Tuesday, March 11, 2008 @3:06 PM
Weekend with someone.
Friday
Met with the girls at settlers, a gather b4 dear miss shirley #2 fly back to aus on sat.. had fun as usual.. n fun always pass so fast.. played till until 1+am.. hehe.. but thks for comin down after work n hope my frens r friendly enough too.. hehe..
Saturday
Meeting, meeting n meeting.. den back hm studying.. Plan postpone to sunday n monday =)
Sunday
Accompanied me to meet athene pass SPARKS receipts.. den was jus window shopping n strolling ard marina n esplanade, but was a memorable one. Dinner with family =)
Monday
after some thoughts, we decided not to spend $7.50 to scare ourselves, so planned to dl Rule #1 n watch at hm instead.. haha.. decided on the movie away from her after compliments frm yiping n gladys.. hmm.. was shocked when enter the picturehouse.. not surprised tht there are v few ppl in a monday noon, but was surprised by the age of ppl watching the show. We're actually the youngest there, the rest watching are those lao fu lao qi, ard 50+ 60+.. But so sweet n envious, its so hard to find such old couples still going dating n watching movie together.. hmm..
overall nt too bad, jus a bit complicated n disappointed when Grant actually got involve with Marian..
Yea, n i got my pair of slipper =)
About away from her..
Away From Her is a beautifully moving love story that deals with memory and the circuitous, unnamable paths of a long marriage. Married for 50 years, Grant (
Gordon Pinsent) and Fiona’s (
Julie Christie) commitment to each other appears unwavering, and their everyday life is full of tenderness and humour. This serenity is broken only by the occasional, carefully restrained reference to the past, giving a sense that this marriage may not always have been such a fairy tale. This tendency of Fiona’s to make such references, along with her increasingly evident memory loss, creates a tension that is usually brushed off casually by both of them. As the lapses become more obvious and dramatic, it is no longer possible for either of them to ignore the fact that Fiona is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.
Eventually, Fiona decides that it is time for her to enter into Meadowlake, a retirement home that specializes in the disease. One of the more archaic rules of Meadowlake is that a patient may not have any visitors during their first month in the facility in order to “adjust.” After an excruciatingly painful 30 days separated from his wife, Grant returns to Meadowlake to discover Fiona seems to have no memory of him and has turned all of her affection to Aubrey (
Michael Murphy), another resident in the home.
Grant, finding no option but to accept his new status as an attentive acquaintance visits her daily and is forced to bear witness to the cement bond that has developed between her and Aubrey. Over time, he befriends Kristy (
Kristen Thomson), a salt of the earth nurse who works at Meadowlake. Touched by his dogged devotion, she takes a special interest in him. Through their conversations, Grant’s imperfect history and the perverse poetic justice of this agonizing situation with Fiona and Aubrey becomes evident.
When Aubrey’s wife, Marian (
Olympia Dukakis) returns from her vacation, she suddenly takes Aubrey out of Meadowlake. Fiona is devastated by the separation and enters into a deep depression. Her condition deteriorates rapidly. Grant, fearful for Fiona’s life, embarks on the greatest act of self-sacrifice of his life as a means to attaining his wife’s final happiness.