Sunday, February 22, 2009

Saturday

1. Dark clouds loomed over most of yesterday. The only downpour I was caught in was a good one with fat, angry raindrops splatting against everything. I decided to take shelter for a while because I was getting wet despite having an umbrella. Shared a deserted corner of SMU with an Indian woman in a sari. Leaned against the wall, propped the umbrella on the ground and ate a chicken sausage pastry studying the rain.

I love rain but only of the stormy, heavy variety. I don't like feather-light rain, I don't like rain with the sun still out, I don't like drizzles. I would rather be drenched to the bone than hit with occasional drops.

Still, it was humid as hell and after an entire day of traipsing - City Hall to National Museum to The Cathay to Old School to Middle Road to Burlington Square to NAFA to Cineleisure to Lido to Kino and back to Lido - the shower was a great, great relief.

It's still raining now. But there's no wind. The air is still. I realise I hate that too.



2. I was curious about the Interior Design as a Contemporary Art Medium in Germany exhibition so decided to drop by the museum. Don't think I took away very much except that:

It would be interesting to have these iconic arches as a shelf at home.



I like the combined effect of this curtain plus shadow.



Somehow, I was way more fascinated by this listing of ingredients than the exhibit itself.




3. Cate Blanchett looks absolutely stunning in Benjamin Button.



Can't get over her wardrobe, perfect hair, perfect skin and dancer's grace.

4 comments:

kid said...

i loved the show. was told some pple fell asleep while watching this, but thought this pacing was quite good wat. didn't feel the length of it too acutely.

and man.. she looked luminous when young.

wallfleur_mama said...

yah i didn't find it too long. except i did need to pee very badly at the end.

she was so stunning young. brad pitt looked just a bit odd though.

Anonymous said...

i agree so much with how lovely cate blanchette looked in the film :) she was just mesmerizing, honestly

wallfleur_mama said...

yup, pretty much couldn't take my eyes off her.