:: on love stories ::

i have begun to notice that the most intriguing, heart warming, tear wrenching love stories are the ones which scream love conquers it all. those are the stuff life is really made of, isn't it? struggles and passion are often seen as shadows of the other.

i mean, look at TV drama serials. ch8, ch5, from jap, korean, hongkong, whatever. as cheesy as their lines sometimes are (wonder who's the scriptwriter....), they DO get emotional freaks jumping up and down and bawling their eyes out when the protagonist doesn't end up with the RIGHT girl. you know, the one he's been crazy about, or vice versa. or if they were crazy about each other but are FORCED by CIRCUMSTANCES to separate, like parental objection (major major cause most of the time), differences, "selfless" sacrifices, past burdens, etcetcetc.... don't they get you frustrated ad vexed? or don't you mutter to yourself, "man these love idiots, why don't they just stick together and brave out the storm?"

it is SO easy for us to IMMEDIATELY decide for those TV-characters that they should just stay together. it is SO easy for us to INSTANTLY pinpoint the problem is with the parent, the father, whoever is the source of objection. and we ALL instinctively accuse the parent/ or whoever of being immature, myopic, feudalistic, traditional... etcetc.

so how come those exact sentiments cannot translate into reality too? why cant we immediately decide that two people should just stay together, instantly pinpoint the fault is with their parents/ whoever is objecting, instinctively accuse the parent/or whoever that they are being myopic etcetc? Or, why can we decide that for people when we hear of their story, but can't decide that for ourselves when we are in the same predicatment?

i always imagine myself when i'm a nice little old granny, telling my many many many (ok not THAT numerous) grandchildren about my Great Love Story. that is, i always imagine my Great Love Story to be along the lines of.... "*wistful sigh* you know kids... love DOES conquer it all.... hell, my parents hated the guy i loved.... and yet, here we are, with all of you here..." LOL. gosh i sound like a successful brainwashed product of SDU. :P :P

but anyway... i dunno. When you read books, watch shows, or hear of your parents/grandparents' Great Love Stories, they always have a tinge of smuggled, secret liaison feel to it. Be it a secret escapade to spend a whole night together for the first time, or kissing for the first time, or running away for a holiday in some faraway place...... Those are the stuff you remember with a smile, and those are the stuff that makes you cherish the love all the more fiercely and tenderly.

But why do they THEN make it so darn hard for their kids?????
-sigh-

is it true then, that sometimes love just aint enough.....?

Don't surrender 'cause you can win
In this thing called love
...
When you question me for a simple answer
I don't know what to say, no
But it's plain to see, if you stick together
You're gonna find a way, yeah
...
When life is empty with no tomorrow
And loneliness starts to call (loneliness starts to call...)
Baby, don't worry, forget your sorrow
'Cause love's gonna conquer it all, all

When you want it the most there's no easy way out
When you're ready to go and your heart's left in doubt
Don't give up on your faith
Love comes to those who believe it
And that's the way it is

[...celine dion...that's the way it is...]