The Lost Thing and Cicada by Shaun Tan

I was supposed to edit videos because I've found that routine increasingly bogs me down lower and lower. When I was in Melbourne, I went into a bookshop and saw The Red Tree by Shaun Tan. Even though it's been almost two years, I still think about it from time to time. Today was one of those days. The graphics in the books and the short captions that say the most had left an imprint on me. I suppose I regret a little bit not getting it that time, but at least I took a picture of the cover to remember it by. However, I have to admit, RM 50 for a picture book is pretty pricey for a student like me, but I wonder if I thought about it so much, does it mean I should really have it?

Anyways, I looked Shaun Tan up to see his other books. So far, I watched the trailer for Cicada and The Lost Thing.

Gosh, tell me you didn't like it!! cus u can't.

"No sick day. No mistake."
This quote hit too close to home...

If you looked at the comment section, most of the school kids are commenting that they were shown this video for school. It's just a really ironic picture to me because I was an adult, halfway across the world (ok maybe I exaggerate because Malaysia is close compared to Australia) looking for the video. And the video rang true, yet again, with the kids being shown the video without grasping the full knowledge of it because perhaps they were too young to understand it or because they haven't gone through that dreaded path in life when you have to decide to give up your childhood dreams. :(
The lost thing inside all of us.