Mood: Frustrated. Sinira ng isang epal ang aking araw.
Music: Radioactive Sago Project – Alcohol

"Alcohol, alcohol, utak mo'y buhol-buhol."

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I saw my previous buddy pala nung awards night. Hay. Laking tuwa ko nung nakita ko siya e. Kakatuwa talaga. Yey Ate Barbie. :) Misyu buddy.

Hmm. Parang gusto ko na nga umamin sa buddy ko kung sino ako eh. HAHA. I'll leave him hanging. :))

At inalis ko na entirely yung post dahil ayoko ng pagusapan pa.

Just came from Mai Mai's debut -- at Discovery Suites. Unfortunately, wala pa kong pera pang-bili ng DSLR. Kaya wala akong shots. Philline has a cam though. So there. Yey multiply!

Okay. So finally. Na-rekindle na ang aking social life dahil for the past few days eh nagsusunog na lang ako ng kilay. HAY.

Andaming nangyari. - GRABE that's all I can say. And yes. Congratulate me. I just had my first shot of Tequila.

Coolio. Andaming may birthday ngayon. AT puro pasweet - including Mai Mai!
Belated Happy Birthday din kay K. Fhadz, K. Jmar and Estar. :) I labyu all po. :D

Ciao!

I can practically SMELLLLLL the book. (Even if it's a bajillion miles away from me.) All 700++ pages of it.
Unfortunately, I won't be getting the book today because my sister's getting me one. So while waiting for my copy of the BOOK to arrive, I shall be on hiatus mode.

However, i'm quite excited for the people who can actually purchase their books today. It's so cool that we get to read it earlier than those who live in the western side since our clock's a bit advanced. Mwahaha. :P And I really find it amusing that certain branches of Natl Bookstore are opening up a bit early than usual (7 am.) Imagine that.

Just watched the Goblet of Fire for the 9832492870th time this month + the first look of the OOTP as well. -- Thank you HBO. It's kinda funny that I feel much more excited while watching the sneak peeks than the actual movie itself. GAH. I gotta watch the movie again!

Speaking of, I finally bought my DVD copies of the 1st and 2nd movie. HAHA. Owell.

Hay. More Harry Potter posts to come. I think. :P
Ciao!

Feliz Compleaños Ayen! :P

Mood: despondent with whipped cream on top.
Music: the closest thing. - juliana theory

I never actually knew that later on in life, I would call someone the "moon." It's quite funny actually since I was laughing my head off on someone who called his crush -ehem- loved one; his "moon *enter adjective here.*". I thought it was preposterous before; now it totally made sense.

The closest thing to perfect,
But the farthest thing from me.

Hay. Je suis tres triste.

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Super dami ng gagawin sa school. I'm actually now afraid of the term "paper." I don't know what to write about sa abstract and I still have to finish the stupid critique paper. Andami-dami kong iniisip na I think I'm about to combust.

I'm so tired all the time that I'm not myself most of the time. And now I'm also going senile. I'm forgetting stuff and all I want to do is sleep nowadays.( At least I'm not yet in the phase of wanting to eat easy-to-swallow food. Yech.) I also want to go to the spa yet I don't have the necessary funds to do so. And even if I did have the moolah, I don't have time naman. I want to go out pero there's just so much to do. Hay. It's so funny when you're young, you want to grow up na kaagad because you wanted the grown-ups to respect you and you can't wait to prove yourself. And most especially give you the freedom you've always wanted. But then again, freedom comes with responsibilities. HAAAY.

On a happier side of my life, wala nga akong boyle... este camera, eh meron naman akong super loving buddy. Super close na kami and siya ang world record na buddy ko na nakapagbigay saakin ng 4 letters. Although I think she suspects me na. PATAY. So medyo i'm gonna back off muna. Pero i'll still watch their critique's night bukas. But I have to be careful so I'm gonna be aloof for a while. Feeling ko tuloy I'm this big bitch in person and I'm this really nice person sa letters ko. I'm schizophrenic na ata. Ahaha. Kidding. But anyway.. Basta super duper love ko na yung buddy ko. I can't wait na mag-op para magkakilala na kami or something. Sana talaga wag siya mag quit.

Owell. Yun lang. Had to vent a bit because I seriously am gonna blow up if I keep this bottled up. Ciao.

This entry is about Harry Potter - again. So there. You are warned. ;)

Ooookay. I accidentally stumbled upon this thread that talks about the OOTP movie. And I find it hilarious that people are ranting (even worse than I) about the movie in this thread. They are murderous and actually talking about how J.K. Rowling must be disappointed of the outcome of the movie of OOTP. Like hello, haven't you seen any videos of the producer talking about how J.K.'s always there, giving them advice on how the script should go or how the set looks like (i.e. the Black Family Tree), or in short, how the movie goes? And that she understands why certain canon plots are omitted from the movies? C'mon people. Move on. :D

Well I won't deny the fact that I had my share of disappointment too (see blog entry below), like (in addition to my rant list) I wanted to see the revolving doors and the rooms in the department of mysteries, and of course, St. Mungos.

However, after much deliberation and evaluation of the movie, and my emotions, and my Harry Potter addiction; Being a person involved in the movie industry (AY may ganung factor! Pero hindi. Mahilig lang ako mag critique ng movies. It's a C.A. thing that people don't get.) I kinda now see the perspective of the people who are behind the OOTP movie. Like what I said in that thread, (yes I replied to those murderous people - who can't seem to move on from the movie) they should also understand that due to time and budget constraints, David Yates, along with the producer, screenwriter, and the crew behind OOTP, can't put every minute detail from the book to the movie. Because if they DID incorporate everything, the movie would be 10 hours long. (Funnily enough, someone replied to my message and said "but if its 10 hours long, split it into parts.. like what i said before.. they are after the money.. not the audience...") Ooookay. But you also mentioned that it was bitin diba. So isn't it much more "bitin" if they do that? Could you see the logic here? If they split it into parts, example, for this year, they show part 1 of OOTP, which are chapters 1-10. Then you wait for next year, for the part 2, which are chapters 10-20. Then the same goes for the next few years until the OOTP is finally concluded. And If you say that they are after the money, I doubt that they (I mean here by the people behind OOTP) would be thrilled to spend more money on this book alone. And think about it, as the audience, you would've spent at least 500 pesos watching the movie if it was split into parts. Isn't it much more practical to spend the 500 bucks on watching all the 5 movies, rather than just spend it all in the OOTP alone? Ano to? Sineserye?

And finally, (I think most people would agree with me on this one), more fans would rather get a move on and see the HBP next year rather than a "second, third, fourth, etc. part of OOTP".

Tapos, dun naman sa mga taong nagsasabi na mas better yung book. Eh natural mas better yung book! Well when it comes to details and such. (Bakit? Can reading the book make you hear the musical score? :P) Kasi, in reading the book, you can see in your mind how the continuity of the story goes, like from books 1-6 (or in 6 days, 1-7). And how everything in the book is explained properly. And while reading, you can stop and you have time to digest everything that you have just read. Then when you finally understand the complexities of it all, you can continue again. While in the movies, you don't even have a heartbeat to pause because after this certain scene is done, another one is coming up. Not to mention, you use your imagination while you read the books diba. Think about it. Just because what you imagined is not in the movie, you get upset. Eh sa ganun yung idea nung director sa itsura nung pelikula eh. To each his own right? And since siya nga ang director, you can't do anything about it. Unless na kaya mong gumawa at mag-direk ng sarili mong version ng pelikula ng Harry Potter. Eh di go for it. Para matahimik na kaluluwa mo.

And haven't we experienced enough already from the other 4 harry potter movies? like, you read THIS certain thing in the book then you expect that that certain thing should appear in the movie. And if it's not there, you get disappointed. Hay. Like I said, they've been doing this for the past 4 movies, so why should we be surprised?

Ika-nga ni Kuya J.Mar, when watching a HP movie, DETACH yourself from the book. So that your money would not be wasted -- just because you didn't enjoy the movie.

// Rant over.

Hay. Anyway, aminin. The visuals and score rocked parin diba? (Yes, I love the score.;)). So there. Hahay. Tama na. I shall move on and watch the movie ulit. ;)

So it's 2 o'clock in the morning and I just got home from the Mall of Asia because I just watched the last full show of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in the IMAX theatre.

SPOILERS here. So if you don't want to be spoiled, be gone. :P

Anyway, I must say that I wasn't very happy about it. But I'm not disappointed too. And no, it's not just because there were some parts in the book that wasn't included in the movie, that I can understand because it IS the longest book anyway, and besides, if they included every little detail, the movie would be, like as David Yates said, 10 hours. But I was reaaaaaaally excited about it because the 3d, and the overwhelming trailers and all. But anyway. Haha. :D

So here goes. Please be reminded that this is my blog and I'm saying my opinions about the movie. And I believe I am entitled to give my own opinions and whatever. So leave now if you find me offending while I critique OOTP. I am giving my non-biased approach in this. Even if I am definitely a big big big fan of HP. :D

So here are my rants about the movie. The raves will follow shortly.
- I did not like some "cuts" in the movie, like, when Dudley and Harry were shown on top then it was cut and now they were running on the field. It was too abrupt. Well for me. I think I explained it too vaguely but there.
- There were also un-necessary "gulat" scenes, like Harry ascending the stairs of Grimmauld Place and Hermione suddenly hugs him when he reaches the room. (Gulat. Ika-nga.)
- I wish that they incorporated the voice of Daniel when he was "screaming" when Sirius died. I didn't like the fact that his voice was drowned out by music.
- I also wished that they established (or mentioned during the first time harry set foot there) that Sirius used to live in number 12, Grimmauld Place.
- I was hoping that the "double (or magic, or whatyever) mirror" would make an appearance because I think that I would've really cried if Harry was yelling at the mirror "Sirius" -- after the scene at the ministry. (Not that I wasn't teary eyed when Sirius died.)
- Where IS Marietta? :( -- But this I understand. But.. but.. but... poor Cho. :(
- I was expecting to see the young Lily Evans in the flashback scene of Snape. But she wasn't there. :(
- The playground scene wasn't how I pictured it to be because it was supposedly nighttime when the dementors attacked. However, I do think that in London, the sun may be still up during 7 in the evening -- I guess I was just used to the Philippines - like when it's 5:30, it was already dark.
- I didn't expect Grawp to look that way. But then again, we all have different expectations. :D
- I like the new idea that Neville discovered the room of requirement. But I wish that Umbridge didn't blast the door, but instead just silently opened it or something.
- I would've loved that Harry had time to contact Kreacher before he was caught by Umbridge.
-- And this is not about the movie, but about the theatre.. -- when they changed the reel, they were adjusting the projector that the movie was shaking up and down. GRR.

On the other hand, here are my raves.
- BEST MUSICAL SCORE. I loooooove it. Hands down to Nicholas Hooper. I especially loved the tracks: "Another Story", "Fireworks" and the music that was used in the website. (I donno what's it called.) Anyway. I just really lurve lurve lurve the score. :D And I also loved the way he remixed John William's Hedwig's Theme. (for more info, go to http://harrypottersoundtrack.com ) -- I do wish I could purchase a copy. I want! I hope I can find the deluxe one they're selling (the one with Voldemort at the cover) here in the Philippines.
- Hands down also to Imelda Staunton (Umbridge), Evanna Lynch (Loony.. er. Luna Lovegood), Helena Bonham-Carter (Bellatrix) and Gary Oldman (Sirius). Actually, even with Ralph Fienes, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson (the Trelawney scene made me teary eyed), Maggie Smith and of course, Rupert, Emma and Daniel for the superb portrayal of their respective characters. Daniel was really pretty good at emoting Harry's feelings while Voldemort possessed him (in the ministry.) Also, Umbridge is the best antagonist ever! I love her. :D
- BATTLE SCENES ROCKED. Especially with IMAX! Yey. I loved the concept of Voldemort using the fire snake while Dumbledore fought back with the water ball. Soooo cool!
- The fireworks scene was lovely too.
- SIRIUS death. I was teary eyed at that part. I loved it how they showed that Sirius went through the veil.
- The Thestrals were cool!
- Ohhh. And I loved the way Hermione and Ron's romance was being established here. (sorry H.HR shippers) And I loved it when Ginny looked back at Harry when she saw Harry was approaching Cho in the Room of Requirement.
- I loved the flashback scene. Even if Lily wasn't there. It was really good.
- OOOH. And the shots of Umbridge? sooo good. They always capture the sinister look in her eyes.
- I also loved how they incorporated the Daily Prophet by making the picture look Sepia, or Desaturated.
- Of course, no rants about the Production Design. Because as always, I have loved how it looks like.

All in all, I must rate the movie with a 3.5. IT was good. Really. The cinematography was really good. And the shots -- yes very important -- were so beautiful! But there were still some things that are lacking something, or it's being so short. But I do understand that part. I really do.

So there, my un-biased opinions (I think.) But anyway, despite my raves, I'm gonna re-watch the movie again. Same theatre. This time with my brother-in-law who unfortunately was not able to watch with us today. Thanks to my other brother-in-law, two sisters and nephew for coming to watch with me. :D

I think I'll post more if I remember it.

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GOLLY. like, 10 days from now, global release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Since I'll be asking my sister to buy my book for me, I might get it 4 weeks from now. But it's fine. But I'm planning to isolate myself until I have read the final book. Woot woot.

I finally wrote to my buddy. And gave her something. I just hope she doesn't lose it.
Happy Birthday pala din kay Kuya Jmar and Kuya Padz!

Ciao!

Mood: Bored. To death.
Music: Seven Days in Sunny June - Jamiroquai

An update for the sake of updating.

Took me about 20 minutes to log into blogger. Damnit. Well at least
the DSL will be activated in a few days. I can finally watch videos at you tube without
having to wait for it to load. Yey.

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I have been tagged by kuya J-Mar and Anne Yuchongtian. Which means, I have to do this tag of war.

Each player of this game starts with 6 weird things about you. People who get tagged need to write a blog of their own 6 weird things as well and state the rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names. Don’t forget to leave a comment that says you are tagged in their comments and tell them to read your blog.

Weird things about me.
1. I cry when I read books. Well I cry on the bit that has this grandiose effect on me.
2. I want to acquire the powers of invisibility.
3. I want to be eccentric. I really dislike it when I have something in common with someone else. (Kinda like Tom Riddle.)
4. I can't throw a joke. I seriously cannot do that. I'm really shallow and I can laugh at the silliest things. But when I try to make someone else laugh with my joke, they'd look at me sarcastically and say i'm corny. How sad.
5. I'm narcissistic. But I go to school looking like a gust of wind decided to mess up my hair. And I don't really care about it.
6. I associate my school professors with Harry's professors. Like, *toot* is Umbridge because the certain professor is a megalomaniac. Or something like that. Hehe.

I'll tag people soon. I'm too lazy to tag people now. Sorry. :D

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I think I'm inlove. Or maybe it's just infatuation.

I finally found the guy. The looks and the personality all in one package. But unfortunately, the guy is vying for the affections of someone else. Now how crappy is that. Well I guess this is where Kuya Fhadz' story is applicable. -- Like, there has to be this balance in the world. A yin and a yang. For example, in a particular relationship - the guy is the understanding, sensitive, kind, loving person in the relationship. While the girl is the totally ignorant one, she takes the guy's affections for granted. Or vice versa. Something like that. Why can't two persons who have the same personality fall for each other? Like they would appreciate each other and in this way, they really totally deserve each other. Because they understand each other. Or in my case, why is it when someone likes you, you avoid him because you like someone else, however,that particular someone likes someone else. Eh?
Hmmn. I think I'm being vague here. So I'll just stop talking about love now. Considering how much I have been avoiding it for quite some time. I'm not hurt. I just got traumatized by my last relationship. (Wow. I'm talking about in my blog it after two months.) I mean it wasn't all that bad. I just felt upset considering I couldn't go to theatre rehearsals or talk about my beloved org without getting sneered at by him. Or about the time I had to act and he didn't support me one bit. It's just a really big thing for me, this org. I love it too much. But he couldn't find it in himself to embrace this part of me. He couldn't understand it. Like. Eww. Bitterness.
But I'm being unfair here. I also made mistakes. We both made a lot of mistakes. I admit. It's safe to say that he loves or loved me... but I just didn't feel much of it because before, when our relationship just started, I couldn't feel him there. I reached out to him. He's a rock, really. So anyway, when I finally got used to him not being there, he started being demanding all of a sudden. He was jealous of AA. And he knew that jealousy is one of my biggest pet peeves. And he's still a rock. Hmm. I just felt constrained. Jammed in a box. And I wanted to breathe. One time, I got really pissed off with him that I started to reflect on the relationship and I realized that there were a lot of small things that he did that I didn't like -- that he kept on doing over and over again. And I kept my complaints and frustrations tightly locked inside of me. After my realization, I couldn't recover from it anymore. And with that, I involuntarily started to slip away. :( In the end, when everything was in chaos, we ended it.

Whew. Forgive me. I just had a sporadic emotional outburst. I just needed to vent.

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Anyway, it's been only three weeks since school began and I'm already nervous about the outcome of our TV production classes. It's really really fun (well for us media practitioners) but it's just physically and emotionally demanding, not to mention it's also time consuming. But nevertheless, I'm quite excited about it.
Then there's the commsoc classes. With the long readings, critique papers and the debates (Manifest or Latent?). *whew.* I actually thought that the subject would be dead boring but now, I'm so inspired to study for that subject because of.. Well I'd rather not disclose it here. *smirks*.
Then there's retorika -- which by the way is a hoot. Well if you're under our professor.
I have to admit that I love learning while laughing. And believe you me, I find it enjoyable, even if I despise the subject. Don't get me wrong... I guess, coming from a school that demanded us to speak english all the time, I never even bothered trying to exert much effort in the subject. Oh well. I guess it's kind of refreshing to have this professor teach the subject. Another factor that made me not really like the subject was maybe because of my previous highschool teachers who taught the subject with no enthusiasm at all. Or those teachers with soporific voices or the ones who talk about straight circles and 1/4 papers - lengthwise. Please. Wrong gramming! Hehehe.
Ooh. And for psych, we went to the anatomy lab in the med building to check out the cadavers. It was really exciting since we don't usually encounter dead people everyday. Haha. It was really fascinating to look at the half heart and half head that was displayed there. But going there had it's disadvantage too. Like, I really just can't stand the smell of formalin. My head was about to burst when we finally got out.
Then there's adver, scriptwriting, spanish and lit. We haven't done much in these subjects yet. So maybe I'll talk about it soon.

Cam update: I still haven't bought the cam yet. I changed my mind about getting it this sem -- which means I have to delay my ambition of joining CASA Cam. But maybe i'm still not yet meant to get the cam yet. For some supernatural reason. Oh well. All in God's time. :D

I deposited the funds just last week and I got my second atm card. Then last week also, by some divine intervention, my dad got me my first ever credit card. It's so shiny and gold and glittery. (I have this thing for shimmery things. I think I'm a niffler.) Anyway, I don't plan to use it at all though. Well maybe for minute emergencies. Haha. So there.

Woot. And speaking of nifflers, one week from now, I will be at MOA to watch Harry Potter at IMAX. Mwahaha. Yep. I'm a geek. Can't wait till I get my 7th book. I swear I will read it immediately. Even if it's prelim week. Haha.
Oh yeah. I just want to share that I got an acceptable in my W.O.M.B.A.T. exam. How sad. But at least I passed. But hey. It was kinda hard. :P

Happy Birthday:
// Michelle (July 5)
// Joy (July 6)
// Ayen (July 20)
// Daddy (July 23)
// Estar (July 28)
// J.K. Rowling + Harry (July 31) [yey!]

I'm fixing AA's Blackboard Academic Suite a.k.a. E-LEarning Access Program a.k.a. E-Leap webby. Ain't it cool? Haha. But i'm still trying to configure the thing. It's quite complicated when everything is organized. I'd rather do it the old fashioned notepad way.

Speaking of, I finally know who my buddy is (and I finally know what my buddy name is. Hahaha!). But I'm not telling!! ;P But I do want my buddy to write to me. And do I hope she does it soon.... :)

Oh. And I gotta finish my critique papers. Like now. Haha. Ciao.

"And i'm nothing more than a line in your book."