HK → UK → US → ?
Leah and I have been watching the HBO comedy, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Leah keeps telling me that Larry David, the main character in the comedy, is just like me but older. Or, when I get older I will behave just like Larry David on the show!
Mmm… Let’s hope that’s not true… 🙂
Thanks to TiVo wishlist feature, I was able to watch the ‘On the Beach’ episode again this weekend. And I was wrong in my previous post that “Over The Rainbow” by Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwo’ole was not the soundtrack I was looking for. It is and the track is in my iTunes Music Store shopping cart right now.
One of the Christmas present I got this year (actually last year now, but who’s counting?) is the DVD boxset of the British TV comedy series Yes Minister. Along with the follow on series of Yes, Prime Minister, it is one of the best British comedy series. The humors hold up really well even after 20 years.
Example: one of the early episode is about the introduction of European ID card and how the opponents cried “policed state”. Which is ironic because 20 years later, Britain is once again debating the introduction of the ID card! With the same set of arguments use by both sides!
It is almost like the series writers predicted the future, but really it is just that politics never change.
Leah and I had finally finished season 2 of “24” on DVD. Now we can start clearing off the season 3 episodes off my TiVo.
One thing that stands out in season 2 is Kim’s continual stupidity. How does she managed to get a college degree (in CS no less) under three years and starts working for CTU? No wonder her dad needs to save the world, again.
The news of the death of the Hong Kong star, Anita Mui, brought back my childhood memory. That is, until I reached the end of that BBC news article and also found that Leslie Cheung, another Hong Kong star during my childhood years, had committed suicide earlier this year! This is just so shocking to me as I grow up with these stars, just like the current generation grow up with Britney, Justin, etc. Not that it is fair comparison as Anita and Leslie were both highly acclaimed singers and actors who won awards through their talents, unlike Britney who can’t sing nor act.
Lost in Colonisation 