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  • terri 5:44 am on 2010/03/29 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , watashi   

    What’s ‘Right’ About This Picture? 

    Let’s start with what is wrong with the photo: my engagement ring is on the wrong hand. Yeah, yeah…but I want to elaborate about is what is awesome about this picture. What’s remarkable is that after having the ring for over 6 months and having it loose around my left ring finger, it has not fit my right ring finger until today. This is truly a sign that the arthritis pain that normally swells my fingers in my right hand is subsiding with treatment. I know I have been mentioning how much better I have been feeling, but this really gives me reason to celebrate.

    Incidentally, I have to get the ring resized. It was fairly loose on my non-arthritic finger since I got it but my fingers have gotten a little more slender since then. Now I am afraid that it is going to fall off my hand one of these days. I know ideally I should send it to where Hunny got it, but I couldn’t dare have it leave the island through some delivery service. If anyone can suggest someone on the island I can entrust such a big task to, that would be greatly appreciated.

    Again…what a happy day!

     
  • terri 9:44 am on 2010/03/13 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: eiga, kyoku, watashi   

    A Good Cry in the Morning 

    Back in January I caught a showing of Departures (aka「おくりびと」) at Kahala Theatres, curious as to why it was playing for so long and why it had been so popular. I’m not a big movie buff, as most movies I watch turn out to be disappointing. My friend just mentioned that he wanted to see it and I just tagged along for the ride, going in with little expectation. I had no idea that I would encounter a movie with such a beautiful and moving story that would bring me to tears like no other movie had before.

    The DVD came out and though it was a bit pricey, I bought it. I watched it several times and loaded it on my iPhone, with my face flowing with tears every time I watched it. As soon as I heard that music, my eyes started to well up as I thought of the sadness and closure that the protagonist faced at the end of the movie — something that personally moved me. I knew I had to get the soundtrack just because that music was so beautiful and so moving. Because I had an Amazon gift card, I ordered it from there and finally got it a month afterward. I don’t usually collect instrumental music, but this was such a great CD to add to my collection.

    This morning, the title theme “おくりびと” started to play in my car’s stereo during my commute to work, and I just started crying uncontrollably. Even after watching the movie so many times and listening to the song so often, I still had been so affected by this beautiful song and movie. Coming into work this morning, I looked like a wreck. I felt exhausted from all the crying, but somehow it felt good to let it all out.

     
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