Anaheim, OC

I am now in Anaheim, land of the Disneyland. It is also a land where one of my favourite pop stars, Gwen Stefani came from. From my hotel, Disneyland is just a stone throw away but nonetheless, I am too old to appreciate the wonders of fairy tale.

It is quite historic, my stay here. Today, at 5.01pm Los Angeles time, same-sex marriage will be finally made legal in California, the second state in US after Massachusetts. In our part of the world, it has nothing of significance but in this part of the world, it means civil rights and giving recognition to a certain human identity.

I have no plans yet, which I attribute it to a vast time differences. I am still suffering from some jet-lag. I think I am just going to walk around and get acquainted with Orange County. Nothing seems nearby as cars are major necessity here. Without one, you can feel the impossibility of mobility. Well, I would love to prove that wrong. Let's see whether I can make it to somewhere later, by foot!

Too Carried-Away… (SATC)

I have had the privilege of catching my all-time favourite Sex and The City on the big screen before it is officially opened. I attribute it to the genius of someone who manage to create a special need for fans to be the “first to watch” or should I say, successfully manipulate the fans to feel privileged, just like how I am feeling now, by introducing something called “sneak preview” on the eve of the opening.

Well, I am crazy enough to plan for the special night, where I could enjoy a little dressing up, sit back and be marvelled at the most representative of early 21st century women’s pop culture phenomenon unfold. Yes, despite the detectable hype on major female magazines and fear of over-expectations, I must say, the movie did live up to its charm like how it did in our living room and occasionally, personal computer.

The movie is indeed very entertaining if not, a great masterpiece of portraying women and their lives in Manhattan where people are known to go there to find love, at least according to the movie, idealistically. Love, as we all want and need is fortunately and/or unfortunately a great part of happiness. We need to love and be loved and when we have both, it can be living happily ever-after, like how all our childhood fairy tales told us. Except, when reality kicks in, it does not come easy.

Everyone will have their very own take-away on this movie, be it fashion, love, friendship etc, I won’t deny that it is a movie for mainly women and how fun and fashionable it is to be a woman. Be it now or for many more years to come.

Here is my very own take-away which I sum it in this quote ;

"When you stop following fashion, you create fashion, you create style and ultimately, you live your style."

A Must Watch

http://www.malaysianartistesforunity.info/?page_id=20

or

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8Wl3firJQk

I am terribly sorry for running out of words this time around. But this piece of work really did spark some interests back at me. Happy watching and hope this nation, my nation, our nation is really going through some positive realisation...

Though I am still an armchair spectator in across border, I hope I can still relish on the occasional prospect of seeing how where I come from is making a difference.