bypassing monument valley 13feb10

Bisbee and tombstone

arches national park 14 feb10

 

leaving Utah 16 feb 10

Simplicity

Just caught a movie 'Clash of the Titans' with Vijay 3 hours ago. Going to the cinemas is a common pastime of city people like us but eversince i arrived in Arizona to work, i have never visited a movie theatre in the States. I seem to be making a big deal out of this but as a moderate movie-goer back in Singapore, this is a pretty more than a teeny weeny deal, afterall i did not visit the cinema here for 2 whole years. The last time i stepped into a movie theatre was in fact back in Singapore on a home trip last december. It was the amazing scientific fantasy movie 'the Avatar' which starred Sam Worthington then. Coincidentally, i get to 'see' him in action again in this first film i watched in Arizona, he starred in the remake epic ''Clash' as Perseus, son of the God, Zeus.

I remembered some of the Singaporeans that i met here in Arizona told me about the 'no big deal' thing of watching a movie here, especially the technology in the theatres cannot match those in Singapore. Thus my stepping into a cinema had been postponed till now when i finally found someone who is not concern of this issue to accompany me. I went to the theatre with very little expectation, yet when there is no dolby sound effect, no Chinese or English subtitles and the lacklustre of 'super solid' vivid colours, i could not help but compare the movie experience in Arizona to that in Singapore. Yes, we are a small country but we do have 'big' advanced film depictions and technology to fill our senses in the cinemas.

Well, Arizona is lacking behind in some ways...so what? The arizonas still patronise these cinemas with zeal and so did i (eventhough i will only give it a 3 out of 5 credits to the movie experience if you ask me). All in all, i have to constantly remind myself to learn to appreciate simplicity in life, the simplicity that ultimately leads me to happiness.