reverie of sorts

Monday, August 07, 2006

Know my priorities

I caught two movies over the weekend - Helen The Baby Fox and Click.

Sorry gal, fell asleep for parts of the Helen. The other movie, Click, was somewhat unexpected. *Warning: spoiler ahead, read at own risk.

For an American film to have a line that went "Family comes first" was just not the norm. In their society that prides individualism over collectivism, family never ever precedes self. Well, for most of the time.

And the story was very true. Guy gets lost in work and misses out on the important moments with loved ones.

And then I got sad. Partly due to the fact that the storyline was really touching at some points, and partly because that could happen to me too and I soooooo don't want that. I'm tired.

Hmmm, here're some of the things I should start doing on a regular basis to keep myself sane:
1) Read something inspirational. Think I'll get Anderson Cooper's book soon.
2) Maybe try picking the keyboard again. It's sitting there after all.
3) Paint. Or create something beautiful. That's always very therapeutic.
4) Actually as I'm typing away, I think I'm gonna be a survivor. That's what I've been for the most of my life. I think I'm pretty strong in that sense. Yeah... I really do think that way.

I mean, after all, I would know what to do when all else fails. :> Nah, drinking is just a bad leisure. :>

2 Comments:

At 12:40 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hmm.. I used to think that Americans are all individualistic but not true. Maybe in NYC or LA when people are more materialistic. At least I know people in Colorado aren't. They are very family oriented. OT is staying till 6pm.

 
At 1:08 am, Blogger aaron said...

6pm?! does 6pm mean the same thing there as it does here? ... ...

 

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