‘I’m writing my belles-lettres
but you are occupying with numbers and figures…’
That day was like the other
ordinary day for her. Her plans have been arranged systematically in her
schedule notepad because she’s afraid of missing doing things that she
should’ve done for that day. Most of the students done that because their
brains still haven’t achieve the ability like the computer can do. They keep
missing things. They have short term memory which merely can store a few things
in their mind in a particular short period. Most of them only rely on their
short term memory which consequently ended up with incomplete things that they
need to accomplish for that day. So at the end of the day, they have to delay
it for the next day. The idea of jotting down all the things that students need
to do in a notepad is kind of passé among students nowadays. This is due to
most of the students already possessed a very advance technology device for
instance Smartphone, iPads and so forth. So they prefer to use those as their
second memory which is very reliable. But not to her, she still uses the outmoded
way which is relying on her notepad. So after finished her class that
afternoon, she took a glance at her watch on her left wrist which showed
12.55pm. It still takes an hour to go fix her teeth that she always suffered
the pain, her monologue said. Without taking lunch, she just sipped the
strawberry milk in order to prevent her stomach from ringing while waiting
outside the dental. This is her first time to have a check up with the dentist
in this place so she really hopes the dentist will treat her nicely. Even
though it still takes an hour for the dental to open, she decided to wait
outside by sitting on the stools there. While taking the relaxed ambience amid
the dell and a beautiful lake decorated with the lotus flowers, her mind
suddenly came across with the picture of the spectacular scenery in the The Notebook
where Allie and Noah drifting in a boat surrounded by thousands of the pure
white swans swimming and dancing in a wide lake full with the trees. The twilight
scenery heightens their fascination about that place and their precious meeting
after years of being apart from each other. She was already overwhelmed by the atmosphere
and a beautiful moment they have there, her monologue said again. After the
pictures of the spectacular sceneries have diminished thru her blinking eyes,
she starts feeling bored. She’s flicking thru her phonetics notes that she just
learnt. She needs to practice the sound for each phoneme because the PISA is
just around the corner. She has to put all her wits and effort to excel and memorize
it. It might look just a piece of cake but huh! She can’t say more! Then, after
a few minutes sitting there, there comes a lad in black, wearing glasses looking
outside the dental. She told him that it will be opened at 2pm as usual. There
is a time schedule pasted on the dental door. So he joins her waiting outside
the door and he…
She should take a distance from him at the
beginning….but she….
"Distance"
The sun is filling up the room
And I can hear you dreaming
Do you feel the way I do right now?
I wish we would just give up
Cause the best part is falling
Call it anything but love
And I will make sure to keep my distance
Say "I love you" when you're not listening
How long can we keep this up, up, up?
And please don't stand so close to me
I'm having trouble breathing
I'm afraid of what you'll see right now
I give you everything I am
All my broken heart beats
Until I know you understand
And I will make sure to keep my distance
Say "I love you" when you're not listening
How long can we keep this up, up, up?
And I keep waiting
For you to take me
You keep waiting
To save what we have
So I'll make sure to keep my distance
Say "I love you" when you're not listening
How long can we keep this up, up, up?
Make sure to keep my distance
Say "I love you" when you're not listening
How long til we call this love, love, love?
photos from the The Notebook (2004)
