Thursday, September 22, 2005
Making A Choice
Film Sypnosis of Be With Me
Be With Me the new film by Eric Khoo (Mee Pok Man, 12 Storeys) is a tapestry of stories woven around the themes of love, hope and destiny. The characters lead separate lives but are bound by one common desire - to be with their loved one. The protagonists in the movie are fictitious bar one - Theresa Chan, a courageous deaf and blind woman whose life story inspired Be With Me.
Just caught this movie yesterday and it was one movie that really left an impression on me. It spoke so much about r/ships, about our love for someone and the hope each of us have inside of us.
Do I believe in true love? Yes I do. I believe there is someone there for me that I really want to spend the rest of my life with, through good times and bad, to laugh and to cry with, or even to just sit side by side with without speaking a word and still feel so comfortable and loved. I want to make that someone happy, to see him smile, to be able to make him feel so loved.
Do true love exists? Yes it does. Look at some couples who have weathered through their storms and come out stronger than ever. Old couples who still feel proud to walk hand in hand despite their old age. Most middle age couples feel embarrassed to even show their affection for each other in public. Yet why do people think that true love evades them and just simply cant find what they want?
It boils down to their choice. Its your choice to make that happen. Good things don’t come easy. You look for them, you work for them, you make it a choice to claim that yours. Even if things do not work out, at least you know you tried, you made the choice you never would regret.
Theresa Chan fell in love with a great guy, but lost him to nose cancer near Xmas just as they were making plans to marry. She stayed single till now and still cries whenever she thinks of him. To me, its not that she cant let go. Its just that her love is so strong and she chose to remain true to the one she loves most. People come and go, but love will not die unless you chose to let it go.
Its scary to make a choice. A choice that do not only change my life but the lives of many around me. Its easy to be loved but not to love. It takes effort. It takes strength. It takes time. I always had an idealistic view of who I want my other half to be, the kind of person I want him to be. But now, I realized I was wrong. God don’t make us different and unique in our own ways for no reason. To love the person is to accept him fully for who he is and for who he wants to be. I wldnt want him to change to please me. Be yourself. I would want him to accept me for who I am. I do have flaws. Im not perfect.
Think about the choice you are going to make. It may be now that you have to decide, it may be in the near future. Unless you are so sure, don’t close the door. It would find its way back. Make the choice.
I am going to make my choice. A choice with no regrets. There will be a long way ahead but I know things will be fine. Because YOU’LL BE WITH ME.
Be With Me the new film by Eric Khoo (Mee Pok Man, 12 Storeys) is a tapestry of stories woven around the themes of love, hope and destiny. The characters lead separate lives but are bound by one common desire - to be with their loved one. The protagonists in the movie are fictitious bar one - Theresa Chan, a courageous deaf and blind woman whose life story inspired Be With Me.
Just caught this movie yesterday and it was one movie that really left an impression on me. It spoke so much about r/ships, about our love for someone and the hope each of us have inside of us.
Do I believe in true love? Yes I do. I believe there is someone there for me that I really want to spend the rest of my life with, through good times and bad, to laugh and to cry with, or even to just sit side by side with without speaking a word and still feel so comfortable and loved. I want to make that someone happy, to see him smile, to be able to make him feel so loved.
Do true love exists? Yes it does. Look at some couples who have weathered through their storms and come out stronger than ever. Old couples who still feel proud to walk hand in hand despite their old age. Most middle age couples feel embarrassed to even show their affection for each other in public. Yet why do people think that true love evades them and just simply cant find what they want?
It boils down to their choice. Its your choice to make that happen. Good things don’t come easy. You look for them, you work for them, you make it a choice to claim that yours. Even if things do not work out, at least you know you tried, you made the choice you never would regret.
Theresa Chan fell in love with a great guy, but lost him to nose cancer near Xmas just as they were making plans to marry. She stayed single till now and still cries whenever she thinks of him. To me, its not that she cant let go. Its just that her love is so strong and she chose to remain true to the one she loves most. People come and go, but love will not die unless you chose to let it go.
Its scary to make a choice. A choice that do not only change my life but the lives of many around me. Its easy to be loved but not to love. It takes effort. It takes strength. It takes time. I always had an idealistic view of who I want my other half to be, the kind of person I want him to be. But now, I realized I was wrong. God don’t make us different and unique in our own ways for no reason. To love the person is to accept him fully for who he is and for who he wants to be. I wldnt want him to change to please me. Be yourself. I would want him to accept me for who I am. I do have flaws. Im not perfect.
Think about the choice you are going to make. It may be now that you have to decide, it may be in the near future. Unless you are so sure, don’t close the door. It would find its way back. Make the choice.
I am going to make my choice. A choice with no regrets. There will be a long way ahead but I know things will be fine. Because YOU’LL BE WITH ME.
Monday, September 19, 2005
Kids these days
After teaching my tuition kid for sometime, Im really amazed at what goes on in their minds. TV shows must really be getting to them.. A few excerpts to show what I mean..
Reading his Pri 1 English Textbook
Topic : Clothes
There’s a whole comic strip showing a girl putting on clothes. Starting from her panties.. (???!!!), followed by her blouse, skirt, shoes, combing of her hair..
The whole time I was going thru that with him, he was grinning the whole time. And I was the one feeling embarrassed!!
Going through a cloze passage
Helping words : Ears Body Arms Legs Head Toes
I cant remember how the cloze passage was exactly like.. but it went something like ..
When I listen to music, I swing my 1) __________ from side to side. . . . . I wriggle my 2) ____________ . . . . . Lastly, I shake my 3) ___________ to the beat of the music.
His answers: 1) backside 2) backside 3) butt
Speechless.
Reading comprehension passages
Him: This story the truth one ah?
Me: No, its just a story. Its not real
Him: So bluff one ah? Not the truth one ah?
Me: No.. they are just stories that are fake. Come Come, lets do the questions.
Him: Huh, so bluff people one ah..
Me: Not bluff people la, they are just not real.
Him: . . . . . . . .
Reading his Pri 1 English Textbook
Topic : Clothes
There’s a whole comic strip showing a girl putting on clothes. Starting from her panties.. (???!!!), followed by her blouse, skirt, shoes, combing of her hair..
The whole time I was going thru that with him, he was grinning the whole time. And I was the one feeling embarrassed!!
Going through a cloze passage
Helping words : Ears Body Arms Legs Head Toes
I cant remember how the cloze passage was exactly like.. but it went something like ..
When I listen to music, I swing my 1) __________ from side to side. . . . . I wriggle my 2) ____________ . . . . . Lastly, I shake my 3) ___________ to the beat of the music.
His answers: 1) backside 2) backside 3) butt
Speechless.
Reading comprehension passages
Him: This story the truth one ah?
Me: No, its just a story. Its not real
Him: So bluff one ah? Not the truth one ah?
Me: No.. they are just stories that are fake. Come Come, lets do the questions.
Him: Huh, so bluff people one ah..
Me: Not bluff people la, they are just not real.
Him: . . . . . . . .
Sunday, September 11, 2005
Hurricane Katrina
Its amazing what nature can do. Nature can give us the most breathtaking sceneries – the bluest skies, greenest pastures, colourful flowers, the most lovely rainbow – and yet, it can take everything away in a matter of seconds. Natural Disasters.
I was watching the charity show for the victims of Hurricane Katrina earlier and the footages really moved me. The most powerful nation in the world being reduced to a state thats almost similar to a third-world county. Roads that were formerly used for happy parades now reduced to a sea of water. Streets that were formerly filled with laughter now filled with cries of sorrow.
At that point, I realized how blessed I am, to be here in this county thats so safe from natural disasters, to be in a family I can never do without and blessed with friends that a million thanks would not be enough to show how much I appreciate them.
Lets all take a little time of to give thanks and to pray for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
I was watching the charity show for the victims of Hurricane Katrina earlier and the footages really moved me. The most powerful nation in the world being reduced to a state thats almost similar to a third-world county. Roads that were formerly used for happy parades now reduced to a sea of water. Streets that were formerly filled with laughter now filled with cries of sorrow.
At that point, I realized how blessed I am, to be here in this county thats so safe from natural disasters, to be in a family I can never do without and blessed with friends that a million thanks would not be enough to show how much I appreciate them.
Lets all take a little time of to give thanks and to pray for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Sunday, September 04, 2005
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