Featuring: The Secret Life of Arabia

My my my…SIFF is back again this April!!! & there's just so many movies to catch so lil time...
The Secret Life of Arabia titles are just too good too many!
Here's some that are in my must-see list!!! Let me know if any of ya'll interested to catch any of it too...
Definitely tops on my list are not one but TWO Edward Said 'tribute films'. Whoahh!

Selves and Others: A Portrait of Edward Said- France:
http://www.filmfest.org.sg/displayfilm.php?filmid=159
Out of Place- Japan
http://www.filmfest.org.sg/displayfilm.php?filmid=133

For those not in tha know, tha late Edward Said, an Arab Palestinian Christian, is a well-known literary theorist and activist of tha Palestinian movement. He is like my favouritest non-fiction author/ thinker/ critic & definitely one of tha most prominent INTELLECTUALS of our time...in my books! His writings on the Arab Palestinian displacement have really touched me so much and not only invoked a lot of thought but also spurred my insight on so many levels. And any Said aficionado will know that his 'Orientalism' is just a masterpiece in a class of its own. So this is really a double whammy for me…

So far I have not come across any Said fan in my circles so if any of ya'll are in the 'closet'… please COME OUT! =)

Other SIFF features that I hope to catch!:
Boutique- Iran
http://www.filmfest.org.sg/displayfilm.php?filmid=034

Noriko’s Dinner Table- Japan:
http://www.filmfest.org.sg/displayfilm.php?filmid=127

Question- Japan:
http://www.filmfest.org.sg/displayfilm.php?filmid=149

Promise Me Not- Thailand:
http://www.filmfest.org.sg/displayfilm.php?filmid=146

The Rubber Soul Project- Serbia & Montenegro:
http://www.filmfest.org.sg/displayfilm.php?filmid=154

The Sex of Self-Hatred- Canada:
http://www.filmfest.org.sg/displayfilm.php?filmid=160

Wedding In Galilee- Belgium/ France/ Palestine:
http://www.filmfest.org.sg/displayfilm.php?filmid=207

Tale Of The Three Jewels- Belgium/ Palestine/ United Kingdom:
http://www.filmfest.org.sg/displayfilm.php?filmid=182

Zozo- Lebanon/ Sweden:
http://www.filmfest.org.sg/displayfilm.php?filmid=216

Next Door- Norway:
http://www.filmfest.org.sg/displayfilm.php?filmid=123

Angels In Fast Motion- Denmark:
http://www.filmfest.org.sg/displayfilm.php?filmid=018

Lucid- Canada:
http://www.filmfest.org.sg/displayfilm.php?filmid=105

Under The Ceiling- Syria:
http://www.filmfest.org.sg/displayfilm.php?filmid=196

Navel- Iran:
http://www.filmfest.org.sg/displayfilm.php?filmid=122

A New Day In Old Sana'a- United Kingdom/ Yemen:
http://www.filmfest.org.sg/displayfilm.php?filmid=006

Aku Mahu Hidup (I Want To Live)- Malaysia/ Singapore:
http://www.filmfest.org.sg/displayfilm.php?filmid=012

Sorano & Tori- Japan:
http://www.filmfest.org.sg/displayfilm.php?filmid=173
http://www.filmfest.org.sg/displayfilm.php?filmid=194

Yeah…I just realised that it's quite a list ayye? Well, hopefully given tha liberty of time it will be a possible feat. =)

April is gon be dope…I'm sure…just as long as I steer clear of tha popcorn! Heeee...

food for your thought, penance for your soul

i've never quoted anotha blog before. but i came across what i thought is an interesting read. although its nothing new and definitely an issue ventured by most many times before, i have always found tha honest views of tha hoi polloi to be more refreshing than a sedate politically correct commentary that is more pedantic than anything else.

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Faysal is the name , Non reactively battered by racial taunts is never my game. Of late, Racial bigots of the majority race have emerged openly and 'Blogging' is the medium to their bigotry expressions. Thank God they've paid the consequences for their senseless intentions. I can't really fathom the mindsets of such individuals, to the extent of mocking God almighty 'Allah' S.A.W is rather.. reallie too much.
Honestly, I don't blame anyone whose opinion towards the Malay community is as such. I laughed at the joke that goes by, " Malays are so islamicly inclined that they wouldn't slurp alcohol beverages yet they can take drugs." The Malay community and drugs are synonymously an entity that seperating them would not supplement the identity of Malays as a whole. Caught ya ..hehehe.
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haha very smart satirical take on tha malay & drug thingy. well, points for intellectual humour so big ups bwoy.

as for me, i've always made it a point to reserve my comments when it comes to malay-related issues lest being perceived as an infidel of sorts. my only hope is that our generation will come forth with front runners unlike our parents and those before us who seem mollycoddled by tha working class syndrome. we can never move forward by being the working class. in order to extend latitude to the community as a whole, everyone of us should not merely be satisfied to be accoladed with a paycheck every month. we need to be tha prime movers and shakers..learn to speak tha universal language of breaking down barriers to entry...tha dollar bill. & I'm not just sayin earnin it...we gots to amass it for real! (Like hello, how far can minority shareholder rights take you?)

without going tha distance & in gist, I just think that before we breed new generations of young malay women with tha ubiquitous narrowly-tattoed eyebrow (perhaps tha width of which is reflective of tha depths of their shallow minds? *bite me*) & denizens of young bored malay men who seem to adopt tha void deck as their natural habitat, I think we desperately need to be inspired & I definitely don't mean something like having one of us win tha Singapore Idol, though I must add that I'm not undermining that is definitely a feat in itself.

maybe it's just me...maybe I myself need to be inspired!But we can't lie to ourselves can we? Can we honestly say that we can think of any singular inspirational Malay leader/businessman-woman/etc. who we can identify as a personification of intellect and success? I definitely can't think of any off tha top of my head. Tha only that comes to mind is DR M and he is not even one of us.

So I rest my case. I wish to be INSPIRED. But I am NOT a DREAMER. So hopefully in my own lil humble ways, I can contribute to tha movement...so that one day, one of us will rise above and spearhead tha ascend from tha limbo of tha working class.

This is not some half-assed awakening. This is a wake-up call. Kid ourselves not, we desperately need to...