FK bought the famous Shanghai World Expo mascot, Hai Bo for me from Shanghai.
Simply love it. Cute!
Honestly, I am neither a fan of Donnie Yen nor Kung Fu movie. In fact, I didn't watch IP Man despite all the fantastic reviews. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the show and concluded that it was indeed interesting despite the plain and predictable plot.
Thanks to omy, I had the chance to catch Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen yesterday. And, yes, I was captivated by the swift and suave Kung Fu moves of the male lead (Donnie Yen). In fact, he reminds me of Bruce Lee, especially during his last fight scene with the Japanese leader. Not sure if it is intentional though. -_-
The pitiful dance hostess cum Japanese war captain acted by Shu Qi and the comical policeman played by Huang Bo are also significant characters that have grabbed my attention throughout the show. In particular, I was enthralled by the fact that Shu Qi was able to display the internal struggle (being a spy and yet, a “genuine” close friend of Vivien and the love interest of Chen Zhen) of the character so well. I actually felt sorry for her for having to face the typical plight of woman (being deemed as just a sex tool) in ancient time despite trying her best to fulfill her responsibility of helping her country to win the war.
A good mix of violence, emotional struggle and slight comedy. In short, I will rate this movie 4/5.
Synopsis of movie:
While China is traumatized by military cliques during the World War era in the 1020s, Shanghai is the cynosure of all eyes. People see it as both Hell’s Kitchen and Heaven’s Gate/ One of the city’s most memorable heroes has to be Chen Zhen, who single-handedly avenges his mentor’s death by killing all the Japanese at a dojo in Hongkou, only to be showered with bullets while making his legendary flying kick. Vanished from the public eye ever since, he has been taken dead though his body is never found.
Seven years later, a wealthy entrepreneur called Koo returns from abroad and makes a grand entrance on the Shanghai social scene by befriending the notorious mafia boss of the city. This mysterious man is none other than Chen Zhen in disguise who dwells in a world of nefarious means in order to infiltrate the criminal empire. He soon discovers a clandestine collusion between the mafia and the Japanese.
Disguised as a caped crusader at night, Chen sets out to dismantle with his martial arts skill the evil collusion that plaques the country. One of his foremost missions is to ferret out the assassination list prepared by the Japanese.
The Tofu is a miss-try. I love the yam dish though most of friends prefer the noodles.
On the bridge, walking to Circular Quay.
The lovely city
What was he looking at?
Went for dinner with FK @ Red House.
But we didn't order crab coz both of us didn't want dirty our hands...& only 2 of us, couldn't order variety of crabs unless we wanna waste the food as we wouldn't be able to finish (of cos not! the food is not cheap k!)
But who cares...we still enjoyed our food!
Angelsea - a relatively quiet small town
Yes! We have arrived!
Spotted beautiful scenery along the way:
Given that we had to visit a few places within a day, we couldn't spend too much time for our lunch. Glad that our food was served pretty fast and thus, we had ample time to enjoy it. =)
Went for a quick lunch before heading on to the 12 Apostles.
Took the helicopter ride which costed AUS 75 per pax. I managed to coax FK to take the ride with me...hehehe...
Such strong wind...I was soooo cold!
Acting cool
Sooo excited!
London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down...
A long ride back.
We only reached the city at around 8pm.
Went for a sumptuous dinner in Chinatown before we headed back to our hotel
Surprised to find beautiful pink flowers
Though Queen Victoria Market was supposed to close at 5pm, most of the shop owners have packed up by 4pm. It was quite quiet and empty when we reached there.
We were told that the Koalas sleep 20 hours a day and eat Eucalyptus leaves for the rest of the 4 hours. Simply good life ya. BTW, there is no such thing as Koala bear as Koala doesn't belong to the same species as bear.
FK is afraid of Kangaroo! Hahaha...that is why he is standing so far away from it!
Lunch at the Paradise Country Farm was also one of the main highlight. Both of us selected fresh grilled fish as our main course and spaghetti, cheese potato (a must-try, super yummy!) and keropok (are you amazed that the restaurant served that?) as our side dishes. Ate so much... 我是大胃王...hahaha
Our first stop was at Shrek...experiencing the 4D effect
Hollywood Stunt Driver presented by Castrol EDGE. Miss see coz it simply amazing!
Lots of characters...though I don't really know who they are, except for batman.
We ended the day with good meal at the clockhouse. Again there are jackpot machines in the restaurant...