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I hope everyone is having a good christmas. I feasted on turkey and roast lamb and honest-to-goodness indian food, so I'm not complaining. On Boxing day, I had the most sinful lunch - double deep fried crispy thingies (ngoh hiang) with beer. Definitely need to start exercising - we are planning a diving trip to sipadan and maybe a spot of trekking in two weeks. Before this blog goes on vacation, here's a best books link for people also embarking on long journeys.

I caught The Promise yesterday, and I hope it doesn't get selected for Best Foreign Film. I mean, I like Asian films, but this is embarrassing OTT excess. There was one shot in the movie I thought, yes, that looks like Chen Kaige. (It was a man standing in a doorway with the light streaming down on him.) Everything else was generic CGI prettiness bordering on blandness, cheap-looking shots you expect from a made-for-tv release. I want my $7 back.