Just Follow Lor !

Oranges. Checked.
Ang Baos. Checked.
Ba Kwa. Checked.
enquires from relatives on the progress of my seemingly infinite search for a girlfriend. Checked.
For the record...I'm not that desperate as I make myself out to be.
A brand new Jack Neo movie screened just in time for the festive CNY period. Double Checked.

What a way to greet CNY 2007 !

All right...the above means of starting a new entry to this almost abandoned blog may be rather cliche...but blame it on the festive snacks which emptied my mind of any thoughts of updating this blog. Darn.....I seem to be making up excuses to cover up my laziness so ever easily.

Anyway...this is the fourth day of the New Year according to the lunar calendar. The day began with me going to the temple to pray in the company of my family and ended with me catching a movie...........alone.

I guessed I've changed quite a bit. Before I never thought twice about watching a movie alone yet now I seem to be growing accustomed to it. The movie" Just Follow Law" smacked full of Jack Neo's directorial elements...Slap-stick humour..generous dosage of CGI effects...sprinkles of Hokkien phases...emotional scenes that tugged firmly onto our heartstrings....and above all...a deep social commentary laced rather indiscreetly into an otherwise straightforward plot.

I really do admire Jack Neo's penchant to film social issues through a humourous perspective that allows one to better relate and remember the existence of such problems. Perhaps as shown in the movie by Fann wong's on screen persona after her soul had been switched...that maybe one would be able to see ourselves better only through the eyes of another. We all seemed so caught up in our own world and care so much about our surroundings that we have neglected the single most essential aspect of our lives---ourselves. Our sense of direction in life...our perception of life...our values and ideals on how lives should be led...had all been lost in the frantic race for promotions, bonuses, salary increments as well as the bosses' favour.

Yet...lest anyone think yours truly to be noble and seemingly disconnected from reality who abstains from the rat race of life....well to be honest....I'm not. Those were mere reflections of how people in general had led their lives blindly.People like me.

On a personal note... I do admit I'm equally guilty as one whose mindframe sometimes becoming so rigid and undying insistence of having to adhere to the rules and laws stipulated. Seeing how stubborn Gurmit Singh on screen persona's daughter could be when waiting for the traffic light to turn green before walking across the pedestrian crossing struck a chord with me. I do wait for the pedestrian light to turn green before walking even though there are no oncoming traffic or policemen so to speak in sight.......yet it is done only occasionally of course. Afterall...my campmates did not give me the nickname of " Mr. SOP" for nothing.



OMG !...cannot believe I was actually glad with that nick for that instance.