A Home at the End of the World

Hellowee!!!

This movie will be showing on HBO on Wednesday, November 15, 2006. I think it will run at 11:15 PM Manila Time.

I sooo like this movie, which was actually recommended by Jayce. I saw it a few months back(the disc was from Jayce... Teeeheeeheee).

It is about a beautiful friendship... In all its aspects, love, loyalty, integrity... and of course a whole lot of FUN!!!!

I hope y'all enjoy the movie as much as I did.. I would love to talk more about the movie but if you noticed, I really do not have much time for my blog.... just wanna put it out there....

Hope y'all get to watch it! Til next post... Toodles!

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I miss my Blog!!!

I have been sooooo busy the past few weeks... consumed by tons of paper work and new projects for my account.

I have lost all creative sense and all I can think about is designing and redesigning projects to meet my deadlines! Grrrr....

I am turning into the person I hate the most.... a workaholic.... at this point there is no sense denying it... it is my reality.... I hope this is just temporary insanity or a personality lapse.... I don't want to be a mindless drone working to live....

Somebody save me!!!!

On Superman Returns... Or Shouldn't Have!

This must be one of the most disappointing
movies that I have ever seen in a long time!

Man, where to begin....

1. I lost total interest after the airplane/space shuttle-launch-gone-wrong scene. The writers/director failed to sustain the momentum from this point.
It was all downhill from there.


2. Too many ideas presented that were not sufficiently built and/or thoroughly explored to make the thought linger and give the audience an "ah-ha" moment.

It seemed like the director was thowing jigsaw puzzle pieces, letting the audience figure out where it fits, depending on your familiarity with the comic books or the previous Superman movies.


3. What was up with Lois Lane whispering to Superman that the kid was his son?

Ok... just 5 mins ago a 5 year old kid who's got asthma and all sorts of allergies threw a grand piano across the room, smashed it, killing a hardcore criminal who plays bluemoon...

Doesn't give that away... du-uh?!! So what's with all the theatrical secrecy..
the audience is not that dumb... phuleezze!


4. Can somebody explain this to me... for somebody who can win a Pulitzer for "Why the world doesn't need Superman", all the unanswered questions, deep seated anger, the agonizing wait and wondering what went wrong....

You were satisfied by an answer that "maybe he (Clark) was right"... (Superman referring to an earlier conversation of Clark and Lois, telling Lois that it must be difficult for Superman to say goodbye).

That's it?!!! It was hard to say goodbye? and you go flying with him like old times.... huh? what the kucf is that?!!

If Lois Lane was your typical garden variety girlfriend I'd totally understand,
but hello!! This from a person who just won a Pulitzer?!!


5. Kevin Spacey is one of my favorite actors... but come on... he can't sustain a 2.5 hrs movie all by himself!!!
We should have just called it Lex Luthor Returns!!!


6. Port says if Zsazsa Zathurna were to fly along at any point of the extensively dull flying scenes, or would help Superman lift the Kryptonite Island... the movie would have been more exciting and interesting!!!


7. I would have come up with a number 7 but I zoned out for the most part... Hence, BORING!!!!


Oh well, that's just what I thought of the movie.... I watched it with 5 other friends... they all liked it... so maybe it's just me....

Hi Issa!!!

As requested, here's a new post... =p

I guess you have a lot of time in your hands... Enjoy it while you can... still swamped so I really don't have time to write much... I hope this will suffice... hehehe... maybe you can read Jayson's blog while waiting for another post...

Hehehe... will be working with you real soon... bwhahahaha.... =)

Rent Now Showing!

I just want everybody to know that RENT is showing at the Ayala Theaters.... yup the Broadway show...

Just wanna put it out there!!! Yup, I've seen it and I was singing along with everybody in the theater... a must see... I'll tell you more about it after my trip...

Hope y'all can go see it...

On Loosing Weight...

Can't write anymore... I'm losing all creative sense.... must be all the work I've been doing for the past 3 months...

I'm so skinny, everybody thinks I'm anorexic.... du-duh...

Come on now... I eat like a MAN... yup, 3 cups of rice, soup, veggies, meat and/or fish... that's just lunch, dinner well, that depends where I'm at... but still I eat alot... I mean a whole lot...

Ate lunch with Carlo today at Heaven and Eggs... Sirloin, 2 poached eggs, 1 cup of rice, potato wedges.... ate it all up....

Do you think it's because I skip breakfast?
Hmmm.... well, as long as I can remember my definition of breakfast is a huge mug of black coffee... that was like forever.... highschool!!!

Oh well, maybe it's all the work... I blame everything on work anyway.... so there... must be all the work I'm and been doing....

Gotta go now... eating dinner at Teriyaki Boy.... Hmmm.... grilled Salmon with that huge bowl (wish the rice was as much), Urchin on the cucumber cups (whatever it's called!), teka maki, and kani salad.... here I come.... yummy....

On Success...

What measures success?

I had a very interesting conversation last weekend that drives me to ask this question...

Is it the money one makes?
Is it the property you've acquired?
Is it the security you get?
Is it having people who love you to share your successes with?

or is it the sense of peace, that you feel you are doing something relevant that makes people see you and want to be like you... well, not in a messianic complex way...

it's the way you expand your circle of influence... making people believe in themselves...

What's weird was how he thanked me for believing in what he can do...

hmmm... I guess going back to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, this does make sense.... gaining approval....

Success is immaterial if you cannot go beyond yourself; to help the people around you see their true potential or push them towards self-realization. This is what Maslow calls self-transcendence.

I'm too tired to explain this, but if you've attended Psychology 101, I guess we're on the same page... bwhehehehe....

On Patriotism...

I really feel bad that the Patriots didn't make the play-offs...

Sure, I'd still watch the Superbowl but it won't be the same without #12 Brady on the field... well, at least he'd be there for the coin toss... =)

On Men and Letting go...

This weekend's drinking session was kind of funny and redundant... you know how guys will call the troops for male ego reinforcement after bad break up moments... well this was one of them...

Here's how it unraveled:

Phase I (1-3 beers)

Women bashing.
Women are ruthless heartbreakers. Hmmm... I totally agree.

1. Women as oppose to men do not fall in love/lust at first sight. We are not-so visual creatures. We feel, we rationalize, rationalize more, then conclude that there must be something there.

Not necessarily love, but chemistry. That's where we jump start, if this is effectively sustained by the other specie then, it may evolve to something greater... could be platonic or romantic love. Again this is highly dependent on how the other specie sustains the chemistry.

Hence, the dialogue... it's not you it's me... let's be friends... I need space... let's start seeing other people... There's a gazillion ways to say it, but it still means the same thing... I don't like to waste your time or my time, take a hike.

2. Women who tell you that I was out with my guy friend means I was out with my guy friend! Unlike the other specie, friend is defined or viewed relatively... what is it about the word friend that you do not get?!

Hence, this does not justify men dating and/or sleeping around with their so-called friends with benefits. Nor can you use it as a valid arguement... du-uh...

Word of caution: do not even go through this line of reasoning... you'd surely get ditched because of sleeping around, then be accused of loyalty issues. (Totally ugly... don't go there!)

Phase II (4-6 beers)

Ego talk.

This must be the most ineteresting part of the session. Well, interesting for me.... hahaha...

Men are sooo hung up on NOT marking their territory before the break up. Then, the obsession on "I-have-to-get-her-back" tactics begin. Strange but sooo true...

No wonder the more expensive gifts come after the break up... hmmm...

By this time, the guys were giving me shit... I once turned down an all expense paid vacation to China. Come on now, if I got to choose who I would go with then maybe I would have accepted... hahahaha....

Phase III (couldn't keep track of all the beers)

Realization.

1. A rebound is a rebound... and will always be a rebound. Need I explain this?

You're a rebound if:

• you hooked up 1-2 months after the previous relationship ended.
• you only connect during sex.
• you do not know the name of his/her bestfriend.
• you have no idea; what the names of his/her siblings are, his/her order in the family, his/her middle name, the name of his/her mom!
• you find ex-bf/gf traces... ie: gifts, pictures, notes, letters, tokens, messages, doing the same things they did, going to the same places they've been...
• you are unconsciously morphing yourself into the ex.
• you know that they are still friends and you haven't been introduced as the new bf/gf.
• you haven't had talk about the long term topics... meeting the parents, where to live, type and location of your future home, career plans for the next 2 to 3 years, retirement plans... having kids is no longer considered a long term topic... you're already having sex!!! du-uh...
• and the sure fire way to detect you're a rebound... he/she has no idea why the relationship ended... vague responses like, he/she's crazy is not a reason!

2. All of the I could haves, should haves will not fix it! If you're dead serious on getting her back do something about it, instead of mopping around with us and drinking yourself to death!!! (que the laughter from everybody!!!)

3. There is no such thing as the "One"! This must be the stupidest thing I heard all night... "pare, she's the one eh..." (sob-sob-sob).... bwwhahahahaha... tears of laughter rolling down my cheeks!!!

Man, you are so pathetic. There is no such thing!!!
Sure, there maybe perfect timing, perfect moments, but not a perfect person!

4. Ask yourself this... are you or were you truly happy together? Do you find yourself striving to be and/or being your best around this person? Or does she stagnate you? Do you find yourself trying to please and constantly seek approval? All of the mopping around is not worth it... (but all the free beers are... hehehe...)

5. Friends will be friends and will always be there no matter what you decide... (I guess this means more drinking sessions with senti moments!!!)

Well, what can I say... men are so f*cking romantics... they may have odd ways of expressing it but I'm sooo glad I'm at the receiving end... hahahaha...