Hi guys,
Yesterday i watched the movie called "13 going to 30" which tells a tale of a girl who is in her teenage world,13. She is normal, like everyone of us. But then, she has many desires, maybe because she is in her puberty. She is a girl who is not very pretty, but yet she would try anything just to be as beautiful as the model shown in the magazine "Poise". She wants to be the Prom of her school and she wants to be the friend of the "Six Chic" which is the most popular group of girls in her school. However, she is often rejected by them because of her appearance although sometimes she is tired of trying to be a person which is NOT herself! In their teenage years, they like to be LIKED by other guys, i mean handsome cool guys…which is in the show, Chris(same age). Unfortunately, no one likes her but a guy call Matt. He is fat, and sometimes "old-fashion" especially in the 1980’s. They are good friends and they are neighbours. One day, this girl, Jenna Rink, held a party at her house to celebrate her 13th birthday. She invited the Six Chic and of course, Chris. Meanwhile, Matt came to her house and gave her a Barbie-doll housewhich is her dream house with some wishing powder on it. When the Six Chich came, she chunk the whole thing in the store room and wanting to join in the group, she rejected Matt and made him go home. Before she can say anything, the Six Chic and friends made her go into the store room to play a game, which she has to wait inside, blindfolded, for a nice guy to open the door for her. Things went upside down, they gone back, and Matt is the guy that opens the door. She frowned and lock herself inside the store room. She then wished to be 30 and suddenly, the wishing powder dropped on her and poof! she is now 30.
Ok, she is in her dream house, nice and comfy and expensive. And there she is, agaped that she is now 30. She is very very scared, and then the is a guy in her house, naked!(not shown) She feared and ran down her apartment immediately. To cut the story short, she found out she is still Jenna, but a total different person. She is the Leader of the Designer of the Magazine "Poise" and she is Lucy’s leader, which is the leader of Six Chic then… Lucy and her work hard to make "Poise" magazine the best by designing cover. However, Jenna couldn’t believe that she is now 30. She asked her secretary to find Matt. Matt told everything about her…. they have lost contact for 17 years because she is now a totally different person. She has an affair with a husband of a woman, she sleeps with different kind of people, she does anything to reach her goals, no matter what way she used, even firing people in her office, she would just use it to achieve her dream. She is filthy rich and always driven to office by a limousin.
No matter what her past is, she is now a 13-year-old girl trapped in a 30-year-old body. She tried her best to be a better person and she cries everyday. Matt is the only one she can talk to. Anyway, Matt is now a handsome man going to marry a beautiful woman. Her heart broke and she went back to her village. She went back to the last place she remembered, the store room. When her parent are back, She hug them and cried, she even sleep in the same bed with her parents. She missed them so much. Now they are old, everything has changed, the world is moden and she couldnt stand the next second.
She continues to struggle in her life. She then succeded in making a whole new cover for "Poise". However, everything was ruined when Lucy took her project and went to the rival company to be the Designer. She is very sad and she ran to Matt’s wedding. She tells him that she loves him while on the other hand, Matt is not for they have not seen each other for 17years!!! so then Matt gave her a new Barbie-doll house because Jenna threw the old one at him when they were 13. So this is the one with wishing powder too. Fortunately, she went back to her 13 body. She hugged, Matt and parents. 17 years later, they marry each other.
Arent we always not satisfy with what we have? Arent we always asking for more? Do you want to look at your future like Jenna did then only regret? Arent we just too stubborn to understand that everything is God’s blessings and we should be satisfy with it?
Yea, Yea, Yea… Remember, life is not just about what you want. It also means love, and how you spend your life. When you spend your life meaningfully, you wont regret it. So remember to give thanks to the Lord for what you have NOW and cherish it while you still can coz we dont have the chance like Jenna to go to our future. However, no matter what problem you have, seek God, he will solve it for you if you have faith in Him. He will show you the way and also he will make a way when there seems to be no way. So, cherish what you have, not asking for more than you can afford, earthly things and wealth do not mean everyhing.
Also be reminded that God has a plan for you. So just be grateful of what you have and make the full use of your life, love while you still can !
