stepping stones

..... sometimes i think that i am the kind of person who gets bored easily. after doing the same thing for some time, or after being at the same place for some time, i would always wish for something different or something new. i would welcome new changes. i would wish for doing different things, being at different places, meeting different people. i'm not sure whether it's because i am nomadic by nature or .... maybe i haven't found the things that i'm meant to be. maybe i haven't found the things that would plant me to the ground and start "growing hedges around my lawn" rather than keeping everything "portable and open".

..... so far, in the 8 years of my career, i have moved around about 5 times. all of them just happened almost effortlessly, they weren't really my choices, they were just .... how should i say it....., the needs of the service. and when it happened, there were no reasons for me to object or deny them. so, i'm kinda "go with the flow" here. along the way, i met many kinds of people, had many kinds of moments - memorable and embarrassing ones, all included. i had my experiences and from that, i know that i don't want to be in some situations ever again, and some .... i wish i could relive it again and again, and every time i relive it,  i want to make it better.

but, what has passed would stay in the past. right now, i am reaching the second year of the latest 'move', and i am already feeling 'itchy' to leave. however, i have a feeling that i might have to stay here a bit longer than i expected. it's a darn large stone to step on. maybe my next move will be of my own choice and will be under my control. and someday i will find that fertile ground where i can grow my beautiful hedges.

Monsters University & Despicable Me 2

I'm an adult and I'm a fan of animation movie. Never mind that, coz there's a lot like me! Quite recently I watched Monsters University and Despicable Me 2. One is a prequel while the latter is a sequel. In 2001, we have enjoyed so much of the hilarious Sully and Mike and the over-the-top cuteness of Boo in Monster's Inc. Now I would never imagine that 12 years later the Disney/Pixar studio would make a prequel of it, hence the production Monsters University this year. And yeah...it's also great!

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 In Monster's Inc., we have established the relationship between James P. Sullivan and Mike Wazowski as best buddies personally and one of the top scare teams in Monster's Inc. And we also established the fact that both of this monsters have a mutual arch enemy, Randall, the scary and bitter monster with a chameleon-like ability. In the prequel, we would see how these three monsters started to know each other and what made them as they were in the first movie.

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In Despicable Me 2, the story picks up from where the first one left off in 2010; Gru is a now a willing and loving father of the 3 girls he adopted in the first movie and already retired from being 'the world's greatest villain'. But when the world is threatened by a formidable villain that 'came back from the dead', there's no one who can stop him other than Gru, the notorious thief who once had stolen a moon! Or at least that's what the Anti-Villain League (AVL) thought when they send an agent to recruit Gru for help. It's fun to watch the minions, they are adorable even when they become purple with evil. And Gru, while still having his villainy instincts intact when pursuing his mission, still has to dwell with his daughters teenage love and mother figure issues. (Agnes is sooo adorable!) And love is in the air for Gru as well.

 

Overall, both movies are entertaining and so fun to watch. I can't help but noticing how strong the message in Monsters University in teaching the audience, especially young people about how important it is to know who they are and be who they really are, and not be someone else that you are not just to be accepted by other people. Also, each person has their own unique strength and ability. And in Despicable Me 2, it's all about family.

 

Aaaah..I wish I have children of my own whom I can teach all this while watching such fun movies....haha!