Last night as I walk from the office to Crossing along Shaw Boulevard, I was invited to a "business seminar" in a tall building (DispoPhil building?) across Astoria Plaza in J. Escriva Drive.
As I walked past Red Ribbon in the corner of J. Escriva and Shaw, I was greeted by an Asian woman claiming that she is a Chinese individual and is not really good in speaking English. She asked me if I wanted to make some money and learn business. I politely told her that I am earning enough and am not in any urgent need for money (fingers crossed). She asked me if I can accompany her to a meeting in the above-mentioned building since she is not well versed in English. I told her I had to meet someone and that I am running late (for the benefit of my wife, I was not meeting anyone).
We parted ways and I was off to Crossing.
Along the way, I spotted similar-looking individuals in their 40s talking to random individuals or writing down something on pieces of paper (maybe a phone number or a way to explain things). I saw some go with the Oriental-looking individuals to the direction where the building is located.
I saw some more inside Shangri-La Mall and on the other side of Shaw Boulevard around Central Mall.
What could they be up to? Will those who were enticed to join find a better way to earn a living or will they fall victim to something bad? I guess I will never know. :(
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Final Destination
Are movies representative of the society it portrays? Does tell us the strengths and weaknesses of a people? If it does, then we have a lot to learn about safety when we watch the latest "Final Destination" film.
In the movie, there were various scenes that exhibit carelessness that could have been avoided. The spectacles with magnifying lens that lit the saw dust in the movie theatre is one. The rocks that were rolled on by the lawn mower is another. Then there is the spitting can that shorted a motor at a garage. And finally the unbalanced scaffold that brought the ending to a bone-crunching close.
Is it their destiny to have died that way? Or could it have been prevented if only safety precautions were put in place?
I cannot remember the scenes in the previous movies but were those carelessness placed in the script to make the dying happen? Or was it placed there to say "you people are careless. Watch what happens if you are not careful."
Who knows?
In the movie, there were various scenes that exhibit carelessness that could have been avoided. The spectacles with magnifying lens that lit the saw dust in the movie theatre is one. The rocks that were rolled on by the lawn mower is another. Then there is the spitting can that shorted a motor at a garage. And finally the unbalanced scaffold that brought the ending to a bone-crunching close.
Is it their destiny to have died that way? Or could it have been prevented if only safety precautions were put in place?
I cannot remember the scenes in the previous movies but were those carelessness placed in the script to make the dying happen? Or was it placed there to say "you people are careless. Watch what happens if you are not careful."
Who knows?
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