Saturday, February 21, 2009

[Movie review]: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

I watched the Curious Case of Benjamin Button yesterday at Jurong Point. Incidentally, with HSBC movie pre-paid card, it only costs $7.50 per ticket, which is value-for-money if you watch weekend shows.

The show had been lingering in my head. Benjamin Button, who ages backwards. To grow younger and watch everybody around you age. How does it feel to have everybody moving forward and yourself regress? I suppose if there must be a film that puts aging in a favourable light, this must be it.

The film celebrates many things. How life is a journey and even if we are not aware of it, we do learn through our experiences each day. How it is never too early nor too late if we can just appreciate the moment. I was reminded of the pain that going against social norms and of the natural way of things will bring, how nothing appears to last and yet maybe they do. Watching that on the big screen, it brings to mind my own. While I lament that nothing appears to last, maybe indeed they do. You can always choose to be strong and there is always a difference between resigning yourself to fate and stop railing at fate, letting things go and trying to make things better.

Beautiful plot. I haven't read the book but I know they have adapted it extremely well. Brilliant acting and filming. One of the best shows I have watched in a long while.

Nothing stops time, even if it runs backwards. Nothing.

I feel a need to make my life even more meaningful than it is now.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Decisions

I have decided on two things tonight:

1. I am going to get a DSLR (Canon 450d) at the upcoming IT fair in March.
2. I am going to Tibet and have found a travel kakki to go with in either June 2010 or 2011.

Yeah.. my mood is definitely picking up. =)

Monday, February 16, 2009

Cheap thrills: winning monopoly

Cheap thrills = winning Monopoly against the computer...






...three times in a row tonight...