In less than a week and it’s gonna be culture shock and
vulnerable to cholera in Sumatera Barat. Kanasai! Kinda regretted opting for
that forsaken place for our early sem project. With all the fuss I’ve been hearing
about, I really wish to make it back in one piece. That would be nice… Paranoia
is never pleasant.
‘Braking’ News
Fuel price increases yet again!
The fuel price hike dilemma is undoubtedly at the tip of everyone’s tongue all over Malaysia this couple of days. If you listen carefully, you can indistinctly hear the noise of all humanoid bipeds around you moping, and sulking in sync. If you haven’t already known, the current rate for
the fossil juice is RM2.69 per liter at time of writing, and is predicted to rise up to RM 4 soon. Our gomen will certainly have more than angry people in their hands to handle after that move. The way I see it, there’s good and bad in this (good news, you ask grumblingly?). Let me lay it down for y’all. The bad news; driving AIN’T that cheap anymore, duh. Now, imagine there’s a petrol chuggin’ Evo parked on your front porch. In fact, that’s what happening right now, kinda (a poor relative comparison, tell me that). For the good news; there’s significantly less car on the road. Less car on the road equals MORE parking spaces for our ‘mischievous’ nocturnal activities, wohoo! But we won’t be going out more often from then on anyway . But hey, that’s just me.
Anyway, get over it. Moving on… Another Movie Review!
The Bridge.
Stumbled upon this gem while browsing through Liveleak. Wait, do not mistake this film for an architectural feature on the Golden Gate itself (no numbers, figures, structural overview or that sorta crap). This poignant documentary seeks to illuminate the tales and dispositions behind the numerous tragic suicides by jumping off the famed modern marvel, the Golden Gate in San Francisco. It is stated that the 1937 built suspension bridge is most famous for ‘bridge jumpers’ with at least two dozen who had ultimately chosen to end their lives there in the span of 2004. Conveyed through a collage of interviews with the victims’ closest friends and relatives, the stories of the ‘bridge jumpers’ are elaborated with gloomy details of their struggles with depression, substance abuse and mental illness, prior to their untimely end. Many are drawn
towards its enigmatic beauty and its sheer size, which would seem to fulfill their final desire to conclude their bleak existence in a monumental feat.
What actually stood out from this film is how the filmmakers obtained most of the actual suicide footages. They actually set up cameras all around the structure, filming the bridge at all times, of all weather conditions across the year 2004. This while observing for possible jumpers, which eventually brings up the questionable motives of the filmmakers themselves. Could they have done more to alter the fate of any of victims? Are the producers actually hoping for more jumpers for the sake of better commercial success? Come to think of it, death is the basis for the movie’s prevalence at the first place anyway. Hmm…
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