Phew! It's been ages since I've updated my blog eh? My exams are over! Woo-hoo! Been catching up on lots of stuff lately, that's why I haven't been updating for a while. Eileen has an awesome revamped site with a new URL, check it out! And Adeline has renovated as well. Wow! Hope I get to make some improvements to my own as well but for now, I'm happy with what I got. =p My bestie, Eileen and I went to the Festival Village at Fort Canning today to watch some performances that comemorates the opening of the Singapore Arts Festival 2002. We enjoyed some brazillian tribal song and dance, Argentinian tango music and Canadian/Haiti performces. They were pretty awesome and we got to sample some internationally alternative music. We watched a bit of Gambuh Macbeth which was a fuse of the ancient Indonesian dance and Shakespeare's classic story. All in all, it was a great experience though we were pooped out by the end.



For more information on the festival and its various performances, go here.

E.T 20th Anniversary Re-release.



One of Spielberg's most important movies and a childhood icon(if you're the kid of the 80s), E.T returns revamped and digitized. ET moves better, but looking better is debatable. I personally like the orginal animatronics entity, awkward jiggles and all. It's not so much how realistic ET is physically(well, ok quite important but then again the lil' guy's an extra-terrestrial in the first place) but rather the intensity of his humanity. Many may find that a paradox, how can an alien be human right? ET is a symbol more than anything else. Spielberg and his crew have said that ET was designed as a cross between a baby and and old man. In that, I feel that he encompasses humanity itself. The wisdom and knowledge, albeit from an alternative lifeform, and the curiosity and sense of wonder of a child who is in the midst of discovering life on earth. Spielberg's project, the preservation of childhood devoid of cynicism(often portrayed by adult characters) holds strong especially in this film as well as many others. So, if you're looking for a great film that opens doors to the potential wonder of life through the perspective of youth and untarnished optimism, ET will make your day. For the rest of us who are already long time fans, it's a chance to relive the glory on the big screen.

For more information and to view the trailer, soar over here.