Things I Learned from Movies & TV Shows: Part 1

Student: Miss, since you love movies so much, can you tell us what's your top favorite movie?

Me: Erm....

Student: I mean, the one that had an impact on you?

Me: Let me see....erm...

Student: You don't have one?

 Me: (I'm thinking, dammit!)

Truth is, it's hard to say. I've watched too many. Have you ever had so many choices that you end up not choosing anything? I can name some movies, but I'll end up missing a few that actually matter. So I just....blanked out. But I can tell you some of the things I learned from movies and TV shows. First up: Bridget Jones's Diary/Pride & Prejudice/Sherlock

1. These are the words all women want to hear and these are the kind of men we want to marry.

2. However, there is always a hidden asshole in everyone. Even if he is Prince Charming.

3. Also, glad to know I'm not the only one feeling empty these days:

4. And like Bridget, no matter how much rice I take out of my daily meals...............

5. On the other hand, since Mr Holmes's ego is also mine....

So yes, movies and TV shows actually taught me some things. For example, sometimes things might turn out alright even if you're the most messed up person in the world. And maybe there is such a thing as true love even if it only happens to everyone else but me. Cause even when most of the time when I see this:

I feel like doing this:

whenever I see this:

I go like this:

FIN.

I guess there's a little bit of a romantic in me, huh?

not kicking my bucket yet, but just in case...here's the list

1. Re-learn basic maths. And I do mean basic.
2. Draw or paint something not laughable. Right now, a cat that I draw can also be either a mutated dog or a really fancy table. Depending on your psychotic tendency.
3. Write a short story/novel that looks like fiction but is actually about myself.
4. Volunteer at a zoo/charity organization. Frankly, I just want to play in the water with baby elephants.
5. Learn how to bake anything yummy. 'Cause apparently everyone can do it these days.
6. Memorize basic computer (MS-DOS) commands 'cause it's about damn time.
7. Read all the books that I've bought and all the movies I've downloaded.
8. Learn how to play a musical instrument. For some reason I'm thinking about harmonica.
9. Try bungee jumping and riding in a zorb (globe riding) in New Zealand. Or maybe just take  pictures from The Lord of The Rings film site. Yeah, I'm lazy like that.
10. All around the world tour (especially Barcelona, Bruges, Budapest, London, New York, Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong, Paris & Rome)
11.Go to a public bath house in South Korea and put my hair in two cute towel buns.
12.Sleep in a Japanese capsule hotel and pretend I'm Ryan Reynolds from the movie Buried by screaming "I'm buried in a box! I'm buried in a box!" repeatedly.
13.Quit whatever job I have and open a bookstore. 
14.Act in a movie (a home movie is good enough - quite an achievement, really) and post it on Youtube.
15.Learn another foreign language.
16.Sing and record a song (write the lyrics as well).
17. Adopt a random child from somewhere in Africa.   
18.Visit all the seven wonders of the world - ancient, modern, whatever - especially the Stonehenge (how very Tess of the D'urbervilles of me)
19.Go to Comic-Con. You know why.
20.Have a connection with a stranger ala Before Sunset/Before Sunrise.
21.Research about something weird so I can win the Ig Nobel Prize. Will my name be forever carved into history books? Probably not, but at least it's some kind of recognition.

But then again, the zombie apocalypse will probably happen anytime soon, so why bother?