yesterday timothy and i went for TimeOut KL's free flicks thingy

it was a screening of a few short flims shot by local filmmakers, most of them not much older than i am.

Social awareness, racial intergration, culture, anti-government themes were all present and prevalent. The best movies did it subtly, almost slyly, but the messages were clear.

After every movie, everyone broke into applause, but for one particular movie, Adrian Loh's Baby, The Rain Will Fall, everyone just remained really silent and thoughtful after the credits rolled. I'd like to think it was an awed silence.

It was really fun, the whole experience. The movies, well, three of them left the biggest impact on me, the others I thought were pretty mediocre. All of them had this warmth, this gorgeous intimate feeling of being so utterly malaysian, it was just so easy to relate to them.

I really do love this country.

Also, as I walked through KL today and looked at all the hawker stalls with their signs proclaiming "PENANG CHAR KUAY TEOW" or "NASI KANDAR PENANG" or "ASSAM LAKSA PENANG", i turned up my nose rather snootily at them. Knockoffs. Me, carol, my mom, her friends and their kids are all going on a trip up to Penang in a few weeks. I GET TO HAVE THE REAL THING. *sticks out tongue* I am really excited about going, not just for the food, i swear. =) also for all the history and old buildings and quaint little kopitiams with those white coffee cups with the blue pattern. Not the fake ones Oldtown has, mind you.

on another note, 600.

it was enough last week, why isn't it now?