Girlfriend - Away

Girlfriend is gonna be away real soon. This is most probably the year when we see each other the least. It's pretty alright actually. Cause I've been kept busy onboard ship. She's gonna be away to Saigon and Jakarta in October and November respectively. Work has meant that she's gotta travel. Usually a trip will be made up of nice bits and not so nice bits. Aside from the Jakarta trip earlier this year, I've not been able to get any leave to travel with her.

We were out today and she's gotten herself a really pretty dress from MNG and a super sultry spaghetti top from Dutti. Haha - right. Sultry sounds bad. Make it, erm, sweet. Well, depends on how perverse you are. I've been telling her she should wear more dresses as she's got some height and they should look really pretty on her.

It's a rather unusual day because I heard two seldom played songs in Starbucks @Liat Towers and the Asics 360 shop @Wheelock. At the former it was the cover of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley and the latter, Gift of Gab remix of DJ Shadow's Midnight in a Perfect World.

We watched The Banquet yesterday. We kinda decided that Zhang Ziyi couldn't really pull off the Queen role. But our argument is this - that is exactly what the director wanted. This was a girl/woman, fuelled by ambition, awkwardly caught between decisions made by her head and her heart. Some might compare her with Gong Li, but seriously, Gong Li cannot do this role. She's 40 for (fill in your god)'s sake! Daniel Wu and Zhou Xun, they look great together. Suit their role well. Chang Chen will not be a good choice to replace Daniel Wu because, well, Chang Chen is too "man". Daniel Wu has this more refined appeal. The rest of the cast, well....nothing much to argue about.

I'd better make full use of the time while girlfriend is away. Previously when she was in HK, I used the time and energy on preparing my new role onboard ship, coming up with presentations, schedules and general whatnots.