“Normal is overrated.”

I forgot since when I heard a very wise words from a monk. 

He said : 

 " 感动往往都是一时的，所以要学习如何去把那一瞬间的感动变成永远。" 

Just FYI, I was crying like shiit at that time and that's why I remember it until now. In my own interpretation, I would say : 

" When you are moved by a movie, your feeling at that particular moment macam an exponentially decay graph." 

That's why I am blogging now, as I am trying to preserve that feeling. 

Just went for a movie session with friends in PUMA and watched a movie "Soul Surfer". 

It is about a girl who loves surfing so so much but lost her arm in a shark attack.

The girl is incredibly brave. When she got bitten by the shark, she didn't get panic or scream but just stay calm and do nothing. You may say she was just stunned, but I choose to interpret in another way. Who can possibly so calm when something bad strikes all of a sudden? When she woke up from coma, she asked when she can goes back to sea and surf again. If such person do really exist, she is much braver than a lion. 

“I don’t need easy.  I just need possible." 

This is what her friends in church said to her. "I don’t know why bad things happen to us sometimes but I have to believe something good is going to come out of this. I don’t know what that is. I really wish I did."

When she first gave up after some obstacles, her dad didn't want to give up on her and said : "If she gives up, she will never get back into the water and she will never be the same." 

However her mother said : "You can’t just fix everything just by shear will..".  

It made me thinks about roles of family members. There is always someone who hoped you to endure difficulties and hold on while another one who hoped you to give up and stop the pain. 

She and her family are always positive towards life, and grateful on what they have currently, like her father said : "You didn’t lose everything Bethany, not even close. That shark didn’t kill you, you’re here, you’re alive, you have your family." Her family is truly amazing. 

“When you get in the Impact Zone, get back up because you never know what’s over the next wave.” 

She lost an arm but she gets more influence than you ever imagined. 

Ming Wei ahh!

It's the first Sunday morning in Semester Two of me in USM. The first week is unusually free for me. Hope this is not the calm before the storm. Hey Chok Dong don't you dare to forget that you already promised to yourself that you going to be positive! 

Just had some chat with my sister. And some how we talked about a boy, named Ming Wei. I am not sure whether that's the correct spelling, as long it has the same pronunciation. He was sent to my house to be well taken care of, by my mum of course. 

He was so shy that he refused to call me "gor gor" when my mum asked him to and did not respond to any of my words in the beginning. He didn't even look into my eyes when talking to me. Then I kept kacau him like how I kacau my sister in a very annoying way at a constant rate. 

Acting like an elephant. 

After some effort and time spent on him, I managed to get him chasing around. My mum, my sister, him and me played catch things. Sometimes I might hide it when he does not notice. Soon he found it somewhere with my hints and got very happy.

Just FYI, I am the one who made his special necklace and fire torch! ;)

I was told that no one could communicate and interact with him, even his family members. His elder brothers do not play with him. It just needs some attention and a lot of patience to slowly understand him, and to guide him. 

Playing his favorite, angry bird!

The doctor said he's special because he could not actually communicate with others like other kids normally do. He lives in his own world and thinks in his own way. Perhaps he's just never try to understand what others think. Doctors defined him as a kid with autism. 

I said he's special because he always shows his true self. I found him very cute. My sister said he's just like me, cute but annoying! *Smile*

Poser like me! 

In the beginning, I was worried that my mum might get too tired to take care of a special kid. But in the end, I realized my mum actually found something which can distract her from thinking nonsense all the time. I know my mum might get too tired sometimes, but as long she is happy, I shall not grab away my mum's temporary happiness. At least he is cheering up my family and I appreciated that very much. Thanks ah, Ming Wei!