"Max" and "Mary".

The movie "Max and Mary" brought tears to my eyes. The movie is a claymation centred on a young girl, named Mary. She lives in a small Australian town with her alcoholic mother, her shed-loving father and her pet rooster. One day, she decides to write to Max who lives in New York to find out if babies came from the bottom of beer glasses as they do in Australia (as according to Mary's father). Max is a lonely, middle aged man with Asperger's syndrome. From there, a unique relationship begins between them. 

Many things could be learnt from this movie. It takes us on a journey to explore friendship, autism, taxidermy, psychiatry, alcoholism, obesity, kleptomania, sexual differences, trust, religion, self-worth, love, imperfections and much much more. This movie stresses a lot on relationships among people and animals, and mostly evolves around the theme of friendship. As Dr Bernard Hazelhof said to Max, I quote:

"We'd have to accept ourself, our warts and all, and that we don't get to choose our warts. They are a part of us and we have to live with them. We can, however, choose our friends. A true friendship is seen through the heart, not through the eyes."

It also teaches us the importance of forgiveness. Again quoting Max J. Horowitz,

"The reason I forgive you is because you are not prefect. You are imperfect, and so am I"

 This movie has an excellent 'dark' humors and its wittiness kept me laughing throughout the movie. I LOVE it how at the end, the director quoted:

"God gave us relatives... thank God we can choose our friends."

Below are few of the very quotes in the movie that touches me:

1. "Humans were endlessly illogical. Why did they throw out food when there were children starving in India? Why did they clear the rainforests when they needed the oxygen? And why did they create bus timetables when they never ran on time?"  

2. "Do not worry about not smiling. My mouth hardly ever smiles, but it doesn't mean I'm not smiling inside my brain." 

3. "I find the world very confusing and chaotic.""People often confuse me but I try not to let them worry me." 

4. "Love was not like Rubik's Cube. It could not be solved." 

5. "People often think I'm tactless and rude. I cannot understand how being honest can be ..... improper."

6. "You are not a magic beauty cream you can smooth on the world to rid it of its wrinkles."

7. "Everyone's lives are like a very long sidewalk. Some are well paved, others have cracks, banana skins and cigarette butts." 

One of the most important lesson I have learnt from this movie is the importance of loving yourself first before you can love someone else. We all know this, but still, at times I guess, we forget the simple rule to love ourselves first. Note to myself, ALWAYS ALWAYS love myself first. So must you okay? You, the one reading this, get this phrase into that brain of yours and shut it in and may it be a reminder for you every single time. In fact, I think that before people can actually utter the "I love you" phrase, they must be able to say "I love me" first without feeling awkward or whatsoever. I LOVE ME I LOVE ME I LOOOVEEE ME!

Hence, the next time you are feeling down or about to give up on life, just remember that there will always be a "Max" or "Mary" who will understand you, supports you and always be there for you to share condensed milk and chocolate hamburgers to lift you up again. See, the world is not all dull as what some of us claims it to be. With friends like "Max" and "Mary", your days can never be dull or lonely. I have found my "Max" and "Mary", have you? ;) 

Cheers! :)

Insomnia.

Insomnia is really a bitch, isn't she? Anyway thanks dear insomnia, due to extensive unproductive 2 hours of rolling on the bed, trying my level best to sleep, I GIVE UP. Decided to just get up and write. Since there are so many random thoughts and questions and philosophies and rubbish running through my mind. Its exasperating isn't it, just when your head hits that fluffy, soft cotton pillow of yours and your body had accustomed to that warmth and oh-so-cuddly bolster, a hundred and one million thoughts and random awesome ideas just had to popped in your mind and keeps you thinking and thinking and thinking. URGH. Its like your brain has its mind of its own, where it suddenly decides to operates fully and actively in wee morning. Really brain? 

Anyway, I have been thinking. Deeply. And a lot. Well, I am a thinker and also a worrier. I think a lot, sometimes I'm afraid that my brain will just explode due to the excessive amount of thinking. Oh well. Cant help it. 

You know how some will say, let things be or everything will work out just fine or if it's meant to be, it will happen or have faith and stuff like that. PLAIN BULLSHIT. Really? Let things be, have faith bla bla really? I can't and I am not able to. Please. That's what the lackadaisical ones will tell you. Just punch anyone who say that to you, like seriously, especially the ones who use the Que Sera Sera phrase on you. People should stop comforting themselves and others with the above phrase or quotes or whatsoever. Be a realist. Think. Do you think all the comforting phrases/quotes/words in the world could save you if you do not move that ass of yours and work hard towards whatever it is that you want to achieve? 

I am sorry of you think that I am being harsh here (not really). 

Okay well lets be fair. Maybe some of you work that way, but not me. I just think that if you want something, you have to work for it. Period. Nothing comes easy and nothing comes free. The price of success are often the sacrifices you have to make. In the end, it will all be worth it.   

Cheers.

Goodnight.