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the time spent home with friends, family, ezra and nang was wonderful enough. Home is always the best place.

Monday Movie Greats

TWO good films today that took me to two cities of Beijing and Ho Chi Minh.

The first one was called The Owl and Sparrow. Realesed in 2007, it was a story of three ordinary people who joined together by sheer love and compassion and the willingness to change and change for good in the emerging Vietnamese city. A tearjerker and a must see, this Stephane Gauger’s film proved again that simplicity could be a work of art. In this film, I admired Cat Ly, the only Vietnamese actress that I knew of and googled and found something revealing.

Late afternoon, I was streaming Go Lala Go! on Youtube cut in 9 parts. A romantic comedy with typical rags to riches as the film story’s foundation, this is China answer to Hollywood Sex and the City with ok bed scenes and The Devil Wears Prada as characters defined fashion and style with Chinese characteristic. Also, once in a while you’d see in the movie sponsors flashing here and there.

Sorry Gong Li, but I think Xu Jinglei (who played Lala and directed the movie), I think is the most beautiful Chinese actress living today.

Wala lang but the DB office building is the SOHO in Beijing where I worked for a week in the Spring of 2008.

Monday Story and Eats

THIS morning, a colleague told me she will resign from work for good. And so another industrious fellow will disappear after 30 days. This phenomenon recently is becoming a weekly routine in the office. As expected when asked why "I am tired" answer would be the reason. When asked if she already have a job she just gladly replied maybe just relax first and that felt me envious. I wish I have a privilege like that.

Anyways, started the office work with a heavy Turkish wrap breakfast which was a leftover from Sunday lunch in Anadolu by Hengshan Rd where I treated myself. By noon, I had pasta and a soup which I thought satisfactory.

Afternoon arrive, I found myself in Yangpu district checking out some 3d max and sipped 3 cups of water while in amazement of how fast these 3 workers do PS facelifting mistakes. Crossed Huang Pu River twice today and felt good to see Pudong skyscrapers dwarfing my existence of me inside the blue Shanghai taxi crawling it's way to tunnel to the other side called Puxi.

Meanwhile, my evening gluttony was satisfied with my homemade tuna cheese sandwich watching delay TV Patrol feed from Hayag until Anthony Taberna ruined my appetite.

To those who are still munching "chew your food 7 times, you can get the benefit."

Today

I was born on a Sunday. Thank you Lord for this Day.