The Lake House

A love story of two people from different periods of time. The man (Keannu Reeves, plays Alex an architect) lives in 2004 while the woman (Sandra Bullock, plays Kate a doctor) lives in 2006, a difference of two years. Their means of contact is through a mailbox by the lake house owned by Alex, which, eventually was rented by Kate. They virtually enjoyed the company of each other though they haven’t met for once in their lives, considering that they live in separate era. I mentioned it is a love story, well, yes, they fell in love. They fell in love to the point that they’re ready to give their whole heart to each other contemplating that the entire scenario is genuine.

 Of course it is a movie, after being moved by it we would end up appreciating the director, the scriptwriters, the actors and actresses for coming up with such a magnificent movie. But did it ever occur to you if this could happen in a real setting? Could this be possible? Can the man from the past communicate with the woman in the present or in the  future? How could that be? Hmmmm.. Physicists out there, this is a new thing for you guys to ponder on.

 Alex and Kate end up together as anticipated. She waited for him to meet her in the present year that she lives, that is, he has to live his life for two years and wait for the time to come. They WAITED for the right time to come, the time when the year wherein they both live will finally meet. Okay, so in the movie they waited. Let me shift back to reality; let’s assume that what happened in the movie could possibly happen. Is it possible to fall in love with someone you haven’t met in your entire life, creating an idea of him only through letters? Will you wait for that person to come into your life and hope that you will live happily ever after? What if you will spend your whole life waiting?

 I never involved myself into a serious boy-girl relationship. Not even once. Not even a chance. I realized how isolated I’ve let myself become. Believe me, you can get a bit desperate. How many times have I asked myself: are you ready, are you ready, are you ready? And how many times did I hear myself yell back: NO, NO, NO YOU”RE NOT!!! And so, I let all my feelings go and see them die. I’m not acting naïve, coy or demure in here, because I am not. I have opened my eyes to the culture that dictates that having a boyfriend is taboo (many disregard this though, but I am a norm-abiding person as you know), Islam says it’s harram, and my heart says that there’s something better coming around the corner. I shall wait then.

 Two-liner from Kate that, again, sounded like my echo:

“Here’s a man who wants to spend the rest of his life with me, but I push him away. In the meantime, the one man I can never meet, him I would like to give my whole heart to.”

Second Semester Classes Opening

Start:	Nov 5, '07 08:00a
End:	Nov 20, '07

Semestral Brrr-eak!

 Semestral Break was the time I look forward to when I was still an undergraduate student. It is synonymous to sleeping 'till noon, watching movies whole day and whole night, subscribing to unlimited texting, going out freely with friends, and reading fictional books that I missed during the peaks of exams.
          Now that I am in PostGrad School, I still look forward to SemBreak, but it's a lot different now. This is my time to patch up my social obligations with my family and friends. This means attending family affairs/gathering and catching up with friends whom I haven't seen and talked to for quite a long time.
          I got home from Iligan last week (Thursday), a day before the Eid. As expected, I get bombarded with family and organizational events. My family had a small salo-salo at home during the Eid, where my aunts, uncles and cousins traditionally brought food. The next night (Saturday night) follows the RC Rites for the new batch of members (Al-Fatihatul Aq'l), which includes my brother Jalal and my sister Amanee. The RC (Ranao Council) held a special assembly on Sunday, which I wasn't able to attend because I failed to get up early that morning due to fatigue caused by consecutive overnights preceding that day. My body surrendered to the luxury that sleep has to offer. Nevertheless, I went to the RC Dinner that night. Yesterday, Monday, I stayed at home the whole day and did my chores that I owe to my siblings for the entire semester that I've been away from home---cleaning the house, cooking and washing the dishes.
          I am at the Main Library at this very moment (Tuesday), I am planning to do an advance-reading on my Surgery book. This one made a great difference with my SemBreak, I used to throw all my notes and books under my bed when SemBreak comes and forget them for a while. This time, there's no way I'd do the same because I'd be leafing through them over and over again for the next four years, even after Med School I'll still find myself going back into the loving arms of these books.
          I'm halfway into the chapter I'm reading when the framed Map of the World caught my eye. I remember my fascination for world geography and history, so I set my book aside and looked for the World Atlas on the shelf and here I am locating my fave places in the world that I've been targetting to step my feet into in the very near future. 
          For the next two weeks before the opening of the second semester, I'm planning to finish all my L.I.'s (Learning Issues) that I'm going to present on the first day of school, finish reading Memoirs of a Geisha and The Zahir, finish House, M.D. series, visit to ukay-ukay, and more bonding with friends (ASS Kickers and Lily).

I'm MULTIPLIED!

Where do I start? (deep inhale..prolonged exhale..) This is my first time to post a blog here in this site, kinda new to me (blogging is not, though). I've been hearing about Multiply since last year but it didn't gave me any spark of interest. Jehan has been bugging me to create an account here but due to my endless fidelity to Friendster, I just gave her a shrug. Few nights ago, I slept over at Mabi's boarding house; our chitchat that lasted 'til dawn lead us to Multiply, Friendster, MySpace and all these sites that caters to people who either wanna express themselves or tie some connections. I couldn't figure out what kind of mantra she discreetly chanted on me that lead me into creating this account. Oh well,  it doesn't hurt to try something new anyway. So here I am, welcoming myself to Multiply!