Eugene Fernandes

The Only Living Boy in New York

Posted on October 23, 2018

The movie is “The Only Living Boy in New York.” The characters are 3 men, and 3 women. The reviewer is at peace. It’s a  superb movie. Let’s go through a plot synopsis. Thomas is a young man who’s just been friend zoned by his ‘beautiful’ crush Mimi. He goes back to his new apartment, and meets his neighbour, W. F. Gerald, for the first time. Thomas tells Gerald about Mimi, and the rest of his life, and Gerald givesRead More

On Friendship

Posted on October 17, 2018

There’s this avocado plant that I grew. It started off with a seed that you half-submerge over water. It takes around two months for the seed to split in two, and then another, what, 6 months for a leaf and stem to grow out. So 8 months later, the roots really started growing, and I put it into a pot. But it stopped growing after that. I met two new people today, and they were character foils of each other.Read More

Just watched Boruto Ep. 77

Posted on October 15, 2018

Boruto, and its predecessor Naruto, are both superb tv shows. They’re very complex, and they’re mythologically grounded, and they touch on eternal themes. In the episode released this week for example, the story on the outside looked like the main character Boruto’s mission was solely to slay the giant snake and take his Dragon Scale, in order to trade it in for information about his friend who betrayed the village. But more deeply than that (and more explicitly as well!)Read More

Just Watched Me Before You

Posted on October 4, 2018

I just watched Me Before You, which in one sentence was about a young waitress who tries to convince a handsome wealthy paraplegic to not end his life. Did I like the movie? Well, it’s definitely a movie that reaches into the beyond good or bad category, where it’s complex and emotional. I think I disagree with it. I’m getting a bit worried that it might have just been pro assisted suicide propaganda due to the way the script wasRead More

France vs. Canada

Posted on September 28, 2018

The difference between Canadian culture and French culture is that Canadian culture is a lot more organic and “bottom up” than French culture, which is more about a purposeful striving for a collective goal. Canadian culture is raw too, compared to something like British or American culture. I get this same sense from English people, or at least many of them. Some of them are “cultured” in the sense that they have purposefully crafted their social identity, along with theirRead More

3 Things to Learn from Donald Trump

Posted on September 27, 2018

If you plan to become a leader, say what’s on your mind! Doing so makes people trust you. Honest imperfection is a lot more relatable than honed perfection. Those who say on their mind can be trusted because if you say what’s on your mind, then you build a relationship with people that isn’t contingent on what’s expedient. Be independent. Trump absolutely destroyed all of his Republican opponents because he wasn’t a puppet on policy strings. His position wasn’t carefullyRead More

On Food in France

Posted on September 20, 2018

Farmer’s markets always struck me as bizarre places. They were where hippie adults went to sell and buy “local” produce, and, what, get in touch with the community and its circle of life. Often I found the food that the earth produced to be passionate-less, flavourless, unforgiving, and boring. Perhaps I’m describing my attempts at backyard gardening, but perhaps not. In France, or at least in the small city in which I live, the polar opposite is the case. ItRead More

The CPC Doesn’t Deserve to Win in 2019

Posted on September 6, 2018

The CPC doesn’t deserve to win in 2019 because they are religious sheep, greedy for power, and cowards. A sheep is someone who follows and does not lead; someone who agrees completely and who’s destination is set by the shepherd who guides it; someone who only sees others as being a part of the herd or not, and thus sees only sheep or wolves. The CPC is a party made up of a bunch of sheep. They all follow theirRead More

On Truth.

Posted on August 24, 2018

To continue my last blog, I figured out what that form of discrimination is called. it’s called “constructive” or “indirect” discrimination. The name changes from place to place, which to me is a sign that it’s “new”, and that it’s a concept which doesn’t have the same moral fortitude as does old school discrimination. Anyways, I’ll finish that subject another day. My title is very vague because I don’t really know what I’m going to end up with at the endRead More

Crazy Rich Asians, Slave Hierarchies, and Prejudice

Posted on August 4, 2018

There’s a new movie on the block called Crazy Rich Asians. In it, I see many of the problems that have caught like a cold onto the Asian community, and perhaps all colonized communities, and also all bourgeoise communities. It’s this snobby, snooty, supercilious view of people that I myself used to hold, and in this blog I want to dissect it, but also look at alternative views, and criticisms of those alternative views. Crazy Rich Asians is a loveRead More

A New Leaf

Posted on August 2, 2018

From now on, when I write my blog, I will make sure that there is a message in it, and that that message is loud and clear. I will also try my best to give you, reader, value in my writing. Because without value, I’m not really thinking or creating: I’m just musing. So, what shall I write about today? Well, I shall continue where I left off a few days ago about historical interpretation. To recap, I originally thoughtRead More

Tolerance?

Posted on August 1, 2018

So I got into a little verbal kerfuffle today. Well, it wasn’t even a kerfuffle; I just got emotional while arguing when I should have had a light touch (which suggests mastery and the right motivations). It made me question the value of “tolerance”, and whether it’s a worthwhile value to hold, along with what it means. So Canada is a tolerant country so it seems. We tolerate diversity here, and many go even further than tolerating to accepting andRead More

Writing Hierarchies

Posted on July 30, 2018

One thing that Marketers do is write blogs for people. A blog is made of easy to digest information that people find useful or helpful. Marketers write blogs for three reasons. One is that a company’s business will show up closer to the top on Google Searches. Two is that it’s the beginning of a funnel: a customer who looks for information on a website that offers that information is likely to consider the information/service that the website offers. SoRead More

Yesterday

Posted on July 29, 2018

So yesterday was a really interesting day! I went to work, then went to go see Jordan Peterson, and then finally went out partying with friends. The things that are interesting in those three things are as follows: the energy of the crowd, the drinks afterwords, and how stupidly expensive Singapore Sam’s is. If I’m walking on the street with a bunch of people, I feel safe – or rather, I don’t feel unsafe. People are going from one placeRead More

I Visited a Gender Neutral Bathroom

Posted on July 27, 2018

It was in the University of Calgary. The sign said “washroom for all genders.” Inside, there were a few toilets, a urinal in a separate stall, and one of those triple sinks made out of plastic that squeeze out a teeny stream of water. Everything about it kind of seemed like it was made for inclusivity. Except there wasn’t a space for people with wheelchairs. One thing that I found welcome was that it was much cleaner than all theRead More