Posted in Inanimate But Alive, Muses, Spirituality, tagged books, progressive revelation, religion, Spirituality, life of pi on 6 May 2009 | 6 Comments »
“I have a story that will make you believe in God.”
You must have read it before. I know, I’m a little slow on the pick-up.
I’m only 101 pages through but I HAVE to make a post about this book.
It’s made me laugh every 2 pages or so. Out loud. Which made it difficult for Gin [...]
Posted in Inanimate But Alive, Muses, Now where do I put this?, Recipes for Creativity, tagged mamak, music video, teh tarik on 30 April 2009 | 8 Comments »
I recently had a few hours free, aight.
[oh btw, just a little warning: hip-hop rapper speak ahead...or a bad imitation thereof]
5 were spent waitin’ for Ashraf, Alfred and DJ Taraz to finalize the toon and muzique (how am I doing so far?).
3 were spent shootin’ at the local eatery.
Let me give you the low-down of [...]
Posted in Inanimate But Alive, Muses, tagged dogs, marriage, movies on 28 April 2009 | 2 Comments »
I can’t keep this secret inside any longer… One of my ALL TIME favourite films is… SOUND OF MUSIC!
There, I said it. Now nothing will surprise you.
Last Saturday I watched 2 films that made my sad and happy hormone glands work on overdrive, each pumping alternately in quick bursts, swelling my arteries and capillaries, turning [...]
Posted in Inanimate But Alive, Now where do I put this?, tagged love story, movies, personal projects, short films on 16 December 2008 | 2 Comments »
Gin has been noting, not without some discontent, the brevity of my recent few posts. But please allow me to hijack my own blog (again) for a personal plug -
I’ve just come out of directing this film with my good mate Adrian Loh.
While he was cutting the trailer, I was redrafting [...]
Posted in Inanimate But Alive, Muses on 24 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was sitting in Federation Square one spring morning.
I had just purchased a book about cinema and “The Hidden God” and was trying to devour both it and the moist falafel in my hand threatening to drip onto my new buy.
The book was about movies wherein God, though never explicitly mentioned, [...]
Posted in Gin and I, Inanimate But Alive on 22 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I vividly remember the day I first watched this movie.
It was in my Italian Cinema class for the week on Feminism. Not the bra-burning brand of feminism so breathe easy you guys.
An Italian family goes on holiday to Greece. At one of the pitstops, the mother gets held back in the [...]
Posted in Inanimate But Alive on 13 October 2008 | 1 Comment »
My mum introduced this game into the family while she was a uni student. Since then, it has been the arena where the Corrays’ love for English, sibling rivalry and one-up-manship play out in full colour.
When Gin was first initiated into this family ritual, her game was nothing to shout about. She was always trying [...]
Posted in Inanimate But Alive on 11 September 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is NOT an early cop-out!! :)
Sometimes, communing with good movies have helped me arrive at epiphanies. Sometimes they’ve inspired me with courage to do make difficult decisions… Watching a good movie, appreciating the work of another artist, that is akin to meeting a good friend, no?
I remember being lost in a whirlwind after watching [...]
