The Notebook

Since the movie came out quite some time ago, I knew it was gonna be a tear jerker. And it is. Funny that I was just thinking about this movie yesterday. In fact, I looked up the trailer last night.

Neways it's a story about 2 teenagers who fell in love one summer. They were of course not right for each other and when the summer was over, they had to part. We're not talking about puppy love here. This is an all consuming I-can't-live-without-you kinda love. A love that lasted over the years of being apart. In old age, the girl then develops dementia and cannot remember any of their past. He reads from her notebook of their life together and she remembers. For 5 minutes.

I remember hearing about this story when Jay and I were still together. And I remember thinking how unbearable it would be had it happened to us. Perhaps this is why I was thinking about this movie last night. Maybe it's a sign. Why was it on TV today?

I had just moved all my stuff into my parents' apartment and was taking a rest. Then mum turned on the TV and asked if I've watched 'The Notebook.'

Do we all have one soulmate out there that is the perfect fit? Someone that...when you first meet, you just...know. Someone who complements you so well that no one else would do? Is there such a person out there? Could it be that perhaps under all the illusion of wanting money for stability in life, we wrongly seek success rather than love? Perhaps the purpose of life is love.

Otherwise why would we be so lost and lonely without it?

Oh god, this is turning into a neurosis. Paging Dr. Freud.