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- date : 19 november 2001 mon
- time : 0250
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- dear jason,
you may notice that i haven't updated my top 10 movies' list for quite a long period of time and finally i did today. i watched the anti-war classic, apocalypse now (redux 2001) tonight and what can i say, it's truly a masterpiece... one of the most mesmerizing cinematic experience i've ever had in my life. it runs 203 minutes but it actually appears to be much shorter than that. i went with my parents, my sister, grace and my aunt, hazel tonight and we all loved it except hazel who, i noticed, fell asleep for more than half an hour half way through the film. i gave apocalypse now a high rating of 9.6 out of 10 and i've to say sorry to the talented mr ripley which was eventually squeezed out from my top 10 list.
i watched an italian movie, rosa and cornelia which is one of the programmes of the european film festival with sinead on saturday night. the film is the story of a young italian countess and her maid both facing the illegitimate pregnancy in the 18th century and a strong emotional bond soon grows between them. i'm not going to talk about how good the movie is or how surprising the ending is. the countess asks her maid a simple question, "what is love?" and the maid replies, "love is happiness and the couple feel happy when they are together." you might say... well, we may all realize that this is true but in fact, love is a complex issue and it's never easy to make each other feel being loved and thus happy without making sacrifice and tolerance. however, how much sacrifice would be enough to secure a stable relationship or should one give sacrifice without condition and limit even though he or she can't get what he or she deserves to get in return. or is all that just the facts of life?
the song for today - the facts of life from the facts of life by black box recorder :
When boys are just eleven
They begin to grow in height at a fast rate than they have done before
They develop curiosity and start to fantasise
About the things they have never thought of doing before
These dreams are no more harmful than
The usual thoughts that boys have of becoming football stars or millionaires
As long as the distinction between fantasy and fiction remains
It's just a nature walk
It's just the facts of life
There's no master plan
Walk me home from school
I'll let you hold my hand
You're getting ideas
And when you sleep at night
They develop into sweet dreams
It's just the facts of life
A boy sits by the telephone, wanting to call a girl
But not daring to because she might say no
At last he summons up the courage phones
And discovers someone else has asked her first and she's said yes
Now's time to deal with the fear of being rejected
No-one gets through life without being hurt
At this point the boy who's listening to this song
Is probably saying it's easier said than done and it's true
Small-town dating differs from more urban situations
In particular if there's few places to go
Adolescents normally gather in a cafe or an arcade
If they have to almost anywhere will do
A family car, a disused coalmine
A rowing boat or a shed
Experimentation, familiarisation
It's all a nature walk
It's just the facts of life
There's no master plan
Walk me home from school
I'll let you hold my hand
You're getting ideas
And when you sleep at night
They develop into sweet dreams
It's just the facts of life
jason
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