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Tearjerker

Anjali (1990) - directed by Mani Ratnam; Starring Raghuvaran, Revathi and Shamili

I had my haircut today (or rather cutting what’s left of it). The radio at the barber’s blared this very familiar but long unheard of song: Anjali, Anjali, sung by Illayaraja.

I first saw this film on TV on Deepavali day of 1995. At that time I was with my investigation team at the Penang Station Staff Headquarters at Batu Ferringhi in the midst of an criminal investigation for the Air Force.

The film is about a dying autistic child, Anjali. She was born into a family that has two elder siblings. When the hospital alerted the father about her condition, so the father colluded with the hospital staff to inform his wife that she had stillbirth. The father however continued to care for this child secretly.

Eventually the truth leaked out, the child is brought back to the household. The film explores why the husband did what he did, how the family, including the two other children come to accept the child into their lives, how she is cared for, and whether they finally are ready to let her go.

This film is a true tearjerker, and tests your feelings if you are a parent.

Watch it if you are a parent.

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Propel No More

Propeller of the MV Unistar a.k.a Sugar Wreck

Sitting some 17 meters beneath the surface of the sea between Perhentian Kecil and Kuala Besut on the mainland is the wreck of the MV Unistar, also known to divers as Sugar Wreck, or to the locals, Kapal Gula. It sank in heavy seas back in 2001.

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Stopover At The Perhentians

Perhentian…here I come again…after a month. Now that I have more time on my hands, and not having to breathe polluted air in the office anymore, I should dive more.

Weather

Friday: fair in the morning and afternoon, cloudy at night.

Saturday: fair in the morning and afternoon, rain at night.

Tide

Friday – Low: 0109H (0.7m); High: 0851H (1.9m); Low: 1544H (1.3m); High: 1835H (1.4m)

Saturday – Low: 0124h (0.6M); High: 0924h (2.1M); Low: 1544H (1.3m); High: 1823H (1.3m)

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All because of…

10 little 9 little 8 little indian…7 little 6 little 5 little indian…4 little 3 little 2 little indian…

1 dirty indian boy…

Normal view in Karnataka...then he gets on a plane and thinks he owns the world...

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Next Courses

Decompression Procedures – 4 days
Extended Range – 3 days
Trimix Level 1 – 2 days
Trimix Level 2 – 2 dives
Trimix Level 3 – 2 dives

So gotta spend about 2 weeks to complete all (plus RM 10,180.00)

Ouch!

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6.30

Baked or fried?

I read today’s The Star with shocking disbelieve over the resignation of Shahrir Samad as the top guy of the Backbencher’s Club. Shahrir had asked MPs in the parliament to support a motion being tabled by DAP’s leader Lim Kit Siang to criticise the inteference in the execution of duty by the Malaysian Royal Customs and Excise Department’s office in Melaka by an MP of the ruling party. Despite the thumping applause by MPs for Shahrir, the latter received little or no support by fellow MPs from the ruling party.

Nazri Aziz, in his press statement, later said that even if the MPs from the ruling party support the motion, they should not vote to support it as it came from the Opposition.

Now…members of the ruling party have always said that the Opposition only knows how to oppose every single good thing the ruling party tables in Parliament for the benefit of the rakyat. So why should MPs from the ruling party then not support a good thing that has been tabled by the Opposition? This is destructive politics, where each side only listens to itself.

Now I wonder if Nazri is half-baked or fried…???