I've just realised something.. If I ever want to do anything really badly after this I will just DO IT. No more what ifs and what if nots and repeated contemplations of pros and cons. Because its just not worth it.
And because I dillied and dallied and generally took my own sweet time about things I missed Pan's Labyrinth. It has stopped playing now and I really wanted to watch it. It just won't be the same if I rent or buy the cd. The whole cinema experience itself it what I was looking forward to. *sigh* Well, I can't say there's always next time. I guess I just have to live with it.
I missed the Kuala Lumpur International Literary Fest (KLILF) too!! This was not entirely my fault, really. It was more of circumstances and such.. Firstly, the location (Bangsar) was not very convenient as the festival was 3 days and since I don't have a car/motorcycle/helicopter, it posed some difficulties. I could have taken public transport but I don't know the whereabouts and the way to go to most of the places all the events were held - like Bangsar Village, Bangsar Village II, Alexis Bistro and Silverfish Books) so : not happening. Seremban is a wonderful but sometimes... Anyway, even if I had somehow managed the transport, the fee (RM 100 or RM 200, I'm not sure) would have burnt a little hole in my pocket, especially since that was just the entrance fee. Food, drinks, transport etc. not included. Funny thing though, the KLILF was on a Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and most of the events were during working hours so I wonder which age group the organisers were targeting? The fee says one thing and the timing says another. Well, to be fair, the previous KLILF cost even more because of the venue. I did contact Silverfish to ask if they needed volunteers - good chance to soak up the atmosphere and do some good work at the same time - but they already had enough people.
Anyway, all this just serves to tell me that the next time (if there is one) I should just work things out somehow. Hopefully, I get another shot at KLILF next year and this time, I'll make sure I'm there!
CURRENT :
- MUSIC - THIS IS OUR SONG by CODE RED
- READ - LIFE OF PI by YANN MARTEL
- MOOD - HOPEFUL "True hope is swift and flies with swallows wings" -The Bard-
1 comment:
poor thing missing the festival. wish i'd read about your dilemma before because 1) the venues were q. easily accessible even via public transport (from kl central it's just one lrt stop and then either a walk or short taxi ride) and you could have registered as a writer fro rm 50 (raman didn't ask qs. like "what have you written?")
there's plenty going on the rest of the year too, so hope that you do make it for things literary in kl
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