2008 01 26 - Movie - Le Grand Chef

Le Grand Chef

Based on a very popular eponymous Manga series which began in 2002 (more than 600,000 copies sold), is an action packed comedy about Sung Chan (Kim Gang-woo), a young Korean chef who has lost his confidence after a terrible incident caused by his food. He is nevertheless been convinced to enter in a national competition, organized to find the true and only heir to the last royal chef of the Chosun Dynasty and inherited his famous knife and restaurant. Le Grand Chef is brimming with thrilling set pieces, broad humor, mouth-watering food and a skillful interweaving of heartfelt back stories.

Le Grand Chef is about a cooking contest between two grandsons of two apprentices of the Royal Chef. The reward will be a precious cooking knife with a very prestigious history attached to it.

Apparently this knife belonged to the last Korean Royal Chef of the Chosun Dynasty who used the said knife to cut his arms to show loyalty to his King.
The said knife was taken to Japan during that time and is coming home to Korea where it truly belong. Thus, a contest was created to search for a deserving new owner.

It stars Kim Gang-Woo, Im Won-Hee and Lee Ha-Na.

2008 01 26 - Greek Masterpieces from The Louvre, Singapore National Museum

Due to the refurbishing of the Classical Greek and Hellinistic Art rooms at the famed Louvre Museum in Paris, some Greek masterpieces are on display in the National Museum of Singapore for the first time outside the Parisian museum’s walls for a unique exhibition from 9 December 2007 to March 2008.

124 items from this Greek collection are in Singapore for the exhibition, such as for instance, the marbles from the Nointel collection, and statues from the royal collections. In addition to these, a selection of some of the most beautiful ancient Greek vases will be put on display.


The first part of the exhibition tells the story of Athens in the fifth and fourth centuries BC, its topography and political organization, through portraits of its leading figures, depictions of its founding myths, and artworks from the Acropolis and necropolises.

The second section tries to give an accurate portrait of the ancient Greeks’ way of life, with a special emphasis on the social consequences of categories such as citizenship or gender. The third section underlines specific features of ancient Greek culture and civilization, emphasizing the three defining cultural practices: sporting events, the symposium and the theatre. The final section of the exhibition shows how religion permeated the lives of the ancient Greeks.

The original Greek sculptures in bronze are rare as most have been melted down to become weapons. Hence, most are actually Roman copies.