OH, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

Hey guys! How are you?

I didn’t post anything last week, sorry about that, because I was so busy and this week too actually but I’ll do those stuff later.

So I did get a bunch of suggestions, some are about tips, like life tips, travel tips and relationship/dating tips, and some ask me opinion about Donald Trump and I replied to her by saying “You’re fired!”...haha....and also some suggested me to talk about the Equinox, all I could say is, God, it’s hot out here.

But what I decided to talk about, which some of you suggested, is about Beauty and The Beast. This is not a movie review because I haven’t seen it and probably won’t be able to, but it’s about the topic that’s been on the internet. I’m not sure if this topic is worldwide or it’s just here in Malaysia, and if it’s not worldwide and you have no idea what I’m talking about, just bare with me.

Some of you might already know that the new Beauty and The Beast movie will probably not be showing in cinemas in Malaysia because of the gay-related issue. I’m not 100% sure on whether it was a scene that shows that a couple of the characters are gay or was it in a song because there a lot of uncertain information regarding this. In conclusion, there is a gay character in the new Beauty and The Beast movie.

Actually it’s not just Malaysia, there’s another country or state in US that banned the movie, if I’m not mistaken. I read it on the online news last week and that’s the time I found out about this issue.

Some people feels like Malaysia shouldn’t make this as an issue and just approve it, but some feels that Walt Disney shouldn’t have create a gay character because it’s not necessary and since it’s a fairytale and children will watch it. And they should just cut the scene for the sake of those countries that disapproved the gay scene.

Anyway, I’m not gonna pick any side and I’m not saying this to play safe but that’s just who I am, I don’t like picking side unless I know that the 1 side is wrong because I have tried pick a side and it backfired me. And I also believe that both sides have their own reason for what they do or did.

So here’s my opinion on this matter.

What my country did, the review and the request for cutting out the gay scene are unfair for those LGBTQ+ community. It shows as if Malaysia doesn’t accept the fact that there are a lot of LGBT community out there. Which is wrong, we are aware of the existence.

In other hand, the reason why Malaysia’s government decided to do that is because Malaysia is a Muslim country, though a lot of people said that we don’t practice Islam and that a lot of other religion is also a Malaysian and that some gays are also Muslim. Maybe it is true, but that doesn’t mean the government has to change our label to being a Non-Muslim country.

What Walt Disney did, creating a gay character, for me, I agree with some people opinion, that it is not really necessary. Why not just keep the sexuality of the characters the same as the original? The old characters have no flaws, so why change? And why not just cut the scene for those countries who oppose?

At the same time, I understand why Walt Disney did it. They wanted to show that LGBT exist and that they don’t always live in a sitcom or drama, their live involve around action movie or horror and even fairytale. Yes kids will watch fairytale and they will be curious to know more but we have to expose to them anyway and Walt Disney feels like the best way is through this medium.

And regarding the not cutting the scene, I think they feel like those countries need to accept the LGBTQ+ community and that they might even live in that country. If Walt Disney agree to cut the scene, it seems like they are not determine on what they believe in.

So yeah, this is what my opinion is about the issue.

And I just realize how serious I am today.

*Pretending to be an anchorman*

“We are back on the breaking news”

Anyway....

Why do I suddenly feel like saying the word ‘Anyway’ is cute??

*Looking up*

*Wondering*

Anyway, that’s all I got for you this week. Thank you so much for your suggestions.

So this week I wanna know what do you think regarding this matter? Do you agree with me? Or not? And keep sending your suggestion for my next week’s post.

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Love Always,
Zac

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I CAN'T BELIEVE I DID THAT

Hey guys! What’s up??!

So this week I wanna share something with you guys but it’s not a certain topic or tips or opinion but it’s something that happened to me yesterday (I’m writing this on Thursday btw). And I’m sorry it’s not any one of your suggestion, maybe I’ll do it on next week’s post, but keep sending me your suggestion, I’m still considering.

Anyway, the thing that happened to me was so embarrassing and hilarious and crazy that I just wish I could dig a hole and just jump right in and never coming out in like 100 years or something.

So let me start by saying why it happened. You see, I was having a fever (well, I’m still kinda have, but I’m getting better) because last weekend I was outside most of the day and came home late at night, “thanks” sis!

I started having fever on Monday night, actually I wasn’t feeling well that morning but I still went to work because my sister was planning to go out together today (Thursday) and I need to apply a leave. So I thought I go to work on Monday and apply for the leave and I did.

But then on Tuesday my fever was getting worst, so I didn’t go to work on that day and I went to the clinic but the doctor only gave the MC for 1 day. Therefore I had to go to work on Wednesday, though my fever was not yet cured.

A few hours before my lunch break, my body, mostly my hands, were started shaking but not too obvious. I really don’t know why. My sister said it’s either I was hungry or cold. So I went home for my lunch break. At that time I was having a headache too.

I was planning to take half day yesterday and my sister was suggesting the same. So I texted my boss and asked her if she have anything that she wants me to do. At first she said she already done everything and she asked ‘Anything?’ I replied saying ‘Nothing on my side, do you have anything you want me to do’ and she said ‘Yup. You are coming back to office right’. So I decided not to take the half day.

Once I reached my office, my boss was there and she asked me why I asked that, so explained to her my attention and suddenly she said ‘Actually there’s nothing left to do, you can just take the half day’. I was like ‘Whaaaatttt?’ but I didn’t say it out loud.

The thing is I can take the half day when she said that but my sister went out as soon as she sent me back to the office and I don’t have any other transportation to go home. So I have no choice but to stay.

A few minutes after my boss left, I texted my sister saying that what had happened and what my boss said. I should tell you that I’m not the kind of person who like to use cursive words either talking or texting, though I know it’s hard to believe since I did cursed when blogging but actually I’m not really like that, especially with my family (call me a hypocrite, I don’t care!). I usually use other word instead of the cursive word, for example, I often use the word Booger. So, when I’m mad or frustrated, I will text or say ‘That person is a booger’. So that’s what I wrote when I texted my sister, I mean the beginning of the sentences but I didn’t use any cursive words in the text.

My sister didn’t reply my text, but it’s not the first time. However, I did get a text from my boss and she said she was sorry for mistakenly type in the word ‘Yup’. So I replied saying, it’s alright with a thumb up and smiley emoji.

Like a half hour later, I called my boss to discuss about work and before I hang up, she apologized again and again I said it’s okay.

A few minutes after that, I opened my whatsapp to check if my sister has reply and still nothing. What surprised me was that the last conversation shown there was my sister informing me that she parked the car behind a lorry, which was the text she sent before I went home for lunch.

I was so worried and the first thing I did was to open the whatsapp conversation between me and my boss. And the nightmare begins when I saw that the text that I was supposed to send to my sister was sent to my boss.

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*Fainted*

I freaked out that instant and just wish it wasn’t true.

*Cover my face with a pillow*

So I straight away called my boss and apologized for it and told her that I didn’t mean to complaint and that I feel bad. She said it was okay, at least she knew how I feel.

I feel so bad, I still am. And the funny thing is, I used the word booger and sent to my boss!

It’s so crazy. I’m literally broke the record of my family for sending a complaint directly to the boss.

It’s horrible.

Okay, that’s all I wanna share with you guys for this week. I hope you enjoy reading my embarrassing moment ever.

So, the moral of the story is please make sure that you check before you send a text to anyone and try not to use cursive word when texting or speaking, because you never know who you might send it to. Honestly, I am grateful that I don’t use cursive word often.

So this week I wanna know if you have ever face this kind of situation? And how you deal with it? I also wanna know what you think I should write about next week?

Leave your opinion/suggestion on the comment section below. Share this post to alert your family or friend so they will be carefully before sending a text. And follow BATC for more posts.

Love always,

Zac

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LET'S TALK ABOUT FEELINGS

Hey guys! It me! <<< typo on purpose

So this week I wanna share about feelings. As you can see there’s an ‘s’ at the end of the word ‘feeling’. Therefore, I’m not gonna write about just 1 feeling because then it’ll be boring and/or I might end up crying and cause the tears to fall on my laptop and into the circuit and ruin everything.

So yeah, I’m just gonna share about feelings in general.

And also because I can’t just write about feelings specifically related to romantic relationship because some people thinks that I won’t understand how it feels like to be in a relationship because I’ve never been in a relationship. Which is completely bulls***. I mean, relationship is based on love and commitment, and that is actually what most people have and deal with, even though they’re not in a relationship. To be honest, #tbh, some people who is not in a relationship can give advises to the people who is in a relationship, because it’s possible that people who is not in a relationship know or understand more or same as those people who’s in a relationship.

Okay, enough with that! Let’s go back to the topic.

Feelings...

Nothing more than feelings...

*I’m singing to Barry Manilow’s song ‘Feeling’* (For those who don’t know)

Feelings, there’s a lot of types of feelings. There’s anger, sad, happy, excited, nervous, fear, daunting (is it a feeling) and etc. Some people believe that we actually feel 1 feeling at a time, you either feel sad or angry, you can never feel both, but I believe we can feel more than 1 feelings at a time, you can feel sad and angry. For example, your annoying little cousin has accidentally ripped out your High School Musical 3: Senior Year novel that you have been keeping in good condition for years. So you are angry at that little monster but at the same time you’re sad because you know that you can never find that novel in bookstore again. And later on, you beat that little brat.

So yeah, it’s possible to feel 2 or 3 feelings at a time. You can even feel happy and angry at the same time but then people will start calling you schizophrenic or crazy.

Another thing that I believe in when talking about feelings and I know I’ve mentioned about this before and I’m pretty sure a lot of you think the same way, is that the more you keep whatever you feel to yourself, the stronger it become. I believe this because I’ve experienced it. Multiple of times.

So, if it’s a good feelings, than it’s okay if you wanna just keep it to yourself because no one is interested to hear about them or you’re worried that people might think you’re crazy or ridiculous, but if it’s not a good one, then try to find a way to let it out and I don’t mean you beat the shit out of someone, but just let it out in a healthy way. If you have someone you can talk to, then talk to them but if you don’t, find another alternative, write it on your Facebook or tweet them or write a blog or call a radio station when they ask you to call to talk about something, any healthy way, so that the feelings won’t get worst.

So that’s pretty much what I wanna share with you guys this week. Hope you enjoy it.

This week I actually wanna ask you guys if you have any suggestion on what I should talk about next week because I don’t have any idea right now, honestly.

So let me know what topic you want me to share next week on the comment section below. 

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Love always,

Zac

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READ A BOOK!

Hey guys! It’s me! Remember me? Miss me?

So this week, as you all can read from the title, I’m gonna talk about books....not boobs, okay? Urghh...

As some of you might already know that I really enjoy reading books, but obviously not all kind of books because I hate text books and I’m not really into those biography thing. Other than that, I’m willing to read.

I know I have written about this but I’m just gonna “replay” for those who don’t know. I only started to be interested in reading novels when I was working at the optometrist a few years ago, I think it was like 6 years ago? So when I was a kid, in school, reading novel was not my thing, my sisters, yes but not me. I was more into comics and short, short stories.

Anyway, before I continue with this topic, I should let you know that I’m posting this not because I want to encourage you to read a book, even though reading books can really help you in a lot of ways, like making your vocabulary much better, fill in your spare time, widen your imagination and a few other things.

The reason I’m posting this is because I wanna share my opinion regarding books and reading and also about my recent participation involving books.

Let me be honest, I didn’t read any books for like months now but not until recently. I am currently reading Ellen Degeneres ‘ book titled ‘Seriously....I’m kidding’. And it’s awesome. I recommend you to read it.

Someone once asked me why I don’t just download e-book or audio book instead of buying physical books. I have never try audio book but I’m planning to. However, I have tried e-book before, but I just don’t really like it. I mean, yes, it’s convenient and you don’t have to carry 500 pages book everywhere and it’s cool that you can turn the pages with your finger tips on the screen of your phone but  one, it will drain your battery. Two, I don’t know, it just doesn’t feel right for me. So I prefer physical book.

Okay, my recent participation in an activity involving books is about sharing your favourite books or any books in general to a stranger.  Let me explain how this activity goes. It takes place in Facebook, so you don’t have to go to places and gather around exchanging books, it’s all online....except when you need to send the book, you need to courier it or post it.

This is how it goes, trust me, its fun:

Person A will post a status update about this activity and ask whoever interested to join to leave a comment. You are interested and you commented. Person A will reply by giving you a name and an address for you to send your favourite book or any book (The name and address is real, not fake). And person A will also ask you to post the same status as Person A and giving you his/her name and address. The reason why Person A gave you his/her name is for you to send it to the person who will comment on your status update. And you will also do the same thing Person A did to you. So chain will continue on.

Pretty simple, right?

So, I’ll be sending my favourite book to a stranger tomorrow. I hope he will like it the way I do.

So that’s all for this week.

Before I’ll end this post, I just want to write, READ A BOOK!. J

This week I wanna know what is your favourite book? How many times have you read them? Do you prefer physical books or e-book or audio book?

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YOU'RE GAY?

Hey guys! What’s up?

Before I begin this week topic, I should let you that we didn’t go to Port Dickson last weekend because my uncle passed away on the exact same day we were suppose to go. Luckily we haven’t started driving when we got the news. I hope he’s in a better place.

Alright, stop with the sadness.

So this week I’m gonna talk about something that I had never really talks about with everyone. And since this topic has been one of the main subjects of conversation for almost the whole world, so I thought, why not share my opinion about it.

Hint : It’s not about Donald Trump.

Well, not actually my opinion on that exact topic but it’s about something that is related to that matter.

Okay, enough hinting!

So, a few days ago...well, actually a few months ago, someone said something more or less like this, “If you’re being friends with a gay guy, it’s possible that you are too.”

I totally disagree with what he said. However, at that moment I didn’t say anything, I just made like awkward expression and feel annoyed, because I wasn’t finished processing those sentences in my head. Not only after a few days that I finally know what I should’ve respond (typical me).

Honestly I was quite surprised when I heard that. Not just because of what he said but because it came out from a person who’s not straight. I’m not judging or saying that it’s okay if it comes out from a straight person and not if it’s from the LGBT community, but I just thought that they would be more understanding and more supportive that a straight person is accepting and being friends with them. Isn’t that what the LGBT community want? People accepting who they are? I mean, isn’t that what everyone wants?

So yeah, it happened.

So what I should’ve respond is by saying, “Go f*** yourself!”

No, I’m just kidding.

What I should’ve said is that not every friendship will turn out with them being the same person. I mean, if their friends are smoking weed, doesn’t mean they smoke weed too. And if their friends have long hair, doesn’t mean they will have long hair too.

Yes, probably most of the time it happen with all the pier pressure and stuff but not all the time. Not all people will follow what their friends do. Not all people feel the need to be the same as their friends. They might have the same thinking or opinion but that doesn’t mean they have the same attitude or in this case, the same sexual interest.

There are a lot of reasons why someone being friends with the LGBT community, maybe because the LGBT community are nice to that person, or maybe they have been friends since they were kids, or maybe they’re either bloggers or something. So it doesn’t always mean they are in the LGBT community just because their friends are.

I know that probably a lot of people might disagree with me and its okay because you have the right to have your own opinion and I respect that because the reason I’m sharing this is not because I wanna change your perspective, I just want to let you know not everything is black and white. A person being friends with a teacher doesn’t mean he/she is a teacher too. A guy being friends with a gay guy doesn’t mean he’s gay too.

So, to end this week’s topic I just wanted to say to that guy and to everyone whether you’re straight or in the LGBT community, to stop judging people through their friends. Most of the time you might be right but there’s possibility that you might be wrong.

So this week I wanna know what is your opinion about this? Have you faced this kind of situation? If you have, how did you handle it?

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Love Always,

Zac

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