Wednesday, May 30, 2007
[ remind me to: ]
make a post about the following:
apr 4-went to sta rosa, laguna
apr 18-my birthday
apr 27-qcmc, the fort, market2
may 8-divisoria (check date)(basta saturday)
sometime after that na tuesday-dentist, landmark, som's, d'angelo's, oth school proj ep
may 13-u.p., market2 again
may 20-qcmc again, megamall, shrek 3
may 25-trinoma
may 27-garage sale, pirates 3
may 30-today; arielle's 14th bday
"I must remind you that our credulity is not to be measured by the truth of the things we believe. When men believed that the earth was flat, they were not credulous: they were using their common sense, and, if asked to prove that the earth was flat, would have said simply, 'Look at it.' Those who refuse to believe that it is round are exercising a wholesome skepticism."
- George Bernard Shaw
Labels: blog, cafe posting, summer
chLoe was here at: 2:53:00 PM
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
[ i am running out of titles. ]
I'm kind of getting tired of blogging. Not because I don't have much more things to say, but because when I do, the computer has this annoying habit of not being accessible at the time.
Bad computer.
Luckily, I'm at the internet cafe today, with more time and more freedom (BYE BYE LIST OF BOOKS!) Last time I was here, the day before yesterday, I had 18 pages of work to do.
Okay. Today is Tuesday, my almost-favorite day of the week, because I get to watch my favorite shows. Plus Miss Universe was on too. Riyo Mori of Japan is this year's winner. Miss Philippines, Anna Theresa Licaros, was named Ms. Photogenic. At least may award.
Last night I also got to watch my FAVORITE show, One Tree Hill. Naadik ako dun since yung episode na naaksidente si Haley. Nun lang. Dati kahit hindi lahat mapanood okay lang. Well. Last Monday I managed to sneak in a little internet time between my 18 pages of work. So I did a little research on tonight's episode (I knew beforehand what was going to happen anyway, thanks to a little research from Wikipedia a while back.)
The One Tree Hill Friendster group I'm in had a discussion board on each episode. I commented a little and it helped to see their reactions on this night's ep. Anyway, I was real excited because in this one, Derek's back and he's got Peyton in her basement. Knowing what was going to happen made me want to watch this one even more. Brooke rescues Peyton and they make up at the end. So I wanted to see how the two of them manage to beat this maniac-stalker up.
With that over at 9 pm, I switch to RPN to watch another show which I kind of find interesting. I love America's Next Top Model and I wondered how they would do a Philippines' Next Top Model. Well, they all say we Pinoys are bad imitators, so it would be interesting to see how they'd make it this time.
Surprisingly, PNTM is innovative. The only thing is that they speak Taglish, which, even if I do speak it at most times, I find a little turn-offish. I mean can we speak one language at a time? Taglish is so corrupted and some people speak English so bad foreigners make fun of the accent. Filipinos are fond of wrong grammar. *cringe, cringe*
Back on the subject, PNTM manages to have some originality, though some critics find it "cheap". I only hope that whoever wins is really of star quality, knows how to speak good English, and will present a POSITIVE image of the Filipino (model) to the international community.
That said, I will now launch on a recap of last night's episode. I only get to watch half of the show since I'm still on ETC with One Tree Hill, so I often miss some things I should know if I watched the whole thing.
For example, when I switched to RPN during a commercial break, Joey Mead was visiting the girls in the house. There were still four of them. When I came back after One Tree Hill, they were in Hong Kong and Elf was gone.
That kind of sucked, because Elf was/is my favorite and I think she could actually win. The loss of my favorite contestant made the show less interesting. And to make things worse, my other favorite, Jen, was eliminated last night. Both in one episode?!
Oh well. That leaves only Grendel and Rina, both not particularly my favorites, but I hope Grendel wins. Last Saturday there was an update on Wikipedia that Grendel won, but it was revoked on Monday. I don't really like Rina, but she knows how to pose. I really hope Grendel wins. She lacks personality, but she's better-looking than Rina.
"Never make a commitment you're not going to stick to."
- Your mom, probably
Labels: cafe posting, summer
chLoe was here at: 10:58:00 PM
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
[ short ]
Dang, the computer is out again. Shorter posts, no internet access, having to endure dota-boy shouting.
This sucks.
"Should I stand on 125th Street cussing out Whitey to show I am tough?"
- Whitney Moore, Jr.
Labels: blog, cafe posting, summer
chLoe was here at: 9:06:00 PM
Thursday, May 17, 2007
[ sweet nibblets! ]
I watched Philippines Next Top Model last Tuesday and they went to the same beach we went to. I mean in Laiya, Batangas. But not the same resort. LMAO =))
"Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings."
- Supposedly funny Internet quote
Labels: cafe posting, summer, top model
chLoe was here at: 4:26:00 PM
Saturday, May 12, 2007
[ in the mind of sentimentality ]
I'm at the cafe again, typing. It's been long since I last did this because I never like to type when I have limited time. Anyway. Do you realize it's the 12th of May today? A month more and we'll find ourselves back in school. This summer was the fastest - and the slowest - I've ever been. Days moved by slowly maybe because I was bored. I hardly went out except with my family to do some shopping. Not like last year. It was the best summer I ever had.
Days moved and are moving quickly, and I realize that it's only matter of time before I'm leaving, before I get to start a new life. It moves, quickly. Faster than I can feel anything about going. Quickly. I don't realize that I'm wasting precious time. Quickly. While I'm thinking slow time catches up and overtakes me.
What is that funny thing about time anyway? It flies when you're having fun and it doesn't when you're not.
Did it fly? May 12, 2006. When we were in the hotel in Manila. How much time since then? A year ago today. Is it?
June 13, 2006. Still clear in my memory, like it happened today. Did it fly again?
May 12 to June 13, 2007. Almost a month. I HOPE IT DOESN'T.
I'm a person who lives in the past. Maybe I keep hanging on to it like a dream. Then BAM, when I wake up, it's gone. I realize that it's over and it's done.
Somebody once told me that if I bring my past into my very near future, I'll be finding it harder to move on. That's a new way of thinking I guess.
Thing is, I don't like to think about the future.
And as much as I tend to, I don't like to live in the past either.
I wish I could live in the present.
But then, maybe I'll just have to realize that this is now, before it's too late, before I let time overtake me and regret it for the rest of my future.
To those who do not realize what I mean, this post is about my life in general. I'm moving and I'll be gone before I know it, and there's only a little over a month left, and I still have to go to school on the 13th of June just like I did a year ago, only to be there one last time before I leave.
"Love alters not with time's brief hours and weeks, but bears it out even to the edge of doom."
- Lucas Scott, One Tree Hill
Labels: cafe posting, canada, summer
chLoe was here at: 4:58:00 PM
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
[ backtracking ]
Good morning!
Go to my archives and read my December 9 post please. :) I added it yesterday cause I wasn't able to post back then. In case you wondered, it's about Greek food. Go ahead. And don't forget to comment! I'll be adding a haloscan comment/trackback thing maybe later. HA! Late indeed. I know you all have had haloscans for ages. I just never thought I'd need one till I found out cbox only stores 100 messages. Huhuhu :'(
"It's innocence when it charms us; ignorance when it doesn't."
- Mignon McLaughlin
Labels: summer
chLoe was here at: 6:08:00 PM
Saturday, May 05, 2007
[ spidey post ]
Warning: LONG POST. AND SPOILERS. So if you don't like that, go somewhere else.
Since everybody else is talking about the latest installment in the Spiderman movies, I thought I might as well too.
It was (not surprisingly) full in almost ALL movie houses - especially at SM and Town, because everybody was and is dying to see it. I like watching E! News (le gossip girl, moi) and all it got was rave reviews from the film critics. So then people wonder what they are raving about. After all, what can be better than the first two?
We just got home from the theater, after watching the 10:30 showing at Festi. It was really surprising, because we were like seven people in the orchestra seats - five in my family and a couple in the last row. And there were - I don't know - about fifteen people in the premiers. Considering all the hype about Spidey, the theater was pretty much empty.
Which is somewhat explained by the fact that all eight of the Festi theaters are showing the same movie.
All in all, Spiderman 3 is okay. I like the story, I like the characters, and I like the effects. It's all good - and that's only my opinion. You know the thing my sister calls the "movie after-effect"? It's when after you watch a film, you get so involved in it that when you come out of the theater you're still zoned? Spiderman 1 and 2 did that to me. I remember the family watched the first movie in Metropolis (ha!) back when we still went there, and after the movie I was feeling like Spiderman. Well, I was in fourth grade.
Back then I wasn't such a film buff as I am now. I guess all that watching celebrity gossip news is getting to me. Not that I'm a gossip. I just like hearing the latest Hollywood news, so if they tell me this movie is great, I try to watch it.
So, back to Spidey. Like I said, it was an okay movie. It wasn't spectacular like I expected, and I didn't get the after-effect, but it was okay. I guess I don't stand for too much action anyway. But if it isn't spectacular, then it's great. It had all the elements - romance, friendship, action, comedy.
Tobey Maguire does a good job on Peter Parker/Spiderman; he's a convincing actor. He brings a sort of humanity into the character and reminds us that yes, Spidey is only human. And he gets a huge ego inflation in the process. I was laughing really hard when he was doing that I'm Cool thing in the streets. Which reminds me, there are some funny parts in the movie. Like with the newspaper editor and his secretary reminding him to manage his anger and take his pills, and when Peter takes MJ out to a fancy restaurant.
Kirsten Dunst is great too - she looks lovely in this movie. I liked her hair the best. It's long and red and wavy, better on her than short and blonde. She's okay as MJ still. MJ by the way is now a Broadway actress/singer who is let go on a bad show. MJ is almost proposed to by Peter, and MJ breaks up with Peter. MJ is suspended in a taxi by Sandman and Venom, MJ is saved by Spidey. I can't help remembering the line "Who are you?" after Peter accidentally pushes her in a bar brawl.
On the romance part, a love triangle happens. Bryce Dallas Howard is Gwen Stacy, Peter's "just a classmate" whom he uses to make MJ jealous after they break up. She doesn't know he's Spiderman, the same person who saved her from falling off a building. Bryce is okay I guess, but her role is quite small.
Thomas Haden Church is one of three villains; he plays Sandman. When I was watching E! News prior to watching Spiderman, I heard that the director (Sam Raimi) wanted only Arizona sand for the movie. So there you go, all the sand on Sandman is from Arizona. Thomas is not what you'd expect from a big guy such as he is - despite his size, he's a real good actor. He's convincing enough as a tough guy who commits crime only because of his love for his daughter. We later find out that it's he who killed Peter's Uncle Ben. In the end though, Peter forgives him. On Thomas as an actor again - he's got so much muscle! His face is way tough. I mean look at the pictures. Medyo naiinis ako na medyo natutuwa sa mukha niya. Ewan ko ba.
Another villain, a photographer-turned-monster, is Peter's archrival on the newspaper they both work for. He's Edward Brock Jr., later Venom, played by Topher Grace. I remember seeing him on Win A Date With Tad Hamilton - if he's the same guy, but he was kind of geeky there and here... well, he's cute. But not my type.
On the other hand, James Franco is! How can you not love James? He's got GWAPO written all over him. I can't help it - I've had a crush on him since Spiderman 1 and again on Spiderman 2 and yet again on Tristan and Isolde. I love his smile... Anyway, he plays the third villain - as Peter's ex-best friend Harry Osborn. There were times I thought James was quite, er, on some bad acting - I mean, he looks like he's doing just that, acting. But who cares? He's hot! Sorry, back on the subject. After he and Spidey go on a fight, Harry is left in a coma and totally forgets what's recently happened. Like the fact that he and Peter are supposed to be enemies. So they start over again, but the moment is ruined by Harry's father, the late Green Goblin. So Harry forces MJ to break up with Peter, and more fights with the latter happens before he begins to realize that they're really friends. "I would give up my life for them" is what he says to the hospital nurse, and that's exactly what Harry does in the end.
I'll spare you the details, but I gather you're smart enough to put it all together anyway. Or maybe you've already watched the movie. Which is more likely.
Till next post (hopefully soon),
Your friendly neighborhood nonSpiderman,
Chloe :P
"Wow Spidey, LOVE the new outfit! Give me some of that web action?"
- Eddie Brock, Jr., Spiderman-3
Labels: summer
chLoe was here at: 1:09:00 AM
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
[ of pants, pets, and pearls ]
Today I continued sorting out my stuff. Nothing special really. There were a lot of visitors in the house earlier, come to look at our buyables. First there were two of my preschool teachers - I studied nursery and kindergarten in our village school. They took a look at our books, and the bookshelf, and teacher Carina bought the old art table. Also there was Louine's neighbor Sisa, I think she's buying one of the study-desks. Then there was a nice lady with a lot of kids who bought all sorts of books.
Aside from all that, I took out my old play jewelry - none of which I've touched for ages, to sort them out. And then I went to Louine's to lend her the fourth Sisterhood book. When my sister and I got home, we saw a girl walking her dogs. Our new dog (which doesn't really belong to us), Aron, took a look at them and barked. The dogs went crazy. I didn't know what to do, since Aron hardly knows me. The girl took care of it herself. If I were her I wouldn't be able to.
Basically, that's all that happened today. I don't know why I'm writing this. I guess for memories, or I'm just bored.
"It would be easy to say that the pants changed everything that summer. But looking back now I feel like our lives changed because they had to, and that the real magic of the pants was in bearing witness to all of this and in somehow holding us together when it felt like nothing would ever be the same again. "
- Carmen Lowell, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Labels: boredom, memories, summer
chLoe was here at: 9:38:00 PM
