Mohabbatein (Indian movie)

My second Indian movie yay! Even more meaningful than previous one and also giving big weight to the power of love. This time four different couples show that there is nothing stronger than love. It is happening at the Gurukul school with very strict headmaster who set heavy rules to his school with threat of being kicked out as soon as those rules are broken (fear). Against him is the new teacher who shows the students how great music and especially love can be. His and the three boys student's love stories is what we follow through this movie as they try to teach us, and the headmaster, some very important things in life. Some parts touched me because I can see myself in some of these quotes below (what I don't do, but should). 

Homework :D

A few days ago a friend gave me thoughts to think about why, when someone recommends me a book or a series/movie, I mention my lists as if this is my way of blocking recommendations. 

So I did some thinking and decided to write it down :D Be warned, it might get long :D 

Flowers for Algernon (japanese drama)

As usually this is a drama that fell on my list because of an actor (but the story intrigued me) but it took me long to see it. One reason was that it took really long time until all episodes were subbed and then I also wondered if I should really give it a try. I a little needed the mood for it because I knew the ending might not be good and that I might cry a lot while watching. I won't say about the first but the second became true, almost each episode brought such feelings out of me whether good or bad. 

Dream house

It is not like I don't like the house I live in now but there is this little dream house of mine that I thought about lately. Sure each house needs the basic spaces like: living room, bedroom, kitchen, bathroom etc. So I won't go into those details. What I dream about is how to have the optimal way to ensure myself to freely dive into my hobbies :)

Wolf totem (Chinese movie)

I didn't think I would like this movie as much as I did. I love wolves in general so it had good chances to be liked. What got me most is how human's intervention in nature's laws caused the nature to change. If humans could co-exist with wolves at the beginning, the end was really black because  of those made changes... Human's took too much of wolves' food to sell it. The wolves would kill more gazelles because of it. Because gazelles wouldn't eat the grass, the ecosistem changes, mosquitos came and more. Wolves attacking horses because they need to eat. People killing baby wolves to reduce their population... Wolves revengeful start attacking also sheep, gettting closer to population. Killing wolves because they are seen as threat... It is what happened everywhere, not only in China. The wolves are the bad ones but people don't know humans changed their nature, making them change as well so they would survive... It was very emotional movie for me. *wipes many tears away*

Small notebook (handmade)

It has been some time since I decided to make small version of notebooks I made in past. My first intention was to re-use blank pages of stripped paper I have in pilles from old school notebooks. So why not use it right? 

Trip to Goriška Brda

So I moved my lazy ass and decided it is time to put all of this together :) I divided this post in a few sections so it is easier to explain and add pictures I took :)

The trip to Goriška Brda was actually with blind or partially sighted people and their escorts (29). The bus drive took us around two hours, maybe a bit less. We mainly rode the highway only towards the end we went through ups and downs and lefts and rights :) The little map of our chicken country shows our way from the circle (or somewhere around there) to the red mark which is municipality Goriška Brda, known for best cherries and wine which is world-wide known. Many small villages which already remind you of jadranic style but still mix of more inlandic style. The long roads of fields, grass fields, many many vineyards, each village having a church etc.

Kiyoku Yawaku (Beyond the memories) japanese movie

This movie came to my list all of a sudden and with the typical way Anny does it, by following actor I liked in the past but let him stray to a sidetracks as many others. There comes the time when I remember them, one by one, and I decide to check what is new during my absence. This time it was Okada Masaki's turn with this movie which actually made me check the manga as well (although only 4 chapters are translated where he doesn't even appear yet *sulky*). 

Many things...

In the past few days some stuff happened, good or bad or nervous ones etc. Many for someone like me :) Friends know what I mean... 

For starters a dear friend had an important operation on Thursday. Man she just had to say goodbye before that, making me cry... She was not aware that I knew of her situation. Well I didn't try to make fun of it or anything behind her back, just silently supporting her without her knowledge (until she was told about it :D). I'm glad my gift for her arrived before the operation, just in case you know... yes I worried if it would come or not because I sent it some time ago, it was taking too long... And I sent that gift just like that, friend to a friend thou it got totally different and even better meaning now. So thank you dear post for the first time for being so slow and knowing when to make it reach the destination :) I hear friend is doing okay for now... no new news so am patiently (or not) waiting for more infos from her friends which update us the-far-away-land-friends who can't be there for her <3 Thank you all!

While waiting for the hopefully good or best news there can be, I do many things but am slightly reluctant to share it all... There is this habit of mine to spend time on things so I don't constantly think of bad things... usually could sound wrong or misunderstood... Can't actually say I had much fun on same Thursday... but I did... I haven't had so much fun lately than on that day... I feel a bit apologetic towards it but when I came home that day (it was too late for my likings already) but I went to check the news! And I am glad I did because I got for now good infos and I was able to chase the lil guilty feelings I had for having fun while my friend had tough time... 

To explain further that Thursday: 

- in the morning I went to swim with sister, some bonding time as usually and I totally like it + spent some time with the little nephew too :)

- lil bit of helping out at the library

- called a friend in ages (the new mommy), just felt like it and had really nice chat about this and that, listened to her worries and so on, lovely bonding time again. 

- met a friend I sometimes meet in the capital. She is few years younger than me but sometimes gives me a feeling of being older than me :) But we are both kids, both liking asian things so we have a lot in common to talk about, never ending stories :) We went for lunch and a drink. More bonding time. 

- met two ex-coworkers for a drink, one is blind btw. Haven't seen them in a while, it felt nice to hear what they do now etc. Anny did even more bonding time. 

- with same last mentioned people we met some other ex-coworkers for a theatre. We have this paid yearly ticket for 4 shows and sadly we don't pick the dates (or wouldn't have picked that day because of my friend from start of the post). And the show was too hillarious, best of the 4 we have seen this year. What is even better is that we got always the first row seats because half of the "gang" doesn't see well or is blind so it is easier for them + for me too, to see expressions as well. Anyway the show was really enjoyable (okay the end was just wtf?? but nevermind). And after the show we all went again for another drink in the old part of the capital :) Came home at midnight and managed to go to bed around half 1 lol I can see someone smile at this as it really is late hour for me :) Many many bonding time :D

Today more stuff happened, interesting and fun ones too... I helped around at a Braille reading and writing competition. I met more blind or partially sighted people I haven't before or knew only from the phone and first time I saw how such a competition happens. You have two groups actually. First is those who read Braille from paper and write on the old typing machine. That machine is not the normal one we know but Braille typing machine with only 10 buttons or so. 6 buttons are for the combinations of Braille dots, the others for new row, corrections etc. The second group is the "modern" group that reads with Braille line from a computer and writes with normal keyboard. When it comes to reading they are time limited to 2 minutes and they should read as many words in that time and also nicely and understandable. When it comes to writing there is one who is telling them sentences and they write it down then the mistakes are checked. Then all points get joined together. As I said it was interesting and fun, mostly because you are amazed again by the abilities they show you and good energy through the whole day. Completelly worth it :) And I helped ex-coworker friend that was there as well. How? I put make-up on her (she is blind) as she had some lunch with someone later hihi Also really something completelly new for me :)

Ah the guilty feeling is kicking in again... shoooo~! Go away...