Dear Diary,
It seems like I’ve been recording more shows than it is possible to watch but tonight’s offering of When Harry Met Sally on Astro’s Hits Movies (9pm) is a must-see/keep.
I didn’t have the chance to watch it on the big screen when it was released in 1989 (did we have PG ratings back then?).
The movie introduced me to Harry Connick Jr, who won his first Grammy Award for Best Jazz Male Vocal Performance for his work on the film.
As mentioned in previous diaries, I bought all his albums and this was the first one – and it was a cassette!
And who can forget Meg Ryan’s performance in THAT scene from which the title of today’s diary comes. I hope Astro shows Hope Floats one day, where Connick starred alongside Sandra Bullock.
Today also marks the start of the second season of The Titan Games, a sports competition hosted by Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock.
For football fans, at 12.30am there is the big Bundesliga showdown between Dortmund (57 points) and Bayern Munich (61) which could decide the destination of this year’s title.
The English Premier League will make a decision this week on a restart date with Manchester United vs Spurs scheduled to be the first match.
Meanwhile, the number of new Covid-19 cases climbed to 187, including seven locals and three permanent residence (PR) spouses of Malaysians.
Here’s how Day 70 of the Movement Control Order (MCO) unfolded.
8am: OPENING UP – Spain and Greece, two of Europe’s hottest vacation destinations, take major steps to reopen their economies.
9.30am: ELECTRIFYING
10.15am: STOP THE HATE – More than 100 prominent writers, including several top Asian American authors, have called for an end to a surge in anti-Asian hostility in the US which they say has been “egged on” during the pandemic by the Donald Trump administration pandering to racist tropes.
11.09am: LAST KOPEK – For those keeping score, I finished my rendang tok and lemang today!
12.23pm: CURFEW TO BE LIFTED – Saudi Arabia to end curfew on June 21 except in Mecca – which attracts millions of Haj and Umrah pilgrims from around the world. It will remain suspended until further notice.
1.46pm: LAST ROLL OF THE DICE – Stanley Ho, patriarch of Asia’s largest casino empire and the ‘King of Gambling’ for more than half a century, dies at 98.
2pm: FULL CAR – From tomorrow, only-four-in-car rule ends, but everyone must be from the same house.
Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob also says the government has established SOPs for foreign worker quarters and rumah kongsi as a measure to curb the spread of Covid-19 infection.
He also advises those who snuck back to their kampung for Hari Raya to return even though they may face a police compound as it is better than risk losing their jobs.
3.24pm: FAITHFUL – Loyal dog waits at Wuhan hospital for three months after owner’s Covid-19 death.
4.40pm: INTEGRITY – Scotland Office minister Douglas Ross has quit the UK government over the Dominic Cummings row. Cummings, the top advisor to PM Boris Johnson, has refused calls to step down after violating lockdown rules.
5.18pm: OH NO! – There are 187 new cases today, which take the total to 7,604. Fatalities remain at 115 as there are no new deaths for the fourth straight day. Another 62 patients have been discharged, which means 6,041 people have been cured.
5.42pm: GOODBYE – Datuk Ahmad A. Talib, former New Straits Times group editor, dies after a battle with cancer.
6.30pm: IT HAD TO BE YOU – This is from the When Harry Met Sally soundtrack.
