(Well, okay, technically that's true. But technicality isn't the point here.)

Haven't studied properly since wednesday. %#&@*! Sigh. It sucks to have all your exams crammed together, but I think I'd better make sure my next sem's exams aren't too spread out, either, or I'll just fail the last couple (like EL1101 this sem. Heh).

One of the reasons why Just Like Heaven is one of my favourite movies

(yes, I'm watching it now. Yes, I know it's killing my grades. Yes, I know I'll regret this tomorrow. And later, on 22 December)

is that the guy's hurt is so real. He really loved his wife, and even 2 years after her death, he can't "get over it," even though his friends are telling him to just let it go and move on. It really struck me, actually - how can people just expect you to move on just like that? This wasn't some short fling, or some messy break-up or whatever. This was his wife. They were in love, and she died. And he still loves her. Sure, two years is a long time, but how long is long enough to get over someone you love that much?

Hmm I'm not explaining this right. But yeah. In Francine Rivers' Found, the father is still really upset about the mother (forgot their names) dying, even though they're quite old and their children are all grown up and she's had cancer and all so it's not sudden. Then again, it's probably just as bad, because they've been together so long and now he has to live on alone. *shudder* It's actually quite a scary concept. I wonder what it's like, how it's like to have to feel like half of you is missing. Decades of shared life and love - everything he sees has got to remind him of her! (And I realised that both the scenes I'm describing are instances where the norm is defied and the guy outlives the girl. haha.) Bet it's excruciatingly painful. The loss must be pretty awful. *shudders again*

And I guess that's also why people start so many relationships on the "rebound." Because like it or not, the easiest way to forget someone - to move on - is to start caring for someone else. Which doesn't mean that that new love is any less real.

Haha. Alright, enough procrastination. Chapter 12 beckons.

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