In the Mood for Love
Tonight I finally got down to watching a movie I've been wanting to watch for a really long time, Wong Kar Wai's
In the Mood for Love. Some of you will probably remember it as "that movie starring Tony Leung Chiu-Wai and Maggie Cheung where Maggie is always wearing different cheongsams". In a way, it is a really good description for the movie, but definitely inadequate. Describing it, I guess I would say that it is melancholic, sweet and right. As a director, Wong Kar Wai grasps well the fact that so often, you want what you can't have, and you can't have what you want. The two characters in the film circumambulate around each other, saying many things but not the most important... and that's how it often is in real life, we don't always have a pat answer or retort to the situations that confront us, or people who frustrate and upset us. The movie also treads between the realm of fantasy and reality.. as a movie it is a fantasy, and yet it tries to evoke real people's lives and real emotions. Will they get together or won't they? Can't they? Hmm, the movie also shows how some people trap themselves in the fate they choose, believing they have no other choice.. but they usually do!
Anyway, happily enough I'm not really at a point in my life where this movie would cause me to feel constrained and despairing. I liked it though. I like that it's slow, musing, poignant and romantic, and makes me think about life and people a little more. My brother watched it with me, complaining that it made him feel 50 years older, but in the end he watched most of it. And so did my dad! Ha, guess not all guys are averse to art-house fare! *grin*
*Dreaming of cheongsams* - Elaine.
My favorite Disney character when I was younger... the one with no pants, Donald Duck!
4 cute monkeys frolicking in the Heavenly Peach Garden (or is it Monkey Mountain??)
Sun Wukong (he's the red-eyed guy in the top centre of the photo)
Spyware, viruses and other niggly Windows things
Heya everyone. Well, my IBM notebook is finally back from its repair, better than ever, we hope! Now I'm super phobic of spyware, viruses and anything that can slow or damage my computer down. The reason my computer broke down the last time was probably because of a virus attack. Anyway, I've been reading up, and it turns out that Windows and Internet Explorer are super vulnerable to viruses and spyware, and other malicious codes, scripts and whatchamajigs that hackers and advertisers with no conscience use to disrupt the lives of ordinary citizens like you and me. Grrr. That's the problem with selling out to the superpower - you suffer crossfire from guerilla attacks ;) Heh! Anyway, makes me wonder if I shouldn't have got a chic white PowerBook from Apple instead. Yeah, apps for Mac OS are really limited, but I would have less worries? Anyway, it's too late to wonder. I shall just try to equip myself properly and rule my computer instead of letting it rule over me!
Oh and by the way, the original Star Wars trilogy (Episodes IV, V, VI) is finally out on DVD! Whoa.... may the Force Fever return, stronger than ever!
Qin and I with Lilo and Stitch
Mickey and Minnie
Aladdin and Jasmine!
The amazingly good-looking Shuqin and Gary posing with the equally devastating Nemo and friends!
Andrew's bday celebration on September 19th! My aunties and one uncle from my dad's side were there to share the joy =)
Sean and Andrew at a recent Young Adults Ministry barbecue
A slightly blurred shot of my mum at the piano..
Performing special music as a family at Thomson Chinese Church! That was a really memorable and meaningful experience - our first time presenting a musical item together with all the members of the family!
Finally I am updating the blog on life as it has been this past few weeks! Heh! Enjoy the pics!
