As If We Need Reminding

I woke up around 10AM, skipped lunch and went online. I was hoping to get my QA Evaluation, but it wasn't on my mail yet. Instead, I got to talk with the person in charge of a multimedia-related project I'm supposed to be in, and he said he needed results tomorrow already. I got a bit worried, since I really haven't been thinking about the project much. I have to talk with my partner tomorrow about it.

So mid-afternoon I was still online. So far, I've consumed three bags of potato chips and downed three bottles of Mountain Dew. This may sound anti-climactic, but as I was watching Fancy Lala (I know right, what a title), I remembered what it was like to be a kid, and what type of things a kid thinks about. How idealistic a kid can be.

And thinking we really don't change as much when we grow up. It will always be in our core -- that the world can be a better place. We just get... warped. And we stray a little. But our ideals rotate on that.

Anyway, the character I like most in Fancy Lala is Komi, Lala's gay hairdresser. It's almost like he's Lala's spiritual advisor, always the only one making sense when Lala needs to comb through her life... not to mention her hair. He taught Lala that she will always have a little kid inside her, no matter how much of a grown up she thinks she is.

As if we always need reminding, ne?


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A sweet afterthought: Chisa, Miho's big sister, was sort of dating this guy, Imaichi, from her school. Ika nga sa mga pinoy, "parang sila, pero hindi." Anyway, the ambiguity was getting to her so she tried dating another guy, Mario.

Now, Mario is being a really great guy and all. He invited Chisa out for a movie, concert, and dinner together. All in all, it was almost perfect. But Chisa seemed really preoccupied -- having a lot on her mind thanks to Miho reminding her of her relationship with Imaichi.

So anyway, in the end, her feelings for Imaichi prevailed. And when they were both walking home under the rain, separate umbrellas and all, Chisa (somewhat reluctantly) invited the guy out for the movie she's already seen with Mario. "I thought you already watched it with Mario," Imaichi said. "And you even cried at the ending, you told me."

Chisa looked up, and let go of her umbrella. She whispered, "But I want to watch it with you..." She looked at Imaichi, and it seems like she's about to cry. She let go of her umbrella and jumped to hug Imaichi. "I want you to be beside me when I cry..."