Best Of TVB Drama: Black Heart White Soul (忠奸人)

English Title: Black Heart White Soul
Cantonese Title: 忠奸人
Cast: Roger Kwok 郭晉安 , Kristal Tin 田蕊妮 , Ron Ng 吳卓羲, Kiki Sheung 商天娥 , Louis Cheung 張繼聰, Waise Lee 李子雄, Jason Chan 陳智燊, Matt Yeung 楊明, May Chan, Leanne Li, Claire Yiu, Lisa Lau, Vivien Yeo
Episodes: 30
Airing date: 14 July 2014 – 22 August 2014
Themesong: Gray Fate 灰色命運 － 羅鈞滿 Ronald Law (Moon) & 鄭世豪 Hoffman Cheng
Official: Website
Executive Producer: Wong Sum Wai
Scriptwriter: Lau Chi Wah

Official Synopsis

A robbery case subtly interweaves the fate of three strangers, a barrister in a wheelchair KO CHIT-HANG (Roger Kwok), a Hong Kong girl TAM MEI-CHING (Kristal Tin) and District Crime Unit detective CHEUNG LAP-FAN (Ron Ng).

Implicated by her gangster boyfriend, MEI-CHING is charged with attempted robbery and is found guilty. Although CHIT-HANG, as the lawyer representing MEI-CHING, fails to exculpate her from the charge, the two fall in love with each other. Gradually, under CHIT-HANG’s guidance, MEI-CHING manages to turn over a new leaf after getting out of the jail. Through his investigation, LAP-FAN learns that, many years ago, he negligently shot and thereby paralyzed a civilian, who turns out to be CHIT-HANG. Instead of bearing a grudge against LAP-FAN, CHIT-HANG turns into his best friend. CHIT-HANG has been abandoned by his family ever since the accident. In order to make a living, it takes him more effort than the others to eventually stand out and become a rising star in the legal profession. Being recruited by wealthy businessmen, MA KAI-YUEN (Louis Cheung) and TO YEE-HANG (Waise Lee), CHIT-HANG often claims victory in lawsuit cases by surprise tactics, helping set his clients free. However, there is evil hiding behind his decency. The more successful CHIT-HANG becomes, the more suspicious LAP-FAN gets. All of them, including MEI-CHING, seem to be trapped in the slowly tightening grip of encirclements one after another, finding themselves on the horns of a dilemma……MY RATING: 5/5

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一宗劫案將本不相識的輪椅大狀高哲行(郭晉安)、港女譚美貞(田蕊妮)和重案組探員張立勳(吳卓羲)三人的命途緊扣在一起；美貞受黑幫男友連累被控串謀行 劫罪名成立，哲行身為代表律師雖未助美貞脫罪，但二人種下情根成為戀人，哲行循循善誘獄後的美貞重建新生；立勳查出多年前因自己開槍失準，導致一名市民殘 障的正是哲行，哲行沒有憎恨反與他成了好友。哲行自意外後遭至親離棄，為求生存他比別人加倍付出努力，終在法律界嶄露頭角，富商馬啟源(張繼聰)和杜以鏗 (李子雄)相繼羅致，哲行往往出奇制勝，替人脫罪。凡成美，惡器也，哲行越是攀上高峰，立勳越發洞燭其奸，包括美貞在內，連串人物仿佛被拴在一個又一個的 圈套裡，糾纏不清，進退維谷…… MY RATING: 5/5

Festival: Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri 2014

Me & Kimmy on behalf of alexleow-kimmy.com would like to wishes all Muslims a Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri. Finally, all Muslims around the globe and Malaysia will get to welcome the 1st Day of Syawal. Today is the day of joy, happiness and prosperity where friends and family members can get together and enjoy the talk and food together.

During Hari Raya, the Malay counterparts will serve a lot of kuih-muih and biscuits to celebrate Hari Raya. Besides, they also serve the Lemang or Ketupat as well. If you are planning to visit your Muslims friends, remember to be well prepared for the lovely food feast that will be serve. Muslims will also get to enjoy various Raya TV shows throughout the Raya on your local or paystation TV as well.

Please also do drive safely when you are on the road. Remember don't drive recklessly and follow the rules and signs or as well as police instructions while driving on the road. This is to ensure that you will have a safe journey ahead of the Balik Kampung rush. Enjoy yourself on this lovely festive season and remember to take good care of yourself.

SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI from alexleow-kimmy.com

Cinema Movie: Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes

 

 

Release Date: 10 Jul 2014

Language:English

Subtitle: -

Genre:Action / Drama / Science Fiction

Running Time: 130 minutes

Director:Matt Reeves

Cast:Gary Oldman, Jason Clarke, Keri Russell, Judy Greer, Andy Serkis, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Enrique Murciano, Toby Kebbell & Kirk Acevedo

Official Site

 

Synopsis:
 

A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier.  They reach a fragile peace, but it proves short-lived, as both sides are brought to the brink of a war that will determine who will emerge as Earth’s dominant species.

 

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My Comments: Today ME & Kimmy spend our extended pre-holidays session for yet another movie and today we watch this movie at GSC Tropicana City Mall. This movie is called the Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes. This movie features the apes and human kind where both are struggling to maintain the good relationships in between and then it has become a war and an even bigger war in future. The apes blamed the human kind where they were then being experimented and the apes suffered from it. Meanwhile the apes would wanted to seek revenge and then to do the same to human kind. With this it would spark a cold war between the apes and humans. The storyline is easy to understand and at times it was quite boring until the action appears. The casts meanwhile are just average except Andy Serkis who is quite a famous actor. 

 

I would say this movie gives its audiences a lot of grieves and of course you need to prepare tissue papers. There are a lot of sad and touching moments that you can see especially the apes and when the apes reacted with human kind as well. It was a good balanced movie between love, fight and sorrow and it was watchable at the end of 130 minutes. Kids will love this but still it's under parental guidance as well. I would recommend you to watch this movie although it's little boring at times but the movie still manage to live up the expectations with some real battle between the apes and human kind. Enjoy the movie. MY RATING: 4/5 ; KIMMY RATING: 5/5 

Best of TVB Drama: The Ultimate Addiction (點金勝手)

English Title: The Ultimate Addiction (previously known as ‘Midas’)
Cantonese Title: 點金勝手
Cast: Bosco Wong 黃宗澤 , Kate Tsui 徐子珊, Nancy Wu 胡定欣, Sharon Chan 陳敏之, Ben Wong 黃智賢, Elena Kong 江美儀, Toby Leung 梁靖琪, MC Jin 歐陽靖
Episodes: 30
Airing date: 2 June 2014 – 11 July 2014
Themesong: Challenge (考驗) by Fred Cheng | Sub- Tight Game (棋逢敵手) by Hubert Wu & Kate Tsui (Full versions)
Official: Website
Executive Producer: Chong Wai Kin
Scriptwriter: Pang Mei Fung, Ng Lap Kwong

Official Synopsis

Financial elite, CHEUK YUK (Bosco Wong), never hesitates to use any dirty tricks to gain a profit, so he has been under close surveillance by the Commercial Crime Bureau (CCB).
Being obsessed with money and power, CHEUK YUK constantly neglects his family members and friends. Because of him, his wife and mentor pass away respectively, yet he shows no remorse at all. On the contrary, his craving for money and power continuously increases. His brother-in-law CHOW SUN-YUNG (Ben Wong), one of the CCB inspectors, is determined to put him in jail, collaborating with superior HO SHEUNG-YEE (Sharon Chan) and subordinate CHI NGA (Kate Tsui) to gather evidence. SUN-YUNG thinks highly of CHI NGA and even regards her as his last apprentice, to his surprise, CHI NGA suddenly resigns and starts working for CHEUK YUK. At first, she gains CHEUK YUK’s second wife, FONG MING-YU’s (Nancy Wu) trust, following which she helps CHEUK YUK deal with CHAI PUI-FUN (Elena Kong), a mogul in the financial industry. It seems that CHI NGA has grasped total control, undermining CHEUK YUK’s ambition. Who will eventually be the ultimate winner when facing fierce competition in the financial battle like this? MY RATING: 5/5


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金融大鱷卓彧(黃宗澤)為求利益不惜踩鋼線耍手段，一直備受商業罪案調查科高度監視，卓彧沉迷金錢和權力遊戲忽略家人和朋友，妻子和良師先後因他離 世，他毫無悔意，反而變本加厲，大舅周辛勇(黃智賢)身為商業罪案調查科人員誓要將他繩之於法，上司何雙怡(陳敏之)和下屬資雅(徐子珊)協力找尋證據， 辛勇對資雅本寄望甚殷，視她為入室弟子，但資雅卻突然離職轉投卓彧的公司，先取得卓彧第二任妻子方明瑜(胡定欣)的信心，繼而幫助卓彧對付金融界女強人柴 沛勛(江美儀)，資雅幾乎左右大局，卓彧的雄心壯志似被吞噬，充滿殺戮的金融戰場上，勝負最後誰來定奪……MY RATING: 5/5

Cinema Movie: Transformers - Age Of Extinction

Release Date: 26 Jun 2014

Language:English
Subtitle: Chinese / Malay
Genre:Action / Adventure / Science Fiction
Running Time: 165 minutes
Director:Michael Bay
Cast:Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Stanley Tucci, Jack Reynor, Lee Bing Bing, Han Geng

Official Site

Synopsis:

Set four years after the climactic battle of "Transformers: Dark Of The Moon". As humanity picks up the pieces, Autobots and Decepticons have all but vanished from the face of the planet. However, a group of powerful, ingenious businessman and scientists attempt to learn from past Transformer incursions and push the boundaries of technology beyond what they can control - all while an ancient, powerful Transformer menace sets Earth in his crosshairs. The epic adventure and battle between good and evil, freedom and enslavement ensues.

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My Comments: Finally the long awaited Transformers movie are in town once again and this time we have chosen GSC Tropicana City Mall as our destination to catch Transformers movie. This is the 4th installment where the previous installment was just fine and nothing so special about it except it's action packed. This time around Age Of Extinction is the 4th installment episode and will it be the same as the 3rd or better?  Is Micheal Bay running out of ideas or he manage to create something special on the 4th installment? Let's see.

The answer is almost the same. This movie is action packed and it's rich in robots fighting between the Autobots and Decepticons. The storyline meanwhile is a bit crappy and it's not so attractive as per 3rd installment. If you watch in 3D then this is definitely the movie for you as it contains a lot of close ups scenes that would blown your mind off. The Autobots and Decepticons are all vanished from the scenes until scientist start studying the making of them to rule the world. But then the scientist made a mistake and then everything turned into a chaos where the Autobots have to revive and then to save human kind again. The battle between Autobots and Decepticons continues and it was an explosive approximately 2 hours plus of action packed scenes and you will simply love it too. Will Decepticons defeated and continue to the next installment? You must checked it out at cinemas near you. I would still recommend you to watch this movie with your whole family and kids would love this one but the storyline is a bit difficult for them to understand. Overall I would say not the best but still good. Enjoy! MY RATING: 4/5 ; KIMMY RATING: 4/5

Announcement: Birthday Message from Alex Leow 2014

Dear All,

It's been a great pleasure that finally my birthday has arrived. This year is my third year entering the 30's so I am getting older and older by now. Well, my career had been absolutely stable and great this year and in the same time we are getting married this year. And my investments had been absolutely pleasant and I am very happy with it. I hope to continue riding with this fantastic trend in years to come. I would like to extend my thanks to all of you who wishes me Happy Birthday on my Facebook and via SMS.


I am very happy to receive those messages and I gladly hope that you feel the same too where I wish all of you prosperous in your health and wealth too. Do not give up and try to overcome from failures and vowed to do better than that as life goes on. Once again, I would like to thank my special Kimmy Chung for supporting me throughout this years and I love you so much as finally our marriage is this year and we are looking forward to it. Also, I would like to share that this is our 5th anniversary today while to be together and nothing's gonna change my love for you. It does happens where it falls on the same date as my birthday. It's going to be a happy day for me and I hope for the best in future so do all of you.

This year names will not be published on my blog due to security reasons and I would like to extend my gratitude towards all of you whom have supported my blog throughout the years as well.

Leisure: Petronas Primax 95 with Advance Technology Formula

Dear All,

Petronas just announce their new fuel on May 26th 2014 and this is what we called the new formula fuel called Petronas Primax 95 with Advance Technology Formula. This fuel replaces all existing formula of Petronas Primax 95 Xtra. Have you tried it out personally? For me, this is my 4th tank fueling up with this fuel and I am pretty impressed with the performance of the fuel.

 Six grands prix, six victories – that’s the amazing record MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS F1 Team has scored so far this season. And PETRONAS PRIMAX plays a vital role, helping the Mercedes F1 W05 Hybrid achieve stratospheric performance while consuming 30% less fuel than the year before. Now you too can achieve new levels of fuel efficiency with the new PETRONAS PRIMAX 95 with Advanced Energy Formula.

 Developed in collaboration with PETRONAS PRIMAX technical performance consultant and MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS driver, Lewis Hamilton, along with PETRONAS’ own team of engineers and chemists across Asia and Europe, the new PETRONAS PRIMAX 95 incorporates the knowledge and lessons learnt from the racetracks via PETRONAS Fluid Technology Solutions, a range of tailor-made product offerings and expert services that maximise your vehicle’s performance.
The Advanced Energy Formula imbues the new PETRONAS PRIMAX 95 with a set of qualities that improve the efficiency of the fuel. Firstly, it optimises fuel delivery through the cleaning and protection of critical injector and engine parts. It also creates a finer spray when injected into the combustion chamber, increasing atomisation and ensuring cleaner, more efficient combustion.
Finally, it lubricates the cylinder wall and piston rings, reducing power-sapping friction, and replenishes the surface active components of engine oil when it accumulates in the oil sump. With these key race-proven innovations, the new PETRONAS PRIMAX 95 ensures you extract the maximum amount of energy from every drop.

“Fuel economy matters to me, even more importantly this season where fuel efficiency is the game changer in Formula One,” said Lewis Hamilton. “With the fuel limit capped this season, we have to ensure that every drop of PETRONAS PRIMAX that goes into the car is engineered to deliver optimum performance.” “PETRONAS has done an amazing job in coming up with a superior formulation for PETRONAS PRIMAX that has fuelled our team to victory. As PETRONAS PRIMAX’s technical performance consultant, I am extremely honoured to be able to share this winning formula with Malaysian drivers,” he added.

The new PETRONAS PRIMAX 95 with Advanced Energy Formula is now on sale at all PETRONAS stations nationwide and is sold at the normal regulated price of RON 95 petrol. To learn more about the new PETRONAS PRIMAX 95, and to locate the nearest PETRONAS station, visit www.mymesra.com.my.

My previous fuel choice would be BHPetrol and it claimed to be one of the best fuel in Malaysia and to compare with the new Primax 95 fuel, Primax is slightly below par if compared with BHPetrol. In terms of mileage, it recorded almost the same between these 2 fuels but power wise BHPetrol are more powerful when entering straight roads but Primax performed better when it goes up hill. I would still recommend you to pump Petronas Primax 95 with Advance Technology Formula as this fuel is good and responsive as well as giving you slightly better mileage (5-7% more). Do try it out and enjoy your drive. MY RATING: 5/5

Petrol Ranking As of 17th June 2014 (Based on vehicle Proton Saga BLM)

1.) BHPetrol
2.) Petronas 
3.) Shell
4.) Caltex
5.) Petron
 

Cinema Movie: Maleficent

  
Release Date: 29 May 2014

Language:English
Subtitle: Chinese / Malay
Genre:Adventure / Fantasy
Running Time: 97 minutes
Director:Robert Stromberg
Cast:Angelina Jolie, Sharlto Copley, Elle Fanning, Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton, Miranda Richardson, Juno Temple, Lesley Manville

Official Site

Synopsis:

"Maleficent" explores the untold story of Disney’s most iconic villain from the classic “Sleeping Beauty" and the elements of her betrayal that ultimately turn her pure heart to stone. Driven by revenge and a fierce desire to protect the moors over which she presides, Maleficent cruelly places an irrevocable curse upon the human king’s newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Aurora is caught in the middle of the seething conflict between the forest kingdom she has grown to love and the human kingdom that holds her legacy. Maleficent realizes that Aurora may hold the key to peace in the land and is forced to take drastic actions that will change both worlds forever.

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My Comments: Today ME & Kimmy were at TGV 1 Utama for shopping and in the same time to catch a movie of our choice as well. We have chosen Maleficent as our choice and let's go straight to the movie preview. Maleficent is a great story which talk about adventure and fantasy and with a strong cast like Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning and Sam Riley, this movie is set to bring you some great adventure with good storyline with some outstanding graphics and good moral value of the story. It started off slowly but then it lasted for about 15 minutes and later than that, the movie started to build up and it's becoming more interesting. At almost the end of the movie, movie goers may be in tears as there are touching scenes which really makes you cry too. This movie is just like a remake version of Alice In Wonderland but I guess this one is as good as Alice In Wonderland. This movie is very suitable to watch by all walks of life but of course kids would enjoy this more. If you have not watch this movie, do catch it at the nearest cinema near you and I guess you will love it. Enjoy! MY RATING: 5/5 ; KIMMY RATING: 5/5

Food Hunt: Taste Of Italy Set, Pizza Hut

Dear All,

Welcome back to yet another edition of Food Hunt and today ME & Kimmy had planned for a special outing to try out the latest pizza hut menu that was being introduced recently. It's called the Taste Of Italy. This pizza can be ordered via ala-carte or by set. This is what we've ordered:

Signature Course (RM32.90)

- 1 Taste Of Italy Pizza
- 1 Taste Of Italy Pasta
- 1 Italiano Bruschetta
- 2 Glasses Of Pepsi

Add Ons: Soup-Of-The-Day (RM2.00)

It's just nice for 2 persons based on this set and there's one more set and that's called the Ultimate Course which can be served up to 4 persons.  The choices of Pizza that we have chosen includes the Romano Chicken Pizza. The choices of Italy Pasta that we have chosen would be Pesto Chicken Spaghetti. I would say the whole meal had been very satisfying and we do enjoy the pizza there as well. The Romano Chicken Pizza is a must try as the portion is just nice and the taste was nice and tasty. The Romano Chicken Pizza contains chicken roll florets, chicken toppings, Italian Cheese, red capsicum, yellow onion, tomato pizza sauce, spinach and garlic and it will definitely makes you drool. The Pesto Chicken Spaghetti meanwhile is also a must try where it's nice and tasty too. The Pasta is then green in color and it contains Pesto Sauce Spaghetti, tender chicken, cherry tomatoes, roasted onions, chopped garlic, red capsicum, chilli flakes and chopped parsley.

Pesto Chicken Spaghetti

Pesto Chicken Spaghetti

 The Italian Bruschetta is also a must try as the bread is very nice especially when you dip into the salsa tomato sauce. It contains cheesy garlic bread, twin sauce: tangy tomato sauce & pesto sauce and it's served with tomato salsa. It was a fantastic and satisfying meal for both of us and we vowed to try other flavors when we visited Pizza Hut again. There's an option to add RM2 for the Soup-Of-The-Day but we did not ordered. I guess worth a try as well.

Italiano Bruschetta

Romano Chicken Pizza

Romano Chicken Pizza

The price (including a 10% Service Charge & Government Tax of 6%) is around RM38.15 and I think the meal had been very satisfying too. I would strongly recommend you to come over to any Pizza Hut branches to try out the Taste Of Italy from Pizza Hut. Enjoy! MY RATING: 5/5 ; KIMMY RATING: 4/5

* Food Rating are based on the food & drinks we've ordered and not overall food & drinks.

Website: http://pizzahut.com.my/

Business Hours: 10.00am - 10.00pm Daily 

Food Hunt: Chilli Pan Mee, Bandar Manjarala

Dear All,

Welcome back to yet another edition of Food Hunt and today ME & Kimmy had visited Chilli Pan Mee situated at Bandar Manjarala to try out their famous Chilli Pan Mee over there. We have not tried before and therefore would like to give it a try.

We reached the restaurant around 2.00pm and there are still plenty of places for us to sit. The seats are divided into 2 which is the air-conditioned and non air-conditioned. We manage to get an air-conditioned seats and then we were then served by a friendly staff over there. We browse through the menu and then have wide selection of the Pan Mee besides its famous Chilli Pan Mee such as Black Pepper, ABC Soup, Braised Pan Mee to name a few etc. This is what we've ordered:

1.) Chilli Pan Mee (RM6.00) (Small)
2.) Curry Chicken Pan Mee (RM7.00) (Big)
3.) Luncheon Meat (RM4.00) (2 pieces)
3.) Chrysanthemum Herbal Tea (RM1.50)
4.) Coca-Cola (RM2.20)

We waited for about 10 minutes and finally the food arrive. The Luncheon Meat came first and we have our very first taste of the luncheon meat. It's super and absolutely tasty and you should order this when you dine in this restaurant. The portion of the luncheon meat is average size. Meanwhile the Chilli Pan Mee arrives next and according to Kimmy, she said that it's tasty and the pan mee is really springy and nice to eat too. The Curry Chicken Pan Mee is the one I've ordered and I love the taste too as it's very tasty as well. For drinks, the taste is normal and nothing much to shout about.

Chilli Pan Mee (RM6.00)

Chilli Pan Mee (RM6.00)

Chilli Pan Mee (RM6.00)

Curry Chicken Pan Mee (RM7.00) (Big)

The price is very reasonable and cheap too and total bill is RM20.70. We get to eat lots of food and we pay a cheap price as well. The servings is pretty average and just nice too. Most importantly is that the food we've ordered is nice and tasty. Both of us would strongly recommend you to come over here to try out their Pan Mee and hope you'll enjoy the food here as well. MY RATING: 5/5 ; KIMMY RATING: 5/5

* Food Rating are based on the food & drinks we've ordered and not overall food & drinks.

Ambiance: 3/5
Cleanliness: 4/5
Value Of Food: 5/5
Customer Service: 5/5
Ditanggung Halal: No

Address: 

27, Jalan 11/62A,
Bandar Manjarala, Kepong.
52200, Kuala Lumpur.
Telephone: -Not Available-
Business Hours: 7.30am - 4.00pm Daily