Assorted Ravings of the Slightly-Weird

Day 1: Kimchi, Anyone?

A TV just fell on my foot. Fucking A (although I never did understand how that expression came about)...

Anyhow here I am in Seoul, and judging by what just happened you'd think I'm in some crummy hotel but I'm not. Great, now my finger's busted again. I busted it a week ago saving 2 wine bottles from breaking. Yeah, I know - bring on the alcoholic jokes. At least this time around I busted it saving a TV from breaking, which seems to be a slightly nobler cause. Woohoo, what a start to the trip. After this, the company visits just have to be good. Yippee.

Right now I'm partway up a hill overlooking some part of Seoul, facing westwards watching the sunset. It's actually kinda pretty. For those looking for travel ideas, August seems to be a pretty good time to visit, on the weather front.

On the flight up, I caught 3 movies: Madagascar, The Notebook and A Lot Like Love. All 3 were pretty good, with the latter two surprisingly so.

Madagascar
Animated film that works on both adult and kid levels. The guy sitting next to me must have thought I was slightly mad with all the chuckling noises coming from my seat. Worth watching again, in a couple of years or so.

The Notebook
Aw, it brought a tear to my eye. But seriously, when the movie first came out I'd written it off as another soppy/sappy love story but I take it back; it was actually enjoyable. Touching ending, which made for some uncomfortable sniffing moments during the lunch service.

A Lot Like Love
I like Amanda Peet, ever since I first saw her in the short-lived TV series "Jack and Jill". She's got this grin that's just infectious, plus she's really pretty to boot. And Ashton Kutcher, he kinda grows on you. So anyhow, this movie (did I miss it in SG?) was enjoyable too; I found myself rooting for the two to just get it on.

But having said all that, I still blame Hollywood for propogating unrealistic ideas about romance, love and THE ONE. No, not Keanu Reeves but THE SOULMATE. Ideas like eyes meeting across a room, or friends finding out that they actually are meant for each other, or some stranger suddenly sweeping someone off his/her feet. Yeah, like that really exists. Statistically it's just impossible to find the person you're meant to be with in the time that's alloted (i.e. before your expiry date). Plus, now that horizons are expanded it makes the pool almost an ocean and what's the chance of finding that one single drop in the ocean? Which, to my mind, explains why people are either getting married later (cos they're holding out for that one guy), or getting married and divorced and married and divorced again (cos they think they find the guy, find out they're wrong and ad nauseum).

If I sound bitter, it's cos the TV fell on my foot. Fucking A. Oooh, dinner time. Catch you later, dudes.

Posted by scrabbyfoo at August 22, 2005 06:31 PM