feeling very lazy lately. effect of baincells dying from underusage. haha! supposed to do some article thing for the LC newsletter. haven't got an idea abt it yet. so, nick, if you really want me to write something, you better set me a deadline and/or a topic.

*spoilers*
anyway, i've finally watched "da vinci code". and my thoughts...i seriously do not understand what is all the worry about. the movie is so unconvincing that it's boring. and it's boring to the point that i would have gladly closed my eyes and slept, if only i didn't want to waste my $7. but i think, you can watch it if you have spare cash, if only to see what is happening, what is causing all this hype.

i find that the writers made a conscious effort not to antagonise anyone. for every line that is said that is against jesus being divine, there is another line that shoots it down and questions it. i like the way langdon constantly reminds us that all we rely on are symbols and that symbols can be misinterpreted. the movie practically opens with him showing everyone how people misinterpreted posiedon's triton for a devil's pitchfork. i also like the way the movie incorporated the divine influence of jesus into the thing. they deviated from the book by adding in this sequence of langdon falling into the well as a child and how he prayed and was comforted by the feeling that he was no longer alone and going to die in the well. langdon asked sophie, now that you've found out that you're the direct descendent, what will you do? will you destroy the faith, or renew it? like langdon constantly says, "what matters is what you believe". "Why is it divine or human? Can't human be divine?"

characters...aringarosa doesn't look like he can be taken seriously. it's his face lah. silas is so cool! ow about the self-flagellation and the cilice. but he's one of those poor tortured souls that are tricked into thinking that what he's doing is the right thing. my fav character is leigh teabing. i kept finding him very funny for some reason. (he's got a lot of cool tech toys in his house) oh ya, and i absolutely love the way the characters spoke the language they were supposed to speak. not like the "memoirs of geisha" where they all spoke english. here, where applicable, they spoke english, french, italian and (get this!) latin. how cool is that!!!!! one funny moment that i remember. at the end, after sophie finds out that she's the heir to jesus christ, she tries to walk on water, but of course it doesn't work, then she says, "maybe i'll have more luck with the wine." ref to turning water into wine. oh ya, and i love the backward reversing car chase in the front part of the movie. one of the best car chases i've seen. :D

moving on...just watched project runway. i am thoroughly impressed by daniel franco today. sad he got eliminated. it was the lingerie design challenge, he, as usual, was working on a last minute stuff, totally got on the nerves of his 2 other team mates. but it worked in the end, they were more or less happy with their designs. but the judges were not. daniel's team was one of those in the lowest. and in the QnA, one question was who in the team was going to be eliminated. santino's team immediately pointed to emett. which is understandable, he's the weakest of them. but daniel...he refused to let his team members answer that question and he told the judges that if it came to his team, he is responsible for what happened, he will let himself be eliminated rather than any other member. *aw* what it must have cost him to say that. he's a returnee from the first season, and he's made it this far. plus, he IS a good designer. i like his designs. very wearable. but he got his wish, his members were safe, he got eliminated. as he was packing up, he pinned a note to one of his designs, something about holding on to your dreams. :p

like i say, it's sad. i think emett should have been eliminated. santino was accused of being cowardly when he pointed the finger at emett. i never really liked daniel at first, thought he was kinda hao lian. but he's earned my respect in what he did today and he did not deserve the cut. daniel showed today that what responsibility really is. he has given up this project runway dream, something that he begged the judges to let him back onto, so that he can protect his team mates. daniel franco did the right thing, even though it must have been so hard for him. he cried on the runway when he told the judges his decision to accept responsibility. reflecting on leadership and responsibility. will i be as responsible if such a situation happens to me? will i willingly take the blame for things that go wrong under my charge? i'm not sure that i will be capable of giving up everything like this. i know what is right. but it's so hard to do it.



mood: sluggish
listening to: Angel in Disguise - Corrinne May