My Confession Box

Friday, August 14, 2009

I recall being asked once by my peers, hey Perry why doesn’t your hairstyle change over the years? Well, I’m sort of well known for being the guy who never changes. For instance during Primary School, Leslie was my very best friend to the extent that we shared food with one another. Perhaps he from 9 years back would understand what I meant. But through the course of time when I met him 6 years after primary school, things changed a lot. He changed a lot. The gap between us seemed to be too great. Me being nerdy as ever, him being wilder than ever.

Aside from the hair and the weight fluctuation that doesn’t really change much, there’s this “Kid” within me that still seems to be there. Today I caught the movie “Up” with Kevin and it somehow reminded me of elements of a Disney Classic. There’s this something about Disney Cartoons that captivates me, it’s been a long time since I laid back and relaxed taking my mind off all else. Nothing else seems to be able to have such an effect on me. I’m too much of a worry-rat .

The first 5-10 minutes of the show was rather special. There was this instance when they talked about the chronological events that took place in Carl Fredricksen life, those moments were played in silence which I found really special. Within that particular time frame, was a scene in which Ellie found out that she was unable to conceive and she was really upset, what was special was that when Carl tried to comfort her he didn’t utter a word. Silence is the best medicine don’t you say? This brings me to a RBC discovery series “When You Don’t Know What To Say” that I have been reading lately.

Around a year ago, something hard struck someone whom I knew. It was a rather strange situation, one that would be common in television series but perhaps rare if it came to reality. I really wanted to comfort the particular person but instead of doing so, I said something rather stupid. (I think I say stupid things most of the time -.-“, I realized that I’m not very eloquent during most situations that require me to say something wise, I’d need to take some time to sit back and pen down my thoughts.)

The book mentioned something that I felt made a lot of sense. If your ever in an awkward situation and you don’t know what to say, go and be silent because you’re going there not as a fixer but someone who cares. Quote from this short booklet “There was simply a person choosing to be there – acting silently as a balm of compassion to his wounded friend’s heart”. Remember your not there to give answers that only god can give.

Now back to the show … there was this part that I felt rather sad, that was when Ellie passed away and I’ve actually pictured this in my minds quite a number of times. If I was in his boots and my other half disappeared what would I do. Well back to my typical answer “I don’t know …” but I’d wish death fell upon me A.S.A.P . During certain parts of the show I actually sensed some of the social issues that were brought up, such as the elderly etc… I believe that children and cartoons actually bring a greater impact upon society.

If in the future, if I was given the opportunity to I’d perhaps take up some literature stuff alongside scriptwriting. I hope that I could write cartoon scripts for companies. I believe in order to heal this broken world, something has to be done. If I could put on my thinking cap and weave scripts that allowed Disney cartoons to bring across messages regarding society, I believe that the impact it would bring about to the world would perhaps make it a better place to live in.

(Where could my elegant cup filled with sugar be?)

the origin.12:29 AM