Soul. Light

We're telling a story so that people can leave theatre and hopefully have a change in their lives. That's what 

theatre does, that's what live theatre can do.

Soul Light 2011 was written with the hope that we could be better people in a better world. 

Soul light,

is a musical and drama performance organized by Buddhist Society USMKK.

I am honored to be part of this event for 2 successive years..

This year, i was no longer a performer, muddling along and being dictated by seniors..

I was one of the Make-up and Costume Director (becoming a director in a fuddle too)..

Taking part in make-up team was not as simple as i imagined..

Starting from getting sponsorship for cosmetics to guiding my members along, efforts were needed for every step we  moved on..

To me, the toughest part was to persuade the actors into putting rouge on their faces.. I wondered why these newly come male juniors were so shy to accept this..

My job was to make you look better but not uglier, don't be shy please..

Finally our effort did not go into a vain..

We did win hearty round of applause..

I was so satisfied with my own masterpiece too.. hehe..

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory..

With the contribution of everyone, we finally made it a success..

Everyone has a soul light in one's heart, awaiting to be enlightened..

My soul light is enlightened.. How about yours?  

You Are the Apple of My Eye

One sitting at front, One sitting behind,

That is the start of our Youth...

A Taiwanese movie which had created a great sensation among Chinese..

Has been looking forward to this movie since August  and it finally on show in Malaysia..

Sad to say that it is not showing at Kluang, triggering me to went specially to JB for this movie..

because this is my Youth..

Just what is good in this movie?

It does not have any heroic action scene nor any unfailing love story..

It is just a simple but touching true story, narrating the pure puppy love of two teenagers..

How could a boy go after a girl for 8 years?

After all, what had really touched my heart is not their love but their childish, innocent yet joyful secondary school life..

I bet it does gave a throbbing in the heart of every over 20-year-old adult too.. (not a teenager anymore)

Memories of school life flashed across my mind again after watching the movie..
In those years, we were skipping class, talking behind teachers, opposing teachers and getting punishment, studying hard together, competing with each other...
And never forget the pure and true love among us..

"Memory.. is the diary that we all carry about with us."

When everyone is striving hard to move forward, memory will always remain as memory, which will be revised once a while, but we will never be able to get back to it..
What being left to us are those feelings of slight sweetness, bitterness and craziness...

Oh.. kitten!!

Early in the morning, while still having my sweet dream, i was woken up by my mum's and sis's screams..
I went out with my pyjamas still on and saw a frightening scene..
A kitten was trapped between the slit of the wooden door gate when my mom open the gate this morning..the neck of the kitten was stuck under the gate.. when i saw from the side, i could see that half of its body was inside my house while its head was outside..
Its eyes was closed, there was no blood, i wondered if it still alive..
I almost burst into tears to witness such a heart-wrenching incident..

Inside my house, my mom was crying, mumbling to herself, saying sorry to the kitten..
My sis was screaming.. My dad and brother had went out to work..
I was so terrified at the moment but i knew i must control my emotion.. If i cried too, my mom would feel even more guilty..
The only thing i could do was getting the kitten out from the gate although i was so scared to do that..
Pondering,  observing around the cat.. i really dared not to touch it, let alone getting it out..
I was so worried that its head might become broken when i pulled it out..
Ohhh.. what should i do?

After a moment, the kitten suddenly opened its eyes and looked at me..
Thanks god that it was still alive..
But.. i could merely looked back at it and did nothing..
I really need some mental preparation before touching it..

When i went back to the place after pacing up and down for  few minutes, it disappeared..
And i found it beside the gate..
Since when it came out? How did it do that?
Or it actually could do it very easily, but it was too frightened to do so when i was standing beside..
I checked the kitten thoroughly to ensure there was no any injury..
Ohh.. thanks god that it was fine..

At that moment, I just couldn't suppress my emotion anymore and  cried hysterically..
Before that, I was just pretending to be strong and brave in front of my mom..
I just wanted to give her some consolation and to alleviate her sense of guilt..
Since my mom and sis were so terrified to look at the kitten, i knew i was the only one who could rescue it..
But i failed to do that, i really hoped that someone could help me..
 I was actually not so strong as i  imagined..
If the kitten did not escape on its own, i absolutely had no idea on how to get it out..
It's finally over.. and the kitten is safe..
How i wish i had the courage to touch and pull it to save it from suffering for such a long time..
I must make myself stronger to deal with such a breath-taking situation in the future..