Life's Surprises

Do you guys remember F.L.A.M.E.S.? The most memorable episode for me was the one which featured Patrick Garcia and Paula Peralejo. I’m not sure how many stories they portrayed in that TV show but what I remember was the one wherein they were childhood friends and (sweathearts?). I was very much kilig that I managed to escape school for three days during the weeklong episode! Unfortunately, the universe did not conspire on what I wanted and so I was not able to watch the remaining two days. I remember how two of my classmates share the same misfortune with me. Our faces were crumpled and we spent the short minutes in between subjects to come up with our “scientific hunch” of how the episode will end. See, we knew how to apply classroom lessons in real life situations! :p Not contented with it, one of my classmates even bullied our then class loveteam to portray what we thought was the ending! Bear with us, there was no Youtube that time. Ah, it was my most hilarious fan-mode state (I am secretly laughing now)!

That was about fifteen years ago - when the world was so big for me and the technology has not yet reached its grandeur. It was perhaps one of the simple pleasures I had when I was a countryside, growing teenager. I told myself, if only they knew how insane we were, they could have laughed with us! :)

Fastforward to 2009. I saw and met Paula Peralejo – this time not on TV but in person. I guess that so-called six degrees of separation is indeed true! A sixth-grade mind back then has not even thought of meeting this girl she stalked in that defunct TV show. It made me smile! Life’s surprises – that is. I no longer carry that torch of a stalking-fan, what I had during the encounter was a pile of happy and hilarious moments coming back into my mind! More importantly, it made me realize how small the world is, that what we thought is impossible is only in the state of mind. This is a classic tale of life's little surprises!

Now I have the chance to share this funny story to them. Thanks to the gift of technology. :)

How about you? In what instances did my mysterious friend, Life, surprised you? :D