Beginning from the 16th of December, I was staying at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel. It had a nice view of the Burj.
![View from my room](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5126/5281495055_6fef274cef.jpg)
![The Burj](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5205/5282096190_b30e35a353.jpg)
My room's not that small either.
![My room in Jumeirah Beach hotel](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5002/5281495403_d0ab675fb0.jpg)
In the afternoon of 18th of December, I had another screening of EXHALATION, where I explained more of its autobiographical elements (it was loosely based on a short road trip I had after a classmate died in a car accident when I was in form 5)
PINOY SUNDAY star Epy Quizon helped take a couple of photos from the Q and A.
Hou Chi-Jan also explained how his short JULIET'S CHOICE (the one with Vivian Hsu) is inspired by Eileen Chang's LOVE IN A FALLEN CITY (his film was a love story with the White Terror as a backdrop)
![Me and Hou Chi-Jan](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5009/5281496981_6efcc7c751.jpg)
![Q and A session](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5246/5282097478_ba93c8af84.jpg)
At night I headed off for dinner.
Mina Salam hotel, at night, reminded me of something from a German Expressionistic film.
![Mina Salam hotel at night](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5242/5281498041_b820eb9c34.jpg)
![Another Abra passes by](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5206/5282098510_8b9dbe8db7.jpg)
![Dinner in Mina Salam](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5166/5282098980_3300dfe7eb.jpg)
After dinner I rushed off to catch the TRON: LEGACY gala screening. Actress Beau Garrett, who played one of the sirens, was there.
![Tron gala screening](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5204/5282099570_7898bca5c5.jpg)
I didn't see the first Tron, so my expectations weren't astronomically high. After going through so many heavy, thought-provoking films in the film festival (including the shorts... like mine), I just needed a fresh air, something to entertain. TRON: LEGACY had some nice 3D visuals, some stuff I've never ever seen before, and Olivia Wilde's really pretty smile, so I was fine with it.
When the film ended, I walked back to my hotel, things looked nice at night.
![The Burj at night](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5008/5282099674_d6dda476b5.jpg)
![The Jumeirah area at night](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5001/5281500279_1421ae7af0.jpg)
![The Jumeirah area at night 2](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5044/5281500777_3165944276.jpg)
![View from my room](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5126/5281495055_6fef274cef.jpg)
![The Burj](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5205/5282096190_b30e35a353.jpg)
My room's not that small either.
![My room in Jumeirah Beach hotel](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5002/5281495403_d0ab675fb0.jpg)
In the afternoon of 18th of December, I had another screening of EXHALATION, where I explained more of its autobiographical elements (it was loosely based on a short road trip I had after a classmate died in a car accident when I was in form 5)
PINOY SUNDAY star Epy Quizon helped take a couple of photos from the Q and A.
Hou Chi-Jan also explained how his short JULIET'S CHOICE (the one with Vivian Hsu) is inspired by Eileen Chang's LOVE IN A FALLEN CITY (his film was a love story with the White Terror as a backdrop)
![Me and Hou Chi-Jan](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5009/5281496981_6efcc7c751.jpg)
![Q and A session](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5246/5282097478_ba93c8af84.jpg)
At night I headed off for dinner.
Mina Salam hotel, at night, reminded me of something from a German Expressionistic film.
![Mina Salam hotel at night](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5242/5281498041_b820eb9c34.jpg)
![Another Abra passes by](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5206/5282098510_8b9dbe8db7.jpg)
![Dinner in Mina Salam](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5166/5282098980_3300dfe7eb.jpg)
After dinner I rushed off to catch the TRON: LEGACY gala screening. Actress Beau Garrett, who played one of the sirens, was there.
![Tron gala screening](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5204/5282099570_7898bca5c5.jpg)
I didn't see the first Tron, so my expectations weren't astronomically high. After going through so many heavy, thought-provoking films in the film festival (including the shorts... like mine), I just needed a fresh air, something to entertain. TRON: LEGACY had some nice 3D visuals, some stuff I've never ever seen before, and Olivia Wilde's really pretty smile, so I was fine with it.
When the film ended, I walked back to my hotel, things looked nice at night.
![The Burj at night](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5008/5282099674_d6dda476b5.jpg)
![The Jumeirah area at night](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5001/5281500279_1421ae7af0.jpg)
![The Jumeirah area at night 2](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5044/5281500777_3165944276.jpg)