Not a well-known blockbuster, “An Education” was one of the nominees for the Oscars’ Best Picture back in 2009. Have briefly heard of the storyline a long time ago: a smart 16-year-old girl decided to give up Oxford for a relationship with a much older guy called David. She was excited that she could gain access to the glamorous life she has always wished for through David – auctions, nightclubs, concerts, restaurants and even her dream city Paris. In the end, her romantic fantasy eventually perished…for some reason.
In the movie she repeatedly questioned herself what truly matters in life. 1) “Action is character”, if we never did anything, then nothing can define our character. 2) “The life I want, there is no shortcut.”, everyone paves his/her own road to success/dream, there is no simple shortcut to say “been there, done that”.
Anyways, similarly I was as “dazzled” when I met my man in the beginning haha. He brought me to the world finest restaurants, drove me around with his Audi and taught me lots of stuff that I had no idea of before. After getting to know him in these 2 years, I realize how tough and challenging it is (in light of his jip jip personality :p) for this bright young man to become who he is today. Compared to the 24-year-old Her, I was way too aimless and laid back. He motivated me to become more “aware” of what’s going on with my life.
So to start off…might sound very random…I started to track my daily expenses (should have started ages ago.). It’s surprising, no matter how frugal I thought I was, there was quite a number of unavoidable one-off payments :/ ai…errr…ok this post is going out-of-topic…better stop here.
Anyway, one day, I promise I will visit Eleven Madison Park again. With my own power.
