originally a novel by jodi piccoult. so many times i have touched, hold and read the summary of the book. but then, i returned it to the rack. have tried new authors many times, tak ngam and susah nak habiskan buku. even dgn kinsella pun i dah get bored.
but i chose to download the movie. no regret. it is a good one. really touching. and i was in tears almost through-out the film.
it was about Anna Fitzgerald, 11 yo, who was engineered to be born as a support system for her leukaemic sister, Kate. ever since she was born, she has been made to donate blood, granulocytes and bone marrow for kate, and for that reasons, she had been repeatedly hospitalised.
she had a wonderful mom, sara who quit her law practice to take care of kate, a loving father, brian who is a fireman, and brother jesse, who also suffered being neglected as the attention was fully on kate.
things changed when kate's condition deteriorated and her kidneys were failing to function. sara wanted anna to donate her kidney to her sister.
but anna did something shocking to the family. she went to see mr campbell, a lawyer, to file a lawsuit against her mother. she refused to be the giver no more. she wanted to live her own life. but she loves her sister, no doubt. jesse was with anna.
haah... it's fiction, yes. but it happens in our lives.
the story is about sacrifices of a family. a mother who loves her daughter so much, that she would do anything to keep her alive. a father who worked so hard to make a living for the family, and to pay the medical treatment. jesse, though still young, cried but agreed when he was sent to a boarding school, so that more attention can be given to kate. and anna who was engineered to be her sister's keeper.
they love and supported each other, so much, that they never realize, there is emptiness in some of the souls. kate, who was aware of her deteriorating condition, was actually ready to go. and she was the one who talked anna into taking the lawsuit against their mother. she doesn't want anna to suffer anymore.
you got to watch it. appreciate what you have, and forever giving to your love ones.
reading it or watching it, i believe you need a box of tissue paper with you. there'll be tears flowing..
leukaemia. acute myeloid leukaemia.
my cousin was diagnosed with leukaemia about 2 weeks ago. he is still young and vibrant.. 28, and still single. still full of life, ambitions and future plans. could still remember our jokes about girls and marriage last raya. i had the intention to introduce him to a friend, but he was not really keen to have a doctor as a wife. "too busy", he said, though both his parents were quite excited about it.
everything seems so bleak now.. spending his time in ampang hospital.
called my aunt, we had a small talk. talk to cousin too, i was so touched by his cheerfulness, his positive attitude, his energy and strength.
i just could not talk to uncle, and i don't want to.. not at this moment. we would just breakdown and cry..
he's been started on chemotherapy. alhamdulillah.. still doing fine at the moment.
my prayers for you, dear cuz!
it has been a long wait..
there's no doubt that i am a movie fan. but haven't watched good movies for quite sometime. reasons being.. our old dvd player gone crazy, hubbyby strongly refused to subscribe movies channel on astro (though i'm paying for it), and a request to buy dvds will always be rejected by darling hubbyby (he just bought a new dvd player!!).
and i didn't know how to download a movie from the net! not only that, i didn't even know how to download free songs from the net. all the sites i visited need me to register for it.. malaslah! unbelievable?? my niece, ida had taught me once, but i couldn't follow, making me feel so IT illiterate! and may be bcoz me being a 'slow learner'... she said it's difficult to explain without showing. so i gave up. "you and i, we're old people", said a friend.
but lucky me! got my wonderful friend, bohm, whom upon my request, had created a special album showing step by step manual (with pictures), on how to perform it. and it was not that difficult after all. as bohm said, we are now part of the on board crew.. like captain jack sparrow and barbosa. torrents' ethic.. better be good!
since then, my newly repaired and reformatted captain future has been working really hard, with my fairly slow internet line (we subscribe the cheapest streamyx package!). it took me almost a day to download avatar! hubbyby was blabbering.. he specifically used a table-fan for the computer to prevent overheating. since then i've been torrenting almost every day.. but it really affected my net surfing. and the connection has been real bad for the last two days.
suprisingly.. i've now got friends requesting me to get movies for them.. haha.. really makes me feel like pirates of the carribean!! a newbie, that is!
so.. today is a movie marathon day. finally get to watch 'the curious case of benjamin button'.. after a year! enjoyed every moment of it.. hubbyby laughed seeing me cried watching it. men.. they can never 'feel' the story. and then comes avatar, and the bucket list. currently, hubbyby is watching underworld evolution.
i have a long list.. and can't wait to get the newly released 'clash of the titans', though many reviews said it is not as good as the original 1981 version. but as my sifu said, better wait sometime for the 'genius' people to rip a good one for us.
the long wait it was.. but it's worthwhile waiting.
somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue,
and the dreams that you dare to dream, really do come true..
"ummi, sofea rasa macam nak baby laa..", huhu.. i melt at her request. "ummi pun nak baby juga, tapi Allah belum nak bagi..". rasanya semua org yang rapat dgn kita tahu kita memang mengaharap. "kita doa lah, ummi ye..", she said lovingly.
aahh.. wasn't that sweet.
my elder sister just gave birth last wednesday. and after 4 boys, she finally gets a baby girl. i am so happy for her. i know dia memang mengharap, walaupun masa pergi haji few years back she decided not to really beg for it.
ntah la.. at this age, kita nak minta lebih2 pun takut juga. bukan ape, umur dah nak masuk 40, and pregnancy at this age is related to complications. alhamdulillah, all my 3 sisters who got pregnant at this age tak de masalah, baby pun sihat.
the truth is.. as anak2 makin besar, memang terasa makin sunyi. mereka dah kurang bergantung pada kita, dan asyik dgn aktiviti mereka. jujurnya.. memang rindu yang amat untuk ada baby lagi.
perasaan ada baby ni susah nak cerita.. i cried when i first saw my baby.. terisak2. mr hubbyby thought i was in pain and was really worried. seronok, syukur dan gembira... tak tahu nak cakap. taking care of the baby was also challenging, but full of excitement.
i chose to spend my confinement period at my mom's house, therefore mr hubbyby was not with me. dia balik weekend je. the time spent with the baby was priceless.. suara dia nangis, tengok dia menggeliat, tgk dia senyum dlm tidur, tgk dia terkelip2 staring blankly at you, the soft skin, the cute little fingers and toes.. aahhh.. so delicately beautiful.
watching them grow day after day was a pleasure. each milestone was joyously celebrated. the first roll-over, the first crawl, the first step, the first word, the laugh...
time paling best main bila umurnya in between 1 to 2 years. so cute, adorable and wonderful.
dan kita masih mengharap..
