Nostalgia
Watching The Lake House today during nights' out, tears streamed down my cheeks as I watched the tear-jerker. The plot was fantastiscally laid out and incites the viewer to empathise with the lovers seperated by time, who faced one mammoth challenge to having a date - death.
Being an emotional person, I loved the movie, but there's just one problem: it has a happy ending. Katie, the female protagonist, manages to alter history. Sinister as it sounds, I was hoping that the male lead dies and I will leave the theatre teary-eyed and feeling despondent.
Somehow, perhaps I was just feeling emotional, but meeting Leon after the movie to book-in together, I felt a sense of nostalgia. I knew that even I too will soon be leaving the army, and I would miss the friendship that the 3 of us (plus Zhong Yuan who watched the movie with me) have with each other. Things will never be the same again. We will always meet, but we will never be the same again once we part from this common phase. Leon should be embarking on his conquest to establish his coffee shop empire, Zhong Yuan will and already has become a senior Specialist of the Singapore Armed Forces, and I, will be persuing my honors degree in accountancy in time to come.
There is no conclusion to this blog entry. And for one, I do enjoy sad tear-jerking endings. Perhaps this chapter of my life shall end in tears, as I like it better, for at least I know that the fond memories are for me to keep.
