SWOT, X3 and discussions
Well, it's swot vac once again and boy have I got it nasty this semester. It's alright now at least. I feel I have a chance of survival but of course this semester is aimed upon a H2B and above for all subjects now. I don't know how confident I actually feel about getting that grade. The subject matter is huge and I don't think I've actually tested myself on anything properly. I guess tomorrow I'll pull out a paper and scare the willies of myself.
Despite that the strangest things happen over swot vac. For example I find that during every swot vac I will gain a new crush. Haha. Well, it's not anything but my mind searching for some escape route from the suffocating amount of information that is being pushed into it. I guess with that realisation everything is under control.
And then all swot vacs must include grand philosophical and religious discussions. It's been a while actually since I've faced up with these things again. In a way, I was getting comfortable in my faith. All I wanted at one point of time was to actually feel secure and sure of what I believed in. So I guess I cut off a lot of distracting and disturbing questions till I found a strong base to root myself into. I believe, at least knowledge and faith wise, I've found my rock and shelter. So things have been popping up to annoy and frustrate me as it would every swot vac, but this time at least my core has remained unshaken.
Speaking with Wern and Evelyn, at first reminded me of how most religious discussions run. Round and round the mulberry bush and no one hears anything nor really says anything. But perhaps there was a point when I stopped attacking through logic and philosophical discussion, which has no bearing in truth, and listened a little to what they actually thought of God. It's always interesting what that question brings up within people. When you take away all the distractions of religion, rules, philosophies and leave a person open and free to say what they think of God you usually uncover something deeper within them or at least discover that the philosophical points are not actually what they are harrassed or disturbed over. But it did let me tell them of my own walk with God and hopefully clear some misconceptions of what being a Christian is about, where they surprisingly started listening attentively. I was quite surprised with their reaction when I started talking about my own normal experiences with God. Lol. they were more interested to listen to me talk about God, which were my own and have no proofs nor explanations, than to actually hear me debate the more drastic points of philosophy.
And in the midst of all this ... X-Men 3. Lol. for a comic movie I thought it was pretty well done. I enjoyed all the special effects and how they naturalised the mutants into, slightly, more believable characters. There were also a lot of hot babes walking around. Of course Storm was hot, but Halle Berry has always had my vote for physical attraction (although I have heard she is not such a nice person as an actress). Then Callisto and Psylocke the two punk goth chicks were ooo... of course they showed Psylocke far less that Callisto, but oh yeah go asian goth babes (I'm sorry, I have something for the black leather, piercings and tattoos... something seriously wrong with my mental makeup I'm sure). Magneto's helmet still sucks and I still think neither Charles Xavier nor Magneto actually come close to their appearances in the comic :P but that's just my personal annoyance. The SFX are really well done I must say, kudos to whoever was in charge of the graphics. The Phoenix's costume was the awesome - blood red trench coat and corset - beat that you Matrix characters! So, anyway, not at all disappointed with the movie. They left so many loopholes for a possible fourth I almost found it funny. :P
Signing off for now... (why didn't anyone tell me that the prac exam was on Monday???)
Despite that the strangest things happen over swot vac. For example I find that during every swot vac I will gain a new crush. Haha. Well, it's not anything but my mind searching for some escape route from the suffocating amount of information that is being pushed into it. I guess with that realisation everything is under control.
And then all swot vacs must include grand philosophical and religious discussions. It's been a while actually since I've faced up with these things again. In a way, I was getting comfortable in my faith. All I wanted at one point of time was to actually feel secure and sure of what I believed in. So I guess I cut off a lot of distracting and disturbing questions till I found a strong base to root myself into. I believe, at least knowledge and faith wise, I've found my rock and shelter. So things have been popping up to annoy and frustrate me as it would every swot vac, but this time at least my core has remained unshaken.
Speaking with Wern and Evelyn, at first reminded me of how most religious discussions run. Round and round the mulberry bush and no one hears anything nor really says anything. But perhaps there was a point when I stopped attacking through logic and philosophical discussion, which has no bearing in truth, and listened a little to what they actually thought of God. It's always interesting what that question brings up within people. When you take away all the distractions of religion, rules, philosophies and leave a person open and free to say what they think of God you usually uncover something deeper within them or at least discover that the philosophical points are not actually what they are harrassed or disturbed over. But it did let me tell them of my own walk with God and hopefully clear some misconceptions of what being a Christian is about, where they surprisingly started listening attentively. I was quite surprised with their reaction when I started talking about my own normal experiences with God. Lol. they were more interested to listen to me talk about God, which were my own and have no proofs nor explanations, than to actually hear me debate the more drastic points of philosophy.
And in the midst of all this ... X-Men 3. Lol. for a comic movie I thought it was pretty well done. I enjoyed all the special effects and how they naturalised the mutants into, slightly, more believable characters. There were also a lot of hot babes walking around. Of course Storm was hot, but Halle Berry has always had my vote for physical attraction (although I have heard she is not such a nice person as an actress). Then Callisto and Psylocke the two punk goth chicks were ooo... of course they showed Psylocke far less that Callisto, but oh yeah go asian goth babes (I'm sorry, I have something for the black leather, piercings and tattoos... something seriously wrong with my mental makeup I'm sure). Magneto's helmet still sucks and I still think neither Charles Xavier nor Magneto actually come close to their appearances in the comic :P but that's just my personal annoyance. The SFX are really well done I must say, kudos to whoever was in charge of the graphics. The Phoenix's costume was the awesome - blood red trench coat and corset - beat that you Matrix characters! So, anyway, not at all disappointed with the movie. They left so many loopholes for a possible fourth I almost found it funny. :P
Signing off for now... (why didn't anyone tell me that the prac exam was on Monday???)
posted by Ash at 11:10 AM
4 Comments:
Really? I thought Xmen3 was pretty lame. I prefer the previous 2. the 3rd one is a bit shallow in terms of its story line & character of the mutants. I want to see more claws from Wolverine!!!! and where are all my fav mutants?! Rouge was hardly in the scene. Cyclop and prof. x died so early in the show, grrrr!And no, I didnt enjoy the all new gothic theme of mutants. what the heck with Magneto and a bunch of gothic looking mutants lurking in the forest?! its like robin hood turn sour.
... oh well.:P each to their opinion:)
haha. well considering it was a comic turned movie - I'm not really surprised with the story quality :P
Basically movie star = Wolverine haha. Everyone else was secondary.
And yeah I guess it's not for everyone but goth black and design is for me :P I could never really stand the bright costumes in the comics - which is why I turned over to Image comics at a very young age
because normal, personal experiences are far more interesting than religious philosophy. :P
lesson learnt
Post a Comment
<< Home