watched the diving bell and the butterfly. it was a beautiful movie which would make you tink abt your life and how you should be spendin ur life. in case you dun noe, the movie is based on the memoir of the same name by Jean-Dominique Bauby. this guy was the editor of french fashion magazine Elle but in a cruel twist of fate, he was struck down by locked-in syndrome which i feel is the most horrific illness ever. the condition paralysed him except his left eyelid so that he could only communicate by blinking. the movie follows his days at the hospital and how he struggled to communicate with the outstide world. if u didnt watch the movie, you would be wondering how he communicate just by blinking? well there was this speech therapist who would read out a list of letters and if she said the right one then he would blink once. amazingly, this was how his book was formed-letter by letter, word by word. after watchin the movie, i could not help but wonder what if tat guy was me? although ur body is dead, ur mind is still alive but you cannot convey or express how you feel except through that system of communication. words is merely not enough to describe this agony. seriously this could happen to anyone because the guy was perfectly alright but he suddenly came down with this disease so it is kind of makin me worried. sadly there is no way to prevent this but lookin on the bright side, i realise i shld stop wastin my life and accomplish sometin. unluckily i watched this movie right in the middle of my prelims and the only ting i shld be accomplishin now is to do well for my prelims and alvls which can take such a long and painful time that i feel is jus as bad as locked-in syndrome. everyday u r forced to hole yourself up in a room to study and u dare not venture anywhere else so this sounds similiar to the syndrome...i tink i hve more than enough worries for now