the pillowman

if at age 5 (or 7, or 9), a soft entity made out completely of pillows appeared in front of you and told you about your horrible life which was to come, all the way to the point where you are about to kill yourself, would you choose to end your life there and then to save yourself from going through it?

i was very fortunate to be able to get a pair of tickets to the second run of the pillowman by srt, which started last night. my colleague had watched it last year during the first run and raved about the brilliance of the play. it had garnered a number of nominations in the local theatre awards, and i was curious to see what the hype was about.

it was a good play. there were plot twists and thought-provoking moments aplenty to keep your mind working, but honestly, i was less than impressed by the pace of the play. as my sis puts it, "i got your point, now get on with it".

that said, the parts that interested me most were the stories within the play, written by the lead character, katurian. morbid, gruesome, disturbing, the tales had children suffer through pain and hurt and no happy endings. imagine a little girl who killed her father by putting razor blades in apples and then being choked to death on little apple men. imagine a kind little boy getting his toes cut off. imagine a little girl being crucified and buried alive with 3 days' worth of air. if you can listen to these stories and not be affected, then you have a stronger stomach than i do.

in the end, probably the story of the pillowman was the mildest...and it left the deepest impression on me.

so the question at the top of this post...would you?

random things i get peeved about 3

contact lens that tear in the eye.

this is the freaking second lens i've used in one week. what the hell is wrong with it!

argh...i wanna get lasik already!

3 march - hina matsuri