Oscar Got It Right!

Ha!

I feel for those who loved Avatar and were hoping that the epic movie would walk away with the coveted Best Picture award.

Don’t get me wrong, I think it was an awesome, awesome movie but personally, I just didn’t feel that it should win the Oscar for Best Picture. Yes it was revolutionary; yes it was a classic and an epic, yes it was pure genius but there’s nothing in it that made it Oscar worthy, except for graphics and the sorts.


The eventual winner - The Hurt Locker - deserved it more. It tells a poignant story of a group of soldiers in Iraq who were members of the Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD), a unit responsible for defusing bombs. It may look like any other war movie but it tells a story of the ups and downs and the dangers and the braveries of those who are involved in wars.

So yeah, I believe they deserve to win. And so did the director of the movie, Kathryn Bigelow, who, ironically, beat her ex husband, the genius that is James Cameron for the award.

The acting categories also went to the deserving winners; Jeff Bridges for his excellent portrayal of a faded country musician in ‘Crazy Heart’ and Sandra Bullock for her amazing performance as socialite Leigh Anne Tuohy who adopted the NFL player Michael Oher.



All in all, the awards were given to the right and deserving nominees.

On a personal note, The Oscar’s brought me back to a time when I was on the brink of starting something great in my life. And like last year, I hope to embark on the same great and momentous journey.

Life’s Too Short To Be Sad

Over the weekend, I had the opportunity and privilege to be with a cancer-stricken 15-year old who, believe it or not, despite her fatal sickness taught me a thing or two about life.

For someone who doesn’t have much time to live, she was a gregarious and positive little girl. She has accepted her fate and while hoping that miracles do happen, she is also very cognizant that life could be taken away from her any time soon.


And instead of moping and feeling sad about her predicament, she looks at life with such positivity that one won’t think they’re not in the presence of someone whose life could be unfairly taken away from her anytime. Her positive outlook to life, the way she sees and looks at things rubbed off on me. Her positivity is truly contagious and it made me think of my current predicament.

Here’s a girl who is so sick and yet tries her very best to live life to the fullest and to anyone of us who feel that the world is not worth living anymore just because we suffered a few setbacks in our lives should take a cue from this wonderful angel and start living, truly start living.


I admit I have been down in recent times but meeting her was one of the greatest moments of life. Not only did I give her some form of happiness by being with her and spending time talking about my love and passion, more importantly, she taught me a lot in the limited time that I had with her.

So yeah, life’s too short to be sad. So, if you’re sad, don’t be. Go out there and be happy and even if it’s proving to be difficult, hang on there and keep your head high. The Almighty has a way out for all of us, all we need to do is believe and keep the faith.

Thanks Ai Ping, you truly are an angel.

We'll Take It!

I don't care if it's sloppy. I don't care if we only won by 1-0. I just don't care. The important thing is we got 3 points and allowed us to go top of the table.


And it was a special night for a Man United legend! Paul Scholes scoring his 100th Premier League goal to get the 3 points is just fitting, afterall, he's one of those that would forever live as one of the greatest Red Devil ever!

Confession # 4

I was a Glee Club member.

Yes I was. During my elementary and secondary days, I was a member of a club that always went before an audience in the auditorium whenever there was a reason to be at the auditorium.


We danced and sang every time there was something going on and it was a good time in my life. But while I was not the main lead, I stood out because unlike most of my fellow members, I was also in the debating team, school editorial team, student government and of course, a sports jock in many sports.

Aaah, those were the days...

An Open Letter To My Little Girl

I know I hurt you. And I don’t even know where to start apologizing but right now, I want you to know that I will do anything and everything to atone for what I have put you through.

In life, we don’t win all the time. But there are things we lose that warrants us to want to win them back. In my case, you’re one of them; in fact, you’re the only one I’ve lost that I want to win back.

To lose you the way I did, and for the reasons that I did, is something I can’t and am not ready to concede. If I lost you because you stopped loving me, then perhaps I could let go. If I lost you because you’ve lost the respect and admiration for me as a man, I could move on. If I lost you because you don’t see the man you fell in-love with anymore, I could look back at the memories with a smile.

But none of these are the reasons why I lost you. And we both know that.

And I’m sorry but I just can’t allow the love of my life, the very reason why I'm alive again to just walk out of my life without allowing myself to fight to win it back.

Wouldn’t you do the same?

How many times did you fight for me? How many times did you not give up on me even when everything was working against you? How many times?

There are no two ways about it, I needed to fight and try to win you back, the same way you fought for me. I was advised and warned that you have the tendency to be cold hearted and brutal after a break-up but none of your previous relationships felt the love that you gave me, the love you only gave me.

We’ve worked so hard to be where we are. Do you remember the amount of distractions and obstacles thrown our way? Do you remember how many people tried to come between us, not wanting us to succeed? Do you remember the sleepless nights we had to go through because of the gossip mongering by those who couldn’t stand that we were so happy? Do you remember, love?

We’ve come a long way from the daily arguments, fights and misunderstandings for me to just allow a beautiful relationship to just end without giving it my all. We’ve fought so hard against the detractors in the past, and while I am not asking you to fight with me this time, at the very least, please let me continue to fight for both us; to fight for what I now realize as my one true love.

I also know that deep within you, you know that I love you very much and that you have never loved anyone like you do me. I know you are hurting but only because you know you still love me. I don’t take pride in knowing that I hurt you nor does it put a smile to my face to know that I made a mistake.

But I'm only a human; one that made mistakes. I am not trying to absolve myself from the mistakes that I did, instead I am embracing them to ensure that I won’t ever repeat it again. And that is what I can promise you, similar to the promise I made in the beginning of our relationship that I will be fair to you and will love you without holding back. And like that promise, I intend to fulfill this one too.

All I need is a chance; just one chance to show you how great we can be together again.

“Dude, What The Fuck Is Wrong With You?!?”

LOL

My bad.

I’ve been caught in a whirlwind of emotions that I forgot my blog is read by lotsa people from different continents who primarily wants me to blog about my shoes or at the very least, about topics that are universal in nature.

And to those who have contacted me asking me what the fuck is up, please accept my profound apologies.

How Do You Know It’s Over?

Sometimes, when you least expect it, things just hit you in the face and make you realize that in as much as you deny, things are no longer what it was and used to be.

Other times, when you are certain that you’ve reached the end point of a long journey; a road suddenly appears inviting you to take it and bring you to another roller-coaster ride that promises nothing as to how they end.

Either way, when you have an epiphany that the time spent all these years bring to naught, what do you do? Do you try to keep on hoping that it could be fixed even if the chances are very, very slim? Or do you just take a deep breath, cry your heart out and face the reality that it’s truly over; that the years you spent together were coming to an end, a different ending from how you envisioned it to be?

Seriously, how do you know when it’s really over?

A Prayer

Dear God,

As I embark on the journey that would determine my future, please bless the person in whose hands my fate resides and provide her with the wisdom to see through my love and passion.

Thank you.

This Is It!

Yes, this is it.

The journey of a lifetime. All I can do now is hope and continue to have faith that the Benevolent Allah knows what’s best for me.

And if things don’t work out the way I hope it to be, despite my total devotion and passion and love, I will take refuge in what God has said:

“There are things in this world that you really, really want but I won’t give them to you because they’re not good for you”

And I’m ready to accept this is one of them.

At least I know I tried hard and that’s the most I could expect myself to do.

So yeah, 2 more sleeps and for the first time in weeks, I am kinda looking forward to it.