Today was the day for me to watch Departures! The film that had won 5 Oscar awards. Yea, the film was great. The life of being a encoffineer, or would rather say the person who takes care of the procedures after you died. The process of embalming, washing, making up, casketing. The society of how society relates to this 'dirty' lowly job. A job that everyone might despised on, considering 'If you aren't going to do it, who's going to?'.

In Japan, mannerism and respect holds a high custom. The Japanese avoids the occupation which handles the corpse. The paying/inserting casket teacher handles the various corpses of the people who die in miserable circumstance. Therefore, there is an eye of the prejudice that because of the money, it works the paying/inserting casket. The capitalism person handles the corpse in a businesslike way. But, the sincere paying/inserting casket teacher handles the corpse with respect. The paying/inserting casket teacher is sincere, but when being visible beautifully in reason, misunderstanding disappears. Everyone shouldn't have the mindset of handling corpses for the eye of money.

-Imagine a scene where you were jobless and you had to work as a encoffineer. Your wife, knowing you were into this career, left you. You were new into this career, you had to go through the pain of getting in contact with dead pungent cadaver. The humiliation and back-talks about how smelly and lowly you are. One day, your father who has lost contact with you had died. You were the only family member living. While others have just the thought of just throwing and doing it swiftly, without giving him respect to their next afterlife. You had to get into process of embalming and casketing. Every procedures doing it this up-close, brings sorrow yet touching emotions of seeing your last sight of relatives.-

Today is also my mother's birthday. I bought food after watching the movie. ToriQ's Bento A, Ji De Chi's Almond Paste and Chestnut Cake. When I went back home, mother went to order PizzaHut's Viva Family Deal delivery. She asked me what selections do I want for the pizzas. I told her, "You make the decision since it's your birthday." Ended up she ordered Hawaiian and Veggie Lovers. Hawaiian was the default pizza for me, whenever I can't bother to think what to eat. Well, at least it was quite full indeed. ;D

After that, I went watching 'Absolute Boyfriend' which Michelle recommended. Currently watching episode 9. I guess the manga version was better, but drama was animated. So it was nice too! I was finding for the ending song, 'Okaeri'. My results was always in instrumental version, I want it in vocal! Finally I found it. When I looked at the name. Surprisingly she was the singer for the PSP game, Final Fantasy Crisis Core. ;D
Posted by Purity And Simplicity at 22:33