Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Coincidences and Celebrities!
When I was a young boy, I loved to read the comic books, and see the movies of Superman, Batman and Robin, Flash Gordon, and the others that portrayed super-heroes. I followed these stories and movies, even in my adult life, and was awed by what they were able to do in action. In one of my business trips out of the country, to the USA and Canada, together with a team of engineers from National Steel (Philippines) and US Steel, we had the opportunity to visit the Niagara falls, at the Canadian side. That was sometime in 1988. As expected, I had some pictures taken at one section of the view deck near the railings at the very front of the falls. You could see from there the mighty water (around 1-2 meters thick) falling down the lagoon below, and from there, you could not help it, but feel and marvel at the power of nature, and the God who created it. Such a strong force of nature would dwarf an ordinary man’s strength.
After that trip, I had the souvenir photos of that trip set aside by my wife for the family files, only to find out later, when watching the movie Superman again, that the very spot, where I had my picture taken, was the same location, where Superman flew to save a little boy that fell from the tourist observation deck railings. Oh boy! What a coincidence. My kids were so excited to see the same location, where I sat to be same as that where Superman was. To them, it was like seeing Superman and the boy in action with their Dad. You never can tell about coincidences. It’s interesting and memorable. It was as if the family saw their Dad meet Christopher Reeve in person, and everyone was proud as not too many from the Philippines met Superman in person yet.
And talking of having photographs with celebrities, would you believe that you can have a photo opportunity with the US president in Washington DC, if you go there at its tourist grounds? I don’t know now a days, but in 1988, we were surprised to see almost all the tourists could readily have a picture taken with President Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s life size photo props, prepared so vividly by the photographers, you would little suspect it was a prop. I would not know if similar props are still in use today, but it was novel and interesting idea, and ingenious , too. It did a lot of attraction among tourists.
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