冬令進補啦

關愛咱的老公突發奇想, 要為我補補身子; 於是乎今晚一道道好菜上桌了:

羊肉四物粉絲湯

Sword fish with wine

Artichoke with dip mayonnaise

 下面兩道是他的最愛: Lobster and Alaska Crab Legs

張海燕醫師 passed away

After I learned about the sad news of Sue Chang (張舜民)'s husband 張海燕醫師 passed away, an e-card was sent for her comfort:

http://www.egreetings.com/view?i=485526297&m=8273&source=eg992

47 Ronin (2013, Movie)

"The 47 were the greatest Samurai who ever existed. They were led by Ōishi. They served ‎Lord Asano in the land of Ako and lived by the principles of Bushido...loyalty, courage, benevolence, justice, honesty, respect and above all, honor."

It is in fact a fantasy recreation of a popular Japanese historical event. Keano Reeves was really good as the mystery man who stars as the totally fictional Kai, a half-British, half-Japanese outcast who is taken in by Oishi (Hiroyuki Sanada) the leader of the 47, to assist in taking revenge on Lord Kira (Tadanobu Asano) for conspiring to kill their master, Lord Asano.

We watched the 3D dimension but I feel this movie will be equally as good in 2D.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011, Movie)

The only reason to see this movie is for the battles of Autobots VS Decepticons. Transformers 3 did not solve any of the problems that plague the first two by a long shot, but my biggest complaint is that it's too LONG! The bad stuff is that this movie shares half its screen time with fleshy humans that have no place being around giant robots with lasers while the humans have bullets that bounce off the robots. You know human weapons are ineffective, so get out of the way of the robots and let the Autobots do their job. Also, why do the wreckers have machine guns when there are Autobots fighting other robots? It was established only their own lasers can hurt big Decepticons.

Google + Movie for 2013

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013, Movie)

The big finish of the movie is Smaug chasing the dwarves around the inside of the mountain for an hour.  Why are they spending so much time running around from the dragon? You lose the tension of a scene when it drags on so long. The dragon isn't so dangerous when he can't kill even one dwarf over such a long time.  That's obviously not in the book. 

The movie is an ill-conceived ragout of fantasy, science fiction, and old-fashioned romance.

Xmas 2013