wise in hollywood + opus dei
Saturday, January 07, 2006 (11:42 PM)
i've learnt from tuesdays with morrie and i've learnt from my campmate, now i've learnt from jim carrey. the words 'money is not everything' has been repeated again and again for so many times. we know it is essential for living to carry on but we should also know that life should not be about slogging for money. today's papers published a quote from jim carrey who said 'everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamt of so they can see that it's not the answer'. it's already not easy to get people who think like that, what more from hollywood. to think jennifer aniston and co. demanded US$1million per f.r.i.e.n.d.s episode and the nba players went on strike for an entire season in the late 90s demanding a raise in salary. and the amount of salary they are drawing is already a gross sum which makes the humanitarians want to puke. it was said a few years back that the fact that the amount of money being transferred in soccer is so huge and yet there are so many poverty-stricken families is disgusting. and in hongkong a few months ago, a family went to court over inheritance issues left by a huge tycoon (it's figurative). then there's this woman who is richer than her estranged husband requested alimony from him after their divorce. this world is going crazy over money. i am too. -_-...
well, times bookstore finally brought in the opus dei book. i checked the first few pages and it was a dull recital of facts. *zzz* looks like it's not going to be my latest artifact on probing the catholic church afterall. but the interesting thing is, opus dei has a following in singapore too! well, i never knew about that.
i went to soma's seminar today. the guitarist at work was from the berklee college of music. same school as steve vai! he was pretty impressive but all he did was the simple a-d-e blues progression and pentatonic scale. afterall, it's just a small demo but i had to leave early and managed to catch paul's original and cover of blondie. it was really impressive too. looks like i need more experience and theory to do a better one.
and forget it, i'm not gonna do any sequel to the perfect shit. i'm losing my appetite for chocolate already.