At the end of "From Hell" Johnny Depp's character dies. Utterly disturbed, I asked Dr Wagner: "Why did he die?"

Dr Wagner: "Because he has nothing else to live for."

If he went after her, the Free Masons will track him down and he, the girl and the rightful heir to the English Empire will all be killed. So he let her go and never met her again. He had no choice.

I was still not comforted.

Dr Wagner then asked if the ending would have been a better one if Johnny Depp's character continues living but is like "the boring man in the club, drinking alone and talking about nothing else but the love he let go off."

I suppose such an ending would not be fitting for our hero. He died in serenity, as far as I saw. Before he breathed his last, he saw her in his vision, with the baby and they were living happily and were well. That was enough for him.


During discussion, we somehow got to the part about bombings in Britain. Dr Wagner said that during the 1996 bombing of the Docklands, she was at the site just before the bombing took place! And last year's bombing incident, I'm not sure which but I remember the one that took place at the railway station, just minutes before the explosion, Dr Wagner was there too! She says that she seems to be at places where the explosion would happen either right in front of her or behind her. She then quipped that she doesn't know whether she lives a charmed or cursed life.

I wonder.

What kind of lives do we lead? (Not exactly referring to "charmed" or "cursed" lives) Are we what we want to be? Are our lives how we planned them to be? What's in it for us?

What kind of lives do we lead?

To end on a lighter note, today, while I was queuing at the bus line at the interchange, I saw a Caucasian woman who crossed the road and was looking for a bus. A bus driver saw her and called her to him. From their body language I gathered that she thought she had to go to the bus she wants to take and board it right at the berth. I thought that was funny, and rather "cute".

Alrighty fellow travelers, till we chat again! I wish you well and all the goodness life can bring! GOD bless!!

Lotsa love,
Me