Tuesday Night.

Lights, camera, ACTION...!

Its been quite awhile since I last watch a movie.
Its one of the main forms of entertainment a Singaporean can get nowadays. But sadly, I don't even have time or the money for it. Ok, I'm not that broke, but I'm just becoming a spendthrift recently. You never know what is going to happen next. There is no longer that form of job security at the rate globalisation is going now. If I strictly spend on just transport and my meals in school. I'll probably spend less than $200 a month. But if you add my phone bills, insuranceS, all the misc stuff. Thats not cheap, considering that I'm not working. (Although I'm procrastinating, I've yet to make a serious effort in looking for a PT job. Serves me right, in my opinion.)

But thats beside the point, the point I want to make today is regarding the movie. Haha.

Watched Pursuit of Happyness with Na at Causeway point. I think it is a fantastic show, I wasn't so particular about the draggy front part. What touched me is spirit Chris (Will Smith) portrayed in the film. Maybe now that I'm studying Sociology, I'm much more attracted to issues faced by society. What this film tells us is basically the American Dream. The dream to be somebody, to be successful. But yet, its never easy. Chris, invested tonnes of money in some high density scanner thing (Advance X-ray machine) but they dont sell well because Docs think they are a luxury good. He lost his wife, couldn't pay the rent of his apartment, got evicted from his 2nd apartment, got his car towed because of illegal parking, and when he sold all his scanner, whatever money he had was almost all taken away from all the fines which he owed. He became homeless. Seeked shelter from religious groups etc. But he never gave up. Fought for an internship in a renown broker firm. And eventually he succeeded amidst all the trouble and hardship he and his son had to go through.

This apparently is based on a true story. And it is definately something inspirational to me.

America may be a world superpower. A rich capitalist nation, but its proportion of people living on handouts and those homeless are very high. Income inequality is very prevalent there as well. Is there a way to reduce such problems? Are they homeless because they are lazy? Or it is this American Dream Pie is just a fantasy? Meritocracy is a fraud in the first place? There is no such thing as a level ground? The rich will always have the edge? What about those who fall from grace?

Look at Singapore, are there any homeless people here? Or is it we do not notice them? Or we choose to not notice them? Are we a truly Meritocratic society? Is upward mobility possible? Are we REALLY able to move up the class ladder? Does hardwork even lead to rewards? Or are we just part of a machine that keeps moving and even when we are worn out, we can always be replaced with another spare part? I'm not so sure about anything anymore.

Furthermore, Will Smith's son, who plays his son in the film is damn cute la. Haha. I think he is cut out for the same industry as his dad.