Movies n Cameras

When i 1st saw e book Memoirs of a Geisha i tot it was another self-glorifyin biography of sex n high-class prostitution..when i read it (borrowed from a fren) i realised it was quite touching n poignant..den of course e movie came out...

typical Hollywood hubris dat is a "monument to mediocrity" just like Kevin Federline's newest album...Sayuri/Chiyo not fleshed out at all n e endin like some fairy tale plot...of course Gong Li's portrayal of Hatsumomo would be a savin grace in such circumstances...i tried so hard to feel for Sayuri...but could not with all e focus on screenplay rather than interpersonal character development..its realli shallow compared to e book...

anyway, i caught e movie at 1 in e afternoon with my cousin in a realli empty cinema whose no. of audience could b counted on e fingers of 1's hands..n it was fliipin bluidy cold...i kept askin myself how much Zhang Zhiyi has grown as an actress since Crouchin Tiger, Hidden Dragon Days...undiscernible was e answer i was forced to come away with..still bland n lackin in depth of expression..

but at least they managed to keep e movie dignified n not sleazy..i realised durin e movie dat i was right(to some extent) after all...Geishas really were high class prostitutes in a manner of speakin...wat with e Mizuage biddin n "eels in caves"..i just din realise it when caught up in e current of the story while readin e book..thanks Hollywood!

anyway , i oso got myself dat nice Panasonic FX 8 for capturin overseas shots..still tryin to get e hang of it but its a step in e rite direction i believe..can take more professional n longer lastin photographs now i guess..Thank God i had a lobang or openin with my fren Ricky, who gave it to mi at a good price..with 512mb memory card, screen protector n other accessories...e shop he worked at was tremendousli good at rippin pple off i heard...but checkin a few places i found his offer not bad...which was assurin..at least i noe he's not a crook like e rest of e pple in dat shop..(at least not to a fren)

well, considerin dat gettin a digital camera has been at e top of my to-get list since 2001, its a certain relief to be able to get it finalli..now i do truli hope i can upload pix onto dis blog n capture images when i party n study...financial independence is crucial to gettin many accessories actualli..but another time on dat topic..