Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Champion for Fairer Human

Often I remember,
The other side of humanity,
Not of a greater and mightier being,
But more of the fairer, gentle sister.


At times when I think,
More likely they are sidelined,
Often they are in the publicity,
All for the wrong kind of limelight.


In reflecting our thought,
We often made them small,
Manipulate the inherent worth of beauty,
Overshadowing the true beauty of the soul.


How chauvinistic, how weird,
What us the masculine beast can do,
We let them wear little lesser, a little tighter,
To satisfy our lustrous hunger, they become our idol.


I, a member of the beasts,
Unashamed by my own flesh,
Let a poor girl be fed into my mind,
And hence become a fantasy easily retrieved from the shelf.


How easy, how convenient,
Poor girls become our toys to play,
Sad jerks like us hold them like our dolls,
Without a hit in conscience how we damage them. 


With sad reminiscence, 
With obvious grievance,
I look at myself, with immense remorse,
To now sincerely renounce, never to do it again.


But the moment I say it,
I know again and again I will do it,
And to realize that this is the beast in me,
What other way could I save myself from misery?


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"Just remember, we are like you too, a gift in life,
We admire beauty, masculinity and love,
We don't wish for apathy, just respect,
Just so that you love us as yourself.


Just respect us like how you respect your love of life,
Just remember us like how you treasure life,
Just treat us like how you hold your life,
Just hold us like how you love life.


With respect, honor, gentleness, humility, dignity, love, faith... and self-control.
Aren't they what you desire to be a better person?"


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So remember, friends,
A look in the pictures of skimpy girls,
A lust in the mind of having them within grabs,
Is more likely to happen if you keep repeating them like mental tapes.


I do this often, and I am sorry.
For this I paid my price, and till now I am single,
But in singleness I appreciate life more as a blessing,
And learn to treat the fairer humanity with appreciated dignity.


And please, don't learn this when you are married,
It will never happen, the dignity and respect for them,
The hunger starts from the mind, and to the mind should it ends,
Ask yourself first before you lust, what will happen if she is your sister? 

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Admiration for a Movie Actress I know of not many who admired

I am pretty sure saying this is really an act of possible defiance, but I have admiration for good actresses and actors - especially those that who don't fake their faking acting. I knew of a lot of them, but there are a few that I know of that had to go through long ways to get there.


Sandra Bullock, as I know of, is one of them.


She may not be the best of actresses around (think about Julie Delpy, Cate Blanchett, Uma Thurman and such), but to me, she worked the hardest, and she is very down-to-earth about her acting career.


And honestly, it took her several years to get where she is, and to watch her movies with eventual appreciation of genuine-ness and honesty in portraying the character given to her - I think that is something I have grown to respect for.


I have been admiring her since The Net, (Speed is not my favorite actually, but her recent movies didn't do any better, except...) but the recent film 'The Blind Side' revealed the emotional, daily part of her that flows out from her, and it kinda made me felt proud of her. Of course, the story itself played a factor.


I found an article which I thought was pretty need. I have no say as to what was written, except to say: we Christians have been doing a bad job in representing who Christ actually is. And perhaps it is time to re-evaluate why do we subscribe to what we believe in.


Actors and Actresses on their views of 'The Blind Side': Read Sandra Bullock on her views of the character she portrayed.


Perhaps we should think it about it. I recommend you watching the movie as well... oh yeah, and try to understand the Junior High and the College lifestyle in Memphis, or America for that matter. I don't think I know even an ounce of the culture, but well, sufficient enough to relate to the background of the movie. Or try the book as well by Michael Lewis.


:). Pardon the advertisement on Sandra Bullock.