Beautiful Cebu City

Lyda wonder if she did have prior experiences of déjà vu. When she searched through Google, she learned that it meant having a familiar experience or something already seen. Would she consider it déjà vu that she could have already watched a particular movie before?

She remember she told one of her friends that it seemed she had seen Notting Hill top billed by Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts but maybe it was just only in her dream. Then comes to mind a Les Miserables song called she Dreamed a Dream. Well, what she is definitely sure of is that Notting Hill’s famous soundtrack is Ronan Keating’s popular song When You Say Nothing At All. It even had a female version which she enjoyed listening to and she find the song sentimental as it only brings back memories from the past. she even had an MTV feeling when she heard it being played in a bus. she was like singing along while the song is being played and at the same time feeling it. That time she had a schedule of entrance collegiate exam in a prestigious university which also became her alma mater.

What came to her realization just now is that she would always have nostalgic feeling with the places she had gone to.  Beautiful memories she shared with good friends would immediately bring flashbacks in mind. Just like when her mom and she went to Cebu City almost three years ago, she began to remember the laughter and excitement her friends had during their stay in a hotel. Since they knew that their brothers were staying in another room, they girls would knock at their room door to check them out. Each room has its own phone line which they also used as a way to connect and chit chat with their friends by ringing their phones in their respective rooms. When her mom and she stayed in the same hotel they stayed before, this made her relive the funny fun moments which up to now still puts a smile on her.

Trip to Dorney Park

When Sam McManus was 10, he went to Dorney Park for a school trip. He was deathly afraid of roller coasters (well, not of them, per se, but of falling off of them in a fiery death), so he   didn’t  want to go near one. Several of the boys in his class thought this was funny, so they would  tease him about it mercilessly, until Sam just sat down on the bench and cried. Then Sam remember watching them laughing as they stood in line for the biggest coaster in the place. That moment was cemented in his mind, them laughing while standing in line, then  them  riding  the roller coaster with their hands high up in the air (the surrender pose). And every single time Sam went back to Dorney Park (many times) he couldn’t go anywhere near that roller coaster not because of the fear, but because of the sense that he was back in  that  same place with those same kids in line laughing at him, enjoying his misery.

Then Sam was 16, and there was this girl Sam could have sworn he asked out on a date. He mean, it happened in his mind every single time he saw her. She would be walking down the street with her friends. Sam would be walking alone, as usual. Then Sam would pass by her, she would drop her books (Sam know, Sam know), Sam would help her pick them up, and their  eyes would meet. Sam know, he have seen too many movies, but this was too real, not like a movie. And then it happened. They passed by each other, her books magically fell, and Sam helped her pick them up. And it was so strange because it felt like it had already happened, even while it was happening. Sam was so shocked by it that Sam didn’t even speak to her when she thanked him, then gave him this odd look before continuing on with her friends.

And again, at 23, Sam woke up early one morning, dragged himself into the bathroom, got ready for work, and headed outside to get into his Ford Probe to make his way there. Halfway to his (admittedly small) car, Sam stopped mid-stride. Something was off, and Sam finally realized what it was. The moon was pretty high in the sky. Sam looked at his watch and saw that it was 1:30 in the morning. Sam had gone through his entire ritual just like it was 7:30, and instead it was six hours earlier. So, Sam went back to bed. And it happened again three nights later. Sam felt exactly the same, too, and it hit him in the exact same spot in the parking lot. 1:30 in the morning. And every so often Sam check his watch halfway to his car because he get that feeling again. Sometimes he didn't even wearing a watch, but he check it anyway. Deja vu.

My Elder Sister Will Be Opening The Door

Latmario:

Just the other day, as I was finalizing chores for my bedridden mother, stretching her bed sheets, it happened. Déjà vu! I was a hundred per cent sure my elder sister will be opening the door, at the same time admonishing Pepe (my Labrador), stationed by the door, to behave as she passes by him. And she will be carrying a bag of groceries for my mother. In a moment, I even believed that certain happenings repeat itself. But after about five minutes, and not seeing any gleeful reaction from Pepe, who usually stands on his hind feet when my siblings come to visit, I realize, Déjà vu played its trick on me again.

There are many instances through my entire life that déjà vu gets me. It’s fascinating, thought-provoking, and sometimes, disappointing. How does this phenomenon happen? Well, I’m sure one can easily google this one. But I already have a hunch that’s it’s all in the mind, or more precisely, the brain. It’s just so convincing, sometimes I even bet–without shelling out any money, of course–that certain things would happen; or should I say, recur. I thought it’s somewhat similar to dreaming, where upon waking up, one slowly realizes it’s but what it is, a dream.

Missed Some Deja Vu

Laurieanichols: Have you ever truly felt déjà vu, the sensation that you’ve already had the experience you’re currently having? I have to think for a moment…….. No, I don't think that I have or if I have, I've forgotten about it.

Deja vu holds a special place in many science fiction programs and mystery settings. I think that it is mostly associated in those situations with past lives or alternate universes, perfect fodder for a science fiction geek like myself. I would think that there ought to be some significance to a deja vu moment; "hark pay attention, you missed it the first time, we are showing it to you again, come on now, pay attention" Why else would you experience deja vu if not because you missed the boat the first time around?

Perhaps I missed some deja vu moments because I am really not an observant person; sometimes it takes a knock on the head for me to actually see something and so the whole deja vu thing might just be too subtle. I don't know. Do I feel like I as if I'm missing something having never experienced deja vu or if I did, forgetting about it? No.