I am a believer of long distance relationship. Meaning, I do believe that it's totally possible for two individuals to nurture and make a relationship work although they are literally thousand of miles apart. I'm a believer cause I have my mom and dad as living example. I've been a witness of such kind of relationship for more than 22 years now. I would say, it takes more than love for a relationship such as that to actually work.

But don't worry, I'm not going to write about my parents love story. lol. Not for one bit. It's just a premise of this suppose to be movie review of Dear John that was put on hold for a such a long time now. The story of course obviously is pretty much about that kind of situation --- a long distance love affair. How long can you wait for the one you love to actually come back?

But I won't talk much about the movie though. To put it straight on, Channing Tatum is the only reason why this movie is worth watching. But aside from that, just don't expect anything much from it. I've read the book and I'm afraid that I have to add this to my list of "Great books, Bad movie adaptation: the living proofs that Hollywood can ruin your favorite novel."

That being said I think I just got to stick more with the first topic I mentioned: Long Distance Love Affair. lol. Really, Pardon me if you think I am going nuts that I keep on laughing while actually writing a suppose to be melancholic, melodramatic topic. I just can't help remembering something/someone. But anyway, snap back to reality, I think this is one of the most discussed topics of all times. And I have found everything ever written about it to be true. It can work. But for most people it just didn't. But again: it can work cause of course it requires hard work. Well, I guess, modern technology had taken a great part and had helped out a lot of people who are stuck in this kind of situation. Internet, telephones and even snail mail turns priority mail are there for a reason.

Of Waiting and Patience.

Here I go again. ^_^

Sometimes I think that waiting for that particular someone is like waiting for your turn in a doctor's clinic. You're the patient of course and you are waiting for a doctor to examine you. You enter the clinic. The doctor's attendant smiles at you (or they don't -_-). Gives you a form to fill up. Takes your body weight and height. And for some clinic they give you a number then you sat down in one of those long bench together with the other patients with nothing to look at but the Doctor's Awards and Certificates that were all hanged in the wall for the patients to know that their specialist is a-"somebody", a couple of used magazines in the stand and a big-as-in-BIG wall clock directly facing you. Something to constantly reminds you what time is it.

Tik Tok. Tik Tok.

Or how long you had been sitting there waiting for your turn to finally come.

For some, the moment they stepped in the doctor's office, they were lucky enough to get examined right away. Maybe they had made early appointments, or maybe their cases are really in dire need of immediate attention. As for you, you just stayed in there, waiting patiently with the other patients who seemed to have the same fate as you. Sometimes you get to doze off. And sometimes, you felt as if you're just in a dream. A dream so good enough it makes you don't wanna wake up cause you know you'll be back to the waiting part again the moment you wake up.

No wonder, patient is defined as bearing or enduring pain, difficulty, provocation, or annoyance with calmness. Or you can also regard that as a person who needs medical attention, care, or treatment. Either way, it doesn't really matter.

Well, you had both waited to actually find each other right? So right now that some instances simply made it impossible for both of you to be together, why not keep on waiting? To make it happen, you got to take risks & hope for the best. It doesn't really matter which part of the world you are in right now: Iraq, Canada, United Kingdom or Jeddah. =P Sometimes, you just got to be contented with whatever communication you both had as long as it stays. As long as it keeps you both connected. That you'd think that for the briefest instant, it almost feels like you are together again.


Then all you can just say is: Been there, done that.. and yah I miss it.. I miss you.

She had been one of my favorites for this season. Or make that the only one among the girls that I actually rooted for. And it's sad that she got eliminated. Such a SHOCKER! But then again, if you had been watching AI since season one you'll know pretty well that anything can happen. At least we still got Lee. If Lee will be eliminated, then I could honestly really say that it's really high time for American Idol to take some rest.

Well, at least again we can say that she got voted off not because she had an awful performance. Her performance last night was definitely one of her best. And I got her Any Man of Mine studio version on my playlist now.

Siobhan Magnus. Such an awesome girl with an interesting, one of a kind personality.

Bye. at least for now.



Will personally miss you on AI. T_T

When Alex was booted out of the competition I thought this AI's season is a goner. But thank to this guy, he changed my mind. Two words: Dark Horse.

And his version of You're Still the One tonight just make me wanna swoon all over him and yeah...makes me wanna fall in love.^_^

like what Ellen said: You couldn't look cuter. ♥♥♥

Oh well. Lee DeWyze, FTW!

This part of my life... This part right here... This part is called "Blog like there's no tomorrow".

OK.

So this is really is it. The "there's a lot of catching up to do"-part.

Yup, I've finally summon my knack for blogging and a couple of topics in my mind to actually sit down in front of the computer and type it all away and anyway, rest day is here to stay. hmmmm...I'm just in some mood for some rhymes today. =P

Alright. First stop: My 2nd year stay here in Cebu. I was suppose to write about this back in April 4 cause that's the day that I had landed and tried my luck here in Cebu. But obviously I was not able to. And anyway, I'm just feeling nostalgic and a little awed by how far I was able to go and how in the world I was able to get through the last 2 years of my oh-so-again-predictable-life.

I remembered the first time I got here. I had only brought a couple of tees and jeans and undies, a blanket and a handful of books. The plane only allowed 20 kilos maximum check-in baggage so mom said it would be better if I'll just buy more personal needs in here. I was like a scared little kitten crying every night wishing mom would actually fetch me any time. Of course that did not happen. And somehow if I'd think about it now, I could silently thank mom about that. She had given me trust more than I had asked for. Independence I learned comes with responsibility. It's a pretty scary gift. It can ruin you in the process if you don't know how to use it. And I'd like to think that my parents had brought me well enough to actually know the difference between right and wrong. I won't say that I've done all the right things back here. I have lots of regrets and a lot of I wish I did not do that. But in the end there's still a lot of things to actually thank for.

It's my second year of stay here in Cebu. So what now? I had this crazy notion that most things have expiration dates. Like having a crush on someone or loving someone lasts only until its second year. I think I got that from one of the shows I had seen somewhere but I can no longer remember what though. It posted this idea that if you somehow get through that 2nd year, it would only mean one thing: you are in trouble of making that for life. Of course I can not honestly admit that I agree with that idea 100%. I just find it cute? lol.

But yeah, it's my second year here in Cebu and with that principle above, that means I am overstaying. But yeah I...

Summer.

And if there's a word that is somehow synonymous with summer, that would be: heat. And lately I've been taking in liters and gallons of fluids to quench my thirst. Have you ever had that feeling that you know you are thirsty but no matter how many glasses of water you had drunk you still feel thirsty and that you simply ended up feeling bloated as well? It's pretty crazy. I normally feel that these past weeks. Might be because of the summer heat. I always feel parched. (Oh sorry, I am like quoting my own words from one of my posts.)

But not today. Cause finally, after a long time --- it rained. We really can't say that this is the first summer rain. But still, I love it! I remembered it rained a few times during the first days of summer. But today, I take it all in as if it’s the first time I’ve ever seen it happen. If you'd ask me, it’s the most beautiful part of the summertime: for rain to finally come.

Pardon me again. I am just glad that I could finally change let it to finally .

Finally, it rained.

I hope I can say the same thing with my life.

That finally, it happened.

This might not be the best way to kick off the start of the 2nd year of this blog site --- talking about someone else instead of the blogger's life. More or less gossiping about other people's life --- after all, that's what you call it if you'd talk about other people with-out them knowing it, may it be something good or bad about them, it's nonetheless called the same thing --- gossip.

And today, I'm just in the mood to talk about Mardave/Dave/Mardave/Dave or yah you can add Grace or Tata but people know her better as Dave. Unlike the rest of us in our group who have our own nicknames aside from our real names, she preferred not to have any. So yah, you can say that she's downright straight forward.

Why the sudden urge to write about her? Let's say that it's her special day today and for my benefit as well, I'd like to remember how the heck did I manage to survive having her as my friend. lol. Yah, you got it right. Let start with her sounding more like a villain. Haha.

Let me think of 24 things that would first come to my mind or things that you ought to know about her (if you want to):

24. Suplada. That's the usual first impression. Might be because of her Chinese eyes and the way she stares at people and her I-don't-think-your-joke-is-funny-at-all kind of look.

23. And that makes her the most misunderstood among the group cause first impression lasts for most people. With-out her knowledge she had acquired a couple of enemy. But I must say those are just a-by-product of envy.

22. Well we really can't blame them 'cause she got both beauty and brains.

21. And again I am not telling that cause of the premise again that birds with the same feather flock together (although that doesn't sound wrong at all =p) but because that's the truth. She is now a certified licensed engineer and a number of guys lining up to woe her heart. XD

Ok let's get a little more serious.

20. Kuripot. We can blame her Chinese blood again. And yeah I am not trying to be a racist. Just stereotyping. =p

19. Manyak. I'm not laughing at this. I am cringing at the memory of the times that she'd get possessed and all of the sudden she'd just hug and kiss you and all. Partner ni tots sa mga panahong ito. tsk tsk.

18. Mahilig sa Bananacue. At dahil sa bananacue may lalaking lumuha, nasaktan at nagdusa. *no further explanation*

17. Silence of the lambs. Kung gusto mo ng katahimikan, make her your company. Pwede kayong magsama ng hindi nag-uusap.

16. Just don't have her start the spark of the conversation. Dahil kapag nag-kaganon, mahirap na yang patahimikin.

15. Especially if she will initiate the joke. I mean, you'll never really know that she's already joking. So that will definitely make you a little confuse. =p

14. gifted in predicting that a teacher will be absent. If the teacher is absent, she's absent too. Till now I still don't know how did she does that.

13. Loves music/singing but Singing loving her is a different story.

12. She's one of the few who's opinion I value cause I know that she's not saying those words for the thought of comforting me but because those are the truths.

11. She's closest to me among our group. Too close that those guys who like her even thought that there's something going on between us like something "romantic". Like we had turned lesbo. LOL.

10. But you can't blame them, she had her I-don't-care-about-fashion-and-I-don't-care-if-I-look-like-a-guy-phase.

9. But she's one of those who appears simplest everyday but if she wants to she can turn in to a beautiful swan.

8. So she finally found the right guy ---- pang MMK ang lovestory!

7. If you have a grudge over her, it's easy to hack in to her social network sites and email accounts. pinag-isipan kasi lage ang passwords.

6. Pwedeng commercial model ng shampoo. Buhol free hair

5. If a way to a man's heart is through his stomach then no wonder there's a lot of them on queue. Great Chef. Delizioso !

4. Daddy's little girl.

3. She values her faith. A Christian.

2. One of the best friends I have.

1. And she just turned 24 today.


So all together now:

♫♪HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!♪♫

We haven't really talked and kept in touch a long time now but always remember that you're one of those people that is definitely irreplaceable in my life.^_^

suplada look.

but she can make funny faces too.XD


study mode


miracle worker


lovelife.^_^


Dave and Tin-tin

Mwah. love yah and miss yah!^_^

Happy Anniversary to this blog.

It's been a long long while.

Yes. I know. I know.

I'd like to blame my non-blogging days on work as usual or to my nine unread books. Or to my frequent trip to the movie house or to my long-hours of sleep and trip to dream land. But then again, those are nothing new. I had managed to squeeze in a little amount of time to blog before, then why not for these past few weeks?

Definitely not because I'm running out of things to write. I have a lot of movie reviews on hold. I could talk about the weather again. Or about Naruto's recent Manga update. Or my new bet in American Idol. Or my new job description. Or my already expired 2 years expiration date. Or of my over staying here in Cebu. Or of matters of the heart. Or of Love and lack-there of. Or of my family. Or of my friends. Or of politics. Etc. Etc. Etc.

Probably I was really not in the mood to blog.

Or probably I'm just really losing it --- my knack for blogging.

Well, to be honest about it, I don't think much of myself as a writer. And again it's not because of some low-esteem and lack of self-confidence issue. It's just the truth or make that my personal P.O.V. --- A blogger is totally a milestone away from being a true author/real writer. I'm not generalizing all bloggers so don't hate me with what I'm about to say: bloggers are more of trying-hard-to-be-writers.

Oh crap. I'm talking gibberish again.

Anyway, probably it's not really the knack for blogging that I'm losing but it's the inspiration. After-all, I am just an amateur and any amateur needs inspiration. I mean even professionals do need inspiration. Even Thomas Edison himself said: Genius is one percent perspiration and 99 percent inspiration.




Gotcha!




If you don't know that line you could have believed me. =p. haha! Nah, it's the other way around. I know, I know. But my point here is you don't have to be a genius to actually blog. So we can have it that way: 99% inspiration.

So yah, probably I just really need a little inspiration to dawn on me again. And I'm not by any chance referring to a guy right a way. Although yah, for the most part I think a "him" won't be that bad.=p

Or probably it's just good to lie low for a couple of weeks.

Makes me more mysterious --- or so I thought.

haha.

But yeah, most likely I am back in the blog-working-force (again).

So, visit this site again. We have a lot of catching up to do.^_^

One Mississippi. I've said it before that I am a Sandra Bullock fan and that's enough reason for me to watch this film. Not to mention that she won a best actress award from Oscars for the first time because of this film. And yes, I am not saying this cause I am a fan, but anybody who had seen this film will agree that she totally deserves that recognition.

Two Mississippi. To be honest about it I am not a football fan. To put it straight, I know nothing about the said sport. I don't know even just one name among any Superstar Football players. All I know is that this is a game like a traffic accident (like what Sandra put it in her film). Men just collide in each other and all that they do is to go after that person who is holding that oblong shaped ball. That's another thing. I've always thought of balls as round, but football ball is different from the rest of the balls from any ball games I know. Pretty weird. A game set can end in a matter of seconds. But in a way after watching this film, I now have a name to remember: Michael Oher.

Three Mississippi. We often times think of discrimination of white people's superiority. But the truth is, we were the one who had created this caste system. In this film, it's really wrong to generalize them all. Cause the truth is, like us, they themselves do struggle for equality.

Four Mississippi. I've seen a lot of movies depicting how a certain football team manage to win the season's game. On top of my head I can remember Friday Night Lights, The Replacements, Remembering the Titans and even the Game Plan and always, always the film is set to inspire. The only difference this time though is that more than the team, the movie focused more on how a woman changed a young boy's life and in the processed changed hers as well. And this film will make you realize that though the Quarterback is the star player of the team, he's nothing with-out his blind side---his left tackle.

Five Mississippi. What's up with all the Mississippi? I think I'd visit that city one time. haha. No. It's just that according to the film, it will take 5 seconds for a quarterback or a left-tackle to do something and before a set can be decide as to who will score. That shows us how important time is.

'Nuff said. All I am saying is that this film absolutely deserves a Five star rating.

Rating: ★★★★★

It's almost summer. Oh pardon me, it is already summer. Graduations had been held and Summer break had finally officially begun. And lately I've been taking in liters and gallons of fluids to quench my thirst and parched throat. Have you ever had that feeling that you know you are thirsty but no matter how many glasses of water you had drunk you still feel thirsty and that you simply ended up feeling bloated as well?

It's pretty crazy. I normally feel that these past weeks. Might be because of the summer heat. I always feel parched.

But good thing we had rain showers for the past days. I remembered one time, I had written a journal when after such a long time, rain finally arrived. We can call that the first drops of summer rain for it to sound melodramatic. After all, rain tends to make one's mood sappy and melancholic and sad...

Anyway, it's nice to rain once in a while. I just hope there's no storm coming in. Hmmmm...this is so weird. I am talking about the weather.

Bad sign.

Oh, let the rain keep falling down cause it won't stop me from getting where I'm bound. Maybe I'm crazy. Maybe it's too late. But I'm gonna make it. Don't care what the skies say. So oh, let it rain. Let it rain. Let it rain