Curious Case of Whats Ahead

I caught the movie “A Curious Case of Benjamin Button”. It was a really nice sad movie, lots of feel good moments, words of wisdom, touching moments and tear jerking moments. Brad Pitt was very good-looking, and I so loved Cate Blanchett. She is an unconventional kind of beauty. I love the way she carries herself (probably attributed to her dance background) and her accent of English. She is just fabulous! Her acting from young to old has been effortless and very convincing. There’s also a hint of Audrey Hepburn in her. The elegance and grace. Oh… I love her!

I suspect I won’t mind watching the 166 min Benjamin Button again. Just to see Brad grow young and Cate grow old again. The perspective this movie presents is different and it just got me thinking. The sacrifices in life. The meaning of life. The art of forgiveness.Ok.. maybe i am thinking too much. But this has been a great show for a long time. Bitter. Sweet. Bittersweet.

The only part me and Darren thought to be quite a let down was when Brad Pitt became a baby all over again – at the end of the movie. We thought that didn’t quite flow / fit into the whole story…

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Had 2 interviews so far. Been very quiet these days. People around me are starting to panic… and I dont think I like that very much. I can’t deny there’s a certain amount of pressure building up. But I will manage. I am sure.

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Quotes I liked from Benjamin Button:

Your life is defined by its opportunities… even the ones you miss.

It’s a funny thing about comin’ home. Looks the same, smells the same, feels the same. You’ll realize what’s changed is you.

You can be as mad as a mad dog at the way things went. You could swear, curse the fates, but when it comes to the end, you have to let go.

For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.

Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Robert Frost

I was at a UOB atm today. Upon completing my transactions, I was presented with some words of wisdom:

In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.
~ Robert Frost

So simple and true. There’s a time for everything. And everything that comes to happen will come to a pass. Therefore, life goes on. Some people choose to wallow in self pity, immerse themselves in depressing thoughts, drown themselves in anger; they’ve probably failed to notice that life around them goes on even if they continue to feel that way.

Not sure why, I googled on him. He is a poet and lecturer. Some of his famous quotes are funny yet make quite a lot of sense. Simple wisdom. His life is pretty sad actually. Perhaps only the most adverse of conditions can inspire great depths of expression which lingers and touches life.

I loved poetry. Wrote a little poems through my growing pains. But I guess I could never write with the same words and emotions ever again. Lost innocence cannot be recovered, can it? Not like I want to anyway.

Poetry is what gets lost in translation.
~ Robert Frost