Film Marathon na ito: Mabuhay ang Pelikulang Pilipino! (Mabuhay!)

Dahil mahal ko si Ping, syempre, gumawa ko ng paraan para mapanood lang 'tong pelikulang 'to.Buti na lang at libre lang sya sa Cine Adarna Videotheque. My first time to watch there. At hindi naman ako nagsisisi sa pagkakapanood ko nito. Hanggaleng. Ang simple lang ng istorya na umikot sa kanilang anim. Pare-parehong naghahanap ng trabaho sa iba't ibang kadahilanan. Would you believe na isang Muslim ang pinortray ni Pinggoy dito?Kahit ako nagulat.Ang galing! Kahlil is LOVE.

Mga paborito kong linya ni Kahlil:

(scene where Sarah, her love one, left him): "Kumakain ng chicharon kuya mo! Kumakain ng chicharon kuya mo!" (laugh trip to the max talaga yun!)

(scene where kahlil was forced to eat bagnet); "Masarap po sya, crunchy." Sabay luwa.

Pero all in all, maganda yung film. Ito ang masakit na katotohanan sa lipunan natin. Nagpapakahirap kang umusad pataas para makuha ang minimithi mong trabaho, para lang ibigay sa anak ng padrino ng nag-iinterview, kalokohan!! Nakakainis, pero tamang reyalidad lang. Isa pa. Sa isang di mawaring kadahilanan ay nagsenti mode ako dahil sa ending song ng Trabaho, ahhhh. Medyo nagkaroon kasi ko ng phase sa "Ikot" ng Stonefree (kamusta naman ang cameo ni Miro at publicity ng banda sa background!hehe). Ayun. Ganda kasi talaga ng kantang yun. Sabayan pa ni Ping na nagja-jog sa Acad Oval (definitely a carless oval day). ahhhh.Bakit di nyo sinabi?!! Sabagay.Baka makailang take kayo dahil sa mga taong mamimyesta kay Ping. haha.

Pinaghirapan ng maraming tao 'to. Mapa cast, crew, publicity, etc. At syempre, naghirap din ang organisasyon namin para lang makatulong sa pagbebenta ng tickets nito. Worth it naman sya panoorin e.Natuwa talaga kami, coming from a point of view of a Sorsoganon, yung accent ni Daniel (Sid Lucero), grabe ang freaky, para talaga syang tagadun. Pero yung ibang character medyo exag, parang dating bisaya na. Watching Donsol made us miss our province so much. Parang andun lang sa harap namin.Ang mga kalsad, tao, tindahan. Hayy.Although medyo mababaw sya, dahil love story sya, gusto ko talaga yung parallelism na pinapakita ng butanding sa mga tao. Ang mga butanding, they come and go. Sure na dadating sila sa mga tubig ng Donsol, pero sure din na aalis sila one day. Katulad sa mga tao. Bumabalik sila sa isang lugar, alaala o tao man upang umalis ding muli isang araw. At like ko na si Sid Lucero after ko mapanood (ng 2 beses!) ang Donsol. Too bad hindi sya nakarating sa showing sa UPFI. Si Liss Angel, Simon Ibarra at Direk lang ang nameet namin. Oh well.

Again, because of Ping. Tsaka The Dawn na rin syempre. They're some kinda an institution when it comes to music world. Okey lang. Nothing so grand (except the musical scores hehe). Kahit si Ping ay creepiness dito (as one portraying the late Teddy Diaz). Si Francis Brew, er Reyes ang total laugh trip dito ant ang bandang Ratbunitata. More like goons kaya sila. katakot.Si Buddy ang kyut-kyut. Si JunBoy ay magaling umarte in fairness. Si Jett. Ayos lang. Musta naman sa hair? Si Caloy Balcells (yung original member na may cameo sa film) ay napakagwapo. Kahit antanda nya na, grabe!Ayun, just look at the painting of Teddy and you'll see why they took Ping to play in this role. Galen-galeng talaga nun. Tomorrow, The Dawn will be watching at the UPFI too. :)

grasp this

Sometimes we are in love in the idea of falling in love. Loving the illusion of having or missing someone. It's alright to feel happy through other people, but don't get dependent on achieving happiness by being with someone.Love yourself first before sharing your life with somebody because if you don't, you will always look for people that you think can make you complete. And in the end, it will make you lose yourself more, bit by bit, piece by piece.

Amen to that, Rocky.

Tara lets!

Cinemalaya @ UP

Aug 7 Mon 2 p.m.
Cinemalaya Shorts Winners: Orasyon; Kwarto; Parang Pelikula; Putot

Aug 7 Mon 5 p.m.
Rotonda

Aug 7 Mon 7 p.m.
Mudraks

Aug 7 Mon 9 p.m.
Cinemalaya Shorts Program I: Orasyon; Parang Pelikula; Putot; Puwang; Sa Silaw

Aug 8 Tue 2 p.m.
Batad

Aug 8 Tue 5 p.m.
Tulad ng Dati

Aug 8 Tue 7 p.m.
In Da Red Korner

Aug 8 Tue 9 p.m.
Donsol

Aug 9 Wed 2 p.m.
Cinemalaya Shorts Program II: 10:25 ng Gabi; Gee-Gee at Waterina; Kwarto; Labada; No Passport Needed

Aug 9 Wed 5 p.m.
Cinemalaya Shorts Winners: Orasyon; Kwarto; Parang Pelikula; Putot

Aug 9 Wed 7 p.m.
Donsol

Aug 9 Wed 9 p.m.
Rotonda

Aug 10 Thu 2 p.m.
Saan Nagtatago si Happiness

Aug 10 Thu 5 p.m. Ang Huling Araw ng Linggo

Aug 10 Thu 7 p.m.
Batad

Aug 10 Thu 9 p.m.
Tulad ng Dati

Naka-highlight ang Donsol dahil syempre, nasa Sorsogon yun!Kailangang suportahan tsaka manood kayo para makita nyo ang landscape.Naks At yung Tulad ng Dati dahil andun si Ping (as the late teddy Diaz) at syemps, The Dawn yun eh!

At sana sagarin na nila ang bonus, sana libre na lang to sa UPFI. Pleaseeeee????!!!!!

of first times, brat-but-adorable kids and total nosebleed

"I wanna die now".
---"If you die here I'll just leave you in there and your dying wouldn't look really regal".

" I don't wanna walk anymore."
---Kids.

"I don't want to do this again next year!"
---(as we bid everyone our goodbyes and thank you's Fac Hardy said "so, will we see you next year?" and the answer was a chorus of "YESSSS". I love these kids.Really.

"I would give everything just to have a motor bike in here!"
---And me answering with a gleeful look, "You mean everything?"

"Ate, you blow your whistle na, that's my favorite part.
---(thank you kiddo!)

Those were just a few among the many lines I heard on my first ever Lakbay trip as an OJT. Subject: Grade 5, St. Paul College Pasig students. Status: strictly English only (because there were also Korean students in the class). Result: Total nosebleed. Why am I, in the first place even there? Well, a change of heart. I was so happy because I thought I was in good company of TL Oca in Bus 1 but he changed the positions at the last minute.Ha! My karma. Juraine's karma was quite bad but in a very good way. Imagine that. The facilitators (facs) assigned in our bus were really having a hard time interpreting history in English. Makes sense to me but what does not is one fac who is SO lazy he didn't do anything much. Blech.

But despite uber hyper kids and spoiled and bratty kids, I really enjoyed this this trip. Okay, so I must have fumed too many times that day but that's only because my facilitators are really not that efficient. Arrgghh. But the kids made up my facs' lost cause. So many questions, a LOT of English, too many camera flashes, too much addiction in High School Musical. But they are really sweet kids. And for me, they made the whole trip bearable and fun.But the best part? The applause I got before we said goodbye to each other. I'll probably sound so conceited but I was real proud of that moment. Let's just say that the applause I got was way greater than my facs on board. haha!

" Kapag na-in-love sya sakin, pipilitin ko talagang ma-in-love rin sa kanya".
---the best quote of the day! (happened after the trip, while AJ and I was sorta relaxing). Haha!

kailangan na kasing magbawas

mga samu't saring laman ng mms saved items ko. yung iba naisip ko lang, yung iba chanced upon, yung iba yung ayaw kong makalimutan at karamihan ay mga nagandahan ako kaya kinopya ko na lang. :)

*the person who gives him or herself wholly, the person who feels freest, is the person who loves most wholeheartedly. - 11 minutes, Paulo Coelho (i'm not really into Mr. Paulo Coelho but i really liked this sentence or whatever.ummpp.see i don't even know what it's called!)

*"Being Christian is not the result of an ethical choice or a lofty idea, but the encounter with an event, a person, which gives life a new horizon and a decisive direction". Pope BenedictXVI (nagustuhan ko sya kahit na madaming tao ang kilala ko na natatakot sa kanya. oh well.)

* "He's the gooey, sticky stuff that holds us together". - Diego on Sid (I love toughy Diego. even though he is so annoying or really gets bossy sometimes. But there's really a mellow side of him. And i especially loved him when he said this to sid, which i also love!)

* It gladdens me to know that people text me from wherever they are just to let me know that Ping is appearing in this or that show.- upon June, Ela, and Anna's texts (Me being a Ping addict must have shown a lot!)

*" I wish I knew how to quit you". - Jack Twist, Brokeback Mountain (syempre, sino ang hindi makakakilala kay papa jake ng sinabi nya ang kanyang famous line! ang naisagot ko na lang ay, "then quit him for cripe's sake!". or another line that is something like that pa rin haha!)

* "We in Illyria do not discriminate by gender!" - coach, She's the Man (I love Amanda Bynes. eversince All That days ay like ko na talaga sya. And this movie was really good despite what other people say about it Basta, kakaibang twist at syempre ang classic Amanda humor ay kitang-kita)

*-Krafty by New order
-Only by Nine Inch Nails
-You're All I Have- Snow Patrol
-High and Dry version of Jamie Cullum
-Girl Next Door by Saving Jane
-Learning the Hard Way by the Gin Blossoms
-My Friend's Over You by Newfound Glory
-The Adventures by Angels and Airwaves
-Hundred by The Fray

Yung 1-7 songs e mga kanta lang yun na narinig ko sa radyo at ayaw ko lang makalimutan muna kaya nililista ko. Yung last two ay mga kantang pinakinggan ko sa Tower Records uli ng libre (syempre pa!) at tracks na nagustuhan ko.