Note to self: never ever watch a book-inspired-movie before reading the book again. Especially when it revolves largely around a dashing male lead like Edward Cullen.

I'm just done with book 1 of the Twilight saga and although I don't like the way Stephenie Meyers write - she's so upfront and in your face, just throwing all the information at you, not carefully weaving it into the story - I finished it in 3 days. 3 days' worth of bus rides. She is pretty imaginative to think of such a storyline and a character like Edward Cullen. Dear Edward.

I read with bated breath. My heart races when Bella's does. I want to know how he smells! Their romance is very much related to scent and them being hopelessly intoxicated by how the other smells. I don't see how a guy can smell good without the help of cologne though.

But poor Edward is stuck. Stuck in the pathetic image of Robert Pattinson. I regret not reading the book first because now I can no longer imagine my own Edward. Everytime I read and my mind does its thing, playing the entire scene in my head, I see Robert Pattinson - a more attractive Robert Pattinson. In my mind, he no longer has only one facial expression and I don't imagine him in the awful angles shown in some of the very poorly taken photos of him. BUT THAT IS STILLL SAD!

"You're intoxicated by my very presence." He was grinning with that playful smirk again.

My favourite scene in the movie was the showdown between James and Edward, with poor Bella in the background writhing in pain. The intensity of it was so overwhelming and Bella! I must say I was impressed by whatever-her-name-is in this scene - she did a good job acting, showing the pain she felt from the bite. The raw shouts and body spasms when the venom was travelling in her blood streams. And Edward *sighs* how he was torn between saving the love of his life and the fact that he might just kill her at the same time. It was so painful to watch and I cried. For Edward.

But in the book, the fight scene was nothing and it didn't even mention the amount of pain and torture Edward went through - cause the book's written in Bella's perspective, and she was unconscious when poor Edward suffered.

My favourite part in the book was when Edward discovers that he can resist the urge to devour Bella, or her blood rather, and there's this new level of trust and openness in their twisted relationship. And how he kept watch over Bella that night to remain 'immune' to her scent. He's so sweeet that non-existent vampire. :):):) And how he's so protective over Bella, how he carries her and treats her so gently. How he wishes to kiss her but can't properly cos it'd drive him insane so he doesn't. Not really.

Oh Edward Cullen, you melt my heart.

Oh golly. How did I get myself caught in this web that so many other teeny girlies have fallen prey to? I did resist initially and refused to touch the books. But when I watched the movie and heard the heart of Edward, all defenses fell away. I don't care how many people say the movie sucked - I LOVED IT AND I'M PROUD OF IT. I hung on to the edge of my seat okay. Not all movies can do that to me.

I'll bet the boys are hating you. You set the bar way up there. No one's gonna reach it Edward. But then again, its not fair is it? You can fly, run fast, read minds, not sleep. Them? They're just human. :)

"Just give me a minute to restart my heart."

Valentines' Day is coming.. I want my very own Edward Cullen please!

Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone.
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