Tuesday, November 25, 2008
...guess who dropped in...
Friday, November 7, 2008
...wong chau jun in rangoon road...
They also have the hor fun steamed with fish. The hor fun is not as smooth as the one we had at Highway Seafood Restaurant, but one of the better ones in the island. It comes in plain hor fun with some pieces of steamed fish fillet by the side.
The fried bee hoon with fried fish fillet is nice when eaten hot, tend to be a little oily when it is warm. This restaurant seems to be quite generous with their fillet.
Next, was the honey chicken. It tasted like Marmite Chicken but it is well glazed with honey and has the sweet taste of the bee produce.
The tau foo (every
Friday, October 31, 2008
...barbara bel geddes - the plain miss ellie ewing...

 Award nominee. Barbara had earlier scored success on stage and screen long before gaining more lasting fame on television.
Award nominee. Barbara had earlier scored success on stage and screen long before gaining more lasting fame on television. amidst the theatre, Bel Geddes began acting on stage at age 18 and soon moved on to Broadway in 1942 and had her first major hit with "Deep Are The Roots" in 1944, winning a Theatre World Award.
amidst the theatre, Bel Geddes began acting on stage at age 18 and soon moved on to Broadway in 1942 and had her first major hit with "Deep Are The Roots" in 1944, winning a Theatre World Award. 48) and the story of a desperate girl marrying into riches in "Caught" (1949).
48) and the story of a desperate girl marrying into riches in "Caught" (1949).  s as best dramatic actress for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in 1956 and for the lead in Mary, Mary in 1961.
s as best dramatic actress for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in 1956 and for the lead in Mary, Mary in 1961.
She returned to movies in a supporting role in Hitchcock's "Vertigo" (1958) with James Stewart and Kim Novak, playing the plain-jane Midge. She was Danny Kaye's (as musician Red Nichols) wife in the moving "The Five Pennies" (though her singing voice was dubbed). She was one of the "5 Branded Women" (1960) a war melodrama; as Elfrem Zim
 balist Jr.'s patient wife, watching him having an affair with the more sultry Lana Turner in "By Love Possessed" (1961). Barbara was seen in two 1971 films - "Summertree" and "The Todd Killings", in supporting roles.
balist Jr.'s patient wife, watching him having an affair with the more sultry Lana Turner in "By Love Possessed" (1961). Barbara was seen in two 1971 films - "Summertree" and "The Todd Killings", in supporting roles.  991). She won the Emmy Award for best actress in 1980 and was nominated in the same category in 1979 and 1981. Bel Geddes left the show for health reasons during the 1984-85 season, with the more glamourous Donna Reed taking over the role of Miss Ellie. Barbara Bel Geddes retu
991). She won the Emmy Award for best actress in 1980 and was nominated in the same category in 1979 and 1981. Bel Geddes left the show for health reasons during the 1984-85 season, with the more glamourous Donna Reed taking over the role of Miss Ellie. Barbara Bel Geddes retu rned for the 1985-86 season and continued on "Dallas" (1978) until 1990, when she effectively retired from acting. She did not appear in either of the two Dallas TV reunion movies.
rned for the 1985-86 season and continued on "Dallas" (1978) until 1990, when she effectively retired from acting. She did not appear in either of the two Dallas TV reunion movies. Saturday, October 25, 2008
...continental goes oriental...

 
 Thursday, October 23, 2008
...my wonderful lunch...
...mamma mia!!!...

 s and...walla...the movie that everyone talks about these days.
s and...walla...the movie that everyone talks about these days. a musical with songs from Bee Gees or Bonnie M (except ABBA songs are catchier). This is not a big budget and not a stagy musical (unlike "Sweeney Todd : The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street" (2007) or "Phantom Of The Opera (2004) or even "Moulin Rouge" (2001) which meant strictly for the stage). This is a fun-filled, sunflowery musical so who cares about the flaws. Some musicals are better left on Broadway.
 a musical with songs from Bee Gees or Bonnie M (except ABBA songs are catchier). This is not a big budget and not a stagy musical (unlike "Sweeney Todd : The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street" (2007) or "Phantom Of The Opera (2004) or even "Moulin Rouge" (2001) which meant strictly for the stage). This is a fun-filled, sunflowery musical so who cares about the flaws. Some musicals are better left on Broadway.Monday, October 20, 2008
...edie adams - she worked the hard way...
 The versatile Edie Adams who was adept to musicals, comedies and dramas died of pneumonia on 15th October 2008.
 The versatile Edie Adams who was adept to musicals, comedies and dramas died of pneumonia on 15th October 2008. ake acting classes at the Columbia School of Drama.
ake acting classes at the Columbia School of Drama. n" and a Tony Awards in 1956 for playing Daisy Mae in the musical "Li'l Abner". Following that were more musical and dramatic ventures on the stage including "The Merry Widow" (1957), a show she would return to more than once, "Sweet Bird of Youth" (1960) and "Free as a Bird" (1960).
n" and a Tony Awards in 1956 for playing Daisy Mae in the musical "Li'l Abner". Following that were more musical and dramatic ventures on the stage including "The Merry Widow" (1957), a show she would return to more than once, "Sweet Bird of Youth" (1960) and "Free as a Bird" (1960).  money to the IRS. Instead of filing bankruptcy, however, she worked her way out of debt. In the process, her career received a second wind. Perhaps it didn't hurt that the public adored Edie and that she was a genuinely sympathetic figure in the wake of her private tragedy.
money to the IRS. Instead of filing bankruptcy, however, she worked her way out of debt. In the process, her career received a second wind. Perhaps it didn't hurt that the public adored Edie and that she was a genuinely sympathetic figure in the wake of her private tragedy. "Lover Come Back" (1961). Thereafter, she played off such comedy pros as Bob Hope in "Call Me Bwana" (1963); Sid Caesar in "It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World" (1963); and Jack Lemmon in "Under The Yum Yum Tree" (1963) and had a showy bit as a stripper in "Love With A Proper Stranger" (1963).
 "Lover Come Back" (1961). Thereafter, she played off such comedy pros as Bob Hope in "Call Me Bwana" (1963); Sid Caesar in "It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World" (1963); and Jack Lemmon in "Under The Yum Yum Tree" (1963) and had a showy bit as a stripper in "Love With A Proper Stranger" (1963). 
  uld still be seen from time to time on the stage in such shows as "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," the female version of "The Odd Couple," "Hello, Dolly!" and "Nunsense". She remained committed to the end to restoring/preserving her late
uld still be seen from time to time on the stage in such shows as "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," the female version of "The Odd Couple," "Hello, Dolly!" and "Nunsense". She remained committed to the end to restoring/preserving her late husband's videotapes and kinescopes of his ground-breaking 50s TV work. She also recalled her offbeat life with Kovacs in the book Sing a Pretty Song, which was published in 1990.
 husband's videotapes and kinescopes of his ground-breaking 50s TV work. She also recalled her offbeat life with Kovacs in the book Sing a Pretty Song, which was published in 1990.Edie remarried in 1964 to photographer Marty Mills, with whom she had a son, Josh. That union ended in divor
 ce in 1971. The following year Edie married jazz trumpeter Pete Candoli. She and Candoli, who died in January of 2008, divorced in 1989. In another eerie, tragic circumstance, daughter Mia was killed in a 1982 Los Angeles auto accident at age 22 -- exactly 20 years after her father's similar demise. Suffering from cancer and losing weight in recent years, the beloved Edie died of complications from pneumonia at age 81 in Los Angeles.
ce in 1971. The following year Edie married jazz trumpeter Pete Candoli. She and Candoli, who died in January of 2008, divorced in 1989. In another eerie, tragic circumstance, daughter Mia was killed in a 1982 Los Angeles auto accident at age 22 -- exactly 20 years after her father's similar demise. Suffering from cancer and losing weight in recent years, the beloved Edie died of complications from pneumonia at age 81 in Los Angeles. ...dolores hart - holy starlet...

Her career as a beautiful starlet was blazing bright in the late 50s. She was one of those teenage star with a promising career, but who would believe, the beautiful Dolores Hart would give up acting and all to become a nun and today, a Reverand Mother.
Dolores Hart (20th October 1938) was born in Dolores Hicks in Chicago, Illinios to actor Bert Hicks and his wife. She was their only child. Despite their religious implication (they were Catholics), seperated and ultimately divorced. She is also the neice of Mario Lanza, who was married to her aunt. During her parents' marital problems, she turned to her grandfather, a movie theater projectionist for comfort, whose enthusiasm for films influenced her decision to pursue an acting career.
 of Mario Lanza, who was married to her aunt. During her parents' marital problems, she turned to her grandfather, a movie theater projectionist for comfort, whose enthusiasm for films influenced her decision to pursue an acting career.
She was reported to appear in "Forever Amber" (1947) as child. In 1956, using the stage name Dolores Har t, she was signed to play a supporting role as the love interest of Elvis Presley in "Loving You" (1957). She then appeared in Anna Magnani 's "Wild Is The Wind" (1957) and heavy family drama "Lonelyhearts" (1958 starring Montogomery Clift, Robert Ryan and Myrna Loy). In 1958, she again partnered Elvis in his "King Creole". She has denied ever having had an 'intimate' relationship with Presley offscreen.
t, she was signed to play a supporting role as the love interest of Elvis Presley in "Loving You" (1957). She then appeared in Anna Magnani 's "Wild Is The Wind" (1957) and heavy family drama "Lonelyhearts" (1958 starring Montogomery Clift, Robert Ryan and Myrna Loy). In 1958, she again partnered Elvis in his "King Creole". She has denied ever having had an 'intimate' relationship with Presley offscreen. 
She was next put on a saddle with Jeff Chandler and John Saxon in western "The Plunderers" (1960). In 1960, Hart starred in "Where The Boys Are", a teenage comedy about college students on springbreak which developed a near cult-like following. In the film, Hart plays a co-ed who struggles to define herself when confronted with her newly-discovered sexuality and popularity with the opposite sex. Also in the film, George Hamilton, Yvette Mimieux, Jim Hutton, Paula Prentiss, Frank Gorshin and introduced Connie Francis to the silver screen.
 about college students on springbreak which developed a near cult-like following. In the film, Hart plays a co-ed who struggles to define herself when confronted with her newly-discovered sexuality and popularity with the opposite sex. Also in the film, George Hamilton, Yvette Mimieux, Jim Hutton, Paula Prentiss, Frank Gorshin and introduced Connie Francis to the silver screen.
Hart was then in the biblical "Francis Of Assisi" (1961 with Bradford Dillman in the starring role) and the comedy, " Sail A Crooked Ship" (1961 starring Robert Wagner). There was a thiller with Stephen Boyd in "The Inpector" (1962). She was more at home in another teengage comedy "Come Fly With Me" (1963, this time with Hugh O' Brian, Karl Boehm, Pamela Tiffin and Lois Nettleton).
Sail A Crooked Ship" (1961 starring Robert Wagner). There was a thiller with Stephen Boyd in "The Inpector" (1962). She was more at home in another teengage comedy "Come Fly With Me" (1963, this time with Hugh O' Brian, Karl Boehm, Pamela Tiffin and Lois Nettleton).
At this point she had made up her mind to leave the film industry, and after breaking off her engagement to Los Angeles businessman Don Robinson, the 25-year-old actress became a Roman Catholic nun at the Benedictine Abbey of R egina Laudis in Bethlehem, Connecticut, ultimately becoming the Prioress of the Convent. She chants in Latin eight times a day.
egina Laudis in Bethlehem, Connecticut, ultimately becoming the Prioress of the Convent. She chants in Latin eight times a day.
In 2006, she visited Hollywood again after 43 years in monastery to raise awareness for peripheral idiopathic neuropathy, a crippling disease, that afflicts many Americans, including herself since 1997.
Today, the Reverend Mother Dolores Hart is Prioress of the Abbey, but has in recent years become the only nun to be an Oscar-voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
...my one day jalan~jalan cari makan in prai...
Tai Cho Restaurant and Hotel is place where you must try the roasted duck (and I dont mean one that associates to the hotel!!!). It is off Kampung Benggali. The roasted duck is served with special sauce - bean paste (tow chneoh) with bird's eye chili (cabai burung/chili padi). You can have the duck and the roasted pork in that sauce. They serve "lor nooi" (spiced egg), "lor tau knua" (spiced beancurd), chai boay soup (mixed vegetable soup - nothing to hoot about here) and the fish ball soup (as they said...QQnen nen - in mandarin please!!!).
It was a nice simple outing this time. Let's see where to next...:)
 
 

