingston HyperX Alloy for office. Bought from Lazada with a $30 discount using Stanchart credit card.

It's truly hard to find the perfect keyboard. I had many before, must had spent closed to $1K over the years ...

Logitech: S$133.8
Kingtson: S$130

Both used the Cherry MX brown keys. The G710+ had most of the keys silenced already. The SPACE key was not silenced though. I was quite impressed with the Logitech G710+ build. Solid feel although the casing is made of plastic. There was a dedicated key to disable the accidental press of the Windows key during gaming. I also liked the dedicated volume control and mute button. The volume control was a roller type, which I really liked.

No RGB lights for this keyboard, which I didn't care. I only wanted the backlight when I used the keyboard at night, which was more than enough. There is also a USB pass-through on the keyboard. It requires an additional USB connector on the PC.

Logitech G710+ and Kingston HyperX Alloy

Logitech G710+ mechanical keyboard

Bento best not tried

Bought a Umi Sushi bento through FAVE for $3.60. Supposedly 50% off. Not nice at all. The chicken was hard and cold.

Measly pieces of veggies .... Fortunately it's only a $3.60 hit to the wallet. Never again.

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman

Cast:
Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Connie Nielsen, Robin Wright, David Thewlis, Danny Huston, Elena Anaya, Ewen Bremner, Saïd Taghmaoui

Director:
Patty Jenkins

Genre:
Acrtion/ Adventure

Release:
31-05-2017

Running Time:
141 minutes

Distributor:
WB

Language:
English(Sub: Chinese)

Synopsis:
Before she was Wonder Woman, she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when an American pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana leaves her home, convinced she can stop the threat. Fighting alongside man in a war to end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers… and her true destiny.


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This was well worthy to go to Gold Class to watch! Our exclamation was for the Gal - She was beautiful!

Now I know who Wonder Woman is and what she fights for! :)

Pirates Of The Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge

Pirates Of The Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge

Cast:
Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Brenton Thwaites, Kevin R. McNally, Kaya Scodelario, Golshifteh Farahani, Stephen Graham, David Wenham, Geoffrey Rush

Director:
Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg

Genre:
Action/ Adventure

Release:
25-05-2017

Running Time:
129 minutes

Distributor:
WDS

Language:
English(Sub: Chinese)

Synopsis:
Johnny Depp returns to the big screen as the iconic, swashbuckling anti-hero Jack Sparrow in the all-new “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales,” a rip-roaring adventure that finds down-on-his-luck Captain Jack feeling the winds of ill-fortune blowing strongly his way when deadly ghost sailors, led by the terrifying Captain Salazar, escape from the Devil's Triangle bent on killing every pirate at sea—notably Jack.

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Has it been so long already?

Not too bad, I love that there's a love story amidst and that the story ends well. :)


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I actually like cooking

My aim to home-cooked meals is to cook healthy, nutritious meals for my kiddos.

Fried rice with sweet corn, minced meat. This had the requisite protein, carbohydrates and sweet corn for that touch of veggies. Minimal oil added, with a dash of soy sauce and salt.

Miso toufu soup with gyoza. Toufu for the protein and gyoza for that bit of meat bite.

For me ... I had striploin steak with corn and carrots. Good source of protein. A sprinkling of balsamic vinegar for taste to the carrots and corn. The steak was nicely done, just nice, medium well. I think I am getting the hang of it.

Kong - Skull Island

So so movie. Just plain old fighting, Kong against monsters. Special effects good. I wouldn't watch it a second time though. Samuel Lee Jackson is getting very an eyesore ... he seems to always act as the gungho, grudge against everyone kind of guy, Glad I didn't watch Gold Class on this.

Logan

Logan

Cast:
Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Richard E. Grant, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant, Dafne Keen

Director:
James Mangold

Genre:
Action/ Adventure

Release:
02-03-2017

Running Time:
137 minutes

Distributor:
Fox

Language:
English(Sub: Chinese)

Synopsis
Set in the future, Logan and Professor Charles Xavier must cope with the loss of the X-Men when a corporation led by Nathaniel Essex is destroying the world leaving it to destruction, with Logan's healing abilities slowly fading away and Xavier's Alzheimer's forcing him to forget.





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We were waiting for this to be screened, DC and I... we had to watch this at the Gold Class!

Logan and Professor X were probably the only X-men to have their lives screened, from the origin till the end.

Sad that this was Hugh Jackman's last appearance as Wolverine! In this movie, Wolverine was totally worn-out! Sad ending for him, such run-down life he lived...

Quite a different superhero movie from the previous X-men movies... Nice pictures, good acting, good emotions, nice show and, Farewell Logan!


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