When you find out you will die, that’s when you decide to live.
It wasn’t until she decided to die, that Veronika found a reason to live.
It’s Saturday and again I decided to take the afternoon off so I went to the city, met up with Tim and we went malling. He had to buy something at National Bookstore for his sister’s wedding so I went with him. While he was looking for whatever it was he wanted, I went to the bestseller’s section and looked over the books that I haven’t read yet. And Paulo Coelho’s Veronika Decides To Die caught my eye. I have heard of this book many times before but I haven’t got the chance to read it. So after a little thinking I decided to buy a copy for myself.
After reading the first chapter, I decided that I love this book already. Paulo Coelho is such a great writer. I’ll continue reading and I’ll put the things I’ve learned here later on. And also the things that needs to be off my mind.
I browsed the internet and I learned that there’s a movie still in production process based on this book. Sarah Michelle Gellar will star as Veronika. It’s going to be out in 2009.
Veronika is 24 and she decides to die? She has everything but she decided to die? Why?
I have been listening to various kinds of music since I was a child. I remember when I was a little girl, every time my father plays his tapes and CDs, I join with the singing even though I don’t know the lyrics of the songs. It just makes me happy.
My father has an extensive collection of music. If I’m down and I want to listen to something that could really lift up my spirit – I just listen to reggae music – especially Bob Marley’s music.
I watched the movie “I Am Legend” just last week. Actually this movie came out last summer but I didn’t have the time to watch it then. Or maybe I was just afraid of the theme? Hehe. I thought it was about zombies and everybody dying again or something. That’s why I kept putting off watching it even though Tim has bought a DVD. Well, to make the story short, I finally watched it last week. And I scolded myself for waiting too long. It really is a great movie! I admire Will Smith’s acting. He is a very good actor. The movie is about not giving up and having faith.
Now why am I talking about “I Am Legend” now when I was talking about reggae music earlier? Here’s why – Will Smith’s character’s favorite song was Bob Marley’s “Three Little Birds!” Again, like what happened when I watched the movie “Mamma Mia”,memories came flooding back. Three Little Birds is my most favorite song by Bob Marley. I’m not a die-hard reggae fan but I do take pleasure in this kind of music and I go to bars and restaurants that feature reggae bands from time to time. It’s a great way to relieve stress.
I know Robert “Bob” Nesta Marley died even before I was born ( I was born 1985, Marley died 1981) but it doesn’t hinder me from admiring his music, opinions and beliefs. He’s a good man. He was born to a white English Jamaican father and a black Jamaican mother. He suffered from racial prejudice as a youth because of his mixed racial origins and also faced questions about his own racial identity throughout his life but instead of dwelling in this, he made music and made himself widely known in the whole world. He is a revered performer of reggae music and is credited for helping spread Jamaican music to the worldwide audience.
Now, I’ll put here in my blog Bob Marley and the Wailer’s song, my personal favorite – “Three Little Birds.” This is a song that could cheer everyone up on a bad day or can make us pursue our dreams. A song that makes us not want to give up. Even though Bob Marley is dead, his songs still lives in us. Enjoy!
Three Little Birds
Dont worry about a thing,
cause every little thing gonna be all right.
Singin: dont worry about a thing,
cause every little thing gonna be all right!
Rise up this mornin,
Smiled with the risin sun,
Three little birds
Pitch by my doorstep
Singin sweet songs
Of melodies pure and true,
Sayin, (this is my message to you-ou-ou:)
Singin: dont worry bout a thing,
cause every little thing gonna be all right.
Singin: dont worry (dont worry) bout a thing,
cause every little thing gonna be all right!
Rise up this mornin,
Smiled with the risin sun,
Three little birds
Pitch by my doorstep
Singin sweet songs
Of melodies pure and true,
Sayin, this is my message to you-ou-ou:
Singin: dont worry about a thing, worry about a thing, oh!
Every little thing gonna be all right. dont worry!
Singin: dont worry about a thing – I wont worry!
cause every little thing gonna be all right.
Singin: dont worry about a thing,
cause every little thing gonna be all right – I wont worry!
Singin: dont worry about a thing,
cause every little thing gonna be all right.
Singin: dont worry about a thing, oh no!
cause every little thing gonna be all right!
Hey guys! I FINALLY HAD MY EAR PIERCED FOR REAL!!! I had my left earlobe, on the upper right part pierced. I bought this really cool cross stud with a faux diamond stud at Unisilver earlier this morning, around 9AM then I had my ear pierced for free. The lady who did it used a gun (not the real gun but the gun used in ear-piercing of course). I had to make my own waiver and to sign their waiver as well just to persuade them to agree to do the piercing. Because they’ve had bad experiences with dumb clients who complained when their ears got irritated because of the ear-piercing.
I have one wee problem though. Tim is in Bacolod and he still doesn’t know about what I did. He knows that I really want this done ever since before we met and he has always told me that he doesn’t want to see me sporting a stud. But because he’s not here well nobody stopped me so the DEED was done. And I’m feeling so cool and elated.
I thought my ear was going to hurt so bad that I won’t be able to sleep but right now I’m feeling so drowsy that I’m going to end this post already. I only hope that my bebeh won’t be so angry with me when he sees my new earring. Hope he’ll understand.
I’ll have a photo here of my new fashion statement within this week guys! So proud of myself!
*post written October 8, 2008
UPDATE:
October 14, 2008. My bebeh and my parents had seen the stud. My parents – no comment. My bebeh – very angry (of course as expected) when he saw the stud then ignored me for a day. I felt a little guilty but then the deed was done so there’s nothing anyone can do about it. Anyway, he’s ignoring the ear too. Fine with me. as long as he doesn’t pull the stud off. Hehe.
November 14, 2008. After a month, my ear’s still a little sore but I think it has healed. I can sleep without feeling it hurting now. And I don’t care much of hiding it anymore. I love my stud.
Junelle, the site admin of Iloilo Bloggers happened to stumble upon my blog and she asked me to join their group! I’m so excited to interact with my fellow Ilonggo bloggers! This is going to be fun!
Yep, I bought myself an ABBA cd and this really cool and cute ear cuff kind of earring like the one that Meryl Streep was wearing on that movie. After my shift yesterday, I met up with my bebeh for breakfast then we went to SM Delgado’s department store and browsed through the CDs on sale. I found this ABBA album which features a compilation of their greatest hits. My bebeh was actually supposed to upload ABBA’s hits on my iPod but too bad his computer chose this time to break down. So because Mary Jane just can’t wait to hear those phenomenal chart-toppers I promptly bought myself a CD. I went home and listened to it before going to bed (which pumped me up instead of mellowing me down..haha) I sang and danced a little to their music (yeah, a “little”).
I also bought this cool ear-cuff from Unisilver which is a curved band of metal that is pressed onto the helix of the ear. I have to pinch it hard to make sure that it stays in place (It was kind of painful at first but I got used to it eventually). I actually wanted my ear pierced at the helix and wear a stud or clip-on earrings but Tim won’t let me. He says I will look like a punk and people are going to think that I’m a drug addict or something. It has so many negative connotations.
Oh well, I just have to content myself with a “non-pierce” earring. Anyway its not that bad-looking right? What do you think?
By the way, the butterfly earring I’m wearing was bought by my bebeh about a couple of months ago. Goes well with the ear-cuff.
