I'm watching again online in the middle of the night, nibbling on junk food when I should be sleeping. I've bought another pair of ear plugs from Daiso (rubber ones this time round...). Tried them on yesterday and seemed to be able to block out noises very well. However, the downside was I couldn't really turn to my sides because the earplugs would cause discomfort since they're not the sponge ones "-_-
I watched yet another tragic movie a couple of days back - Boy A. It's an Australian movie judging from the accents and slangs they used in the movie. It's a reminder of how ex-convicts very rarely get a second chance in life. Unbiased ones that is. In this movie, the protagonist, Jack was a 24 year old guy who had helped to kill a girl when he was at a primary school age. His friend was the real heartless creep while he probably did it in a moment of impulse. Of course he paid dearly by spending all those years in prison. His friend committed suicide because he couldn't handle it. Jack fortunately had an uncle who was very patient and who really wanted him to turn over a new leaf. He helped him find a job and to start anew in everything. However, the job was gotten by lying about the crime committed.
Jack found a girlfriend soon who was also his colleague. One day while Jack was out with another colleague, he helped to rescue a girl trapped in a car. He was deemed a hero and even had his picture in the newspapers. Not long later for some reason, people soon began to discover his identity because the news had broadcast his release and even showed a picture of what they thought he'd grown up to look like. His face was once again in the papers and reporters even found out where he's living. He was fired when his boss found out about the murder and his girlfriend also left him. The colleague who was also supposed to be his only friend shunned him. Finally he decided to escape. At a river, he opened a letter which had a drawing of him. It was sent to him by the girl whom he'd saved. In it, she told him he's her angel. In reality, to others, he's a monster. Despite being jailed, no one could forgive him for the murder that took place.
He was so desperate that he decided to commit suicide right there at the river. Not before leaving a voice message for his uncle and the colleague.
His heroic act could not undo what he'd done when he was little. In this society, acts of kindness and goodness can be forgotten quickly but a moment of impulse and a act of sin can never be forgiven nor atoned.
Serendipity believed today at 1:16 AM
