silly thoughts

a good friend told me that you stop being hopeful and optimistic about life once you start working. yes, you become excited with your first job because you’re being paid, thinking that you can buy the things that you want. after a few months, life’s harsh realities will hit you and then you stop being "naive." when my friend told me about this, i told him i refuse to believe that. i refuse to believe that work somehow comes out as a negative force in life.

i’m not overly optimistic about work. i’ve had my share of bad days at work but i like what i’m doing right now.  while eating dinner earlier, my mom asked me if i like my job so far. i told her i like it. i don’t have the feeling of quitting work as soon as i can, unlike what my friends experienced before with their first jobs.

i like action/adventure movies. i’m also into sci-fi movies, but if you combine the two, not a good idea. indiana jones is an "ok" movie, i just wished the extraterrestrial part of the movie was a different story line. it felt like seeing the forgotten, expecting it to be a drama, only to find out that aliens are involved. my mom said he likes the mummy movies more, and i agree with her. i’m a huge brendan fraser fan. speaking of which, there’s a new mummy movie. i’m kinda sad that rachel weisz is not reprising her role and jet li (not a fan at all of him) is in the movie. of course, i’m still going to see it even with unlikeable circumstances.

back to indiana jones, i’m also not a steven spielberg fan. i know that he’s really good at what he does but i’ve never seen a work of his that has moved me like how ron howard’s a beautiful mind or ridley scott’s black hawk down have moved me. oh well, i’m just looking forward to the new x-files movie.

last mother’s day, a certain mother was recognized at church because of the occasion. a tito, who gave a brief background about her, said that she religiously goes to church every sunday and that she only walks from her house to the church, sometimes alone, sometimes with a grandchild. she’s very old already and her house is really far from the church. it would probably take a good 30 minutes to walk from her house to the church. when she was called in front to say something, she was crying and said that every time she walks, she only prays to god to keep her away from any harm. she also said that she has many children but none of them wants to go with her, and i felt sad for her. why can’t one of her children go with her, up to at least by the gate of the church? that’s not too much to do for a mother right, as compared to everything she has done to raise a child? i get so frustrated when i hear stories like this, probably because of how i am to my mom. i love driving for her or doing errands for her. i’d do anything i can for her. i believe that once a child can stand on his own feet, he should be doing things for his parents already and not rely on them for anything anymore. i can only pray for the children, of this certain mom at church, to be hit on the head and get some sense out of the situation with their mother.