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Monday, June 30, 2008
/ 8:51 PM

(Oh shoot, will change the blogskin and font soon as I can!)

I went for the screening of a feature film today, and there was a Q&A session with the director after that. Once again, my emotional state after that can be described in chinese i.e. with the words 'ji dong'! Doesn't exactly mean agitated. That has a negative connotation. So I guess it's... Exhilaration?? Haha. It's not pure excitement though. It feels like my mind and heart races, but I'm not phrasing anything in words, but I somehow know that it all means something to me! It means something in the course of my life; it means something to my state of mind and character at whatever point in my life. Movies, dramas, songs etc represent aspects of life. They are means of clarifying certain things in life (creators get something out of the process too), and those things 'speak' to us, as members of the audience. I am kinda losing my flow by trying to explain this. But I think I just set out to say that movies, dramas, songs help us all understand things. A connection is created when one senses something relevant to oneself. That's what makes it cool. I just came up with that. Yeah! That is cool because one doesn't necessarily need to talk to make a connection. Isn't it brilliant to watch a movie or something, and two people love it perhaps for the same reason, and nothing needs to be said and one will still understand the person because of the person's interests. I have been quite startled by the discovery that people love complexity. I love it too, but let me elaborate somemore as to why I am startled. Layered characters are interesting, aren't they. Nuanced performances are really cool. It's not crude. It's artistic. Deception is considered cool too. Deception sells nowadays. Deception, deceit, treachery. Perhaps in other words, perversity. I'll come back to talking about this 'perversity' later. I have to go to bed really soon. This is another thing I am learning. To get the things I want done in a faster time. I don't want to be slow, not if I can help it. I understand how fast paced living can lead to a missing out on some important things. Sometimes, one has to stop and notice what's important. Syndrome of 'modern forgetfulness'. Read these two words from an article in the newspapers here! There are a number of really good articles, and I especially like reading the ones that talk about well, present behaviour of society? Nothing's more interesting and relevant than learning about what's human. Therefore, I can never be really convinced about the value of pure mathematics. Unless it's about showing the ability of the human mind. Hehhh. But that's a less interesting prospect to me! X) But maybe, medical advancements come about because of that and people's lives will be saved. But I rant and rant, and things are still the same. Hahaha!
As I said, I have a short time left to write this blog post, so perhaps I'll say the main things I have to say and be done with it. It'll be random. Maybe I'll come back to organize the thoughts in this post a little.
The feature film is a docu-film about one woman's deception by the way. It is characteristic of a postmodern society too.
I can't believe how films make me feel. Amazing. Going on shopping trips or whatever don't even make me feel like that. Sure, they make me pretty happy. It's nice to dress light, have my clothes say a little something about the kind of person I am. Thus I would prefer to dress light, feel light. Perhaps it's more of dress light and funky. I layer my clothes too. It's cold now, so I have to anyway. Okay whatever. Back to the original topic. Sure, shopping trips make me happy. But watching a film, how different. How different that kind of 'high' is. It makes me feel like a person. Something like that.
But I will always feel like I am 'outnumbered'. It definitely seems like there are things I have to learn beyond those things that make me feel like a person. It seems that I also have to learn how to tell people about the 'happiness' that shopping brings me along with learning about this natural connection I feel on watching some movies. Is this connection I talk about a corny thing? No. Movies are made to get people to relate. Ooh, I don't know. Does that mean less and less? Look at the current Hollywood trend now. I guess I can't be a convincing skeptic if I don't have an argument supported by case studies. I don't even have the time to go into that now. Neither have I had the research done. You should know what I mean though. But of course, hopefully there are always cases which salvage the situation. Hopefully. Hope is singularly most important in a pandora's box? I have read about the term 'half light'. Sure, darkness can be cool. But it is more important that darkness can even help one to learn significant lessons and help one to emerge much better than before. Just don't turn to it for the sake of it. This is why I am attracted to the idea of darkness. I'm not just a young girl who's cute in her youth or something. I understand that I settle for acting that way in front of people sometimes. Not exactly either. I just pretend to keep my cool, in fact I can't do that at all. I am more than all that. But things make me forget that too. You know how there has to be a certain amount of pretense from day to day. Among other people who are not family or close friends. But let's not talk much about pretense either. It should not be of interest to me. It's not what is important. Yet, such 'skills' are needed. But I'm not going to go on and on about that. In this case, action and experience will do rather than writing about it. Writing is about understanding more important things.
Oh, I just want to add. Somebody has said that hope could be the worst evil of the evils inside pandora's box. Oh my gawd, how could somebody have come up with such an abstract idea. The evils of the world being released from a box. I love Greek mythology. Haven't read it in years. I remember now. I read a lot of it when I was a kid. Always went to Tampines library to borrow children books with Greek myths. The look of it. That is what's called majestic, isn't it! Those impressive columns. Such a clean and fine and impressive feel. Atmospheric. The 'elite' part of me likes stuff with a 'class' look. Such history is all very interesting. But aren't they just myths? Hmm, fact mixed with fiction. You want to believe they are real, and they look real to you, but they may be not. This world that is built on the sets of movies. Look real but they are not. Still, it's all very interesting. Just draws one in. In fact, fact mixed with fiction is something which is quite postmodern? The feature film is about this exactly. Hmm, my interests could be relevant to this current age in this way. Hehe. Well I just think one has to consider how to make one's work relevant sometimes right. I learnt from a set of school notes that writing is for the private self at first, and the next step will come when one is sure enough of oneself to be able to transform it for the eyes of the public.
Ooh, I just thought of the movie 'Gladiator'. Cool basis for a film. But hmm, that's about Rome. I think I remember that Troy didn't interest me as much. Most likely it's because there's just a lot of raving I hear about how sexy Brad Pitt and Orlando Bloom are. =.= I've watched the movie myself. Don't remember it. Haha I am slamming the movie right now. Real big loss you don't have me for a fan. Haha naw. I don't have a grudge against the director. Don't know his films much. Don't know of any other film of his I dislike, if not I'll really be slamming his movies in general now. Lolz.
And I thought of Martin Scorsese's "The Age of Innocence" too. Watched it for school. Cool right. I gotta watch his gangster films. But one point I meant to make a main point in this blog post (but won't go on too much about it now either) is also such that I dun hope to go for cool things for the sake of it. Watch gangster films for the sake of 'awesome violence' in it. Like the idea of darkness also just because it's cool. There's more than that. There's more to being a teenager than being cool. What the hell. Teenager?? I'm 21. But I still feel like some martian being wherever it is. Lol. Ever heard of songs or whatever that sing of the difficulty of finding a place to belong? Linkin Park's 'Somewhere I Belong' familiar with you? Hah. Hmm I just saw that the lyrics go 'The fault is my own'. Can one let that be one's fault? I mean, I got nothing to say if one fills the emptiness with material things. But I get that too. Of course I do. Everyone sees everyone around doing it. Everyone then does it themselves. It becomes all but natural. Either one is 'in the know' from the start how to pamper oneself, or one sees others doing it and is able to follow. Okay, what an ineloquent way of putting it. But this is just what can be seen all around. Not many 'simpletons' left. Most of all not among youngsters. I mean, they don't even have much of a conscience with money. Money is for the purpose of attaining, I don't know, glam? Is that it. It's like, don't be left behind, one has to tell oneself. Know everything you can about the latest technological gadgets. Why? Did you invent them? What's there to be proud of? Hah. I am being critical. It would seem like a personal insult if I were to say it to any person, but really, it's not. Ah well, forget it. Take it as it's me just trying to be funny. Lolx.
By nature, I dun suppose I am truly critical. Man, I am nice hor. Haha. People would know, you think. But that doesn't sound as interesting and it's not like anything much can be said about it, so that's that. You should also know how people don't just look for 'niceness' nowadays, right? Haha. Yet, it is always pretty complicated. I want to be a little more than that. So please know that I am a little more than that. If you do know me, you would sense at least a little.
Just 'niceness'. There's a kind of emptiness in that too. Lots of songs are about filling of one's emptiness. And often, it has to be forced. Because life is not a jolly holidayland. You don't know what's gonna happen. You can't really plan for things to go well. You just push along hard as you can. In filling the emptiness too. Time can be a factor even. One period of time can be pure joy, another - just dead. Dead to the world. Lolx. How to push on otherwise? You bluff other people, and bluff yourself at the same time. Don't see things too clearly. If it's not worth it.
Watch Martin Scorsese's 'The Age of Innocence'. Or read the book! Oh yes, shit. I haven't had the time to read it even when it's sem break now. Have had to spend my time on moving house and getting extra furnishings. Dang. Oh yes, watch it or read it and you will know how it is such that 'niceness' alone has a kind of emptiness about it.
Am I just simply nice? Oh, no man. Am I simply quiet? Oh, no man. I'll be working this out. Always figuring out what it takes to live my life. That's all. Yet, why does it get lamer than that sometimes? Not even as meaningful. I'll be living my life alright. I'll be doing whatever new things each day. Haha now that sounds lame too, ah well nvm. I dun know much about going all out to grab opportunities now. Do I seem like that kind of outgoing rah rah type? Haha ok generalization again. I would like to think I have my own ideas about fun and confidence and whatever. Okay, it's just that I shouldn't be impatient. Listen to director's Q&A then wonder when will be my turn. Lol. When will I be exposed to that? Now, that is quite a real question. I gotta try to seek it out. Whatever worthwhile thing to do. Whatever good environment. Hmm, good environment. Once again, one will never know at first what one gets oneself into. Haha okay, enough with the contradictions already. Oh hey, you know what? Postmodern writing. Lol!
I know I must not be impatient. Yes it's true lor. My bro has mentioned sth about me wanting to fly before learning how to crawl. Haha. I am aware of that. But doesn't creativity come randomly? Yah well. But of course there are ways in which one trains oneself too. For example, cartoonists learn how to draw better and better with practice, the generating of ideas is another thing. I blog in a completely disorderly manner, but overtime I guess I will get the hang of it.
I keep in mind a line from a book of Nietzche, and it goes something like this. Oh wait, I can quote it exactly. I have it in a word document. Hah. Passion will not wait. The tragedy in the lives of great men often lies not in their conflict with the times and the baseness of their fellowmen, but rather in their inability to postpone their work for a year or two.
Oh man. I know he's saying that to me. Lol.
I have gone over my intended time by 1 and a 1/2 hours! Damn. But this is a bloody long post, is it not. Haha. Going to go to bed now. I need to learn patience. To not freak out like the typical me whenever I get swarmed by whatever seems mundane to me in this modern life. But freaking out IS ME. Haha again trying to be funny la. This time, funny as in strange and 'special'. I'll go with it. Let the good times roll. Switchfoot's song, 'Gone', I always have in mind too. Good or bad. It's all in a day. Whatever will be will be. I can't say. Just try to have a bit more control so it doesn't feel as crazy. By that, I mean I try to feel more rooted in my sense of self. And be happy.
Yeah. I'm naturally inquisitive? Don't know. I was as a kid. Kids are like so. Passion dies down inside as one grows up? Feeling the need to hide? Therefore, the 'fire' also cannot sustain inside? No leh. Shouldn't be the way leh. At some points in time, I let all that come back in tiny ways. Show myself to be a bit more naturally excited if there's an occasion. Should do that without becoming desperate to let it all out too quickly. Must be steady mah. Have a hold on one's sense of self worth. If it's the wrong occasion and just not worth it, dun unleash all the passion like nobody's business you know. Hah. Desperateness is bad. It's something one has to deal with. It is kind of all around sometimes. Lol. I have thought of how people who have made a worthwhile career for themselves, and are good at carrying it off, handling themselves and others, seem impressive. That's something I see in the Q&A sessions with some of those directors. Been to one in Singapore too. I was equally 'ji dong' / exhilarated then. Haha.
Gotta go! Bye now.
The feature film is called 'Forbidden Lie$'. It's good.










/ believe in wonderland,
with you in my mind
it's not that hard to believe
i'm in wonderland
and that's where I am
only a place to where we know
and never escape into reality
plunge into a fantasy

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