The Pensieve

I’ve always known my feelings were related to the songs I listen to. For eg. during a low point in life (a good example would be like a breakup) or during a special point of life (for eg. the time I spent in Hungary), my feelings would get woven into the music I happened to listen to then. In addition, I have the habit of listening to certain songs repeatedly, kind of put them on ‘cycling mode’. As a result, those certain songs were like a bank for my emotions during that period of time. Anyway, yes, as a result…. some of those albums do make me feel kind of weird when I play them. It takes quite a lot of ‘desensitisation’ for me to listen to them without feeling ‘emo’ again.

Anyway, I just realised that apparently my olfactory nerves are quite linked to my feelings as well. I should have known… I think I’m drawn to guys who wear Davidoff Coolwater. Haha… Back to the point. I have been waiting for L’Occitane to release their Jasmine Green Tea again cuz I like it best compared to the White Tea… and definitely don’t think the Green Tea’s suitable for me. So today when it came out, despite it not being available at duty-free (that’s a different issue), I bought it!!! And to my horror, when I tried it on again at home… OMG. HORRORS. I forgot I went through one of the worst downs during the period of time I was using it. -_- Goodness, now I have to design another desensitisation programme again!

Rating: ***/5

‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ is a curious movie indeed. Despite being built upon a fantastical plot of a man who is born old and gets younger as time passes, the movie is actually quite realistic. Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt) is born a baby who looks like an old man, with all the conditions that plague the elderly, such as arthritis, dementia… Interestingly as he grows up, he starts getting younger (both in appearance and physique). This movie’s about him and the love of his life - Daisy, played by Cate Blanchett. Eventually, despite all odds, he does have a child with her, and sadly, he left mother and child knowing that eventually he would become a child himself as he grew older… They did meet again as he grew older in a child’s body… He regresses into a baby and is taken care by her… The saddest point of the movie was when Daisy held him in her arms (as a babe) and she said something like ‘and I knew at that point that he knew who I was’… That was right before he closed his eyes and then was no more… Can you imagine being a world weary, old man stuck in the body of a powerless, speechless baby?!

The entire film revolves around the theme of how ‘nothing lasts forever’, something quite bittersweet and romantic (if you’re into that sort of romance)… I think that instead of concentrating on how good things do not last forever, it serves to remind us to treasure what we have. It encourages us to make full use of the time we have on our hands, and to savour whatever life offers us at this moment in time.