Overcome

Finally!

I had been especially emotional watching Jack and his pals prep for their commencement ceremony last July, largely because I wasn't able to graduate at the same time. My commencement will be a painful reminder of that fact yet, at the same time, be a pat on the back of consolation that I had taken the plunge for an extra semester. The payoffs were invaluable, and I had gained so much more than I could have done so if I were to 'walk the worn-out path'. I will wear the scars of this battle proudly as I march up the stage next Monday to receive my scroll. Counting down 7 days!

Yesterday was well spent - we parked another portion into our account, dinner with my family, mahjong session at home (all of us got walloped by my Dad's mahjong skills) and a midnight movie date with Spidey!

I'll have to hand it to Andrew Garfield - with The Amazing Spider Man, he literally took the preceding Spider Man films by the nose and shown those guys who's boss. Face it, we all love a superhero with a to-die-for bedhead and a ripped physique like Garfield, not a particularly un-sexy Maguire with droopy eyes and oily hair. It also helps when your off-screen girlfriend is also your on-screen girl. And like all Marvel-themed films, a grotesque-looking villain with a sob story plays a huge role in cementing the plot together. Oh oh oh and do spot the very cute cameo by Marvel Man Stan Lee! :) (I've always had a problem trying to do so and, upon thinking about it, I'll probably go watch all the past Marvel films just to spot Stan again.)