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On the way home after watching the movie Lalaland, my mom and I had quite the quarrel. The movie was about a couple who, fed up of frustration from the reality, followed their heart’s content and found what they loved to do. Everyone in the family were satisfied and talked joyfully about the movie, until mom made a comment that somewhat stabbed me under the nails. “So, in the end, the girl broke up with the poor musician and found a rich husband. That’s the reality right?” I immediately denied her, stressing how the couple’s break up was to show how much they pursued their dreams. Mom had completely different ideas, and our conversation got louder and louder. In the end, I told mom she just wasted two hours of a perfectly fine weekend, and that was it for the family gathering. Lalaland was one of the most interesting and heart-touching movies I’ve seen, from the way how it made me walk out of the cinema and sit back to reflect my own past. As a child, I remember having great enthus...