Being tested

The past few weeks have been really tough on me. In all aspects. At one point, I thought that it was just too damn unfair.

But the past few days... I don't know, there was a turnaround. It's like I woke up and forgot about all the bad things. I actually forgot. Being busy helps plus you have your friends to back you up. It's pretty amazing. The saying "what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger" is pretty spot on!

I felt like I was being tested. It looks like I passed :)

A friend of mine noticed it today.

There IS something different and I don't know what it is. I guess I'm happy again :)

Why?

Well... That's for another day. :D

A picture exercise.

I got this from Budjette Tan's blog. Sorry I copied it. :) Just wanted to go through this picture exercise.

Anyway, here ya go world, know more about me :)


1. A picture of me in my room
2. A picture of me drunk
3. A picture of me during my birthday

4. Youngest picture I have in digital form (With my Tita Kris when she was 16)

5. A picture of me in one of my favorite outfits
6. A picture of me making a goofy face

7. An edited picture


8. A picture of a night I regret


9. A picture of me being truly myself

10. My most recent picture
11. A picture of me being absolutely ridiculous


12. A picture of me showing off a new haircut

13. A picture of a time in my life that's over but I wish it wasn't

14. A picture of a time in my life that's over and I'm glad it is

15. A picture of a time when I was anything but happy

16. A picture of me I had no idea was being taken

17. A picture of when I was a different person than I am now

18. A picture of me with someone I love

19. A picture of how I want the world to see me

20. A picture of me on how I'd like to spend everyday

21. A picture of a time when everything was changing

22. A picture that makes my heart hurt

23. A picture that makes my heart smile (I met my ultimate crush!!! woohoo!!!)


24. A picture of one of the best days of my life


Here's the list.

1. a picture of you in your room
2. a picture of your very drunk
3. a picture of you on your birthday, or your favorite holiday
4. the youngest picture you can find of yourself in digital form.
5. a picture of you in one of your favorite outfits.
6. a picture of you making a goofy face at the camera
7. a picture you might have edited to make yourself more attractive
8. a picture of a night you regret
9. a picture of you being truly yourself
10. your most recent picture.
11. a picture of you being absolutely ridiculous.
12. a picture of you showing off a new haircut / color
13. a picture of a time in your life that's over, but you wish it wasn't
14. a picture of a time in your life that's over, and you couldn't be more thankful that it is.
15. a picture of you when you were anything but happy
16. a picture of you that you had no idea was being taken
17. a picture of you when you were a different person than you are now.
18. a picture of you with someone you love.
19. a picture of how you'd like the world to see you.
20. a picture that describes how you'd like to spend every day.
21. a picture of a time when everything was changing.
22. a picture that makes your heart hurt.
23. a picture that makes your heart smile
24. a picture of one of your best days / nights of your life

Try it out :)

Transformers Revenge of the Fallen

AWESOME. F#$%ING AWESOME.

I know that there a lot of mixed reviews with this movie but I loved this movie. It was pure entertainment. It's not perfect but I still loved and enjoyed this movie a lot. It helps if you grew up with the 80's cartoons.

I watched with some friends opening day and I watched again Friday night. It just shows how much of a Fanboy I am. There were several geek moments in the movie so if you haven't seen it. Spoilers ahead.

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The opening scene was the coolest part of the movie for me because it was all Autobot action!!! They were in Shanghai hunting Decepticons. Plus you have the Autobots fighting alongside the US Military. The best parts of the sequence was Sideswipe cutting Sideways in half. (They should have shown Sideswipe some more. His scenes were just too short man... We want more robots!!!) The other one was Optimus Prime jumping of an airplane and parachuting down! The chutes even had Autobot logos. Awesome!

Optimus Prime fighting 4 Decepticons single handedly was amazing. It was the best. You have THE greatest robot of all time fighting for the right thing. He's a friggin PRIME!!! Though he got "killed" by Megatron, I sort of knew that he was gonna come back because it was just halfway through the movie. Though you still that inner child being sad seeing him "die" and then you remember the 80's movie where he "died" too. Thank God they didn't put Hotrod in the movie. Because I didn't like the whole Rodimus Prime bit. Hotrod is cool but Rodimus sucks man... Sorry. I will always be an Optimus Prime fan. Using Peter Cullen's voice was an excellent move. He's f'n Optimus Prime yo!!!

The other geek moment was when Jetfire shared to Sam the solution for bringing Optimus Prime back to life. 3 words. Matrix of Leadership!!! My jaws dropped. Literally. I was in Fanboy heaven!!! They put it in!!! I loved it!!!

Other pros of the movie. MEGAN FOX. Need I say more? Ok, maybe one more bit. The slow mo scenes of Megan Fox was FAN. TASTIC. Thank you Michael Bay. Soundwave's original voice was used. Ravage was awesome. Devastator!!! Love the Constructicons!!! Bumblebee rocked the house yet again!!! Agent Simmons was cool this time around and Shia LaBeouf was being himself. I loved the witty jokes and the girly screams. Hahahaha.

The Decepticons just proved that they have better operations. They executed their plans very well... But you just can't beat Optimus Prime!

CONS of the movie. They removed too many Optimus and Bumblebee scenes. Plus the new robots, Skids and Mudflap sucked big time! They were absolutely annoying!!! Talk about the newest Jar Jar Binks... I wanted more Autobots that are cooler! Jolt didn't have any scenes! Sideswipe had what? One line? Ugh... Too many Decepticons... Ironhide and Ratchet didn't do shit! What's up with that? Sam's Mom was also trying to be funny but wasn't. They also should have brought back Anthony Anderson and that Aussie girl back for the sequel. There were also jokes that were out of place... Way too out of place... But the scrotum bit was pretty funny. And the Fallen being able to do Ninja-like moves was out of place too...

On top of the cons, the movie still rocked. Transformers will give you that suspense and thrill. It will give you oohs and aahs. Your jaws will drop with the amazing effects and the story will keep you at the edge of your seat.

4 STARS.

1 or 2? It's a toss up. But I kinda have more complaints with the 2nd. So Transformers 1 will be my pick if I had to choose.

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Have a fellow geek seated next to you when you watch this! You'll enjoy it more!!! :)

So hurry up and Roll Out now!!! Watch it already!!!

Belated Happy Birthday to Mr. Harvey Tolibao

My very first sketch from a comic book artist :) Harvey just used a ballpen with this one and it absolutely looks FANTASTIC!!!

All the fanboys out there, please please check out Harvey Tolibao's work. THEY'RE AWESOME!!! Should he have a signing again, you have to go meet him. All my friends who've met him say he's the coolest and funniest!

There was this one Ultimate Cap sketch he did. He put an iPod on Cap's belt. Hahahaha. And he gave me a surprise when he put my Lolo Ninoy in a coffee mug on Avengers: The Initiative!

Belated Happy Birthday Mr. Tolibao!!! Keep on rockin the world!!!

UAAP Begins real soon!

It's that time of the year again.

I can already feel the atmosphere. I can hear the drums beating already...

July - September is the time of the year wherein I change into this diehard fan of the Blue Eagles. I cannot wait til the opening tip off!

It's that time where my friends from other schools really don't get me... Only the Ateneans understand. July - September, life revolves around Basketball.

Nothing compares to the UAAP. Not the PBA, not the NBA. It's different. You get to see your batchmates from school and it's pretty cool! You feel younger when watching a game.

Sigh... I cannot wait :)

GO ATENEO! ONE BIG FIGHT!

Letting go of my baby... :(

A few minutes ago, I saw my baby (my car) drive away from me...

It was a painful experience.

After 4 1/2 years...


I named the Mazda 3 Nathan since I really loved One Tree Hill that time. I remember bringing Nathan to the org movie premiere, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. That was the first time I brought him out.

He was the car that brought me to school, brought me to work, brought me to places. It was where a girl became a girlfriend of mine. It was where I had played great music. It was where I felt free. It was where I felt like Batman driving his Batmobile. It was where I felt like Speed Racer driving the Mach 5, (because of the buttons in the steering wheel).



It was my baby. A man shares a great relationship with his car...

But it was time to let go... Nathan got sick 2 weeks ago. And it was getting bad. I had him repaired. I also didn't have good memories. It was where I broke up with my ex... It was where I had a couple of fights. I had to let go.

I took care of Nathan with great care. We had the most amazing adventures :) A lot wonderful people rode in Nathan :) Good times! And some not so wonderful people... Oh well. Nate's a good sport anyway.

Now, I'll just choose to remember the great times and not the sad ones.

Nathan, I love you. Godspeed! Serve your new master well...

No car can ever replace you.

See you around Nate! Thanks for the awesome times and great memories!


Wow... letting go. I may actually get used to this.

Disney Writers are the best!

I just finished watching Hercules on Disney Channel and it will always be my favorite Disney movie of all time.

Anyway, the development of Herc and Meg in the movie was like... WOW!

When you watch a movie over again, you kinda get new ideas and perspectives. Just a while ago, I realized that the writers must have gone through several life changing experiences in their love life. There were pretty witty lines and some were pretty brutal.

OK, if you haven't seen Hercules, spoilers ahead.

Stop reading now. Skip to the break.

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Hercules in the scene realizes that he's not so alone when Meg's there.

"Meg, when I'm with you, I don't feel so alone..."

Meg then replies... "Sometimes it's better to be alone because when you're alone, no one can hurt you." (Since she sold her soul to Hades to save her previous boy-toy and the boy-toy found someone else)

WOW.

The other line was when Hercules found out that Meg was lying... He lost his "powers" and a Titan comes to Thebes to fight him.

Meg says sorry then asks him not fight. "You could get killed!'

Herc replies "There are worse things..."

YOWZA!!! I friggin love it!!! Hahahahaha!!! The writers are spot on correct damn it!!! Woohoo!!! Hahahaha!!!

But the cheesiest and probably best line of the whole movie is "People do crazy things when they're in love..."

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Hercules doesn't feature a Disney Princess as a lead. It's this immortal who turned mortal and he's on earth trying to find where he belongs.

I can relate this to a Superman story where he has foster parents. He's on earth to "help people" plus he's called a freak by his peers during his teenage years. Smallville-esque.

Other than that, Herc's a pretty relatable character because he's after a dream. Aren't we all after something in this world?

We may not get what we want the most but you go through things, life-changing moments, that bring out the best in you.

So yeah, rock on Disney! Hahahaha!