Went to the Shang mall w/ Lola to catch Doraheita, one of two samurai jidai geki (period film) being featured at the 4th Japanese Filmfest. The last time I went was in college at the CCP, where the "cinema" was a small room that resembled one where you'd hold AA meetings or anger management classes. It's also the first samurai film I've watched since Zatoichi.
Got two surprises that evening. The first was to see an old Beijinoy friend (who as of late stopped taking my calls) on (I assume) a date. You know those awkward moments where you wave Hi to someone who's not on speaking terms w/ you (but not you w/ them, if you could help it), and they're caught unawares and wave/shurg/nod back, an awkward smile across their face? I live for those. Pseudo-karma, baby.
The second was the cinema offering the tickets free of charge! We expected to pay 50 bucks each, so good thing we decided to catch this instead of that Aussie filmfest over at Greenbelt 3 (your loss, The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morell). Definitely a cool way to catch a flick at one of the priciest cinemas in town.
The flick itself, it wasn't so bad. Typical Japanese action-drama with bits of comedy, though the whiffing noises made by the kimonos when the characters moved were definitely distracting. Also definitely PG, as evidenced by the bloodless swordfights and jiujitsu moves in the action scenes. But, hey, it was free.
In what's almost becoming a ritual for both us (but not likely, given our schedules) we had a nightcap at Starbucks Ash Creek. What caught our eye was their ongoing photo contest. Then and there we decided to join and already thought of what kind of picture to submit. Hee hee, exciting! And for the 5K top prize it's a steal!
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