is what my third story is about. Similar to the second story, but not quite.
It’s about being normal - as compared to the less fortunate around us.
Recently I had the fortune of catching this movie - 聽說 (Hear Me), starring Eddie Pang and Chen Yihan, with the girl.
It was a wonderful romance flick, and if I could rate it as though I rate movies I caught in theatres, it would be a fiver.
A big part of the movie is non-verbal, with us relying on the subtitles to translate the hand signs that the leads use to communicate.
Very soon, it is very obvious in the differences of their lives and ours, and how a sense that we never actually acknowledge the presence of can mean so much difference.
In one scene, one of the characters had this to say: “one day, she asked me if the piano sounds nice — and I cried.”
For some in this world, able to listen; able to walk; is something that they do not have the luxury to experience.
So yes, it is a bliss to be normal.
