Taiwan Women Film Festival 2010

很难想象我有这么文艺吗？也对，常在美术科徘徊在及格与不及格边缘的我很难跟艺术占上边。。。只是有时我认为有些事情虽然我们没有办法出钱出力，但我们还是应该身体力行地去参与与支持! 我没有办法出钱去制作电影，也没有天份去制作电影，但至少我坚持支持正版。

偶然、机缘、巧合下（非常老土的开场），看到台湾女性影展在报章上的宣传，碰巧那个周末我没约，碰巧又有一部我想看很久的电影-《刺青》（因为电影题材有点敏感，所以这部电影并没有在本地电影院上映），所以就这样敲定会到场支持咯！

我并没有出席过任何影展，我想最基本的尊重应该是在出席前做一点功课吧。这影展共展出7部电影，其中有4不是纪录片。欲了解更多详情可参阅网站：http://twff2010.blogspot.com

我对纪录片不感兴趣，所以我只看了3部电影 - 《刺青》、《漂浪青春》和《阳阳》。顾名思义，女性影展当然是展示一些从女性角度为出发点或以女性为中心的电影。在影展正式开始前，大会邀请了几位名人上台说几句话，其中一位男士说（不好意思，小女子才疏学浅，有眼又不识泰山，我只知道他是著名作家永乐多斯博士的丈夫），虽然这影展标榜女性电影展，但他希望能够看到更多的男生出席，希望他们看过这些电影后能够更了解女生。事实？95%的观众是女生。。。

第一天的影展，我马拉松式地看了《刺青》和《漂浪青春》，两部电影都出于同一位女导演 - 周美玲。大会还邀请到导演和她的摄影师女友来到马来西亚分享他们的作品呢！

我本人比较喜欢《刺青》，并不是因为《刺青》有偶像明星的加持，而是电影的情节非常前卫（对我这种化石来说），所以它对我来说是一种“culture shock”（虽然事先已经知道故事的内容大纲）；加上影片播放后的导演Q&A交流会，导演分享了她想藉由这部电影所要表达的讯息和意义，让我多了一个角度去回味这部电影。导演说，《刺青》想要表达的是“突破”，当我们遇到挫折或懦弱时，我们如何突破心理的障碍。竹子选择让刺青的痛来减轻心里的内疚、小绿选择逃避（逃避现实，活在网路虚拟的世界里）来证明自己的存在、竹子的弟弟则选择了遗忘来解决问题。。。但他们的问题依然存在，若他们无法突破自己，他们将无法获得真正的自由和得到真正的快乐和幸福。。。

《漂浪青春》这部片子则由3个不同的故事组成，3个故事看似不相干但主人翁在他们生命的某个阶段却有一些交集，这也是一部值得欣赏的电影，只可惜我听不懂闽南语，所以我想这削减了我对这部电影的共鸣和喜欢程度吧！

至于《阳阳》，它是第二天的压轴电影。我必须说对不起，导演和该片的摄影师，我本人应该是因为有“motion sickness”的毛病，所以我并不能很专注的看完整部电影，尤其是阳阳和她的经纪人跳舞的那一段，我只能闭上双眼。

看吧！虽然看了几部这么优秀且得奖无数的艺术电影，让我分享观后感还是说不出什么所以然。我重申，不是电影不好，只是个人造诣非常有限。

Jolly Christmas Time

I used to go around shopping malls in town to see their Christmas deco every year (2006, 2007 Christmas Deco in shopping malls), not only to see the creative ideas in decoration but also experience the jolly atmosphere in the mall, everybody was busy shopping present for their loved one, parents bringing children to take picture with those colourful and beautiful deco… but I think since economic downturn in year 2008, some malls seems to have cut down a lot of budget in it, until this year, I find that Mid Valley, 1 Utama, Leisure Mall are having very interesting deco in the malls. I didn’t manage to capture any picture in 1 Utama, but I like the idea of creating a Christmas town with a few cottages surrounding a frozen lake in the middle, the cottages were not only a deco, but served as booth and rent out for some merchants to sell some festive stuffs, smart idea! Not only spending but get some return too.

Mid Valley Megamall & The Garden

In Mid Valley, they were creating a very happening wonderland with a lot of big teddy bears, clowns, army soldier toys, wooden horses and marry-go-round, hot air balloons… Whereas in The Garden, they were creating a very harmony and serene environment for the shoppers. When I was there, there was also a harp performance in the center. I love listening to harp, I always relate the harp player to angel, but I think the girls playing the harps were too cool… I can’t relate them to angels lo…

Leisure Mall

Leisure Mall was having a charity event name – Toy Bank – Gift of Love. Children from a few orphanage homes/ care centres will make wish lists in love-shape cards, hanging in a compartment of the train, shoppers can go in to pick a card, and fulfill what’s written in the card. Most of the wish lists were very simple, some wrote shampoo, teddy bear, dictionary, toy… Then, what need to be done was just wrap it and drop it in toy bank in another compartment of the train.

I picked one, the wish list was belong to a 14 year old boy named Kar Kit, he wishes for t-shirt (M size)/ stationary/ slippers. I bought him all except the slippers because he didn’t write his size. I hope he will like the t-shirt and stationary that I bought for him. Actually, I should also drop him a message, encourage him to study hard and wish him has a bright future.

I think this event is very meaningful and at the same time, I think has brought a lot of sales to all the tenants in the mall.

24 hours to Year 2011! Happy New Year and may year 2011 a better year for everybody! 

2010 Octoberfest

My 1st Octoberfest... although I'm an October baby, but never attend any Octoberfest before. Reason being? I can't drink a lot.

Octoberfest @ 1Utama, Damansara

Before I reached there, it was raining heavily, and that's why you don't see a lot of ppl sitting outside.

There's a pole dance performance also, but I was in shock, I forgot to take out my camera to take photo. The girls are also sexy, how can the guys resist? all of them act like wolves when the girls performing... no eye see.

my 1st bottle

I quite like the first few taste, a little sour and light... but when almost finishing, the beer tasted funny in my mouth, too sour or probably too dry.


my 2nd bottle, another German beer... my tougue was numb d (or probably I was a little drunk), so, couldn't actually tell how was it taste like.

As I always said, it's not because of the drink or the food... it's the fun time being together with a bunch of good friend which I enjoy the most! Cheers!!!!

Cake Decoration Competition

My dear friend Lingtze participated a cake decoration competition @ Sunway Giza, 1st weekend in Oct. She is really very talented and passionate about all these cake thingy, so, to show my support (actually part of the reason is I very ge-bo and being ffk by a friend for an outing), I spent my weekend there too.

This was her first time participating a competition like this and it was also my first time seeing so many creative and meeting so many talented baking sifu there, included both of the judge from UK and US. The competition has 3 categories, wedding cake deco (adult group), teenage group and children group cake deco with a topic - Go Green. Grand prize for the 1st categories was very very attractive, it's a all in 5 days trip to London + cake deco course there.

Sorry for my ignorance, I didn't know a wedding cake can be that beautiful and creative! I joined some participants for lunch and they were all very passionate about baking, gosh, I looked like an alien there. Here are some beautiful deco that I like:

This participant is a Malay guy, and he has just recovered from a serious accident. Look at the fine free-hand royal icing laces drawing and the bird cage, really amazing and yea, he won the grand prize.


For me, if I were an ordinary customer, I would want my wedding cake to be like this

Fairy tales on 3-tier cake

I love this the most... very attractive, fun and eye-catching

cool & not an ordinary wedding cake, my favourite colour combination

very elegant design

another cake deco technique - painted skin

This is lovely...

The sifu from UK, he is so good in doing the royal icing although he is already more than 70 years old, but hand still very steady

Free demo in the event

Teenage group... the 3 winners, salute their creativity

Children group - cupcake decoration... don't under estimate any one of them...