It’s been a busy week at work, but winding down for a few minutes this morning – I finally had some time to make a cuppa – and ended up in a mini-discussion with a delightful colleague about how to make a cup of tea. She noted how I would put my sugar in my [...]
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Spotted today. So true, so true. ‘I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it’- Rita Mae Brown, US author and social activist
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The 26th Hong Kong Film Awards took place over the weekend, and as I try to keep up with my large pile of DVDs, I some indications of what to watch next were pointed out by some of the awards. Overwhelmingly, Patrick Tam’s film, After This Our Exile was the big winner of the weekend, [...]
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Although my philosophy in life is never to look back and have regrets on doing things, in the past I have wished that I never gave up two things as a young child. Firstly, giving up learning Chinese at a very young age, which I am now rectifying in studying at SOAS‘s weekend Mandarin course, [...]
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An older movie I’ve rewatched and only just realised I have no review for it. So here goes. Turn Left Turn Right (å‘左走．å‘å³èµ°) Takeshi Kaneshiro, Gigi Leung Dir: Johnny To, Wai Ka-Fai – 2003 – Hong Kong / Taiwan Following the worldwide success of Sony’s funding of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon in 2001, other [...]
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