coraline

i went to see the animated movie "coraline" which was based on neil gaiman's novel of the same title. it was about a girl, coraline jones, who was so bored with her new life in their new house...so tired of her busy parents - a mother who didn't cook and a father who was...Boring. then, coraline found a door which led her to her "other home" and her "other mother and father". the other dimension was so much better, for coraline, at least. what, with all the treats from her "other parents". i could have been convinced to stay in the other world, too, if i can have watermelon and lychee smoothie in an instant. anyway, it turned out that her "other parents" were really bad creatures who just wanted to "eat" her so that they can retain their fresh, vibrant and youthful aura. at this point, coraline was so desperate to go back to her real home and parents. only to realize that they were gone. our brave little caroline went back to the other end of the "door" to win her parents back from the evil "other mother", which she succeeded, plus, she was able to find the eyes of the three ghosts who were imprisoned by the copycat mother. in the end, coraline was reunited with her parents, who were not so perfect but REAL.

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i arrived in a very quiet house. very quiet, like, i can hear my own heartbeat. i was thinking, am i in the other dimension? is this a part of the movie? only that instead of coraline, it's "joan" who's in it? so where is my "other mader" and "other finn-einar" then? as i was tiptoeing on my way to the kitchen, oscar came out from his hide-out under the living room table. he's real! he didn't have button-eyes! kuya oscar is for real! but wait, my family is still gone. mmmmmm....okay. i'll just sleep through this and tomorrow everything will be back to normal.