The Blood Diamond:
After two weeks of procastination, I managed to get myself to the cinema today to watch this seemingly bland movie about a big diamond - how wrong I was. The movie turned out to be far more exciting than I could expected because other than the really intense acting, the setting of the story was very thought-provoking. A South African mercenary turned diamond smuggler + A fisherman turned diamond miner + A persistent human rights reporter + A 100 carat pink diamond + A dark and looming story about the atrocities behind the diamond wars.
Far too few people actually realized that diamonds originating from conflict zones brought sweat, blood and death to so many innocent Africans and most countries just watched it happen for so long before finally doing something about preventing the purchase of conflict diamonds. The movie was quite bloody in certain parts, especially during an invasion by the rebel forces on a city but it was quite realistic and adrenalin-pumping. I considered a good plot twist when the fisherman father tried to save his son who had been unwillingly brainwashed into a vicious rebel child soldier. This is yet another good movie that I watched and I am pretty happy about it.
Let It Shine TV Idol Drama:
I have finally got myself the new mobtv thing after one entire week of trying. There was originally some problem with the video streaming test but I finally resolved it two days ago and have happily watched the first two episodes of the highly-anticipated TV Idol Drama by a few of the Campus Superstars.
Although it may seem skeptical at first that the talented young singers from the Campus Superstar competition can act, but the viewing of the episodes so far has not been disappointing at all. The young singers were quite natural in their acting and bolstered by the presence of other experienced young and senior actors, the whole drama "Let It Shine" had, in my opinion, been entertaining and refreshing. If the drama manages to meet the expectations of the other supporters of the Campus Superstars and of the drama as a whole, I believe continued acting opportunities will be on the plate for the young singers.
Appealing enough to the cameras and having realistic-enough expressions to carry their screen personas (despite it being the first acting experience for some of them), it looks set that MediaCorp has finally succeeded in grooming a young generation of Superstars. What now remains is how well MediaCorp wants to develop them into true Superstars of Singapore so that their talents in both singing and acting will not go to waste. Way to go, Let It Shine!
（再）与死神擦肩而过：
今天早上一个不留神，差点就被死神用利器戳破喉。好像已有十次与死神擦肩而过了吧，每次都险象还生。这次，我还是不知道这次是死神又一时失手，或有天使看守着，还是是个警戒要我更把握我的生命。
无论如何，能再次闪开它的致命一击，还是值得庆幸的。可是死神的功力毕竟非同凡响，仍然能重创我的肩膀。虽然不致于断臂，但戳中了肩膀的要脉，红肿加麻痹加上瘀血，看来最快也要两三天的全力疗伤，方能康复。
生命是如此的无常，若不把握眼前人和事，更待何时？今天的空气特别清新喔...
(Image source: http://sg.movies.yahoo.com/The+Blood+Diamond/movie/13778/)
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