P.S. I Love You

It's a book and a movie that moves many hearts and causes many to shed tears. I had read the book myself - mmm, quarter of the book but enough to move me.

I finally managed to enjoy the entire movie today. I missed it once few weeks back in Bangkok. It wasn't that easy to look for the free source. Last night, I was watching from a "free site" and while I was drawing myself into the movie, the movie stopped playing and I had this message splashed across the screen: "You have watched 72 minutes of the video. You would need to wait for 54 minutes to continue watching or sign up here". Searching in youtube is a completely futile attempt. So, don't bother. If you have the patience to wait for the full movie to load, please see it here.

It simply lives up to its expectations and the reputation that it had earned. A definite must watch. Please prepare some tissues so that you don't have to use your blouse to wipe your tears or to blow your nose ;)

Dealing with the departure of someone dear to you isn't easy at all. Most people did not or have not planned their own death. Well, not planning how to die but planning for your dear ones should death come knocking at your door. It takes a lot of energy and effort to get over the grief and move on with life but if there's one thing you could do to help your dear ones, it does make a difference.

P.S. I Love You reminded me to do just that.

P.S. Thank you!

The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time

Thanks to 白 for lending me this book. It's indeed a good read. Written by Mark Haddon, the story revolves around Christopher Boone, who is diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, tries to find out who killed his neighbour's dog Wellington. It also illustrates Christopher's journey as a high school student who needs special attention, his determination in making to University, his little detective work to find Wellington's killer and how he braves through his fears while looking for his mother in London after learning that Wellington's killer is actually his father and his father has always been lying about his mother dying of illness.

I am very impressive with how Haddon paying attention to specific details like the traits and behaviours of children with Asperger's Syndrome and even bother to provide a complete answer to a mathematical question at the Appendix.

Through this book, I learnt that Asperger's Syndrome children is stubborn i some ways and they are adamant in not doing something which they dislike. In The Curious Incident, Christopher does not like yellow or brown colour and hence, he would not touch or eat anything of these two colours. He does not like to be touched either and if someone touches him, he would scream or in some circumstances, he may hurt the person who touches him. When comes to food, he would not eat if the food in his plate touches one another. It's all right if they touch each other while being cooked or before they are placed onto the plate. Although they are not like other children, they are gifted with talents perhaps others do not have. For example, Christopher has a photographic memory and he can do Maths very well. To me, he's a genious when comes to Maths. Wish I was half as good as him!

Asperger's Syndrome children are simple minded, as how Haddon put it. There's no grey area. Only black or white; yes or no and maybe is out of the question. In some way, life could be a lot easier. In this book, Christopher actually described/compared his brain or mind to that of computers. Sometimes, special children can also be rather temperamental and short temper. The same is also illustrated in The Curious Incident.

I think I have spoilt almost all the fun for you =p Anyway, I shall reserve how Christopher come to know his father is Wellington's murderer and how he knows his mother is not dead.

P/S: Oh no, I realise I have forgotten a lot of things I had learned in Calculus during my Diploma studies while reading The Curious Incident =(

Zero Degrees

I was looking through the magazine Zero Degrees, which I had won from the MixFM crews mentioned in my previous blog. Perhaps I am not a frequent magazine buyer, I didn't know the existence of this magazine until last week.

Anyway, back to the magazine. What I like about the magazine is that though it has a fair share of advertisements, it contains a generous number of reviews and articles about travel, food, books, art & culture. Unlike many other magazines, it's not overwhelmed with commercial advertisements and lack of information. I like magazines or reading materials that have juicy articles and the more information or knowledge based write-ups, the better. Nevertheless, preference is subject to each indivdual.

The quality of photographs are impressive and able to illustrate what were described in the articles. To those who are interested, it costs MYR12 per copy in West Malaysia and MYR14.50 in East Malaysia.

An advertisement in Zero Degrees caught my attention. A resort (Amari Vogue Resort) in Krabi is running a promotion. You would get the second night free if you stay for a night! The best part is breakfast is included on nights that are free and a guest can receive up to 5 nights of free stay. Not bad, huh? From the photo of the resort, it looks comfy. It's overlooking the sea. For more information or details, please visit http://www.amari.com/vague.