Upon walking into the theater I find it completely packed leaving us literally only with the seats we booked out having arrive in late. But in that instant I couldn't help but think to myself, how is it that a movie filmed completely in Cantonese could command a crowd of such diversity. The only answer I had in my mind, was fame. The world itself, is filled with people of high status and fame. But, what dictates whether someone is deserving of becoming famous and what are the limitations and requirements to maintain the title of 'celebrity' or 'famous'. Looking around you can find a variety of people famous for a different set of talents. Ranging from music, acting, dancing, drawing to sporting talents. But if we take a deeper look at not the entire world but our individual world isn't it possible to find a multitude of people with the same talents but lacking the fame? So how is it that two people can lead different lives when they have the same capabilities? So then it makes me wonder if it's valid or not to say that fame is also based on the luck of being at the right place at the right time even if there is someone better suited for the job. But leading back to the movie, it's obvious that the fame was what drew the crowd in but what brought out it's fame is the question. Because, growing up I've heard of Bruce Lee, but I never once heard of his tutor, IP Man.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Event #2 - IP Man 2 Movie (April 29th)
For the first time in a long while, I went to watch a movie with my family, and our movie of choice was IP Man 2. We all enjoyed watching the first one so we decided why not the second? This is a Kung Fu movie about the mentor of Bruce Lee himself and the story of his life. A touching and epic tale about his hardships in life from his battles to his losses. Where he won the hearts and acknowledgment of all those that witnessed his fights and his triumphs in and out of battles. This was a movie done in Cantonese, with English subtitles. Upon walking into the theater I find it completely packed leaving us literally only with the seats we booked out having arrive in late. But in that instant I couldn't help but think to myself, how is it that a movie filmed completely in Cantonese could command a crowd of such diversity. The only answer I had in my mind, was fame. The world itself, is filled with people of high status and fame. But, what dictates whether someone is deserving of becoming famous and what are the limitations and requirements to maintain the title of 'celebrity' or 'famous'. Looking around you can find a variety of people famous for a different set of talents. Ranging from music, acting, dancing, drawing to sporting talents. But if we take a deeper look at not the entire world but our individual world isn't it possible to find a multitude of people with the same talents but lacking the fame? So how is it that two people can lead different lives when they have the same capabilities? So then it makes me wonder if it's valid or not to say that fame is also based on the luck of being at the right place at the right time even if there is someone better suited for the job. But leading back to the movie, it's obvious that the fame was what drew the crowd in but what brought out it's fame is the question. Because, growing up I've heard of Bruce Lee, but I never once heard of his tutor, IP Man.
Upon walking into the theater I find it completely packed leaving us literally only with the seats we booked out having arrive in late. But in that instant I couldn't help but think to myself, how is it that a movie filmed completely in Cantonese could command a crowd of such diversity. The only answer I had in my mind, was fame. The world itself, is filled with people of high status and fame. But, what dictates whether someone is deserving of becoming famous and what are the limitations and requirements to maintain the title of 'celebrity' or 'famous'. Looking around you can find a variety of people famous for a different set of talents. Ranging from music, acting, dancing, drawing to sporting talents. But if we take a deeper look at not the entire world but our individual world isn't it possible to find a multitude of people with the same talents but lacking the fame? So how is it that two people can lead different lives when they have the same capabilities? So then it makes me wonder if it's valid or not to say that fame is also based on the luck of being at the right place at the right time even if there is someone better suited for the job. But leading back to the movie, it's obvious that the fame was what drew the crowd in but what brought out it's fame is the question. Because, growing up I've heard of Bruce Lee, but I never once heard of his tutor, IP Man.
Friday, April 9, 2010
Event #1 - Foam Party (April 8th)
This was my first foam party, and after hearing about it from my brother and his friends, I knew that I had to experience this first hand myself to see what it was about it. Excited I got a ticket and went together with my friends to make the experience more enjoyable. Upon arriving the crowd wasn't as large due to our early arrival time so all I could do is wait. But as midnight drew closer the crowd grew bigger and the foam began spitting from the machines to drift down from above falling down on everyone. The machine began exerting more foam at a gradual rate but it didn't soak much, although, it did make it hard to breathe.
And I finally realized that being at the foam party crowded and squeezed in as I was that I was getting the full effect of all my senses. I could see the foam, smell the foam, hear the music, taste the foam unfortunately and touch the foam. That's when my mind began to work during the fun. What makes humans think and work is their senses. When we use our senses to recognize anything before us via our senses our mind begins to work and decode what we recognize. This only brings about the question what makes everything so. When one sees, smells or taste food, what in their brain tells them it is chicken, beef, or lettuce. What in our mind recognizes it and how does the mind work with our senses to tell us just that?
By fulfilling all the functions of our senses just like at the foam party would that imply that we are at that moment functioning at our best because we're using all the senses or does this mean that it leaves us more off-guard? Which is similar to the case where if one were to go blind, their hearing would increase. Which would suggest that humans will always have the capability to replace loses in the body under limitations.
And I finally realized that being at the foam party crowded and squeezed in as I was that I was getting the full effect of all my senses. I could see the foam, smell the foam, hear the music, taste the foam unfortunately and touch the foam. That's when my mind began to work during the fun. What makes humans think and work is their senses. When we use our senses to recognize anything before us via our senses our mind begins to work and decode what we recognize. This only brings about the question what makes everything so. When one sees, smells or taste food, what in their brain tells them it is chicken, beef, or lettuce. What in our mind recognizes it and how does the mind work with our senses to tell us just that?
By fulfilling all the functions of our senses just like at the foam party would that imply that we are at that moment functioning at our best because we're using all the senses or does this mean that it leaves us more off-guard? Which is similar to the case where if one were to go blind, their hearing would increase. Which would suggest that humans will always have the capability to replace loses in the body under limitations.
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