So after three days, my download of French Kiss has finally finished. For years, I've had this unrequited love affair with Meg Ryan, haha. Ever since I saw Innerspace in the 80's, I've loved her pixie look and boyish charm. I'm sounding very gay here but think of it as just like my current, need I say, obsession with Ms. Jolie.

I've seen French Kiss countless of times specially when sky cable still had the iChannel or sky channel or something like that. They played this movie repeatedly for weeks and I would always watch even if I'd just seen it the day before. I've always had a fascination with romantic comedies set in Europe. It feeds my fantasy of maybe one day setting foot on the beautiful cities of France, Spain, Italy, Greece and the like.

I saw it again today and it surprised me how much the movie hit close to home. For the benefit of those of haven't seen it, Meg Ryan plays the role of Kate. She's an American engaged to a Canadian and is therefore being petitioned by her fiancé to move to Canada. Fiancé needs to go to Paris for reasons not thoroughly explained in the movie and since Kate has a fear of flying, she declines the invite to join him. He leaves and calls her repeatedly over the next few days (or weeks) telling her about his trip. Then one day he calls to tell her it's over, that he's met someone and is in love. She sits there on the kitchen floor of her supposed in-laws (she lives with her now ex-in-law's house!) dumbfounded and looks like she got slapped by an invisible hand. The plot moves on giving her the inevitable happy ending but I simply had to laugh realizing how autobiographical it was. I only wish I get my own happy ending, not necessarily in the form of a French man and a vineyard.