Entries Tagged as ‘Fictionalised and Dramatised’

July 17, 2008

In-between world

Haven’t felt so light-hearted and refreshed for weeks! this must be the best day in a long time (: Today is such a light, easy and free day that any attempt to use words to describe it will burden the day. It is the sort of day that I could be placed anywhere in the [...]

July 14, 2008

Darius, the Poet!

I found this on Mr Sit’s blog. I really liked it, so I decided to kope it. I know he won’t mind. I think he wrote it himself. anyway, here goes!
Cross
When Death, impartial,
who favours no man,
met He, impartial,
who loves all men,
the lesser understood
the will of one greater;
turned around,
walked backwards.
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Love the contrast! Should find some inspiration to [...]

July 1, 2008

alice in wonderland

almost forgot to blog about this book. I had attempted on several occasions to read the unabridged version of this childhood classic but never succeeded until recently.
such a fun book to read! all the word play and the nonsense. i read it online while working in the shop. I think it challenged the conventional notions [...]

June 25, 2008

一人一半

can I say it again? I REALLY like the movie 881, and I REALLY think that Royston Tan is REALLY a genius! 
“一心去追 爱那么可贵
这样的人 这样地等无
非是 等个回应眼神”
 

June 23, 2008

Never Let Me Go

just finished reading “Never Let Me Go” by Kazuo Ishiguro. and it reminded me of why I cried so hard watching Juno, 881. I think it all stemmed from the fear of losing someone dear.
From Juno
Juno: I guess I wonder sometimes if people ever stay together for good.
Mac: You mean like couples?
Juno: Yeah, like people [...]

June 7, 2008

heart-ache

When I was young, I read about heartaches in books and it seemed quite a faraway notion. to me then, it meant nothing more than something a person feels when she goes through loss, pain, disappointment or sadness.
then when I grew up, I found out that the heart can literally ache; that the authors weren’t [...]

May 28, 2008

Been reading

been spending most of my time reading recently. and this week, i went back to my first love – fiction.
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie was quite a good read. He set the novel in Chinese cultural revolution – two chinese youths being re-educated in the rural areas. the text was translated [...]