forgiveness

are we able to forgive the people
who hurt us in the past
or our loved ones?




went to watch "muallaf" today. would love to be at the q&a session with yasmin ahmad and the cast tomorrow, but exams comes first.

i thoroughly enjoyed the film. thought it is more straightforward than "sepet" and "gubra", but nonetheless, like those 2 yasmin ahmad's film, the silence and simplicity of the film and cinematography speaks louder than all the special effects you have in hollywood.

i still can't get off my mind this scene in the movie: how the two sisters (as shown in the poster above) can, at every night, forgive those who hurt them the most. the elder sister can still love her father despite the abuse and mental torture given to her and her late mother.

i would want to forgive those who hurt me before too, especially the winged-tigers. so do i want to forgive the same tigers who predated on the monkeys.

but i'm still finding the way to.

"it is in forgiving that we are forgiven"