Wow it's been a while.

I realised it's only when things start to slow down, and I get time to myself, that I think about writing something on this blog.

Doesn't help that writing is all I do at work now, so I just wanna avoid it when I'm out of office.

When I look back at how I stumbled into this job, I find it so absurd.
I never was into writing.
Didn't write a single word for any school publications or whatever, just silly rants and raves on this blog (which I started when I was 16...), and I can't believe I'm writing as a living now.
Or at least for the next year, not sure what I have ahead of me.
We'll see.

Well anyway, this weekend I had some (much-needed) time to myself.
I got to catch up on books and silly korean variety shows, but also tick a few off my 'movies to watch' list.

Watched the (pretty old) French-Spanish movie 'Spanish Apartment', starring Romain Duris and Audrey Tautou, about a French student going on an exchange programme to Spain.
Feel-good movie, made me miss exchange immensely, but that's about it.

The korean movie 'Silenced/ The Crucible' was a whole different story.
I have never cried as much in a movie as I did in this one, and that's seriously saying something.

The screenplay is based on a Korean novel 'The Crucible' by Gong Ji Young, which delves into the true events of sexual assaults, physical and mental abuse, and corruption that took place at a school for deaf children. The movie is all gloominess, helplessness, and sheer heart-wrenching moments.

The good thing is that the release of the film sparked public outcry and a wave of protests which helped to reopen the otherwise relatively known case. Go watch it.