Of the Mighty
Today Mr Yeo had his last lecture with the cohort this morning..due to the widespread of the news there wasnt a very big reaction to the announcement he made..though it came as a shock to some..He gave us this card which had the Eminem lyrics written on it,from the song 'Lose Yourself'. Pretty neat card..i guess my class already numb about the fact that he is leaving...and already accepted that fact..painful indeed but what else can we do..go on strike?during break today i took valerie's guitar and started playing it..(She didnt know about the guitar session being cancelled due to miscommunication and had to carry it around..)so i took it out and played it in the canteen..it wasnt too bad la..had Rachel Wan Jun Liu Yin and Corinna singing while eating..(Now thats amazing how they can sing and eat at the same time..)And afterwards we went to the AVA for the screening of a movie...its 'The Mighty' starring Sharon Stone, Gillian Anderson(The X-files) and James Gondolfini(The Sopranos)All of them put up a great performance as well as the young actors..Not sure about their names but i will refer to them as Max and the crippled kid...Dillion or something...Its basically about this 7th grade kid called Max..being an so called Freak all his life..being left out from people the only people that cares about him are his grandparents..who took care of him after his mom died and his dad went into jail...Living in the shadow of his criminal father Max was teased in school due to that..and he lives everyday in fear of his father..Afraid that one day he will come back for him..Until one day Dillion,a kid with serious Spine problems moved into the house next to his with Sharon Stone as his mother..Dillion was a handicapped kid...and he lives with books and words..Due to his problems he too was seen as a 'Freakshow' to most eyes...Max and Dillion soon became friends when Dillion became Max's reading tutor..Dillion taught Max to face his fears...and stand up for himself..like a knight in medivial times..Like facing the bullies in school..which was one of Max's greatest fears..Soon Dillion became Max's brain and Max became Dillion's legs..and they soon became great friends...or partners...like how dillion put it...Max's father got out of jail and he kidnapped Max and brought him to a friend's house...played by Gillian Anderson...And the story then tells how Dillion saved Max..A very great movie which you have to watch it for yourself...truely interesting...In the end Dillion died..due to his disease...that was the sad part of the story...he gave Max this book...with empty pages..and told Max the quote posted below...Its amazing how someone like Dillion can 'stand up straight' even when the pain of reality forces him to 'bend down low'..despite his inability do certain things normal kids can do...he conquers those fears and with the help of Max the Godzilla he managed to accomplish what he desired...very great movie Mr Yeo...thanks for that..

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
Kevin Dillion,' Every word is part of a picture. Every sentence is a picture. All you do, is let your imagination connect them together. If you have an imagination that is.'

Gwen,' You see, my son, Kevin, has been called names and made fun of his whole life. When you've been made fun of as much, you find another place to live, and he's found that place up here, in his mind. Kevin lives in a world of books, and words, and things I don't even understand. I do know this: Kevin would trade it all for a chance to be normal, to have a friend, and to do what other kids do. Max Casey has given that chance. Well, I'm not going to let that get taken away from my boy. '
---'The Mighty'(1998)