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Tuesday, 26 March 2013

[Movie Review] Beautiful Creatures - Dark Secrets will Come to Light

Thanks to Sony Music Singapore for the tickets to Beautiful Creatures and yes, 
I enjoyed the movie alot!

This movie is about a supernatural love story set in the South, "Beautiful Creatures" tells the tale of two star-crossed lovers: Alden Ehrenreich as Ethan, a young man longing to escape his small town, and Alice Englert as Lena, a mysterious new girl 
who joined the same school as Ethan and together, they uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history and their town...

In Gatlin, South Carolina, Ethan Wate awakens from a recurring dream of a girl he doesn't know. In narration, he describes his enjoyment of reading banned books, his despair of his small-town existence and his dreams of leaving for college. 

Arriving for his first day of junior year, Ethan notices newcomer Lena Duchannes, who resembles the girl he has been dreaming about. The other students do not take kindly to her and spread gossip regarding her reclusive uncle, Macon Ravenwood, and her family being devil worshippers

Overhearing these whispers, Lena tenses and the classroom windows shatter, amplifying the fears and suspicions of the class and the towns people at large that she is a witch.

Photo: What was your favorite moment from Beautiful Creatures?

Fan art by summerfantasies on Tumblr: http://bit.ly/YEDdXV

On a drive home, Ethan nearly runs over Lena, whose car has broken down. He gives her a ride home and the two bond over their shared love of poetry and having both lost their mothers. Ethan drops Lena off but later finds a locket and returns to the mansion to give it to her as a present. 


Ridley, Lena's provocative cousin/childhood friend and Sarafine, Lena's mother, who has possessed Mrs. Lincoln, the mother of Ethan's friend Link. and foresees Lena becoming a more powerful caster than her. 

Photo: "There’s darkness in you... don’t you try to deny it." - Sarafine (Emma Thompson) to Lena (Alice Englert) in Beautiful Creatures

Wanting to egg Lena to the "Dark side", Sarafine tries her means and ways to get near Ethan.
They consult with Amma, who is in fact a keeper of a caster library beneath the town library. The most ancient of these books, the Book of Moons, reveals the secret to undoing the curse: one of Lena's loved ones has to die to sacrifice the curse. 

Unwilling to take Ethan's life, Lena instead erases his memories of their time together.

This was the most 'painful' scene where the only way to save your love ones' life, you got to remove all the good and bad memories away with your love one. You got to love him/her a lot to do so. This scene actually made me teared.

Ridley seduces and enchants Link and gives him a bullet to use in an upcoming Civil War reenactment of the Battle of Honey Hill taking place on Lena's birthday. During the reenactment, Link and Ethan agree to "kill" each-other so they can ditch the reenactment. 


While at the ceremony for her 16th birthday, Lena feels the shock of the curse being broken and runs off to Ethan, clutching his dying body as Ridley and Sarafine egg her on to give in to her grief and accept the dark willingly.

 Lena lashes out in anger, sending lightning strikes through the crowd reenactors until Ethan transforms into Macon, having previously disguised himself as Ethan (with Larkin's help) to become the sacrifice needed to break the curse. 


His dying words are for Lena to "Claim yourself" and she causes the moon to disappear, stopping it from claiming her for the dark. Lena allows Ridley to flee and pulls Sarafine from Mrs. Lincoln's body, defeating her....



I would rate this movie as 6.5/10.
 In my opinion, only in movies we get to see such touching and loving scene and of course, the supernaturals.
 Will you sacrifice yourself for someone you love? 



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Catch it at all cinemas before it's too late to "claim yourself'!

xoxo

Wednesday, 23 January 2013

[Food Review] Beer? Food? Live Soccer Match? Live Band? Beer Market has it all!

This post is for 18 years and above only!
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When I learn that we will be popping by Beer Market for food tasting, I was wondering to myself 
"Food? at Beer Market? There not sell Beer only meh?"
*Please don't mind my singlish! 98% of  Singaporean speaks singlish!* haha!

And when I realized "THERE IS FOOD!", I was really taken aback! 
OMG! I was hungry at that time already!
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Thanks MSK for inviting me to Beer Market!
Attended with the always jovial, handsome and sweet Yutaki, dearest Mag jie and MSK's reader (Rachel). :)


And here we are...
at BEER MARKET@Clarke Quay!



Inspired by the dynamics of the stock exchange, Beer Market is the perfect blend of food, music and sports whereby drinks prices move according to demand, creating an exciting atmosphere and interactive experience.

 

Upon entering Beer Market....

The VIP area: you can hold your private party here too!

The drink coaster is so cool!





Beer Market Exchange

(screen from wall)

 (screen on TV)
You will see the above when you enter Beer Market! Its like a stock exchange thingy (below) but it's not about stock, it's about all the different types of beer prices!
Beer Prices will change (drop or increase) and definitely depends on that night itself :)

(Usual Stock Market Exchange)
(photo credit: google)

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Food Menu

They have really wide range of food which I'm quite surprise!
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The menu explains how you can check for the current price of your favorite choice of beer.
*The opening prices for the day is the previous day's closing prices*

 (photo credit:beermarket.com.sg)
 

From the Menu...

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And this is the cool part!
Who can guess that Beer Market does dish out Tze Char (in Hokkien meaning "Cook Fried")
Okay, bad translation but it also mean local delights such as Hokkien Mee and Home-made Pork Leg Bee Hoon.
Imagine having a beer, chill with friends, enjoy the live band and your Tze Char!*Woot*
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And so, the order begins...
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I ordered fruit punch for myself :)
Light and refreshing! <3

Somersby Apple Cider, Fruli Stawberry Beer, Tiger Crystal Beer!

I just love Somersby Apple Cider! Super nice and it's light, with A/c level 4.5% vol!

Fruli Strawberry Beer does taste of strawberry with a tinge of sweetness in it.
Not too bad I would say~

Tiger Crystal is one of the top chosen beer among our table! haha!
It's light  and  definitely much smoother than the original one


Cheese Nachos are good compliments with beer!

Tiger Crystal Beer! It's light and refreshing! 
Guess who is behind the bottle? hehe!


Calamari

This is really well-done! As many of you know that squid is rather easily "cooked" so if you 
overcook it, it might get tough and hard to chew.

With the fried crisp outer layer and the soft chewy squid inside it was amazingly yummy!





Wasabi Prawns

The usual dish that will be served at restaurants but I was surprised that they do served this too!
I love seafood especially prawns and definitely this is one of my favorite dish of all.

*But take note: do eat it while it still hot, it will taste much better!


Sausage Aglio e Olio Pasta

This dish was rather one of the "un-touchable" pasta if you are not a fan of super hot and spicy chilli! 
There's chilli seeds mixed together with the other ingredients such as sausage, mushrooms and etc. 
For the rest of them, They find this dish Oh-So-Hot! But for me, a spicy lover, this is okay I would say. So do watch out if you're not a fan of spicy hot chilli! :)

Cheesy Fries

How can you not love fries especially at such a chill-relax (I call it Chillax!) ambiance!?
Try having this with a bottle of beer of your choice = Fantastic!
The cheesy dip is thick and full of taste unlike some cheese dip which are runny.

Thick and cheesy dip!

Honey Glazed & Spicy Buffalo Wings

I always love chicken, be it BBQ or steamed. Definitely, I will be much more fussy on this dish. The Honey Glazed wings are not in anyway sweet but I would say the taste is just nice for people who likes wings. As for the Spicy Buffalo wings, I was expecting it to be "spicy" spicy sort but it wasn't spicy at all. I even mistakenly thought it was honey glazed -_-.

But the rest of the food-lovers are not that fancy of the spicy buffalo wings, to them, it's spicy. *hurhur*


The All-Time-Favorite Hawaiian Pizza!

This is surprisingly yummy! 
The Pizza is thin-crusted, it's so crispy when you take the first bite!
And the chunky pineapple cubes are juicy and the ham was not overly-done! The crisp of the pizza together with the toppings are just too heavenly! It's nothing compared to those with little toppings and you can still taste flour in your mouth sorta pizza! This is way yummier!


Check out our feast!




It's definitely fun and entertaining place  to be at and able to spend the evening with your buddies and friends over drinks and food , while you have a chance to show your singing talent! How great!

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Check out their Promotions!

Happy Hungry Hour 
$3 nett for wings/grilled sausage/cheese nachos
Monday to Thursday from 6-8pm and whole of Sunday *not valid on eves of Public Holidays


Enjoy a wide selection of beer from all over the world, while indulging in gastronomy delights ranging from local to international cuisine. Savour the music of popular local music acts and get your daily doses of adrenaline with our darts/pool machines and live sports telecasts.



Me and Mag jie after the fun-filled and tummy-filled evening at Beer Market!



Do check out their websites and Facebook for more details!

LOCATION:
Blk 3B River Valley Road 
#01-17/02-02 The Foundry @ Clarke Quay Singapore 179021


MARKET HOURS:
 Sunday to Thursday: 6pm to 2am
Friday, Saturday and Public Holiday Eves: 6pm to 3am


I will be back for chillax nights with my friends :)
<3

xoxo

Wednesday, 7 November 2012

12th Global Chinese Music Awards 2012



I always wanted to go for such concert to see what and how is it like to be part of the audience. and so I joined the contest which F&N organized. But I wasn't selected so I was kinda :( .
Why?
Because I always wanted to see Show Luo live and of course the chance to see the rest of my favorite singers like Rainie and Eason chen and JJ...


Event Details
Venue: Singapore Indoor Stadium
Date: 2nd November 2012
Time: 7.30 pm

 
Artistes attending this event

Taiwan artistes: 
罗志祥 Show Luo, 杨丞琳 Rainie Yang, 杨宗纬 Aska Yang, 大嘴巴 Da Mouth, 陈芳语 Kimberley 

Hong Kong artistes: 
陈奕迅 Eason Chan, 容祖儿 Joey Yung, Twins, 薛凯琪 Fiona Sit, Mr.

China artistes: 
丁当 Ding Dang, 郁可唯 Yu Ke Wei, 曹轩宾 Cao Xuan Bin, 曲婉婷 Qu Wan Ting, 东山少爷 Dong Shan Shao Ye,

Singapore artistes: 
蔡健雅 Tanya Chua, 陈洁仪 Kit Chan, 阿杜 A-Do, Olivia Ong, 林俊杰 JJ Lin

Malaysia artiste: 
伍家辉 Wu Jia Hui

 YOU SEE!?! So many leh!~
And I'm thankful!
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I was so lucky to get a ticket to the 12th Global Chinese Music Awards 2012 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, Thanks to Hong Peng and Jessie and of course William.

YAY!
I can see Show Luo~! Yay!

12th Global Chinese Music Awards 2012
(第12届 全球华语 歌曲排行榜颁奖典礼)



It was a fun night where we were having fun, joking and laughing at any stupid matter.
But because my camera's focus is not as that 'power' than the rest, I only manage to capture the following:

(*Beware Picture Spam Ahead!)

Here's Fiona Sit (so pwetty)!



 Mister!

Twins and Da Mouth!
 Twins! Gillian and Charlene~
 大嘴巴 Da Mouth!

Aisa so cute!


 Mister performing ~


 杨宗纬 Aska Yang
Jessie's favorite! :)













Our very-own Olivia Ong~


Da mouth performing!!!


Aisha So cute that night!







Rainie and Joey receiving awards - Maroon and Pink Lady~!




JJ!!!!
Show Luo the very cheeky guy of the night!
 Super funny and made the whole audience Aww-ed and LOL~!


A -Do singing Valentine~!


 丁当 Ding Dang!



She's so sweet that night, like a little princess!















 Pei Fen~! So pretty that night!


 JJ was singing all those super awesome songs that you and I surely know and will sing in Karaoke~!


Right... I forgot that it's a blog, and I did not video record it so... please bear with me k? :)





But it was funny that night because many stars or idols were taking turns to thank JJ's parents.. seriously not sure why but it was rather funny~!



Purposely took a little side angle of Joey's cute lighted illuminating board with handwriting "JJ"~!






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Now, Drum Rolls ******

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Our Beloved Show Luo!
He's the most popular star which (in my opinion) attracted way too much attention in all the right way! So comedy, cracking jokes, make funny faces to just make the audience happy!

Rainie Yang~! Our cute little princess!
They look so good together!


 


Our Home-grown 陈洁仪 Kit Chan


Jessie engross writing on the illuminating board...
It's for Joey to wave hard later during Show Luo's performances! hehe*
Check out Joey Yung's illuminating bold pink dress! 

And last but not least,

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SHOW LUO!!!!!!
*fan scream!* AHHHHH!









Le girls with the awesome illuminating board!
Jessie
Shu Qing
ME!

Okay! I'm really glad to see new friends and friends there!
*hello!*
Am really glad I'm part of this! 
*gimme a big hug Jessie!* 

Let's Catch up someday again ya! :)

xoxo