Prayers for Bobby

USA 2009

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Seen 7 March 2010




A mother's concern
Thinking that she is doing right
Leads to unhappiness
Despair

Guilt builds up
Whereas love is needed
Understanding
Compassion
Support

Until it is too late
Discovering that a little effort
Will and can
Make a difference

That starts the new resolve
Even though it is painful
Bewildering
Accepting an alien, strange notion
Different from your norm
Conviction and belief

It is love that anchors it all
It is love that will show the way
It is love that is needed

That child needs love

Syndromes and a century

aka Sang sattawat

Thailand 2006

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Seen 8 February 2010






Are there differences
Between past and present
Between rural and urban
Between old and new

Man still go through life
Feeling
Moving
Caring

The background
Changes
The players
Similar

A discovery
A revelation

Leads to other avenues
Paths and roads
Gravitating, pulling
Enticing to an unknown

That has always been
Man's fate and destiny
Encountering anew
Facets of life
Unknown before
Familiar now

Mundane it may be
But that is reality
Everyone goes through
Again and again

Just a question of love

aka Juste une question d'amour

France 2000

Details  imdb

Seen 7 February 2010





Is there a right time and moment
To tell, inform and declare
That you love someone

Family and friends
May not understand
You yourself
Might not be ready

Circumstances
Takes its course

You are just thrown
Into the deep end

You struggle
To take a deep breath
You flounder
To surface again

That love of yours
Is strong
Despite the hurdles
Love will overcome
Love will surmount
The barriers
The prejudices

With love
Facing the world
Seems a lot easier

Muallaf

Malaysia 2007

Details  cinema

Seen 28 December 2009





Forgive and forget
Forgive and move on
Or
Do not forgive

Keep the anger aflame

Hate and remembrance
Scars
Physical
Emotional

Festering wounds
When will it heal
There must be a time
When push comes to shove

We must face the bogeyman

We must
We must

No two ways about it

Those in the past
Remain there
We are now in the present
And we live and breathe

Carry on
There is a future

2012

USA 2009

Details  imdb

Seen 30 November 2009




Wealth and power
The lethal combination
Will it guarantee
One's survival

Does the privileged few
Have the right
To pick and choose

Or should humanity
Be the deciding factor

Ethical conundrums

The bottom line

Mankind
Is made up of many parts

Each a cog
Plays its part
In the bigger picture

Opposite forces
Different wants
Must join forces

Control
Overcome

Adversity
What come may

With the ultimate aim
Survival

Karaoke

Malaysia 2009

Details  cinema

Seen 28 November 2009





A homecoming
Welcomed?

Not quite

Past events
Colour
The present

But blood is thicker than water

The past
Are memories

The present
Is reality

The years
Has changed
Many
People, places

Retain the past
Look forward
To a brighter future?

Only time will tell

Pisau Cukur

Malaysia 2009

Details  cinema

Seen 23 November 2009




Gold diggers, beware
However sharp
The instrument
It must always
Be remembered
Can cut both ways

Power struggles
Between the sexes
Between classes
The monied
The poor

Dreams of riches
May have been attained
But it may be gone
In a blink of an eye
If those riches
Depends on the vagaries
Of others

Decide
Take control

All efforts
Are not in vain

But might even
Bring more
Satisfaction

Just rewards