Kaiji:The Ultimate Gambler 18 Apr 2010

Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler, is a good movie. I didn't know about the movie until my student told me the synopsis of the movie. This movie involves a group of desperate people who are considered failure in the society. Most are heavily in debts and they desperately need for money to renew their life. Opportunity comes when these people are given a chance to board a gambling ship Espoir ("hope" in French) for one night to clear the debt. One of them is Kaiji Itō, a graduates from a university.They gamble their way to new life but little do they know that this is actually a scheme to recruit cheap labour for some underground resort project. While they toil the land day and nigh to pay for the money loan from the consortium to these people during the Espoir gamble, Kaiji and with another guy names Sahara decide to try their luck on the second chance to freedom from horrible labour work by playing a life threatening game which drives adrenalin up to their brain. Along the way there are few life threatening card games which will definitely glue the audience to the big screen.

It was a rush afternoon. We moved things into Betel Nut.By noon, it was done. We had a quick Pan Mee breakfast at Seri Kembangan. I didn't know it was vegetarian pan mee until I saw some funny looking anchovies (ikan bilis) in the bowl. It was a made of flour. You chose the 'peeled' type and sometimes I wonder if the 'peeled' type taste better.

This is the 3rd time we catch a movie but it seemed every time we also need to rush. The first time was my fault as I swayed into the wrong road. During the 2nd time, we waited for your friends to complete their work. It was still fine but this time, we missed 15 minutes. Luckily we only missed the short introduction. We will not be late anymore next time=.=" enough of last minute... haha.

I loved the Japanese dinner at Sushi Zanmai. The Caterpillar roll with Avacado was nice,luckily this time it was available. I didn't know that you had never eaten Avacado and salmon roe (Ikura). Hope you enjoyed them today^^