Archive for May, 2007

Movie buff.

{ May 20, 2007 @ 12:34 pm } · { Movies }
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Shawshank Redemption

After coming across an article on Shawshank Redemption, keeping in mind that it is second (by rating) on IMDB’s Top 250 movies (first by the number of votes) as of May 20, 2007, and one of my friend Mariel’s favorite movies, I’ve been meaning to get a copy of the video. I was not able to find a DVD anywhere, so I settled for a VCD copy. It is indeed one of the greatest movies I’ve ever seen. Mind you, this is the original Prison Break. Move over, Scofield. LOL. Kidding.

Not too long ago, bored at the office, I made a list of movies I want to see—old and new. I have been ticking off the list slowly since then, but would you believe I still haven’t seen The Godfather? Hah!

Shrek the Third

And since I’m all about movies on today’s post (o_O), why not talk about Shrek the Third? I watched it yesterday evening after having dinner with my friends. Yay for weekend last full shows! It still keeps up with the first two installments, though the second will always be my favorite. The gazillion babies in Shrek’s dream are just so cute and so adorable (I happen to love babies very much), and I happen to love Shrek and Fiona’s triplets just as much. So so so cute. Snow White was so, excuse my French, gaga. I could not find a better word, sorry. You can’t help but hate and love her at the same time—Amy Poehler rocked the part. It’s good to have the gang back. *I went over to the Shrek site and played the Shrek Sudoku game, and I’m sure this looks fine but can you tell me where I made a mistake on the third level?*

On May 16, one national paper said it was already showing at Robinson’s. Karla, Olumor and I immediately headed over to Robinson’s to see it. At the entrance, Shrek the Third wasn’t on the list (?) they have on the parking lot nor was it on the movie schedules inside the mall, and I talked to the ticket lady to confirm it wasn’t really showing that day. Stupid paper. We ended up watching The Reaping instead. I love Hilary Swank and all, but the movie wasn’t too impressive. It was just… okay.

Lastly…

Your Movie Buff Quotient: 46%

You are well on your way to becoming a movie buff.
You’ve seen many of the great films, and you have even probably developed an expertise in a few genres.

Are You a Movie Buff?

… yep, definitely on my way.

Ouch.

It’s my Tita’s birthday… so, happy birthday, Tita Tim!

Blowing off steam.

{ May 6, 2007 @ 4:05 pm } · { Blah }
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Of all things that anyone could do to break me down, taking me for granted would be the worst. Not trying to be self-important or anything, but I know I must have at least some ounce of worth as a person! I’m not angry. I’m hurt. How can one person be (or just pretending to be) so numb to everything that’s going on around —?

Three-week recap.

{ May 4, 2007 @ 6:34 pm } · { Blah, Football, Movies, TV }
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I haven’t been blogging much again. But let me go back to these past three weeks or so that I’ve been through. So much has happened. (I’m going in reverse chronology, OK?)

Spiderman 3.
“We always have a choice. We can always choose to do what’s right.” – Peter Parker

SPIDERMAN 3. Among all other superheroes, I find Peter Parker/Spiderman the most normal. He’s someone probably most of us can definitely relate to. We watched Spiderman 3 on opening day.  I still find it unlike any other superhero movie, at least not for me. The villains almost always have some inner goodness and are just consumed by power. However, using MJ as hostage has become too redundant! And why did Harry Osborn have to die? (James Franco is sooo cute.  I could stare at him smiling all day.) The first time I saw Topher Grace in In Good Company probably some two years back, I thought he looked so much like Tobey Maguire. And now he got to play Spidey’s evil twin. I caught a feature on Spiderman 3 on either Entertainment Tonight or Inside Edition saying this is the most expensive film ever made. It didn’t seem like it. =/ Nevertheless, Spidey will forever be my favorite superhero. *… and I happen to love the black Spidey outfit.*

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REUNIONS.

  1. Our college friend Pei San came over to Bacolod for a few days’ vacation, so we had a small get-together at Imay’s with Karla, Sherry, Ralph and April. Mark arrived later. While exchanging stories after lunch, some of us received shocking news through SMS from Dan—a classmate of ours, Remus, has passed away early morning of May 1st. We couldn’t help but feel saddened by the loss of a person, so young and with so much to give. My heartfelt condolences to his family.
  2. Another friend of ours, Mae Hope, had come home for her younger sister’s graduation and we got to hang out one Monday (I can’t keep track of the dates, sorry!). Karla was supposed to join us; she only had lunch with us since her father had appointed her as the official driver while her older sister was away. So, Mae and I decided to spend some hours at Café Bob’s where we talked about her (and my?) love life—rather, the lack of. *Right, we’re getting there… one step at a time.*
  3. I believe it was April 15th. We had a small reunion at Business Inn with my college class (COMI4A 2004). Mayeth and Lala had come home for the summer, and we thought it would be great if we could get together once again. So there we were for dinner at Business Inn and margarita at East Block. Okay, I’m a bit tired now so you can go ahead visit my Picasa album. (Having been to these small reunions reminds me how fun it was back in college, when we had lesser cares and responsibilities than we have now. Looking back now, despite having aged three years since graduation, most of us are still the same people we’ve known all these years. The same, at the same time, different. I’d like to say we’ve all matured, but there will always be that kid in us. Very much alive.

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Prison Break brothers.

PRISON BREAK. I’ve managed to finish season 2, finally. I can’t wait till the third season. My mom keeps bugging me when the next season begins. Despite all the redundant twists and turns (I have a thing for redundancy these days =P), I am still hooked with the series. Paul Kim: I hate how he smiles. I hate how he speaks. I hate how he manipulates. I simply hate him for what he is. Good riddance!

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FOOTBALL. I’m disappointed that Solar Sports doesn’t air (as far as I know) live Barça games anymore, and I would have to constantly look up the schedule to watch the replays. These days I’ve been quite preoccupied that when the replays do air on TV, I would not be around to watch it. But I am happy that Barça has managed to remain on top of the league most of the season. Why wouldn’t they? After all, they’re the best team in the league. And yayness, Ronaldinho is staying with them until 2010.

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Have you had enough yet? I have, yet I still have so much to tell. Maybe some other time. *mwah*