Pick Flick: (500) Days of Summer

I've waited for MONTHS just to see this and it didn't disappoint. It lived up to my expectations~ I expected much from it and it still lived up to my expectations. Entonces, I am in love with this movie. Watched it last Friday with my sister. Because I am kuripot, we watched it in Sta. Lucia. Had we watched it in Megamall or some fancy schmancy movie house, it would have cost me P170 per person, at least. But in Sta. Lucia, it's only P110 each. Well, you just have to live with occasional rats scurrying across the floor (My feet were up on the chair the whole frickin' time). Anyway, back to our main agenda...

First of all, the opening credits (that scene right after FOX Seachlight Presents frame) reminded me of a Korean film. Coupled with that illustration of a bench, Korean na Korean ang feel. Plus, it has the quietness of Korean films. Think Il Mare, The Classic or April Snow. While the narration at the beginning also reminded me of Pushing Daisies. How the story jumped from Day 1 then to Day 387 then to Day 49 reminded me of The Time Traveler's Wife.

7 Things About (500) Days of Summer:

1. Although Summer Finn (Zooey Deschanel) broke Tom Hansen's (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) heart, I just can't get to hate on her. She did warn him that she doesn't do the boyfriend thing and she never referred to him as her boyfriend. They just did stuff that couples do but in this day and age, that's not really how the world works. So if you're "special someone" tells you you don't have to put a label on what the two of you have, maybe you'd have to give it a second thought.

2. Summer is incredibly cute. I love her hair and her clothes. I wonder if one could be effortlessly cute as her. And if you noticed, her name is kind of a play on words~ Summer Finn, Finn... gets?

3. The things you do for your crush to notice you, tsk... tsk... Tom had a crush on Summer right from the moment he has set his eyes on her. I loved it how he was acting nonchalant about the fact that he and Summer are in the elevator together, alone together! But not only that, Summer tells him how she loves The Smiths and sings along. And now that he knows what the two of them have in common (aka The Smiths), he uses it to catch her attention. I especially loved the scene where he turned up the volume of his speaker just so Summer could hear it on her way out.

4. Another thing I found funny was how the things Tom used to love about Summer are now the same things she hates about her. Or maybe he hates it because he thinks of them and remembers how much he adores her...

5. It was said that this movie is not a love story but a story about love. But how can this not be a story about love? He falls in love with her, she doesn't. It is unrequited love. Unrequited, meaning not returned, but it still is about love, right? We were forewarned that they won't end up together because Summer just doesn't feel the say way about Tom but that didn't keep me from hoping that they would. But at the same time, I'm also hoping that they wouldn't.

6. It was cruel of Summer to invite Tom over to her engagement party and what's worse, he didn't even know it was her engagement party. Poor Tom, he went there excited about what's in store for him and then shit happened~ the same Summer who didn't even want to call what they had a relationship is now engaged to another man. Imagine how inadequate he could've felt at that time. Marriage is something much more permanent, a label that's harder to erase but she's willing to have that with another. Ouch.

7. I think you know it when you feel it, that's what Tom told Summer when she'll know that she's in love. What's ironic was this was the same line that Summer told her when he asked her why she married her husband.

Tom: You never wanted to be anybody's girlfriend, now you're somebody's wife.
Summer: It surprised me, too.
Tom: I don't think I'll ever understand that. I mean, it doesn't make sense.
Summer: It just happened.
Tom: That's what I don't understand, what just happened?
Summer: I just woke up one day and I knew.
Tom: Knew what?
Summer: What I was never sure of with you .

Double ouch.



As what others have said, this movie is breathtakingly beautiful.

After 10 Things I Hate About You, (500)Days of Summer is the only movie of Joseph Gordon-Levitt I've seen. Used to not like the guy back then but now, now it's a different story. He kind of reminds me of a Heath Ledger sin receding hairline. I hope I would see more movies from him. OKay, back to the movie...

This movie is about destiny, fate, chuchuchuchu... and that there are plenty of fish in the sea. So here I am, much more confused than ever whether or not to believe fate and destiny and that there's a person out there for us. So yeah, whatever. I'm just glad I've watched this movie already and I want to watch it again...

Glee S01 E08: Mash-Up

I'm falling even more in love with this series, episode by episode. I'm just glad that it got a full season and there would be 14 more episodes.

Aside from Rachel and Finn's complicated love situation, I also look forward to Emma and Will's moments together. I know, I know, I am not trying to promote infidelity but because Terri is very annoying character, it's easy to like this "thing" going on between Emma and Will. Will doesn't really think much of it. Mas may malisya si Emma.

I enjoy Will and Emma but at the same time I feel sorry for Coach Ken. And to add insult to injury, his players chose glee over football.

This week's most surprising twist was Puck pursuing Rachel. I thought it was for real. It wasn't. But although it was short-lived, I kinda liked it. Actually, Puck and Rachel was the second most surprising. The most surprising was... Sue falling in love. Sue was nice while it lasted... but now that she found out she's been had, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Beware Will Schuester, I think you might be getting much more than a slushie facial~

GG S03 E06: Enough About Eve

Ahhh, Gossip Girl... I used to love this series truly, madly and deeply but it's just not the case these days. It breaks my heart to admit that I'm starting to get sick of it. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I'm tired of their relationship rigodon. I'm sick and tired of every episode with minutes and minutes of canoodling and PDA-ing all over the streets of New York. One more scene with Serena on a PDA-fest and I swear I'm gonna barf.

What's weird is that the character who I used to not like during the previous season is now the character I like~ Chuck Bass. Who knew he is capable of love, right? So now that he's showing his softer side (and has done wihtout his DOM-ish tendencies), it kind of endears him to me. I heart Chuck Bass

The only constant thing I love about GG is Blair Waldorf. Sure, her wardrobe isn't as nice as it was two seasons ago but I love her just the same. It's just sad that hehr manipulative ways could make her lose Chuck :( Just when I thought finally, someone has found happily ever after in GG's neverending game musical chairs.

Hilary Duff aka Olivia Burke is a breath of fresh air in this series that's starting to get old. And she also puts Vanessa in her place without being mean... But until when is she going to be all sugar and spice and everything nice?


Speaking of Vanessa, OMG I REALLY WANNA HIT HER IN THE HEAD! Argh, I super duper hate her. I love Blair because she can put Vanessa in her place in her own mean ways and I love Olivia because she kinda does that too without meaning to. This episode, we all saw that Vanessa is such a sellout, as with every episode. Kadiri si Vanessa. She's so loathsome even her own mother doesn't like her. Haha. Kapal niya! She even bitches about Olivia behind her back when Olivia's been nothing but very very nice to her. Olivia even brought her a giant claw back from Japan!


Would we be seeing Vanessa and Blair as BFFs in the near future? I feel they could be having an alliance against Olivia Burke who seems to be the university's queen bee as of the moment with her celebrity status and she's not even trying.

But I could be wrong... I'm almost always wrong when it comes to my predictions as to what would happen next. There was one episode when Chuck and Dan, who shared antipathy towards each other, landed inside jail together~ I thought they would be friends all of a sudden. Turned out that was too shortlived to make my assumption even valid. Anyway, new episode can be downloaded later :D TTFN!

Glee S01 E07: Throwdown

It's war between Will and Sue. Entertaining, no?

That Sue Sylvester character is genius. I don't know if such a person exists in real life but if there is, I hope I don't ever encounter him/her. Sue has got the funniest lines in this series. She might be the show's antagonist but I'd say that it wouldn't be the same without her in it. Jane Lynch makes a perfect Sue Sylvester.

Sue: You're right, Will, I've been trying to destroy your club with a conviction that I can only call religious. And you wanna know why? Because I don't trust a man with curly hair. I can't help picturing small birds laying sulfurous eggs in there and I find it disgusting.

Do they go on to college, I don't know. I don't care. Should they learn Spanish? Sure, if they wanna become dishwashers and gardeners. But if they wanna become bankers and lawyers and captains of the industry, the most important lesson they could possibly learn is how to do a round-off.

When Sue threw a fit after Principal Figgins told her that nobody cares about that anti-embolism stockings video, I kind of remember someone. Haha. Well, not really to that extent but close.


I hate Terri. What's funny is when I took a test on Facebook to determine which Glee character I am, I got Terri. Oh my. I hope she gets found out sooner. I actually find it ridiculous that Will has never even touched his pregnant wife's belly. I mean, my sister's pregnant and I'm only her sister but I can't help but touch her pregnant belly once in a while. What more if you're the father, right? And for how long will Terri go on with this lie? Until Quin gives birth? POssible but really how can they keep up with this? Plus, Will would be so heartbroken if he finds out Terri's pregnancy is a hoax. Then again, this is a TV show. Fiction, in other words. Everything is possbile.

No Air performance, FTW! Complete with wind-blown effect...

Love it! Now Quinn notices there's something going on between Finn and Rachel ;) Not that Quin has any right to get mad since she is not really carrying Finn's baby. And in this episode, Rachel owns up to it.

Rachel (to Quin): You're right. I helped you not because it's the right thing to do but because I have romantic ulterior motives.

Love triangle na ito!

Still, I applaud Rachel for what she did, even if she did with because of her feelings for Finn. If it were me, better for the school to find out about my nemesis' predicament. Why would I go out of my way to protect the person who's supposed to be my rival? Even if she did it for Finn, that's still hard to do.

Heartbreaking, 'no? Sure, he does love Quin but I'm sensing that Finn's starting to fall real hard for Rachel, most especially after her altruistic acts. Too bad Finn can't ditch Quin for her right now.



I am pro-Rachel & Finn but in real life when this is the case, huwag na kasing makigulo. If you insist on being in a relationship with a guy who's already committed, you're just digging your own grave.

Ang Buntis na Makulit

Bow.

Photo credits

My little sister who is 31 weeks pregnant seems to be attracting accidents here and there.

Last Friday, she slipped down the stairs and landed on her butt. Fortunately, she and the baby were okay. After what happened, you expected that she would be more careful and take extra precautions. But apparently, she's not. Yesterday, she got into a car accident on her way to work. Her car crashed into a CRV around 3pm because she fell asleep while driving. She fell asleep! WTF, right? Turns out she was working on some project the night before and slept a little past 5 AM. We had to bring her to the hospital last night because she was having contractions. She and the baby are okay but her contractions have to be stopped. She stopped having contractions already but she's still in the hospital for observation. I hope she'll be okay soon.

One more thing~ SHE WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT! Every frickin' time I hitch a ride with her, I tell her to wear her seat belt but she just won't listen. Thank God nothing happened to her and to the baby. Nakakaawa at nakakainis siya at the same time.

GG S03 Eps 3, 4 and 5 Round Up

Haynako. Been really really busy these days~ hodgepodge of many, many things. I don't know why October is being such a pain in the arse. Because of these more important things that have been happening in our lives, I was unable to do my weekly takes on Gossip Girl and Glee and I wasn't able to blog more often like before. Anyway, here's my short takes on GG's episodes 3, 4 and 5.

Episode 3- The Lost Boy

Creepy love team rigodon, I swear. I'm getting sick of these supposedly college students switching partners just like that. And what's weirder is that they belong to the same circle and seems like they're okay with that.

Take Serena and Dan, for example. Once upon a time, they were so in love with each other but then shit happened and then suddenly they were step-siblings. Nate, Chuck and Blair also make a weird, weird set-up. Nate and Chuck are best friends. Nate and Blair were once an item. Nate and Blair broke up because Chuck and Blair hooked up and now they're going on a double date? Although Blair and Chuck's relationship is starting to grow on me. It seems like Chuck is really changing his spots...

Eeew.. Nate is such a manwhore. Plus, I really hate that Bree Buckley actress. Not the character, take not. Hope they got another actress for Bree Buckley's character.

Poor Scott. Now I know where his emo-ness is coming from.


Episode 4- Dan de Fleurette

Yay! Hilary Duff (Olivia Burke) is finally here! I kinda missed seeing her on TV. I used to watch Lizzie McGuire religiously. Though I admit seeing little Lizzie all grown up sends me into panic mode. They grow up so fast. ** sigh **

Lucky, lucky Dan Humphrey. How does he manage to attract such beauties when he is not really that cute. Well, I used to think he was cute way back when he still didn't think too much of himself. I'm excited to see more of of Dan and Olivia. Would Serena suddenly get all territorial over Dan? I'm sensing there's still some sort of "feelings" between Serena and Dan. Or maybe that's just me holding on to the original pair I oh-so-loved?

With Blair unable to find minions in college, she goes back to Constance Billard where she once reigned supreme. I can relate to this so much. During my first days in college, I super missed high school and kept coming back to my old, HS campus. Because everything in college is unfamiliar, I kept coming back to this familiar place. Eventually, I grew out of HS and got into the groove of being in university. I know Blair will eventually grow out of her teenybopper sleepover phase. Haha.

I'm really beginning to like Chuck Bass...


Episode 5- Rufus Getting Married

Finally, Rufus and Lily got married. After 48 years and too much drama, they finally got hitched. And also in this episode, Rufus and Lily finally find out Scott is their love child. Their brood's getting bigger, y'all!


And I'm going to end it with that. Am super lazy to add anything else to this round up. New episode later today. I'm going to "make bawi" (quoting our Comcalc prof, Ms. Larios) in this week's episode.

TTFN

eto sa'yo

Wedding Bellas

as in Bella Flores... kasi may mga nagsusungit. Nuninuninu...

This post was long overdue. Should have written about it when the memory was still fresh. Anyway, will try my very best to recall this very special event.

My sister and her boyfriend of 7 years got married last October 3, the day that Typhoon Pepeng was said to hit the city. The wedding was almost postponed since was just after the Ondoy event and now, Pepeng.

Before I go to the ending, let me tell first what has happened the week before. September 26, Saturday, flash flood hit the city faster than you can say BAHA! Fortunately, AD wasn't home when that happened or else it would have caused her great stress and with just a few days before her big day, bawal ma-stress. But I think she's still stressed thinking about our condition. She heard on the radio kasi that floodwater in some areas has reached the second level of homes, plus she doesn't have contact with us. We were all fine. Thankfully, we were all fine.

Floodwater subsided Monday morning, leaving behind total destruction downstairs with matching putik pa. Finally, AD was able to come home. She might have missed out on the flood experience but she wasn't able to escape the Major Clean Up Experience. Haha. Imagine, she was doing major floor-scrubbing and mop-wringing just days before her wedding. One of my sisters even said that we'd be the most dugyot entourage EVER. From Monday until Friday afternoon, we were busy cleaning. We were only able to go at Crowne Plaza Friday evening, where we said we'd do our last minute shoe-shopping and manipedi chuva. We may have a nail spa for a business but the place of business also got flooded and so we were closed for a good number of days, in other words hindi kami nakapagpa-maniped sa amin. And we just have to get our nails done especially after how many days of scrubbing mud off the floor and furniture, we must have accumulated enough dirt and mud under our nails to plant camote on. However, because of Pepeng, shops in Galle closed down early so ang ending, we didn't get our nails done. Only the bride got her maniped. Buti na lang she was able to get her nails cleaned. I just cleaned my own nails but stopped halfway through it because I managed to stab my little pinky with the pusher. But even if the past week was disastrous and very stressful, we still got through with it. Tuloy ang kasalan!

@ the Crowne Plaza, tumbling with glee
Finally, makakaligo at makakatulog
na ng maayos after 48 years...

To live up to the our family's tradition, we were late. Which is relatively okay basta the bride would arrive later than us. Just minutes before the start of the wedding, I found out I was re-assigned to be the veil proxy for my sister's friend who couldn't make it. Dang! And I thought I just have to walk down that aisle... I have to do something pa pala. I thought I would cry but I didn't. I got thisclose to crying but luckily, the tears never fell. I hate crying in public pa naman. The groom delivered a very nice vow. He cried. I almost cried because he cried. My sister's vow was impromptu. She forgot her prepared speech at home. Si Lola Gets talaga. Basta to cut the long ceremony short (actually, short na siya compared to other weddings), rings have been exchanged and man and woman took each other to be their lawfully wedded wife and husband, respectively.

It was already decided that only the church wedding will push through. As for the reception, it was rescheduled at a later date in consideration of the safety of the guests. Instead, a small salu-salo took place at a nearby pizza-pasta place.

Now, a week after the wedding, I still use just a half of the bed space. I got used to sharing that big bed with my sisters. Pero sabi nga ni AD, okay lang naman daw na half lang ang ma-occupy ko kasi kalahati naman daw ng kama eh tulugan, kalahati office. Judging from the way my bed looks right now, may tama siya.

Glee S01 E06: Vitamin D

Very entertaining. The mash up was really really good.

The boys' It's My Life/ Confessions, Pt. II

Girls' Halo/ Walking on Sunshine
Love love love. 'Yan ang mga literal na sabog.

Grabe, I'm super super lost. I don't have anything to say so I'll just end this post with my Finn still shot of the week~

Still looking cute even with S.O.S. (saliva on the side)

Glee S01 E05: The Rhodes Not Taken

It took me awhile to write this one. I've been busy lately. That and I'm a little bit overwhelmed with the things that still need to be done. And since ang dami kong backlog, my main focus for this post is... Finn and Rachel.

I die.

I swear I die every time it's Finn and Rachel's scene. May sparks talaga eh. Well yeah, cheesy na kung sa cheesy but you know me, I live for cheesiness.

I know someone who can relate to Rachel's dilemma... nuninuninu...

Kristin Chenoweth guest stars in this episode and does a fabulous duet with Mr. Schu (Matthew Morrison).

Putik!

literally and figuratively...

Now I know how it feels being surrounded by heaps of water but can't drink even an ounce of it. It's torture, I tell you. And at the same time, you have to also control your water intake since there's no running water in the bathroom.

Video taken by Glenda
This was taken on Sunday, the day after
The day itself, lubog na bubong ng mga sasakyan

Only got to see the flood on the street the day after. Lagpas-tao na daw sabi nila Glenda. We were cooped inside our house's second floor, together with heaps of my mother's clutter. Syempre nauna pa rin ma-save ang mga 10-year old na tela at stockings kaysa sa mga ibang electronics. Who wants stockings? Buy 1, take 100. Out of all the appliances, furniture, etc that were damaged by the flood, I was most sad about our piano. I don't know if it's older than I am, but I know it's been with us for a long time. To see our piano in such a sorry state just breaks my heart. I know it's very shallow of me to feel sad about a material thing's loss when people have lost their entire home, some their lives, but there's some kind of attachment I feel towards that piano even if I can play only three songs. Totoo ngang you don't know what you got 'til it's gone.

Eto ang original Hidden Objects Game
Objects to Find:
toaster
PLAN
Downy

Never have I experienced anything like this before in my 27 years of existence. Well, so did thousands of others. The last time there was flooding similar to this was when I was still in college. That time, it was only in our house that the flood didn't get in so I was pretty confident that last September 26 would be the same. But much to my surprise, at around 12pm, water started pouring in from outside, fast. Mommy started evacuating her precious tela to higher grounds aka the library. We thought that that would be the worst case scenario. Wrong. It rose until chest level through the night.

Sunday, we were still trapped in our house's second floor. Flood still wasn't subsiding. Was surprised to see floodwater was murky brown. Most people blame the non-stop rain and the dams for the flashfloods but I blame the illegal loggers, the real estate developers because I think that much mud didn't come from overflowing rivers. That much mud came from denuded mountains. What's weird is nobody seems to be touching this angle.

Monday morning. Floodwater's gone, leaving mud mud mud all over. Clean-up was pretty tiring. Tingnan mo pa lang, mapapagod ka na. We started drying out the pictures. Sayang ang memories. Furniture, appliances, you can still replace but with pictures, you can't. Malungkot pag wala kang baby pictures :( Luckily, most pictures were saved.

Clean up was difficult since there was no running water. Don't know if Maynilad's controlling water usage or it's just everyone's doing clean up all at the same time. Imagine trying to scrub all that mud with just a pail of water. I went to the plaza to check up on my nail spa. I was hoping na-spare siya although I know na malamang hindi. Medyo double whammy sa akin kasi yung bahay na plus eto pang plaza, my source of income. Not only do I have to repaint the structure but I have to buy pa new foot spa machines, hand spa machine and all the other chuva.

But really, I shouldn't be complaining. Other people have lost more than I did. Our neighbors who live in bungalows weren't able to save anything. While some other people lost their house and/or their family member/s. Swerte na nga akong maituturing.

Our neighbor's stash

Outside...

While walking to the plaza, heaps and heaps of trash were outside every home. Pieces of furniture, mattresses, even carcasses of dead animals were in sight. Depressing, if you ask me but at the same time, there's nothing to do but grin and bear it. Alangan namang magmukmok ever ka sa isang tabi dahil bumaha? Lahat ng tao naglilinis, lahat gumagawa. At dahil walang tubig, lahat ng taong makikita mo mukhang taong grasa. Haha. We even had to go to my sister's friend's house para makiligo. And take note, this was just days away from my sister's wedding.

It may sound like I'm complaining but really I'm just saying my piece. In spite of what happened, I'm still glad that all of my family and friends are safe and in good physical condition. Madaling palitan ang material things pero ang buhay ay irreplaceable. I'm super thankful to all my friends who called or texted me to check up on me and my family. Your concern is very much appreciated.

I hope something like this won't happen again.

Wai Ying na tayo!