One More Chance

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

We were running late and we practically had to run a marathon just to catch the first day showing of One More Chance this afternoon. It ain’t called Mega mall for nothing. It was worth it though because I hate missing a movie's beginning.

It was surprising to see a sizeable crowd of eager beavers like us who were just as excited and jologs (hehe) as we were. There was a freakin’ line at 12 in the afternoon?! Oh common! Furthermore, the cinema was unusually full. I should know because we were present at the first day showing of Aga Muhlach and company’s A Love Story and we didn't even have to fall in line.

The movie was just what I expected it to be. There was nothing Oscar worthy about it but it lived up to my expectations nonetheless. Nakaka-tawa. Nakaka-iyak. Nakaka-kilig.

For whatever reasons that we may have, don’t we all want to have more chances? More chances to get to know someone. More chances to fall in love. More chances to express our feelings. More chances to pursue our true happiness. More chances to fulfill our dreams. More chances to learn. More chances to face our fears. More chances to correct our mistakes. More chances to make things right. More chances to prove ourselves and the list can go on forever…

Having thought about it, I understand better now that we don’t get to have more chances maybe because if we do, we’d be more complacent, we’d take our chances for granted and most importantly, we’ll keep on repeating the same mistakes over and over again. How then will we be able to learn?

So I think I understand better now that we don’t really need to wish for more chances because maybe all we’ll ever need is just one chance.

And it's up to us not to screw it up…