In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen.


Resistance is futile.

How's life? I thought I'd get some rest when school finished but social obligations kept me busy. Not that I don't want them, of course. That's why I went on with it. Well, well.

Yesterday, a good friend of mine departed for a long trip in Canada. Farewell, for now. I know I won't see you for a while. So take care and don't miss me.

I think it's really cool to have made the friends I've made here in Melbourne. I think that if I was staying in Melbourne, I get to keep these friends by my side for a long time. But then, I'll be leaving, so there's no point thinking about it too much. To this end, I try to be detached. But sometimes, I forget that these friends also treat me with some regard and this alone makes it difficult to keep them out of my mind.

When you think about it, I have been moving back and forth places for a while now. Haven't really settled down in any of the places I've lived in. I always thought I like travelling and so I move from here to there and there to here. I do like travelling, of course. But now, when I feel as though I could settle in a place like Melbourne, which I really love, I have to move again. This would mean I will have to make plans for the future from scratch. It also means, the things I have planned in the future would be delayed by a number of years.

Don't get me wrong. I love Melbourne. But I can also take things in the right attitude. And so, I'm fairly positive. By my not being able to continuously stay in Melbourne has reopened up a whole variety of possibilities ahead of me. It's almost as though, I've regained a chance to think about my future. The things I've thought of are so many. Curiously enough, one of those things is an English tutor in a non-English speaking country. Another, more predictable profession that I would be able to get into is fiction writing. Photography is yet another one.

I still love filmmaking a lot though and I will continue to look for avenues in this area.

The other day, I was talking with my friend and we both agreed that the true reasons we choose our profession will not always be apparent until we seriously work in it. It is only when I start making films as a full-fledged director will I understand the implications of my career in terms of my entire life.

Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam.