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meet the predator
call me jenie
born on 02/20/83 after my Dad & Mom drank beer and ate balut 9 months before
lives in Singapore, but always a Pinoy at heart
works as an advertising copywriter, but hates proofreading her blog entries
loves true friends, fake DVD's, alternative music, alcohol, sarcasm, boxing, hatha yoga, and House (the TV series,not the music genre)
loathes indifference, power trippers, narcissists, giant egos and bad breath
tries to live by the quote "Postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing." by Anais Nin
pelicula numero uno
Back track
I watched the Spanish film “No sos vos, soy yo” or “It’s not you, it’s me” with three of my SND folks and officemates at GB3 last Wednesday. Hearing about the gist of the movie already struck me for it can happen to anyone, and it already has to some.
Girl leaves the country to find a better future for ‘them’ abroad days after their marriage. Guy is left behind and while on his way to the airport to follow her, the ‘confused’ wife dumps him on the phone for another man. Oh, the pain.
I particularly liked how the male lead in the film responded to such a tragic predicament. He goes berserk in the beginning but despite the pain she has caused him, he kept asking the therapist if his wife is coming back. He wishes her ill afterwards, but one can see in his eyes that he longs to be with her again. He says he has forgiven her and would like to give it another try.
But wait, scrap that. I didn’t like how he reacted. It seems like he didn’t have a tinge of pride in his system. He even said, “You only have pride when you got something to lose.”
For me, if someone you love has wronged you like that, you shouldn’t be at her mercy for leaving you. After the pain and tears subside, one has to deal with his anger for that person. Betrayal is one thing, selfishness, another. He was desperate to forget her, but he couldn’t because he loved her despite of what she did.
But really, what is the best way to forget? In the movie, it clearly emphasized on the need to fall in love again. Luckily, the protagonist with a shattered heart met someone else and once again he is happy, until the wife returns and asks him back. This is the part where our main man makes the crowd proud. After a night together, he snubs her plea, tells her she loves him yet sends her packing anyway. Good job!
So the next time someone gives you any one of those universal break up lines because of a third party, take it.
Then cry like there’s no tomorrow, wipe the remaining mucus off your face, get the culprit’s photo, stick some pins and burn it to pieces, write a no-holds-barred letter and never mail it, take a 2-week vacation, get back to living your life and look as stunning as ever. And when your deceitful ex-other half comes back crawling, bawling and begging at your feet to have you in his arms again, say ‘No’ then tell him that this time around, “It’s not you, it’s me.”
But then again, it’s always easier said than done. I’ll cross the bridge when I get there. Yikes.
3:48 PM
Friday, October 06, 2006
