currently listening to Sinead O'Connor's Nothing Compares to You
lovegivesmehope:
I have been deaf ever since I was 3 years old.
Everyone treats me differently and sometimes I feel like I don’t belong.
But today, when I walked into school, the guy I like started to talk to me in sign language. He said he’s been learning for a year so he could tell me he loves me.
Nolan, you GMH.
Last Saturday Astro Prima (or was it Astro Ria?) aired a telemovie by Khabir Bhatia - Keabadian Cinta (they aired this at Astro Citra sempena V-day but I wasn't here to watch. Wait do I even have Astro Citra? idk :P). Do you know him? He's famous for the movies Cinta & Sepi; movies that have a few short stories which the characters are connected to each other somehow at some point of time. That's his trademark I guess, but I'm not too sure of this cuz I haven't watch Setem yet. Maybe its not of the same style, but still about love?
Anyway, Keabadian Cinta is also another short stories combined into one long movie. This time, instead of 5 stories like Cinta, it's just 3; one is about an english boy and a malay girl who are preparing for their wedding. Problems arise when the bride's family is pushing him a bit too much on making him to follow their way. If you get what I mean. Another one is about a girl who fell in love with her father's bestfriend. The guy is in his 40s and single, and didn't know that the girl is his bestfriend's daughter. And, my favorite part in the movie will be the third story - about a deaf dude who fell in love with a blind girl.
I am always a sucker for this. To be honest I did wonder what happened if I fell in love with someone as special as that? Like someone blind, or deaf, or a mute? or someone who depends on a wheelchair (okay but now I am just going to concentrate on deaf/blind/mute, someone who needs another 'language' to communicate with). You'll never know who you will end up with, yes? I always wanted to learn sign languages, or braille. Well, not because of that what-if situation ok? I just feel like it's cool to be able to communicate with them. Sometimes during the time I took public transportation to go to client, I will observe many kinds of people, including those who communicate using sign language. Although I feel like everyone can know what they're talking about, but I still wish that I know the language. Come to think of it, I don't think others would understand unless they learn how. So yeah, no one knows except for them.
Not that I have a deaf friend. Or a mute friend. But I do have a blind person whom I am close with - Kak Nah. She's still blind you know. Its sad that I cannot see her. And spend time with her. Sometimes I just wish that I can spend time taking care of her like how she takes care of me back then.
I always wish her well.
Okay back to my topic. Falling in love with special people.
To know that people would go that far in making another person happy is just... wow. Would I go a mile more for someone I love? In that movie, at first the deaf guy didn't thought about going to learn Braille, and I don't know why. Maybe its just the drama part. Its a bit sad when the girl was like pouring her heart out saying "no matter how much I fell in love with you, we can't be together because you're deaf and I am blind" (rephrased quote ye), he was just like watching without hearing a word she was saying, but maybe he understood from her expressions. And of course because his friend/aunt was there to watch maybe they explained to him soon after.
And after he learned Braille he wrote "cinta tak perlukan mata, tak perlukan telinga, cinta cuma perlukan hati." (love doesn't need eyes, or ears. love only needs a heart - direct translation ehe).
I was so touched.
Now I fell in love with that movie. How I wish I can watch it over and over. Sadly I don't think I can. I don't think they sell the dvd.
And now this. I came across the LGMH story just now while tumblring. A guy learnt sign language to tell his deaf love interest he loves her.
How small gestures like that bring a huge impact on us.
Oh. Maybe I should start learning. I have been thinking about learning sign language/braille for quite sometime. hurm. but when?
