Up

Up is just an amazing, amazing movie. Sublime storytelling, and whomever is responsible for the music deserves an Oscar. It had me crying within the first 20 minutes.

Up isn't just a movie, it's magic. It's art. If you haven't seen it yet, do yourself a favor and go check it out. 5/5.

Tan Phaik Gan

At 10:27pm on Saturday, June 6, 2009, my grandmother died of heart failure at the General Hospital in Penang, Malaysia. It came as a total surprise. My mom had just spoken to her the night before, and she'd been insisting that she could take care of herself just fine despite the reports we'd been hearing that she needed help.

I was uncertain about flying back for the funeral, but in hindsight I'm so glad I did. My mom and I arrived on Thursday, a day after the cremation, and we interred my grandmother on Friday.

While cleaning out her room, we found a clock that had stopped at 10:30. A strange coincidence.