Learn From Movies

Today I stayed home and saw two movies, 'Hachi' and 'Where the wild things are'.

The first movie was 'Hachi', an Akita dog story. The movie was reproduced from a Japanese movie, a true story, talked about a loyal dog waited his master back home at the train station for 9 years. This touching story really earned my tears very much. It led me to think about 'the definition of loyalty' on the relationship of our families, friends and career.

I wondered how many people among us could play as a loyal role to others all along our life? We human beings are so easily tempted by materials and outer things. What power can make us as loyal and faithful as the spirit of Hachi?

The second movie was 'where the wild things are', a story about the adventure of a clever child after a quarrel with his mother. It's a creative movie and filled with abundent emotions. As I gooled for the introduction of this movie, I just knew it was produced from a children's book, a painting book. Wow! How amazing to make them vivid in the movie!

The boy, Max, grew mature through this experience. I think many of us are as same as Max, 'wisdom grows with experience'. We learn the tips of success from our failures. We become considerate because of understanding each other. We know to cherish after we lose something. Anyway, it's never too late to learn, isn't it?

In Life, As In Crosswords

I had a very relexed time for this weekend. I joined an outing to Yilan. We visited Green Onion Culture Palace, went to see silver willows and beautiful maples. It was bitterly cold yesterday, especially walking on the hills.

Perhaps I had spent out my energy for the outing, I woke up very late this morning. But I felt peacefully today. It was still cold outside. I didn't step out my house until I went out for hunting food this evening.

I just watched a comic film "All about Steve", acted by Sandra Bullock and Bradley Cooper. I enjoyed its metaphors of some dialogues, some meaningful quotes. I would like to paste some here for reminding myself of these good words.

In life, as in crosswords, some days are harder than others, and that's what keeps your brain alive. The key to surviving those tough days is to pick yourself up and stay focused on your life's purpose.

If you quit a puzzle, you can't finish it. Sure, every once in a while, you run into a doozy, that you don't think you could ever solve in a million years, but if you stick with it, you figure it out eventually. Worst thing you can do is leave it unfinished. It's never the solution, is it?

We have a natural compulsion to fill empty spaces. I like to think he means not just crosswords, but the empty spaces inside of us. That comes from making your way in a world, that doesn't always embrace unique.

I tried to fill my empty spaces with words and puzzles- and Steve, but that wasn't the answer. Now I know, on the journey, just find someone as normal as you, even not the whole bunch.

If you love someone, set him free. If you have to stalk him, he probably wasn't yours in the first place.

Be A Good Person

I just watched a film-"World's Greatest Dad", acted by Robin Williams. It's a comedy with mamy humorous, sardonic and meaningful dialogues. These words attracted me to write down here and led me to question myself as well.

"Is it more important for me to be a good person? or to be thought of as a good person?

I got a little confused which means a lot to me?

I had no intension to please anyone around me, but I liked the feeling to be thought of as a good person. So that I might need to hide my real thoughts in front of them.

For a long time, I have being acted as a good daughter to my family, a responsible staff to my served institution, a considerate person to my colleagues. Are those my real personalities? Or what I did just because I didn't want to disappoint those people at all. Sometimes I felt pressured and tired to act as what people expected me supposed to be.

Well...what's your philosophy?

My Movie Day

Today I did one thing I never did before. I took my annual leave this afternoon and went to two movies, "Love Happens" and "2012", plus, alone. It's not holiday but still took some time to buy tickets. I observed most people came to see "2012". So by my curiosity and a perfect interval between these two movies, I allowed myself being crazy once.

About "Love Happens", I think it 's not only a love movie but also delivered how to make healing. No matter how we pretend being well in front of people, if we didn't lay down the mental burdens, we won't get the real happiness and peace. To face what we ever lost takes time, and to overcome the fear needs courage. If we couldn't control our emotion well, the worst we might lose our mind and what we have.

About "2012", I had a brief conclusion. If all things came to the same ending one day, whether the Maya's prediction is true or not, why we used to concern the future instead of the present? why we not to squeeze the moment and cherish those who around you? why need to care so much those which we hardly possess of? why we often adopt complaint instead of construction?

Here I also gain a common point from these two films-to keep the faith, to believe we can make it, to persist till the last minutes, to try what we can do, then everything will be possible. Like the saying " where there is a will, there is a way." What do you think?

Sharing Good Stuff - Magpie

My colleague sent me a picture about "magpie". In our custom, we see this kind of birds as a good sign, will bring good news. Last Friday afternoon, the last working of my trip, I saw the beautiful bird and took a shot. Wishing you all good news approaching to you.

It's an ordinary day, but I felt more harmonic than other weekends. I watched one film about Coco Channel's story. I saw how hard jobs behind a successful wowan, both in her family, love and career. As my view, she got a good luck and paid her efforts as well. That made her dreams come true. However life are always filled with uncertainty. She lost her true love before she got to the poineer position.

For me, it's an inspiring story. I was thinking it's really hard to ask for a perfect life what we want, and no one is exceptional. Through mountainmama's reference, I read this quite from livinglifefully, and I most like the bold lines in which.

Today's quotation:

There are as many nights as days, and the one is justas long as the other in the year's course. Even a happylife cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word "happy" would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better to take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.

by Carl Jung

A Short Break For Myself

I took an annual leave this afternoon and went to see Julie & Julia. I enjoyed watching movie during others' working hours. I felt easy and comfortable without crowd in the theater. I like Merely Streep's great acting whatever she acted. She always successfully led the audience to feel like they also experienced that.

I also got some rough thinking after seeing this film, and would like to record what I felt for the moment.

-the enthusiasm, concentration and persistence are the keys to make our dreams come true.

-imperfection gives us a chance to learn more in different aspects. we may not get everthing we pursue, but we still own much.

-give full supports to those whom we deeply love, and take a part in their hard working toward their goals. maybe there is no second chance to join in their dreams.

-make them feel important and hopeful while they fail in the way.