It's time to feel infinite.

 

Tonight, I suddenly miss my youth. Chos. Turning mellow ang peg. Teehee. Well, I just can't wait to catch "The Perks of Being A Wallflower" live soon.

Haha. I can still remember the first time I got hold of this amazing read by Stephen Chobsky.

I can't let go of it from first page till the ending. Well, I guess it's because it was all about finding your real self while tackling issues with your first love (I'm a sucker for first love novels. ♥), and struggling to find your place within a group of friends.

I was so hooked with Charlie and whether he'll really end up with Sam. Kaso, I was quite a bit disappointed when I was nearing the end of it. Si Charlie naman kasi. Sobrang torpe. Yun tuloy. Napag-iwanan.

I think when I finished reading the book, I realized that being a wallflower can have both it's perks and negative points.

Let's start with the perks. First, you don't stand out much, so you're safe. And when people soon notice and identify you as a wallflower, they make you fit in with them effortlessly and in the return, you earn the privilege of gaining their trust and some of the most well-kept / juicy secrets. You get to score invites to the hush parties and soirees just because peeps would like witnesses and they trust you will keep it to yourself. In short, wallflowers can be some people's Pandora's boxes. It's like being the secret keeper to scandals. In a subtle way.

Then, there's when you become too comfortable with being a wallflower, you tend to be passive. It would seem like you would just go with the flow and feel of the common crowd. You would be too compliant with staying at the sidelines, that you won't even have the courage to say and express with what you really feel. You've just completely hidden yourself well. Camouflaged with the paintings on the wall. And, malas mo na lang, if in the process, well, naging isa kang dakilang torpe.

I, would have to say I'm lucky I somehow overcome my being a wallflower in the past. I guess, people can relate to what I'm saying. Lahat naman siguro tayo, may moment na naging wallflower tayo. Remember when there was a time when you were scared to let people see through you and you don't want them to jump into conclusions about your personality, and you went to see the feel and beat of the crowd? Then, that's your wallflower moment. ♕

I would have to say my fave lines from the book itself would be the following:

Right now, we are alive and in this moment I swear we are infinite. - Charlie

Why do I and everyone I love pick people who treat us like nothing? -Sam
We accept the love we think we deserve. - Charlie

Welcome to the island of misfit toys. - Sam

Be aggressive. Passive aggressive. - Patrick

You see things, and you understand. You’re a wallflower. – Patrick

Come on. Let's be psychos together. - Sam to Charlie

She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just takes time. - Charlie to Sam

So there, I just can't wait to see the book come alive soon. Especially since Emma Watson will be playing Sam, and Logan Leerman as Charlie. I think the film will start screening on Oct 25 here in Singapore, so I'll definitely book a seat. Haha.

I definitely can't wait to see a perfect cast play a perfect book. ☺ Plus, I'm so hooked with the film's soundtrack, especially this ear candy by Imagine Dragons.

Listening to this ear candy is enough to make me feel infinite. ☺ So, there. Pasensya na sa sudden outburst. I just can't stop from ranting my random, senseless thoughts sometimes. Teehee.