Alright, so we are going to New Zealand for our vacation! It will be a 11 day epic journey! (may not be as epic as Lord of Rings but then again I'm not yet prepared to sacrifice myself for the good of human race) I can't wait for all the hiking, seeing the beautiful scenery, breath in the fresh air and in general just having a good time. I hope to incorporate some horse riding, mountain bike riding and perhaps jet skiing in the trip too. I've literally been counting down the days and thought I should note down how excited I am now because as a mere human being subject to the enigmatic human nature, the excitement of the wait and build up can sometimes overwhelm and diminish the excitement during the actual thing...
I'm watching the Joy Luck Club, I've been meaning to see this for quite sometime! It's a story about the lives of 4 Chinese women raised in China and their daughters who are born in America. The movie does stereotype a few things but there are many things that are very realistic. Like how Chinese families tend to show off their worth through the achievements of their children and the general public display of self criticism. The mother-daughter relationships are portrayed I think almost perfectly here. The parts about why a mother took opium and suicided and why another gave up her twin daughters - when you find out the reasons behind them it will leave you stunned and in awe of the wonderful moms that they are. The significance of 2 sides to every story is depicted very well here! And by the way, all of the men-women relationships here are flawed and so complicated that it makes me happy that I'm not in a relationship. The real reason is probably because I can't afford to get my heart broken. Anyway back on track, all in all, it's a beautiful and candid movie. I will surely watch this again and I do highly recommend it.
On a side note, I fell for the 3rd time while horse riding today. Florida spooked again and I fell off (she was the culprit behind one of my other falls too). I was doing cantering and my instructor was telling me to slow down a bit, which I tried but the spooking process has already began and she didn't listen, we came around a corner while she was doing her kicking thing, I lost balance and fell. I landed on my side and used my arm as support. It didn't really hurt but now I understand what it means to get winded from an accident, because I tried to stand up immediately and discovered that I could hardly breathe! I had to sit back down and take some slow deep breathes! My arm was bleeding a bit, after tacking Florida up etc I went to wash up and sprayed some alcohol ahhh how it stung!
how come the more interesting part didn't feature in this blog (abt horse riding) hahaha
ReplyDeletei can't wait for new zealand - determined to get into shape so that hix can stop 'envisioning' a heroic self and me lagging behind, panting, panting, and panting and shouting with the last bit of breath for hix to slow down.
yep every relationship is flawed because we ppl are not perfect. so be strong hix and open your heart... actually i shouldn't be giving you advice... coz they never work. i think those things all depend on the person and to go with the flow.
and there is hix standing up in the mountain top in awe of the beauty of nature, waving her hands at the so very distant me calling out come, come, come, you gotta see this!
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