the perfect saturday didn't end with me finishing Vinegar Hill or leisurely posting in my blog. t.jen and i were still able to catch the last full show of Princess Diaries 2 in eastwood, and i absolutely loved the movie! perfect for a destresser type of movie, very light yet full of wisdom at the same time. i mean there's so much in it without having to twist your mind and really make you think, not one of those deep kinds of flicks. i adored the humor in brigitte and brigitta, wit of queen clarisse (julie andrews rocks!), constant efforts of princess mia to be "fit for a queen". but what made me melt most of all was the lake scene with nicholas, with norah jones' crooning in the background. wow. just made me want to have my own prince right then and there. badly. until now i still can't get over how beautifully made the scene was. how i wish i were a princess too, caught forever in that moment. more wishes.
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we were required to attend a couple sharing for theology this morning, and i wasn't very enthusiastic about the whole thing considering that it was to be done on a sunday, of all days. but dr. asis always manages to pull it off pretty well, along with his hilarious jokes and crazy antics. he did a "mel and jay" type of presentation, having the couples answer different questions thrown at them, followed by a marriage counselor affirming and further analyzing the answers. the entire couple sharing turned out to be an eye-opener, as the couples imparted to us the joys and sorrows of being married, the obstacles they encounter, and the magic of still discovering something new everyday. it really helped that they were very honest and open about the various issues tackled, and disclosed very personal information at that. it made me come to my senses and realize that marriage is not something you decide on overnight, it is not something you think you can easily play around with. going into marriage is spelling the future for you, and having to spend the rest of your life with someone definitely requires much thinking over. it's sad how people take the sacred act of marriage all too trivially these days, especially the procreation aspect. words fall short in describing how valuable marriage really is, how it goes way beyond the physical, how it takes so much more of ourselves than what we actually think. as the sharing was coming to an end, and the couples were giving loving, thank you messages to each other, i wondered how mom and dad fared in a sharing like this. they always did sharings back home. makes me curious on what they talked about...hmmm... :)
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another laid-back afternoon has passed, me napping for about three hours or so, consciously catching up on all the lost sleep the previous weeks have caused me. the weather has been very cooperative as well, the heat not being excruciating, the rain being just right. when i went to get some water in the kitchen about thirty minutes ago, the rays of the late afternoon sun reflected in, and for some reason this view has always given me the feeling of restoration, of serenity even just for that moment. how i wish all afternoons were like this. oh what a wonderful weekend. :)
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"A queen is never late, the rest of the people are simply early." - Queen Clarisse
"Marriage is never a walk in the park." - Mr. Nando, one of the sharers in the couple sharing
"like the desert waiting for the rain...my poor heart, it's been so dark...i'm just sitting here waiting for you..." - Turn Me On by Norah Jones
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