sashiburi ne..
scattered feathers indeed...i'm really bad at keeping up journals in the long term. everytime i get a "new" journal, i run off to it and drop the old one. poor blog.. :'( *blows dust off it*
anyhow, i've been thinking bout Petronas' advert for this year's CNY. for those of you who don't know it, i'll roughly cap it up.
a few old women are sitting around a table and talking. the topic of their conversation revolves around their sons' professions and (roughly) how much they earn. each one tries to outdo the other. but all throughout their conversation, one old woman just gives remarks like "really?" and "oh.." towards the end, the others ask her, "how's your son doing?" her reply, "he's doing fine. he's healthy and he's coming to pick me up today." the others are stunned. "Going to pick you up today?" they ask. at that moment, a car pulls up and she says, "yes, there, that's my son. so troublesome, wherever they go for holidays he'll want to take me along." she gets into the car and waves goodbye leaving the others still with surprised looks on their faces.
all conversation was carried out in Hokkien. one of the dialects i grew up with and that added to the nostalgia i felt. watching this advert, it just made me really sad as i have actually seen 'abandoned' old people at the old folks' home my grandmother used to stay at. a nurse told me that some of those old people didn't have anyone visiting them for a long time. and then, of course, i miss my grandmother (eventhough she doesn't speak Hokkien, it reminds me of her) who can't be with us this Chinese New Year. I want to wish her Gong Hei Fatt Choy anyway.