The message she wrote in the first part is so heartwrenchingly familiar...we know it's stupid but we just do it anyway... this is the song the women in such situation will want them to sing but it hardly ever happens...
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Words You Wanna Hear
I recently started watching a new show called Coffee Prince, which often reminds me of Que Sera Sera which I reviewed sometime back. I love the modern love angle it has, sweet but with doses of reality and angst. Overly dramatic, happy or sad stories bore me. I like some realism.
I will do a proper review another day along with some pics but I would like to share some things that the male lead, Han Gyul, said:
“It seems to me that your hundred reasons not to go can’t hold up to the one reason for going. Am I right? I don’t want you to go, either. Thinking of this cafe without you makes me not want to come here every day. It makes me not want to work. I don’t even want to think about not being able to see you. When I was planning to leave for New York, there were times I thought I couldn’t because I’d be haunted by your memory. Do you think I want to send you away? But I want to show you a bigger world.”
“I’ve realized I can’t be responsible for your life. But I can be by your side, watching over you. I’ll take that instead. We may be separated now, but later, much later… when you hold the hand of your first child… when they go off to school… when you marry your children off… Ah, proposing is so embarrassing.”
Credit: www.dramabeans.com
This part of the story is that the female lead was offered to go overseas to study but he didn't want to let her go initially. After fights and self contemplation, he finally came to terms with it.
The words are sweet isn't it? I think these are the words most women would want to hear as they hope for their partners to come to terms with their own desires and dreams besides maintaining a relationship.
This is something the modern woman faces. Along with greater education and freedom, many women have come to find themselves in the quandary of wanting to pursue dreams of their own but being prejudiced for being so. Women are still very much expected to give it up for the family, even subtly.
No I am not saying women should give up family. I would love to have my own home too.
Yes, there are aruguments and people who admire the successful career woman. If the woman can balance both, even more wonderful. She would be the epitome of achievement and envy for most women.
No doubt there is a lot more freedom, but in the subtle subconscious layers of societal thinking, it is still a woman who can tend to the home who is more revered - a "proper" woman?
I will do a proper review another day along with some pics but I would like to share some things that the male lead, Han Gyul, said:
“It seems to me that your hundred reasons not to go can’t hold up to the one reason for going. Am I right? I don’t want you to go, either. Thinking of this cafe without you makes me not want to come here every day. It makes me not want to work. I don’t even want to think about not being able to see you. When I was planning to leave for New York, there were times I thought I couldn’t because I’d be haunted by your memory. Do you think I want to send you away? But I want to show you a bigger world.”
“I’ve realized I can’t be responsible for your life. But I can be by your side, watching over you. I’ll take that instead. We may be separated now, but later, much later… when you hold the hand of your first child… when they go off to school… when you marry your children off… Ah, proposing is so embarrassing.”
Credit: www.dramabeans.com
This part of the story is that the female lead was offered to go overseas to study but he didn't want to let her go initially. After fights and self contemplation, he finally came to terms with it.
The words are sweet isn't it? I think these are the words most women would want to hear as they hope for their partners to come to terms with their own desires and dreams besides maintaining a relationship.
This is something the modern woman faces. Along with greater education and freedom, many women have come to find themselves in the quandary of wanting to pursue dreams of their own but being prejudiced for being so. Women are still very much expected to give it up for the family, even subtly.
No I am not saying women should give up family. I would love to have my own home too.
Yes, there are aruguments and people who admire the successful career woman. If the woman can balance both, even more wonderful. She would be the epitome of achievement and envy for most women.
No doubt there is a lot more freedom, but in the subtle subconscious layers of societal thinking, it is still a woman who can tend to the home who is more revered - a "proper" woman?
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
The Eve Notebook - Bella Figura
As we are working on something more contemp recently, I started to appreciate contemporary dance more. A friend introduced this to me...it's such an amazingly beautiful piece of work. You don't notice the nudity at all...so amazing
Saturday, August 18, 2007
The Eve Notebook - Fireworks Festival 2007
I went to take the pics for a project and had to wait 2 hours before. But it was worth it :)
The Eve Notebook - Sunrise 20.07.2007
There could be many other more beautiful sunrises but there could only be one birthday in this life that reads 20.07.2007.
What better way to start the day with some beautiful sunshine?
What better way to start the day with some beautiful sunshine?
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Letter From A Widow
I came across a short story today that I took notice of because it kinda reminded me of one section in my new story even if it wasn't exactly the same. I was so moved by it that I nearly cried on the train while reading it. Thus, I am re-typing it here to share with you.
LETTER FROM A WIDOW
By Dr James Dobson
At Focus on the Family in Colorado Springs, we receive about a quarter-million letters and phone calls every month, and we take every one of them seriously. I want to share one of those letters with you today, which could have been written by any number of people who have faced a similar problem.
A woman writes, "I was married for 30 years, but my husband died recently.Now I need your help.
"Tell me how I'm supposed to act as a single. I need to learn how to have fun alone, to know what to say, what to do, and not do. Tell me how to come home to an empty house, not being needed, having no one to take care of and no one to share life with.
"How do I learn to enjoy life again? I married the second man I ever dated, and he was my best friend, my lover, my companion. How do I find love again? Any man I would date would not want to talk about my husband, but I just can't put 30 years behind me, and deny that they ever existed. Tell me, where fo I go for answers? And do those answers exist?"
And then she signed her name. Well, this woman will learn to live again, but it'll take a little time for her wounds to heal and her heart to mend.
I shared this letter today to heighten the sensitivity of all of us to the plight of those who have suffered the loss of a loved one through a death or a divorce. It's one of the most traumatic experiences in living.
Excerpt from Today newspaper 13 Aug 2007
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