Dear Tonsilitis, my every swallow is a struggle. Thanks to you. While having difficulty of speaking, here's what keeps me busy.
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Summary: Newspaper columnist Mitch Albom recounts his time spent with his 78 year old sociologyprofessor at Brandies University, Morrie Shwartz, who was dying from Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS). Albom, a former student of Schwartz, had not corresponded with him since attending his college classes sixteen years earlier. The first three chapters begin with: an ambiguous introduction to the final conversation between Albom and Schwartz, a brief flashback to Albom's graduation 20 years earlier, and a brief recount of the events Albom experiences between his graduation and the point where he becomes prompted to return to his professor.
Tuesdays with Morrie, some quotes to share:
"Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live."
"As you grow old, you learn more. If you stayed at twenty-two, you'd always be as ignorant as you were at twenty-two. Aging is not just decay, you know. It's growth. It's more than the negative that you're going to die, its also the positive that you understand you're going to die, and that you live a better life because of it."
"The truth is, you don't get satisfaction from those things. You know what really gives you satisfaction? ...Offering others what you have to give."
"Forgive yourself before you die. Then forgive others."
"Death ends a life, not a relationship."
"If you're trying to show off for people at the top, forget it. They will look down at you anyhow. And if you're trying to shoff off for people at the bottom, forget it. They will envy you. Status will get you nowhere "
To those who are saying that Glee and High school musical are identical, they are dead wrong because glee is far better than the latter. You see, both are quite similar but what makes glee more interesting is because of the humor, twist and turns which people can easily get relate, can get hooked to it.
First, there’s stereotyping with each type of personality that commonly found in high school. We got cheerleader, varsity players, the side kicks ofthe poplars, the mediocre, the ones that are at the bottom, the geeky, the class, the people who don’t really exist, and those people who have very strong belief on themselves but in a way they look amusing and unappreciated by their peer.
Take the case of Rachel, she is the lead star and the captain of glee club. When you say the star, you would expect that she’s totally likable like Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron of High School Musical, they seemed to be a perfect couple, but in Rachel, she has the talent, she’s a very good singer, when she’s on the stage she owns the moment, however, big HOWEVER, she has strong belief on her self in a way her confidence is inappropriate, annoying at times. Her wide mouth, (I’m sorry, it’s not being mean, I’m just being objective), also her long eyebrows, showing that sad puppy look when ever she sings are disturbing, Somehow, that gave me a hate and like approach on her that’s why I want to see more of her.
Talking about singing and dancing, Superb! In real life, these people are into the music, and the best actors in the world are from boardway, when they act, their whole body is acting, form eyes, lips, thumbs up!Although some of them are new, there performance is very commendable, when they have group performance and do the blending, it always blow me away. When they sang” lean me”, I was like, that’s it, I’m a fan!
Another thing I like about glee is that they have representation on different races. There’s Asian, and other Asian (when you’re watching I know what I’m talking about), Jews, Latino, Black and White. Seeing these people combining, singing together, that would capture the attention of the people. Making this series not solely a hit only in America, this is a highly pandemic craze!
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Don’t get fooled like Finn’s friend, Women don’t have prostate gland. :D
AVATAR Movie Review Cast: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana Director: James Cameron Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi Tagline: Enter the World
Summary: When his brother is killed in battle, paraplegic Marine Jake Sully decides to take his place in a mission on the distant world of Pandora. There he learns of greedy corporate figurehead Parker Selfridge's intentions of driving off the native humanoid "Na'vi" in order to mine for the precious material scattered throughout their rich woodland. In exchange for the spinal surgery that will fix his legs, Jake gathers intel for the cooperating military unit spearheaded by gung-ho Colonel Quaritch, while simultaneously attempting to infiltrate the Na'vi people with the use of an "avatar" identity. While Jake begins to bond with the native tribe and quickly falls in love with the beautiful alien Neytiri, the restless Colonel moves forward with his ruthless extermination tactics, forcing the soldier to take a stand - and fight back in an epic battle for the fate of Pandora. Written by The Massie Twins
Let me start by saying, this is the best movie of 2009. Avatar is one of the few movies that stimulate your photographic memory in which you can vividly remember its stupendous scenes. A movie that although does not give you a hanging ending yet you still want to see more of it. What makes this movie tremendous is not because of the expensive special effects (Reported budget: $240 million.) and not solely because of the great acting skills, it’s because of the right blend of mixing fantastic ingredients. James Cameron knows how to tickle one's mind, he is indeed a genius!
Making this movie more famous are the controversial so called “hidden messages” which are anti-war, pro-environment, and perhaps even racist. I would agree on the first two but I would not entertain the idea of racism. Ha? Where did the critics get that idea? It’s really amazing how this movie connects with millions of people from variety of age groups.
I was aimless lurking around on tumblr and I saw this: [click the image to enlarge]
Hmm.. so Avatar’s story is somehow alike with Pocahontas’. Anyway, Avatar is far better. I love it!
Just now: Avatar officially overtakes Titanic for Global box office record with $1.85 Billion. Mr. Cameron, Adopt me please!
ilabas ang TB a.k.a. Bring out the television kasama ng ilabas ang ebidensya ba, ang ebidensya. -Ma'am Trina Tan
HANNAH MONTANA THE MOVIE - movie review
Synopsis. Hannah Montana: The Movie opens with Hannah's ($Miley Cyrus) hectic lifestyle wrecking the important relationships in her life. Because she gets into a catfight over shoes with Tyra Banks, she forgets to say goodbye when her brother leaves for college, and she's late for her best friend's sweet sixteen because she's being chased by the paparazzi. Anxious to get Miley back to her roots, her manager/father (Billy Ray Cyrus), whisks her away to their hometown in Tennessee, where he hopes grandma and the locals will help the selfish star reconnect to some simple family values. Since Miley wants to be Hannah most of the time, she hates being stuck in the backwoods town, but a cute young ranch hand -- and her grandmother's love -- eventually melts her heart. And, when the town needs to raise cash to stop a developer from soiling their perfect little community with a big, evil mall, what celebrity performer do you think might just show up to save the day? ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
The Verdict
I tried to be as objective as possible but while watching this movie, I kept on saying to my self when will this movie be over so I can go to sleep. Sure it's nice to see the whole crew acting in a much bigger setting and enjoyed watching our lead star singing and dancing. The thing is, there's no excitement. She changes her clothes to fit the role as Hannah and Miley, same concept used on the tv show. Boring. Sorry Cyrus fans, I feel like I'm having anhedonia (did I use the word correctly?)
A Sigmund Freud wannabe, here's my Growth and Development theory: *Kids who allow you to call them baby (age 6 and below) prefer to watch Dora the explorer for western like Americans and Manga series for Asians. *Kids who would get mad when you call them baby and would prefer 'young lady' love to watch Hannah Montana. *Type of television shows would reflect children's behaviors respectively.
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Firstly, the photo has nothing to do with sensuality. While looking for photos of Miley, I saw this in a gallery page of Pinoy Big Brother (PBB) housemate Cathy Remperas. *scratching my head*. isn't that Miley Cyrus? If i remember it correctly, she posted that photo on her twitter page. Anyway, Cathy is papa's bet because she's from the beautiful island of Bohol, papa's hometown. I'm still confuse who's johan and paul jake. Don't they look alike? It's only recent that I discovered Ricca's sexuality. *I'm very outdated, boooo!*So that's why he has this masculine look. Anyway, I like her personality! ... New season for UAAP this week. Last day was a skirmish between DLSU and UST. 11-15, 5 sets, La salle. Don't be sad tigress fans, sure our fave spikers did a great job. It was one of the most thrilling game i've ever seen. What a great way to open the season! Feels like it was the championship game. Credit goes to the UST's 16 year old rookie with height of 6'1 Santiago. You're awesome!
Nothing Hill Movie Review Cast: Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant
Directed by: Roger Michell Genre: Comedy and Romance Tagline: Can the most famous film star in the world fall for just an ordinary guy?
Synopsis. Every man's dream comes true for William Thacker, an unsuccessful Notting Hill bookstore owner, when Anna Scott, the world's most beautiful woman and best-liked actress, enters his shop. A little later, he still can't believe it himself, William runs into her again - this time spilling orange juice over her. Anna accepts his offer to change in his nearby apartment, and thanks him with a kiss, which seems to surprise her even more than him. Eventually, Anna and William get to know each other better over the months, but being together with the world's most wanted woman is not easy - neither around your closest friends, nor in front of the all-devouring press. Written by Julian Reischl
The Verdict
Tune In. No matter what by Boyzone, I do (Cherish you) by 98 Degress, She by Elvis Costello, When you say nothing at all by Ronan Keating and my favorite You’ve got a way by Shiana Twain. In creating a movie, it is a must to have good music. Music is one of the factors that deliver the audience into the emotions that want to express. Imagine a horror movie with a jolly soundtrack. Well, isn’t that weird? The meticulous choice of love songs is just superb! Also, the tunes make people remember this movie without difficulty.
Surreal but nice! Having a tagline for a movie is familiar with us Filipinos. Remember that, "walang himala, ang himala ay nasa puso ng tao." I know I sound oldie but come on kids know that even though they are wondering who Nora Aunor is. Excuse me, what's the tittle of the movie by the way? Another ingredient for a movie to be successful is the quotable quotes. Those phrases that you wanna hear over and over again, lines that inspires young filmmakers. For this movie, "I'm just a girl, standing in front of a boy, aking him to love me" When you hear that, you know its from Notting Hill!
A little mistake. When William takes Anna back to his apartment, after the thrown-orange-juice incident, his shirt is stained, she comes into the apartment and changes. Then she leaves. When she returns to get her other bag, his shirt is still stained but after she kisses him the stain is gone. Magic kiss eh?
Thrill on every hill. Filipinos are spoiled viewers. Most of the time when there’s a tragic ending it is considered as a bad movie, this makes me love the film. For this one, there are a couple of times when you would say uhhhh, how sweet but then suddenly they are not on each other’s arms again. Their happiness was always as thin as ice, making the viewers eager on knowing when will they end up together.
Surreal but real.Most movies would use an idea of using the ordinary lives of people as the basis while for this one is just surreal, a one in a million chance. Yet, I think how come people can relate is that this could be a common dream-love-story of most of us can relate. Either they would admit it or let it dwells on the subconscious mind.
With wit. So William guessed that Leonardo de Carpio is an Italian director, nice wild guess, but didn’t get even managed to hit any ring used in darts. Another thing, Whoopsidaisies! Great that I don’t use that expression, so that makes me not from the 50’s.
All time favorite. I saw this movie for a multitude of times now. Twice this day. This movie never fails to give its audience the exuberance of falling in love.
Synopsis.Margaret Tate (Sandra Bullock) is the executive editor-in-chief of a book publishing company, Colden Books, who forces her assistant Andrew Paxton (Ryan Reynolds) to marry her in order to avoid being deported to Canada. He grudgingly accepts, under the condition that he is promoted to the position of editor. When the government investigates, the two are forced to spend the weekend with his parents in Alaska in order to sell the lie. The family suggest they could marry the same weekend, and they reluctantly accept. They start to fall genuinely in love as they spend more and more time together. Because of this, during the wedding ceremony, Margaret decides she cannot do this to Andrew and confesses the business arrangement in front of everyone--including the immigration officer handling their case. She is then told that she has 24 hours to get back to Canada, and thus goes back to New York to pack her things. Upon doing so, however, Andrew shows up at the office and confesses his love for her in front of the entire office staff, proposing marriage all over again.[D-Man2010]
THE VERDICT
On the positive note. Sandra Bullock has this goddess look and with Hunk Reynolds, sure thing they have chemistry.
An Average because it can be worth while. My favorite scene was when Grandma Annie (Betty White) asked Margaret to dance with her in the tune of local chant. That was really funny!
Define Thrill. Like most of the movie goers want to see is the quality of the story, for this one it's predictable. Even seeing the movie poster, a woman proposing to a man would indicate that she has strong personality and the guy will eventually give in, fall in love. Despite of that, I found this movie enjoying to watch, it's worth while.
Looks Familiar. Remember the movie "How to Loose a Guy in 10 Days", where our lovebirds go to the guy's hometown and she'll realize how good her man is. uhm... yes. that's it. Ditto
At least they made a little twist. If you're a movie geek, I know you have seen the scene where a guy run after his love one in the airport, trying to stop her and be with him happily ever after. I know you've seen that! I know! gee... well at least it didnt end up like that although it was grandma Annie's plan. Speaking of recycle, how many times did you heard the lines, "maawa ka", "bakit? naawa ka ba sa akin noon" in our local screen? Laugh out loud or puke. Tell me whatever happened to creative mind?
P.S. Don't get discourage with my 3/5 rating. This movie is worthwhile, why do I kept on repeating that? because it's really worthwhile! So If your extremely bored, This movie can offer you a sweet delight.
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