Substitution
I thoroughly enjoyed watching Casino Royale 007... To me, Solange and James Bond were an epitome of sophistication, elitism and egoism... haha... That's exactly what I like about it... Their conversations were intellectual; a tad too elaborated to be spontaneous though. I loved the dialogue Bond had with his boss when he broke into her house and the one when bond first met Solange - the beautiful, and intellectual federal accountant with a sharp tongue; yet, she has a soft side and was black-mailed into betraying James Bond.
I guess I loved it because it resonates what I secretly covet. Being intelligent, sophisticated, and arrogant... Lucrative, isn't it? However, being a Christian, these aren't values and lifestyles I should hold on to... Instead of self-pride, I should be filled with humility and dependence on Christ. Humility isn't discrediting oneself of one's strengths, but acknowledging one's weaknesses. On reflection, there are plenty of ungodly thoughts and habits that should be avoided; these can be done, as I see it, by a process called
substitution. For example, to stop being selfish, one must be generous. To learn not to discriminate and hate, one must love. To cease being self-centred, I must be Christ-centred - to die to myself and live for Christ! Basically, I just feel that I need a spiritual revamp... Take that ungodly thing away and replace it with this godly thing. Pride tells me I can do it by my own strength. The bible tells me I need to submit myself to God's transforming power.
If we have our focus set on earthly things, we would desire earthly things and miss out on God's call on our lives. But if we set our minds on living life eternal with God, then we would desire to store treasures in heaven rather than on earth... I like this verse (Matthew 6:21) projected on Tangs.
Moovie review...
short tots on Casino Royale & Happy Feet
Casino Royale:
1. Casino Royale is long and slightly draggy and has an abrupt ending..
2. Cool start.. Guys would be impressed at the chase scene at the start.. Woo! The way they overcame obstacles is super cool.
3. No cool toys this time, but has cool cars
4. Feisty accountant (Solange).. I Like... haha..
5. Complex plot. Love'It!
Happy Feet:
1. Silly plot! Accept who you are... You can make a difference even though you are deemed "weaker" or ostracised... blah, blah, blah.... And why would we stop trawling around the Antarctica?! We still need fish!
2. Not very cute... Mumble was cute when he was young... Only for a short while.
3. Too much human personality in the silly penguins
4. Not funny.. Few lame jokes though
5. Mumble is essentially a weakling... I dun like...
(Gals, we're all entitled to our opinions... so dun start yelling at me... haha...)
Christmas tree seeing
Ha... Call me
boh liao, but I actually walked down the entire stretch of Orchard just now just to look at Christmas trees and take some photos.. If you dun wanna stay home but dun want to spend $$$$, you can always learn from me... haha.. get to hang around with friends but dun spend money.... haha
Probably the most conventional Christmas tree this year... Outside Paragon.
Conventional and aesthetic. Inside Nee Ann City.
Christmas stacks of coloured boxes. Outside PS.
The most expensive tree... The crystals alone were reported in My Paper (I actually read the chinese papers!) to be worth S$250,000..Even though its unique and expensive, I still feel it lacks colour and vibrancy... heee.. Its outside The Heeren.
My fave tree! Its in The Cathy. Though conventional in most other aspects, its coloured funky pink! I'm fine with it cos its not like I'm wearing it or anything.. I think its a bridge between convention and youthful exuberance - wild and adventurous...
Uncategorise-able random murmurings
How was my birthday week, I hear you ask? Well, its not as terrific as I would have liked it to be. So, that means that it was a disappointment... This means that I am so not going to discuss it. =P bleah..
Anyways, my colleagues were super sweet... They were the most pleasant surprise... On my birthday, I had only known them for a mere 9 working days, but they actually bothered to celebrate it... Its heart warming that I've only known them for 2 weeks, but we seem to gel quite well.. Went to Sentosa with them on Sat... Fun sia..
What's been on my mind is about perceived reality. With selective attention, selective distortion and selective retention, witnesses to the same event may have varied accounts. I think it get more complex when biasness towards or against other individuals are factored in... Aiya... I'll try to keep things short... Basically, I feel that in interpersonal relations, its super complex because of perceived reality, since what one perceives as reality would affect how one reacts to another person... For example, someone can look at all my screw ups and all my short comings and conclude that I am a lousy person.. On the other hand, someone else may see just all my strong points and conclude that I am an extremely confident, secure and charismatic person... Its also scary hearing my mother's account of how I progressed from an aggregate of 207 at PSLE to AAA at 'A' levels - because her account is different from mine.... Not entirely wrong, but just how even mother and son account of an event can vary is scary.. Just imagine 2 enemies... Juz some food for thought.
Cheers and God bless always,
fudge Yeh!
