Entries for November, 2005
I don't believe in COURTING, not that someone is doing it right at the moment or that no one ever dared, I just don't. I feel that when two people love each other at a cetain level that they want to commit to each other then why the hassle and riff-raff. If someone you really love does court you and wouldn't live up to your expectations, you will just end up dissapointed. According pa to a blog message I read, EXPECTATIONS ARE DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL TO DISSAPOINTMENTS. Love is love, period. End of Discussion. Be together. Let your love for each other flourish as you want it or as it was meant to be. 
{ music } When I'm With You
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I hate it when people say that they don't want to love or commit in a relationship because they don't want to get hurt. Those guys are really nuts. Don't you think it's better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all? As the Dalai Lama said, great experiences involve great risk. Love is that good to take a chance of. It is something to good to refuse. This entry really makes me want to watch Little Manhattan na. First Love, it's worth the fuss. 
{ music } Addicted
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Because of You - Kelly Clarkson
I will not make the same mistakes that you did
I will not let myself
Cause my heart so much misery
I will not break the way you did,
You fell so hard
I've learned the hard way
To never let it get that far
Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid
I lose my way
And it's not too long before you point it out
I cannot cry
Because you know that's weakness in your eyes
I'm forced to fake
A smile, a laugh everyday of my life
My heart can't possibly break
When it wasn't even whole to start with
Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid
I watched you die
I heard you cry every night in your sleep
I was so young
You should have known better than to lean on me
You never thought of anyone else
You just saw your pain
And now I cry in the middle of the night
For the same damn thing
Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I tried my hardest just to forget everything
Because of you
I don't know how to let anyone else in
Because of you
I'm ashamed of my life
because it's empty
Because of you
I am afraid
Because of you
Because of you
* This song reminds me of my father a lot. All the pain that lingers in my mind, heart and soul.
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My father is back from his Halloween Vacation at Cebu. He brought two cocks (er, fighting cocks I mean... hehehe) and two hens from Bacolod. Did I ever mention that my father is a SABONG afficionado? Yes he is. He loves his cocks more he loves me. Sob... 
Tomorrow, classes will start na. I'm kinda excited.
My father, I think, will give his old cellphone to me. I hope so...
{ music } shower
{ book } magazines
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{ mood } idle
Long time, ain't it?!
I was writing an open hate letter to someone a few days ago, something to post in my blog but the electricity went off. Boo hoo...
A story is on the works. It's non-fiction and I'm writing it for my long-lost friend. I hope he reads it but no one from my friends in high school ever read my entries, I think.
School's okay for now. I hate people bragging about the school they are in. G**, A******* are more modest than my former classmate and to think they have more to brag about than him! So much for grudges.
Bessie is still herself which is not-so-good.
I read series and I hope I can complete Artemis Fowl, His Dark Materials, and the rst in my list. I forgot na, I just post it later.
TTFN...
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{ book } I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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...to my first Ateneo Fiesta.
It'll kick off
this Saturday which means we won't have classes next week. Sad to say,
maybe just maybe, I can't go back to Basilan. 
We don't have Accounting 221 today and on Friday but I blew off our
last meeting, er, quiz. I forgot to subtract the Accumulated
Depreciation from the Equipment, so and so. Never mind. 
I never get enough time to write anything substantial here anymore so
don't expect much. Siguro, next week. I'll do pa kasi my critique for
English 112. It's about HaPot4: The Goblet of Butterbeer and Malted
Mead. Don't have a choice eh, It's the latest movie I've watched. Cool
and better than it's predecessors. Why?! I'll deal with it on my
critique. I'll just post it here, the draft anyway.
Another Pot of Magical Treats and Feats
In the film adaptation of the international bestseller “Harry Potter and Goblet of Fire”, many fans will be amazed on how Mike Newell, director and Steven Kloves, scriptwriter were able to pack 734 pages of one of the most well-loved fantasy novels in 157 minutes. It’s a very extraordinary feat to fit a book of epic proportions into a 2 ½ hour running time considering the number of fans waiting to see every page of the book to be presented on screen. Many scenes were deleted but fans are in for more. This is one movie that sure doesn’t disappoint.
Hoarding $101.4 million on its debut weekend, “Harry Potter and Goblet of Fire” not only helped uplift the Hollywood Box Office from its slum, it also helped enliven the entire franchise altogether with the success of “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” released late last year. “Prisoner of Azkaban” gave the fans a fright with its soul-sucking Dementors and gruesome expressionistic appeal. “Goblet of Fire” offers them something more with the return of the most feared Dark Lord and his cloaked minions, the Death Eaters. Fantasy violence and frightening images earned the movie a PG-13 rating—a first in the series.
“Goblet of Fire” is directed by Mike Newell, well-known for his movie, “Four Weddings and a Funeral”. According to Christy Lemire of MSNBC, “Newell… seems more in touch with the innate Britishness of Rowling’s books, both in its sense of humor and its boarding school setting.” With watching the movie directed by Newell, I can’t help but agree. He has crafted a very magical romantic comedy with the right amount of action to support it.
The time constriction caused a number of inconsistencies in the film. One major inconsistency is that in the movie, for the second task Neville gave the gillyweed to Harry whereas in the book, Dobby gave it to him. The entire World Cup Finals, Hermione’s S.P.E.W. and the 1000 Galleons prize money given to the Weasley twins were written out as well as some characters including Dobby, Winky, Bill and Charlie Weasley, Ludo Bagman, the veelas, the leprechauns and the sphinx for the third task. Though it is so, it didn’t murder the book at all. It made the film very concise and enjoyable unlike the first two movies which seem longer than they really are.
Though there are some differences in the film and the book, it didn’t stray from the original plot. Instead, it highlighted the more important scenes. Quidditch was replaced with the more dangerous and exciting Triwizard Tournament. One champion from each of the three largest schools of magic—Hogwarts, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang—will compete in three amazing and impossible tasks. Harry is incidentally picked as a fourth champion by the ‘confunded’ goblet of fire and is forced to compete. With the tournament comes the Yule Ball. This is a dance ball where Harry, as a chosen champion must find a partner and lead the dance. It proves to be a seemingly more impossible task than fighting a Hungarian Horntail. This movie also features Harry’s first battle with his arch nemesis, Voldemort who returned with the help of Harry himself. Voldemort is just as what I envisioned him to be, hairless and snake-like in every way. Ralph Fiennes does justice to the role everyone id looking forward to see.
The scenes of the tasks are intensely rich in special effects making each look as real as they’re supposed to be. The production is so magnanimous yet the movie is still effective in focusing more on Harry and the rest of the cast as they come of age and evolve. It is a well-balanced movie where the larger-than-life production sets and the story of a fourteen-year-old orphan coming of age complement each other.
The movie like the book gives us insights on things we can relate to. It shows us the importance of international cooperation because of the diversity of races and cultures within our surroundings. Another strong message that the movie imparts can be quoted from the words of Albus Dumbledore. He said, “Dark and difficult times lie ahead… Soon we must all face the choice between what is right… and what is easy.” Dark and difficult time may lie ahead for us and we should all make a choice. It is not always easy when we choose to do what is right but I believe we can always find solace in doing it.
“Harry Potter and Goblet of Fire” has the intensity and emotion of the book it’s based from. It’s very funny and wondrous. It casts us in a spell both true and imaginary. It weaves reality with a flick of a wand—a truly magical feeling.
** Apparently, this is technically not a critique. I have to make another one as a final draft. Dear me! Mon travail est les déchets complets et je les déteste. Grrr... See what it does to me?! I'll post my final draft on the day I can because I'm at Mindpro and it is the only one with the generator. I'm a moron... Good bye!
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