Monday, December 17, 2007

"In the mood for love"

Oh my God, what a beautiful movie I have seen... "In the mood for love" by Hong-Kong director Wong Kar-wai. Anybody who knows me enough would confirm that love movies are not on my top priority list and Chinese ones don't enjoy a better reputation either. However the case with this one is different even to the point that I got so excited about it that I needed to post something on my blog (I mean if you have decided I am getting too swanky with all those travels in Europe, now is the time we dig culture)

The plot is quite simple - a man and a woman live next door and soon they discover that each of their spouses is cheating on them with their neighbour's spouse. At some point they try to recreate how their spouses' love affair started but they slowly begin to fall in love and seek excuses to spend time together. The fascinating thing about "In the mood for love" is that it is a love story that lacks the cheesy, sentimental element that you find in that sort of films. I would much more define this movie as simplistic and poetic - from colours, acting, camera angles and music. Almost everything is highly stylized and profound. I sincerely recommend this movie to anyone who has the nerve, time and brains to watch it.

Monday, December 10, 2007

Back from Switzerland


And here I come again...back from my awesome weekend in Switzerland which I spent indulging myself with the earthly pleasures of the flesh. Nope, it's not what you think - not a sex-tourism trip but a 2-day total relax weekend in the SPA resort in Leukerbad (don't make me say that). It was probably the single most relaxing experience in my life and I managed to chill out completely. Starting from sauna and Turkish bath to thermal baths and swimming in an open pool of hot water seeing the snowy Alps above you and the snow gently falling.

I went with my flatmate Paolo and his friends and I need to say a big THANK YOU to all of them. Your usual portion of pictures (semi-naked ones again) you can find here.

For some things Switzerland was quite stingy (say restaurants) but for some not really expensive. Not more than Italy and what is worse, not more than BULGARIA. Not bad for a country which is one of he most advanced economies in the world. The comments I leave to you.