8.19.2008

dao-ed and all kung fu-ey



I heard it was a great movie, but i never got the chance to see it...until my 7-year old nephew Gelo and my 6-yr old niece Chay pounced on my bed Sunday morning with a DVD copy of Kung Fu Panda. We had breakfast in bed while watching all the action--I had to cover their mouths to keep them from spilling what's gonna happen next.

I must be quite depressed the past weeks, or maybe I really am just as weird as my friends say, but this movie just enlightened me.haha. And suddenly, I wanted to make things right.

Some unforgettable lines...

Mr. Ping (sharing the secret ingredient to his Secret Ingredient Soup): The secret ingredient is ... nothing!
Po: Huh?
Mr. Ping: You heard me. Nothing! There is no secret ingredient.
Po: Wait, wait ... it's just plain old noodle soup? You don't add some kind of special sauce or something?
Mr. Ping: Don't have to. To make something special you just have to believe it's special.
Po: There is no secret ingredient ...

Master Shifu: Master, I have bad news.
Master Oogway: Calm down Shifu, there is just news. There's no bad or good.

Townspeople to the Dragon Warrior: How can we repay you? Dragon Warrior: There is no charge for awesomeness. Or attractiveness.

And my favorite part of the movie...

Master Oogway (when Master Shifu says the villain Tai Lung has returned): That is bad news, if you do not believe that the Dragon Warrior can stop him.
Master Shifu: Panda ?! Master that panda is not the Dragon Warrior, he wasn't even meant to be here ! It was an accident !
Master Oogway: There are no accidents.
Master Shifu: Ahhh, yes I know, you'd said that already, twice.
Master Oogway: Well, that was no accident either.
Master Shifu: Thrice.
Master Oogway: My dear friend, that panda will never fulfill his destiny nor you yours, until you let go of the illusion of control.
Master Shifu: Illusion ?
Master Oogway: Yes, look at this tree Shifu. I cannot make it blossom when it suits me, or make it bear fruits before it's time.
Master Shifu: But there are things we can control. I can control when the fruits will fall. And I can control where to plant the seed. That is no illusion Master.
Master Oogway: Ahhh yes, but no matter what you do, that seed it will grow into a peach tree, you may wish for an apple or an orange, but you will get a peach.
Master Shifu: But a peach cannot defeat Tai Lung !
Master Oogway: Maybe it can, if you are willing to guide it, to nurture it, to believe in it.
Master Shifu: But how ! How !? I need your help Master!
Master Oogway: No, you just need to believe. Promise me Shifu, promise me you will believe.

And so I'm now too Dao-ed for my own good. I'm letting go of the illusion of control and I'll just believe, because there is no secret ingredient...you just have to believe something is special. Skadoosh!

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