12.06.2008
Red Hot Docs: A Complete History of My Sexual Failures
http://www.sydneyfilmfestival.org/film_details.asp?id=71&...
Alright, I admit, the title of the film is a bit bizarre (or perhaps it’s the selling point itself?). But this feature length documentary from UK was included in this years’ Sydney Film Festival and was proven to be a very popular one. I know, I was there.
“A Complete History of My Sexual Failures” was also a hit in Sundance, introduced by one of the festival facilitators. I’ve copied the introduction from Sydney Film Festival’s page:
“Dumped by yet another girl after just three weeks, shabby (with no redeeming chic) and hapless thirtysomething Chris Waitt embarks on a mission to determine the 'why' behind his failed love life. Confused by his multitude of ex-girlfriends' decisive lack of interest in being interviewed for his new project, and yearning to reconnect with the only long-term love of his life (who is totally unavailable), he creates a MySpace page to attract new options and soon reveals an embarrassing performance problem. As the quest becomes more urgent, so the slapstick comedy escalates. Documentary-making as personal sex-therapy is hardly a new form, but this riotously funny film is less interested in the darker preoccupations of I Am a Sex Addict or The Good Woman of Bangkok, and more driven by a beguiling hopelessly romantic everydayness. CS”
Sounds interesting? Well yes. It was even more hysterical when you actually watch it. The audience sort of knew what to expect but the extreme length the director/film Chris Waitt went through was unbelievably painfully comically hilarious. We human being must be a very mean species – how we enjoy laughing at people’s misfortune!
Chris Waitt was there at the Beginning of the film to introduce his documentary. When he started speaking we knew he had a wicked sense of humour. Perhaps more like the Monty Python type of humour, or perhaps that’s really the only type of British humour I’ve encountered with. (then you count the Black Adder, Fawlty Towesr, Yes Minister…) Anyway in the end of the film he again presented himself there for audience to ask him questions. By that time we already felt that we’ve known Chris, in person, for many many years, after watching all the humiliating things he had gone through in the film. There was not a lot of questions relating to film/documentary making. People are more interested in the aftermath. The audience just loved this likeable loser, and an accidental filmmaker.
Apparently it took a very experienced editor to work on it from 400 hours of footage to form this documentary. No one in the production team, even the filmmaker himself, was sure about how it would turn out. But in the end it all worked out well. Because as it turned out, “A Complete History of My Sexual Failures” was not just about sex, it was about, as corny as it might sound, finding love.
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25.04.2008
Back to blog
Alright, back to blog!
回到久違的澳洲了. 自從離職後我居然沒有按照預期過著慵懶的日子. 本來以為會無所事是, 結果還是東岸西岸到處跑, 拜訪了悉尼, 阿得雷德, 柏斯這幾個城市, 搞的像巡迴表演似的, 於是連BLOG的時間都沒有...
現在開始做個專業blogger也不遲吧?
Finally back to Australia now. My post-executive life was not as much of a lady of leisure as I expected. I thought I would have nothing to do but I ended up traveling across Australia, visiting Sydney, Adelaide, and Perth... It's almost like I am touring for a concern or something! My schedule has been so full I didn't even have time to blog...
Anyway, it's never too late to be a professional blogger!
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03.04.2008
愛情的熱度
越熾熱的越無法維持.
心被燙了. 留下的只是疤痕.
18:40 Posted in 隨筆書 NOTES | Permalink | Comments (0) | Email this | Tags: Love, Relationship, men and women
02.04.2008
北京辦公室
明天是在北京工作的最後一天, 突然間居然有點不捨.
這個位置坐了將近一年, 窗外蓋的大樓也將近完工了...
然後也看不到早晚塞車的景象了...
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31.03.2008
終於...快要飛翔去!
今天是離職的倒數第二週... 越來越覺得可以呼吸到"自由"的空氣了!
剛開始還有點困惑, 不知道工作狂的我會不會很快就發瘋了. 慢慢地才開始習慣為自己而活的念頭, 不是為了公司, 不是為了客戶, 也不是為了"將來的發展". 放長假就是為了要好好寵愛自己吧.
想要去做很多事情: 學新的東西, 新的語言, 去幾個一直很想去但找不到理由去的地方...
做一些在職場生涯看來"沒有意義的事"...
為了私樂旅行, 駐足在一個城市裡沒有行程表...
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28.03.2008
盡頭. The end of the road.
試著想過愛情的盡頭嗎? 那會是怎麼樣的一幅景象?
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25.03.2008
鄭州的"窩" - Hotel in Zhengzhou
這次到鄭州出差, 很"幸運"地被升等到"複式套房".
"您的房間在一樓, 向右轉就到了." 櫃檯小姐將房卡交給我時這樣說.
一樓的房間? 我還從來沒有住過一樓的客房呢, 除了度假海灘之類的飯店, 在市區裡的飯店可還是頭一遭. 禮賓部的服務員向我解釋: "因為這是複式套房."
門一打開, 答案便揭曉了. 原來所謂的"複式套房"就是我們的"樓中樓" (loft). 樓下是客廳和辦公桌, 還有個客人用的洗手間, 樓上則是睡房跟浴室.
那麼為什麼我還把幸運這兩字特別圈起來呢? 因為... 也許這個複式套房太特別太少人住了, 我一進房間就被那種"塵封"的氣勢給壓倒!
想像妳進入一個二十年三十年都沒有人探訪的豪宅...
對灰塵過敏的我很快地便棄械投降了. 渾身紅腫過敏, 發燒, 呼吸不順... 勉強住了兩個晚上, 撐著把該做的工作做完了, 才改了機票坐傍晚的飛機回北京看醫生...
這是我為出差十天而準備的行李, 對一個(愛漂亮)女生來說是超迷你吧?
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23.03.2008
追夢去... Chasing dreams...
其實才剛從南京跟長沙回來... 北京留了不到一星期, 便又收起了行囊出差去了.
不一樣的是, 這一次長達十天的出差, 是我為這個工作的最後一次遠行. 我在跌破眾人眼鏡的情況下遞出了辭呈.
這麼多年來的遠行漂泊, 即使是五星級飯店或是頭等艙的豪華待遇, 最後還是覺得這是一種用青春年華換取的交易.
沒有真正熟悉的朋友, 沒有真正熟悉的城市, 沒有真正稱為"家"的地方, 充其量只是一個BASE, 如同基地一樣. 於是真的累了, 覺得不值得了.
這次出差回來, 我會把那些顏色保守黑灰白企業套裝收起來, 把尖頭高跟鞋收起來, 把"到底該不該繼續攀爬企業階梯"這個問題收起來...
總算踏出這一步, 要給自己放假了. 放長假追夢去.
I just came back from a business trip in Nanjing and Changsha, barely stayed in Beijing for a week and now I am on my way to another 10 days 5 cities trip in China .
However this particular trip has something different from my any other trips. This trip, is the last trip I do for my job. I have resigned from my position although it came as an absolute shock to my colleagues.
Honestly I have been traveling for work for quite a while. Although initially I was wooed by all the 5 star hotels and first class flights I eventually realised that I have missed out a lot in life.
Despite countless cities I've visited I've never really had enough time to develop friendships, never had enough time to get to know a city... I've never really had a place I could comfortably call it "home". What I have, is merely a base.
Therefore I have decided to pack away all the boring suits and corporate high heels I've got. I am also packing away that silly questions of "should I continue climbing the corporate ladder?". I am packing that old life away.
And I am giving myself a well deserved holiday. Chasing dreams.
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22.03.2008
距離
"世上最遙遠的距離, 是我就在你身邊你卻不知道我愛你" - 有人說這是泰戈爾的文字, 也有人說是張小嫻的文字. 不管這些字句是屬於誰的, 我不認為這就是最遙遠的距離.
最遙遠的距離是, 我就在你身邊, 你知道我愛你, 卻還是感受不到你的存在.
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14.02.2008
White land, blue sky
上海飛回北京的航程, 不經意地往機窗外看去, 不經意地發現了這個難得的景色.
雖然雪災真的是件很糟糕的事情, 但是高空中俯看著雪白的大地連著碧藍天一線的景色, 還是會不自覺地驚艷...
再看看這些週遭的城市村莊, 完全是一片白色了... 很難想像居住在這些不常下雪的地方的居民是如何應對的.
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