single pore

i love watching movies. i've known people who passionately oppose the idea of movies because of their negative associations with sex and violence and sin and blah blah blah but sometimes, i believe 1 rotten apple doesn't spoil the whole barrel. heck, even many rotten apples.

on the plane back home, i probably watched like 20 movies, of which the most impactful was "departures", the japanese film about an excoffineer (that's what they called in in the blurb... someone who prepares bodies for burial/cremation) that i had put off watching for a long long time because S said it was really heartrending. i hate it when people tell me that. cos it makes me afraid to watch! anyhow, i watched every other movie i could before i finally had the guts to take on this one, and boy was it a beautiful film. and boy am i a movie crybaby. thanks S for all the wonderful things you introduce me to :)

and i have come to realize that on long haul flights i always end up thinking of people. sometimes it makes me happy, sometimes it makes me sad. and every single time, i discover again how wonderful it is to be human.