How Can I Make You Understand?
March 25th, 2006
last week a letter arrived from the school, inviting my parents to come witness their daughter accept her SPM 2005 High Achiever Award at the Prizegiving Ceremony on the 24th of March. i took one look at the attached form, and as usual, i signed on behalf of my mother saying that she and her husband will not be able to attend the ceremony. then i left the form on the desk for my brother, so he could pass it to the school in the morning.
a while later my mom came home, and she saw the form. “what do you mean i’m not going?!” she demanded to know. “of course i’m going lah! i WANT to go!”
“umm.. are you sure you want to? most people’s parents dont usually go … but, er, you can come if you want to, i guess…”
i really didn’t think she was going to come. it wasn’t even that big a deal to me whether or not she came. but she did. and she waited for 2 whole hours (this is a real shocker, cos she NEVER waits for anything) just to watch me go up on stage and accept my prize.
i realized then, that the fact that she came was a very big deal to me after all.
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after Jonathan’s sort-of-farewell lunch at Kim Gary, a bunch of us went to KLCC to catch a movie. it was a toss-up between Inside Man and I Not Stupid Too, a singaporean movie. we finally decided on the latter, and
O.M.G.
i dont think i’ve ever, ever cried so much watching a movie before. the most i ever did was sob a bit for A.I and shed a few tears during particularly touching scenes in Cheaper By The Dozen, but never have i just CRIED AND CRIED like that in a theater.
I Not Stupid Too is just one of those movies that hit home all too well. on the surface it’s about family and the lack of communication .. but as the movie goes on, more and more subplots unravel. and the screenplay, it’s just perfect. so many times i was shocked to hear the movie’s characters spit out sentences that i have said and heard in real life only too often. and the mood in which they were presented just blew the centered emotion out of the water. wah. almost everyone in the theater was sniffling or crying. that’s how much we could all relate to the show.
as a daughter, but most importantly as a sister who cares and worries for her brothers in ways that no one can imagine, this movie just reached into my soul and gave it a damn good shake. argh. i feel so jilted right now.
to all malaysians and singaporeans, the show is a must-watch. bring tissues!!!
(and dont bring Jovann cos he will laugh at you when you cry)
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after the show, we mucked around a bit and then went to get a cake for Mr Mani (my ex-history teacher) since it was his biiiiiiirthday. hahaha i called and asked him where did he want to have dinner. he was like, donno la, you suggest lah. so i said “KLCC has some good restaurants.. Italian? North Indian?” but instead of picking a place in KLCC he goes, “dont want la. not nice wan. let’s go to Steven’s Corner!”
……….
SHOULD HAVE KNOWN.
so Steven’s Corner was where we celebrated the Mani Man’s 44th birthday .. :D we ate and talked like it was just yesterday we were having History tuition at Aira’s house. fun times. i miss him so much!
12 Comments Add your own
1. eric | March 25th, 2006 at 7:28 pm
woot! first comment.. hehe
is mr. mani still teaching in skool??
did the skool advertise “thier” achievements in the star this year?
and this was the I Not Stupid 2 right? hmm. kinda forgot what the first movie was about.. will catch it on your recommendation.. hehe.. tissues? hmmm..
2. ArtificiallyVerbose | March 25th, 2006 at 8:48 pm
wah… respect. 5th highest in school. ur mom must have been proud.
hmmm… i wonder if i can find the movie to dld :P
3. zen | March 25th, 2006 at 10:43 pm
i wanna watch i not stupid 2!
4. jovann | March 25th, 2006 at 11:44 pm
blardy good movie. three cheers for jack neo and the cast!
5. booha | March 26th, 2006 at 12:23 am
the movie.that guy not bad looking hor.
the three names at the top…straight A1s izzit?
6. pinkpau | March 26th, 2006 at 12:37 am
eric : nope mani man wasnt in ssg from 2005! about the newspaper, i havent seen anything so far .. :D and you dont have to watch the 1st movie to watch the 2nd :)
artificially : haha excuse you! i’m number 2!
zen : do! it’s a good show
jovann : yup :)
booha : which guy?! haha both also good looking, even the small kid! and nope no one in my school got straight A1’s. one girl got all straight A1’s but an A2 for GCE OLvls English. Jonathan got straight A1’s except for A2 in Biology.
7. eWe | March 26th, 2006 at 5:15 am
*hugs* me-s very proud of you as your mother hen from days of ze CF ;p
8. waifon | March 26th, 2006 at 12:38 pm
I watched the first movie and I really want to watch the second but no one wants to go watch Chinese shows with me! Partly because I’ll be bugging them for a translation and secondly, I can’t really grasp that language. I’m bad at that man.how sad. but now..whatever. I’m watching no matter what.
But I like the first movie albeit my shallow understanding for the language. I think Jack Neo’s works are really meaningful and it has all those..”and the moral of the story is..” tagline in all his shows.
And yeah..your mom should be damn proud of you. I am too! haha..I dont even know you in person. tee hee hee:D
9. pinkpau | March 26th, 2006 at 6:18 pm
ewe : whee :D
waifon : subtitles will be your best friend then .. :D haha yes my mom is mega proud :)
10. expectation | March 26th, 2006 at 7:02 pm
omg can wear miniskirt and sleeveless stuff to schl!
damn jealous. tsk.
11. pinkpau | March 26th, 2006 at 9:14 pm
expectation : hah? you mean you cant? even when you’re not students anymore?
12. expectation | March 27th, 2006 at 9:58 am
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO definitely NOTTTTTTTTTTT.
must wear big t-shirts summore. big as in XL. M cannot cause still can see the shape of your body.
damn sweat.
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