Friday, July 31, 2009
Suetaka Hayase - July 31, 2009.
My cousin married a man who enjoyed life. He had a good job and made it better when he picked up his family and moved away from the country. He surfed and dived for shellfish. He ran around wearing USC jacket, when everyone else had UCLA. His daughter grew up to be a nurse, and his son plays collegiate baseball for one of the top colleges in Tokyo. And he had the most fun visiting us in the U.S. when he got married almost 30 years ago, and when we visited with them 13 years ago. He finished technical high school and he could barely read in his native language, yet he could make his way around Honolulu, and have no problems understanding my wife, who spoke no Japanese. He passed away yesterday from cancer. 5,571 miles and a whole world away yet he feels so close by. My family will miss him, and wishes to be with family there.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
UP - Disney-Pixar
Last night at the El Capitan theatre in Hollywood, I finally saw the 3D version of Disney's "UP."
What a surprise! From the beginning it tugged at the emotions. What an impact through writing a good script.
We may have dreams, but if we don't achieve them, it doesn't mean we led an unfulfilled life. Carl Frederiksen assumed that his wife had left the pages blank where she was going to write "stuff" that she was going to do, once she got to Paradise Falls. Near the end of her life in the hospital, we see that she had been looking through her "Adventure Book" that she had since they were kids. As he discovered near the end, where he completed her dream of moving their "clubhouse" to the top of Paradise Falls, that she had instead added pictures of the two of them together throughout their lives together ending with "Thank you for the adventures. Now start one of your own." She may not have gotten to Paradise Falls, but she did achieve things that she wanted to do on the way.
Now Carl has realized that and goes off to help his little friend Russell to save the bird, Kevin.
Russell earned his last badge, assisting the elderly, by helping Carl realize that holding on to memories is one thing, but letting go is another.
Amazing is the powers of film and even computer-generated characters could achieve this.
What a surprise! From the beginning it tugged at the emotions. What an impact through writing a good script.
We may have dreams, but if we don't achieve them, it doesn't mean we led an unfulfilled life. Carl Frederiksen assumed that his wife had left the pages blank where she was going to write "stuff" that she was going to do, once she got to Paradise Falls. Near the end of her life in the hospital, we see that she had been looking through her "Adventure Book" that she had since they were kids. As he discovered near the end, where he completed her dream of moving their "clubhouse" to the top of Paradise Falls, that she had instead added pictures of the two of them together throughout their lives together ending with "Thank you for the adventures. Now start one of your own." She may not have gotten to Paradise Falls, but she did achieve things that she wanted to do on the way.
Now Carl has realized that and goes off to help his little friend Russell to save the bird, Kevin.
Russell earned his last badge, assisting the elderly, by helping Carl realize that holding on to memories is one thing, but letting go is another.
Amazing is the powers of film and even computer-generated characters could achieve this.
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