fuck the college

for no water.

since last night around 10pm...till this morning (I woke at 8am+) luckily i managed to wash my face and all and then when I wanted to go boil water, it's gone.

till now ----> 12pm

I mean, to hell with all these inconveniences and to hell with all the facilities. I am in no way happy with it. Our college is the most expensive because it is the only one being half private. And rumor has it that it'll increase till RM13 per day next semester. Why?

Because oh they decided to shut down all the shops at the cafe and open only one huge one and serve meals where we buy using food coupons. thus, the price.

And where is the survey anyway rumored to have been done? Saying what....60% agreed with the monstrous idea? I would like to see the faces of those who agreed to this.

If this is true though, I shall move to other college or move out for the case. And to think that it will be our last semester of our final year, like what the FUCK?!

UPDATE: Apparently they posted up a notice saying that they have never stated that they will implement the rise. *meaning...it's all just a rumor* yes! so i can stay haha...it's my final sem after all, you know.

yes, I need a bath desperately now. The FUCK with the people who decided to cut off the water in the middle of the day. Why can't they do whatever they need to at night, midnight for that matter? Where are their minds attached to anyway? The BUTT? Oh I won't be surprised if it is so.

no sides taken

1. A friend is having her birthday tomorrow.
2. Another friend plans to go Chilis, Midvalley for a meal to celebrate.
3. Another friend (and few others) complained it might be a bit expensive to go there for a meal (20++ per person, campur tax= 30)
4. For me, I've been there, done that (remember my sis trip here a week ago?) I do have the reluctancy to go again (wanna try new place ma).
5. Original friend who plans then asked the rest to decide another place which everybody agrees.
6. One friend wonders if we can just go to her college and celebrate there (surprise her), it's cheaper, more convenient, and more people can actually attend (since by weekend, almost everybody's gone)
7. The end result?
8. Original planner sent sms asking me to collect from my friends who live in the same college to present $$.
9. I asked him the final venue and time.
10. His reply was definitely somewhat a joke (well, considering his good natured character) " Don't want let you gals go ^^"
10. So I replied " Ok, no prob, since I'm very tired after the lab works" (which is true).
11. The end? I take it we're not going anywhere. I don't know where they plan to go but I won't be surprised if they actually are just gonna give her a present and be done with it.


This is not a bashing post. I'm just blogging like I always do, so whoever stumbled upon this and knows what's happening, don't sue me or take any offense because I am not, for the record, not taking anyone's side. I'm just tired and if I was smarter, I shouldn't have spend those $$ for smses I sent around asking.

cleanup!

I just finished my 1st paper, not gonna comment much, just that I felt like I was writing the same thing over and over again and everything is just connected to each other...but like, there's no use crying over spilled milk. My mother has always given me the same advice ever since I was probably having my first ever test (could be in kindergarten even ^^) that whatever's done is done and after the exam or test, don't discuss it further. Concentrate in the next papers to come.

Until now, I still remember her words so clearly, each and every word because she never failed to give me that same advice everytime I have exams. It might sound like nagging to people where you know, mums do when they can talk about the same thing over and again till it just stays in your mind, subconsciously or not. They might not even sound important at first you know. And I admit I didn't take them seriously anyway until I actually felt that they are so true. I mean, like sometimes...you go " oh shit, why didn't I remember the answer to that? It was that simple!" or sth like that...

But at the end of the day, it's over. You can't go back in time, well, in fantasies maybe, but definitely not in reality, the world we're living in today, that's not gonna happen. So why bother worrying about that one thing that might affect the rest of your life? Or in my case, maybe my other papers to come. So, that's exactly why I never discuss about the papers or questions AFTER the exam. I seriously don't. And it helps you know. It's like what Tiing mentioned in her blog, sometimes it's better not to find out what could have been. It might just save us from regreting that certain thing our entire life or sth, which is to me, a total waste of time, when you have ahead of you, the REST of your life to make up to.

So anyways, after our lunch outside, I came back and started cleaning up. It's always nice to do that after one paper is done. It's like stashing them away and never to think back about it again. It's over. And I actually managed to dig out those past year papers form my previous semester and find out just how many space they actually took! It's like a whole bunch of them, just past years, not notes ok...and I never actually read or do them in the past even! Except for few when you hear rumors that they might be the same or similar. But the majority of them are different. So this time around, we actually didn't bother looking up the past year papers. So I basically put them aside into a plastic bag and then put them *nicely* at the garbage area of our block. I know the kakak will always recycle them. And I'm of course happy to help in improving our worsening environment xDD

One of the reasons I did this is because everytime after the semster is over, I had a hard time just finding space in my boxes to out my NEW notes. But thankfully, I only have 3 papers this semester so they're not gonna take much space. In that case, I'll be able to keep my boxes limited and no need to get a new one. They actually sell boxes in our college. Seriously. So..yeah. ^^

I should begin studying my Japanese, which will be next Tuesday. I have a week to study but I'll be spending some time in the lab so I should get a head start.

So, here's to a better day!!!

come around

come around, come around, come around to me
there's something in between you and I
come around, come around, come around to me

Gotta cut me some slack really. Been reading the same thing for a week, well almost. I have another day to study before the paper on Tuesday. And I've been eating junkfood coz my hands are itchy when I'm studying xDD

I basically have a week before each paper, since I only have 3 this semester. So that's ample time for me to study but in between I'll have to visit the lab several times just to further my project before I head home on...hopefully this coming 21st November.

Yes, I haven't booked my ticket yet, so to speak. But yeah I'm almost sure that'd be the time. ^^

U Me Aur Hum [H-movie]

Ajay Devgan has never really fascinated me in the Bollywood regime. Basically coz I'm more into people like Shahrukh and maybe Aamir you know...since I don't watch *much* Bollywood movies. So I only watch those which are more famous, maybe and with Karan Johar as the director. Yes, I am biased that way. And most of them stars ShahRukh.

I know of Ajay Devgan only because he is Kajol's real-life husband. I mean, I've seen him la in movies and all last time but not much, just maybe one or two, couldn't remember much anyway.

But then I was searching for movies to watch and came across this in which he acted together with his real-life wife none other than Kajol and it is his directorial debut too. So I was like " why not give it a shot?"


Now first of all, upon watching this I never knew it was adapted from The Notebook (Hollywood), I had that movie a while ago, and I did watch a little, but I never finished it. Don't ask why I guess it just didn't seem all that interesting to me at that point of time. Although i've had friends saying it was a really touching and good movie. But see, since I never finished the movie, I didn't know the similarities btw this and that until now.

So the story begins with this younger guy who fell for this girl on the cruise and then we find out his father, the *old* Ajay convinces him to just go tell the girl how he feels. And the conversation goes on and turns into a competition where Ajay asks his son to pick any girl/woman on the cruise and he will prove that he can win her over. So the son picks this older woman who is reading a book (I can't help but notice she was reading The Thorn Birds, not that it matters but yeah xD

Um...so he goes over and tried to flirt (it's funny though). And he begins to tell a story and so we were brought back to the past where we see younger versions of Ajay and Piya.

The setting is nice. I mean, cruise bah...everything looks nice on a cruise, the deep blue sea and birds flying across the sky and all...and it's time for some romance! The first half of the movie was all about how Ajay met this girl named Piya was worked as a waitress on board and tried to win her heart, going to lengths such as looking into her diary and found out her like/dislikes and dreams etc...

All was sweet and great until Piya found out he cheated his way to her and several years passed after they broke up. But Ajay never forgot her dreams like getting a dog, painting the whole house white (her fav color) and stuffs...until she appeared in front of his door (coz he left a note of his address lol).

And they got hitched after realizing they really does love each other. So...yeah...things were again good until Piya got her first attack of amnesia. Ajay was a psychiatry himself and he knew all too well about this disease but he got his mentor to guide him (since he might not be appropriate when the patient is his own wife).

And things escalated from there...soon they have a child and things got worse and worse when their child nearly drowned at home when Piya had a shutdown. This forces Ajay to send her to the facility for better care.


I should stop here really...but this story only gets better towards the end actually. The first half was more of light comedy and little romance here and there but the core is at the end when we really see how Ajay dealt with an amnesiac wife and struggling to find the true meaning of love. And i think the title fits the story very well. It translates to " You, Me and Us".

I liked the ending the best actually. The best scene in the entire movie. And very touching.


It's really not hard to guess the *twist* right from the beginning. But the ending was sweet. I love the conversation they had at the end where Ajay told Piya that sometimes Ajay has his bonus days where she remembers him. And he asks Piya whether she'd like to meet the characters he was talking bout.

Piya agrees without hesitation and Ajay asks whether she really is sure about following a stranger just like that. Piya then chuckles and said sometimes she recognizes this stranger. And she went on about how this stranger didn't even realize his bonus days.

The *bonus days* thing was fabulous imo. It's just...sweet! So we finally find out that Ajay never abandon her at the facility but brought her back home and somehow they manage till their 25th anniversary and he granted his promise that he'd bring her to the cruise again. This time, with their son. ^^

Okay, time for real judgement.
Music 3/5
Acting 4.5/5 (I'm amazed by this real-life couple's acting lol)
Overall 4/5

I might be biased but it was a nice watch, at least the end was great. Um...maybe I should go watch The Notebook now xD

i really should be studying

I did study anyway, most of the day and about 30 min before dinner time, i decided to continue reading this novel. And I'm equipped with a notepad (thanks to Yakult for the free gifts) and a dictionary.

yes, it's been a long time since i actually read a book and I remember looking up for words IF i have the time and urge to do so, just to expand my already going-down-the-hill vocab. Other times, I just breeze through the words and pages without bothering to know the real meanings of certain vocabs, like what I did during industrial training, i mean, you don't expect me to bring with me a half kilo dictionary right? xD

Anyways, i love doing this again, the whole relaxing and enjoying a good book. I'm only at page 32 so far and 560 pages to go. ^^

I won't rush with this really. It's one of those books that I'd really try to read word for word and imagine the scenario.

time traveler's wife

I just bought this book few days ago at MPH. I was looking for Dan Brown's new one too, The Lost Symbol. They were there in hardcovers and all but the price was too much around RM99. And no, I'm not gonna spend that much on a single book I'm not sure I'm gonna enjoy reading. So, I guess I'll just wait for the paperbacks version to come out and hopefully get them at around RM30+, typical price.

And then I remembered The Time Traveler's Wife movie coming out, and found it was based on this novel so I thought why not read the book and then watch the movie, you know compare a bit. I know for a fact that usually movies adapted from books don't turn out the same, and they are always, if not, most of the time, come out short, compared to the book.

Can't really blame them since they can't actually pack a few hundreds pages into a single 2 hours story right? Anyways, I'm gonna try read this first before watching the movie version. Haha...but the temptations are high xD

teddy cupcakes [Part 3]

So yesterday was the bf's birthday and my sis and I went to the Delectable store at The Gardens to get these cute cupcakes. They come in a set of 3 where you get to choose ur animals. And one set costs RM28.




Other than the really nice aexterior packaging, the cakes actually tastes good too! There's a layer of cappucino cream i think before the real chocolate cake. Nice...



And that's the Deepavali celebration in Midvalley.


And here is a pair of sandals my sis got herself. Imagine buying a 250+ sandals...I wish I had the $$ to spend sometimes lol...but I'm not working yet so that's hard.

And one store that I'll never go to again is Kim Gary. Seriously, I'm not gonna complain about the service la, but the food....the food looks so damn *kolien* and really pathetic ok. We had breakfast there that morning, well...I've never been there and it was near, so we just went. we wanted to go to Madam Kwan's initially but we didn't want anything heavy for breakfast. Thus...the place. And I SWEAR I WILL NEVER GO AGAIN. Other than the food being @_# the fact that they ONLY SPEAK CANTONESE to you, that's just you know...stereotyping and my sis was like " I hate to come here coz they only speak one language to you, it's ok if you speak other languages to them, but they'll ONLY answer you in Canto".

I just find that very annoying. I do know how to speak Canto a bit la, thanks to my addiction to HK dramas ages ago, but imagine those who looks Chinese but are bananas or you know...what bout the Ang Mos? You expect them to understand Canto?

And i found this tiny winged creature in my cup of milk tea...don't even remind me. My friends have complained before, now that I get to experience it first hand, it's proven.

Ikea in a day [Part 2]

Saturday- we went to Ikea by taxi for my sis's household shopping. They've got themselves a house, very near to ours in fact and also her bf's. It's just like 5 minutes of ride, so it's practically in the neighbourhood itself. And since my sis has been this Ikea fan (sort of) along with my mum, she came here to shop for things she can bring home.




we had that signature hotdog of Ikea's lol xD And we started the tour with catalog, paper and pencil in hand.






My sis looking for stuffs in the catalog....xDD



The magnetic holder is kinda interesting but not very practical. What if the magnet wears off and the knives dropping one by one? lol...



Their end product? A truckload of stuffs.

Me: How are you gonna bring them back?
Sis: Oh, we'll manage...^^Just get them first and we'll figure out a way later.

I gotta salute her really for that confidence. see, I've always been this person who dreads to think of how to pack and bring things back (especially if they're handcarry) so I always try to keep thing minimal. yes, lazy me. And my sis was the other way round, she was buying those biscuits for my mum (my mum wants to give them to my uncles/aunts and etc) so she just grabbed them two by two and put them into the basket...and spent about RM100 only on biscuits. >.>



We had lunch at this Thai shop in Ikea (or Ikano) and the food was not bad! The soup was bit spicy though so I didn't drink but only ate the sotong and fish.





That night, we were walking around Midvalley and came upon Krispy Creme. The store opened 3 months ago according to the sales assistant. And they were giving out free sampling of doughnuts for us as we entered. I think they're better than Big Apple and J.Co. Or maybe it's just that it's something new. I don't know but nice nice nice...yum!

sis kl trip [part 1]

My sis came to kl with her bf (basically to shop and celebrate her bf's birthday). So I met up with her at midvalley, stayed 2 nights with them there and basically, we just ate and ate and shop. lol...

First night, we went to Chilis (since i've never been, so my sis took me for a tryout). It's just one of those places that's on my list of western cuisine spots yet to try. As usual, we have to wait for our queue so we walked around first.





Food wise, it's fine and pretty good. The orange juice is too sour though. And yes, call me sakai...I tried margarita for the first time, and i tot they're supposed to be *pahit* but i guess i was wrong. I think i've found sth liqourish that i liked after all.


And we went shoe hunting, as well as cap-hunting. My sis and her bf were looking for caps as the Nike and Adidas shops...I saw this one particular Nike new release that I liked. They just stand out la from the rest of the bunch, becoz of the colour lol xDD





But see, the price also stood out T_T It's RM399. I had the urge to just grab it and it's not like I don't have the cash, and my sis even offered to put in 100 bucks for me and I'd only have to fish out 300 on my own. BUT...I wonder if it'll last long and considering the fact that I'm still a student after all on loan, and IF my parents found out that I got myself sth that expensive, they'd kill me >.> At least, i think my dad will haha.

So in the end, I let go off it and found sth much cheaper and more practical for me to wear to classes and stuffs. It's not from Nike though or Adidas. And I'm fine with it since I save up amost 300! And so, I can use the remaining $$ to get sth else! This is Part 1, stupid line I can't post up much pictures.

almost the end?

truthfully, i can't really believe it's almost the end of the semester. it felt like wind passing by and *swoosh* or *poof* whichever that works lol, gone. Gone are the days of classes, gone are the days of labs (well, almost ok, almost).

Last week, like I mentioned had been one of the most intensive and exhausting week for me, largely because of the extensive hours in the lab, repeating the same stage. Seriously, I think I'd have gone mad ages ago if it's not for the same thing that happened to everyone else. I mean, I shouldn't really feel so bad since I'm not the only one having troubles in their lab. And it's only natural for first tries to fail. And from there, you analyze to find out what went wrong and repeat the process again. I don't mind repeating really, but the fact that it requires a 2 days process at one time, just kinda erks me. Sigh...enough of lab now. I'll be staying back i suppose after finals just to reach another few steps. This is so I won't be in a rush next semester when I have to start writing my thesis.

Now, today is nice. At least for now coz I get to wake up bit later...in my context waking up at 8am is good enough. The last few weeks were like 7am or 7.30 am basis. Today I don't have Japanese class, so, there's only one class at 4pm later. Tomorrow I have Listening Test for Japanese. Which I'm almost done revising, I hope it stays in my mind, at least until tomorrow.

Umm...oh I'm back to the *torrent downloading phase* now. At least for few series that I've been catching up with like One Tree Hill Season 7 and CSI New York S6. Honestly, I lost the urge to watch OTH anymore because of the absence of my two fav characters. But see, I was so deprived of series lately that I thought, why not give it a try? It might be good, though...maybe not as good anymore with the remaining casts and some new ones.

I think the addition of the new casts made it less original and it kinda lost its touch. But I still love watching people like Nathan, Haley and their kid who probably will have more prominent roles this time around. Which is good since I love them. So, i'm fine with it. xD

and I'm still in THAT phase...^^ still....still....still....it kinda lingers...lol.

This week is the last of my semester. On Wednesday, we'll be visiting this Yakult Factory, somewhere...i don't know where. but yeah, outings are nice once in a while. So I'm looking forward to it, and hopefully we get free drinks lol. But the day I'm looking forward to most is Friday. I'll be meeting my sis. Maybe do a little shopping with her. I still need to find shoes lol.

theft on the move

My friend's wallet was stolen probably this morning or last night after dinner. The actual time was unknown but it was definitely scary coz this morning we went to lab together to see our culture. And then, around maybe almost 10am, we came out. See, we put our things outside the lab where there are seats and tables. And come to think of it, I really SHOULD HAVE NOT DONE such a careless move. (Though the victim in this case isn't me) Still, I mean, what if that person followed her to the lab and then stole it when we were in the lab.

My bag was just opposite hers. Anyway, so she quickly phoned the bank to check her accounts. Apparently all her $$ were withdrawn. And from the ATM in Zaba some more. Our college. I think it must be someone from our college, who marked her, followed her, and then saw her passwords when she went to take $$ or sth....

Yes, I'm having all sorts of criminal tactics in my mind now. Must be the whole investigation series that I watched.

Anyways, DO NOT USE your IC NO or Birthdates for password la....it'll be too easy right? Yes, easy to remember of course. But also easy for *people* to guess.

She's gonna have to re-apply her IC, driving license, bank cards...etc. and I think I should keep to the rule that only keep little $$ in the accounts lol...

yeah, that's one of the highlights for today. Although not a pleasant one, but it definitely made me more careful with my belongings now.

more time please!!!

Time is evil.......

These few days have been really really exhausting the crap out of me. I have 3 consecutive labs (for this Virology subject) and apart from that, I also have my own thesis lab. The next 2 days will be hellish. Today had been taking its toll on me.

Woke up early around 7.30am to get to the lab to do some stuffs, then Jpn class at 10am-11.30am. Then, we're off to another class till 1pm.

Then, we went out for lunch, next 2pm-5pm lab. And while waiting for the centrifuge thingy, some of us sneaked out from this lab to our own thesis lab to do some other stuffs. And I climbed up and down the stairs 3-4 times, and like...wth...you know. Am I doing marathon now?!

And then, we rushed back to that lab to finish up till around 5.40pm...we were like the LAST ONES in the lab!!!~ Well, maybe it's our fault, coz you see...we didn't really understand what we're supposed to do. The manual itself can't be trusted. And the lecturers never explained 100% of the procedures. Having those 4-5 Masters students or PhD around us didn't help much either coz they're sorta clueless. Apparently, both seniors and our lecturers have different approaches in the methods----> thus leaving us clueless as well. T_T

So anyways, by the time I finished showering, eating...my eyelids were heavy and I just wanted to slump onto the bed and snore away till the next morning. I need to get up around 7.30am too tomorrow.

I foresee another really exhausting day ahead. And I need to finish up this report of progress for my thesis next Wednesday!

Then there's another presentation which we haven't even started on! Well, it's next Thursday though but like...my! everything is so damn last-minute! And being me, I'm not used to being a last-minute person! I get nervous, i get all these butterflies in my tummy and i get worried most of all that things will turn bad.

I don't know. I'm not trying to be pessimistic now. But it's all crammed. And next week is the last week before our one week study leave. Then there's finals. Gosh...O_o

Eternal Flame

Finally, DAI's new comeback album, entitled Eternal Flame. It's nice to see they still go on playing the Shiritori game with their album titles. See, their last album was Need Your Love, ended with an 'E'...so it's only natural to begin their new one with that too.

I do admit however that I was slightly disappointed with the cover because this is the first time they're not on the cover at all! No trace! Just a torch in the middle of the desert?! It'd have been much better with that torch in the middle of Atlantic lol...

Anyways, I think it's rather symbolic though. Since this is the NEW DAI, becoz the founder of the band, Dai Nagao is apparently not an official member anymore. So it'll only be both Tomiko and Ryo now.

It's sad of course but i think i've gotten used to the absence of Dai Nagao since he'd always stayed behind the scene. So it won't be that much awkward whether or not he's around. BUT...i have to say, without him, the new sound of DAI is very much different.

And the album is prove to that. I'm not complaining. You know, I was skeptical that this new album after 3 years of hiatus will not be as good or somehow lost its special sound, but I was glad that I was wrong! I actually find it very refreshing! The sound really is different, well it's still pop/rockish stuffs like before but those really really catchy tunes were not around anymore. And somehow, I have no problem with it. I do look out for catchy melodies when i listen to song for the first time but when that is not found in this new album (except for few outstanding ones) I find that I can listen to them again and again without getting tired of it.

No doubt Dai, the person behind is no longer around, but i do believe Ryo and Ban chan will somehow manage the band by themselves. They're always done so. And I do believe that diehard fans of the older era DAI will miss the sound of Dai dearly. I for one do miss it but to tell you the truth, i find this album much better than their previous one, NYL.


Some good tracks are Eternal Flame, the opening track is 6 minutes long! It's a totally messy song and sounded like two songs are mixed together but I like it that way! The soft piano and the crazy loud guitar fitted so damn well! Oh and it's and all English track btw. Ban chan's english has improved lol...

Oh and we have other good ones like Nighter, Honoo, Kitakaze, Umareyukumonotachie, Saigo no GAME, actually most of them are above average. xDD

They also re-recorded their first single: Tangerine Dream as part of their 10th Anniversary. Sounds pretty old, don't they? lol...This version was much slower and accompanied with only piano/ acoustic guitar and of course the orchestra!


Now, I'm waiting for their concerts!

escapism

Just when I thought my life is spiraling downwards and might never even land with the foreseen crash, I found a movie that somehow started to change my views. At least for now, I felt much better of myself. Life had been tougher than before lately, something I shall not discuss further. There's no point talking bout the past. Because time will only move forward and never backwards, the same with life. Not to say the past isn't worth reflected upon, especially those that are close to our hearts, but the parts where we stumble and face the grounds? No, they're not worth fussing over when everyday is a new day. And a new day always meant a new hope.

The movie I was talking about opened my eyes to a new word. I've heard of it before, though i've no idea what it really meant. Now, how do i stumble upon this movie, you might ask. Let's just say that I'm going through a phase which is somehow overwhelming me for two weeks. It'll pass. Just like all the other phases that I'd been through, when will it go away? No one knows. I don't know myself either but it'll go when it got bored of me. xD

Movie's called Taare Zameen Par. Don't ask what it means, because I didn't bother looking that up. What attracted me first was how Aamir Khan, whose other film was recently watched by me and not to mention, I loved it. This one however, is an entirely different genre and he only appeared halfway through the movie.

See, the main star isn't him. The main star is actually this kid of 8/9 in his 3rd grade and always, always failing in his exams, tests, and getting into trouble and driving his parents crazy till they sent him away to a boarding school. I know what's on ur mind. So what if a kid is lousy in his studies, or being a real pain in the ass? It's normal. Of course that's normal. I remember I had the same problem before in primary school. Believe it or not, I was this kid who cried every single day and my dad or mum had to drag me into the classroom. I was practically this *famous* kid who was a crybaby and known by almost everybody. Yes, I had such a history. People who spent their earlier days with me should know. And I actually failed in lots of tests. I was really bad in Mathematics, I remember those Short Quizzes the teacher would give on some days and I would have problem trying to interprete what she was asking, and ended in a loss. I was slow to catch up. I'm not lying, you know. This was my past. I'm not shoving it away. Come to think of it, I think that was pretty cool to have such a past >.< Dyslexia - Specific developmental dyslexia is a disorder manifested by difficulty learning to read despite conventional instruction, adequate intelligence, and adequate sociocultural opportunity. It is dependent upon fundamental cognitive disabilities that are frequently of constitutional origin ( World Federation of Neurology)

There are lots of other definitions which you can look up to but let's just keep to one here. In the US, about 5-17% of the population actually are affected by this disorder. Some of the symptoms are :
- learning new words slowly
- late in establishing dominant hand
- difficulty with rhyming, alphabets,
- confuse between after/before, over/ under etc...

I guess, most parents would actually never thought that their kids might have this learning disorder until much later. See, they'll always come up with the same opinion that their kids are just slow or being naughty on purpose. And that it'll pass when they grow up. It's something that will not cure, but can be lessen with the right educational support.

I actually liked the songs during the journey, it was honest. And I like how it speaks of wanting to be free.

So, i think the movie was kinda elaborate into introducing to us this young kid who had always been a trouble kid in school, being laughed at, spanked at by teachers, punished and I find the part where he bunked school for a day was kinda awesome. Through his journey in the busy streets of India for a day was very thorough as he sees things a bit differently from normal people. He would see the beauty in colours, or how a drop of paint landed on his face as he smiled and wiped it off. He would concentrate on things we often overlooked.
So Aamir came in pretty much later in the movie. His first appearance was very nicely done when he dressed up as some kind of magician and sang and danced with the kids in his arts class. It's really fresh to see and what else can I say? The scene brighten up the whole scenario after we see how the kid's parents dump him at the boarding school, how he was again, getting laughed at, and punished. And can I say I liked the song they were dancing and shaking their bums to lol...xDD



Aamir finally went to meet his parents and shed light upon the source of the kid's problem.

I like this book where he drew his family and as you flipped it, you see himself drifting away. *yes, this kind of method had been done in many many movies/ dramas before* but I still like it.

The ending scene was...beautiful.




What's even more special is the man behind this movie was Aamir himself. He debuts as a director with this film which won Best Movie Award 2008 and Best Director 2008 at Filmfare Awards (Indian movie awards). xD