Hey! I've changed the fonts on my blog! I really loved the previous font all fancy-like but it was getting kind of irritating. I think I like this better. Its easier to read, no? I've also removed the music. :(

Meow, meow, meow. I'm bored. Soooo.. I've decided to blog. Okay, I'm not supposed to be bored because I've got TONS of work to do... But, I'm just lazy. So I shall procrastinate by blogging. Oh yeah.

So recently, I went to the movies to watch 'My Sister's Keeper'. I was waiting for this movie to be released in Singapore for a MIGHTY long time because I've always been a fan of Ms Jodi Picoult and My Sister's Keeper so happened to be one of my favourite book by her.

I guess one of the reasons that I've picked up this book is that one of my Aunt had passed away from Leukemia when I was 10 years old. I was quite young then and didn't understand what was really happening. But I remembered, I really did love her. All I knew Mamami (her name was Samiah) was terribly ill and had to be admitted to the hospital in Singapore (she was living in M'sia at that point of time). Apparently, she didn't knew that she was suffering from leukemia at first. Yes, there was some signs like the never ending coughs and the horribly weak feeling. But she didn't put much thought into it. When she found out that she had gotten this sickness, she kept it to herself. Her wish is that she didn't want to trouble the rest of the family as medical expenses was very expensive. But alas, we did found out because her condition worsened.

She passed away in 2004, at the young age of 50. I still could remember how'd she looked like vividly in my head and there is still pictures of her around. But how I wish I could still remember her laughter, the way she spoke and how'd she act around me. Its sad that I can't remember any. Sometimes I dream of her and I'd wake up feeling kind of down. But I know that where ever she is right now (hopefully in heaven), she'd be watching out for me.

Okay, so getting back to our topic....

I remembered when I first read the book quite a long time ago. I was obsessed. I couldn't put the book down and I HAD to continue to flip the pages to know what happened next because it was THAT GOOD. It was kind of confusing at first since Jodi Picoult wrote from everyone's point of view. From Kate's to Anna's to Jesse's to Brian's to Sara's to Alexander's to Julia's (who is Anna's guardian ad litem and Alexander's fling/gf/whatever.. which isn't in the movie btw). But when you get the hang of it, you'd be enjoying the book as much as I did! =DD

If you have no idea what the book is about (which I highly doubt! Because if you don't, SHAME ON YOU!), here's a short synopsis-

"Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her older sister, Kate, can somehow fight the leukemia that has plagued her since childhood. The product of preimplantation genetic diagnosis, Anna was conceived as a bone marrow match for Kate - a life and a role that she has never questioned… until now. Like most teenagers, Anna is beginning to question who she truly is. But unlike most teenagers, she has always been defined in terms of her sister - and so Anna makes a decision that for most would be unthinkable… a decision that will tear her family apart and have perhaps fatal consequences for the sister she loves. My Sister's Keeper examines what it means to be a good parent, a good sister, a good person. Is it morally correct to do whatever it takes to save a child's life… even if that means infringing upon the rights of another? Is it worth trying to discover who you really are, if that quest makes you like yourself less?"

And here's the trailer -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5_3_DhVn5o&feature=fvw

(I tried to embed the youtube vid here but I can't and I don't know why! If I do that, the whole layout of my blog goes haywire. Zzzzz. Stop being a bitch OnSugar! Grrr!)

Okay, so here are my thoughts....

The movie isn't as good as the book. I didn't cry AT ALL during the movie and I am the sort of person who cries at ANYTHING sad. I swear, tears do well up my eyes when I see an abandoned doggy okay! Okay, maybe I did tear for maybe 2 seconds but thats it! Aaand I cried so bad while reading the book!

And they shouldn't have have cut Julia's part out of the movie because she played a HUGE ass part in the story! She's freaking linked to the main character and her lawyer, for goodness sake!

Plus a big WHAT THE FUCK to the scene where Kate and Taylor had sex! (Sorry about the spoiler my dears). Thats not in the book! And why on earth would you show 2 cancer patients doing it in a PG rated movie? I swear, I wanted to slap each and every stupid school girl that was giggling in the theatre!

SPIT SPIT SPIT SPITTTTTTTTT!!!

Oh yeah, and the movie ending is way way way different from the book and Cameron Diaz sucked in playing the Momma.

My rating:

Book: 5/5

Movie: 3/5

xo, Nadiah