Emma with A twist

I have been wondering if J.Austen's "Emma" will still be held a very good one if things turned out this way in the story:

Mr. Elton,in my twisted story, did not marry another woman despite Emma's first rejection--- a rejection she made not because she did not like him but rather because she is not ready for a serious reationship. He will turn out to be the third person that will hinder the blossoming relationship between Mr. Knightley and Emma. In this part, Mr. Elton will be the cause of Mr. Knightley's jelousy. To make things harder for Mr. Knightley, Emma's father did not favor the paring of Emma and Mr. Knightley due to age difference--- it is like an over-my dead-body stand point...

This is not a good ending right? So I'll leave the " what happens next to the readers" ^_^

Something for Christmas

I received this text message from Irene last night. It was the most beautiful and meaningful CHRISTMAS for me.

C - Christ gave
H - Himself as
R - Reminder so that
I - Individuals know the
S - Sacrifices
T - That He did for
M - Mankind to
A - Acheive the gift of
S - Salvation

Now I am wondering whose brainchild is this...

I finally got contact lenses

I just had my extended contact lenses yesterday (Mhaleen also got hers). It took me about an hour to get the hang of putting and removing my contact lenses. Whew! Thank you to Ms. Cynthia and Dr. Alvin Dy for being patient teaching me the "to do's".

I am very glad to finally decide to have one( my christmas gift for myself). All my qualms regarding contact lenses were proven to be in vain. It doesn't hurt. I easily get comfortable wearing it. I hardly feel it in my eyes.

But ofcourse it is not good bye to my transitional eye glasses.

simple truth

"If you are stressed you'll get pimples. If you cry you'll get wrinkles. Then why not smile and get dimples? "

a short reminder to keep smiling... ^_^

FAVC games'08

Yehey! FAITH grabbed 1st place (over all)... I especillay loved the basketball championship games.

Gotcha Rilla!

I am very glad to finally have a copy of this book yesterday. One more book (Anne of Windy Poplars) to go for me to have a complete series of Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables series... ^_^ I will reread the series in chronological order once I have a complete set (because I acquired the book insequentially)

The novel was about the experiences of Rilla, the youngest daughter of Anne and Gilbert, before and during the WWI. I found the book extra interesting because of the plot (era of WWI)---not that I am a war-freak, but because I am overwhelmed by the resilience shown by people who lived during the war.

more notes soon...

Passing by Mansfield Park

The reviews indicating Mansfield Park as the most controversial novel By Jane Austen drew me into reading the said novel more intently (and actually reading it again). I ask myself WHY it is controversial when it deals common issues including family, seperation, intellectual arrogance (sorry for the term, but the two Ms. Bertram and Aunt Norris belittled Fanny all through-out the novel), marriage, and friendship---common issues in a plot ages older and viewed or taken in another perspective by our generation.

Recalling the traits and role of each character help me discover the cause of controversy of Masfield park---the extra marital affair of Maria Bertram and Henry Crawford and also the relationship between cousins Fanny and Edmund.

But I need to do additional reading and search for materials that will support (or to contradict) my claim.

More notes soon...