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I watched a movie with my brother and a friend last night. Funny, we intended to go and watch Zodiac but since we were late, we ended up watching Mr. Bean. I wasn’t so eager to watch it since I was feeling disappointed about not being able to watch Zodiac. However, my feelings toward watching the movie changed by the time it was over. Who would have thought I’d be able to gain insights for my blog from a silly movie?
I beg for pardon from the reader, who may be intending to watch Mr. Bean on the big screen… I may spoil it for you. But I really did feel strongly about posting it here.
We were a bit late when it started. By that time, Mr. Bean was in a train station bound for Cannes, France. Of course, it’s already known that he does get himself as well as those around him, into a lot of trouble.
In a nutshell, Mr. Bean is basically trying to get to a beach in Cannes but on his way there, he caused some trouble for a father and his son by separating them (See, I’m trying utterly hard NOT to spoil EVERYTHING…;)). Now, Mr. Bean, along with the son of the man, both have to get to Cannes, where the boy‘s father is. Along the way of course (as is expected of any Mr. Bean film or episode), they encounter mishaps like losing money and other belongings. It was funny how even when times were hard, both the French boy and Mr. Bean worked together and made do with what they had while trying to find creative ways to get by.
They also met a bunch of cool people like an actress and a group of musicians. In the end, the actress, the French boy and Mr. Bean came together and traveled to Cannes because it turns out that actress was going to the Film Festival and the boy’s father was a director who was going to be part of that festival as well. They then worked together to bring the boy back to his father.
I hope I’m making absolute sense.
Anyways, bottom line is… I’ve always heard people say “Life is like a journey” or “When life throws you lemons, make lemonade” plus lots of others. What I’m trying to say is life, in my opinion, just like in the movie Mr. Bean, can throw lots of lemons. Sometimes, in my own life, okay, not sometimes… Oftentimes, I screw up and get into trouble a lot (like Mr. Bean). But it doesn’t make my life meaningless or whatever. It just makes the journey more interesting, or well, that’s how I’d like to think about it. Sometimes, it also seems to take forever to get where we wanna be, but the thing is, it’s not always about the destination, it’s mainly about the road we took and the kind of person we’ve become. Our decisions, screw up’s, people we’ve met and lots of other aspects all come together to paint a beautiful picture.
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