JOURNAL | Modernity... the final test

Modernity... the final test

I'm finishing the final paper in my Korean movie class.
I just wish I can finish at least the entire paper tonight and check it tomorrow.
And hopefully by Saturday pass it.

JOURNAL | 바보

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Eight years ago, I posted this entry which in my best effort tried to express:

Today I watched the film "Babo".
My head hurts, there are many homework to do but I don't wanna do them.
Now that I listen to the music of Alanis Morisette, I feel better.

Now looking back at the way I wrote my hanggeul, I realized that it didn't really make any sense. Well, at least I tried.

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오늘 바보 여르분 이다...

내 모리 아파... 많이 숙제 하지만 나는 안 하다...

지금 아라니스 모리새드의 음악 듣다 그르고 나는 더 좋다...

JOURNAL | Things To Do After Returning To The Philippines

These are the things which I have to accomplish after returning to the Philippines,

MOVIE REVIEW | Elle le regarde

Elle le regarde

 
It may be a bit of a bias to say that as a student of the French Language for two years, I've learned to detest and love the compexities I've faced with it. Learning French is like having a new tongue as you learn how to soften your words, make them come out as smooth as possible except with the R which you need to draw out from your throat like you need to spit something. The point of the matter is that just tonight, I've watched A Very Long Engagement and I couldn't tell you enough how much I've admired this movie. It certainly measures up to my expectation after watching Amelie and Da Vinci Code which both starred Audrey Toutou.

LIFESTYLE | Inspiration

Inspiration

Gawad Plaridel 2007-07-05

In our everyday search for that one person who may lead us to believe that there is still hope for a brighter future, we often fail. When we finally meet one, no matter how rare the case may be, the spark comes alive again and the embers start to burn. We find ourselves looking up and striving to reach the ideals set by that person who inspired us to hope and dream once more.

JOURNAL | Konsepto at Imahe ng salitang 'Filipino'

Palagi na lang nababanggit ang salitang “Filipino”, “Pinoy”, “Noypi”, at marami pang iba. Madalas ginagamit na lang ang konseptong ito ng walang malalim na pagkaunawa. E kasi nga naman, bakit nga ba kelangang pag-tuunan ng pansin ang isang bagay na palasak sa ating lahat. Pero minsan, mapapaisip ka rin kung ano nga ba ang sinasabi silang “Filipino” o mas tamang itanong kung sino nga ba sila. Sa sarili ko pa lamang ay hindi ko na tiyak kung sino nga ba ako bilang Pilipino. Ang nanay ko ay Tagalog at ang tatay ko naman ay Muslim. Malamang sa malamang, dahil dito sa Luzon nagmula ang nanay ko, may dugo kaming Tsino at Espanyol. Ang tatay ko naman, dahil nagmula sa Sulu, malamang e may lahing Indonesian at Malaysian. E ano ako? Isang-kapat na tsinoy, espanyol, Indonesian at Malayo? Hay, masyado talagang magulo ang pagbibigay kahulugan sa mga pinaka-simpleng bagay.

MOVIE REVIEW | Rizal/ Bayaning Third World

Rizal/ Bayaning Third World

It is Valentines Day, a perfect time to think about loving and loving and loving still. And to discuss about Rizal’s heroism at this time seems not so appropriate. I’d say, leave it to the historians. Let us give justice to our day of hearts. After all, Valentines doesn’t come everyday. Now, as a human being Rizal had his share of Valentines Days too. As I see it, he is more romantic than we are today. With the flowery words, geniality towards women, and his smooth moves, Rizal is definitely the perfect mushy-machine (although a coin would always have its other face). Needless to say, Rizal had a lot of flings and serious relationships. I don’t think I am bound to enumerate all of these women but since we are dwelling about Bayaning Third World, then the sole woman I opted to discuss is the Irish Jospehine Bracken and some of the controversial things connected to her.

BOOK | THE DISEMBODIED LADY: Realizing the importance of our bodily functions

The Disembodied Lady

Most of the time, we take important things for granted. The small things that we do everyday have been so routinely that we tend to take them as they are without placing any effort to ask how and why they are there. The usual answer that I get when I ask how I am able to perceive the world the way I do is that, “I do not know, I just do!” And so I do not bother myself looking for the exact explanation, I just take them at face-value. Nothing wrong with accepting what has been there all along right? But after reading the “Disembodied Lady,” I realized that this should not be the case. I have come to terms that it is important to know the reason why things are there and how they play a vital role in our existence.

MOVIE REVIEW | A Comparison of the Mise-en-Scene of Amores Perros and Requiem for A Dream

A Comparison of the Mise-en-Scene of Amores Perros and Requiem for A Dream

First frame. Silence. After some second –wham, a car hits another and the narrative of Amores Perros started to unveil showing how humanity could destroy itself from its wrecked nature. Shift to another film. Funky heavy metal music enters. Then two characters appear, having some sort of argumentation having a single door separating them apart. 

MOVIE REVIEW | Tulad ng Dati (2008)

Tulad ng Dati (2008)

Filipino films nowadays as a product of popular culture continues to entertain the mass on the surface level. At face value, it seems innocent but as an instrument with covert motives, film themes serve as oppressors of many who patronize them.