Flight from Tokes to Singers
As the world is spinning around me with Obama making his mark on America and Singapore receiving its first-ever Olympic medal in 48 years, my only concern was to watch Sex and The City on my SQ flight from Tokyo to Singapore.
Although the premiere of this movie was several months ago, it didn’t reach Japan till Aug 23. Apparently the TV series took Tokyo by storm as single Japanese women rallied together as they had a way to “categorise” themselves — single female professionals leading a fast-paced big city life and going through men like a spinning carousel, but it’s okay to be like that and it shouldn’t compromise your femininity.
Cool, but somehow I feel the era of Sex and The City has finally grinded to an end. It seems it was almost a decade ago that they told the world being single and swinging was every women’s birthright, or rather, you can be whoever you want to be, and it’s fine. I think it had its moment and it kind of went out with a flaccid bang. The script flailed at many junctures and all I could tell myself was the fabulous clothes and sights of New York life were good enough entertainment.
The experience of watching a chick flick was complete with Fauchon strawberry ice cream and red wine…
I always regret sipping vino on flights, though. I had to go to the bathroom a lot and I had a window seat. Plus, I got too sleepy to fully appreciate Wong Kar Wai’s My Blueberry Nights. It had some interesting cinematographic effects, which was very Wong Kar Wai, but it was as usual about sadness and loss. I need to be in a certain mood to “get it”.
Anyway, I’m glad the long journey (two hours by train to Narita Airport; seven-hour flight; half hour wait for baggage; 20 min from Changi to home) is over and I’m home.
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September 1st, 2008 at 4:06 pm
yeh its true sex and the city slightly passe hor? even the show showed that nobody really wants to be single…so all in all, it means it’s not ok to be single