over dramatic and waste of long running time

is a short description for the movie i went to last night. It s called Watchmen and well for the rest of the year, you wont meet another hyped movie then this one.its been directed by a visionary director of 300 ..and that is the point this movie lacks vision nor a moralistic tone whilst it’s try hard to do so. 

 

The trailer will show mostly the action which takes place. Its pretty graphic and violent but it does not shock at all as the characters a group of retired vigilantes battle each other for what?? and presented little drama despite their hero status and will never compel anything from the viewers.

 

Instead it tries to make a lot business about a coming nuclear war, which the heroes indirectly caused by contribuying  overcoming the Vietcong.The story is confusing ,is it a murder mystery then if so it so vague but then despitethe long running  it falls in to pieces in just one go..remarkable and then sf movie? yes but not groundbreaking and perhaps you need some mushrooms to appreciate the art work .Gory action flick with no depth?likely the action as said is graphic and it starts to get boring due to the copy of the 300 concept of ..

 

I was not the only one who got irritated some of the public skated off half of the movie, perhaps the dreadfull sex scenes? or the tedious story line and dramatic acting of the Blue Man -in-spandex-with irrelevant-logics or the batman alike owl with no superpowers screaming wildly after a fellow anti hero was reduced to blood.. 

 

 

To be brief, dont watch the Watch men …they have to watch themselves better ..

City life Bright lights dark streets

Saigon is a town made for the neon wilderness. in day light it s better not to see the construction which can be painfull to watch due to the pastel colors and challenging architecture. Staying in the houses also remains a challenge. Houses have due to limited space little ergonomical measures taken for people who actually live in there. Having saved their whole life for their dream house their house looks mostly like the following. Vietnamese houses are tall. Due to the hefty taxes on land , architectures made a plan that houses from the front should have a tall and narrow entrance. this result that the buildings are build in length not in its width. 

 

Having travelled also in the country side it strikingly houses in new built areas are not characterised by the use of space rather by it s again tall structeres and the lack of creativity and abundance of copying the same style over and over again. For the foreseeable future there have been some profond changes in the City district 2 and 7 also known as resp An Phu and Phu My Hung. Both district houses the expat community , one more focussed on a certain then the other. In a way if you just have money then go here and not in the dusty smoggy town. Strinking is that in these places with Disney esque fenced compounds are more bareble to watch then the main city area , once the dawn sets in the city with its lights and teemingly nonstop transport grid is the main attraction in this rather cultar-aestecitical-barbarian city of 10 million inhabitants. 

 

HCMC means business and there fore like art galleries , exhibition,museums and other cultural happenings takes place in Hanoi and HCMC is richer in parties of upcoming designers ,models, VN IDOLS and many other hopefulls or tedious acting expats who do their bits to educate the locals in their illy conceived decadent bourgeois behaviour of sex , drugs and techno

 

Go 2 bar is one of those places which cemented it self as a stayer in the ever changing backpacker district, it s a 24/7 bar so the last pissed tourist expat who leaves at 6 am is greeted by the morning shift who serves some breakfast fare to the newly arrived suckers.. the street in Vietnam are the domain of the frenzy unorganised traffic who dont seem to care if you are well paying tourist ..they only care to be paid by the tourist.

the bar symbolises the spirit of Saigon. Busy , crowded , uncultural, business savy and purposedly relaxing when you leave the bar full of tay  ba lo horny around

 

 

 

surely this is not the real Vietnam ..many accounts have been written about the glasnost of Vietnam being a restrictive country unless a stream of money is ensured to flow in to the country 

 

one of the best is Shadows and Winds of Robert Templer. A former correpondent who merciless wrote about the Doi Moi initiative and the unforeseen results for Vietnam and it s leadership.Achievements have been made however it s unclear whether who are the benefeciaries of this development.

my life so far…

is it curious once passed the 30 s one person to reflect ones life is quite early though nothing now seems so set in our world. And it better not be. ..

 

Having spent another 3 years almost overseas it’s shockingly overwhelmingly nice to think about back home. think HEMA worst, oliebollen yes food is in the heart of mind never the weather or the indifferency of people or the cold heart remarks..but then it comes to one mind that life when i was young was a time of funny things I did or let s say my parents did not think it was that funny and caused a lot of worries but again being a unflappable guy it were the first sign of my global thinking when I went to Australia and New Zealand all alone.it was not my maiden trip overseas , but this time it was really there..being alone and have to take care of your self. During that trip I could remember how low I fell by picking strawberries for nothingclose to a dime and earned 1000 Aussie dollar in one week working my ass off in hotels and restaurants.

i saw how the locals were treating it s original inhabitants treating like animals it broke my heart and my trust in mankind..the beauty of New Zealand and to marvel it again and again..the relaxed people of the southern hemisphere…im thank full i could experience this and meet people of different kind of walks..Later travels brought me to South Africa,Korea, New York ,Alaska ..ok I worked on a cruise ship doing its world cruise. A study in London brought me the desired degree obtained in a foreign university.

Then life formed me to see that this world is unjust and that there are still just people who help and support the disadvanataged. I was stuck in London when I read that they were looking for a manager in a street kid restaurant.

it proved to change my life ..forever there is no going back and now being a 30 something I need to fix my life more ..family kids car?? who knows.Despite my efforts the world needs pioneers and just people to lift us up.I get approached by flowery girls in Vietnam wanting to marry me, have babies with me ..I mean im not that handsome..

 

my thoughts are not chronological but thats my life , there is a beginning but between the end and beginning there is nothing sure and people can fill it on the way they want and start all over new again..that s how I survive..

our world today

just read the news about an eminent attack on the Sri Lankan players in Pakistan bus by an unidentified group of terrorists. in sport the Germans say Allen werden Bruder, we become brothers through the unity and spirit of the game. This proved to be a likely place to attack the players .Pakistan a breeding place of lethal terrorists is not able to surpress the underbelly of  Al Quaida and an ideal staging ground for any terrorist attack.

 

For instance a Tamil Tigers attack the bus due to the raging civil war on the north of the island. However it would not make sense if the star player Murali is on the bus the only Tamil in the Sri Lankan team.

 

Others say that there were Indians involved after Mumbai attacks a good time to avenge the losses of cricket matches in India.

Being a follower of cricket in general Sri Lanka has kind of become my favorite team being a small nation winning fairly many matches against giant India,England and Australia.They have some illustrative players like Murali the only player surpassed 700 wickets in the modern game and Jayawardene a modest man with an enormous career.

That some players are injured is intolerable, sadly their guards did not survive this low attack and being such a high profile incident heads will roll in the Pakistani government but will it make the world more saver??