Movie Review: Our Times

The picture does not belong to me.

"We play the broken string of our instruments one last time" - Quentin Jacobsen, Paper Towns.



I know it is already late to make a review on this movie but whatever, I'll just post it anyway.

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Do you ever feel tired of romance movies with almost same story line available in the market? Me too, until recently, a friend of mine suggested a movie which I found very fresh. In my opinion, this movie deserves to be watched by every walk of life who has been longing to breathe a new air of romance movie.

Our Times, a Taiwan movie, has truly, truly touched my heart and extraordinarily funny. The main character, named Lin Truly (played by Vivian Sung), is a below average high school girl, likes a boy, Ouyang Extraordinary, who is totally an opposite of her. He’s the top student, handsome and of course, very famous. Thanks to a chain letter, Lin Truly gains a new ‘friend’, named Hsu Taiyu (acted by Ta Lu Wang). However, almost like Choi Young Do in one of the most famous Korean dramas The Heirs, Hsu Taiyu is a bully. He is actually the head of a gangster group in the school.

Along the movie, Lin gets to know Hsu Taiyu and even starts to slowly fall for him as she sees another side of him. Sadly, Lin finds out that Hsu Taiyu likes Tao Minmin, a sort-of female version of Ouyang. She’s pretty, smart and everyone’s favourite. However, a conflict arises when Ouyang starts to like Lin Truly. At a point, Lin realized that she must let her love be known. But the question is, will she choose Ouyang whom she has crush since forever or will she fight for Hsu Taiyu even though she knows he likes someone else?

Unlike Indonesia’s Remember When love triangle drama, it manages to remind us back our high school times. When we fought for what we believe, even though our adults’ views were completely different. When we had good laughs with our bestfriends, even though our minds felt like exploding. They all blended in.

Other than that, I also like the script in the movie. The one I remember the most is when Lin Truly tells Hsu Taiyu that “If a girl says that she is fine, she is not”. I hate it how the scriptwriters managed to produce accurate and relatable lines. But I guess that what makes the movie very close to my heart.

With well-written script, backed with very touching songs and a great line of actors, this movie should be everyone’s favourite. Congratulations to the whole production team. I am amazed.

Tell us what you think about the movie in the comment section below!

Mierah Aziz.

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I want to inspire people. I want someone to look at me and say, " Because of you, I dint give up"

Oh my, this caption really touches my heart.

Can I be someone's inspiration?
In what aspect?
Is it possible?

I cant take care of myself but then I want to help other people? Hehh, just forget about it.
But I do enjoy when people share their problems with me. Just listen and learn from their story.
People can give advice but the best support is through actions.

Start from basic, I really need to put myself together now. Have a stable spiritual and emotional status.

Just remember how stupid I am during my highschool. Do I really want to repeat the same mistakes?

I got goals. The reasons for me to stay strong in facing this life. I need to be strong. The people wont be nice as you thought they will be.

I got friends, here in USM but they are just friends. Yes, indeed I can learn a lot about their personality, behaviour etc but.........it is not the same. Friends who really can accept my flaws. Friends that I can really trust with all my heart. Although now i have problems in trusting people.

Most importantly, I need to trust myself. How can people trust you if you dont trust urself? Be someone with 'hati kering', taking care of others nicely although they treat you like shits. Be a person people wont forget. Can you do it?

I guess there is more to come. You are just being childlish. Please start growing up Rasya.

RASYA FARHANAH

Inferno by Dan Brown

Assalamualaikum and good day everyone.

This time around I'm gonna share with you guys a quote I stumbled upon while reading The Inferno by Dan Brown.

"The human mind has a primitive ego defense mechanism that negates all realities that produce too much stress for the brain to handle. It's called denial." - Sienna Brooks, a fictional character in Inferno by Dan Brown.

Contoh mudah ialah tidur. Siapa boleh jamin sebelum dia tidur, dia akan bangun esok hari? Jam loceng yang dikunci itu menunjukkan suatu pengharapan kepada hari esok. Biar mati itu pasti, tapi oleh kerana kita tidak tahu bila ia akan berlaku, we're in denial. We set alarm to wake up because we can deny the fact that we might die in our sleep. Maka pengharapan dan penafian wujud dalam masa yang sama. Jika tiada penafian, mungkin kita tidak akan tidur pun.

Dan Brown is one of my favorite authors (not that I have many since I'm not really an avid reader). I like the way he puts his words. I also like the way he included history in his books. I like facts (doesn't mean I'm good at memorizing them), so his books kinda drawn me to it. I guess that's all.

Yours truly,
Mierah aziz.

P/s: psssttt I have Instagram account now. Do follow me at @mierahaziz_ . See ya ;)