"somewhere over the rainbow... way up high.

 

 bird flies over the rainbow...

 

 why, cant ooo...

 

 why cant i."

 

"Over the Rainbow", its a very nice song that im sure most of the english speaking group is familiar with. A sweet song that tells the tale of a young girl, who wish that she can go to that somewhere nice... somewhere over the rainbow.

 

(Black n white) The story starts with Dorothy, who has a preety normal life, preety much like you and me, but minus the malls , cell phones, university, yumchas and KL traffic jams. Her normal life, with its fairshare of trouble from the beginning of the story, throws our heroine in a desperate longing for a brighter tomorow... (song starts here).

 

Before you know it, she finds herself being sucked into a tornado, which takes her to colorful foreign land. (color kicks in) She accidently killed a wicked witch when she had an emergency landing, and found herself being wrapped up in a larger problem... paradise aint that fun!!!... Now, with a cool red slipper to walk around with, she now has to find her way home (where she dreaded in the beginning of the film), being chased by the sister of the dead witch, wanting that cool slipper on her fee.

 

She met the 3 other heroes in the film... the scarecrow with no brain... the tin man with no heart... and the lion with no courage. Together the weird bunch gang up so they can find the wizard of oz, the promised genius that can grant their wishes. Too bad, the other wicked witch caught up to them, n kidnapped dorothy. Instead of calling the police n authorities, the no brain no heart n the no courage decides to do the smartest thing that they can think off... rescue her. the 3 dota hero wannabees arrived at the castle, manage to "think" a "brave" plan... learn it by "heart" n put it into action. Like all films in hollywood of the time, they manage to save dorothy, and arrive at the wizard of oz...

 

At the end of the movie, the wizard of oz proved to be a hoax, and has no real magic with him. Still, with good charisma n a salesman's pitch, he convinced the 3 dota heros that they have what they have needed all along... and dorothy has a magic slippers that can bring her back to home, just by tapping 3 times both legs together n say... "theres no place like home"... she balik kampung in the end la!.. the end.

 

I wonder if such a story can exist in a modern realistic setting... Well, i too, am finding the 3 things that dorothy seek off... the mind, the heart... and the courage. The witches in life are far too wicked n less visible in real life... n i doubt i have 3 followers with me who are such retarded dota heros. Still, like dorothy, ill continue to make my journey down this road of re-discovery. Perhaps, like what the wizard had said... "its always n always have been, in you." I might not have the 3 idiots to count on... but i think i can find a lil bit of "brain"..."heart"... and "courage", some where in the poorly lit storeroom which is my mind. . .

 

So, till the day i get what i want... ill just keep singing the song. may i have the brain, heart, and courage, to finish the journey, over the rainbow.