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Alessandra
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Apathetic (in a way). Insomniac. Fascinated by brujeria. Epitomizes procrastination. Hopes for the best, expects the worst. Cynical. Empathetic. Introvert. Obstructionist. Inconspicuous. Imaginative. Ambiguous. Passive-Aggressive.


Melancholic. Pessimist. Eloquent. Critical. Dense. Euphuist. Loquacious. Pompous. Shrewd. Walking Paradox.

The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.
- The Curious Incident of the dog in the night-time, Mark Haddon (Christopher)

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When it comes down to it,
I let them think what they want.
If they care enough to bother with what I do,
then I'm already better than them anyways.
- Marilyn Monroe

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I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.
- Audrey Hepburn

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The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.
- Oscar Wilde

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I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.
- Jane Austen

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Potter 5 & 6 Cast

While I'm still in the mood, lemme share some views on people who I think would be PERFECT or at the least, GOOD, for the roles to fill.

Alison Doody - Narcissa Malfoy (click or click) OotP
Anna Friel - Nymphadora Tonks (click or click) [Plus, she's living with David Thewlis who plays Lupin. That would be cute with the ending of the 6th book. :D] OotP
Helena Bonham Carter - Merope Gaunt (click or click) [although that second one was a photo of her when she was young. With a little make-up I think Bonham Carter can still pull of Merope's young face. After all, she was supposed to look beaten up and wasted] HBP

Oh and Imelda Staunton confirms she's playing Dolores Umbridge on OotP click

This got boring. I'll update this later. Blah.

Oh and, there are too many choices for Bellatrix LeStrange. tsk.

from the soul: bored *yawn*
spinmix: The Music or the Misery - Fall out boy
head to toe: ecko red shirt, denim pants, white reebok rubber shoes.

Difficult times lie ahead, Harry.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is, by now, the best Harry Potter movie in the series. It isn't much of a surprise, since this installment has been the only one, so far, directed by an english director, Mike Newell.

Knowing that the original length of this movie was 9 hours, and they had to cut it down to 3, I can say that they pretty much covered everything. The pace of the movie was rather fast but understandable. Dissapointingly though, The Quidditch World Cup, did not turn out quite as expected. Narcissa Malfoy was not shown, so was Oliver Wood, and the dancing veelas (which I wanted to see), and Winky. They had failed to mention about Hermione and her obsession with house elves which led to SPEW (Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare.) They also failed to show Pansy Parkinson and some of the Post-Yule bale scenes with Cedric&Cho and Krum&Hermione.

In a matter of action, this movie has been much better than most action flicks. Carrying with it emotion, tension, and incredible special effects, much of the credit here goes to the actor's superb talent for his and her work. In a matter of effects, Mike Newell abuses much of them to create JK Rowling's spectacular and monstrous fire-breathing dragon, oddly intense merpeople, and a maze scene that will have you gripping the edge of your seats. The Triwizard tournament is by far the best thing about this movie, for it adds character development and density to the movie. Also, it is where everything boils down too. A scene which shows the death eaters, the dark lord, that very-well annoyingly played Peter Pettigrew/ Wormtail (Props to Timothy Spall), the murder of Cedric Diggory (Robert Pattison, I now love) and for a fleeting moment, Lilly and James. A bit of intrigue also gets stirred up. Why on earth would Voldemort need harry's blood when he can get from anyone of his followers?

Speaking of "He-who-must-not-be-named", let me acknowledge the great interpretation of Ralph Fiennes. Living up to his character in Red Dragon, Voldemort is Fiennes's most dangerous and chilling character after his portrayal of Francis Dolarhyde. All the actings are great. The trio works effectively well, Fleur Dela Cour from Beauxbattons, Viktor Krum from Durmstrang, and Hogwarts's own top boy, Cedric Diggory, are played by such great young actors. And a big two thumbs-up to the rest.

Also in Goblet shows the maturity that the trio are now facing; hormones. Tempers start to rise when jealousy gets in the way of the attraction. Ofcourse we have the Ron - Hermione coupling, but with Ron falling for the Veelas and Hermione catching Krum's attention, there are sure-fire disagreements between the two. With Harry's case, he starts to fall for hotshot Cedric Diggory's gilfriend (although they did not elaborate on this in the movie), Cho Chang.

To conclude, Goblet is the best installment in the series so far. Thanks in large part to director Mike Newell to bring from the grave what Alfonso Cuaron has burried (Yes, I did not like the 3rd movie). But also because it shows emotion and fear of the characters in so many memorable scenes. Definitly one of the year's best.

There's a phrase in the movie that could explain everything going on Harry's mind. Difficult times lie ahead, and soon we must choose between what's right and what's easy.

Next up for reviews: Just like heaven, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Chronicles of Narnia.

Waiting for in theatres: Eragon

from the soul: cool *shades on*
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Hours away from either getting hurt or having one of the best days of my life.

Let's all hope it's the latter.

Cheers!

Of Love and Understanding

Yesterday was one of the best days of my life. There were the downsides, inevitably - ofcourse, but other than that... I'm glad I decided to stay. First and foremost, before anything else, Congratulation to Reiji Yoshizawa and Bea Estrella. Wee, I LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

Yesterday, I arrived at Ministop to meet up with Alain, Kit, Bes, Mar, and Nikki at 12. The function room wasn't opened yet so we stayed sa ministop while we waited for the others to arrive. We passed on our diet and decided to stuff as much food in our mouths as possible. We looked like predators. Keiko and Janisah followed soon after and we had the most fun time playing the silliest childish games. In Public. Yes.

The Volleyball Varsity (Jhay-be, KC, Bheng, Nikki, Cam) arrived at 1 and Dennis followed soon after. We stayed at the Pool are while we waited for the other boosters and cheerleaders to arrive. Squad bonding time was F-U-N.

At around 2, we started practice and ended at 7. On the dot. After which, bonding time with Jan Patrick and Keiko (I love you beatches :D Specially you, you sexy sexy boy. HAHA. ULOL.) The Juniors (Lendl, Russel, Enzo, Derick, Aki, Miguel, Reiji, and some other guys I forgot) arrived at 9 and they drank and smoke. TSK. They got into some pretty deep shit. But all is fixed now. When we got back to the condo, since Jan Patrick, Kei, and I went to Metrowalk to eat, Aki got super drunk so we took care of him. At precisely 12mn, 131105, Bea and Reiji started to date exclusively. I'm happy for them.

When Reiji, Aki, and Miguel started to head home at 1230a (the others went ahead), the Seniors came. Inevitably, they had that weird feeling of being in the same room with someone you hate, but they controlled themselves. Marco and some other guy went home super early and so did Jasper and a guy I don't know. Anton, Tuting, Cardo, Bruce, Marky, Maria and I stayed until 4 and planned OB's next mixer. It was really too bad I didn't go to the "Just shoot me" party. But my bestfriend needed me and I think that was more important (:

When the function room was cleaned, Richard, Maria, and I went down to the apartment and hit the haystack. I woke up super early cause I wanted to give mommy her new ipod. (: Yes that was our (siblings) gift to her for her birthday. We got her the NEWEST IPOD! Hurrah for us. Kudos to being the groolest and crunkest kids on the planet.

Now, I have to bid you a-do.

Oh and by the way, General Rehearsal for the Intrams tomorrow. Good luck to all batches! (:

LOVE YOU BHENG, BES, NIK, BHE, AND KEI. ♥

CheerFEARleaders

Oh God. The Intramurals are on Tuesday. I don't care anymore if anyone from the higher or lower batch gets to read this post. Who cares? It's my blog anyways.

As the Intramurals loom, I start to feel that bit of insecurity in my bones. Yes, I am afraid of losing. I am afraid to not reach the expectation set for us. It's not fair, anyways! We're held to a much higher standard since we won last year? It's just not right. We're all the same, anyways. I'm sorry for that. I guess I'm just sour-graping because everyone has been so crazy with this! What is with cheerleading? It's not even a real sport! Sure, it is a lot of work as well but where did this start? It just started from mere cheering for our teams to win. There were no uniforms then. No routines. No dances. No whatever. And now look, along the way, girls have lost the meaning of "sportsmanship" on their ladder to winning. It seemed to deteriorate in between all the fights, the backstabbing, the "plastikan", and the whatnots. I'm not saying I don't like it, cause I am a cheerleader. What I'm saying is, we all have to stop this madness! Is it so bad that you were beaten by a lower batch last year?

It's not that we're boasting or whatever - really. Truth be told, we're all scared as hell. Scared of the Freshmen, The Juniors, and The Sophomores. It's not that we're trying to be humble, we really are! Just as I am sure you, yourselves, are insecured with us. We're all great squads, we all know that. So why can't we all just stop the pestering? The "I hate you" looks. The "she's such a slut" comments. The "plastikans". The "sugurans". The shoving and hitting each other every chance we get. Have we really sunk that low?

Think about it. Really think. It's a shame that the girls our school shows can't even show proper courtesy to a fellow Montessorian; what more those from other schools, right? No manners. No courtesy. Nothing at all. It's a damn shame.

I'm not saying this because I am hated by a lot of older and younger batches. Really, I'm not afraid of them talking to me and going to my classroom to start a scene. I know I didn't do anything wrong. So fuck off. Let them say what they want to say. Where the hell is their proof? Nothing. None. Nada. For me, that is more embarassing than being shouted at by a flock of girls who know nothing about what they're saying (no offense meant).

I was once confronted by a squad of cheerleaders; yes, the whole squad against a single person - which isn't even the Captain. They accused us of stealing their songs and routines. First off, they started rumors about us. Second, how would they even know unless they hired some super invisible spy to check us out, right? Either way, they lose. It's a no-win situation. I talked to them non-chalantly, with respect, and properly. I talked to them that way because unlike them, I didn't want a scene. Not because I was a coward, but because my record is as bad as it is. Anyways, I talked to them in english and subconsciously used some bombastic (HIGHFALUTIN, FLOWERY) words. One of the girls, who obviously had a problem with me, started saying she didn't understand what I was saying. I kindly pulled her out of the crowd and explained to her what I meant. After that, she said I was naive and laughed so hard she babbled words which I'm sure didn't mean what she had intended them to mean. I explained it once again and she commented about me being a "know-it-all". After that, she crossed the line, I screamed "baka gusto mong batuhin kita ng dictionary?" which embarassed her to everyone on the corridoor (i.e. 1-4th year HIGH students). It was wrong, I know. But my patience can only go so far, I couldn't let her say wrong things about me now, could I?

A few days later, I was confronted by some of their batchmates talking to me properly (which I appreciated, for the record). I understood where they stood so I offered to talk to our squad. But unfortunately, one very SHALLOW student in the other squad's batch started making a scene. THAT, I would not tollerate. They can embarass me all they want because I am very secure about who I am. But when they do that to someone so oblivious of the terms, that is plain wrong. I had an outburst of anger and that's when things got out of hand. With everyone...the seniors, sophies, juniors, froshs.

Now, I'm pretty sure atleast 5 from each batch hates my guts. But we're moving further away from my point... The point is, WE SHOULD STOP WANTING TO WIN AND CONCENTRATE MORE ON HAVING FUN. Cheering is supposed to BE fun. Not humiliating.

So for everyone who's read this blog, please keep in mind what I have said.

If I say I don't like cheerleading, then I'm being a hypocrite. If I say I'm in cheerleading for the dance, then I'm just like every other cheerleader. Either way I lose.

from the soul: insecure.
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CRACKER JACK MERCER

I just got home from Shang. I watched Four Brothers with Brother dearest. Yes, bonding.

Now, for my movie review. (:

Four Brothers is an amazing movie! Very well done. Especially Mark Wahlberg; He did such an amazing job. My favorite character though, was Jack Mercer, played by Garrett Hedlund. He was the youngest of all the brothers and we could clearly see that he had the most trouble coping with everything. A frustrated rockstar, his brothers never stop teasing him.

If months ago you would have asked me if I wanted to see a movie which starred Marky Mark from the Funky Bunch, The lead singer of Outkast (Andre Benjamin - who sang vocals to one of the most annoying songs in recent history - hey ya), and Tyrese (another rapper), I would have died laughing right then and there. But, I will admit, that when I saw this movie, it had instantly become one of my favorite movies. Sure, it's no "Dead Poets Society"or "The Godfather" or any of those legends, but hey, you've got to admit that it was one hell of a movie.

Actually, it's a bit gangster (whatever that means) if you ask me. A wrong deed is done, a posse seeks to get revenge against the wrong-doers, and the wrong-doers are played by such unlikable fashion that you're just begging for them to taste a little vigilante justice (or in other words, for them to get fucked up).

As for the good guys (well, not exactly good guys. More like victims), they fall under the "anti-hero" moniker. They aren't afraid to cross any boundaries given by the law in order to get what they're after. But given the circumstances that they're in, you can't really blame them. In the movie, their mother adopted them when no one else would. They were considered lost causes, told that their delinquency was too far off, yet she took them in, she gave them a family, and she gave them her faith.

Sure, they were no angels. They were even called "fuck-ups". But, as one cop said, "They're Congressmen compared to what they would've been." And now their mother, an old lady trying to do good, is dead and the cops don't seem to be doing anything about it. Wrongs have to be made right and if the brothers have to do it themselves, they will.

In this movie, I'm happy to say, you will find beautiful yet subtle twists, amazingly good acting, surprisingly believable chemistry, bad cops, HOTT ACTORS (damn Mark Wahlberg and Garrett Hedlund), Men wearing fur coats, one FANTASTIC shoot-out (although I cried in this scene. Watch it and you'll know why) , and a really cool car chase on ice. Overall, this movie has satisfied my standards of action-packed entertainment. No, that was an understatement, It has EXCEEDED my standards.

Next movies I am dying to see are: Just Like Heaven and HP4.

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