The Ides of March - the game of politics

A great masterpiece directed by George Clooney, show what is the true politics about.

THE GAME
Governor Mike Morris (George Clooney) is running for presidency against Senator Pullman in a Democratic primary. Both sides has been campaigning aggressively, with Stephen Myers (Ryan Gosling) and Paul Zara (Philip Seymour Hoffman) aiding Morris in his slight lead over Senator Pullman.

SETUP
Senator Pullman's head campaign manager Tom Duffy (Paul Giamatti) calls Stephen Myers one day to arrange for a meetup intention was to engage him into helping Pullman, not knowing that Tom Duffy is trying to jeopardize his job in the campaign. After the meet up, Stephen Myers was harrassed by the media and it was Paul Zara who informed the media. Now Morris lost a good helping hand while Pullman has one lesser opponent to face. A WIN-WIN situation for Pullman and great move by Tom Duffy.

GAMBLING THE LEVERAGE
Stephen Myers was totally devastated while he is out of job and Tom Duffy initial intention to pull him over was just a plot. The woman he loved committed suicide and he was nowhere to go. However, he does know Governor Morris's secret, a leverage which he forced Paul Zara out of job and becomes the next big man to Governor Morri's

It is the movie that shows the real politics in politics world. Perhaps this is why the cast received a combined 13 Academy Awards nominations, 3 Academy Awards, 23 Golden Globe nominations and 6 Golden Globe awards.

Got to watch it quick !!!

Melbourne Day 1 - Lunch Time at Jyu Jyu Japanese Restaurant

We got to hurry up to finish our lunch and reach the graduation ceremony by 2pm. My sis recommended this Japanese restuarant for lunch and I thought they could be better. Mentioned to be one of the better Japanese restaurant she has eaten before while in Australia.

Basically all the staff in this restaurant is Japanese, but they do speaks good english. The one in white is the owner and heard from my sis that he is very strict with the staff..

We got so hungry that we have ordered a meat bun to share among 3 of us ..

Surprisingly nice... lolx. Better than Singapore's meat bun.

Actually I was hoping high standard for their food,  but yet it disappointed me totally. I ordered a Ten-don and the friend prawns & veggies should be very crispy. If you see the photo below... It is kind of oily and definitely soggy.

My mom order a Tempura Udon while my sis ordered a Gyuu (Beef) Udon.

Super expensive !!!

We are done with our lunch and now heading to the graduation ceremony ground by taking a short trip on bus.

Melbourne Day 1 - Super clean public toilet

Running short of time liaoz... Took a train with my mom and sis to Clayton, a place nearby to the graduation ceremony location. Of course the first time we looked for after landing at Clayton was the toilet. There actually ain't any toilet in the restaurant which we intended to go.

If you see this booth-like building from afar, it looks exactly is a carpark booth !!! The toilet is fully automated with voice assistance and the best part of it ? The toilet is super clean, compared to those in Singapore. It is absolutely free of charge and I think they did a great job of having this kind of portable toilet around the streets. Time to go for lunch..