Based on real events, "The Children of Huang Shi" is a sweeping but intimate story set against war-torn China in the 1930’s. The film centers on a young English journalist (JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS), an American nurse (RADHA MITCHELL) and the leader of a Chinese partisan group (CHOW YUN FAT) who meet in desperate and unexpected circumstances. Together they rescue 60 orphaned children, leading them on an extraordinary journey across hundreds of miles of treacherous terrain, through snow-covered mountains and an unforgiving desert. Along the way they discover the true meaning of love, responsibility and courage.

I watched "Escape from Huangshi" with mum ysd...it was, an okay moviem i love the genre, a war movie which invovles subtle love, true stories and genuine bravery. I love to see such movies, however, it reminds me of the sufferings we have went through...they were too terrible to be forgotten, the enemies are too sinful to be forgiven. yes, it was about the japanese occupation during ww2. I secretly wished more such films could be produced, i hoped that more people will watch it, only then, will they be able to understand how much we have endured and only by then, will they be able to realise that we do not deserve all these insults thrown at us today. All the talks about we chinese not beng fit to hold the olympics. We are a race, a nation which have survived 100 years of suppression. For all these years, we have tried to bear with the pain, we endured, we kept our heads above the water, to live, to survive and most of all, to carry on the race. No one will be able to wipe out any other race, a big NO NO even for Hitler. The more the west do to insult and suppress us, the united we will be. The west, however, have failed to realise this point. Their folly will definitely cost them dear in future. Let's all watch.

next movie in mind: "The Other Boleyn Girl"


Or

"The Bucket List"



The day started off with a good sign: MO WAS NOT LATE.
haha...cool.

So I reached bedok interchange at ard 7am. I was looking out for Karen, didn't think that it will be possible for me to see her there but still, i tried to look out for her. It's been so long since we last met each other...(okay, may be not that long, like say end of march? but it seems long to me cos we used to be so close...seeing each other everyday, back in nj, i will start missing her after not seeing her for a few hours...im weird...yes) oh well...anyway, then from far came dashing a woman ( or shld i use 'lady'?) in green top, she stopped upon seeing the 196 had just left the stop...then...she started looking around aimlessly. almost..instantly, when she started looking ard aimlessly, i recognised that she is karen. -_-'''...she has aged..-_-'''

anyway..it was really nice seeing her, she told me she has lesson the first period so she is afraid that she'll be late...it turns out that she is used to reaching sch at 745am everyday -_-''...what a luxury. anyway...was juz trying to tell her abt my movie plans when she...again...started her 200m sprint towards the other side of the interchange. guess she wanted to catch the other bus since 196 is gone, then...i saw 197's bus driver walking towards the bus, so i smsed karen " eh...197 is gona leave now"...then seconds later, i saw the "woman" in green top--karen, dashed towards 197 at a speed of 60km/h...so at last, she caught the bus...-_-''' what a morning for karen..she must have done quite a bit of exercise during this period in order to be able to perform such "sprints" at such lightning speed...oops...im not being facetious...

hahahaha..anyway, a good morning, karen, i am looking forward to our movie date.

and si jie, i am looking forward to our movie date too.

wow...the thought of being able to meet up friends is just simply wonderful...wow...

okay, 2nd good thing, when i checked my mail in the morning...i saw this..

Dear Candidate,

INVITATION TO A TEA SESSION AT IE SINGAPORE

Congratulation on the successful completion of your FireFly assessment.

wow, i am really bewildered. never have i thought that i am capable of passing the 2nd round. wow...but still, the third round is yet to come and will probably be the hardest. I can feel my sweat now...pretty scared. I duno what to do on friday. Joey, have you gone for the tea session before? tell me more about it if you had.

third thing...

it was a pretty good day at teaching, i made friends with 1D...goodness sake...wow...i am amazed at my potential..hahaha...

oh lastly, when caroline asked me why I stopped my figure skating...i couldn't give her a good reason, so i went back home to ask my mum. SHe confirmed it...this was the reason: I gradually grew fat, fatter than any of my coach could imagine( i disagree...i was never above 50kg before! but well...those figure skaters are bloody skinny)..so my parents were afraid that i could no longer look very graceful on ice, and besides this, I might not spin very well with all my fats...so i stopped figure skating. ....how sad...how stupid...