Shutter Island

Just watched Shutter Island today. For people who haven't watched it, it's basically a movie about this mental institution on an island somewhere off the Boston Harbor. Anyways, the story was quite twisted and confusing as the main character goes through all these delusions. I found this movie to be quite interesting because of its idea about the mentally ill or insane people.

When it talked about the transorbital lobotomy I was kinda grossed out. It sounded really twisted.. Anyways, at the end when the doctor revealed about the whole "role-playing" treatment thing I was surprised because the whole time as we watch the events through the main character's perspective it seemed like everyone on the island was off to no good. Basically, watching this movie from beginning till the end you would experience a lot of confusion. I guess it's reasonable considering that it's about a mental institution where patients have delusions anyway... But yeah, even though it's quite confusing it is still a great movie with very interesting storyline and a lot of twists to keep the audience interested.

It kinda introduced the idea about treating mental illnesses with care and not just drugs and force. The "role-playing" treatment probably won't work on every patient, but considering the case of the main character it actually seemed like a very good idea. This movie opened up my perspective on the idea of psychiatry. It's definitely not a simple field.. quite twisted in its own nature.. haha.

Makes me wonder, does creating a fantasy really helps forgetting or dealing with the traumatic past? Now that I think about it, the mechanism behind daydreaming is kinda like that, avoiding reality.. And daydreaming is definitely something we are familiar with. Perhaps it does help to fantasize sometimes to feel happier.. :P

Next Stage

Time to update the blog again~ It's been too long.. I guess I was being lazy and all ever since I started chilling in Korea.. XP

Yesterday was July 14th, my birthday. FINALLY I turned 18~ :D
Now I can do many many new things legally LOL If possible I plan to get a driver's license in the near future so I can actually ride moped or drive if I get a chance to :P
Mmm.. other plans.. well, I can do many things now but honestly speaking, there aren't actually that many things that came to mind besides getting a license. Well, now that I'm 18, technically I'm an adult now.. so I should start finding like a part-time job or something to earn some cash for myself and learn to provide for my own.

Sounds easy.. but I think I need some motivation to get started with that. I've been really lazy these days. I should really start planning ahead now that I've officially been accepted to National Taiwan University. Transition to school system in Taiwan might be a little challenging.. but somehow I don't find that motivating enough to get me started on preparing ahead of time... :S Oh well.. I still have like.. 2 months left..

I kinda wish school would start soon though.. THEN I would be forced to get my head in the game and start being productive again.. XP

Other than going on talking about what's on my mind right now, just want to quickly write  something about the Korea trip. The one month staying there was definitely a really great time for me to spend more time with friends before everyone goes off to college. All the great friendships I've made in the past few years I'm definitely going to treasure them. I know it's going to be hard keeping in touch with everyone but I'll try my best to stay connected with as many friends as I can. Years from now when we see each other again, hopefully we will all be successful :P