We weren’t allowed to take pictures at the concert, so instead of Super Junior here’s a bunch of cats recreating the cover of an AC/DC album. From Kitten Covers, one of our favorite sites.
At 6:40 pm the screen flickers to life and the stadium is rent by a shriek like 13,000 Sharapovas serving an ace. In the video the 9 members of Super Junior are underwater, looking pensive/intense. Suddenly giant angel wings sprout out of their backs (skipping several stages of evolution), and the winged singers zoom out of the water in colored arcs and land on the streets of some city. Every eardrum in the place has been liquefied, but the screaming gets even louder as the distinctively-coiffed heads of Super Junior begin to rise from beneath the stage.
The Super Junior Supershow in Emotional Weather Report today in the Philippine Star.
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How do cats know when their humans are coming home?
I’ve wondered about this myself, and not just because every time I open the door two of them are sitting on the floor, looking up at me with expressions of “Where’ve you been?” I could show up in the middle of the afternoon or late at night, and they’ll be expecting me.
Obviously they hear your footsteps in the hallway, you might say. Maybe so, but a few years ago, when my sister was living with us, I noticed that they could tell when she was about to arrive. My sister, who makes the term “workaholic” seem mild (Surely there is some 12-step program she should get on), has always kept strange hours. No matter what time she would come home, 10 minutes before her key turned in the lock the cats would be perched on the table, staring expectantly at the door.
I am going through something right now in my love life and it would be really interesting to hear or read what you think of it. I am engaged to a foreign guy whom I met online last year. I used to work abroad and anyone who works abroad can tell you that chatting is one of the more interesting pastimes you could have there. I have had many chat mates and even had online relationships with a few (all Pinoys), but I haven’t had any real boyfriends that I have met personally until I met this guy.
Within a few months of our chatting, he went to see me in the country of my workplace (he’s from another continent), something that no chat mate or online boyfriend of mine has done in the past. I was of course swept off my feet by this huge display of affection and therefore agreed to marry him. He’s much older than I am, but I figured I didn’t mind the age difference especially since I was getting tired of all the childish and immature men I have met in the past. He’s very smart, good-looking, and most importantly, financially stable. What more can I ask for? I gave up my job abroad to join him in his home country with plans of getting married there. Once there, some not-so-good qualities of him emerged and I found that I was lonely and wanting to go back home. But I still loved him and still wanted to marry him.
The marriage didn’t push through because there had been some glitches with my documents so I needed to go back home. (Until now, I keep on thinking, was this a sign?) Upon parting, we agreed that I would apply for another visa and get back there soon so we could fulfill our plans. Once I was home, I applied for the visa and it was approved, much faster than the first one. Now I’m just waiting for my travel documents. I thought everything was going well. Or so I thought.
Very recently, an old online flame came back. I don’t know why, but I entertained him. He was the longest online relationship I had (5 years) but we never had the chance to meet. I thought I at least owed him the truth about what’s going on in my life now so I told him everything about my foreign fiance’. Then came the unexpected (or maybe I half expected it), he asked me for another chance. He told me he loved me still, wanted me back, and made immediate plans of coming home here so we could finally meet. I don’t know why but I felt that the feeling was mutual. I also loved him still and I missed him terribly after a year of trying to ignore him. I don’t know how I could tell my foreign boyfriend about all this. I also love him. But upon analyzing myself, I came to the conclusion that I love the foreign guy in my mind, and the Pinoy in my heart. Is that even possible?
This Pinoy doesn’t want me to back out of my engagement to the foreigner because of him, but he wants me to do it on my own free will. In fact he said, he’s even willing to wait for me and if ever the marriage pushes through and it doesn’t work out, he’d still be there waiting. Is it even fair to have him wait? As I said, I didn’t feel so happy there in my fiance’s country, and even though in the beginning I have set my mind to spending a lifetime with him, after that short stay, I had a few hesitations. Do I really want that life? But at least we have met and been together. Unlike with Pinoy, it is again another question of whether or not, once we meet in person, we would feel the same love as we feel online. I’m running out of time! If I am going to back out of the engagement, I should do it before he even purchases the tickets for me. I haven’t slept a wink in a week because of this. Please help. Thank you.
Frazzled
Dear Frazzled,
My, someone has been very busy.
Wait, when your fiancé visited you in your country, you immediately said yes to his marriage proposal? You must have been very lonely to immediately jump on the proposal and give up your job just like that. I have never been a fan of spontaneous life changing decisions because, more often than not, they leave a bitter aftertaste in your mouth. Yes, yes, we could all say that we need to seize life and all that jazz but such spontaneity can only be viable if we have wealthy parents, ample trust funds, good family lawyers, or are about to die. After living our lives to the fullest for a few moments, bills, creditors, and living expenses will hound us for the rest of our lives. That’s just me. Feel free to disagree.
I think you are not ready to marry your fiancé. You are actually looking for a justification to escape and you have managed to latch on to this online lover that you’ve never even met in person, hoping that he would save you. Dare I say that this is your pattern for escaping undesirable situations? You look for something or someone to rescue you from whatever oppressive forces that you are exposed to. To illustrate, you were lonely despite the number of your online boyfriends. Your life was boring and monotonous. Then came your fiancé, who traversed the seas and skies just to free you from your life of isolation. KABLAM! You instantly said yes when he proposed. A new man, a different land, and a life totally different from the life you were leading awaited you. After the magic faded, you realized that you have placed yourself into another undesirable situation. Then came this past online lover who offers an alternative to what you have now. KABLAM! You are now seeing signs from the universe and sensing the intervention of Fate.
Do you follow me, Frazzled? The question here really is, how ready are you to commit to somebody? I must tell you that all of us have undesirable attributes, even you. Commitment is accepting the good and the bad of the person that you love. Commitment is fully knowing what you are getting into, consciously deciding what you are willing to give up, and being ready to face the consequences of your choice. Are you fully capable of doing this?
Presumably, your fiancé also has some complaints about you. But if he still wants you to come back, this may strongly indicate that he is committed to your relationship. But you should not decide on the basis of this. Do not feel obligated to marry him just because he already spent much on you. You must think deeply about this and examine your reasons for wanting marry him in the first place. Take out the resurrected online lover out of this equation in order arrive at a proper solution. This is about you, your dreams, your plans, and your life. Do not ever marry for the reason that this may be your only chance to get married. Never marry out of desperation.
The best thing that you can do now is ask for some time to think things through. If he cares for you, he will wait. If he pressures you to make up your mind quickly, that would be your cue to drop him. But never, never ever make this online lover a substitute or replacement for your fiancé. That would be sad and pathetic. Love and marriage is not a goal to be achieved but a way of life that needs to be nurtured and constantly worked on. Do you have the stamina to do this? Think about it.
Truly Yours,
Auntie Janey
Need help? Advice? Reassurance? A timely bitch-slap? Email agoniesforauntiejaney@gmail.com.
Ricky found these neon green cat’s eye sunglasses at Prada, marked down so low we could actually afford them. We took them to Nella Sarabia’s shop at UP Shopping Center in Diliman to have our prescription lenses made. 24 hours later we’re trying to convince Saffy that there is a family resemblance.
As he stares into the boiling crater of Mt Doom Frodo yields to the temptation of the Ring and decides to keep it for himself. The hordes of Sauron defeat the armies of Men. Orcs rule Middle-Earth, boot out the Elves, outlaw monarchy and establish a representative democracy.
Voldemort finally kills Harry Potter and takes over the world.
Bella, Edward and Jacob turn on their author and bite her.
Estella realizes the error of her ways, throws herself at Pip’s feet and begs him to marry her.
Briony Tallis does not reveal what really happened to Cecilia and Robbie.
As the plane takes off carrying Viktor Lazslo and Ilsa, Rick reveals to Louis that he still has those letters of transit and they can leave Casablanca. “I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship,” he declares, whereupon Louis grabs him and kisses him passionately.
This week’s LitWit Challenge: Rewrite the ending of a novel or movie in 1,000 words or less.
The prize: Till I End My Song: A Gathering of Last Poems edited by Harold Bloom, a Sheaffer Sentinel pen, and two movie posters (It’s a surprise).
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Submit your entry in Comments by 12 noon on Sunday, 4 March 2012.
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