Devil's on the last day of a work week, shanghai baby in the middle, and 2046 for wrapups

manage to catch this biazaare of a movie over the weekends. i have to say that the cinematics to it was wonderfully crafted. the angle the shots taken from were fantastic - i love the way faye wong ponders on her cigarette and lifted it mid way. i thought it was an interesting way of showing one's futile quest in situations in life. Its almost like she's deliberately trying to essentiate the strength she tries so hard to hide in the made-believe fragile facade built. The air of determination taking shape in reality, making itself known to the adversities she face.

the movie depicted alot of sadness in the female characters - and it was sad to watch. too much emotions involved. too much hidden emotions involved. it was quite a pain to watch them beating about the bush, trying to get what they want out of the people they meet.

coincidentally, i was reading this book called shanghai baby - it seems that the moral and the objective of the book was similar to 2046. about a women's life - complex, yet frivolous. seeming too much sleaze at the surface, but, the inner emotions are so much more profound to be scaled and measured only in canal ways.

naturally, i took to the perspective of the female characters in 2046, rather then the main character - a journalist. i view him as an assaliant, the root of the problem during those 3 hours spent in front of the big screen. however, right now, as i write, i find that i shld try to look into his side of the story, which i've yet to do. or probably, i shld have watched the prequel before this one and understand the background history of this particular character.

a little more abt shanghai baby -this book chanced upon me, courtesy of a girlfren. :) thanks gal, i'll take good care of it. Have finished reading it, and its still in excellent condition. I'll wrap it up in a plastic bag so it wouldn't get scratched or dog-earred.

Alight, about the book - its interesting how anyone or anybody can fall into the trap of being a married person's girlfren, or boyfren, whichever. The character depicted, was intelligent, quick witted, from an excellent family, and had wonderful parents. It brought to mind, that "kept mistresses/lovers" of modern days seems to be a far cry from the money grabbers of ancient times. That brings us down to moral values these days. So, how should we educate our young ones to understand the sanctity of marriage, of relationships ? Of faithfulness ( be it for the men or the ladies) to the one we commit our hearts to ? is there a way we can teach our children? or even ourselves right now ? is there any way of resolving such a problem, or, do men and women have to learn to live with such practices ?


somehow, the combination of the book and movie made love reared its ugly head.. yikes! or.. maybe not ?

i caught the DVD Love Actually - it was adorably, sugar sweet romance stories abt 4 couples. it was hillarious, yet some scenes were downright sad. a contrasting flavour from those two. but, i love that movie on the whole. was at a fren's place on saturday nite itself, after torturing our legs and bodies for hours on end and battling with the weekend shopping crowd. yeah i know - sounds nasty isn't it. So, it was a relief for the 3 of us girls to run off to a pal's place to hide for the remainder of the evening. :) it was good, and relaxing. . .

have you realise that i'm going backward in sequence? pardon me for that. :) its the Last In First Out concept for me today. LIFO.

anyway, devil's on friday nite was not too bad - i don't exactly fancy that place much. but, alas, a colleague of mine took to that place, and has knighted it her second home. it was her b-day that day, so, we were at her mercy... so to speak. :) but it wasn't all that bad - the company we kept,
was fortunately, good. it was a hard week for all of us, and we were glad that it was the weekends, and our boss will be away for 2 weeks - its a good riddance party i suppose. :P