Life Writing

This little African boy is Kenny, he's 3 years-old and he's just adorable. Just look at his smile and his cute little hair cut. The necklaces that he's wearing was made by his mother. It represents his tribe and his coming of age ceremony.

Speaking of that, Kenny is now celebrating his coming of age ceremony. You can tell by his face that he looks a bit nervous because he has to perform some sort of ritual that is ancestors did in order for him to prove to his tribe that he is becoming a man.

Poor Kenny, he's clinging tightly to his beloved mother. Don't be fooled, that big red and white wool cloth behind Kenny is actually his mother. I was told that women in that particular tribe are suppose to wear those huge cloth when at this type of ceremony because they are the ones who will "welcome" the boy who is now a man into the family. Isn't it interesting?

Well, the crowd is getting bigger and that means the ceremony is about to start soon. I better take my place to get a better view of little Kenny. I hope Kenny's ready.

"Every true genius is bound to be naive."
Friedrich Schiller

Picture Perfect (Child Prodigy)

I am not you,
and you are certainly not me,
I crave for your touch, attention, and your all,
I keep on running, but there is nowhere to hide,
I am going, I am going and I am gone.

The trees are swaying as the branches dance merrily,
I long to be merry, thus I am nowhere near.

I am different, I know I am,
There is no doubt,
There is no denying,
I am me, and there is not more than that,
A soul trapped, by the demands of life.

Trapped, hurt, lost,
In people's perception of the picture perfect.


"Every true genius is bound to be naive."
Friedrich Schiller

A Piece of Heaven

(Sender)

Here I lay, cool and calm,
The air at ease with the gentle wind,
The deep blue sea, welcoming, exquisite,
As the waves were mellow, biding me farewell.

The palm tree dance like there is no tomorrow,
Its heart gleam with all its might,
The sun shines its ray below,
As if it was saying "Hello".

As I lay here cool and calm,
Reminiscing the days that were gone,
I may not be at home,but I felt at ease,
Like the air that blew that very instance.

I won't be long,
I won't be gone.
I will be back,
Back at home,

Bringing you a little piece of Heaven.


(Receive)

I hear you say,
You were at ease,
Delighted to hear,
That you are there.

The sea is calm,
I can tell,
Your tone is fresh,
Delighted with the heaven.

The heaven is sweet,
I know it is,
By the postcard that I receive,
You bring me that piece.

That little piece of heaven.

"Every true genius is bound to be naive."
Friedrich Schiller

Tonight

(Sending)

The night is young,
The moon is bright,
My heart is flustering with delight,
My every move were triggered by my memory of you,
Wondering if you were remembering of me too,
I am gay, and I hope you are too,
But there is one little thing that I want from you;
Not the stars in the sky, or the blooming dandilions,
at the back of your yard,
But only, to know if you would join me for tonight?

(Receive)

My heart is aching as I see you dance,
Move slowly in an un rythmatic way,
Your sway is not as smooth as ice,
But your face is gleemed with fresh lights,
The night is young, it certainly is,
I thought of tonight but I am nowhere,
But, you are there,
Here is the night, that has danced away.


"Every true genius is bound to be naive."
Friedrich Schiller

Activity 3

A workaholic father (an accountant) was forced by his bossy wife to bring his 16-year-old daughter to a romantic play at an exclusive theatre. It's his daughter's birthday wish. For each character, write down the narration of the event.

The Daughter:

What a wonderful day today, the sky is blue and the air is just refreshing. I know that I'm going to have a good day today. I can't seem to get this Bubbly song out of my head, but I don't mind it as I'm feeling the same way too. As I'm getting ready to go to the theatre I can't seem to find an outfit to wear. I just hate it when that happens, I don't know why its so hard for me to find something to wear as my closet is full with clothes that still has it's tag on. It's just because of today maybe, days like this makes me want this day to be special. Finally, I found something that's worth wearing for this special event. I took a last look at myself before I went down as I want every inch of me to be perfect. I smiled with satisfaction as I know I am ready, and I hope Dad's ready too!!

The workaholic Father:

*sigh*...I put on my pants that I've been wearing for the past week lazily, I walk up to my wife and gave her this sharp glare. I can feel that she is secretly laughing with satisfaction as I can tell from her face. I'm exhaused, brain dead, and messy!! Do I look like I'm up for this type of thing. I'm just hoping that the day would be done as fast as lightning. Suzie..I called my teenage daughter to come down quick as I want to get it over and done with.


"Every true genius is bound to be naive."
Friedrich Schiller

MY FAVOURITE FICTION CHARACTER

Having to choose a favourite fiction character is something challenging to do as I don't want to stick to only one character. That will be boring...but being the case that this is a task that is handed to me by my lecturer, I'll choose one just for the sake of it.

Ive put some serious thought on which character is worthy enough to be on my list. Here's a couple of names that's been going through my mind right about now, just to name a few: Mary Poppins, Alfalfa from The Little Rascal, Laney Bough from She's All That (my favourite movie), the character Hope from Hope and Faith and the lists goes on...

Well, my favourite fiction character would be:

TA'DA..ITS CHUCKIE!! YES, Chuckie...He's this nerdy yet cute little boy who is always afraid to take risks. His uncombed, messy red hair, bucked teeth, glasses and untie shoe is his image as you don't expect a two year old toddler to be well groomed...I mean that's the type of character that we fall in love with in the first place!

Even though Chuckie is afraid to take risks, but he still goes along with the dangerous adventures that the rest of the Rugrats (Tommy, Phil, Lil,Angelica, and Susie) goes through. He would never turn back on his friends just because he is afraid. That is one of the reason why I adore this character so much as he does not let his fears get to him.

Despite of his fears, hysteric moments and countless whines, Chuckie still manages to catch my attention as I enjoyed his character the most, what I mean by enjoy is that even though he is perceive as the weaker persona amongst his friends, he proves to be otherwise. He turns out to be the brave one instead.

On the second season, All Grown-up aired and Chuckie's character finally comes out of his shell as he is more approachable, open-minded, fearless and mature compared to his younger character. The evolution of Chuckie is very much interesting to watch as he sometimes can be a little funny. His whit comes naturally as his character shows the true life of a person.

So, this is it...my favourite fiction character!!He's cute right??

High Fidelity

If i were to describe the movie in one word, it'll definitely be AWESOME.

Awesome,awesome,awesome....

Its something that you wont expect from a romantic movie. Its a romantic comedy flick, but it has no "romantic" sense, element or feel to it. Its so ironic when the movie turns out to be the opposite of what you think the movie should be.

What I though of the movie was, the movie brought back moments where you can see that men can also be insecure about themselves and their relationship. It shows that not only women goes through this phase, but men does too. And that is the best part of the movie, able to see the main character fall apart and live life as if there is no tomorrow.

The main character in High Fidelity is Rob, which is played by John Cusack, he acts like a 'big kid'--an adult but does not act like one, he is facing a bad breakup with his girlfriend Laura. He got all depressed about it and in my opinion he shouldn't have to be depressed, because he had it coming--why I say this is because, the girlfriend has been with him for so long, and what does all girl expect from a long term relationship??the next step of course..which is to commit to one another...and Rob, who has a serious commitment issue, cant take the hint and of course the breakup was doomed to happen.

Being the sore loser he is, he takes the breakup with Laura bitterly. With the breakup he takes a journey of his past and he writes a list of his TOP 5 BREAKUP of all time,so it would "ease his pain". He talks about his past girlfriends--tells about how they hook up and how they ended things...bla bla bla... After all the recollection and analysing,I think he realizes that that he is "Doomed to be left, doomed to be rejected". Discovering the reality, the reason for him not to commit is that he is still looking for this "perfect girl", and that perfect girl is just his fantasy, thus he has to come to his sense and except that in reality this "perfect girl" does not exist. Eventually, in the middle of the movie his senses kicked in and he understands know why he was so "unlucky" in love and the truth finally reveals.

Despite of all the drama Rob is facing, I really, really, 100% enjoyed Barry's character which is played by Jack Black as I think he steals the show. His character is hilarious, sarcastic, and at times can be a little mean--but I still like him as I think he's soooo adorable!! His knowledge and passion for music show that he's the type of person who enjoys music to the point that his life revolves around it. How he was paired with Dick played by Todd Louiso, the total opposite of his character is just pure genius!! I loved how despite of their different "taste in music", they still manages to have that chemistry between them--lets just say that they compliment each other well.

Before I end my post, I would like to say something here about Laura's character. I was taken aback at this one scene where Laura had just lost her Father. And of course when you loose someone you care for, you will somehow feel the pain and its normal for you to suffer, feel the loneliness of it all. The pain will eventually heal in time, you just have to be patient about it. What I don't like about the movie was, that particular scene where Laura and Rob was in the car and they had this conversation:

Laura: Listen, Rob, would you have sex with me? Because I want to feel something else than this. It either that,or I go home and put my hand in the fire. Unless you want to stub cigarettes out on my arm.
Rob: No. I only have a few left, I've been saving them for later.
Laura: Right. It'll have to be sex, then.
Rob: Right. Right.

To me, it gives out a negative impression to Laura's character as she seems to be "horny"...i dunno...its just what comes in mind when I saw the scene. Not appropriate at all, its as if it gives an impression that Laura uses sex to deal with her problems and its a shame because Laura's character throughout the movie give a clean, goody-to-shou impression to the viewer. I dunno, you decide!!

Whatever it is, I still enjoyed the movie. This movie is worthy enough to be on my Top 5 Movie list as it has proven to me that it kicks balls!!

Till next time,

Cheers..:p

"Every true genius is bound to be naive."
Friedrich Schiller

My Saviour...

As I try to recall my early reading history. I took a stroll down memory lane. If my memory serves me correctly, as a child I never develop any reading habits so its kind of difficult for me to write about books that were important to me or give any impact on me.

I don't know why books does not interest me at that time as i dread reading or having to go to the library when Mrs. Lee, my English teacher asks us to pick up a book and read to share with the class the next day. What I will always do to get out of reading the whole book was I'll read the synopsis of the book, and if I still cant understand the story I'll just scheme through the book. Jumping of one chapter to another chapter until I understand what the story is all about. When Mrs. Lee would call my name to talk about the book that I have chosen to share with the class my palms would always sweat, but inspite of all that I still manage to make my story interesting adding things here and there just to add a little "umph" to the story. (hmm..maybe that's where my passion for storytelling came about?!!i dunno..) but, to my surprise they didnt even notice that I was bluffing throughout the story, except for one person (you guess it) which is Mrs. Lee. I could tell that she wasn't at all please with my storytelling as she can smell my sweat from across the room.

Yes, i got into trouble (BIG TIME). You would not believe how I was punish and how Mrs. Lee helped develop my interest for reading came about.

Mrs. Lee is a type of person who is very devoted to her work. She loves challenges that comes her way and how she dealt with me was to take me as a challenge to her. A stubborn student who does not like to read!! So that is when my whole interest in books and reading came about.

Mrs. Lee introduce a reading project to the school board. There would be a card that invovles the student and their parents to participate. Students would take a book home everyday and read to their parents, and the parents would tick of one of three colums that said 'i can read this book with help', 'i can read this book by myself', or 'i can't read this book'. And they would sign the form and give it back to the teacher. Once the evaluation card was completed, students were given a card (achievement card) that marks the progress of the student. Whoever has the highest number of achievement cards, they would be recognise to the whole school as 'student of the month' and would be treated for pizza by the school. The best part was, if you were student of the month for 5 month, you would be receiving the 'citizenship award' which is presented to you by the Mayor of the city and you will receive a medal for it. That's what drives me to read and read until I manage to get that special award. I was the first asian to get that award in my school and until today my name is at the plague at that school...*sigh*... Those were the days!!

The first book that Ive picked up that really had an impact on me was the book called Charlotte's Web by E. B. (Elwyn Brooks) White, the reason for this is that it was the book that I happened to pick out randomly at the library. Which got me in trouble with Mrs. Lee. And which "spark" my interest in reading comes about. And without that book, I don't think that my interest in reading would develop until today, and despite of all the history that Ive gone through with reading a book, I would say that it was all worth it at the end.

And I owe it all to Mrs. Lee.

"Every true genius is bound to be naive."

-Friedrich Schiller