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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Happy 11th Wedding Anniversary Man!

Lately, my colleague has been asking us (who were all married) and updating us on the preparations for her upcoming wedding such as Guo Da Li, ROM venue, wedding dinner, and also home searching.

Wow, all these customs sounded like they happened a long time ago and I couldn't remember some of them clearly anymore! Fortunately, I had the blog where I detailed some of the things down.

Thanks to her, I'm enjoying the little recaps of the wedding preparation here and there, now and then. :)

And just last night, she asked us where her parents should be sitting during her wedding dinner. Both DC and I were certain that my parents sat with us that night. It was after I flipped through the actual day wedding photos stored in the computer, that I realized we were both wrong!

So much memories these photos had brought! So much work, effort and love had gone into the preparation for the actual day but now we don't even celebrate the wedding anniversary anymore?

So I say to myself, we must make it a point to remember this significant day and celebrate the day we became man and wife! And, I will rely the same message to DC too!

Happy 11th Wedding Anniversary, my Man!

Here's a photo that will definitely bring you fond memories of the day we met, the day you put on the ring on me and the day we wed!

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Collide

Collide

Cast:

Nicholas Hoult, Anthony Hopkins, Ben Kingsley, Felicity Jones

Director:

Eran Creevy

Genre:

Action/ Thriller

Release:

23-02-2017

Running Time:

99 minutes

Distributor:

WDS

Language:

English(Sub: Chinese)

Synopsis

After a heist goes terribly wrong, Casey Stein (Nicholas Hoult) finds himself on the run from a ruthless gang headed by mob boss Hagen (Anthony Hopkins). Now Casey has precious cargo that belongs to Hagen, who will stop at nothing to retrieve it. Left with no choice, Casey calls his former employer and drug smuggler Geran (Ben Kingsley) to protect his long-time girlfriend Juliette before Hagen gets his hands on her. Casey sets out on an adrenaline-fueled car chase on the German highways to save the love of his life before it's too late.

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I organized a movie event for the company and chose this movie as it was the movie which best fit our criteria - within the timeslot we want, within walking distance from lunch place, genre suit both genders and not watched by anyone yet.

You see, the downside of finding a movie which no one had watched before aka newly released film (I couldn't even find it in the Wikipedia!), would be to accept a risk that this might be B to C grade movie, which unfortunately in this case it turned out to be so!

We were conned by the name of Anthony Hopkins, thinking that it should be worthy but alas he didn't even appear in a lot of scenes in the movie! It didn't help that the drinks at that cinema also offer lower than expected quality of drinks and nachos... :(

How do I describe this? Hmm, cheesy and cheap thrill, better off watching the Korean dramas at home!

Well, at least the actor and actress are still watchable and we got to go back early after the show... haha...

Sword Art Online

Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale

Cast:
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Haruka Tomatsu, Ayana Taketatsu, Kanae Itō, Rina Hidaka, Ayahi Takagaki, Miyuki Sawashiro

Director:
Tomohiko Itō

Genre:
Animation

Release:
23-02-2017

Running Time:
120 minutes

Distributor:
Odex

Language:
Japanese(Sub: English, Chinese)

Synopsis:
In 2026, two years since the SAO incident, a new game called "Ordinal Scale," an Augmented-Reality MMO, is becoming popular among the players. But strange things are happening in the game and Kirito and the gang are facing a new danger.


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DC watched alone. $15 per ticket, exclusive at GV.

How I wish I were there! Asuna! Kirito!