Pride & Prejudice

There's no lesson for me today as we are asked to do an online individual assignment which needs to be handed in by Sunday evening. So I decided to stay in my little cozy corner (got a bit of flu) and treat myself to a nice movie. So I picked up the movie "Pride & Prejudice".

After watching the movie "Pride & Prejudice" for the first time ever since I bought the pirated dvd for so long, I can finally understand why people would fall for this beloved novel of Jane Austen. It is a classic love story that portraits the old English time when love is often hindered by pride and prejudice of the people at that period of time. Lovers often have to overcome many obstacles and time before they can be with their true love. This go the same to the main characters of the show, Elizabeth Bennets played by Keira Knightley and Mr Darcy played by Matthew Macfadyen. Misunderstanding between them has caused Liz to reject Mr Darcy's love when he first confessed to her about his feelings. Yet he did many things for her later on, helping her sister Lydia to marry to his friend as they are both in love, overcoming the objection from his side and Ladyship Katherine. He is certainly one righteous, handsome gentleman and not the snobbish man Liz thought he was. He brought with him the courage to ask Liz again for her answer. Pride or love? I am glad Liz never make the wrong decision. She chose love.

Throughout the movie I kept crying. It was so touching and your heart would go out to the lovers in the movie, wondering why true love can never be a smooth course. And in fact, maybe because there are often objections, separation and obstacles that make people believe those who actually overcome all these are indeed matchmake in heaven. A love story which goes too smoothly can never be recognised by people as true love...don't you agree? There is also a saying that "the course of true love never runs smooth." Such love story is really classic, but yet it is the one which can touch you deep into your heart too. It is nice to watch such beautiful love story on the screen, but to think about experiencing it yourself...I wonder how many people can be so persistent and faithful to the one and only one that God has made for you. It would not be that easy if the situation is on yourself and that you are the one who is going through all these obstacles.

Somehow, the world just seems to me that it makes loving and falling in love with the other so much easier that people tend to mistaken the value of love. Not like in the movie, you have to ask your parents for their consent to go out with the opposite sex and also the guys will have to ask the girls' parents for their approval to have her hands in marriage. Now? Haha...you can possibly see a couple above 21 years old going to the ROM to sign the wedding agreement without anyone's consent. You only need your identification card and a pen will do. No one really ever go to their parents nowadays to ask if they can hang out with any guy or girl. Some even hide the truth that they are dating someone from their parents.

Maybe, classic love stories are always happened in the time when people are still innocent about all these things that love at that time can be seen so beautiful. Girls at that time are raised to do household chores and embroidery and to wait for people to ask them for marriage. We are truly blessed that we are allowed to go to schools to learn and educate nowadays. We will not be raised to serve only, but to give help to our family and even to our spouse in the future. Remember Pastor Kong had said before that we women don't marry to serve our husbands only, but to give him our support, of any help that we can offer him and to be submissive to him. If we are to marry to him just to serve him, he could possibly marry a maid who can serve him much better off right? Haha...lol

Wish I can get some time off one day and get the book to read instead. I just love all these classic love stories: Pride & Prejudice, Lakehouse, A walk to remember, Just like heaven, Gone with the wind...how sweet and romantic. :) Well, nothing for now, going for my cell group meeting later and tonight I finally get to bring my friend Yanning over...Yeah! :D Hope she will have a great time of fellowship with us and hope God will speak to her one day. Hope I can learn much more of His words too and share with anyone who is interested ya? :P Can't wait for the night to come...look forward to it! lol

"Sometimes the last person on earth you want to be with is the one person you can't be without...I just love this phrase...God bless everyone!"