" These words were spoken in fragmented English by a tiny Thai woman dressed in a crisp white nurse's uniform, complete with a stiff little hat perched on top of her overly styled black hair, teased and sprayed to perfection. I looked down at the nurse, somewhat startled. I certainly had not expected to be permitted to see into the gruesome reality of taboo Thai culture. .
I had come to Lampang, Northern Thailand with nine other American students on my first of several community service programs to the country. By the time we reached the Kanyalyani hospital, we had already experienced our fair share of encounters with the peculiarities of the Thai people and their constant struggle "to keep face" for their country in the eyes of these young farangs (foreigners). Perhaps the reason the Lampang Kanyalyani hospital proved different was because they recognized the hospital lacking in superficial beauty to show off, I reflected, as I glanced at the peeling white walls of the hall, mold formations prospering in the damp corners, and then over to the disarray of rickety wooden chairs cluttered in the center of the cramped room full of sickly people, many of whom would not be treated for hours. "This OK?" confirmed the little nurse. I looked over to my friend, Alex, who was furiously nibbling on his fingernails, a sure sign that he too was nervous. We both nodded with false enthusiasm, plastering huge fabricated grins across our faces, a habit that we had acquired since arriving; a method for concealing emotion. I took Alex's hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze as we turned to follow our guide across a courtyard overrun with weeds and cluttered with piles of rocks, into a separate building. The sagging roof and high windows, splattered with mud, ( a far cry from the Four Seasons) was not a place I would want to wait to die. I took a deep breath, trembling with both fear and anticipation, and walked through the door that Alex held for me.
A Wonderful Life A young lady by the name of Jessica never dreamed her life would turn out how it did. ... Jessica is a very smart and beautiful lady who had the time of her life during school. ... As bubbly as Jessica was at school, her home life was kind of rocky. ... She knew she had her life set and she knew herself. ... Her wore was so beautiful. ...
" Life is beautiful" is a deep touch movie about love of a Jewish father for his family (his wife and his son) in Nazi concentration camp. ... The first main stage of the movie is the romantic love of an Italian waiter ( Roberto Bengini)-Guido with a beautiful and lovely woman teacher-Dora. ... "Light is beautiful" is a brilliant comedy which brings to us not only laugh but also tears and thinking. ...
Life is Beautiful The cultural event that I chose to do was watching the movie Life is Beautiful. It was a very good movie, but it was also very sad. The movie is set during World War II in Italy and is about a man named Guido. The movie starts out while Guido and his friend, Ferruccio, go to Guid...
"Life is Beautiful" is a non fiction Italian film about an Italian family that was sent to a concentration camp. ... Both "Night" and "Life is Beautiful" tell survival stories during the Holocaust. ... "Life is Beautiful" is a fictional story of an Italian Jewish family in one of the concentration camps. ... The consequence of failing the physical exam was more apparent in the novel "Night" than "Life is Beautiful.... These two stories, "Night" and "Life is Beautiful" show the traumatic impact the Holocaust had on Jewis...
"Life is Beautiful" The movie begins in a comical way but as it progresses, we can see the facts about life and the hardships one must face in a society where belonging to a different race faces the evils of man's quest for supremacy. The movie has many philosophical facts although most of them sound so hilarious; they are in fact true to certain aspects of life. ... He always had that positive outlook in life that has aided him in protecting his son from the trauma of war and discrimination. ... These is just like LIFE, life has so many wonders and no one can explain what life re...
Life is Beautiful The first part of the movie is about Guido and his future wife Dora. ... This was awesome to me; the boy will ever remember his father for getting him through the toughest time of his life. ... Guido's goals or meaning of life are very interesting ones. ... Dora's philosophy of life wasn't as clear as her husbands. ... No other characters philosophy of life really jumped out at me from the film. ...
As Frank was their only child, they have been trying hard that he has everything what in the end was the biggest problem: Frank became too spoiled and that was something that had enormous influence in his further life and behavior. ... He replaced their vocalist, and signed a one-year contract and obviously made a life-changing decision. ... Female fans were crazy about him most of the time, but for all of them it was something special when he walked onto the stage with a drink in his hand and started to sing in a beautiful, peaceful voice. ...
A BEAUTIFUL MIND REACTION PAPER After watching the movie A Beautiful Mind with Russell Crowe as John Nash, my views on mental illness have greatly changed. ... I think it was very important to watch A beautiful Mind in class. ... His life long goal was to be one of math's most accomplished mathematicians. ... This is why I enjoyed the movie A Beautiful Mind. I thought Russell Crowe did an amazing job as John Nash and really helped us to see how his life was. ...
(Beautiful, you are very beautiful) Caught in the moment, I had not even noticed that Alex and the nurse now stood next to me. ... I peered into it, a beautiful baby girl staring back, wide eyed and swaddled in a pink flannel blankie. ... The weight of the child I held in my arms felt so right, so perfect, and so curiously like the brief moment I spent with the man minutes ago; it had less of the intensity and more of the joy, yet with the same awareness of life. ... I had seen the beginning and the end of life, and the splendor that encompasses the entire range of being. ... I"m not sure exac...
