life the past few days have been a bit surreal really because i've spent a good amount of it working in a clinic and studying medical instruments i'm not sure what exactly caused me to have the sudden change of heart, but i am now finding myself wanting to do precisely what i would have never wanted to touch a few days ago. needless to say, my dad has been trying very hard to hide his glee at this decision, although to be fair he did tell me to stop screwing around the first two days because he thought it was just one of my usual tricks. my mom of course still believes that shit is just making its way to the fan, and will hit once i realise how gross it is to touch germy people. i am determined to prove them wrong, hah. as long as i take my vitamin C like the obsessive freak i am known to be, all will be well.

the other thing is that someone's been on block leave since passing out so i've been really enjoying having some good company the past week :) and after being used to mostly long mundane days for so long, it's like a breath of fresh air that's really added to the surreal factor of this week. it's amazing how you tend to take little things for granted till you have to live without, then you start realising how much you really miss them.

V for Vendetta- everyone who hasn't watched the movie thinks that natalie portman's head shaving performance is the only draw, but once you've watched it you'd realise that the real genius is hugo weaving for his amazingly humanised role as V. you can't run away from hugo's distinct voice, which has this firm, haunting quality to it that manages to capture in essence the heart of the movie despite his character being faceless the entire time. it's too bad that the voice already carries the baggage of mr smith and elrond, but surprisingly there are only one or two moments where V seems to channel a bit of these personalities. the movie is fast paced, clever, and classy in many ways, and the biggest problem is that it packs in so much that it seems disjointed at times. especially so was the subplot of evey's torture, which i didn't quite get. the way in which the ending hinged more and more on the love between evey and V was expected but nonetheless sadistic, though in hindsight the somewhat S&M nature of it makes the relationship that much more plausible. the movie abounds with many recognisable literary and political allusions, but it's a bit disappointing how it's such a typical dystopian story- power-crazed dictator, loss of freedom, controversial underground movement, martyrs, revolution. very brave new world but even more 1984. all in all it's definitely bang for your buck, and as mark says, it's a movie that makes you feel happy. hmm, but go watch!

finally, here's a maddox post that's so socially correct that it'll make you wonder if he's secretly getting paid by the government.