In the effort to help support local talent (yes, local to me is still Singapore!), I would share this with all of you...
Low Kay Hwa is Singapore's #1 bestselling novelist with 6 books under his belt and over 20,000 copies sold in Singapore alone.
Born in 1985, he started writing stories under the age of 10 and started sending out manuscripts to different publishers at the tender age of only 13!
He is considered to be one of the most successful novelist in Singapore, and also the youngest.
Here's a link to his FaceBook where weekly mini-contests are held. Prizes include copies of his books! His books can also be read online at Goody Books.
Add him in FaceBook if you'd like. He's a really nice chap and super friendly. His stories are very easy to relate to. Take a browse, have a read. If you like it, please share it with your friends :)
.Wednesday, July 8, 2009 ' 3:01 PM Y
Woke up late today so only reached the hospital at noon >.< See? I bruise easily :( and he wasnt very gentle either!!! HMPH!!! Everytime he plugged a new phial in, I hurt! -___-"
So I decided to have a little retail therapy to make myself feel better! xD Found a little shop that sold Hello Kitty & other cutesy stuff so...
2 hair clips
Dangly thing for my new IPod case
My new IPod Case
Hello Kitty purse :x
Hello Kitty KEYBOARD!! omg! I cldnt resist it! andandand... it's for my lappy!
It was only after we had arrived at The Hilton, Sydney, for cocktails, that mummy whips out the invite and informed me, nonchalantly, that John Woo was the Guest-of-Honour.
It was only then that I realised the official launch of "Red Cliff" was in conjunction with the Sydney Film Festival 2009.
Below are some photos of the night. Enjoy!
Mummy with Lilin Chin, News Presenter for SBS News
John Woo, World-renowned Director
John Woo & Clare Stewart, Festival Director, Sydney Film Festival, on his right.
Mummy, John Woo & John Aquilina, Leader of the House, Parliamentary Secretary
(John Aquilina had no airs about him and was really nice! hoho!)
John Woo with the HKABA
The State Theatre
The entrance was packed!!
The queue snaked down the sidewalk and around the corner... Oddly enough, we noticed that most of the patrons that night were Caucasians!!! Almost 95%!!
The State Theatre was truly majestic and HUGE!
Red Cliff
Synopsis
From the acclaimed director of MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE II, FACE/OFF and THE KILLERS, comes a dazzling, visionary epic based on the legendary Battle of Red Cliff, in which a force of fifty thousand defeated an army of nearly one million.
In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd PRIME MINISTER CAO CAO convinced the fickle EMPEROR HAN the only way to unite all of China was to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west and East Wu in the south. Thus began a military campaign of unprecedented scale, led by the Prime Minister, himself. Left with no other hope for survival, the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu formed an unlikely alliance. Numerous battles of strength and wit ensued, both on land and on water, eventually culminating in the battle of Red Cliff. During the battle, two thousand ships were burned, and the course of Chinese history was changed forever.
The film was directed by John Woo, and stars Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Fengyi, Chang Chen, Hu Jun, Lin Chi-ling and Zhao Wei.
With an estimated budget of US$80 million, Red Cliff is the most expensive Asian-financed film to date. The first part of the movie alone grossed $124 million in Asia and broke the box office record previously held by Titanic in mainland China.
The release date for "Red Cliff" in Australia is July 23, 2009. However, "Red Cliff" was released in 2008 all over Asia with "Red Cliff 2" already released in early 2009.
I am eagerly anticipating the launch of "Red Cliff 2". I'm definite it would be more spectacular as John Woo never disappoints!
I have lots I was looking forward to posting... like where I went today, wad I've decided to do with my life and the direction I'm gonna take.
Then mummy dealt me a double whammy.
No SG trip, no internet.
I feel like I'm free-falling into a bottomless pit.
I wanna just die pls.
.Wednesday, May 13, 2009 ' 10:06 PM Y
Thanks to David from Nuffnang, I've got movie tickets to give away to all my Aussie readers!! I know that there arent that many of you but IT'S OK!
Be the 1st 2 (Aussie) readers to tag me with your full name & address wins!
The movie tickets are valid from Thursday May 28th, 2009 until the end of its run in cinemas. This excludes public holidays & discount days.
"My Year Without Sex" is a kind of a love story about all the big questions, and even more of the small ones. Over one messy year, Ross andNatalie navigate their children, nits, housework, birthdays, Christmas, faith, football, job insecurity, more nits and whether they will ever have sex again.
More info about the movie and its tralier can be found at www.myyearwithoutsex.com
On this given day, people in many countries all over the World gather to celebrate and show their appreciation and love for the sacrifices made by the most important person in this World... Our Mums!
Happy Mothers' Day to all!
Mummy, I thank you for all the sleepless nights worrying for me. I thank you for all the sweat slaving over the stove to cook my favourite foods. I thank you for all the monies spent giving me wad I want. I thank you for all love you have unconditionally shown me. I thank you for teaching me how to express my love. I'm thankful for you being there to pick me up everytime I fall.
There's lots more I'm thankful for but the most important is that I thank you for all the soya bean u drank and ate while being preggy with me!! LOL! I have never ever had pimples!
He's finally come out of the closet and admitted to me that he's gay. LOL! I'm not shocked... not at the least.
Spoke with mummy too.
me: mummy, are u sitting down? prepare urself pls. mum: why? girl wad happened? me: he's gay! he just cfmed it. mum: HAAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAH me: he's just told his mum and bro... mum: *in the background* HAHAHAHHAHAAHAHHA me: -_-" so now I'm thinking of going back to sg for good or not.... mebbe find work and see... mum: U can come sg for a few mths and see how it goes lo. economy's bad but if u cant find then come back. me: okies mum: wadever it is, we'll support u. me: thanks :) mum: HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA me: *TMD! -__-"*
I'm not devastated, not in the least. I feel it's a load lifted off actually. Butbutbut... I feel lost! I've never felt like I've belonged in this time... I've always tried to find my place in this world and till now, I have not succeeded.
I need another tattoo. I need a direction in life... I need a reason to belong.
Thanks linlin for the prayers of happiness. I'm glad u did. Really. This was way overdue.
Mummy with Lilin Chin, News Presenter for SBS News
The entrance was packed!!
Aiko Mei Mei
