Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Hmm...today's the beginning of Lent...... it seems so soon.... so, well, Darling and me woke up early to watch Champions League, then we went for the early Mass..... followed by our check-up at the doctor's, before we caught a movie at Cineleisure.......Lately we've been rather caught up with the game Little Big Planet on PS3.... it's a super super cute game, and we're enthralled by the character's antics as he/she tries to explore the "planet"..... =DAnywayz, i caught the second half of the Man Utd vs Inter Milan match...... for all the recent sports headlines about how wonderful Man U plays, sighz, I must say I was disappointed. InterMilan truly took my breath away with their skill and passing..... I hope Inter manages to beat Man U at home during the next leg.... but well, my focus is on Liverpool's game tonight... so it don't really matter....... =) So yup.... Mass was normal, but super packed, considering it was at 6.30am......the pews were all filled up.... totally didn't expect that kinda attendance so early......Check-up was alright....I've gained about 200g, making my total weight 72.6kg right now, and well, the weight gain was totally attributed to Baby..... who now weighs 2.6 kg..... we have yet another appointment next week, which is when we'll start taking note of Baby's heartbeat.......hmmm...i'm already 36wks and 5 days.....it's really less than 3 weeks away, though of course, despite all the talks about how Baby's full term is 40 weeks, it actually can last up to 42 weeks.........Anywayz, main 'highlight' of the day was the movie we caught, "The Wrestler".... it isn't really advertised or promoted in any sense, and seriously, I didn't know about it, but Darling wanted to watch it, so I thought, why not? I don't really know what to say about the movie, in the sense of whether it was good or bad...... but i do think it's a movie that makes you think about life. I know I wouldn't have watched this movie if it were on HBO or something...... and my focus wouldn't be as strong...... but then again, it wouldn't warrant a full price of a movie ticket..... so I'm quite thankful we only paid $6....... the movie though was very much thought-provoking.....it's quite a sad and dark movie in terms of its main themes and thoughts..... about how real our life actually is. It's sad how famous ppl actually sometimes end up living in their past, unwilling to let go of what they once had, yet never really are able to get back that kinda fame...... and when they do lose it, are they able to settle back into reality, or do they end up not being able to face it, and thus run back into the shadows of the past they once had? I mean, watching this show just helped me to really question the lives of wrestlers....it's sad that everything is staged, from their moves, to their cuts and injuries.... and how popular they get depends very much on crowd popularity....... even their bodies aren't exactly 'real', if you get what I mean.... with all the steroids and medication they take.... the kind of torture they put it all through, and how they may end up chasing the dream of 'fame' so far that they lose it all.... in the process, they don't even really earn that much, unless they're incredibly famous, and their career span is so super short.... that when they are 'forced' to retire, they don't really know what else to do with their lives.... and they either live in denial....or they move on to something they don't really enjoy either......This man's career was juxtaposed with a stripper's life...... true, she degrades her body physically and morally.... but not once does she let that side of her life interfere with her personal or family life in any sense...... and when you compare her sense of bodily degradation to that of what the wrestler put himself through.......seriously, which is worse?It really is food for thought.......Anyway, on another note, many things have happened in our presidium in the last few days..... despite my promises to stay in Legion and all.... i guess that somehow, sometimes, things just aren't within our control...... and well, I can't help but feel that my commitments are changing together with the changes in my life..... I still trust that God has His plans..... and well, maybe we were just made to step in during the last 3 years to aid Legion through a transitional phase..... whatever the final outcome is, I just hope it's for the best...... as for my personal dealings with this ministry, well, we'll see how things move along after Baby arrives and I settle into my new demands as a mother and teacher........
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