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I just watched a movie titled “Hello Ghost”. It is a Korean movie that has yet to be screened in Singapore, yet I am not really sure why I can find a link to it online. The movie tells the tale of a man who initially wanted to kill himself, but for some reason apparently could not die. After numerous suicidal attempts, he found out that he was able to see ghosts with his naked eye. What’s more disturbing is that, he is also haunted by five restless spirits. A middle-aged businessman who smoke, a lady who cries non-stop, an old man who loves ogling at young ladies and an adorable young boy. Each of them had wishes that they would like to realize, and planned to use the man’s body to act out and fulfill those wishes. The entire plot generally resolves around the fulfilling of these wishes. However, the man later experienced friction between him and the apple of his eyes when she told him that she did not know who was the real him. The man, having assisted all of the ghosts in achieving their last wishes, then pleaded them to leave and not bother him anymore. However, in the end, there was a twist in the story. The man had a flashback where the he suddenly remembered what happened to him when remembering something that happened when he was just a little child. He found out that the ghosts were in fact related to him. The business man, who he found to be a bad influence, was in fact his father. The lady who cried non-stop was his mother. The old man was his grandfather. The little boy was his elder brother. They were all his family. When he was young, his whole family had been involved in a fatal car accident which left him as the sole survivor. That explains why he had been alone all his life. The movie ended off with him going back to find his family members again and apologized to them. I felt that it was a very inspiring and touching movie.
To most viewers, this movie may not seem to stand out. For some, however, it may even feel like a comedy, in particular the part when the ghosts made use of the protagonist’s body. However, I felt that there are in fact a number of meaningful principles and values that we can infer and learn from the movie.
For example, when the man shouted and pleaded for those spirits to leave him alone, he didn’t realize that they were actually his family members who cared a lot for him. In life, we often think that people only care about themselves and are selfish. However there are instances where they are genuinely concerned about us. It’s just that we are not aware of that. Before we know it, we start to push them away, thinking that they are just annoying people and wanting to get them out of our lives. However, once they are gone, you’ll be all alone. That is also when we’ll start thinking about them. As the saying goes, absence makes the heart grow fonder. We’ll start to miss their naggings. It’s always like this. We don’t cherish what we have at the present, we don’t take notice of all the little things we have right now. We only start to regret when they are gone. We only start to question ourselves. We only start blaming ourselves for not having treated them better when they were around. Most of the time, we know that these people will never come back ever again. We do not realize that overlooking their importance in our lives can in fact bring about a lifetime of regret. In life, there will always be times when we regret not having done something. For example, you may be talking back to someone whom you found to be rather annoying. Then, you later realized that you actually did feel some remorse in doing that, and wished that you hadn’t done that. We want to rectify the situation and make up for the things that we have not done but sometimes it is too late.
Speaking about regrets, I’m very sure most of us here have much of them in our lives. We all hate having regrets. However, at the same time, we all know that there is absolutely no point regretting something that has already had been done. We can no longer rectify the mistakes that we have made in the past. Fortunately, over the years of constantly repeating the same mistake over and over again, I found out that there are actually some action steps that can be taken to prevent it. As the saying goes, prevention is better than cure. I find it rather true. If we can prevent those regrets right from the start, it would be much better as compared to removing those regrets through a tougher method afterwards. That is also why; we have to learn to think before speaking recklessly. I constantly remind myself of the steps to take before doing something. Step one, I must think if the words I’m about to say will hurt the other party. Step two, I must ask myself if I really mean the words I’m going to say. Step 3, I must ask myself if I would feel regret after saying or doing something. With these 3 simple thoughts that are deeply enrooted into my mind, there would be less chances for regret. If everybody follows these steps, I’m sure everybody will also decrease their chances of regretting. As I have said, prevention is much better than cure. As we think twice before we act, we will not have that much regrets.
Regardless of their genres, movies, including both tearjerkers and comedies have something in common. If we were to look closely and reflect on them, we’ll probably gain some valuable insights into life. We will not regret the same way that the actor or actress has. We should never just look at matters superficially. Instead we should spend time delving deeper into the matter and we may learn something even much more valuable.
I just watched a movie titled “Hello Ghost”. It is a Korean movie that has yet to be screened in Singapore, yet I am not really sure why I can find a link to it online. The movie tells the tale of a man who initially wanted to kill himself, but for some reason apparently could not die. After numerous suicidal attempts, he found out that he was able to see ghosts with his naked eye. What’s more disturbing is that, he is also haunted by five restless spirits. A middle-aged businessman who smoke, a lady who cries non-stop, an old man who loves ogling at young ladies and an adorable young boy. Each of them had wishes that they would like to realize, and planned to use the man’s body to act out and fulfill those wishes. The entire plot generally resolves around the fulfilling of these wishes. However, the man later experienced friction between him and the apple of his eyes when she told him that she did not know who was the real him. The man, having assisted all of the ghosts in achieving their last wishes, then pleaded them to leave and not bother him anymore. However, in the end, there was a twist in the story. The man had a flashback where the he suddenly remembered what happened to him when remembering something that happened when he was just a little child. He found out that the ghosts were in fact related to him. The business man, who he found to be a bad influence, was in fact his father. The lady who cried non-stop was his mother. The old man was his grandfather. The little boy was his elder brother. They were all his family. When he was young, his whole family had been involved in a fatal car accident which left him as the sole survivor. That explains why he had been alone all his life. The movie ended off with him going back to find his family members again and apologized to them. I felt that it was a very inspiring and touching movie.
To most viewers, this movie may not seem to stand out. For some, however, it may even feel like a comedy, in particular the part when the ghosts made use of the protagonist’s body. However, I felt that there are in fact a number of meaningful principles and values that we can infer and learn from the movie.
For example, when the man shouted and pleaded for those spirits to leave him alone, he didn’t realize that they were actually his family members who cared a lot for him. In life, we often think that people only care about themselves and are selfish. However there are instances where they are genuinely concerned about us. It’s just that we are not aware of that. Before we know it, we start to push them away, thinking that they are just annoying people and wanting to get them out of our lives. However, once they are gone, you’ll be all alone. That is also when we’ll start thinking about them. As the saying goes, absence makes the heart grow fonder. We’ll start to miss their naggings. It’s always like this. We don’t cherish what we have at the present, we don’t take notice of all the little things we have right now. We only start to regret when they are gone. We only start to question ourselves. We only start blaming ourselves for not having treated them better when they were around. Most of the time, we know that these people will never come back ever again. We do not realize that overlooking their importance in our lives can in fact bring about a lifetime of regret. In life, there will always be times when we regret not having done something. For example, you may be talking back to someone whom you found to be rather annoying. Then, you later realized that you actually did feel some remorse in doing that, and wished that you hadn’t done that. We want to rectify the situation and make up for the things that we have not done but sometimes it is too late.
Speaking about regrets, I’m very sure most of us here have much of them in our lives. We all hate having regrets. However, at the same time, we all know that there is absolutely no point regretting something that has already had been done. We can no longer rectify the mistakes that we have made in the past. Fortunately, over the years of constantly repeating the same mistake over and over again, I found out that there are actually some action steps that can be taken to prevent it. As the saying goes, prevention is better than cure. I find it rather true. If we can prevent those regrets right from the start, it would be much better as compared to removing those regrets through a tougher method afterwards. That is also why; we have to learn to think before speaking recklessly. I constantly remind myself of the steps to take before doing something. Step one, I must think if the words I’m about to say will hurt the other party. Step two, I must ask myself if I really mean the words I’m going to say. Step 3, I must ask myself if I would feel regret after saying or doing something. With these 3 simple thoughts that are deeply enrooted into my mind, there would be less chances for regret. If everybody follows these steps, I’m sure everybody will also decrease their chances of regretting. As I have said, prevention is much better than cure. As we think twice before we act, we will not have that much regrets.
Regardless of their genres, movies, including both tearjerkers and comedies have something in common. If we were to look closely and reflect on them, we’ll probably gain some valuable insights into life. We will not regret the same way that the actor or actress has. We should never just look at matters superficially. Instead we should spend time delving deeper into the matter and we may learn something even much more valuable.
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