On my pursuit of happyness

I finally saw it. I finally got a chance to see Pursuit of Happyness. I really didn't know what I was expecting, but I gotta say I loved it. While it made me feel as though i related to the protagonist's family, it also made me realize some of the things I've been taking for granted.

My parents have owned store after store each one selling different things. They've owned a video store and a 1hr photo shop. I believe that after almost 10 yrs or entrapreneurship, my parents had to file bankruptcy with the movie store. Photo business didn't do so well after a while too, and then my parents were left jobless.

I've moved way too many times in my life. I hate it. From Baldwin Park (ghetto) to Diamond Bar (pretty) to West Covina (decent) and back to La Puente (ghetto).

Some of the reasons that I feel I relate so much to the movie is that my father has had to take on the types of jobs that Will Smith had to in order to make decent amounts just to get by. In fact, at this very moment, my father is doing exactly what Will Smith is doing in the movie -- taking up an internship. Only my dad is working at Morgan-Stanley. For four years my dad will intern, gain some salary, and be able to help out my mom who's pulling in one income for 5 kids (one of them having special needs), and my grama. Yeah, tough.

Thinking about my situation makes me never want to spend money ever again. It makes me realize how much of a brat I am, even when I'm not half the brat as most people are -- I just had to add that. HA.

The movie makes me realize that life isn't easy nor is it fair. It will never be as I've been shown so many times already. Sometimes I just want to slap some people in the face for their ungratefulness. You'd think that after I return wallets without stealing, or returning cell phones without using, and advising when friends need advice, that I'd get that in return. Maybe not now, but I'm sure God has something great planned for me later on. I promise not to expect it though.

And now all my points seem irrelevant. Does this make sense? Ugh. I gotta get back into blog typing mode.

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