American Pie Reunion

American Pie Reunion is not normally the type of movie I would go to the cinema for, but it holds significance for me in that thirteen years ago, I watched part 1 with a few classmates and that was how we ended up being friends. We were college freshmen then, one year shy of being of legal age to watch the R18 movie. One year wasn’t that big a deal, we thought, so we waltzed into the cinema and flashed our college ID’s, except for Alelie, who was so nervous that when the guard asked her how old she was she replied, “18. And above.” LOL.

I don’t actually remember everyone who was there with me except for Alelie and the three girls – Maya, Gay and Zenie – who went on to become my Makati roommates, and who remain my close friends until now. So when the reunion movie came around, I invited Maya and Gay, who are here in Singapore with me, to watch the movie together.

I became friends with Gay and Maya thanks to part 1 of this movie

The movie was about as funny as the first one, we were laughing out loud at some moments though there were also moments when we cringed. Like I said, this isn’t really our type of movie and I will always be stumped as to why we chose to watch that movie that first time. Maybe it was the least evil of the movies being shown, maybe it just happened to be the movie with the most convenient time. Or maybe we were meant to watch that movie because Fate knew that a reunion movie would be made thirteen years down the line and we were supposed to watch it too. Too weird for you? Yeah, me too. My head hurt a little.

One thing I realized while watching this, though… this really is our movie, because the characters were our age… high school batch ’99. And looking at them 13 years down the line made me take a look at myself, at my batchmates, 13 years down the line. Have we changed as much as they did? Are we still stuck in the past like Stifler? Did we lose who we were and found ourselves being someone we did not want to be, like Oz? Are we still with our old loves but afraid that our life has become boring, like Jim? Did we sell out and get a regular job then lie about it to our friends, pretending to lead an exciting life, like Finch? Did we grow a beard and look like we had aged the most in the group, like Kevin?

And I found myself wishing that we had also made a wish list back then, just so we could have something to look at now, to gage if our barely legal selves’ wishes had come true thirteen years down the line. I think I know what I would have written. And I can tell you that it hasn’t come true yet. Still, I can’t complain. I am happy to be where I am 13 years down the line. My 17 year old self would give me a high five if she could see me now. I think.

Anyway, after the movie we walked around and saw the Avenger movie posters. So many heroes to choose from! Who do we choose? It’s confusing.

Which Chris do I love more?? Confused. Help!

We then had dinner  at Javier’s Rotisserie and Salad Bar at the basement of Cathay Cineleisure. They have really delicious roast chicken with side dishes, like Kenny Rogers but cheaper. I love the little gadgets they give you after you order, you take them back to your table and they light up and beep when your order is ready, so you can go back to the counter to pick it up.

I don’t know what will happen to me thirteen more years down the line but here’s a wish: that I would still be close friends with Maya, Gay and Zenie then. And that we would all be happy.