SPECIAL: Oscar Predictions (Winners)

OSCAR PREDICTIONS - WINNERS

My final predictions with who will, could and should win, the latter only taking nominees into account (or we could be here forever). Let's start:

Best Picture

Will win: Boyhood > Of course, the race is between Birdman and Boyhood. But personally, I think the latter will win to its universality, which Birdman lacks. Of course, it's 50-50 right now so, who knows.

Could win: Birdman > The movie has performed very well in major awards and some of the guilds, the key ones, no less, so it's quite possible that the Michael Keaton vehicle will be able to win the top prize:

My vote: The Grand Budapest Hotel > I think it's the most complete of the films nominated. It uses all the tools that cinema can take hold off and is able to tell a compelling story in the most visual and entertaining way.

Best Director

Will win: Richard Linklater (Boyhood) > Yes, I know González Iñárritu won the DGA but Richard Linklater's work is much more showy and it's certainly hard that his effort to make his movie is going to be ignored. Besides, Alfonso Cuarón's last year's win may put them off from voting for González.

Could win: Alejandro González Iñárritu (Birdman) > No doubt, the two top races are head to head and any of these guys could win. Both works are good enough for the prize.

My vote: Bennett Miller (Foxcatcher) > ok, they were all good but no movie showed the director's ability to handle his craft more evidently than Foxcatcher. I still don't get how it was that the movie wasn't nominated in the Best Picture category. Miller is a brilliant, dedicated artist and he should win one of these soon.

Best Actor in a Leading role

Will win: Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything) > Another tight race in which I believe voter will prefer the young "newcomer" than the old veteran. Remember Mickey Rourke losing a few years ago? In any case, Redmayne's physicality and love for the character makes a win very deserving.

Could win: Michael Keaton (Birdman) > He's the face of one of the top two movies of the year and he's pretty good at it. But I feel his record with the Academy and the fact that his character is not that lovable or close, will make him lose at the end.

Should win: Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything) > My favorite of the bunch although I would have loved to see Timothy Spall nominated...

Best Actress in a Leading role

Will win: Julianne Moore (Still Alice) > She has been locked for a couple of months. She's a beloved skilled actress and this is a recognition, not only for her great work in this film, but for her career up to this day.

Could win: Marion Cotillard (Deux jours, Une nuit) > She won lots of critics awards and she is definitively second to Moore although I think it would be a very big surprise if she did won. Foreign language performances are still not that appreciated, in any case.

Should win: Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) > Shameful the Academy didn't embrace one of the best thrillers to come out in the last few years. She was brilliant as the crazy and manipulative wife in a loveless marriage.

Best Actor in a Supporting role

Will win: J.K. Simmons (Whiplash) > For some reason, villainous types are loved greatly in this category. Although not all have won, Simmons performance is too good to be ignored as the cruel, crazed music conductor.

Could win: No one really. J.K Simmons has been locked for months and there's no way he could loose.

Should win: J.K. Simmons (Whiplash) > Too showy to miss. None of the other gentlemen gave that kind of performance. Not even Norton which, to me, is a very overrated performance.

Best Actress in a Supporting role

Will win: Patricia Arquette (Boyhood) > Her character is the strongest one of her movie and she shows it every so often. The growing old process is specially remarkable for her as she matures before our eyes, just as her character's son does.

Could win: Emma Stone (Birdman) > Love for Birdman may be strong enough to topple Arquette out of her prize. Besides, Stone is widely beloved as an actress and they may want to give her a boost with an award, even if her character is not all that strong.

Should win: Patricia Arquette (Boyhood) > She's locked. Let's get real.

Best Original Screenplay

Will win: Birdman > This one seems safe for the movie about a former movie actor trying to put up a play while being hunted by his past. The dialogues are quite remarkable and the movie is quite original in the way it's delivered to the audience.

Could win: The Grand Budapest Hotel > It has won some other awards in this category and I bet many voters were attracted to it because the story is so original, witty and clever. It deserves at least one prize.

Should win: The Grand Budapest Hotel but also Foxcatcher. Both screenplay were very clever and real pieces of cinema.

Best Adapted Screenplay 

Will win: Whiplash > It is normally the original screenplay category that prizes bold new directors and screenwriters but I do believe this time it will be Chazelle's movie about the world of music that will attract the votes.

Could win: The Imitation Game > WWII has always attracted the Academy and this movie has aspects to be liked by any kind of person. Besides the movie has eight nominations and its hard to see it walking away empty handed.

Should win: Whiplash > Whiplash is an actual original piece that deserves to be recognized, even if its a bit of category fraud.

Best Animated Feature Film

Will win: Big Hero 6 > Disney struck gold and got to our hearts with this moving piece of animation that, as always, finds a way to have a happy ending while dealing with grief and pain. Besides, the character and story are too good to ignore.

Could win: How to Train Your Dragon 2 > Succesful with the guilds and even more after The Lego Movie's snub, this piece also deals with grief and pain but also love and family. It's another one of those tight races we love.

Should win: Big Hero 6 > I loved it. Although Princess Kaguya was not bad at all and a win might bring the Academy close to Studio Ghibli again, after that awful snub for The Wind Rises last year.

Best Foreign Language Film

Will win: Ida (Poland) > And, once again, Academy veterans love WWII and, although that's not the main subject of the movie, it is pretty close to it. A nun finding the truth about her family while meeting an aunt she had no idea existed. It's a very good story and the acting is to be remembered.

Could win: Timbuktu (Mauritania) > After winning many César awards (the french Oscars), I believe this movie may have a big chance to win. Americans love to talk about terrorism and it has France behind it whic guarantees quality.

Should win: Leviathan (Russia) > This is the movie with the best premise and with a strong support by the guilds. Maybe it will win...

Best Documentary Feature

Will win: Citizenfour > The Academy, from time to time, loves to get political and confront the audience with the reality of their world. And what best way to do so that by awarding a daring journalist for her work on a key figure of today's world stage.

Could win: The Salt of the Earth > Wim Wender's documentaries are always beautiful and compelling. However, he has failed to win for a long time. Maybe he's due for a second award.

Should win: Finding Vivian Maier > The premise sounds gorgeous and I'm really sorry not having seeing it yet.

Best Documentary Short

Will win: Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 > Well, its the United States and they love to give prizes to documentaries made about their own problems and this one sounds like something they would go for.

Could win: White Earth > Another local piece that sounds interesting.

Should win: Joanna > My favorite premise of all five: a woman is told she had three months to live and decides to start a blog about it.

Best Live Action Short Film

Will win: The Phone Call > Sally Hawkins as a helpline worker... Sounds good enough for a win.

Could win: Parvaneh > Immigration. What's not to like?

Should win: Aya > I find the premise funny and worth of a look: a man confuses a woman for his assigned driver.

Best Animated Short Film

Will win: Feast > Apparently it's very good animation and it has been well marketed. A man's love life seen through the eyes of his dog.

Could win: The Bigger Picture > Uncommon animation sometimes attracts voters.

Should win: A Single life > Premise sounds interesting: Pia can travel through her life when she plays a vinyl record. 

Best Original Score

Will win: The Theory of Everything > Besides Redmayne's performance, everyone agrees the score is one of the best parts of the movie. And it helps that the composer has never been nominated because the Academy loves to give prizes to newcomers in this category.

Could win: The Grand Budapest Hotel > Double nomination would normally mean more chances to win but that has proven not quite true with the Oscars. Maybe this time it will happen?

Should win: Interstellar > Without a doubt the best of the bunch: you can play it without any images and it's still magnificent. It deserves to win. Besides, Hans Zimmer hasn't won since The Lion King. 

Best Original Song

Will win: Selma > This will be the only place where this movie will be recognized and, I have to say, it shouldn't. Studios are making all kind of things to trick the rules of this category in order to get in. To me, the song play in the credits and shouldn't be able to compete. Sorry but that's the rule.

Could win: The Lego Movie > Another snubbed movie that may find solace in this category, however unlikely that may be. Selma will have heavy support here, to the low amount of nominations it garnered.

Should win: Begin Again > The best song of the bunch, no doubt about it. It's played at least twice by two characters during the movie and it never feels forced or out of sync with the movie itself.

Best Sound Editing

Will win: American Sniper > With six surprise nominations, its hard to think it won't get at least one and this category is perfect as sound effects are quite important throughout the movie and they used them wisely.

Could win: Unbroken > Another war movie that excelled in it's use of sound to depict certain conditions, specially the one related to the airplanes and the prison camp.

Should win: Interstellar > Not as heavy use of sound as it the other two movies I mentioned but they sure did a great use of them, in this science fiction piece.

Best Sound Mixing

Will win: Whiplash > We're talking about mixing and musicals normally do well here. Of course, this movies is not a musical at all but it engages us into the plot with the sounds produced by an obsessed drummer.

Could win: American Sniper > It is very likely that they could win both. It happens frequently and wouldn't be all that strange.

Should win: Whiplash > Music and images carry the film. Impossible to overlook it.

Best Production Design

Will win: The Grand Budapest Hotel > Both scene decoration and art direction are simply marvelous to the detail in this fine period piece. Everything was done to the minimal perfection and it should be rewarded.

Could win: Mr. Turner > Recreating the life of a painter living between the 18th and 19th centuries sure proved a challenged for the talented artists that brought us closer to the England of that time.

Should win: The Grand Budapest Hotel > It's showy, colorful, clean, beautiful and just breathtaking.

Best Cinematography

Will win: The Grand Budapest Hotel > It's classic but a bit daring too and it's a rather calm film, using many of the techniques cinematographers today avoid.

Could win: Birdman > Lubezki's cinematography is brilliant although it looks better because of the great editing, that sadly wasn't recognized by the Academy. Somehow, I doubt he will be honored twice in a row.

Should win: The Grand Budapest Hotel > But although great, I have to say it's sad not to see the beautiful work of Hoyte Van Hoytema recognized in the category, for his beautiful work in Interstellar.

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Will win: Guardians of the Galaxy > Besides being a box office hit, which helps, the movie's best feature is the makeup work. And science fiction has often being recognized in this category.

Could win: The Grand Budapest Hotel > Tilda Swinton's character, in particular, is showy enough to make a the movie win.

Should win: The Grand Budapest Hotel > The movie is just to beautiful to overlook.

Best Costume Design

Will win: The Grand Budapest Hotel > Milena Canonero is to great to be ignored. Her work is simply marvelous on this movie.

Could win: Into the Woods > But they also love Colleen Atwood and her work in many movies, even the ones that weren't that popular with the public.

Should win: The Grand Budapest Hotel > Canonero deserves that Oscar, her fourth.

Best Film Editing

Will win: Whiplash > Fast paced, lots of different frames and angles and a story that advances pretty fast. And it's all about the editing.

Could win: The Grand Budapest Hotel > Although it might be more because of its cinematography, the movie relies on a soft form of editing that many often ignore.

Should win: Whiplash > Editing in its best form, without a doubt. Although Birdman is not a movie I love, this category was theirs and somehow it missed.

Best Visual Effects

Will win: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes > No one understands how the first one lost this award to Hugo. But the sequel is equally brilliant when using motion capture technology as well as creating new characters with it.

Could win: Interstellar > It has done well with critics and with the general public. Besides, being a movie with a message may be good enough for many voters. Anyway, many sequences and specially the robots are just brilliant.

Should win: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes > Motion capture technology has not being properly recognized with an Oscar and this should be a first step to actors being nominated for their work in that new artform, post-Avatar of course.

Final Count

Will win

Whiplash = 4

Boyhood, The Grand Budapest Hotel = 3

The Theory of Everything = 2

Still Alice, Birdman, Big Hero 6, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, American Sniper, 

Guardians of the Galaxy, Ida, Citizenfour, Feats, Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1, Selma = 1

Energía

   Los pies de Samuel estaban al borde del sangrado. Estaba rojos, golpeados, adoloridos y sin embargo él parecía tener energía que no paraba de fluir desde el centro de su cuerpo hacia su extremidades. Pero también se notaba que algo fuera de él lo impulsaba a moverse como lo hacía, a lo largo de todo el cuarto de baile, de pared a pared, incluso a hacer ejercicios extraños en el sueño.

 Su compañera ya estaba cansada y solo podía verlo bailar como si no pudiera hacer más. Ella tomaba agua copiosamente y no quería pensar en la presentación que tenían en pocos días. Ella claramente no estaba tan obsesionada con todo esto como él. Para Samuel iba más allá que una pasión: era más bien un deber con el mundo mostrar sus habilidades.

 Había sido desde pequeño que había sentido por primera vez ese impulso y no lo había dejado nunca. Adoraba ver el canal de televisión de las artes, donde no solo había biografías de artistas reconocidos, sino que a veces emitían una que otra obra de ballet o danza moderna y él veía en ello algo que no había en nada más en su vida: veía energía fluir por todos lados, veía al ser humano ser perfecto cuando no lo era ni remotamente. Veía como los sueños se pueden cumplir, con esfuerzo.

 Así que desde pequeño tuvo claro lo que debía hacer. Les pidió a sus padres que lo metieran en la mejor escuela de danza y no fue una sorpresa cuando empezó a ganar premios y a ser elegido para protagonizar varias de las obras que hacían al final de cada semestre. A Samuel nunca le importó si la gente hablaba o no. Como nada dependía de ellos, dejaba que se burlaran de él porque sabía que él conocía cosas que ellos ni siquiera soñarían.

 Terminó la escuela un año antes de lo normal y se metió de lleno en la mejor escuela de danza que pudo encontrar, en otro país. Dejó a sus padres pero sabía que no era un precio muy alto a pagar por cumplir sus sueños. A ellos los amaba y lloró mucho cuando se despidió. Habían sido su motor y habían hecho posible que todo lo que quería hacer se cumpliera y eso nunca lo olvidaría.

 Ya en la nueva ciudad, tuvo que esforzarse el triple y, en parte, por eso estaba ensayando tanto, reservando una de las mejores salas casi todos los días para estar listo para la elección del protagonista de la próxima obra. No iba a ser una elección fácil ya que todos los que estudiaban allí lo hacían porque eran buenos no porque pudiesen pagar la escuela.

 Si algo había desestabilizado a Samuel alguna vez, era el tener verdadera competencia. Jamñasreservando una de las mejoresa vez, era tener verdader.n parte, por eso estaba ensayando tanto, reservando una de las mejoresás había tenido verdadera competencia de chicos tan buenos y dedicados como él pero ahora se encontraba con al menos cinco que sabían muy bien lo que hacían y que, como él, estaban blindados contra criticas y odios tontos. Al bailar, cada uno de ellos parecía entrar en una dimensión distinta a la de los seres humanos normales, donde solo la energía que los impulsaba era importante.

 Pero, a diferencia de Samuel, esos otros chicos se distraían con cosas distintas al baile. Algunos tenían novias, otros novios. Algunos fumaban o incluso bebían. Pero no Samuel, él no quería ningún tipo de distracciones. O bueno, ninguna que no tuviera que tener nada que ver con la danza. Para distraerse del papel que buscaba obtener, Samuel a veces elegía una canción contemporánea y la bailaba como mejor le pareciera.

 Su distracción era entonces, básicamente, la de hacer coreografías nuevas, que salían de su pura fascinación con la música y el movimiento del cuerpo. Nunca las escribía ni se grababa pero podía recordar cualquiera de las que hubiera inventado si alguien le pidiese bailarla en cualquier momento. Creía que, al poder bailar algo más libre también, podría tomar la danza como un todo y el bailar cualquier pieza sería fácil.

 Cuando llegó el momento de las pruebas, como era de esperarse, todos se esforzaron y dieron lo mejor de sí. Pero Samuel se dio cuenta de que su dedicación y las distracciones de los demás le habían dado la ventaja: sus compañeros no parecían tan entregados como cuando habían llegado. Asumió que muchos de ellos venían de ciudades pequeñas y habían preferido entregarse al monstruo urbano que dedicarse a lo que habían venido a hacer.

 Por el contrario, Samuel hizo una presentación simplemente perfecta. Los jueces incluso lo aplaudieron al final, sabiendo que podían estar mirando al próximo gran bailarín de danza clásica. No fue una sorpresa, cuando publicaron el elenco de la obra, que él fuese elegido como protagonista. Todos lo saludaban y felicitaban y a él simplemente no le importaba. Todos era unos hipócritas, incluso las mujeres. Todos competían uno contra el otro y no existía la felicidad por el prójimo.

 De todas maneras, cuando llegó a casa ese día, llamó a sus padres por video llamada y lloró como nunca al contarles lo que había sucedido. Ellos también estaban muy felices por él y le prometieron ir a visitarlo para el estreno de la obra, que sería en apenas dos meses. El chico les agradeció y les dijo que los extrañaba mucho. Cuando se acostó esa noche, se dio cuenta de que los extrañaba más de lo que se permitía pensar y eso era porque eran sus únicos amigos.

 Los siguientes meses fueron de gran presión y esfuerzo. Hasta Samuel se sintió decaer en algunos momentos pero nadie dudó nunca de su capacidad y, en cada ensayo, era como si lo diera todo de si, sin importarle el dolor físico o mental, las miradas odiosas de algunos o los malos deseos de quienes no habían logrado hacerse con el papel. Cansado y adolorido, era todavía mejor que cualquiera de ellos y eso, lo hacía sentirse contento.

 La semana del estreno, sus padres llegaron de visita y esto logró darle una buena inyección de energía, que tanto necesitaba. Solo tuvo algunos momentos para estar con ellos porque los ensayos eran cada vez más exigentes y se debían hacer ahora con el vestuario propio de la obra lo que era más difícil que lo que habían estado haciendo hasta ahora.

 La noche del estreno, justo antes de empezar a estirar y cambiarse, les dio un beso a cada uno de sus padres y les dijo que les dedicaba cada minuto de la obra a ellos, que tenían dos de los mejores asientos del lugar. Mientras se cambiaba y se aplicaba algo de maquillaje, Samuel se dio cuenta que este era su gran momento, esto era lo que él había estado esperando por tanto tiempo y sabía que la única manera de ser exitoso era haciendo lo que siempre había hecho: canalizar la energía que tan bien conocía y explotarla al máximo.

 Sobra decir que todo salió a pedir de boca. Samuel fue la estrella del espectáculo sin duda, poniendo al público al borde su asiento cada cierto tiempo. Era atrevido y brillante, fuerte y sensible al mismo tiempo. Era como ver el viento mismo pasearse a través del escenario, a veces vil y destructivo y otras calmado y casi a punto de morir.

 No hubo nadie en el recinto que no sintiera lo mismo: el poder de la danza. Hubo tres ovaciones de pie para Samuel, quién recibió dos grandes ramos de flores. El ruido por los aplausos, los chiflidos y los gritos era ensordecedor y Samuel se dio cuenta de que eso era precisamente lo que tanto había buscado. Ese ruido que parecía tener cuerpo, formado por la energía de quienes habían visto su esfuerzo.

 Los siguientes días los pasó con sus padres, que simplemente no podían estar más orgullosos. El último día de su visita fueron a un lago y tuvieron la idea de hacer un pequeño picnic. Hablaron de todo un poco, de cómo estaba todo de vuelta en casa, de lo que venía en la carrera de Samuel. Pero al final del día no había que hablar de más nada.

 Cuando finalizaba la tarde, todos estaban sentados al borde de un muelle, con los pies en el agua. Samuel miró a sus padres, que estaban abrazados, y se dio cuenta de que ese amor entre ellos era lo que le había dado su gran energía y que, en algún momento, debía de buscarla en otro lado, seguramente en otra persona. No era algo que hubiese contemplado nunca pero ese parecía ser su futuro. Pero el futuro estaba allá, lejos de su alcance. Ya tendría tiempo de ocuparse de él.

Flights

   The flight had not been awful but my body was just sore from being seated for so many hours. Somehow, those airplane exercises did not do the trick for me. Besides getting in the way of some people, they didn’t accomplish anything. When we finally landed, I felt my legs weakened by the journey. And to think I still had six more hours to go. But at least I had twenty hours to refresh and relax before hopping into another aircraft.

 I went through customs quite fast, and then headed straight for the airport hotel. I had my only bag with me and was certainly happy to be able to sleep in a proper bed for at least a few hours.

 The lady at the counter of the hotel seemed a bit distracted by something and kept looking towards a TV located in a small meeting area besides her post. I asked her if there was something wrong and she said something about a hurricane that was battering some islands in the south. It was feared that the storm could come this way. But, at the moment, her words seemed not all that important to me. As a matter of fact, the moment she gave me my bedroom keys, I had only the bed on my mind.

 The walk from the front desk to my room felt short and, seconds after I closed the door, I had stripped to my underwear and was making my way into the cozy queen sized bed. I fell asleep fast didn’t even remember to put an alarm in case I slept longer than I expected.

 I had a dreamless sleep, very nice and cozy. When I woke up, I saw the sun through the curtain, which could only mean that the day was coming to an end. I grabbed my cellphone and realized I had slept seven hours straight, which was perfect for a guy that had to make another six-hour flight the following morning.

 I stayed in bed a few minutes until I realized I could have a nice hot shower and change my clothes, which I did. I even sang through my entire time in the bathroom. For some reason, a hotel made me feel special, more so when my company was the one that had to pay and not me. After changing clothes to a less constricting combo of shirt and jeans, I decided to head down to the restaurant.

 When I got there, I noticed there was no self-service but one could order anything from one of the waiters, which I did: a big cheeseburger with fries and onion rings. Yeah, I was starving after my sleep. The television screens were still broadcasting images from the storm in the tropics and warned people in the city were I was that they should be mindful of the storm for the next few days.

 When my burger came I ate it so fast, I surprised myself, and the waiter, who kindly asked if I needed something else. I told him to bring me lemonade and to put it all on my tab, as I had no money to pay and even If had had any money I wouldn’t. After a week of hard work, I had earned all the nice treatment.

 There were only a couple more tables occupied and some people on the bar. I looked at those people, the kind that have their first drink of the day at four o’clock. It was nice to be that careless with one’s decisions, although maybe they had interesting jobs or just lives that required that extra kick. As I drank my beverage, I saw them all one by one and realized I knew one of those men: he had worked with me years ago but he had left, probably fired but I did not know for a fact.

 He noticed I was looking at him and stared back and, clearly, he realized who I was. He waved, a whisky glass in one hand, and came walking towards my table, smiling like an idiot. I had just remembered I did not like him very much when he took a seat just besides me.

 He acted all surprised and shocked and happy to see me but somehow I know it was all a lie. I normally knew when people were being deceitful to me and guy just didn’t seem quite honest to me. He smiled a lot and I had always mistrusted that and he had stopped drinking, which was clearly a bad sign.

 The man started talking about his new job, where he traveled a lot and met many famous people. He was something like and insurance guy for the wealthy or something like that. To be honest, I did not pay much attention to anything he said and, from time to time, I would look towards the screens still showing what was happening in another part of the world.

 He obviously noticed me doing do because he started giving me he’s opinion of the matter, as if an opinion was able to change the path of an incoming storm. Yeah, I clearly remember I hated that guy. He was always trying to be visible, attracting everyone to his stupid life and just trying to be funny and just coming out pathetic. He was the kind of person that was desperate for attention and I had never cared for any of that.

 Without any warning, I told him I had some affairs to attend in my room and shook hands with him. As I walked away he told me to email him some time and I nodded but I clearly had no intention to do so. I decided to get around the airport, which was huge, and walk around until my flight became available on the screens all around the place.

 The airport had three terminals and each one was simply huge and well connected, so walking was just a pleasure, looking at people come and go, the pilots and flight attendants and all the colors their uniforms sported. Besides, I had always liked airplanes so my favorite thing to do was buying some candy and then seating by a large window and stare and the planes moving all over the tarmac. It was like watching ants work on giants or something. Maybe that’s what was attractive to me…

 After getting bored and running out of candy, I decided to shop for some souvenirs. They weren’t for me but for my friends and family, all of whom loved to receive t-shirts and fridge magnets after I had traveled around the world. My mother had a collection of those and I had already bought her some in my earlier destination. I found a store that sold several of those, shaped as animals and fruits so I bought a whole bag.

 My sister’s gift was a bit trickier as she loved clothing but I always seemed to forget what size she wore and which colors she was into right now. They changed quite often and it was hard to keep up with it. So I just bought her a black sweater with a funny image on it thinking it went with everything and even if I got the wrong sixe I could tell her I thought she could use at nights or something.

 For my friends I bought boxes and boxes of chocolate and candy. That was what they liked, besides booze, which I couldn’t buy because I had always been scared a bottle would break and then of my underwear would smell of vodka or something. Some of the candy I bought were filled with rum and gin so that would cover me with them.

 I went back to my room, realizing my flight was only three hours away. I got everything I had bought into my suitcase but I couldn’t make the chocolate boxes fit in so I took that on their bad and hoped for security officers not to annoy me about it. I took all my things; check the room twice for things I may have left around and then left the room. In the front desk, the receptionist was busy on the phone, speaking occasionally. She hung up and attended me quickly to go away rather hastily.

 Not thinking twice about it, I walked straight to customs again, then to my gate were I sat down to wait for the boarding procedure. As I checked my emails on my phone, an airline worker dressed in light blue and with jet black hair walked to the counter and spoke on the microphone.

-       Ladies and gentlemen, Air Jet has to announce the cancellation of this flight due to a serious event that has taken place. We will take care of accommodations and will help you get into a later flight to get to your destinations.

 People started to quarrel with her and, not talking to a microphone, visibly tired and fed up by passenger’s attitude, she said:

-       A man committed suicide. He, somehow, got to the building above this gate and  jumped. He landed… he landed on the plane.

 Everyone was now silent and the some of them where walking towards the window. Although far to have a good look, I was sure I had seen correctly. The man that killed himself had been talking to me some hours earlier