Thursday, July 1, 2010
JOURNEYDescription
When i was ten, my mother called me "ah girl" and i had always responded to her. When I was fifteen, my mother called me "ah girl" in front of my classmates and i scolded her. When I was twenty, my mother still called my "ah girl" aloud and I ignored her completely. I know that , from her point of view, no matter how old I am , I will always be the "ah girl" who calls her "mama".
From my point of view, my mother is just an old woman in the house who lives with me. Her responsibilities are to make breakfast for me in the morning, give me money to spend in the day, do the laundry in the evening and switching off lights at night. For all those things that she did, she will have the authority to scold or ground me.
Until one day, she calls me and says, "Ah girl, I've got cancer. I may die within the next six months."
That is when i realize that my mother is more than that.
Random Info (:
-His main objective of this story is to tell young adults that a lot of times , we took our mother for granted , which is what he did too .
-Although he had written many tragic story before this novel , this was the first story he shed tears while visualizing the storyboard.
-He spent more time doing research than writing this novel .
-He got the idea of Elle's mother signature word , idiot , when his MP3 player ran out of battery in the train . A mother beside him kept telling her daughter , "your sister is an idiot"
-The doctor whom he interviewed was very kind to him , offering a lot of information to him , and even seeing him to the shuttle bus service without any airs at all . This made him respect doctors a lot more .
-In order to know more about woman's make up & stuff , he consulted his female friends and window-shopped at the cosmetic department at a departmental store .
Review
Journey tells a story about a simple relationship between a daughter and her mother. This story will reflect what everyone has been through: A love-hate between a child and parents . A touching story that will make you tear after you read .
Preview
Read the first twelve chapters of this book at the following link !
http://www.blogger.com/www.goodybooks.com/journey.htm
