Crash

The said film of this name is a brilliant work of social complexities. Moving at the speed of life, everyone just seems to collide with one another. And even good people, under the circumstances, make the wrong decisions. This film just sums up why most of the social problems we have can never be easily solved within a generation.

Another week has passed, every day a victory closer to that day of minimum. I no longer have any accompanying shots for my posts. Mainly because I have been generating shots day after day like a factory clockwork for work, without any personal space or dimensions for my own interpretations. My work is no longer personal. If it does, the next tragedy that I forsee will be the silencing of this voice of mine by a mountain pile of work.

Xaison

Even a mundane day has its set of stunning revelations if you look hard enough for any.

I have always bought the idea of instant gratification and execution, commonly this goes to mean that if you are craving anything, purchase it immediately. Its other application is, got a great idea? Don't wait to forget it, write it down, execute it. Time is short, life is short, anything goes. Of course this has to be tempered by rational judgement such as whether the item you want has any meaningful use, and whether rushing into an idea head-on will bring about success.

I never knew that I had the power of preventive medicine, which is product of my direct approach when I see problems. Sometime ago, I, as a third party, prevented what seemed like a logical continuation of inter-personal disputes, simply by voicing it out to the persons in contention. I was met with contrived stares for my frankness. But it achieved my intended effect of simmering tensions as both parties became deliberately aware not to let my prophesies come true. As I watched the season finale of Grey's, the vow that they made being "we will love each other even when we hate each other", it was just beautifully imperfect.

On a more random note, I learnt how to read my lens' depth of field scales today.

Difference A Day

You never know the biggest day of your life is the biggest day. Not until it's happening. You don't recognize the biggest day of your life, not until you're right in the middle of it. The day you realize there's not enough time, because you wanna live forever. Those are the biggest days. The perfect days. - Izzie, Greys Anatomy

Kerfuffle

People who have conversed with me in the past few days would have heard me yakking about watching the new Star Trek. That I did, went to watch with Nilnai. Visual effects were rather mind-blowing, you have got to love the photography direction and cinematography where credit's due, they even recreated lens flares and authentic looking bokehs for many of the digitally created shots. I especially love that wisp effect when Spock gets beamed onto the planet. But my qualm had to be that my puny brain just couldn't process the waterfall of visual effects in time to really appreciate it in depth. (Spock) Zackary Quinto's acting stood out for me, at the part where he flared up and physically confronted Kirk, he had that cold dark stare that looked like he could kill, too much Sylar ingrained in my head. Overall, its a good reboot for Star Trek as a franchise, in terms of the production style that is definitely more happening. But I wasn't left with that mind-blowing feeling I had from watching the trailer. Definitely there those tense wrenching pressure moments, but the feel good and inspiration for humanity part wasn't there. Bummer. 

Beautiful Release

I have always had an appreciation for non-vocal pieces with the lyrics absent. You conjure your own meaning for the song from whatever thoughts present in your mind at that point of time. That's just beautiful.

Hej Dohn

Mortality seems imminent with each passing day.

Its been nearly a year and a half since I last saw the Auroralis, or rather, last felt its presence. 

I'm doing fine, happier keeping my options open.

Headaches are now more manageable. Have re-discovered an old solution: drinking more green tea as opposed to Panadol poisoning.