Journal archive: August 2002

He's a Woman, She's a Man

Posted 2002-08-24 (土) 午前1:46 by terra

Just watched the 1994 Hong Kong film “He’s a Woman, She’s a Man” (HK title: Gam Gee Yuk Yip; Chinese Title: Jing Zhi Yu Ye) on TV starring Anita Yuen, Leslie Cheung and Carina Lau. Excellent show and great acting. The story delves into the delicate issue of homosexuality, weaving comic elements into tense drama.

The story: A straight man finds himself falling in love with another man who, unbenownst to him, is really a woman in disguise. Homosexuality is taboo in Hong Kong society and the man is conflicted as he understands that the love he has is illicit according to the moral principles that have been embedded into his mind. What choice will this man make? To follow his heart’s desire and embrace the forbidden, or deny this love and conform to his principles.

Interesting isn’t it?

Subjects: Film, Television & Anime 映像

Mood: Raves and Rants

Tags: film, homosexuality, Hong Kong, Leslie Cheung, taboo

Grave's Disease

Posted 2002-08-15 (木) 午前1:58 by terra

First blog of this month. Actually I’ve got nothing really much to say, except that I’ve been rather busy since school has started. As of last week, I’ve been diagnosed with Grave’s Disease which causes hyper-thyroidism, which explains my weight loss in the month of May (no thanks to CS2103, that is why I will eternally hate that subject). I’m under medication now. Anyway, I’ll back off from the depressing stuff a bit for now. As you can see, my site has been redesigned. Yay. Began renovating a week ago, have been gradually adding bits of graphics to the layout whenever a good idea comes to mind, so the site’s getting quite fleshed out.

So, I guess it’s pretty late now. Going to zzzzzzzzz…