Fight In The Shade
Mar 14, 2007 Uncategorized
Sunday, we went to Shangri-La Plaza to meet Ryan’s cousin, Janna. I bought her iPod Shuffle (1GB). It’s still brand new and sealed. Her mom sent it to her from the US, but since she already has one, she opted to sell it. Then we headed to SM Megamall for coffee at Seattle’s Best. After an hour of chilling out, Ryan and I went to the cinema to watch a movie.
When I heard about the film “300″, I got really curious. My friend showed me the link to its trailer and I watched and listened to it using my computer headphones. It actually gave me the chills. The three-minute trailer left me wanting more. I heard a lot of positive reviews from friends, so Ryan and I were excited to see the film.
The film is a jaw-dropper. The trailer did not leave any empty promises. The CGI effects are amazing, totally breathtaking. The highlights can be expected in the fight scenes. It was flawlessly executed. The visual effects are really visually enticing. The sound effects were impeccable. I can just say that it is truly a masterpiece. A must see!
This movie is actually based on a graphic novel by Frank Miller1 If you actually listen to the dialogues and understand the storyline, you will really appreciate the film.
Near the end, where Dilios2 was narrating the last part of the story, I felt my eyes get misty. Yes, the film actually made me cry. The movie Gladiator made me cry, too, but compared to this film, Gladiator seems like child’s play.
I highly recommend that you watch 300. It’s best to see this in the big screen, and if you can, watch it at iMAX. Go see the film, you won’t be disappointed. It’s actually the first blockbuster film of 2007.
- Frank Miller was a big comics writer/artist in the 70s and 80s. He also created Sin City. ↩
- played by David Wenham ↩
Tags: Movies
A Life For Yours
Mar 10, 2007 Daily Blurbs, School
Tuesday, 6th of March. My sister, Chicka, sent a text message to my sister, Juvy. Juvy called her up and from the tone of her voice I knew that something’s up. After the phone call, she told us that the FX Taxi she rode with her 2 classmates was held-up.
As she was relating the story to us, we found out that the 2 men were armed with guns. But thank God no one got hurt. My sister was able to think fast and she was able to slid her 2 cellphones and her friend’s iPod Nano at the backside of her seat. Unfortunately, when the 2 guys were about to get off the vehicle, being that its1 keys are very sensitive to touch, it lit up. The guy, of course, took the iPod from her.
After two days, while I was cooking lunch, I heard one of our dogs, Chipipo, yelping in a weird way. Juvy and I went out to look at him. He was lying on his side and it was like he was spasming and then he slowly closed his eyes. Maybe his yelping was his way of saying “goodbye”. Juvy went to his side and started crying. I wasn’t really crazy about that dog, but I felt sad, too. Juvy used to be the one tasked to feed our 2 older dogs. My dad said that one of the reasons he died is for eating live chicks. We have chickens, too. He said that the tiny bones of the chicks might’ve done something on his insides.
Chicka’s friend told her that according to her mom, our dog saved her life. In our culture, it was said that when we encounter a near death experience, there would be an instance that one of our pets die. I didn’t believe it, but I think I do now. One of her classmates that was with her sent her a text message and told her that her pet cat died!
Eerie.
Chocolate Chairs
Yesterday afternoon, my classmates and I went to Sta. Ana Elementary School to help fix and pain their desks. A few of my classmates and I were late for 20 minutes, thanks to me! I couldn’t leave home right away because my dad asked me to wait until he gets home.
Anyway, there were other students from the other sections. This is actually a part of our community service for our NSTP subject. I believe this will be the last one. I painted 2 desks by myself, and I helped Melai with 1. Painting desks wasn’t really hard, what sucked was that we were under the heat of the sun, plus we were standing on uneven grounds. It’s nice to help out with little things such as that, but I was sore after. It’s my time of the month, you see… and before I went there, I was already feeling nauseas.
It’s a good thing that I wore house slippers because there were paint droplets on it now. It’s pink2 and the paint is in a chocolate brown hue. One of my students3 was there, watching me paint their chairs. I didn’t bother talking to her because I didn’t like the fact that there were instances when they didn’t attend their tutorial lessons. Their school is a bit far from where I live, and it was a waste of time and money going there and finding no one to teach. I feel a little bad that those kids didn’t really learn anything that they can take with them because their attention span is just to short. Dré painting a desk chair.
Fast Paced
I finally have DSL. It was up and running the other day and I was ecstatic! My dad and I tried it out. He checked his email that he hasn’t checked for ages, while I did some uploading and upgrading on some of my sites. It feels good to be able to do things fast.
Tags: Daily Blurbs, Music, Thoughts
Lose Weight
Mar 5, 2007 Daily Blurbs
I’ve received this same question from different persons, so I decided to answer it and share it with all of you.
How did you lose weight?
Just so everyone knows I’ve been all sizes: skinny, chubby, fat, fatter, normal. What’s normal anyway? There was a time when I decided to remove rice from my diet. Where I’m from, rice is one of the staple foods. You can’t have breakfast, lunch or dinner without it. I survived a year without rice. Truly, it helped shed off all the unwanted pounds. I successfully trimmed down to a normalish size. I could wear anything I want and buy really cheap clothes because cheap clothes usually come in small sizes. Yep, from buying large-sized clothes, I could then fit into small-sized ones.
But I went back into eating rice and at that time I was going through some personal issues and I was experiencing slight depression. I found comfort in food and I didn’t care about how I looked. I gained weight, but I still looked normal. I became a medium-fitting person. I was OK with that. I could still fit into most of my clothes and my favorite Levi’s jeans.
After that depressing period, I started to work as a technical support agent for a computer company. Life was good. I wasn’t depressed anymore. I gained new friends. I was still happy fitting into medium clothes. After 8 months in tech support, I was transferred to the Sales department, where I was tasked to sell lousy computers. Not that all their units are lemons, but the fact the buyers are too cheap and they didn’t want to buy the best ones.
The scheduling was dreadful! We didn’t have the freedom to choose a good schedule. I became sleep deprived and I found energy in food. I was still medium-sized, but there came the worst schedule, where we are only allowed to eat lunch at the last hour of our shift. Imagine that! My immediate superior then decided to order McDonald’s everyday and allowed us to eat on our workstation. I didn’t realize that I gained weight until I received a comment from my previous supervisor that I look fuller. Mind you, his comment was blunter. I just smiled and went on my way.
When I got home, I looked for my favorite jeans. To my horrification, I couldn’t close the button. I started getting those “fat comments” since then. Not just from work, but from everyone. I’ve learned to get used to hearing those things that I think I became immune.
There was a time when I experienced severe lower back pains. I went to see a doctor and she told me that my back was strained due to my weight. Everyone knows how hard it is to lose weight. I then decided to quit my job because I wanted to free myself from sleep deprivation and from eating the wrong food.
I didn’t lose the weight after that. I even believe I gained some more. My uncle would always point out how big my arms were. He told me that I should think about losing weight because I am too young to be this big. Yes, I wore extra-large clothes. It was frustrating, but I didn’t let it define who I am.
I took another course and started school last June. Life was starting to look better. Then there came the sembreak. I didn’t realize that I gained more until I received comments from my classmates. I noticed it, too. My uniform seemed snugger.
I just continued to be the way I am until I finally decided to really make myself healthy. I wanted to make 2007 a good year for me, so I did what I’ve always known how to do. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Daily Blurbs, diet, Lose Weight, Thoughts, weight loss
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