CRAZY RICH ASIAN [PART 2 : Eleanor Young aka Elle] [PART 3 : Rachel Wu] [PART 4 : Nicholas Young aka Nick]

CRAZY RICH ASIAN
[PART 2 : Eleanor Young aka Elle]
[PART 3 : Rachel Wu]
[PART 4 : Nicholas Young aka Nick]

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Ok kita gabung 3 part ni altogether in just one posting sebab plot ceritanya berterusan walaupun sets in different places.
I can see yang author sgt particular dalam part explanation.. Every. Single. Thing. Kalau nak tahu detail, korang kena baca buku ni sebab i wont rewrite dalam posting.. Cramp jari oii.. Plus i respect the author. Hehe.

[PART 2 : Elle]

So, to cut it short,  dalam Part 2, setiap hari Khamis, Elle akan pergi ke rumah Datin Carol Tai for Bible study luncheon, yg join the meet up adalah Daisy, Lorena & Nadine.
Ila just skip part ni sebab diorang study sikit lepastu banyak converse on jeweleries, travel, gossip and macam2 lagi.

Dalam conversation tu, Elle and the ladies asyik sebut and refer Best jewelleries comes from Burma padahal dah 20 tahun nama negara Burma tu bertukar kepada Myanmar.

Daisy : Ladies,  you need to stop called it Burma. Its been called Myanmar for than 20 years now.
Elle : Alamak!  You sound like Nicky. Always correcting me!

And you know this aunt-preneur(makcik bawang) apa lagi gosip hangat pasal Nick lah!

Diorang sibuk tanya Elle pasal plan Nick jadi Best man utk wedding Colin and who is the guest yang Nick akan bring in home.

Elle puzzled gila. Dia memang tak tahu apa & admit sendiri.

Elle : But you know my son -- I'm always the last to know anything.

Tiba-tiba, time diorang nak sambung gosip lagi, husband Datin Carol masuk dalam ruangan diorang. Si aunt-preneur cakaplah pasal perempuan Taiwan ni (sokseksoksek). Si Dato' tu selamba je cakap Taiwan girl is lovely.  Padahal si Elle and the ladies memang tak setuju gila. Diorang lebih percaya yg Taiwan girl adalah kaki kikis/gold digger. **They are guessing that Nick's gf is Taiwanese.

Sebelum gosip berlanjutan, Dato' Tai tu terus bagitahu pasal saham dekat Sina Land tengah jatuh merudum.

Terus gelabah semua org!  Call broker masing-masing & shorting the shares.

Datin Carol bertafakur, dia berdoa kuat2 supaya God save and bless all her friend. Elle amenkan tapi dalam masa yg sama dia berdoa ' A Taiwanese girl. Please God let it not be true.. '

[PART 3 : Rachel]

For this part, author explain yang every night Rachel akan call mom dia, Kerry Chu sebelum tidur.
Ok cop!  Both Rachel dgn Nick ni academician taw. More like profesor (or mgkin pensyarah)  kot. Rachel is Chinese-American and mom dia broker hartanah (kot.. Hahaha)

Mak Rachel ni macam hold up hopes and expectation yg tinggi towards this two lovebird (Rachel x Nick) lagi-lagi time Rachel bawa Nick balik rumah masa Thanksgiving ceremony.

Compare mak Rachel dengan mak Nick, mak Rachel sangat terbuka termasuklah part sleeping arrangement. Selamba je dia cakap anak dia dah 2 tahun couple dgn Nick tapi sampai skrg tak move in together. Lol!  A typical American.

Rachel bagitahu mak dia pasal plan Nick ajak dia ke Singapore & mak Rachel apalagi bersorak lah! Cecepat Rachel suruh mom dia stop the excitement and focus on what yg dia nak sampaikan.

Kerry : Trust me, every Asian woman loves free gifts.
And Rachel be like : Don't worry mom. I'll take care of it. 🙊🙊

[PART 4 : Nick]

Nick macam takleh brain. Seriously dia macam bingung bila Rachel piled up questions yang pada dia macam,

Nanti kat sana kat mana tempat for staying? Nak bagi hadiah apa?
Apa yang Nick share pasal dia dkt family?

Nick seolah-olah nak cakap pada Rachel 'come on overthinking sangat ni' tapi tak sampai hati. **at the same time, author explain details how much Nick adore her gf. Phewww!

Disebabkan itu, Nick terus teringatkan conversation dia dengan Astrid last week ago bkaitan dgn plan to invite Rachel back to Singapore.

Astrid : Come on Nicky!  This is not ' just a summer holiday'!  Thats not how woman think and you know it!

And korang dah boleh guess kenapa Rachel perlu overthinking.. Nervouslah dia sebab nak jumpa family Nick as in maybe family-in-law in future (lol!)

Tapi kt sini jgk ada part yang Nick sebenarnya tak bersedia pun untuk get married and commit.
Errr.. Geram sikit.

Astrid : Nicky, how much does she know?
Nick : About what?
Astrid : About our family.
Nick : Not much. You are the only one she met.....

Wuuhuuuuu!  That will be cliffhanger guyssss!
Hahaha..

How come you dunno about your bf's family even after 2 years? Looks like they actually dont even have any planning to end this relationship with marriage or is it they really put on respect gap towards each others private life?  🤔

Heee..
So here the end of part 2,3 & 4 guys!
Bye~

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CRAZY RICH ASIAN [PART 1 : Nicholas Young x Rachel Chu]

CRAZY RICH ASIAN
[PART 1 : Nicholas Young x Rachel Chu]

Yeayyy! 
Part 1 yang very straightforward dan perkembangan cerita yang baik. 👍

Location : Tea & Sympathy, New York (2010)

Nick tengah makan scone manakala Rachel tengah minum teh.

Rachel (29 years) macam hesitate dengan plan Nick utk bawa dia ke Singapore masa Summer Holidays.

Dia cakap yang dia taknak jadi distraction buat Nick utk jalankan tugas dia sebagai Best man time majlis kahwin Colin tapi Nick cakap yang majlis tu cuma one week je. Ada banyak masa utk diorang berdua spend together and enjoy. 

So time ni lah Nick main politik, dia cakap kt Singapore tu syurga makanan lepastu dekat sgt nak pergi Malaysia, naik jambatan je.. Boleh pergi Hong Kong, Thailand, Cambodia & siap boleh island hopping lagi kt Indonesia.

Part yg cute tu, Nick cakap yg Ah ma dia punya scone is very Best in the world sambil slowkan suara, tengok kiri kanan.. Kekeke.. Comel!  Dia cakap taknak jadi persona non grata especially tempat yg dia makan scone skrg ni adalah his favourite cafe. 😻

Tapi little did they know, ada org kat meja yang berdekatan dengan diorang terdengar perbualan Nick mengajak Rachel ke Singapore.

Sokseksoksek. Si Celine yang kebetulan ada skli dkt neigbouring desk tu dengan sengaja snap gambar Nick dan send dekat her big sister.

Start dari situ,  poooofff! 

The news spread like a fire.

Alamak! 
Nicholas Young is going to bring a girl home in Singapore.
Its a big news!!!  😹😹😹

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CRAZY RICH ASIAN [Prologue : The Cousins]

CRAZY RICH ASIAN
[Prologue : The Cousins]
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Siapa fans novel ni? Hands up sikit 🙋
Wuuuu..

So apa yang ila nak share ni nak kata review tu mungkin tak, its just basically macam rumusan pada cerita ni bab by bab (kalau rajin. Hiks 🤣🤣)

Hero novel ni adalah NICHOLAS YOUNG (yg dilakonkan oleh Henry Goulding)
dan heroinnya adalah RACHEL CHU (yg dilakonkan oleh Constance Wu). Phew merecik! 

Utk baca novel ni korang kena faham family tree diorang, just fahamkan je sebab terlalu banyak watak. Takut terpening nnti. Tapi jangan risau dekat awal mukasurat novel the author dah help by simplified the family tree of The Young, T'sien & Shang Clan.

Diorang adalah keturunan dari Shang Loong Ma dari China & Wang Lan Yin dari Singapore yang mana Shang Loong Ma had made the fortune dan diwarisi oleh The Youngs & The Shangs. The T'siens pulak wujud daripada The Shangs's relation.

Bermula prolog cerita di London, 1986.
Nicholas Young (Nicky) masa ni masih kanak-kanak umur 8 tahun. Masa kat London ni, dia datang sekali dengan family cousin dia, Astrid Leong (Astrid) dan Edison Cheng (Eddie).

Lepas 16 jam flight naik flight from Singapore & touch down kat Heathrow Airport, their families pun menuju ke hotel yang dah direserve atas nama Eleanor Young (mak Nicky). Time ni hujan. Memasing memang soaked. Huhu..

Ok start daripada ada part yang tak Best.
Nak tahu sebab apa?
Ada racist issue disini.
Semuanya disebabkan Reginald Ormsby!  Hishhh tak baik betullah..
Padahal si Eleanor tu siap reserve Lancaster Suit lagi.

Ormsby monolog. Dia cakap yang kalau hotel macam Dorchester @ Ritz mungkin akan terima foreigner macam ni but not at the Calthorpe, 🙄, diorang memang konservatif sikit..

Si Eleanor ni pun nak check lah yang ada tak nama dia kat reservation booking hotel tu, sekali si Ormsby ni cakap tak ada. Hampeh gila! Dia menafikan kot nama Eleanor tu walaupun si Felicity ni dengan selambanya flipped the pages of reservation book!
Gelabah Ormsby time Felicity cakap yang dia nampak nama Eleanor Young, Lancaster Suit for 4 nights.

Eleanor dah sedih dah. Nak pergi tidur mana malam2 macam ni, dengan anak-anak lagi.

Ormsby tak ada perasaan bila dia cakap tak ada langsung bilik yang kosong seluruh hotel ni.

Alexandra (mak Eddie) lak dah bajet nak hot bath tapi terkejut bila Felicity cakap yang that odious man si Ormsby tu refused nak release reservation room diorang.

Dalam masa yg sama, author sempat selitkan babak Eddie (12 years) , Astrid (8 years) & Nicky (same age with Astrid) yang berangan dan berlakon,
Eddie kononnya chairman. Dia yang letakkan watak Nicky sebagai vice president & Astrid sebagai executive secretary.
Perasan betul 🙊🙊

Eddie dengan bangganya suruh Nicky pegangkan gelas Coca Cola dan letakkan straw dalam mulut dia sambil Astrid massagekan bahu. Lol! Bajet diva sangat 💁

Kemain tengah syok berlakon, tiba-tiba Eddie tertepis tangan Nicky maka tertumpah dan terpecahlah gelas dari hotel yang kononnya diorang charge dalam reservation booking hotel.

Ormsby apa lagi!  Takleh tolerate dah gamaknya terus suruh this family out from the hotel.

Felicity tak puas hati. Dia pegi telephone booth kat luar hotel dan terus call husband dia Harry Leong, explain satu-satu pasal apa yg terjadi kat diorang which was takleh check in hotel.

Harry Leong cadangkan beberapa nama utk dihubungi dan at last dia teringat yang dia ada main golf dengan Rupert, the owner of Calthorpe Hotel. Dia terus call and make a deal.
Hehehe..

And you would have surprise about the deal! 
I'll leave you cliffhanger then!  Hakhakhak.. Bye.

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