Awakenings

Have written nothing for a long long time. It seems a bit difficult to start writing again.... Today, I re-watched the “Awakenings”, a 1990's movie. So touching, so nice movie. There is a line: “People nowadays don't know how to appreciate simple things...”, so true. We always forget the most simple thing that we should apprepicate; the bright blue sky, the little flower on the road, the little kids who are rushing to the school, the coffee shop girl who is making coffee for you...etc, etc. So many things that can make us happy because we are still alive and can expeirence that living world. A patient said she knew that it was not 1926 but she need it to be since in the past year during her “sleeping” in the hospital, she experienced nothing. Life without experience is not life anymore, no matter whether it's bad or good. Once, Robert DiNero asked the doctors if he can get a “holiday” from the hospital. Doctors asked him what would he do when having this holiday. He replied: “Go out for a walk, relax, have fresh air, and talk to others.” Very clear and simple wishes. Do we talk to others when we have time? It seems that we don't; we seldom talk about our true feelings, seldom talk to those around us, our family; there is lack of communications between people. Living, communicating and to experience are essential in our life which make it fruitful. umm....I have to do them all again from today......

"Departures" 禮儀師之奏鳴曲

Tuesday is movie night because ticket is sold in discount. I went to watch "Departures" , a Japan movie that won Oscar's "Best Foreign Film" this year.

The story is about an unemployed cellist, Diago, back to his home town and found a job in a funeral organising company. In Japan, this is kind of disgusting job. Even Diago's wife didn't agree him accepting the job. However, Daigo ignored the disagreement. During the time he preformed the services, he learnt a lot and at the same time he comforted lot of crying hearts .

I cried serval times when I was watching the movie because it is a very touching one. To me, the most touching scene was about the "Stone letter". Daigo said that when he was still a kid, his father told him that "Stone letter" is kind of way to express your feeling and care to people you love by giving them a stone that you choose for the one. A smooth stone means your care is soft. A big one means the receiver is big big love of the sender.

This is really a wonderful movie.

If You are the One 非誠勿擾

tsyLast night, I watched a movie named "If You are the One". This is a movie produced by China director Feng Xiaogang (馮小剛); and the male actor is Ge You (葛優) and the female actor is Shu Qi (舒淇).

The story is simple and it's about a 40+ business man back to China after having lived in US for years because he had to take care of his widow mother. Suddenly one day, he wanted to settle down and find his mrs right. He post an advertisement in the internet for blind date. The blind dates were very funny and crazy. And there was the day, he had a blind date with a girl who had an affair with a married man. He found that she might be the one.

This is a good movie not because of the beautiful scenery but those interesting lines. The most interesting one is the new explanation about "love in first sight". The meaning of "Love in First Sight" according to this movie is that you don't need a physical meet with the one. The smell of the right one will be all over the air if the one is near and you will feel it and you will be attracted by this smell. No matter how crowd the place is, you definately know that the one is just over there. "Love in First Sight!!" Wow, so incredible.

Where is my "Love in First Sight"?? How come I can't smell it? May be I need to be patient and wait for it for a while.

(A lotus in Hong Kong Park)

Can you smell it??