BEST COSTUME GOES TO

Bill Maher as Steve Irwin for Halloween, got to love the guy!
Happy Holloween Everyone.

BE WITH ME

Spent an overcast weekend attending the Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival.



After slogging through a plethora of somewhat mediocre films; ranging from the Megabuster/Ultra slick imports from Japan and Korea; Shinobi,
A BitterSweet Life to the somewhat amaturish oversentimental documentary Chinese Restaurants: Latin Passion, we were lucky enough to stumble across a gem of a little film called

Be with Me

The story of several lovelorn couples, including a 61 year old, deaf and blind woman, named Theresa Chan , was a pure revelation. The depth of emotions captured so poignantly, with just a minimal of dialugue, through this film, truely reaffirms my long held suspicion about the redemptive powers of great art.

TRUE SACRAFICE

This week I performed my duty as a Juror. The court had to go through about 500 potential jurors just to get 50 who were willing to serve the 2 weeks needed for the duration of the murder trial.
Out of frustration, the Judge gave a little speech about the nature of sacrafice; he gave props to the soldiers serving in Iraq; it was quite moving.
(Note to self : It is very easy to be a back seat driver and criticize, that is the easy and cynical thing to do)
There are people who are making real sacrafices on a daily basis. To believe in something bigger than yourself and to be willing to sacrafice your life for it; even though I might not agree with the cause, I admire their determination. Sulute.