Something to read and think..

In case anybody wanders to this blog and if interested. There is an article in the New York Times- What Broke My Father's Heart by Kathy Butler.

It is a long 7 page narrative of their ordeal with pacemaker, medicare, doctors and hospital ethics, liability of patient and doctors, dementia, heart attack, modern medicines...I can go on. It's informative painful way of sharing what the family did and the risk and the decision making that comes into important situations.

I admit I don't know anything about these things but my grandma had dementia (I think It was) but she was sane. God bless her soul. Although in her case, it did not come to point the where we had to make decisions because of sickness.

The article is full of information for research for knowing what to do and what not and how to do so if put in such a situation. I don't know.. just figured it's interesting.

Talking Movies: Catcher in the Rye Movie?

Oh wow, is there a possibility? I read from the Telegraph UK...

JD Salinger always insisted The Catcher in the Rye was "unactable" and refused to let Hollywood anywhere near his masterpiece. But six months after his death, producers believe their chances of landing film rights to The Catcher in The Rye, considered the "holy grail" of scripts, are improving and a movie could be on the horizon.

Salinger maintained an intractable grip over the book during his lifetime and his publishers have insisted the rights are still not for sale. I suggest read the whole article.

Young stars of yester years (now they're old) dying to play Holden Caulfield. I wonder who best to pay the part...

I'm interested to see.. but I don't think movie will ever replace the book.. cos the book will always be better.

I just hope I don't have to puke watching the movie if there is one. He he.. in Caulfield mode.

Talking Movies: The Godfather

Last Tuesday HBO showed The Godfather trilogy. Original and the sequel. I didn't like part three.

Godfather movie mafia mobster gangster awesome. One of the best films ever made.

The marathon started 4 in the morning. I actually waited for it. The I watched the second part around 7 but I was getting sleepy already but still I watched about an hour. I ignored part three cos I was sleepy when I woke up and turned on the telly.. Andy Garcia was blabbing. Hehe.

In the original Godfather, Al Pacino who played Michael Corleone, looks like Robert Downey Jr. If ever they make a remake, I want Downey (or Depp?) to play that role. They're probably too old for the part anyway and I sincerely doubt they will ever consider to do remake of a classic.

I'll see what on' the telly now. Maybe a classic again :D

Hotel Hopping = tummy overload :D

Was going to make a journal entry about Thursday's event but it's just a quickie.. a long quickie post so 145 bla blah ain't enough. No snapshots though. Did not bring cam. Anyway we went to Amici with friends to have lunch. And I like spaghetti Italian style. Not sweet ;). After lunch we headed to Sofitel. Sweetness this time. Danish pastries, muffins, big and small cookies. Yum. For dinner we dropped by Pav. Got treated to a Free dinner courtesy of Tin's former co workers. Had big shrimps with broccoli, honey spareribs, yangchow with good amount of shrimps and meat :) Free chocolates too. Tummy overload. Yeah. Too bad Mandarin Oriental was far from the vicinity and we had to go home.

Then I went back to Amici cos I left something and I wanted a gelato. When I got home I saw boxes of Krispy Kreme. Ha ha.

Food trip is fun. Nothing can beat Sydney's Ritz Carlton (I think) overload tall ice cream. I miss it. Plus baby back ribs at the steak house in Balmoral. I wanna go back :)