Writing Adventures

I was inspired by something that I watched recently. Hopefully, you enjoy it! ~~~ Today was supposed to be like any other day. Wake up. Eat. Go to work. Sleep. There was nothing in my work that could prepare me for this day. I leaned against the railing on the subway as it unfolded in front of my eyes. Blood splattered everywhere as chaos erupted from the panic. My body cowered in fear and frozen in place. I couldn't decide on what I wanted to do. My gut reaction was to run to the ends of the train, but that's where the zombies were biting everyone. I slunk down into a corner, hoping everything would go away. I looked across from me to see a little girl crying. I remembered seeing her and her mom board the train earlier. They were probably separated, and if I don't do anything, both of us will be killed as well. I clenched my fist, and gritted my teeth to confirm my resolution and courage to do what I needed to do. I was scared and have no idea what to do, but if I focus on

Image used from:  http://asianwiki.com/Fortuna%27s_Eye Imagine if you have the power to know when someone is going to die, would you try to change their fate or let it be? However, by changing their fate, you will suffer the consequences of being closer to death in order to not upset the balance of life. Fortuna’s Eye is a fantasy romance film where the main character, Shinichiro Kiyama (Ryunosuke Kamiki), struggles with deciding the purpose of using the ability to help others or not. He meets Aoi Kiryu (Kasumi Arimura) one day, who is immediately attracted to her, but he sees her hand becoming transparent signifying that her death is near. When the ability is used, the film uses the visual effect of showing partial transparency of the person’s body. It’s an interesting take with using that visual effect, as the clothes are left untouched which I would imagine it makes it uncanny and surreal to see the ability happen in real life. It might be the simple thought of the eyes are sho

It was another school day. I placed my right hand on my chest in an attempt to try to calm down. It would beat so fast whenever I saw him get on the next subway platform. The only thing I knew about him was the book he was reading and his black framed glasses. As the train car arrived at the platform, I let out a deep breath as I stood off to the side in the train car. As I predicted, he walked into the train car on the other end with a book up to his eyes. My heart started to beat quickly despite trying to calm down moments earlier. My face started to turn red and I tried to hide it beneath my scarf.  Then I noticed he didn't have his glasses on, and there was someone with him. A girl. I tried to lean forward to get a better look, and she was beautiful with long, wavy black hair. She had her arm around the boy's arm. My heart sank in depression as I thought, "He's no longer single." I didn't do anything to bridge the gap between him and I through all o

I found this writing prompt interesting! Hope you enjoy! "Someone saves your life. As a show of gratitude, you tell them that they are always welcome in your house. Five years later, they die in an accident and appear as a ghost to take you up on your offer." https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/9rtqxv/wp_someone_saves_your_life_as_a_show_of_gratitude/ ~~~ After a long day of work, all I wanted to do after getting home was pop open a beer and watch whatever was on TV as I fell asleep. To my surprise, my mouth dropped open as I closed the front door. There was a woman playing with my curtains in the living room. "Who are you? How did you get into my home?!" She shrugged. "I don't know. When I woke up, I was on the couch." "Whatever, that doesn't matter. I want you out right now!" I proceeded to grab her arm, but it went through her. "W-What just happen?" I tried again, but there was nothing to grab d

Image from: http://asianwiki.com/Survival_Family I recently watched this 2017 Japanese movie called Survival Family, directed by Shinobu Yaguchi. It starred Fumiyo Kohinata, Eri Fukatsu, Yuki Izumisawa, and Wakana Aoi. I watched the movie on my flight back from Tokyo to Toronto, and overall, I enjoyed it. The story is about Yoshiyuki Suzuki (played by Fumiyo Kohinata), and his family as they try to adapt to living after a nationwide blackout seemed to have occurred with no logical explanation. I found the movie to be interesting in a sense that before the blackout occurs, we see a glimpse of what life is like for the Suzuki family. All of the family members relies on the convenience of technology, whether it is using the elevator, computers, phones, or TVs as an example. The son (played by Yuki Izumisawa) always have music playing on his headphones, and when the blackout occurs, he hears the ambient nature sounds to his surprise that he had never paid attention to in the past. Th

Image from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downsizing_(film) I recently watched a 2017 film titled Downsizing, directed by Alexander Payne, written by Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, and starred Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau and Kristen Wiig. The synopsis of the movie is about Paul Safranek (Matt Damon) and Audrey Safranek (Kristen Wiig), who decides to sign up for the "downsizing" procedure as a way to start a new happier life together to get away from the stress of their everyday life in Omaha. The downsizing procedure was discovered by scientists in the movie with their motivation of wanting to decrease humanity's footprint on Earth in an attempt to conserve resources to better the environment. To prevent spoilers, I'll leave the synopsis at this point to not ruin any surprise if you do decide to watch it. My thoughts about the film was surprising. I honestly didn't have any expectations of the film prior to watching it. I had seen one trailer,