Of the Road to Perdition
Well,here i am,at the end of yet another wonderful weekend at home.No i didnt go out.I prefer staying at home,where i can do what i like and not go out and potentially get killed.Oh well,you might think that i havent got a life.Well,this is the life i chose,the life i lead.I like it this way,and this is my life.Why shall i care if nobody thinks its interesting.Like i said,to be able to gain satisfaction through lonliness,is the true happiness one can gain.Or should i say,solitude?Anyway,so i stayed at home the afternoon to catch up on my maths.Surprising enough,i finished my Trapezium rule tutorial.Something which i havent done in months,even years.When was the last time i finished a tutorial on my own?The satisfaction was tremendous,and i celebrated over a good meal during dinnertime.Didnt practise much for the talentime today.I guess,even doing something you love needs a break,dont you think?So i placed my "Beautiful Life" soundtrack into the computer and played it over my hi fi system.There,i spent my afternoon with the soft sound of piano and violin running through my mind and down the hall.Its on the "Repeat" mode,so it will play over and over again.As a result,my room transformed into a mini concert hall today,which i pretty much enjoyed.I got my hands on The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy Exhibition tickets today.All thanks to my sister who went down to Junction8 to get it.Ah,what the hell,as i patiently waited for Friday's competition to come,and the opening day of the exhibition,i decided to sit myself down in front of the television and watch some good movies.Checked the local tv programs on the papers and Road to Perdition is showing tonight on Star Movies.Yay.I loved that movie.Watched it with my mom a year or two back.Before i go into that,a little background story to that movie.Michael Sullivan is hitman,or a professional killer if you like to call it.He works for this man named John Rooney,and he is a very wealthy man.He's the boss,of a vast network of gangsters during the Great Depression.He was a nice man,and he took care of Michael Sullivan as well as his family.When Michael lost everything,he gave him and his family everything,and he was thankful.Therefore,he worked for John Rooney as a hitman.Michael's son,Michael Sullivan,Jr,knows nothing about his father occupation,and was curious.So one day he hid himself under the back seat of his father's car as Michael and John Rooney's son,Conner Rooney,went out on a "job".Michael witnessed his father's killing of a man and was shocked by what he saw.Conner,fearing that Michael Sullivan Jr will tell others about their occupation,decided to kill his father as well as his whole family.Michael saw his plan and took his son away to Chicago.The story basically revolves around how this father,always into his job and cared too little for his family,bonded with his son along the journey as they made their way to Chicago.Along the way,they must escape from Maguire,another hitman hired to kill Michael.It is indeed very touching to see how Michael and his son bonded along the way.How they managed to live under the shadow of their family's death.Michael's struggle to prevent his son to become someone like himself,as well as John Rooney's own struggle to tolerate his son's foolishness.Decieve,betrayal,loyalty,all vividly shown before our eyes through this movie.Great movie.You guys might want to check it out yourself.All right,back to studying.There is a Geography test tomorrow,and i dont want to fail it.Haha.Ta.

Quotes of the Day:
Michael Sullivan,'He murdered Annie and Peter!'
John Rooney,'There are only murderers in this room! Michael! Open your eyes! This is the life we chose, the life we lead. And there is only one guarantee: none of us will see heaven.'
Michael Sullivan,' Michael could.'
John Rooney,'Then do everything that you can to see that that happens.'

Maguire,'To be paid to do what you love... ain't that the dream?'

John Rooney,'Natural law. Sons are put on this earth to trouble their fathers.'

John Rooney,'A man of honor always pays his debts... and keeps his word.'

John Rooney,'May you get to Heaven an hour before the Devil knows you're dead.'

Mr McDougal,' You really trust me not to say anything? '
Michael Sullivan,'Always trust a bank manager.'

[Sullivan has a gun to Kelly's head]
Jack Kelly,'Think, Mike. Don't be stupid. I'm just the messenger.'
Michael Sullivan,'[lowers his gun] Then give Mr. Rooney a message for me.'
Jack Kelly,'What is it?'
[Sullivan shoots him]

Michael Sullivan, Jr.,'I saw then that my father's only fear was that his son would follow the same road. And that was the last time I ever held a gun. People always thought I grew up on a farm. And I guess, in a way, I did. But I lived a lifetime before that, in those 6 weeks on the road in the winter of 1931. When people ask me if Michael Sullivan was a good man, or if there was just no good in him at all, I always give the same answer. I just tell them... he was my father. '
---'Road to Perdition'(2002)

Song of the Moment---Hole in the World by The Eagles