Isn't it cliche when you hear the words good things come when you least expect it?
It was 7:45pm. I was wrapping up with my work for the day. Almost done. Just one module to go with my online training and I'm free to go. I can almost smell the weekend.
When suddenly, a sametime window pops up with a message from Barry:
"jeliene, we have extra tickets to National Treasure. Would you like to come and join us? I am making Charly go too."
Woah! A movie invitation from my most favorite boss ever?
I told Barry I will go since Charly is coming. I even joked and said if Charly's not coming, it'll be nosebleed for me. (Just imagine watching a movie with a family of five americans, come on!) Charly almost didn't want to go but I eventually convinced her. It's not everyday that a VP will just sametime you and ask you to join a free movie!
And so anyway we did watch the movie. Period.
Not!
The thing is... This is the first time that I will enter the cinemas of Greenbelt 3 again after the love of my life left me back in March (woah, it's almost a year!!!)
No, it's not the first time I watched a movie at all since I did watch two other movies after we broke up. And the first one, to be honest, I already forgot the title because I wasn't really watching then. I remember it was a comedy but I was crying. (Freak!) But I had the license to cry at the time, it was the first time in six years that I watched a movie with somebody else. (Yes, the entire time I was with my ex, I did not watch a movie with anybody else.)
The second time I watched a movie, it was the Pirates of the Caribbean. I was with my office mates and though it wasn't the best time of my life, at least I was no longer crying. But I remember feeling still a bit sad.
In those two instances, I was in Glorietta cinema.
Today, it was in Greenbelt 3. (And my ex and I used to watch in Greenbelt 3)
So at 8:30pm, Charly and I were ascending the escalators to the cinemas and I was a mixture of excitement and anticipation. We immediately spotted Barry and his family, with some other friends. So while waiting for two more friends, we were just talking and I mentioned to Barry that it'll be the first time that I'm watching a movie there again after a long time.
And Barry was like, "Really? Well, welcome back! Just think about it, once you enter you'll realize you can come back there again."
I wasn't actually dreading entering the cinema. But I was watching out for my feelings. Really. I was like thinking "I wonder how will I feel when I see the seats, and the spot where we usually sits..."
But you know what? It wasn't like that at all. When we finally entered the cinema and while looking for our assigned seats, those thoughts vanished from my mind and I was just looking forward to the experience of watching again.
Suddenly, I realized, I'm okay with this. Time does heals wounds. And indeed, smile is sweeter after a good cry. Sun is brighter after a rain.
Thank God for using Barry and Charly to remind me that.
And yes, I thoroughly enjoyed watching the National Treasure 2.
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