Savia’s blog…

Every so often, I sit down and ponder upon where my life is heading. Where I’ve been and where I’m heading towards. While I usually know the former, the latter confounds me. I know I’m not the only one who worries about a future that we can never be certain about. And I know that I’m certainly not the only one who goes through all the possible scenarios that life can throw our way. But it’s just thinking and thinking and thinking that gets me nowhere.

Strangely enough, I read a quote somewhere of a famous playwright who said, “I knew I wanted to be somebody. I didn’t know then I should’ve been more specific,” or something to that effect. I don’t have wild ambition, nor am I easily satisfied. Am I in a netherland – not bound to either side? I don’t know.

I watched The Bourne Ultimatum this week and apart from creative liberties that are far, far away from the Bourne series by Ludlum, I was fascinated with how technology played an integral part to the plot. Tapping into mobile phone networks and retrieving messages sent to an individual. GPS tracking devices that can place every moment in a completely different corner of the world. It’s simply astounding what technology can do or might do, one day. I’m not sure how much of this fictional tale is based on true instances in terms of technology but it is fascinating to explore where it could take us. In a world where online transactions are the norm, could having someone tap into this information tell him or her exactly what they want to know about you? What you bought last weekend, where you ate, what gas station you frequent the most, where you shop for groceries – the possibilities are endless. Leaving a technological trail literally, what if this information can be accessed? It’s an intriguing possibility…

I caught up with an old friend today. He’s dabbling in the fine arts, he tells me. Experimenting with film and light and sound. As always we discussed so many things about our lives in the media. A former journalist, he now finds himself captivated by motion picture and the ability to catch a fleeting glimpse of emotion within a fraction of a second, on film. He’s one talented guy but luck just hasn’t been on his side. We talk about destiny and questioned whether being talented is just enough to “make it.” Neither of us is foolish enough to believe that pure luck will take you places but neither of us is willing to place our entire wager on hard work alone. It takes two to tango and luck and talent are like partners who must synchronise their moves for things to work out. Sometimes talent takes a step forward while luck is off looking in the opposite direction. Then there are times that luck is keeping in tune with the music and hard work decides its had enough of this rigmarole. It’s only when both of them come together that we see talent getting the recognition that it deserves and luck allowing talent to be fully appreciated…