Twilight by Stephenie Meyer: I Love It
I must admit, I love books and that makes me one of the certified bookworms in this world. I started to read novels when I was in 5th Grade and as I aged I can’t stop loving my favorite pastime.
Of all the stories/novels I have read, I chose to feature (in this post) the most recent book I borrowed from my officemate. This book was entitled “Twilight”. It is a young adult vampire novel authored by Stephenie Meyer that was originally published in 2005. It is the genesis of the four Twilight saga with New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn as the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th novels.
The story began when Isabella Swan, known as Bella, moves from sunny Phoenix, Arizona to rainy Forks, Washington to live with her father, Charlie, so that her mother, Renée, can travel with her new husband, Phil Dwyer, a minor league baseball player. Even though she never had many friends in Phoenix, Bella quickly discovers she is the new subject of curiosity at her new school in Forks where she is quickly befriended by several students.
When Bella sits next to Edward Cullen in Biology class on her first day of school, he displays extreme animosity towards her. This leads Bella to believe that he dislikes her. However, his attitude towards her soon begins to change. He displays supernatural abilities while saving Bella from being hit by an out-of-control van that is about to crush her into another car. Bella confronts him about the strangeness of the situation, but he refuses to talk about it. As time passes, Bella and Edward are repeatedly drawn to one another, even though Edward desperately tries to stay away in order to keep her out of the danger that he will likely put her in.
Bella eventually learns from her friend Jacob Black of the Quileute tribe and her own observations that Edward and his family are “vegetarian” vampires who drink animal blood rather than human blood. Despite of this, Edward and Bella fall deeply in love. Their foremost problem is Bella’s “alluring scent”, which makes it difficult for Edward to restrain himself from killing her. However, despite this and Bella’s strange knack for constantly landing herself in dangerous situations, they manage to stay together safely for a time being.
The blissful state of affairs is thrown into chaos when another vampire coven sweeps into Forks and James, a tracker, sets his sights on Bella. Under the assumption that James has kidnapped her mother, Bella is lured to her former dance studio, where James attacks her. Edward, along with the rest of the Cullen family, rescues Bella before James can kill her.
Twilight is being adapted into a film by Summit Entertainment. The film is being directed by Catherine Hardwicke and stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson as Isabella
Swan and Edward Cullen. It is set to be released on December 12, 2008.
Here’s some of the never-forgotten quotes from the story:
“When life offers you a dream so far beyond any of your expectations its not reasonable to grief when it comes to an end.”
“What if you sincerely believed something was true but you were dead wrong? What if you were so stubbornly sure that you were right that you
wouldn’t even consider the truth? Would the truth be silent or would it try to break through?”
“I’d never given much thought to how I would die–though I’d had reason enough in the last few months–but even if I had, I would not have imagined it like this.”
“‘And so the lion fell in love with the lamb…,’ he murmured. I looked away, hiding my eyes as I thrilled to the word.
‘What a stupid lamb,’ I sighed.
‘What a sick, masochistic lion.’”
– Edward and Bella
“If I could dream at all, it would be about you. And I’m not ashamed of it.”
– Edward
First Love DIES….
I was 15 , when I first saw the spark in him. I’ve known him since our freshmen days, but it was during that year when I felt something special for him. I would say he was definitely a hearthob. He stole the hearts of many girls but it took him 2 years to have mine.
He was the kindest guy I’ve ever met. With those expressive eyes and warm smile, he simply took my breath away. But my young and restless heart knew that he could never be mine. He was just someone I can admire from a distance.
Everytime I sign on my classmates’ autographs, I marked his initials on the question, ‘who is your crush?’ I even used codenames just to keep my little secret. I wrote some forgotten poems at the back of my notebooks just to express the feelings I kept inside. But these never made me a good writer nor a poet. But a damsel with a story to tell.
My classmates in high school, even in college already heard same old story. I was consistent and never hid that precious feeling. ‘I shall return!’ I told myself when I decided to study here in Iloilo City . I’m preparing for my future. I need to obtain a degree, to prove that I am special. Naive girls have wild dreams, dreams that were far too high.
Alas! The most unexpected thing happened. After spending a year in college, a miracle occurred. A sort of “mutual understanding” relationship occured between the two of us. It’s not too deep, but who cares? At least I had a chance to know that he liked me. I used the word “liked” for I think it’s the most appropriate thing to described it. One thing is for sure, he doesn’t love me. For if it’s love, then he would pursue his feelings for me. He would not have those silly excuses such as: we were young, he’s not ready for a relationship, he was mending his heart because his first love had hurt him, and we were far from each other. ‘Time can tell’ was the last phrase he said to me when we said our goodbyes (the semestral break was over).
I was hurt. My high hopes were turned upside down. I hated him. From then on, I decided to spend my semestral breaks in Iloilo. I dreaded the day when I’ll gonna see him. For the wound never stopped hurting and my heart was ripping every time I think of him.
Still, I hoped for fairytale to come true. I lived with it. I prayed, wished, and hoped that it will be him, the only man I can spend the rest of my life with. But fate had its own way. I met somebody else. I don’t know it was my true love at that time. And there I was nursing my scarred heart with somebody else.
Years had passed. Although I had been struggling against all odds for a new relationship I can say that I was glad I found love in the arms of my boyfriend (we’ve been together for almost 5 yrs now). When I thought that I was over with my first love, I received a shocking news from my bestfriend. He will be married to another girl (I don’t know who she is) and worst, the girl was already pregnant.
Amazingly, I felt painless. I felt nothing. I didn’t know how to react. Perhaps it was purely “shocked”. Some concerned loved ones (my mom and my bestfriend) even called me for they were worried. They didn’t know that I was really over him. That I have found true love.
Five years had been spent minding our own lives. Moving on. We haven’t seen each other or talked each other. I guess I can’t tell you what I’ll feel if I’ll be face to face with him.
God has blessed me with so many things. All the pains I’ve been through was never been in vain. I reminisced it with gladness. Indeed the saying is
true, first love dies when true love comes. Only memories remain. I kept his handsome image in my heart and in mind but I was afraid that I can no longer paint his face once I close my eyes. All I have longed for was to bridge the gap ang rekindle the friendship we once shared.
I learned that everything has its right time. Learned the virtue of patience (in terms of loving). I learned that everything has its right time. Learned the virtue of waiting. We may not get all our heart’s desires but God knows what’s best for us; and surrounds us with enough love to understand and appreciate all His plans.
Indeed, time has told us that we’ll be better off as friends. I may not have him but I have my true love. First love may not be the true love. God is the best matchmaker of all times. No one can beat Him. Do you agree?
Someday, someone will walk into your life and make you realize why it never worked out with anyone else…..
* Originally posted at: hansentimiento.blogspot.com
Love | Comment (0)In Life, Miracles Do Happen…
I
read this quotation from a daily bread a few years ago. Since then, it
became my motto in life. It never failed to give me hope in times of
failure and chaos.
People view life in two ways: it is a glass
that is half full or half empty. Either way, people of diverse
principles strive hard to endure life’s challenges.
I have had
some series of unfortunate events. It’s not as "unfortunate" as in the
Lemony Snicket’s story. But then God remained faithful and He proved
that miracles do happen if you only believe in Him. I’ll not enumerate
what had happened but in time I’ll let you know.
As for now, let me share some life’s principles along with my thoughts about them.
"What is the meaning of life? To be happy and useful." ~ The Lai Lama
* A commonly asked question that can be answered by lengthy paragraphs. For me, Lama had the best answer: To be happy and useful!
"Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile." ~ Albert Einstein
*
How to stay happy when everything’s gone wrong? Einstein said "Live for
others". Don’t be selfish. Remember that when you give something, it
all comes back to you (like the Coca Cola tv ad).
"
Expect nothing, live frugally on surprise." ~ Alice Walker
*
Life is full of surprises, you’ll never know what’s in store for you.
It’s a quest of predicting the unpredictable. Let God be God.
"Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die." ~ Amelia Burr
*If
you only have 24 hours to live, what are the things you want to patch
up before saying goodbye to this world? Do you have so many regrets
that you need more time to fix things out?
"Time
is a companion that goes with us on a journey. It reminds us to cherish
each moment, because it will never come again. What we leave behind is
not as important as how we have lived." ~ Patrick Stewart, from the film "Star Trek: Generations"
*
If you’ll die would people miss you? What would be their eulogy during
your funeral service? What epitaph would they write in your tombstone?
"If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change." ~ Buddha
*
Sometimes I am freaking out if some things go wrong. Anxiety sinks in
and I succumbed to "insomnia". I agree with Buddha (even though I am
not a Buddhist). I then remembered Matthew 6:26-34 that goes like
this…"Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, neither do
they reap, nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds
them. Are you not worth much more than they?……Observe how the
lilies of the field grow; thy do not toil nor do they spin, yet I say
to you that even Solomon in all his glory did not clothe himself like
one of these. But if God so arrays the grass of the field, which is
thrown into the furnace, will He not much more do so for you, O men of
little faith?….
"There
are as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in
the year’s course. Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of
darkness, and the word ‘happy’ would lose its meaning if it were not
balanced by sadness."~ Carl Jung
*In
life, we need sadness/nights/darkness to savor it’s true flavor. We are
like a white cloth that needs patches in order to be a beautiful quilt.
We need to be broken and molded by the Potter’s hand to be a perfect
jar. We are to be spilled out to enjoy life’s scent. Life is not a bed
of roses, for roses have their own thorns.
“Don’t
ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ~ Howard Thurman
*We
can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone. Know your purpose
in life and dare to be different. If every person act this out perhaps
this world would be a better place to live in.
love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To
try is to risk failure, but risk must be taken because the greatest
hazard in life is to risk nothing.”
* Always remember
that the person who never fails is the person who never tries. Live up
your dreams and aspirations. Don’t be a wave that is just being tossed
in the ocean. And also don’t be a lukewarm person that is neither hot
nor cold. Make a decision and stand firm for it.
"Twenty
years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t
do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away
from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore.
Dream. Discover." ~ Mark Twain
*I am 24 right know and
I am regretting the mistakes I have committed. After 20 years, I’ll be
44 and for sure there’s more reasons to disappointed. But according to
Mark Twain, we should sail away from the safe harbor and explore the
world beyond it. We should not be threatened and discouraged by the
upcoming storms in life. For in those storms, we will become wise and
tougher in dealing with life’s journey. Besides, there’s a calm in the
eye of the storm.
"There
was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility.
Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy and a
tragedy." ~ Mark Twain
*Life resembles a novel more
often than novels resemble life. It’s an odd thing that with life you
can cry and laugh at the same time. This happens a lot to me (thank God
I passed the neuro-psychological exam). I used to think that life is so
boring. Later I realized that I was wrong, for life is a movie or novel
that features drama, comedy, tragedy and horror rolled into one.
Patience Is Not My Virtue…The Remedy?
HOW TO CONTROL EMOTIONS
This would give you guides on how to control your emotions towards your better-half, friends, officemates and all the people around you, especially your "boss". The rules of practicing "ugaling langit, ugaling kaaya-aya" :
#1 Ang naunang magalit ang may karapatang magalit. Pag naunahan ka na ng galit niya, tumahimik ka na lang muna.
#2 Walang taong nag-aaway mag-isa. Pag hindi kayo sumagot o pumatol, titigil din daw ang taong nakikipag- away sa inyo.
#3 Ang taong galit, ‘bingi.’ If someone is angry, wala raw pinakikinggan, so, don’t try to explain and fight back. Hindi ka niya iintindihin dahil wala siyang naririnig kundi ang sarili nya.
#4 Ang taong galit, ‘abnoy.’ Ayon sa pastor, Biblical daw ito? because the Lord said when He was crucified, "Father, patawarin mo sila dahil hindi nila alam ang kanilang ginagawa." Modern term for these kind of people are abnoys, so you better not get angry para huwag kang matawag na abnoy.
You should also know and realize that the person who make your day bad are jewel, because you need them inorder for you to mature. Hangga’t andyan daw sila at kinaiinisan mo, ibig sabihin, immature ka pa. God will not take away those people; it’s for you to take away your bad feelings towards them. You’ll know na mature ka na pag dumating ‘yung time na hindi ka na naiinis sa mga taong ito because you have learned to accept them and to have patience with them.
#5 Finally, the best part of this is to tell yourself na, because of this person, "I will grow mature," and that DAHIL SA CONTRIBUTION NIYA SA MATURITY MO, KUKUNIN DIN SYA NI LORD.
When It Rains…..It Pours….
The rain falls heavily today..the usual iloilo scene flashed before my eyes. The drainage were clogged, water was stucked in the sidewalks…that’s why I hate rain when I’m here. I wished the rain would stop before 8 am but it did not. As a result, I was late for work and entered the office dripping with water still there’s nothing I can do about it. Indeed when it rains, it pours…
- Rain, rain, go away.
- Come again some other day.
- Rain, rain, go away,
- Come again another day.
- Rain, rain, go away.
- Come again some other day.
- Little Johnny wants to play,
- In the meadow by the hay.
- Rain, rain, go to Spain,
- Never show your face again.
- Rain, rain, pour down,
- But not a drop on our town.
- Rain on the green grass,
- and rain on the tree,
- And rain on the housetop,
- but not on me.
- Rain, rain, go away,
- Come again on washing day.
- Rain, rain, go to Germany,
- And remain there permanently.
- Rain, rain, go away,
- Come on Martha’s wedding day.
A Risk Worth Taking
Of all the things she never regret
For all the time that she spent
She was hurt, though I didn’t meant
How could I repay her?
All her life to me she care
She neglect her own Calvary
She carries my own destiny
I promised her the lovely moon
Instead I gave a rose of stone
I saw her tears they were made of thorns
I then killed myself with the pride of horns
She made a risk worth taking
I find myself from dying to living
She extends her arms of love
I saw the light I fell in love
Now she’s the ink of my pen
The stars of my dream
Composer of my life’s hymn
She’s Hannah the most amazing woman I’ve ever seen.
JOHN
written by th person i love the most…i’m proud and happy for he had made a poem for me..check some of his works at Concealed Sentiments .
Love | Comment (0)Missing My Old Friends
I haven’t seen my old friends for almost 3 years now. Are they thinking of me too? Well, I’m confident enough that they did not forget me. I really missed them, the old loud laughs, the continuous giggles, and the unending chats….I wish we will be reunited this 2007.
To all my old friends this is for you: (also applicable to ALL my friends)
FRIENDS FOREVER
Friends we will be
Till the end of our days
Forgetting each other
Will not be the right way
Even we take the different paths
In search of our life and faith
Each other’s face and smile
Will always be remembered
The problems we’ve been through
Would be our guide
When we go out of our shell
And face the big world
The happy memoirs we had
When we were still in each other’s arms
Will keep coming back
As if it just happened today
The events will help us remember
And would serve as a reminder
That you still have a friend
Who welcomes with an open hand
When our different roads meet
Hope we can still recall
The vow that we made together
That we will be friends forever
New Hope, New Year
I’ve been thinking a lot about hope recently. It seems that everywhere
we turn we see people who are without hope. We can see it on the news,
in magazines, and in TV dramas. We see it when we go to the mall and
sometimes even when we’re at church. People are trying to find hope by
somehow filling the void they feel.
All around us, we hear
people say things like this: "I hope I’ll win in lottery", "Sure hope
our team wins the championship", "I hope it’s sunny on Saturday for our
picnic". We treat hope as a wish. But what happens to our "hope" if
those don’t turn out as we waited?
Here in the Philippines, all
we should hope for is peace, the calm in the midst of the storm. In the
past weeks, we experienced numerous tragedies…landslides that killed
several people, fires that burned some houses and establishments, chaos
in the government, and bombings that cause injuries to its victims.
Last December 29, my hometown ( Tacurong, Sultan Kudarat) experienced
bombings and bomb threats. I don’t know why, but if you ask me why I
would always want to be home? My answer would be always YES…because I
love my family, I love the place…my childhood friends…the
food…the nature…besides, the eye is a region where mostly calm weather can be found at the center of strong storm.
to keep track…check out my blog: Concealed Sentiments Part 1
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