Today Someone Attacked R

So, what was the hightlight of the day? Was it rushing through morning rituals in a short 20 minutes and careening through Roxas Boulevard in order to get to the "supposedly" biggest mall in Asia on time? That's only the beginning. The biggest mall is, well... a huge expanse of area quite difficult to shop around in. We didn't have the time to go around... but maybe next time. Anyway, we went to see Superman Returns on the new iMax theatre. Oooh, what a thrill to see the handsome superhero in 3D!!!...if only we could grab him *sigh* and hold him tight *sigh*. And you'd think that it was the highlight eh? Not yet. Climactic drum roll..... as people piled out of the cinema after the movie, we suddenly heard angry voices behind us, and before we knew it someone (female) was scratching, screaming at, and hitting our friend R. The guards couldn't restrain her at first! The guys with her were also verbally abusing R. Confused at what was happening and the reason for such madness, we hang around (of course we were not going to leave our friend to be butchered by these lunatics noh!). These people, who were seated a row behind us in the theatre, were saying that our friend slapped their female companion. And for which reason?... according to them, because the kids with them were "excited" and thus must have "unintentionally" annoyed our friend. Is that a reason for him to put a hand on a lady's face? 'Course not... but 'course that was not the whole story! And was it really him deliberately slapping her? Seems that they've tweaked a bit and made a shortcut to the ending before a logical processing of the series of events have been looked at.

The story: rowdy kids very noisy during the movie, and to top it off, endlessly kicking at R's seat (that's not really our vesion of "excitement"). Hellooo...even I would be incensed. Imagine a constant banging behind you while you're trying to peacefully enjoy a film. He turned around and said "Hoy!" but that's all. Perhaps his tone was a stern one. No one can blame him for being annoyed right? And so the woman (supposedly the lola of the kids) starting hitting him from behind, just because he said "Hoy!" to the kids. Reaction?... to defend himself. And so there, after the movie there comes the action; if there were no mediators there he could have been badly hurt by these crazy people. The woman was dragging R by the collar refusing to let him go while she attacks him. Goodness. She was yelling that R shouldn't treat kids like that because... well they are kids and it's natural for them to get excited and be rowdy when watching Superman. Wow... and so people should just sit back and take the endless punching and kicking of the headboard of the seats while trying to enjoy a movie? And so because they're kids making a mess, they shouldn't be reprimanded? As Char puts it, they should be disciplining their kids instead of making excuses for them. If they can't, then they shouldn't be brought inside the theatre (or to any public places where they are most capable of disturbing unsuspecting people). Phullleeeze. We all paid the same price to watch the show, and if someone's gonna spoil it for one person, then heck he has every right to be angry. He wasn't the one who got physical first anyway. Ah, one more thing that these psychos were saying... that R shouldn't have fought back because the other party's a woman. Not defend yourself because it's the "weaker gender" on the aggressive mode? Duh. Wait, weren't it women who wants equality? *toinks* What a day! I hope there are no bruises R!!!