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SNEAK PEAK!: The Life of a Combat Medic-in-Training ;D

Blood Brothers: Bloody good, brother!

I'm never a fan of those Chinese underworld-triads-knife-fighting-pistol-shooting shows, but i was utterly impressed with the recent Tian Tang Kou (Blood Brothers). Yes i said it, utterly impressed. Though i must admit i'd wanted to catch it because of Taiwanese sex-pistol (pun intended) Shu Qi, who is well on her way in finding herself in the Haz Wayne's Fantastic Females charts. The sight of her as the woman of a criminal-boss wearing those snazzy dresses was just too tempting to be missed!

And damn she didn't disappoint. Such stunning performance. Well she is known for her sultry, sexualised look...those eyes and lips! The thought of her crawling naughtily on top of you in bed as her lush hair caresses your body is enough to make any man forget the world... Ok explicit content people!

Excellently Emotionally-engaging

Anyways back to the movie. I do at times watch those Chinese criminal underworld ahows on tv on Channel 8 and they have the usual themes of betrayal and loyalty bla bla bla. But what stands out for this one is the focus on the emotional aspect of the main protagonists, namely the 3 brothers who set out to make a living in urban Shanghai. There is no excessive gun-fighting or bloodshed, unless really necessary to move the plot, and of course at the climax. This sets it apart from the rest in the genre i think. I remember one which involves gang chain-raping of a ex-gangmember's wife, infront of their children. Can you believe it? Though it is not a happy ending, at least the brutality in Blood Brothers makes plot sense rather than dramatic effect.

The older brother eventually became so powerful..yada yada..then came betrayal...forgets his sense of self and eventually kills one of his brother. The 3 of them beforehand became engulfed in the inner circles of the criminal underworld - involving secret affairs, clashing of values, principles and brotherly love, and yes degeneration of the self. It might sound cliche even for this genre, but watching it you could sense the quality. The contrast of rural village values versus that of urbanised Shanghai was also touched in a heartfelt manner.

Comparisons to the Malay film Industry

I am not that intuned with Chinese cinema but the elder brother i recognise from the Curse of the Golden Flower fame. I feel more Malays should start watching these Chinese movies because we can see how the modern Malaysian film so much pale in comparison. No offence but i guess they should learn and take them as case studies. Malay movies about crime-fighting seem laughable next to the likes of Blood Brothers, and epics like the said Curse of the Golden Flower explains why Puteri Gunung Ledang could never garner the international audience enjoyed by Chinese productions.

But then again i see hope in the film series Sepet, Gubra and Mukhsin, which gives a new and refreshing angle to the Malay film industry, for the films very much has the Western foreign film kinda feel to it.

The Emergence of Grey in a Never-ending Black-White Struggle

Darth Vader: Haz Wayne's All-Time Greatest Villain

Meeting a Friend from a Not-Too-Distant Past

Far from being the Bellatrix due to the likeness of name, DP Bella has earned a new reputation in Haz Wayne's World. Last night meet found a new Hermione, a worthy allusion to an excellent character, who more often than not, is plagued with unwarranted claims of 'one-dimensional-ness' (winks) in Rowling's pages. Bell-Hermione got me reflecting on a philosophical question on the problem of Grey in the simple notion of Black and White.

The Dichotomy of Good and Evil

The all too common battle, or should i say war, between the forces of good and evil has existed for as long as history can trace, stretched back even longer than Moses can say "Let my people go!" to Pharoah Rameses. These days however, even in our most mundane of lives, the black and white is, more often than not, not as easily defined as it used to be. The tension between what's right and what's not can no longer be seen as two large opposing entities, but rather, two supreme extremes. These extremes however has an interweaving effect that flows to and forth, constantly creating a grey area that is very much intangible and illusive in nature. This becomes problematic in the widely-accepted definitive notion of White vs Black.

The Many Different Faces of Grey

The problem with the shades of grey is precisely the fact that they are shades, thus not defined. Many a times we encounter situations that force us to choose between a lesser evil for a greater good. If that is the case, what is to stop one from doing good in the name of evil? For some of us, our intellectual outview of life and things are now challenged by the very basic fundamental of values that we hold dear, that which we hold on to in defining ourselves.

The might of our intellectuality seem to overwhelm us with complex situations that seemingly no ordinary black-white notions to provide with a solution. We must not allow the illusive and mysterious nature of the grey areas to continue tormenting our very being. Would a return to old-school dogmatic but clear division of right and wrong be the ultimate answer to an increasingly complex life, or is it just the transition to adulthood that shakes the fundamentals of beliefs? If the latter is so, then the solution would be to hold on to the fundamentals regardless. Though you and i know such convictions are not as easily accomplished.

Haz Wayne's Greatest Villain of All Time

That being said, Haz Wayne honours Star Wars movie character Darth Vader, whose first debut appearance was in 1977 in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. While seen merely as the tool of the evil Emperor in the Star Wars original trilogy, the addition of the prequel trilogy demonstrates the fall of Anakin Skywalker, in which he succumbed to the dark side. The holisticity of the character is detailed with the fact that the person whom many thought was the villain is actually the victim. He was a character who had lost everything, from his beloved wife and children, and would later be redeemed by his son Luke Skywalker.

In the famous last scene of Star Wars Episode IV: Return of the Jedi showed the death of Vader, in which he admits to Luke that "he was right" about him, for there was "still good" in Vader, as echoed by Padme Amidala before she died in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. Darth Vader illustrates the grey that could exist even in a black-white struggle within the self. For this it makes him more human, than most of the other villains that appeared in the media.

As such it is an honour to confer upon Darth Vader, the title and recognition as Haz Wayne's All-Time Greatest Villain, in hopes that it would inspire all, of the power of Grey that could bring the Black back to White, more than any one-dimensional villains like his master Darth Sidious, Harry Potter's Lord Voldemort or LOTR's dark lord Sauron could ever dreamed of.

Higher Echelon: An Eulogy for Ayah

*Images portrayed and written eulogy serve as a monumental tribute to the deceased and are in no way meant in disrespect to the sensitivities of any concerned individuals.Last Wednesday on the 15th August 2006, Allahyarham Abdul Rahman Bin Dahlan (pictured above with a very young me) passed away at the age of 57. Despite being my uncle, he was so close a relative to us that my brother and I address him as Ayah (literally "father") for as long as we both can remember. As far as I know, no other nephews address my late uncle as such, and being so too, at 20 years of age this year I've lost someone who is the closest to me and my family next to my late grandfather (father's side) back in 2001.

The Uncompassionate Army
That is why i knew i had to go back when i received my mother's call telling me the grief news when i was in ns camp that morning . Shockingly it was not as easy as it may seem for something that could easily be allowed on "emergency grounds". I knew NS does allow us what they term as "compassionate leave" should a death occur in the family whilst the soldier is in camp. Unfortunately and irritatingly as well, precedence was only to be given to a death of any direct 'next-of-kin', meaning parents or siblings. My Staff Sergeant told me on the phone when i called him that i could only leave camp at 5pm. I was saddened and put down the phone. But almost immediately it dawned on me, "like what the hell is that?!" What is the point if i return at 5? The whole funeral process would have ended by then. I called him again and demanded that i be released at once, to put it bluntly, in essence i told him, "Someone close to me died for God's sake!"

Even though i haven't had clearance I took my things and left the lecture theatre (i was having a lecture on chemical defence at the point of my mom's call) and marched to see my sergeant, determined that i be allowed to leave camp. They told me it was rather difficult for them to let me because that day i was having Chemical Defence lessons and it was crucial for me to go through it before entering this darn gas chamber the next day (wearing all those chemical suit thingy and go inside this chamber filled with tear-gas, and yes removing the mask halfway). They fear that i might have to re-course my entire 9-week Basic Medic Course should i missed out. I knew i cannot not go and pay my last respects to whom like i said, is the closest person to me to have passed on so far. To cut the story short, they relented and allowed me to go, but i'd have to return at 2.30pm. Though i knew i won't be able to stay for the whole process, it was the best option i got. I hoped on to a taxi and left.

Brothers Till the End
Details as to my late uncle's last moments were narrated by my father. For sensitivies i would not relate it here, but my father saw his dearest brother moments before he passed on, which is when after he left. My uncle lived only a couple of blocks away from my place, and on his way to work that morning my father happened to pass his house at the point he had difficulty breathing.
In Loving Memory
My regret is that i am no longer as close to him as when we were much younger. His only daughter, whom i called Kak Ilah (in picture above, i'm on the extreme right) was also close to us since we were very young. They used to lived just two floors below in our first house in Jurong West, and were also on the ground floor when we moved to our previous house in Chua Chu Kang. On my father's side, where there had been centuries of brawl, Ayah and Kak Ilah (she's 25 now) is the closest relative to my family. The rest, let's just say we meet only once a year during Hari Raya, that is if we meet at all. Being the only child, my mom said to me that Kak Ilah used to enjoyed the company of her darling little brothers that is me and my bro. It is to her that my condolences and deepest feelings go to. Ayah in his lifetime loved us as his own, since he has no other children. Perhaps that's why in the beginning he wants us to call him "ayah".

I was so saddened when i had to leave halfway to return to camp. It was this reason above all that made me feel so down the entire day and next. One would have no idea how to comprehend such loss in such suddenness. My heart goes to Kak Ilah for i could not start imagine what it is like for her. My bunkmates kept asking me "kau ok tak?" ("you ok?) cos i was more quieter than usual, but they were in all sensitivity angered by the fact that i wasn't allowed the whole day off. I would have prefered of course to stayed through and be there at his burial, at least it gives a proper sense of closure to me. I only barely saw his body lying in state, which was to be the last time. My mom told me my father broke down into tears back at home, and was oddly quiet the next day, slept through long hours too. Who could have blamed him, Ayah was the only one who understands him, thus he could relate to, compared to the rest of my darling uncles and aunts. Ayah had been my father's closest brother compared to the rest of his siblings. I'm sure his sense of lost was more than mine could comprehend.
Ayah is the uncle who would without fail give us lil money, me and my siblings, everytime he visits us when we're younger. I emphasise, without fail. Nobody else was that nice. It is this small gestures that I would definite miss and remember him by. No one else from my father's side visits us periodically, except for him and Kak Ilah. I just cant find the way to express all this in words, but my heart goes to her. Even though we're no longer as close as before, I told me mom today that given what she has to go through, that day i find her to be the strongest young woman I've ever known so far.

May God the Almighty bless Ayah's soul and forgive him for all his wrongdoings.
Al-Fatihah.

Searching Saphira

NOTE to Effours: Revealing of any details with regard to Searching Saphira or Operation Gramophone Cathay is strictly prohibited in the Tagboard or Comments, in order to maintain its ambiguity. As such, there shall not be any revealing of what "Saphira" is or what the "Operation" was about, in the name of pure Keongish fun joy and laughter. ;)

Damn. "Searching Saphira" makes such a nice name for a love novel or summer romantic-comedy flick. I contemplated either "Searching For Saphira" or "In Search of Saphira", but the first sounded visionary and the latter sounded too much like a quest. Ultimately Searching Saphira sounds the nicest. Fortunately or unfortunately, i guess only my dear Effours will have a slight inkling of what i'm refering to.

Last night i was thinking about it, and my senses tells me that the term Searching Saphira would jolly well fall in as a definitive symbolic expression for a post-Akhmar era. Or maybe to be more politically correct, an 'A' Levels aftermath context. Critics would however point out that Operation Gramophone Cathay only came in August, which is definitely more than halfway through the year 2007. Well we will leave that to the Wayne historians to ponder.

Operation Gramophone Cathay

Option A:

-Men approach target.

-Men uses distraction to pursue objective.

-Target may/may not fall for trick.

-Men can use distraction as fallback action to cover intention should fail objective.

-Target maintains distraction as reason for Operation.

Option B:

-Men approach target.

-Men reveals objective to target.

-Target stunned (no other option), objective would not be met.

-Men has no fallback options to cover mistake.

-Target still stunned.

Option C:

-Men engages help from nearby to get to target.

-Men reveals objective to help.

-Help goes to target.

-Target may/may not cooperate, though stunned.

-At this stage Operation can go many ways.

Given still in the National Day fervour, the soldier cannot help but to capture some scenic display of our national colours prior to the official start of the Operation.

The one on the left I took at the Istana Park across the road of the Istana gates. I can't help but thinking it truly reminds me of the one on the right, vertical red and all. I'm sorry i'm really not making a political statement.

Here a nice big one at the Orchard Coffee Club. Another way to attract customers i guess. No la its an overt display of true patriotism!

Not forgetting in the shops. this one at Plaza Singapura, the papers shop thingy.

Here upon reaching The Cathay another red banner caught my eye. Not a National Flag though, but a church banner to counter the increasing threats of Pottermania to Christendom. (Mahahahaz!) It says, "GOD IS THE POTTER, NOT HARRY", with a pot wearing spectacles cracking! (hehehe). I think if Rowling is there she would say, "HARRY IS HARRY POTTER, THE CHURCH IS THE CHURCH". For me i'll just say, "Hazwan is Keong, but Keong is not Hazwan". Any other takes?

Operation Gramophone Cathay ended without clear victory nor defeat, though what's clear is that the tangible objective is not met. An ironic chapter for the soldier with a long list of prior conquests. Though this time it is an untested terrain, never has he ventured into something which was a totally foreign to him. Previous professional Operations has had established and sound reconnisance beforehand, making it easy enough to conquer. Though as discussed with fellow Effour advisers, given the Option A would not have allowed any other conclusion. On hindside perhaps C would have been better. Lesson learnt!

At the end of the day the soldier something which caught his eyes. Not national flag but definitely national colours! Somebody threw empty shoe boxes for Puma and Crocs. Red and White coincidentally.

http://www.angelfire.com/pop2/flp7/Burn.html

Do you wanna be a poet and write

Do you wanna be an actor up in lights

Do you wanna be a soldier and fight for love

Do you wanna travel the world

Do you wanna be a diver for pearls

Or climb a mountain and touch the clouds above

- Burn, sung by Tina Arena

One of my most favouritest song. Click on the link for full lyrics and to hear song.

Mr Singapore Meets Marina

Mr Singapore had a date with none other than a young and fresh Marina on the 9th August 2007, who replaces his long time lover the Grand Dame of Kallang (tell me like who the F thought of that name! An old lady does not need to be called an 'old lady' to tell ppl she's old). Mr Singapore stands in the midst of the expected crowd with a few of his close friends as they wonder why there are so many Banglas in a National Day Parade, no offense. But he also realised nobody seem to complain why there are Ang-Mohs around too..and still nobody seem to want to believe that we're still colonised. What a fearful concept on a supposed National Day!

Mr Singapore also regretted so much not to have taken the pics of the sea of rubbish and overflowing rubbish bins that was the sight after the celebrations ended. That would have made such a great blogging material. Damn, how am I gonna compete with Xiaxue at this rate??

Marina: The Birth of a New Lover

The Chosen Site. The grasses were not green to begin with. Maybe that's the reason.
Yes the soon-to-be legendary Floating Platform, boasted to be the 'biggest floating platform in the world'. Singapore being a small country needs such exertions as an ego-booster. Inferiority complex.

The more or less completed Marina Bay 2007. Oh don't get me wrong. I love it, i think we should just screw the new stadium and stick to this one. I just have a problem with the so-called 'largest floating thingy' when it looks small to me. Expand it, and with more sitting capacity pls! Being at a more open area like this, many more Singaporeans could join the celebration from the Esplanade waterfront, the Fullerton-Merlion place plus the Padang as well. I just wish they would have placed large screens and speakers all over the place, so that truly everyone could join in the celebrations. Or i would not have to resort to listening TVmobile telecast on my Mp4.

Future Skyline of Singapore
The future there would be nicer with such panoramic gradeur with the completed IR and the expansion of the CBD to incorporated the entire Marina area.

Oh my God is that beautiful or what! I read somewhere the future skyline of Singapore can rival even the Hong Kong's fireworks festival of light or sumtink liddat.

And Mr Singapore poses beside a Police car with the small flag he picked up from the floor. The image of that poor thing being trampled all over by Singaporeans eagerly celebrating our National Day was another wasted opportunity in exposing the ugly side of our citizens.

And Singapore will sleep soundly as it always does, marking another year in annivesary of her explusion from the Federation, standing strong for there's no place we'd rather be! And just when all was right, I found Kryptonite in my bag. What could be Mr Singapore's biggest weakness?

Definitely not FHM girls. ;)

Pottermania should be named Rowlingitis!

Why Potter?

A Prolific Analysis of Rowling's Thematic Magic in Harry Potter

(includes an exclusive additonal information that was not revealed in the book at the end)

by Professor Haz Wayne, Order of Merlin (First Class)

Upon completing the entire Harry Potter series, being a phenomenon of global proportions, one always fail to ask why it is as successful as it is. One never stop to wonder what is it in Rowling's writing that makes it such an alluring piece of work. Pottermania - should rightfully be called "Rowlingitis", for it's popularity and craze spreads thoughout the Muggle lands like a virus that infects one to another. There is no stopping it, and like most viruses, we do not know how it came about. Here I attempt to answer this precarious formula, which is truly complicated, much like trying to decide the many sites possible for a Quidditch World Cup finals.

Of Rowling's Values and Philosophy

Rowling's Harry Potter, started as a children's book that gradually increases in its dark content, which beffittingly acknowledges the adult following of the book with its Adult Cover versions. The last book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows confirms Rowling's ingenuity in terms of her character and plot development and twists, but more importantly the values that is imparted throughout the series. Do I think that the book is primarily about magic? I do not think so. Being a children's book, what makes it an acceptable classic is the essence of values it illustatrates in the characters.

The relationship between Harry, Ron and Hermione seem so natural that its conversations can almost be imagined happening right infront of your eyes, facilitated of course by the dramatic portrayals in the films. Though I cannot really remember any specific examples, Rowling's use of Harry's side thoughts in a third person perspective almost usually reflect the values she hold. Such values are the precise things that makes the reader able to relate to what was going on among the characters. Adding to that, her philosophy of life also creates a "hmm that's true" moment for the reader. In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Professor Dumbledore explained to Harry that the Sorting Hat chose him to be Gryffindor precisely because he asked him to.

"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities" - Albus Dumbledore (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"

This kind of insights make Harry Potter a worthy literary work. Many do not realise this, but it is this small philosophical moments that makes such an enlightening read.

Of Two Worlds Co-Existing Side-By-Side

One must also understand that though I do not feel the book is about magic per se, the use of magic as the medium helps in the book's drawing quality because people are still very fascinated with magic. Rowling's magic is her own brand of magic that makes it especially unique with easy-to-remember day-to-day spells. Rowling's magical understanding, as demonstrated by the scope of the magic in the books and wand qualities, is second only to her real innovation - the two worlds of Muggle and Magic. Unlike most fantasy worlds which exist separately from the real one, Rowling's magical world co-exist side-by-side with the real one, only unbeknownst to the Muggle folks. The inter-relation between the two worlds and communities makes Harry Potter one of Rowling's most creative and interesting creations.

Of Rowling's Own Brand of Fantasy

Many Potter-cynic reader has claimed that Rowling's work is nothing more than a re-creation of already existing fantasy stories. However one has to understand that this is because of the archetypal nature of fantasy genres, meaning to say there bound to be similarites but it is truly up to the writer to distance himself from cliche. In this case Rowling has succeeded extensively. Despite following a 'Hero With a Thousand Faces' formula, one of which a hero is created out of obscurity (the hero not knowing who he is, and after being told he is dramatically plunged into a heroic journey) which is evident in the case of Luke Skywalker in Star Wars or even Frodo in The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter pulled off as a fresh fiction because Rowling makes it so. Befitting a fantasy genre she employs the use of elves, goblins, giants, centaurs and such but they strictly follow her own brand of interpretation, which makes it a colourful new creation. House-elves as the slaves of wizarding families, who else has ever thought of that?

Of course Rowling's other thematic issues like blood purity, the arrogance of wizards and how they treat other magical creatures, the politicking of the ministry and such adds to the sense of realism in Harry Potter. This could also be tied to Rowling's values and philosophy that is reflected in this themes, seen by how Harry Potter and friends suffered from this issues and thus fought to correct them.

Book 7 the Deathly Hallows - the Cherry on top of the Ice-Cream

I do not pretend that Rowling do not have her shortcomings. There are many irregularities especially in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, but the last book makes up for it and caps all the loose ends rather well. There are a few special mentions in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows that I'd like to highlight.

Kreacher's Tale: I especially enjoy the chapter Kreacher's Tale. This chapter gives such immense satisfaction to me, for it sums up and illustrates the correcting of the wrongs Harry, Ron and Hermione sought to achieve in the wizarding community (which they later did later in their lives, though not mentioned in the book).

Deathly Hallows and Holy Grail: The ultimate twist of Harry's death and he being an accidental Horcrux is also a true highlight of the series. The Deathly Hallows is befitting like the quest for the Holy Grail. Harry, the one must be truly pure in order to achieve it, which he eventually did after Voldemort destroyed his part of the soul that reside in him, making Harry pure, with Christ-like return from death.

Snape's Softer Side: Severus Snape stays to become Rowling's richest creations. Just when all thought him the ultimate Death Eater in the Half-Blood Prince, the next book proves this very wrong indeed. An amazing twist that I feel only Rowling could create. How could any dispute the originality of such complex ambiguity that reside in a character? It echoes what happened during the first book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone where Snape was thought to be the bad guy but eventually proven to be the one protecting Harry.

Holistic Dumbledore: Lastly, who would have thought of the darker side to Albus Dumbledore? He who was the epitome of pureness and greatness of heart in the past books becomes a more holistic person with the last book. Some would have noticed that not much is known of Dumbledore's past or family prior to the Deathly Hallows, and thus befitting that more is revealed of him in the final installment. The fact that he has a darker side to him, of ambition and quest for greatness and power, proves that he is ultimately only human. I truly loved the fact that revealing Dumbledore's background makes him a true character, whole and not without faults. This too, reflects the ingenuity of Rowling's work, one who sees beyond the convention of wisdom as it is resided in a character.

Last but not least, I'd include the additional information as to what happened to the characters in their later lives, not revealed in the book.

• Harry became an Auror and later head of the Aurors' department, under Kingsley's recommendation. He owns Sirius's bike, which Arthur Weasley fixed up for him. He is married to Ginny. Due to the destruction of the piece of Voldemort's soul that resided in him, Harry can no longer speak Parseltongue.
  
• Ron worked for a time with George at their store, Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, and eventually became an Auror. He is married to Hermione.


• Hermione began a career at the Ministry of Magic at the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, and greatly improved life for house-elves and their ilk, but later moved to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement; she helped ensure the eradication of oppressive, pro-pureblood laws. She is married to Ron. She also found her parents and removed the memory modification charm she put on them.
  
• Luna Lovegood has become a naturalist of sorts, searching the world for odd and unique creatures. She eventually marries Rolf, the grandson of Newt Scamander.


• Ginny Weasley played for the Holyhead Harpies Quidditch team for a time, then left her athletic career behind for marriage and family with Harry. She eventually becomes the lead Quidditch correspondent for the Daily Prophet.


• George Weasley names his first child Fred.


• Slytherin has become more diluted, and is no longer the pureblood bastion it once was. Nevertheless, its dark reputation lingers.


• Voldemort's jinx on the Defence Against the Dark Arts position was broken with his death. Aberforth Dumbledore became the permanent Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher and successor to Minerva McGonagall as Head of Gryffindor House.


• Firenze was welcomed back into his herd, who acknowledge that Firenze’s pro-human leanings were not shameful, but honourable.


• Kingsley Shacklebolt became Minister for Magic, with Percy Weasley working under him as a high official.
  Azkaban no longer uses Dementors, as part of the changes introduced by Kingsley. As a result, England is now a "much sunnier place."
  
• Dolores Umbridge was arrested, interrogated, and imprisoned for crimes against Muggleborns.


• The Quibbler has returned to its usual condition of "advanced lunacy", and is appreciated for its unintentional humour.

“Harry and Ron utterly revolutionized the Auror Department,” Rowling said. Meanwhile, Hermione, Ron’s wife, is “pretty high up” in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, despite laughing at the idea of becoming a lawyer in Deathly Hallows.
Harry, Ron and Hermione don’t join the same Ministry of Magic they had been at odds with for years; they revolutionize it and the Ministry evolves into a “really good place to be.”
“They made a new world,” Rowling said.

There is of course no wonder that the three of them did, given how they have evolved in the 7 years of their lives in the series. :)