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“ When all is said and done, success without happiness is the worst kind of failure.

— Louis Binstock

“ Who died and made you hot?

— Dian - in reaction to my new look, today.. (Not quite sure if that’s a compliment..)

This Girl's Must See Movies For The Tender Heart..

Just a list of some of my favourite romantic movies that make me cry.. the people worth noting in it.. and the reason why the tears fall and how it makes my heart sing..

1) The Notebook : Ryan Gosling - The entire romantic angst that goes on between the two main characters.. and that bit where she comes to the house he built for her, and they’re reunited for the second time

2) The Lakehouse : Sandra Bullock, Keanu Reeves - the moment Kate is kneeling by the mailbox.. praying..

3) Sleepless in Seattle : Meg Ryan, Tom Hanks - that moment where she travels all the way to Seattle to meet him and she’s across the street and she sees him hugging another woman.. and misconstrues the situation

4) While You Were Sleeping : Sandra Bullock - when Sal tells her to tell the truth, and when he proposes to her in the metro booth..

5) A Walk To Remember : Mandy Moore, Shane West - “You were sent to me because I was sick”, ” You’re in two places at once.” and “I’m scared of not being with you.”

6) Head Over Heels : Freddie Prinze, Jr. - The perfect kiss in the aquarium..

7) Boys and Girls : Freddie Prinze, Jr. - “Nothing will ever hurt me as much as your reaction to that same experience.”

8) Good Times, Bed Times : Charlene Choi, Louis Koo - When he helps her to cross the street.. both times..

9) All About Love : Charlene Choi, Louis Koo, Charlie Yeung - When she’s screaming at her husband and tells him to leave..

10) The Holiday : Kate Winslet, Jude Law - The whole movie.

11) You’ve Got Mail : Meg Ryan, Tom Hanks - The ending.. hehe.

And the list will go on..

Tearjerkers and Fears..

I’ve been in a funk for the last, well, 5 days.. I’ve basically neglected to go to the gym despite my Tri-distance hanging over my head..

Yeah, you know it’s bad when I have no energy to go to the gym..

Basically, I’ve been vegging out on my sofa, eating loads of carbs, watching Gilmore Girls, and every romantic sappy movie I can lay my hands on.. so I can cry my eyes out.. though it doesn’t help that it makes me think about my current solo situation and makes me cry even more.. making me twice as pathetic..

But sometimes a girl needs to cry.. even if it’s over that amazing ‘perfect kiss’ in “Head Over Heels” or how corny “Serendipity” is..

Right, now I’m going to empty another box of tissues over “Hercules”..

“ I’ve found almost everything ever written about love to be true. Shakespeare said “Journeys end in lovers meeting.” What an extraordinary thought. Personally, I have not experienced anything remotely close to that, but I am more than willing to believe Shakespeare had. I suppose I think about love more than anyone really should. I am constantly amazed by its sheer power to alter and define our lives. It was Shakespeare who also said “love is blind”. Now that is something I know to be true. For some quite inexplicably, love fades; for others love is simply lost. But then of course love can also be found, even if just for the night. And then, there’s another kind of love: the cruelest kind. The one that almost kills its victims. Its called unrequited love. Of that I am an expert. Most love stories are about people who fall in love with each other. But what about the rest of us? What about our stories, those of us who fall in love alone? We are the victims of the one sided affair. We are the cursed of the loved ones. We are the unloved ones, the walking wounded. The handicapped without the advantage of a great parking space! Yes, you are looking at one such individual. And I have willingly loved that man for over three miserable years! The absolute worst years of my life! The worst Christmas’, the worst Birthday’s, New Years Eve’s brought in by tears and valium. These years that I have been in love have been the darkest days of my life. All because I’ve been cursed by being in love with a man who does not and will not love me back. Oh god, just the sight of him! Heart pounding! Throat thickening! Absolutely can’t swallow! All the usual symptoms.

— Iris, The Holiday (2006)

“ It doesn’t matter how many new haircuts you get, or gyms you join, or how many glasses of chardonnay you drink with your girlfriends… you still go to bed every night going over every detail and wonder what you did wrong or how you could have misunderstood. and how in the hell for that brief moment you could think that you were that happy. And sometimes you can even convince yourself that he’ll see the light and show up at your door. And after all that, however long all that may be, you’ll go somewhere new. and you’ll meet people who make you feel worthwhile again. And little pieces of your soul will finally come back. And all that fuzzy stuff, those years of your life that you wasted, that will eventually begin to fade.

— Iris, The Holiday (2006)

On my t-shirt tonight…

I miss the person who would get this joke.

I miss him like a nail in my head.. but there’s a hole where the nail should be and it hurts.

One of my favourite videos of the now…

Life is so not rocking...

I’m sick.. my room’s a mess.. I’m on a Gilmore Girls marathon and actually thinking about how cool it would be to go on Spring Break..

I really need to get a life… how do you get one when a life is just so out of reach?

Oh, and I had an epiphany today… I’m so boring..

“ I’m not crazy, I’m just a little unwell..

— Matchbox 20