Silence

When there's too much to say
Keeping silent is the only way I can choose


Action or words

Can action speak louder than words?
No matter how far we're apart
I can hear even a little from you

It's not easy for me to tell all the favorite movies and directors when asked. When trying to make a list,  I find among the ocean of the good movies and many world-famous directors, I just know a few of them.

And I realize those I chose as my favorite are the ones to make me love life itself more. They show me the beautiful, the kind, the true of life ; tell me who I am; and teach me how to face the bitter, the difficulty and the death.

The world is big enough if you are curious and open-minded; and it's also small enough as people always experience the similar even the same generation by generation no matter what colour their skin is.

The way you watch the movies may adjust the way you see the world.

My favorite directors up to now:

1.  Abbas Kiarostami (Iranian, 1940~)
2.  Bernardo Bertolucci (Italian, 1940~)
3.  Hou Xiaoxian (Chinese, 1946~)
4.  Jacques Perrin (French, 1941~)
5.  Michelangelo Antonioni (Italian, 1912~)
6.  Pedro Almodovar (Spanish, 1951~)
7.  Roberto Benigni (Italian, 1952)


My favorite movies up to now:

1.  Farewell, My Concubine
2.  La Gloire De Mon Père & Le Château De Ma Mère
3.  La Fidélité
4.  La Marche De L’empereur
5.  Le Papillon (The Butterfly)
6.  Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain
7.  Le Peuple Migrateur; Himalaya; Microcosmos
8.  Life is beautiful
9.  Nuovo Cinema Paradiso
10.  Out Of Africa
11.  Par-delà Les Nuages (Beyond The Clouds)
12.  Roman Holiday
13.  Taste Of Cherry
14.  The Unbearable Lightness of Being
15.  Volver 

Yesterday morning, one of my friends asked me for advice because she had spent many years in exams of being a graduate student but always failed and she is hesitating if going on or not. The examination becomes her castle. Then I asked her what she will do if she has only 3 days left.

If there’s only 3 days left, I believe she will consider her life again and find the key out of her castle and know what to do.

It seems that everyone in the world has their own castle. However, not everyone has the courage  out of it at last because most people are used to the life inside the castle even it makes them unhappy and seldom would understand life waits for no man indeed.
 
What will I do if there’s only 3 days left in my life?

For the first day, I would communicate with all my friends and tell them how much I appreciate their friendship, kindness, consideration, help and all the  old days they shared with me. Freinds are my eyes and through them I got to know the beautiful side of the life with tender heart.

And on the second day, I would spend with the family as usual but with all my heart. I would see everyone carefully and remember their smiles and if there’s another life for us, I hope I could recognize them among the crowded. The family are my blood and through it I got to know the happiness and the true care.

For the last day, I would be in my favorite mountain area watching the lake with my love, if I am lucky enough to find him then. In the arms of love, I will close my eyes and recall the short life and enjoy the last peaceful time listening to the sounds of the pure nature. Or if I haven’t found him yet, it won’t change either because I am never lonely in the arms of nature as I came to the world alone.

I won’t leave the world with any form of the castle and never complain others either. Ijust  have no time to wait. For somebody it is only as tiny as a dust but as heavy as a mountain for others.

How simple and peaceful the world is if you find out what is the most important. If I have some wealth, I would send it to the people who need during the period.

Since I am not an angle, I choose to leave the world quietly without any regret.
And then I would meet those who are waiting for me in the heaven with a baby smile.