Jessie-Burnt Out Star?

Being Dubbed Ms Tow Truck

She created waves especially during that first infamous debate between Lim Guan Eng and Chua Soi Lek.

Jessie Ooi earned the wrath of many Malaysians when she posed a silly question on night parking charges and tow-trucking in Penang.

I thought that she was moving upwards especially since there are not many potentially great female  candidates for MCA for the next General election.

That she lost her commandeering post as BN Coordinator of Selayang is truly disappointing.

Is she being shunted and on the way out?

Sad, if that becomes reality.

More Bourne on the Way?

Tired of Being Bourne

We all thought that when Robert Ludlum died, there will be no more Bourne after  The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and the Bourne Ultimatum.

Then someone ghost-wrote The Bourne Legacy. Matt Damon also refused to reprise the role of Bourne in this new film. With that the promise of another box office buster dissipated.

Rough and Tough-Will He Be Accepted as Bourne?

Watching the movie with Jeremy Renner as Bourne is akin to having Daniel Craig as James Bond in his first outing. I think it will be a matter of time before Jeremy  takes his rightful place on this challenging role as Bourne.

My opinion of the movie. Slow, dialogy and lack punch.

Could do with better editing

Question is will the audience be tired of this series since there are still  another 6 more new books to go.

We have :

The Bourne Betrayal
The Bourne Sanction
The Bourne Deception
The Bourne Objective
The Bourne Dominion and
The Bourne Imperative

Since  The Bourne Legacy ended up with no suitable ending leaving the audience high and dry, perhaps the producers may want to take another chance on Jeremy Renner.

Let us see whether that will come true.

Playing Hosts to a Returning Friend

Ah Soo and  Another Malaysian

The diaspora of USM is far-flung but mostly they settled down in good-old Perth.

We now have a thriving USM community there.

For us, we have Esther Tan  and   Fuan Kwee, and Ah Soo.

For me, there is my old class-mate from St. David's-William Chua and his wife, Honey.

Also William' s brother David and Frankie and two elder sisters, Doris and  Helen are now natives in Perth.

Ah Soo and Ah Moi

I think Ah Soo was back either in 2012 or last year. We played host then  at La La Chong Seafood Restaurant in Sungai Kayu Ara.

Somewhere in China

Not too sure on the year. Need to check on that.

Anyway, we are playing hosts to Ah Soo at Ting's Cafe in SS2 on 12th December.

Both Lee Kiang and me have gone to see Harriet for a customised menu.

The Wong Family

This time, Ah Soo and his wife, Ah Moi will be present as well.

Must Be Misty Cold!

There are a dozen of us and we hope to have a swell time!

Life's Like That!

Risky Ventures

Audience of One

Three Sopranos

The Ages Meet

Joy and War

Lonely Veteran Full of Badges

Horse Sense

Whale friendship

Majestic Cat Stare

Veteran Cuts A  Lonely Virgil

Unbridled joy

In the sheer bustle of working life or even for those caught in the rut of boredom,looking at these pictures sure brings joy to us as we have been spared the agony of parting from loved ones be it a wife or your children.

Panda Ride

The adoration of pets is another. Love and loyalty is always on the animal's side though humans do try to reciprocate.

Parting with Loved Ones

We also should celebrate the age difference between the very young and the very old. Such experience from the older generation is needed to guide the younger ones.

Returning to Loved One

Wildlife is another area that gives us joy as well as increase our passion to to protect them against the ravages of intensive unbridled development of man!

Hugging Human Robots

Enjoy these shots!

My Woolly Buddy

Watch Dog?

Apprehensive love?

Trouble Afoot in Kuantan

An Australian Reject?

Now, Lynas says it will not export the waste from the processing of rare earth.

Will this be the beginning of the end of massive support for Barisan?

I think Lynas is one big mammoth the government cannot hide under a table-cloth.

Still Robbing Peter to Pay Paul

Ringgit Rustler?

In the productivity realm, every one must pull their weight to bring forth progress  to better their livelihood.

A government cannot continue to increase civil service salaries if  its productivity does not commensurate with output and quality.

Doing so will rob Peter to pay Paul.

Who is Peter and who is Paul?

Paul are taxpayers; you and me- paying taxes both direct and indirect.

Peter is the public service.

Do you believe that the civil service has improved by leaps and bounds to deserve another pay revision?

No?

Cry, the beloved country.

Troy-Larger than History

The fight of the Unequals

It may be a page out of  Homer's Iliad but the 2004 rendition of Troy is certainly larger than history.

Anyone watching the movie will think that it is all about the life and times of Achilles.

Watching this movie in retro, provides one with a perspective that man is altogether  sinful both in love and war.

As always, winner takes all.

So, we see a larger than life Brad Pitt as Achilles against Eric Bana's Hector. Nothing stops Achilles except that arrow from Paris.

Great movie, great music and great theme song.

The other stars included Diane Kruger as Helen and Rose Byrne as Breidis.

Great trip down memory lane for me!