Sorry for my previous post that is kind of depressing and thanks for all your support. I am OK, still [trying to be] as positive as ever. So today has been a mad day at work. I’ve told everybody that we are moving office and yet, work requests, meeting requests, email requests aimed at my team from near and afar – non-stop. In between the request gaps, I was packing, frantically deciding what should go into a box that someone [I hope] would carry for me to the so-called new office (it’s not new for sure), what should go into the trash bin, and what should be shredded. At day end, I turned to my team member and shocked that he hadn’t even started!
“Erm, you could use some of my box space. I don’t have that much stuff,” I offered. He is a lot older more experienced than me and at times, I feel that he’s my boss instead. He waved and said, “Nah.” “You are not bringing anything?” I asked. And he pointed at his laptop bag and said, “That’s all.”
Wow. I love that mentality. I reckon I could have done the same. What’s inside my box anyway?! Junks.
So, what do men do when their partners are having all-girls-night-out? Woohoo! I frantically took out my [mental] note of things-I-wish-to-do-when-Cynthia-is-having-a-good-time-on-her-own. Horror movies! Except, there are none showing and “Horsemen” is the closest movie that neither Cynthia nor our movie buddy TK would want to watch with me.
So I wrapped up with the day with “Horsemen”. To tell you the truth, if not for Zhang Ziyi, I wouldn’t have picked it. I love her acting and she speaks better English this time. Even with little makeup and with no fancy clothes throughout the show, she is just gorgeous. While I am not quite sure if it’s a good idea to mix a bunch of suicidal, depressed kids with family issues and the [mis-] interpretation of the Book of Revelation from the Bible, “Horsemen” did prompt me to think or do the followings:
- Work is just work, don’t forget your family.
- I nearly cried towards the end.
- [I confess that] it’s been a long time since I opened the Bible and not only have I read a bit here and there, I read the study notes in details too.
To the curious minds, the Book of Revelation is not meant to be taken as a literal set of predictions for the current events. It is so encrypted because it was written during the Christian prosecution. Divine revelation no doubt but do read it with the study notes. Chapter 6 is the center theme of “Horsemen” and in the Bible, it is the visions of cosmic conflict. A vision of four horsemen to kill with sword, famine, and plague, and by means of the beasts of the earth. And then the angels appear and so on.
“Horsemen” is a pretty gruesome movie. But then, for those who enjoy watching CSI, I don’t think you’ll have a problem with this one. For those who dislike movies that end abruptly without a conclusion, you may not like “Horsemen”.
I don’t hate “Horsemen”, I am just OK with it. Nothing makes sense in the movie. It is because by definitely, suicidal is momentary insanity.
2 replies on “Horsemen – If Not for Zhang Ziyi …”
Hahaha. I love CSI but hate movies that end abruptly without a conclusion. Very kill joy! 😛 Actually, I do think that Zhang Ziyi is pretty 😀
JT – Well, some movies do it well with abrupt ending and get you thinking. I think a lot of people in the cinema was like … huh?!
Yes, Zhang Ziyi is pretty. And she is 30 this year.