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books i like

'Tis: A Memoir (Frank McCourt)
A Walk in the Woods (Bill Bryson)
Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years (Sue Townsend)
Art of Happiness (Dalai Lama)
Equal Rites (Terry Pratchett)
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner)
India's Wild Wonders (Rajesh Bedi)
Interesting Times (Terry Pratchett)
Karma Cola (Gita Mehta)
Lords and Ladies (Terry Pratchett)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (John Berendt)
Mort (Terry Pratchett)
Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe (Bill Bryson)
Notes from a Small Island (Bill Bryson)
Small Gods (Terry Pratchett)
Sourcery (Terry Pratchett)
The 48 Laws of Power (Robert Greene)
The Bermuda Triangle
The Philadelphia Experiment: Project Invisibility (Charles Berlitz)
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 (Sue Townsend)
Uncommon Practice: People Who Deliver a Great Brand Experience (Andy Milligan & Shaun Smith)
What's Your Name I'm Fine Thank You (Roger Beaumont)
Witches Abroad (Terry Pratchett)
Zanskar: A Himalayan Kingdom (Oliver Folmi)

Scenes from the window of a plane

First night landing @ Moscow International Airport
I was looking for a concentration of lights to indicate the main airport terminal. Even as the aircraft was only hundreds of meters from the ground where I could clearly make out details like a van on the road beneath, yet I could not see the airport. I held my curiosity till the plane landed and stepped into the airport. Then I realised why I could not make out the airport from the air. Only in the sections where flights were being processed would be lit up. Everywhere else was dark.

Lightning Lace
Can't remember which flight... London to KL/ KL to London? Irrelevant detail. Aircraft way above the cloud line. Very dark but not completely enveloped in night. Advanced dusk. Cabin lights out and most passengers quietly dozing under blankets. I like it like this when all is still and dark. Then I saw it beyond the window. Spreading outwards from the beneath the aircraft was this awesome silver lightning transmitting across the carpet of clouds all the way to the horizon. If I ever start a band I'd call it Lightning Lace!

movies i like

300
Addams Family
Addams Family Values
Ali Baba Bujang Lapok
Alien
Aliens
Aliens Resurrected
Amelie
As Good As it Gets
Billy Elliot
Braveheart
Cast Away
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Chicago
Chocolat
Cinema Paradiso
Edward Scissorhands
Enemy of the State
Face Off
Fallen
Fight Club
Finding Nemo
Forrest Gump
Ghost World
Gladiator
Godzilla
I am Sam
I'm a Cyborg, but it's Okay
Interview with the Vampire
Jerry Maguire
Labu dan Labi
Love Actually
Madagascar
Mars Attacks
Meet The Parents
Men In Black
Monsters, Inc
Moulin Rouge!
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Napoleon Dynamite
Nasib Do Re Mi
Nasib Si Labu Labi
Ocean's Eleven
Ocean's Twelve
Perfume
Philadelphia
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Plots With a View
Practical Magic
Resident Evil
Road to Perdition
Se7en
Shrek
Signs
Snatch
Spy Game
Swordfish
The Client
The Day After Tomorrow
The Fifth Element
The Full Monty
The Green Mile
The Incredibles
The Insider
The Jungle Book
The Others
The Terminal
The Village
Thelma & Louise
Toy Story
Transformers
Unforgiven
You've Got Mail

i love flags!

How or when did my love for flags begin? For the life of me, NO IDEA! :-) But love them I do. Why?... Hmm, let me attempt to understand this obsession...

Firstly I love colours - all colours, all hues, all shades. I am drawn to paint brochures and paint mixing machines, and Pantone guide books! I suspect a rainbow features somewhere in my soul... People and friends mistakenly think I am childish or simple in my taste for the so-called garish hues of life. Many peers lean toward subtler shades or whatever... I suppose it subconsciously represents maturity and sophistication... Hmm, I am more than happy with rainbow-ness and I chuckle at so-called sophisticated urbane folks with their minimalism and their lattes. I'd like to believe that I KNOW colours intimately. That in my appreciation of them, colours have yielded to me their powers, secrets and natures.

Secondly, it is a confounding notion that a bit of cloth, marked with a few simple dashes of colour is one of, if not the most powerful symbol to all of mankind where blood has been shed on many a flag.... Flags, more than anthems or hymns, are vested with values, principles and beliefs that define and divide humankind. It is my belief that ancient tourism (read: the I came, I saw, I conquered kind) driven by politics or religion created division and thus gave birth to the flag.

I of course say all this is an un-informed manner... too lazy to go check Wikipedia or the Britannica! After all, this is my blog. And I choose to toy with fact and fiction like rubber duckies in bath water! :-) So yes I am fascinated by the exaltedness of flags, their power to bind and galvanise whole peoples...

Anyway, I have a flag fantasy... where every flag of the world drapes from the ceiling of my sitting room making it look like the Olympic Games village or the UN lobby! How cheery and 'global village' like.... One final touch... A King sized UN flag duvet for my bed! So I can sleep snug knowing that I am protected under the auspices of the United Nations! Bwahahahahahahahahaha!

south korea

App. 4 feet wide. Bought it when I was in Seoul on film production job when posted in Vietnam. Lucky enough to visit Seoul twice and absolutely love the place, the people, the culture... From my short time there, I observed that Koreans place great attention to grooming and attire... let's put it this way, every street sweeper I saw had perfectly styled & colour-dyed hair, wore flawless foundation and lipstick! I mean they were gorgeous mamas! Awesome! Made me feel like a homeless street urchin and that I was not stylish enough for the city!... which I admit is true :-)

vietnam

Nice size. App. 5 feet across. It used to hang on my bedroom wall above the headboard when I was living in Vietnam. Love the simple yellow star against red background design. Bold. Proud. Just like her people. Thanks Vietnam for hosting me for 2 years... I love your food, your people, your crazy street traffic, your cyclo, your traffic lights that no one heeds, your food, your land, your colour, your power kao-kao coffee, your love for feng-tao pop, your food, your artistry, your positivity, your courage, your elegance, your dignity....did I mention food?

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Saturday, 10 May 2008

MAS and Air Asia: Every Day Low Fares

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