The first of the BER months. And you know what that means to most of us. The start of colder nights. More torrential rains. More flash floods. For some early birds, its the start of Christmas shopping to take advantage of sales in Powerbooks and branches of National Book Store. But you really dont know if its September unless you recognize the following:
5. Its back to school for Fil-Ams. they're all back to the States or to International School.
4. Mall-wide sales left and right to clear up for new Christmas stocks.
3. And yes, you hear Christmas songs from the radio, inside the LRT/MRT and other public places.
2. Your calendar says so, unless you forgot to update it yesterday.
1. No you dont. You cant tell its already September unless you open the TV and see all the tribute and the anniversary specials for 9/11.
5. The entry was perfect as it is.
4. The reader thought commenting on the entry was negative. If they want to chat, they'd rather go to a discussion board.
3. The reader didnt realize that one should click the "Comment" sign to comment and not to comment verbally.
2. Readers don't want to be the first to comment unless they want to be known as "ganado".
1. Its a plan. Since the reader's blog doesnt receive comments, he wont place comments too, thinking what makes other's blogs special?
TOP 5 MOST RECENT MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS WHICH ARE BETTER THAN THE FILM
More often the movie is enhanced by the accompanying music, which makes compiling the music behind the movies to be compelling. But there are instances that the movie is worthless to be seen or if ever seen, the music outstages the film itself. Personally, here are my favorite soundtracks from most "recent" film releases that outscored (no pun intended) the film.
TOP 5 REASONS WHY THIS SITE WAS JUST UPDATED, TODAY, AFTER 10 days 11 days, yes, after 11 days, that's long ano? too long
Here are my alibis:
5. My pen lost its ink. Seriously its because of this. Instead of pen and paper, I have my cam with me around the city. (did you see me in Luneta lately?)
4. Too much Work. Seriously, it should be a reason. Ok. Ok. I'm waiting for my next trip back to Europe. But I'm working....you can google me if you want to. You stalker you. My real name is Bill Gates.
3. After winning the Webbys, ahem ahem, I dont have a link to that, sorry (but you can google me again, my other name is www.Philmusic.com - hahaha sorry Jim, I used your site, but advanced congratulations for another win this year). I'm targetting the Bloggys. hahaha, far fetched. Im just enjoying this.
2. Because Cynthia (you know her, I dont need to link her, you came from there, so its useless, to link her - I sound like Maritess) just plugged my site and I don't want to fail her 1,000,001 referrals by serving a 10 11-day old post. Kakahiya naman sa mga taong papasok sa site na ito.
And my best alibis for not updating this site:
1. I forgot I had another site. Because that's just me. I am spreading myself (not my legs) thin these days. Do this. Do that. Accept this work. Accept that. I have attention deficit. One day, I like listing. The next day, I like making Kodak's (shooting pala). Also, I am turning 3-0 too just like my friend, Mari.
Thank you for visiting....more to come.....after 11 days....come back!
TOP 5 REASONS WHY YOU CAN CALL ME A CHRISTOPHER NOLAN FREAK
5. I saw "Insomnia" last June and found it to be the next "Usual Suspects" / "Memento" movie wherein you could lose sleep just discussing the plot and sub-plots, the redeeming values of characters used by Nolan.
4. His work has inspired me to do my blogs in a Nolan-ish way. My palindromic blog and its titles are like his movies, can be seen and read normally (forwards) but made prettier if read backwards. You discover more angles. This blog is of course an off-take from the tattoo lists made on the body of Lenard Shelby, the character in Memento.
3. I saw 2 of the 3 playdates of "Following" in the recent Cinemanila 2002, his first film made without any budget. It made me conclude that Nolan and the rest of the family as being genius. His brother by the way wrote Memento and continues to help him in present and future projects. Including the biopic of Howard Hughes, to be starred by Jim Carrey.
2. I opened a new blog entitled "Memento" simply inspired by polaroids of the genius movie inspiration of the same title.
1. I love his work. You get to see more than just 2 sides of the coin. You can even see how and why its made.
TOP 5 REASONS WHY I'M HAPPY WITH THE BOOK: Of course aside from being a listaholic myself
5. This one is a steal at its price of P 599.00.
4. Its the latest volume - year 2002! Full of Top 10 lists from Entertainment, Headlines, Sports, Politics, History, etc. etc.
3. Its more than a steal, its a plunder as I got it from Powerbooks MegaMall at 40% discount
2. That is P 359.40 only or $ 7.00 for a hard bound book. Sulit talaga! 1. There's one copy left. I could buy it for you if you're into these things. Unica Hija might want.
TOP 5 DISCOVERIES IN MANILA IN TEN DAYS AS A BALIKBAYAN
Sounded like I was gone for years, but actually gone only for 45 days. The landscape has changed though (a bit). I've seen changes, experienced even first hand (like seeing the Lotus Eaters, does that count?).
Anyway, here is a list of my discoveries - The Best and the Worst that happened in Metro Manila in 45 days.
What’s Good
1. Great weather. Where are the rains? The floods? I don’t see them. Actually I missed the great flood. I was the dove sent by Noah to see if the water has subsided. I left Manila on a great summer day and arrived the same way.
2. Great traffic flow. After realizing that driving 120-160 kph in Europe’s autoroutes is a great release to de-stress but also taxing to maintain that break neck pace for 3-7 hours, it’s not that bad to also drive slow at 20-40kph and enjoy the people crossing in front of you, reading Plate numbers (yep, I do that, finding words, messages from plate numbers) and just stare blankly into space.
3. New things:
a. Powerbooks at Glorietta – on top of Tower Records
b. Cinemanila at Greenbelt – foreign films galore!
c. The new P 200 bill (just saw somebody pay using the bill) or this should be under What’s bad? Having 2 Macapagals - Diosdado and Gloria on front and back respectively. Talk about ensuring one’s self as part of history.
d. The Macapagal diversion road at the end of the Coastal Road – to divide the traffic from Wilduck, Baclaran and EDSA, and redirect those going to Manila and Buendia right smack into Buendia.
e. The Disney channel on Sky.
4. Discovering that Papa is back to his usual self after going under the knife last June 5 for a quadruple bypass.
1. Skyway skyrocketing prices. Skyway prices have rocketed to a minimum P 75, while the lower portion of the south superhighway exiting Bicutan increased to P 20 (from P 15).
2. Weakest Link – May K na. K for Allan K, K for Kabaduyan, K for katarantaduhan of its producers not to even consider other hosts like Anthony Pangilinan, David Celdran or other hosts worthy of the slot. Oh well.
3. Too much bad news, no one now cares. But did anyone really?
4. Local TV shows have gone to the dogs. I don’t know if people are still watching. Forced choice perhaps.
5. I miss my wife. O well, 40 days and counting. I just have to pay some bills and do some errands and I’m back to her arms again. (that thought just made me smile.)
