uncommon beauty

isn't it irony that life can be strong but fragile when shaken (vice versa)?

it's just like you need water to survive but it can also drown you to death.

i watched a documentary yesterday. i shudder and could hardly sit thru it.. i was going : "oh my god.... arghh... heartache..." throughout the entire show..

it is about this malaysian lady who was attacked by a jealous admirer who couldn't get her attention. she was a single mother who worked as a night hostress to raise her son.

the sick man attacked her with a chopper slashing her more than 22 times all over her face, head and body. it was just pure smeared blood and flesh everywhere. and yet that animal did not stop. he poured boiling water on her to watch her suffer in cruxifying pain..

the doctors could do almost nothing to save her from rotting away.. the infections were so bad that maggots eating her right eye..her face was multilated beyond how a human could look..

with barely a 30% chance of survival, it was a miracle that she managed to go through the ordeal. the journey of recovery was worse than the darkest hell.

But she didn't die. She refused to die. This extraordinary woman lives to inspire us, and tell the world, proudly, in her own words, "I still celebrate the fact that I am alive".
her life will no longer be the same. just like her face. but she found new courage to not just live, but exploit her misfortune to help others. she gave talks and even wrote a book called: "uncommon beauty"

it's so horrifying to even imagine what's she's gone through...
using the name of love, he tortured and destroy someone that he proclaims he admires..
for jealousy, he turned himself into a beast..

isn't it irony how one yearns for love but will turn into a monster when not given?

p/s: if i am ever murdered, u know who's the main suspect...