late viewing

Thanks to Somewhere In for the poster.

today, before i finally indulged myself into an ocean of statistical concept, i de-stressed myself by watching The Pink Panther 2.

it was an feel good movie and it was hard to remember that i have an exam tomorrow.

the story is about a detective hired to help solve the mystery of the stolen treasures. i do not know how to describe what type of detective he is. he was funny. he isn't clumsy or dumb. he was just stubborn.

anyway, the story's development was great. and it made me believe that it was the other person who was the thief. great great. or maybe, i wasnt just paying too much attention.

what made me laugh out loud was the part regarding the Roman restaurant that the detective burned down twice. really funny indeed. :D

i didnt really watch the cartoons so i am a bit confused about the pink panther. is it really a gem? what about the cartoons and its relation to the gem? haha.

i have a lot of questions. googling them might be the best solution. however, i have other things that should be taken care of first.

root beer float

it was a long long day.

the day started out at 7am. i actually slept at around 2am the night/morning before. i had to go to UP early to deliver the logistics goods to mico before i head to Amoranto Stadium for the IE-EEE match.

i rode with RC to the venue alongside Mitch and Carlo. that time, i was really pressured/intense because of the current standing of the IE Department in this year's Eng'g Cup. from being the over-all champions last year, we are now second to last. it really disappoints me that this year's batch of players does not have enough heart to win for the department.

i was also pressured because my players are nowhere near the venue. it was a good thing that EEE was not able to serve the ball before the 6th member of the team arrived. not long after, Johnrey arrived. it was a better team than having to lose by default.

the match turned out to be good as we won 2 sets to none. it was a good feeling because as long as i remember we never won against EEE. we never got to be on top of the bracket in men's volleyball. and, now, we have the goods to make it to the finals. but that is another story. we still have to face CS on wednesday and make sure that we win so that we will be facing ME from the other bracket.

after the game, we stayed to watch the women's match - IE versus ChE. the women's team was also able to handle their opponents. it was a good thing that the major events are pulling all the strings together to make a fight for the over-all crown.

after the games, we went directly to DonARoces HS where we are holding our organization's annual UPCAT review. it was almost done when we arrived so we didn't have to do anything else. we were also there to carpool with people going to the ORSP Seminar at Asia Pacific College.

from DonARoces, we rode with Mel and Grace and had to drive-thru for lunch. we were really later because the seminar starts at 1pm - that was also the time we left DonA.

we arrived at APC after some hassle with (my) directions and some traffic. however, frustration takes place as we were not allowed to enter the auditorium because of some confusion by the secretary (?). we then decided to just tambay outside of the auditorium. we were really hoping to be able to get in.

so, we just joked around what the Ma'amJ-141 takers would be writing in their reaction paper - like how unefficient the management was considering it was the Operations Research Society who made all of this happen and how the optimum, constraints and objective function were not necessarily addressed in the situation. it was fun. it was frustrating. it was a complex basket of emotions.

when we were quite bored, we decided to ditch the seminar and go to SM North instead. at 7pm, we are to watch a screening of the new Harry Potter film - the Half-Blood Prince.

(if you haven't seen the movie, there might be spoilers in this part)

i was really excited to watch the movie. after all, i've heard that is better than the 5th installment. these are my comments.

Comment 1:

i like the script of this movie better than the last one. it's easier to relate to and sounds more natural for teenagers and for the ages of the other characters.

Comment 2:

the cinematography is very good. i like how they made use of all the landscape they could. also, the continuity of certain scenes made use of the whole set/castle/landscape. great great visuals. a two-thumbs up.

Comment 3:

i liked how they made the movie lighter with a small bitin effect towards the end. i just realized that this is a trailer to the grand two-part finale that will be shown on 2010 and 2011.

Comment 4:

there are certain scenes that should not have been deleted. the whole history of voldemort (a.k.a. tom riddle) is not explained. especially why dumbledore knew the location of the horcrux they got from the cave and the importance of splitting voldemort's soul into seven. this, as i know, are very important information towards understanding the seventh movie.

Comment 5:

in contrast to the important scenes they missed, there were also scenes that should not have been put into the final editting. for example, the attack of Bella and Fenrir of the Burrow. i do not think that it made such a big impact on the story.

Comment 6:

also, there were also missing parts on the struggle of Draco in fulfilling his responsibilities as a new Death Eater. and, the development and, gradual, end of the Ginny-Harry relationship.

Comment 7:

the Lavender Brown actress was really good. :)

over-all, i'd rate the movie 7 out of a possible 10. and i'd say it is really better than its predecessor.

and, now, i retire.

anticipation

i am really excited kasi HPHBP na bukas.

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the lone wolf

Thank You to the IMP Awards for the movie's poster.

i saw this movie at the Shangri-La Cinema Complex one Friday evening. it is about Tony Takitani, an artist, who is the son of a jazz musician.

the main theme of the movie, which is only about an hour and a half long, is loneliness and depression. this was exagerrated by the very slow pace of the movie.

Tony Takitani has been single and alone for most of his life. i could actually emotionally connect to the story.

manic depressive

i've just finished my second book for the month of June.

this book is entitled: The Time Traveler's Wife

Thank You to 10Thirty for this picture.

if you do not want SPOILERS, please do not continue on because i cannot filter the things i am about to say. :)

to start off, i was reading Brida by Paolo Coelho. however, i didn't know that this book was made into a movie. so, after i ran across the trailer, i was hooked. i immediately foraged for a copy.

to tell you the truth, i was not and never will be a fan of tragic love stories. because i believe that if it's true love, it will always be happy no matter what happens.

anyway, what i like about the book is the combination of science fiction and romance. the author was very good in coercing the two genres. there is a symbiotic relationship between the two genres that the book cannot survive if one is not present.

also, the character development is very true-to-life for me. the characters were as real as i could imagine. i can pinpoint people i know who have the same personality as the characters in the story. it was like reading an anecdote or quasi-autobiography of two people. also, i was definitely attached to the emotions they were experiencing. every situation or happening was carefully written to describe real human experiences.

another thing that caught my attention was the general synopsis. who would have known or thought of writing about a time traveler? who would have involved so many people and yet these people have great impacts to the main characters? i am just at awe at the ability of the author to write such kind of story.

however, each thing has it's pros and cons.

i was not really appalled at all. but, the downside is that the ending is so depressing. but, the author really prepared you for the moment that the time traveler dies. it was so climactic to the end even if it is death.

also, reading the book needs serious concentration because the dates could change in an instant. you have to be aware of what is happening and the dates of each entry so that you would not be lost in what is happening.




over-all, i am very happy with the experience i had with the book. and i am looking forward to seeing the movie.

a two thumbs up!