Hello all! hope you've been enjoying your long weekend ka.
I disappeared for the whole week with one important mission to let you know sometime later na ka. Today I wish to talk about the movie I just watched yesterday ka....I'm sure you all must have heard about it....the hottest movie, 'หลานม่า' ka!
It caught my attention because I could connect with it almost right away from my own Chinese roots and I found it interesting to see what cultural dimensions would be shared.I googled the translated movie title, which is 'How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies; LAHN MAH, The Chinese Family'. Had I checked it earlier, I could have judged that the grandson wasn't a good person, the grandma must be filthy rich,....etc....and it was possible I could produce one new movie:))!
As there are so many reviews around, I'd like to do it from my perspective linking to international aspects ka.
This is a story of grandma and grandson that to me, highlight the crucial learning is on 'diversity' ka.
Diversity in this movie comprises some of the following:
- 2 genders: female, male
- 3 generations: Builder, X, and Z
- 3 ethnicities: Chinese, Chinese-Thai, Thai
- 5 jobs: Congee seller, Stock trader, Repairman, Supermarket staff, and Elderly caretaker
- many roles one plays in life from grandma, mom, sister, aunt, etc.
When combining each type of the above diversity, it's shown how different one person can be, making interactions and relationship building challenging. Grandma was born with traditions of 'male-dominant', showing favors/love to son over daughter. Her context gives a high priority to the traditional values of 'gratitude' and 'role of mom/grandma' unlike her grandson who thinks of 'investment and return' when taking care of his grandma.
In fact it's a different definition of each generation that requires all gens to learn, share, and understand ka. Therefore, understanding diversity clearly will benefit us all to open many opportunities for ideas and innovation.
It also shows the reality of life especially in our current and future world of competitions. Families are much smaller and even in the nuclear family, relationship building is more challenging than before. Time to stay closer together with person-to-person interactions is so precious.
When money has increasingly become more needed, the meanings of life and family relationships need to be rethought and rebuilt with some proper balance.
Asked if you should watch this movie, I highly recommend it ka. It's funny and touching with no boring moments plus quite a few lessons learned loei ka!
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