hitch

the movie 'hitch' has become one of my favorite movies. the storyline of a 'date doctor' who himself doesn't believe in the product he pitches (love) somehow runs parallel to a story of someone i knew... hahaha!

the movie, although funny and witty, brings to forth the one truth that has always been under the noses of both men and women... the truth that in life and love, there are no basic principles, we just have to live and experience it.

this movie also has a lot of notable quotes that caught my attention, to wit:

you know what it's like getting up every morning? feeling hopeless, feeling like the love of your life is waking up with the wrong man. but, at the same time hoping that she still finds happiness, even if it's never going to be with you.

this quote started like sounding pathetic but ended with a flourish. yes, we may feel hopeless that the person we love maybe in love with somebody else. but then again, being in love also means wishing and wanting happiness for the other person, even when you might not be the one she shares it with.
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life is not the amount of breaths you take, it's the moments that take your breath away.

this one i already heard of as a text message from last year but its message is truly wonderful. it sort of points us to the direction of living our lives to the fullest, enjoying every second of it.
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people who are guarded are afraid other people might see through them... so they hide behind layers of secrecy and humor.

one of my favorites. people who have gone through some tough and hurtful instances in life have the tendency to put up a wall between them and the world. they keep every important thing to themselves, content that somehow the the time will come when all the hurt would just magically disappear. they do allow people in but usually, they force them out when the matters become serious. they usually do so even when the person that came into their life might be the one person that could bring the wall down. its a sad thing, but is true...
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i'm a guy. since when do we get anything right the first time?

the funniest of the most notable quotes in this movie. its basically admitting that we men usually don't have a clue with regards to women. since women are mistifying and at the same time wonderful, they become puzzles that men love to complete but are having a hard time doing it. little that most of us know that women do not need to be figured out, they just need to be understood and accepted.
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because that's what people do. they leap, and hope to God they can fly, because otherwise you just drop like a rock, wondering the whole way down, why in the *hell* did I jump? but here I am, Sarah, falling, and the only one that makes me feel like I can fly... is you.

sounds cheesy i know but consider the thought, the feelings. if you have been in love, you will know the feeling of seemingly like flying while walking. every step has this certain bounce, every smile has this certain glow, every word the comes out are fruits of inspiration. being in love with someone can indeed make you fly!


hitch is one great movie for me! i know others see it the same way.

if only...

there is this one movie, if only, whom all the women that i knew watched it all said they loved it. so naturally, i was curious.

then by some sheer luck i was able to watch half of it, the last half, so i basically knew how it ended. however, there is something about this movie and all the fuss about it. so when i got home rather early (10pm on a weekday, hahaha, did i say early?), i got this idea to watch it on dvd. and i did.

it got me thinking... what if we could really have one day to live? a rather morbid thought right? but really, what if there was a possibility that the last sleep you will get on a particular day would be your last? how would you go through the previous hours of the day?

for me, ill get up early and go to the 6am mass. i haven't really gone to a mass for some time now. ill open up my heart to Him and surrender all my fears, pains, and regrets. ill pray for forgiveness. ill pray for everybody dear to my heart and moreso for those whom have hurt me.

then ill go to a mcdonalds branch and buy my family breakfast. if its a work day and my brother and his wife would need to go to work early, ill just make them take the breakfast with them to the office. ill eat my own breakfast with my mom and my dad and my aunt.

then ill call in sick and skip work. after all, nobody in his deathbed would say, "i wish i had a little more time at work!"

its still morning so ill stay at home and play with my niece jenna. ill carry her to the park beside our house and we will go play on the swing. ill try to make her smile always and for every little smile i get from her ill wish for more times like this.

if it becomes to hot outside, ill take jenna back to the house. ill ask my aunt to stay and not go back yet to our other house. we'll watch a video of her own choice. my aunt (my mom's sister) has always been there for me so ill spend this time with her.

when my mom and my dad will leave for work just before noon, ill wish them safety on their way before planting a kiss on my mom's cheeks. ill wave from the gate while their car leaves.

then ill call dennis and ask him not to take lunch yet and wait for me at adb. ill coerce him to treat me for lunch at ADB's wonderful restaurant. and while eating a late lunch, we will talk about his wife haydee and the kids; ise, biboy, and obie. ill especially ask him to tell my godson biboy that his ninong jonas will always be there for him no matter what.

after the lunch at ADB, ill drop by NEDA and ask darwin to have a yosi break with me. ill talk to him about his girlfriend monika and their kid. ill tell him to take care of his passions; his music, his writings, and his extended family.

off to the abs-cbn offices i will be to look for cecilio. ill watch from the sidelines while understanding how a technical director goes about his work. after a while, ill take him aside and tell him to take care of "inay." ill also ask him to try and move on from the past. he now has a good girl friend in essel who really want to be with him.

then ill take a cab to PUP and drop by mylo's office. ill ask him to look for all 4 of his daughters and his wife malyn with much more fervor. ill thank him for being a part of our barkada even when he only came in during college days when the rest of us were together since high school.

ill go straight to n. reyes hospital after and look for bong. if i catch him to not be operating on anybody, ill ask him to accompany me on the hospital canteen. we'll talk about what he really wants in life. ill ask him to be descerning of what he really feels about the girls he is seeing and just be with the one he has true feelings for.

then ill go to the philippine star office and talk to edjun. ill tell him to keep on doing everything and anything for him and his wife joann and their baby daughter arwen, my goddaughter.

by this time, it might be sundown. ill stop by somewhere and just watch as the sun sets. the majestic view of the sunset has always had a profound effect in me. ill watch it and just enjoy the beauty of the world, no matter where i am.

my last stop would be in atlas-copco on south-super highway. ill speak to abet and say sorry if i may have hurt him on my last email about him possibly choosing to go out more with his officemates than us, his barkada. i now know that is not the case. ill then ask him to continue inspiring my godson verosh to strive well at school. this kid really has promise. ill also ask him to continue to be a good provider for richelle and their other kid, dusk.

on the cab ride home, ill call my bestfriend jay and his wife mavee in japan. ill express my deepest gratitude to both of them for always being there for me even when they are miles and miles away. ill tell them not to lose hope and continue to pray for that baby to come soon for them.

since it is a long ride home, ill also call my best lady friend and the only woman in the barkada, maris, and tell her i really do appreciate her being like a sister to me. ill then wish her to have courage to do the one thing she really wants to do. its not only for her but for her daughter caile.

reaching home, ill ask my brothers dj and joffe, joffe's wife caye and their baby jenna, my aunt and my uncle (both siblings of my mom) to dress up and we will go out for dinner. ill call my mom and dad to meet us at via mare in the tectite tower. there, we will all eat dinner together amidst the view of the metropolis.

it may be around 11pm when we get back home. ill go to my room and call richelle, abet's wife, and ask for marianne's new mobile number. ill then call her and ask that she hear me out. ill tell her that it doesn't matter now that we still weren't able to talk about why we broke up. im just glad i have gotten the chance to be with her and experience for the first time what true love is. ill thank her for that chance.

after talking to marianne, ill go out of the room and into my brother's room. ill kiss baby jenna goodnight.

the day is ending and i now lay in bed. i take my mobile phone one last time and dial the number of the one other woman whom i had true feelings for. ill not be overly poetic or dramatic for that matter. ill just tell her what my heart truly feels for one last time... that short, that simple.

ill end my day with a prayer that somehow a miracle might come along and give me one more day. ill then live that new day with the same fervor and meaning i had as this last one.

my eyes will close and ill doze into slumber... for now... or for a lifetime. however which way it goes, i will know that i lived my life with no regrets.

the "bad boy" persona

what is the fascination of women with the so called "bad boys"? i mean, you hear it a lot; on TV, in bars, in the office,... everywhere!

and what is the thrill for men to be a "bad boy"?

looking into it, i guess it is the same for both men and women. for men, we like that we are "bad" since it connotates someone who throws caution to the wind, the devil-may-care or me-against-the-world attitude, the notoriety that comes with it all.

for women, its roughly the same. they love someone who can do it all, when he wants to, where he wants to. they love the notoriety that comes with being with someone with the devil-may-care attitude. most of all, they probably equate being bad to be someone that would protect them anytime.

but what about the "good guys"? those people who are natural romantics, who adore women. those who shower their women with time, affection, and care.

women certainly appreciate the "good guys". however, of equal fascination for them is the mystique of the "bad boy".

there was this one guy i knew who always wanted to be thought of as a bad boy but somehow can't get by the good guy image. with women whom he just met in bars, he was a bad boy. but when he fell in love, his natural side prevailed... the good guy side. his was an identity crisis. he wanted to be someone he's not.

its a good thing this guy watched his favorite show ED on cable. a re-run of one episode shows Ed wanting to be the "dangerous" guy (aka bad boy) because the girl of his dreams, Carol Vescey, is always attracted to those kind of guys.

in the end of the episode, Ed had this to say to Carol:

i know why you like dangerous men. you don't like them because they're dangerous, its actually the opposite. dangerous men are safe. with them, you always know how it ends...

its a good thing that guy i knew watched that particular episode...