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Synopsis:
Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch), son of wealthy parents (Marcia Gay Harden, William
Hurt), graduates from Emory University as a top student and athlete. However, instead of
embarking on a prestigious and profitable career, he chooses to give his savings to charity, rid
himself of his possessions, and set out on a journey to the Alaskan wilderness.
The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home
to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The weather is
unusually gloomy and rainy every day, as if to suggest his future. He lives his days in isolation,
but finally finds work as a writer for a mysterious occult magazine. Then one day, Hodaka meets
Hina on a busy street corner. This bright and strong-willed girl possesses a strange and
wonderful ability: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky…
I finally went to her house this Saturday. Not just me, my parents were with me,
including my cousins and my aunts and uncles. Basically the whole family. I had to carry
around my maths book according to mom’s order but I didn’t get to do much. Just an
hour or so before leaving I suddenly remembered about the assessment so I asked her
a few questions. She was busy talking with her children (my aunts and uncles) so I
didn’t want to take so long. Before we start, I shall tell you a few things about her. She’s
my grandma. Name’s Daw Win Shwe and she’s gonna turn 69 this december. She likes
sweet things like curdled milk and she’s struggling with diabetes. Not extreme though,
since she’s fine as long as she takes medicine daily. She likes bright colors like yellow
and pink unlike me since I love monotone. She’s obsese but we don’t really mind as
long as she’s healthy and always smiling. She’s very calm and talks slowly and is very
gentle too. Now what I really got to ask was just 3 questions. I asked her, “When did you
get married, did you regret it?” She said, “I married young, I was around 22 at that time.
I was in love with him and it wasn’t a forced marriage, more like a peaceful one since
both sides agreed and celebrated their wedding willingly.” The wedding took place in
her house, she continued. They were just teenagers and were short in cash so they
didn’t want to spend much. So now the next one “What was it like having a child at the
age of 23?” She said she had never and still doesn't regret it. Having my dad was one of
the best things she’s ever done. She said she remembered being ever happier when
they knew that it was a boy and slowly as my dad got older she said she was very proud
of him for being so responsible to not only his 3 younger siblings but also the family
business. I asked her the final question before we all had dinner, “What was it like to
have 4 children?’ She said “I was happy with the first 3. I didn’t have any problems at
all. I was afraid the 3rd child (my aunt) might have trouble getting along with her older
brothers but that wasn’t the case at all!” “The problem was the last one, your uncle. He
was born in 1988, the time when we were also ruled by the military. That time we
protested strongly. All citizens carried around at least a knife with them and schools
were all closed. We had to run away from the soldiers and stayed in forests for weeks.
Thankfully, I was able to give birth to your uncle safely at a clinic and he was a healthy
boy.” Mom called for dinner and the conversation ended. Back home when I’m writing
this paragraph, I realised there’re still so many things I don’t really know about