For this year's Valentine's day, K and I chose to stay at home. AGAIN. But rather than do the whole cooking a few dishes together thing, I made salad for him. A HUGE bowl of salad with hard boiled eggs, celery, lettuce, carrot shreds, apple cubes and topped with thousand island sauce and bacon bits.. It actually turned out quite well = ) But it was a bit too much so we had the same salad for dinner too..
We also rented 4 DVDs to watch that day, and continued over the next few days. Ahhh... haven't had this kind of luxury for some time already.. Just lay in bed the whole day, eat salad from a huge bowl, and watch TV on my 42 inch plasma.. damn shiok!!
We watched "The Talented Mr. Ripley", which was a total waste of my time cause i think the ending is damn stupid. And I think Matt Damon looks ugly when he smiles..
Then there was "Hotel Rwanda", a true story about how this hotel manager in Rwanda housed over 1200 Tutsi and Hutu refugees during the Rwandan Genocide in 1994. The story was so touching it made me tear a bit.. And also reminded me of how ignorant we are of what is happening in the world outside. There was this part where the hotel manager was talking to a news reporter, telling him that it's good he is filming the genocide and broadcasting to the world so help will come. To which the reporter replied: "You think help will come? Most people will just watch the genocide on TV and say "Oh that's terrible!" and go back to eating their dinners."
And I am one of these people. Totally guilty. Then again, we ask ourselves. How can we help? There are definitely ways to help these people. Our people sends aid in the forms of food and donations to war torn / disaster struck countries. But how many of these actually reach the people who really need it? Or will most of these "aid" end up in the hands of corrupted officials?
To me, the only way to make sure we are really helping is to go to the country itself and help these people first hand. By giving them the food supplies, by providing medical care. Then again, how many people can afford the time and the money to volunteer like that? Sigh...
On a much lighter note, there was "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle". Totally hilarious, laughed until i cried. Highly recommended to anyone who hasn't watched it. But apparently, almost everyone i talked to has already watched it..
Last but not least, "The Departed". English version of the original HK flick "Infernal Affairs". Again Matt Damon. But he is much better in this movie. And my favourite Jack Nicholson. His eyes always make me smile..
It was a day well spent in commeration of love.. Maybe we should do this more often.. = )
We also rented 4 DVDs to watch that day, and continued over the next few days. Ahhh... haven't had this kind of luxury for some time already.. Just lay in bed the whole day, eat salad from a huge bowl, and watch TV on my 42 inch plasma.. damn shiok!!
We watched "The Talented Mr. Ripley", which was a total waste of my time cause i think the ending is damn stupid. And I think Matt Damon looks ugly when he smiles..
Then there was "Hotel Rwanda", a true story about how this hotel manager in Rwanda housed over 1200 Tutsi and Hutu refugees during the Rwandan Genocide in 1994. The story was so touching it made me tear a bit.. And also reminded me of how ignorant we are of what is happening in the world outside. There was this part where the hotel manager was talking to a news reporter, telling him that it's good he is filming the genocide and broadcasting to the world so help will come. To which the reporter replied: "You think help will come? Most people will just watch the genocide on TV and say "Oh that's terrible!" and go back to eating their dinners."
And I am one of these people. Totally guilty. Then again, we ask ourselves. How can we help? There are definitely ways to help these people. Our people sends aid in the forms of food and donations to war torn / disaster struck countries. But how many of these actually reach the people who really need it? Or will most of these "aid" end up in the hands of corrupted officials?
To me, the only way to make sure we are really helping is to go to the country itself and help these people first hand. By giving them the food supplies, by providing medical care. Then again, how many people can afford the time and the money to volunteer like that? Sigh...
On a much lighter note, there was "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle". Totally hilarious, laughed until i cried. Highly recommended to anyone who hasn't watched it. But apparently, almost everyone i talked to has already watched it..
Last but not least, "The Departed". English version of the original HK flick "Infernal Affairs". Again Matt Damon. But he is much better in this movie. And my favourite Jack Nicholson. His eyes always make me smile..
It was a day well spent in commeration of love.. Maybe we should do this more often.. = )
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