Nalinee - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I am an aspiring scriptwriter who wants to meet people who are writing stories and plays about Jesus and His salvation in new, interesting and uber cool ways.
I have one developed idea and about 10000 germs of ideas for stage productions of THE story of salvation that are not just about angst, suffering and human weakness. I want to write about the glory, grace and righteousness that is ours through Christ Jesus.
So let me share my ideas with you and I will love it if you will share yours and we can talk about anything under the Son!
Peace, love and righteousness!
Nal
UPDATE: I am discontinuing my blog on myspace, because maintaining two separate blogs seems too much like work:-) So you can continue to keep up with what I am doing by reading http://nalineebarrett.blogspot.com. Cheers!

My Interests

I read! Anything and everything, although my favourite authors are Orson Scott Card, Terry Pratchett and Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. I know that is an eclectic mix, but I don't limit myself to genres because I have a short attention span. Variety is my bag, baby, yeah!
I started Salsa lessons last year and I found out that I love to dance. Now I am learning how to swing. I am going to go through the whole gamut of dances before embarking on belly dancing and maybe tap. Have to get in serious shape first.

Your Brain's Pattern
Your mind is a firestorm - full of intensity and drama.
Your thoughts may seem scattered to you most of the time...
But they often seem strong and passionate to those around you.
You are a natural influencer. The thoughts you share are very powerful and persuading. What Pattern Is Your Brain?

I'd like to meet:

This is the point where "like minded individuals" seems to be the right thing to say. But actually, if you are a little different, a little strange or even downright eccentric, as long as you love Jesus, I can talk to you.
Just don't contact me if you are looking for a date, or want to engage in smut talk.
:-)

Music:

Hmm.. this is a tough one to answer. I like music, I listen to it, I have a fairly good sense of rhythm and discerning taste. Basically, if I can dance to it, I like!But here are a few of my fave singers/ bands - Sting - U2 - Lighthouse Family - Hariharan - Locally, Murali Krishnan - My uncle Jerry! lol

Movies:

Best movie of all time - The Fisher King. I have it in video, VCD and DVD. And the script.
Since then, there have been a few more good ones. Must watch top 5 movies are:- Narnia, Kingdom of Heaven, Passion of Christ, American President and The Fisher King. Ph and of course, the godfather of Asian film, Akira Kurosawa.

Television:

CSI totally rocks! has anyone else ever notices that they add a yellow filter to CSI Miami to make it look uncomfortably hot and a blue filter to CSI NY so that it will look dark and ominous? Guess my media degree paid off!
Next on the list would be Judging Amy. I think Tyne Dale is the most underrated actress in the world. Like Cuba Gooding Jr and Don Cheadle, these people don't get the main roles, but they sure make everyone else look really good.
Then Gilmore Girls, Scrubs, Desperate Housewives (my sleaze factor) and Malcolm in the Middle.
My last word on Television is that I love British humour. So The Office, all the Coupling Episodes, Kumars at No 42 and Goodness Gracious Me rated high in my book.
For my American friends who don't know what I am on about, don't worry mates, Otrie will explain it to you. Right Otrie? lol lol

Heroes:

Jesus! Who else?

My Blog

Its a fact, but is it truth?

We like to talk about facts in our culture."Face the facts""As a matter of fact""The facts of life"They all seem to indicate that if something is a fact, it must be true. But that's not true, and scie...
Posted by Nalinee on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 06:49:00 PST

Road Trip Travel Log - South India

Update: For those of you who want to see pictures of this trip, please visit http://nalinee.multiply.com. Day One I landed in Chennai airport at 10 a.m. and already the heat was searing throu...
Posted by Nalinee on Fri, 18 May 2007 07:10:00 PST

Defending God, or defending me?

"And you call yourself a Christian!" The first time someone used that put-down on me, I was shattered. There were 2 reasons it hurt so much. 1) It was a d...
Posted by Nalinee on Thu, 03 May 2007 02:59:00 PST

Theatre Review - Blithe Spirit

For a play that was written in 1941, the themes of noveau riche eccentricity, petty jealousy and marriage are very current in the black comedy by Noel Coward, especially when translated into the local...
Posted by Nalinee on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 02:34:00 PST

Tutoring Epiphany

I tutor 2 Seconday One boys - twins, who having accidentally found themselves relegated to the Normal Technical Stream,(which is the same as saying "Welcome to trade school"), are now trying to get ba...
Posted by Nalinee on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 06:05:00 PST

All the What Ifs?

It's quite interesting, preparing for the kind of trip I am going to take.Not so much in terms of what I am going to bring to wear etc, but what to expect, and how far will be expectations exceed real...
Posted by Nalinee on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 01:08:00 PST

He was, so I don't have to be.

At the cross,He was made poor, stripped of all his clothing,So that I will never be naked.He was hungry and thirsty, with nothing but sour wine to drink,So that I wil never know lack for food or drink...
Posted by Nalinee on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 05:17:00 PST

He is

My friend, Betty Warner, sent me this, and it blessed my socks off! I hope you enjoy it too! He is In Genesis, He's the breath of life In Exodus, the Passover Lamb In Leviticus, He's our High Priest N...
Posted by Nalinee on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 02:50:00 PST

StyleWorks and other celebrity stuff

I have this really strange obsession, where if I am really into a movie and its actors, I research everything about them. Their family, their wife (or husband), their kids, where they went school...
Posted by Nalinee on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:05:00 PST

When food hurts you

I usually have a really strong stomach and can eat mostly any kind of junk made in all kinds of unsanitary conditions. So, it's rather quite embarassing to be brought down by a lowly fried egg. At lea...
Posted by Nalinee on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:55:00 PST