| November 24, 2011
Pictures that touched my soul - 2011 As the year comes to a close, here are the three photos I've came across that left me breathless, and also stirred some of the widest controversy and lasting impact on the world scale; in fact, I actually have the second photograph cut-out the moment I saw it on the newsweek I was reading. It was photography gold. Three seemingly simple photographs but each on their own carries such deep hard-warming messages, prospectives and meaning in them. So as thanksgiving goes, maybe it's time we sat down, and remind ourselves of the miracle that is, living, and of having our love ones constantly by our sides and in our lives..    Slain Navy SEAL Jon Tumilson's dog "Hawkeye" lays next to his casket during funeral services in Rockford, Iowa. Tumilson was one of 30 American soldiers killed in Afghanistan on August 6 when their helicopter was shot down during a mission to help fellow troops who had come under fire. November 20, 2011
Have Love lost it's meaning?  what is it that is truly in within your control?whatever it is, don't let Love slip. It's the fizzy feeling again. Even after I'm out of the cinema and a good many hours later I am still thinking about it, it made me drove at 60kmph on the highway all the way home earlier, and now as I am here staring on the screen, my mind is still buzzing with fragments of the movie flashing in my head.. frantically seeking for a dissimilarity or of some answers.. none. the culprit is, You Are The Apple Of My Eye, by Giddens Ko What I found particularly interesting is that in so many ways I see myself in the shoes of the main lead, Teng Ko; of course I am way off in the looks department, am nowhere as charming nor do I have half his humour, but I do have a bunch of 'brothers' that I can fool around with, have fights and have no secrets between too, I do also have a thing with Apples.. (both my tumblr & twitter account are 'crunchyapples' afterall), and lastly I do punch the wall too. haha, but I certainly do not walk around my house completely naked, only, Just half x] but that aside, what hit me like a subway train is the apple of his eye.. Yi Shen, the girl of his dreams. From the direction of the film, it seems to me, Love can be a cruel cruel thing. It is often more painful than it is blissful.. in it there is hope, but equally there is loss. They were perfect. They were a match-make in heaven, but why didn't they last? WHY!! it was just that ONE incident. Just ONE DAY, ONE INCIDENT and that was it. was their fight really worth it? no. should they get back together? did they? it doesn't matter, because the fact is that they didn't. it is already too late. We can only question. As with my own story.. We had a thing going. Ultimately, (like in the movie) it was a singular incident, one uneventful day, one mistake, followed by one decision. and that was it. just like them, we drew our end. Things change. We used to be able to hold conversations that lasted hours; the last time I met her we spoke less than 5 sentences. We were complete strangers again. Whatever happened.. I think I can live a lifetime but still never figure this thing called Love. Can we really watch our ex lovers move on in life and be (truly) happy for them? What if they were meant to be, suppose to be, a match in heaven? like Teng Ko and Yi Shen in the movie? Why then did the gods pull them apart? Can Teng Ko really be happy for her marriage? Can Yi Shen really be happily married without her past haunting her? Is it even possible? Wouldn't living be a torment knowing what could've been or should have been if that ONE DAY ended differently.. if one of them had savage the situation, apologized or just gave in? why would the gods mock their very creations and what is fate when Love never comes back? Even to the very end of the movie there wasn't an answer.. I probably wouldn't find one in mine either. I guess then.. There simply isn't one.  I think I am going to have a love-hate relationship with this film for a long time to come November 1, 2011
The Call Family. Friends. & Love. They are what makes living worthwhile. They are what the world revolves around. quite simply, they are the only thing that really matters.. But how many of us have a perfectly balanced and happy life? It's disheartening to know of so many friends that have families with broken backgrounds.. All of a sudden cases of divorce aren't just limited to what I see in papers, or mere numbers and statistics, the older we get the more we see. And it pains me every time to hear the many stories.. Then there are those like myself with a full family, but they may be disconnected in other areas, perhaps a perpetual communication issue underpinning or something else.. Friends. The ones we run to when family just doesn't cut it or when we have a secret we can't tell. But as with all things beautiful, there is an uglier side to it too. I've seen and experience fallouts. To be vilified, and spoken off, to be stabbed at the back. I'm sure all of us have our own stories to share. The point is these harsh and painful sagas of our lives make us realise and hold dear to the ones that really matter the most.. And similarly as we with our family, they mean the world to us. They make us who we are. They define us. They ARE family; at least in our books. And then there's love. Love cannot be contemplated, only felt. It is the one most easily taken for granted, and the one that can hurt the most, but also the one that can potentially change your existence. It's the one that gives you the fly when you least expect. To love and be loved is the best feeling on earth.. yet, at the same time, it is the most fragile and often also the most complicated.. but that's just the way it is.. Knowing that I have to work on the differences at home, to fight for my friends, and get myself together from the mess I created in love means I'm a long way off. But I have time. If those are indeed the three things that defines one's life. Then happiness shall be my benchmark, and the three my goal.. ;| |
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