can't remember the name of the show. we were flipping through the channels and finally landed ourselves on hbo signature.

The show was about this guy who was married and has 3 children. He was always busy working and his mobile phone is always ringing. so to cut my story short, his wife and daughter was killed in a accident while driving out from the mall. so the story is about how he and his 2 other sons cope with the family loss and to try to press charges against the driver.

He managed to find a very good lawyer, so through investigation and security cameras from the mall, they saw two cars street racing. so begins the trial of prosecuting this driver. This driver is a youngster. He was very remorseful and sorry. so when you think that justice is finally served, the story took a twist.

the father requested to meet this youngster in the conference room, face to face and wanted to hear what he has to say. Of course, the youngster cried and said sorry to him. then the father's heart sort of give in. He wanted to pull out the charges.

He received a phone call from his son's school that he was fighting. so he went to the school and saw youngsters in the school, doing street racing on the campus grounds. An idea came to him. He requested for an assembly programme. He brought the youngster to the school and had him talked about his mistakes in front of the whole school. He wanted this youngster to teach other youngsters not to street race. Of course, the other students in school was positive to it. i remembered what he said, 'on that day of the accident, i killed two people. but i destroyed 5 lives. including my parents, that will be 7. and 8, including myself.'

this thing came out in the news and soon, they were receiving calls from other schools and wanted them to do a talk for these students.

in the end, on the final day of the court hearing, the prosecutor changed their dunno what you call that. in the end, through mutual agreement, the youngster was not charged with felony and homocide, instead it was changed to something. and the sentence is he had to work with this father to come out with a programme that will reach out to youngsters and educate them about street racing. then dunno wat dunno wat, 300 hours of community service.

It was a happy ending for all.

this is really forgiveness to the fullest. it's amazing how some people can turn their suffering into a good cause. btw, this is a real life story that the show is depicting.

it also taught me that sometimes life is just like that... poof and you are gone, so it taught me to love the people around me more and appreciate things around me while i can still do.

darn, after saying that, that me makes me feel like not working. but as usual, 101 things to do, sianzzzzzzzzzzzzz