Memories ~ seemingly forgotten

What are memories? Why do we treasure them?
Anyone can answer this question. And whether to elaborate or not is their choice. As for me, I just answered this question again today. After seeing so many things that reminded me of a past, a past that I've always thought of as... pointless, useless, an existence that matters not.. I realized one thing:

All of it matters. Maybe not to anyone else, but it matters to me.

Through this thing called existence, my personal character was changed. Memories, experiences, friends and different things both appeared and left my life. And all of them taught a valuable lesson: Treasure what you have..

And since I possibly wouldn't be able to keep all of these things [due to much clutter in my room], I've decided to write it her. On my online journal.


FYI: This was due to some major cleaning on my part. Also, I'm writing another journal, one that accompanies me wherever I go. When I get enough time, I will definitely post it here. =] Also, this certain blogpost will be REALLY long because it includes most of my prized works

Here are some of them:

BI-CENTENNIAL MAN and the 7 human vocations

1. Humans are created in the image and likeness of God ~ "It's impossible for me and him... I mean, he'll never be..." [Little Miss ~ This quote tells me that even though little miss loved Andrew, she was afraid of people knowing it. Why? Because it wasn't normal. He wasn't human. And she believed that a lone invested at a robot would be... useless. This showed that a human should only fall in love with another as God intended us to.

2. Humans are called to happiness and holiness ~ "If I'm jealous, it mean's that I'm in love!" [Andrew] ~ With love comes happiness and with happiness comes contentment. love gives people a special kind of joy that can never be experienced through something else [except God]

3. Humans are rational and free ~ "Freedom seems like it's something that is worth so much to people and would need having..." [Andrew] ~ As the story progressed, Andrew wanted to be called his own man, and not be seen simply as an appliance. And as he learned through history books, he was curious about how many wars man fought in order to gain freedom and ho much man was willing to destroy and rebuilt the society that they lived in for countless of times.

4. Humans are moral beings ~ "No matter what he is, Andrew deserves the benefit from what he does." [Richard] ~ Richard believed that Andrew, like any human being, deserved to get paid for his work. he believed that Andrew was special and unique, even for a robot.

5. Humans have passions or feelings ~ "It's not about being rational, but following your heart." [Richard] ~ On one of the scenes, Porscha stated that human beings do not always follow their brains, but more so, their hearts to obtain happiness. It's a fact, in reality, that in order to be right, sometimes we need to be wrong.

6. Humans are blessed with a conscience ~ Near the beginning of the movie, Richard's daughter asked Andrew to open the window and jump out ~ It may have not shown what she felt after Andrew jumped, but since we're all human beings, she must have felt a bit remorseful.

7. Humans are able to sin ~ Porscha kissed Andrew while being engaged to Charles ~ Since the engagement wasn't completely off, Porcha's actions can be considered as cheating, because she's still [in a way] committed to Charles.

8. How has Andrew learned what it meant to be human? How have you learned to be human?
~~~As a robot, Andrew struggled to understand a lot of things. But with the help of his owners (particularly Richard and his daughter, "Little Miss"), he slowly started to learn. It all started when Andrew and the children were walking down the beach. It seemed to him that Little Miss was playing with her favourite crystal "horsie" toy. Andrew was curious and so, she offered it for him to look, but he accidentally broke it. Angered by his blunder, Little Miss refused to speak a word to him. Saddened by the situation, Andrew decided to read up books about woodwork (designs, etc)and make her a new "horsie".
~~~This was the first step he took into becoming a human. Yet his education was not yet complete, Richard decided to teach him more. And as years passed, Andrew became more and more conscious about freedom and other human qualities. He actually feel in love with Porscha [Little Miss' daughter] and decided that he'd rather live a lifetime with her than face eternity alone.
~~~Through this movie, I learned to be more human by realizing how important our feelings are and the things we take for granted. It also made me realize that sometimes, things that are not even human actually has more humanity in them than we do. Andrew, for example, was a very humble robot. In the end, he chose to shorten his life rather than live forever - a thing that most of us won't be able to sacrifice. He showed compassion, love and other feelings that we are afraid to show. In fact, he mad more courage to do the things he wanted than any other person that I know.