My ramblings…

Just had the dubious priviledge of being part of an interesting debate on the SIDM forums. For those who don’t know, SIDM stands for School of Interactive Digital Media. Usual complaints of DET students being not recognised by anyone, lousy equipment not up to the student’s standards, SIDM not giving its usual warm welcome to a new member of the family… Frankly speaking, I can’t really be bothered whether DET feels welcomed or not. We are all now under the same roof of SIDM. Get on with it. However, what really got to me was the attitude of some of these DETs. There was an "air" of expectance about them. A very disturbing trend among today’s youths, which I am sadly a part of. We demand everything be given to us. We don’t need to work for anything. Just give me everything I need, so I can get on with the rest of my fucking life comfortably. The world is my oyster and everybody owes me a living. When I graduate with a piece of paper, I EXPECT to get a good job with a good salary, buy a good car and house, marry a good wife and live a good life.

Nobody owes anyone a fucking living. You want your course to be recognised? You gotta produce the results first. You want better computers for your work? There is no way you are going to get it by complaining. Go out and do something. You want to live the rest of your generation y life comfortably? You’ve gotta fucking earn it.

Caught a movie for the first time in a long time since school started. Been busy this sem so far, but today I told myself, "Fuck this. I’m going for a show." Decided on Casino Royale, or James Bond for those not too sure… I was never a fan of the james bond franchise and I didn’t catch even one of the shows when pierce brosnan was james. However, I was quite intruiged when I saw the trailer for this one… rather dark and brooding… and Daniel Craig as a rather rough looking 007. Felt like what Batman Begins did for the batman series. So, I decided to take a chance on this one. I wasn’t disappointed. Without fucking up the show for those of you who haven’t caught it yet, all I can say is that this time round, 007 feels much more humane. Much more raw emotions and frailities. Casino Royale is more of a trial by fire of a double O. The last portion was particularly interesting when that someone died. So in other words, go catch it. On a concluding note, there was this scene near the middle, where Eva Green or "Vespa Lydnn" was in the toilet wrapped in towels, fresh from the bath. What really struck me is this. From her previous movies like Kingdom of Heaven, I never really saw her as someone that attractive. But in this scene, she just stood there in front of the mirror without any makeup on…. and she looked ravishing.