The movie came out almost 2 wks ago but cos of my schedule, haven't been able to catch it. Being a 三国 fan, it goes without saying that I won't be giving it a miss, even though I must admit my disappointment with director John Woo's approach to the film.
Based on the reviews I've read so far, seems like its pretty far fetch from the 'real thing'. Xiao Qiao's role was very much modified and enjoyed a lot of the emphasize. Guess it's far to say that we real fans out there would prefer the focus to be on the story and truth. While some critics pointed out to the need for Woo to tweak his approach in accordance to pushing the film towards the Europeans and Hollywood market, I don't think that's something right for a historical film. The Battle of Chibi was one of the catch of Romance of the Three Kingdoms but what's been protrayed and delivered to viewers is inaccurate and esp. misleading to those new to the story. There's a China drama serialisation of RTK which is ongoing and started fliming towards the end of last yr so I'd be reserving my expectations for that.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
1st post of 2009
Been a long time since my last blog entry. Hmmm.... basically just slagged throughout the yr end holidays, mostly playing games. :p
Was a bit nostalgic after catching the repeat telecast of 倚天屠龙记 (The Heavenly Sword & The Dragon Sabre) and felt the urge to go back to chinese RPG games again. Sadly ever since my Poly days there've been fewer and fewer outstanding titles. The most renowned one has got to be 仙剑奇侠传. Very 'chee-na' (slang word for being retro in the ancient China aspect). Since my PC's specs back then when some of the games were out wasn't up to the standard back then, it was an opportunity to try my hands on these games again and 'catch back' lost times.
Meanwhile, was allocated in morning session, as were my 3 other fellow untrained teachers. Being ever so 隨便, my mere disappointment, was to miss out on the chance to experience the handling of P1 kids. By the time I started my stint at the sch last yr, it was already Mar and the kids were more or less settled down so it would have been interesting having 1st hand experience of guiding them right from the start.
Alas, there was another form of challenge for me, in the form of a new subject - Art & Craft. Ok, not exactly the toughest of jobs, but certainly not something within my expectations. All my 4 classes are P3 and chinese mentoring attachments with a P4 and P5 class 'wrap up' my timetable. Also had a new allocation in terms of CCA in-charge from Badminton to Athletics.
Here's wishing my (hopfully) final few months at KHS will be an enjoyable and memorable one.
Was a bit nostalgic after catching the repeat telecast of 倚天屠龙记 (The Heavenly Sword & The Dragon Sabre) and felt the urge to go back to chinese RPG games again. Sadly ever since my Poly days there've been fewer and fewer outstanding titles. The most renowned one has got to be 仙剑奇侠传. Very 'chee-na' (slang word for being retro in the ancient China aspect). Since my PC's specs back then when some of the games were out wasn't up to the standard back then, it was an opportunity to try my hands on these games again and 'catch back' lost times.
Meanwhile, was allocated in morning session, as were my 3 other fellow untrained teachers. Being ever so 隨便, my mere disappointment, was to miss out on the chance to experience the handling of P1 kids. By the time I started my stint at the sch last yr, it was already Mar and the kids were more or less settled down so it would have been interesting having 1st hand experience of guiding them right from the start.
Alas, there was another form of challenge for me, in the form of a new subject - Art & Craft. Ok, not exactly the toughest of jobs, but certainly not something within my expectations. All my 4 classes are P3 and chinese mentoring attachments with a P4 and P5 class 'wrap up' my timetable. Also had a new allocation in terms of CCA in-charge from Badminton to Athletics.
Here's wishing my (hopfully) final few months at KHS will be an enjoyable and memorable one.