I knew I shouldn't have worn mascara

Last Thursday was quite a day for me. I went to see the last Harry Potter movie... and tried not to smudge my carefully applied mascara all over my face. Oh yes, I wear makeup now; lipstick, blush, eye shadow, mascara... the works. But I digress. You see, I've actually anticipated the lachrymal tendencies going hyper-drive because, well, I've read the book. I remember I actually had swollen eyes and could barely finish reading the thing even before I got to the epilogue when I read it. But I guess all the excitement and anticipation while I was getting dressed for the cinema chased some rational thoughts out of my frenzied head( no rubber jokes, please) and I forgot that mascara and the high possibility of tears is not exactly a nice combo. Fortunately, I was able to prevent the black smudges by trying to hold the waterfall by holding my breath and dabbing incessantly at the sides of my mascara-ed eyes. I bet my seatmates were wondering why I was taking my 3D glasses off every few minutes the entire film. Haha. I blame Dobby. I really do! It all started with him, you see. T_T

And then Snape ... :-(

But there were also cutesy moments.

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And escaping Gringotts with their dragon... that was awesome!

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And then after the movie, I went out the cinema and met up with some friends to have dinner. They were also watching the movie that night, only their tickets were for the last full show. And so while we were waiting for their time, I went with them to have dinner-- and was subsequently rescued by the benevolent Glenda because I didn't have cash. Hehe. I know, it was highly embarrassing; but they are old and dear friends so... Anyway, we had yummy food and big laughs. It was good to catch up with them because I missed spending time with those people.  After all the "eye dabbing" came the much needed laughter.  It was a great night.

J.K. Rowling, good food, and great friends. You certainly cannot beat that.

c",)