Beyond the Screen
The other night I was viewing the pictures of my parents' US trip and I chanced upon their Universal Studios Hollywood photos. Arrrgghhh! I was thrilled with what I saw! There was an incredible array of rides, shows, movie sets, and attractions -- all beyond our imagination!
Truly nothing beats this movie sutdio and theme park, not even our own Enchanted Kingdom! In fact, EK's just about a hundredth fraction of this legendary amusement park! Which makes me wonder, when will I ever go back to that place where my favorite movies come to life?
I could only guess.
Speaking of the Screen...
For the nth time, our tv set broke down. The sad part is, nobody wants to admit the fault. But the most depressing effect of all -- we won't get to watch much of the worthy films on screen. Oh no. Life without TV? I can't imagine!
So last night, instead of sneering at the annoying Melissa Ricks of SCQ and applauding Allen Pineda in MMK, I sat by our dining room table and obliged myself to write something worthy for the mini testimony that I would be giving during a seminar this weekend.
Wish I could minimize my "uhms" and "errs" this time.=)
The other night I was viewing the pictures of my parents' US trip and I chanced upon their Universal Studios Hollywood photos. Arrrgghhh! I was thrilled with what I saw! There was an incredible array of rides, shows, movie sets, and attractions -- all beyond our imagination!
SHREK 4-D: where you see, hear, and actually FEEL the action right from your own seat!
*Shrek's extra dimension, according to my sister, included a full sensory ogre smell, real bugs right on your seat, and liquid (most likely urine) squirting inside the studio!
The fake Hollywood scene
Up-close with Frankenstein
MaiMai, the Kid of the Year
Doom of the Dead
Blast Zone with SpongeBob
Truly nothing beats this movie sutdio and theme park, not even our own Enchanted Kingdom! In fact, EK's just about a hundredth fraction of this legendary amusement park! Which makes me wonder, when will I ever go back to that place where my favorite movies come to life?
I could only guess.
Speaking of the Screen...
For the nth time, our tv set broke down. The sad part is, nobody wants to admit the fault. But the most depressing effect of all -- we won't get to watch much of the worthy films on screen. Oh no. Life without TV? I can't imagine!
So last night, instead of sneering at the annoying Melissa Ricks of SCQ and applauding Allen Pineda in MMK, I sat by our dining room table and obliged myself to write something worthy for the mini testimony that I would be giving during a seminar this weekend.
Wish I could minimize my "uhms" and "errs" this time.=)
Pep's New Mission Statement
The priest's homily was very timely. In today's mass, he was talking about not giving up when "our future seems unclear." Many times during his homily I felt like God was really trying to tell me something...something about my career. And I felt that stronger as the mass ended:
I AM NOT GIVING UP ON MY DREAMS, EVEN IF THINGS NOW ARE SO DISCOURAGING. I WILL BE A GOOD DOCTOR. I KNOW I WILL.
And so tonight I'm explaining this to my parents again. After dinner perhaps. Hopefully this will make them happy, hopefully this will stop them from persuading me to study nursing instead. And hopefully in ten years' time, I'd see them fulfilled and happy just like how fulfilled and happy I am right now.
Life Without Water
This is horrifying. The entire village is deprived of water supply for three (or four) days now! So imagine us conserving our water reserve even to the last drop,imagine us using mineral water in toothbrushing, and imagine our toilet bowl overflowing with grime and stench! Eeew!
Ho-humm. Luckily it rained hard today. Therefore I was able to properly scrub the filth off my skin. Astig maligo sa ulan! Tuloy-tuloy ang buhos ng tubig! Hahaha!
What I'm Reading
My friend Aatz lent me this book, Human Cloning and Human Dignity by the US President's Council on Bioethics. It sounds heavy with all the medical science involved but the first few pages proved it wrong. This is one of those accounts which every Bio major should read. Haha.
Last week I was into Dan Brown's controversial The Da Vinci Code. Well yeah, the thrill and the mystery were there. The suspense is superb and the plot really interesting but halfway into my reading, I realized that it was poisoning me. Hehe...therefore I stopped reading Da Vinci. Moreover, the way Brown depicted Opus Dei was very inaccurate. In fact, the opposite is true!
Well I don't intend to discredit Dan Brown. My only intention here is to warn the readers to critically evaluate the information contained in Brown's work of fiction. It may be a bit far-off, but I think that his book is excessivly fictional that it puts our faith at risk. Really.
Anyway, PEACE to all Dan Brown aficionados. =)
The priest's homily was very timely. In today's mass, he was talking about not giving up when "our future seems unclear." Many times during his homily I felt like God was really trying to tell me something...something about my career. And I felt that stronger as the mass ended:
I AM NOT GIVING UP ON MY DREAMS, EVEN IF THINGS NOW ARE SO DISCOURAGING. I WILL BE A GOOD DOCTOR. I KNOW I WILL.
And so tonight I'm explaining this to my parents again. After dinner perhaps. Hopefully this will make them happy, hopefully this will stop them from persuading me to study nursing instead. And hopefully in ten years' time, I'd see them fulfilled and happy just like how fulfilled and happy I am right now.
Life Without Water
This is horrifying. The entire village is deprived of water supply for three (or four) days now! So imagine us conserving our water reserve even to the last drop,imagine us using mineral water in toothbrushing, and imagine our toilet bowl overflowing with grime and stench! Eeew!
Ho-humm. Luckily it rained hard today. Therefore I was able to properly scrub the filth off my skin. Astig maligo sa ulan! Tuloy-tuloy ang buhos ng tubig! Hahaha!
What I'm Reading
My friend Aatz lent me this book, Human Cloning and Human Dignity by the US President's Council on Bioethics. It sounds heavy with all the medical science involved but the first few pages proved it wrong. This is one of those accounts which every Bio major should read. Haha.
Last week I was into Dan Brown's controversial The Da Vinci Code. Well yeah, the thrill and the mystery were there. The suspense is superb and the plot really interesting but halfway into my reading, I realized that it was poisoning me. Hehe...therefore I stopped reading Da Vinci. Moreover, the way Brown depicted Opus Dei was very inaccurate. In fact, the opposite is true!
Well I don't intend to discredit Dan Brown. My only intention here is to warn the readers to critically evaluate the information contained in Brown's work of fiction. It may be a bit far-off, but I think that his book is excessivly fictional that it puts our faith at risk. Really.
Anyway, PEACE to all Dan Brown aficionados. =)
Another Mean Show On TV
Some highschool friends who migrated to the US emailed us about a new show airing in the US...
In this new reality show, the best singers are sent home while the gang of hopefuls (those with more guts than talent) remain and compete for the the New TV Singing Senstaion title. Weird, eh?
And to my surprise, our very own LA LOPEZ was one of the hopefuls! He actually audtioned, perhaps seriously affected by the Filipinos' lack of support in his singing career. Sadly he didn't make it to the final 12, thus confirming that he somehow has talent which we just can't seem to appreciate.
Decisions, decisions.
I'm not pretty sure if I'm making the right decision. But on Monday, I'm getting my transcript of records from UP, good moral character, and honorable dismissal as well. Yes, I'm transferring to another school with another course --nursing. But when I think of the things and of the people that I'd be leaving, bumibigat ang loob ko. Seryoso.
Basta, bakit ang gulo ng isip ko. Hindi ako makapag-decide. Parang ngayon, inuuna ko yung emosyon. Tsk tsk. Pero kung tutuusin, pinaka-pangarap ko talaga ang pagiging doktor. Kaya lang nabe-brain wash na ako ng mga taong nakakasalamuha ko. Parang lahat sila dini-discourage ako. Hindi na daw praktikal ang pagme-med. Bakit pa daw ako magpapakahirap dito. Paglumipat daw ako, hindi na ako masyadong magpupuyat sa pag-aaral. Hindi ko na daw iiyakan ang Chem. Hindi na daw ako stressed-out sa polusyon ng Faura. Hindi na daw ako mai-irita sa dami ng tao sa MRT at LRT. In short, mas dadali ang buhay ko.
Isa pa, pwede naman daw mag-nursing at magtrabaho sa Amerika at kumita ng dolyar. Hindi daw ako magsisisi doon. Kasi wala pa daw nurse na nagsisi. Ewan, ang gulo. Pag-nandun na daw ako, kaya ko nga bilhin yung dream house ko...yung may swimming pool. Wow. Pati yung dream car. Wow. Napaka-materialistic ng reasons.
Kaya eto ako ngayon, medyo nabubulag sa kung ano ba talaga ang dapat kong sundin. Iniyakan ko nga ulit ito kanina eh, habang nasa party ako ng pinsan ko. O diba. Pinaandar ko na naman ang pagiging emosyonal. Pero hindi ko kasi napigilan yung luha ko, lalo na nung sinabihan ako ng tita ko ng, "Wag ka munang susuko." Kasi ngayon pa lang inaamin ko sumusuko na ako eh...kaya nga mabilis akong nakapag-desisyon na aalis na ako ng UP.
Hay. Meron pa akong buong araw ng Sunday para mag-decide. Ipag-pray niyo ako please.
Some highschool friends who migrated to the US emailed us about a new show airing in the US...
In this new reality show, the best singers are sent home while the gang of hopefuls (those with more guts than talent) remain and compete for the the New TV Singing Senstaion title. Weird, eh?
And to my surprise, our very own LA LOPEZ was one of the hopefuls! He actually audtioned, perhaps seriously affected by the Filipinos' lack of support in his singing career. Sadly he didn't make it to the final 12, thus confirming that he somehow has talent which we just can't seem to appreciate.
Decisions, decisions.
I'm not pretty sure if I'm making the right decision. But on Monday, I'm getting my transcript of records from UP, good moral character, and honorable dismissal as well. Yes, I'm transferring to another school with another course --nursing. But when I think of the things and of the people that I'd be leaving, bumibigat ang loob ko. Seryoso.
Basta, bakit ang gulo ng isip ko. Hindi ako makapag-decide. Parang ngayon, inuuna ko yung emosyon. Tsk tsk. Pero kung tutuusin, pinaka-pangarap ko talaga ang pagiging doktor. Kaya lang nabe-brain wash na ako ng mga taong nakakasalamuha ko. Parang lahat sila dini-discourage ako. Hindi na daw praktikal ang pagme-med. Bakit pa daw ako magpapakahirap dito. Paglumipat daw ako, hindi na ako masyadong magpupuyat sa pag-aaral. Hindi ko na daw iiyakan ang Chem. Hindi na daw ako stressed-out sa polusyon ng Faura. Hindi na daw ako mai-irita sa dami ng tao sa MRT at LRT. In short, mas dadali ang buhay ko.
Isa pa, pwede naman daw mag-nursing at magtrabaho sa Amerika at kumita ng dolyar. Hindi daw ako magsisisi doon. Kasi wala pa daw nurse na nagsisi. Ewan, ang gulo. Pag-nandun na daw ako, kaya ko nga bilhin yung dream house ko...yung may swimming pool. Wow. Pati yung dream car. Wow. Napaka-materialistic ng reasons.
Kaya eto ako ngayon, medyo nabubulag sa kung ano ba talaga ang dapat kong sundin. Iniyakan ko nga ulit ito kanina eh, habang nasa party ako ng pinsan ko. O diba. Pinaandar ko na naman ang pagiging emosyonal. Pero hindi ko kasi napigilan yung luha ko, lalo na nung sinabihan ako ng tita ko ng, "Wag ka munang susuko." Kasi ngayon pa lang inaamin ko sumusuko na ako eh...kaya nga mabilis akong nakapag-desisyon na aalis na ako ng UP.
Hay. Meron pa akong buong araw ng Sunday para mag-decide. Ipag-pray niyo ako please.
Konting Tiis Na Lang
Hay salamat. Mababawasan na ng konti ang mga problema ko. Sa loob ng apat na araw, pahinga na ulit ako mula kay Chang. Wala nang Chem 18. Wala na rin Comm3. Pagdating ng Martes, "malaya" na ulit kami. Ang saya sigurong mabuhay ulit ng normal, no?
Hmmm...audition!
Kahapon pala nasa abs-cbn kami nila ron, mika, mathet, adel, nikki, rj, wy-nona, and karla. ininterview namin si maoui david, yung blue-tailed mermaid sa marina. astig ang bait niya. hindi suplada, pramis. pinasundo niya kami sa audience entrance, tapos pinapunta niya kami sa dressing room niya. kinuwentuhan niya kami ng buhay niya, kung pano siya naging artista, kung ano yung dream role niya, kung bakit niya gusto si Hero, kung bakit kulay blue yung kaliskis niya, atbp. sobrang naaliw ako. ayan tuloy, parang gusto ko nang tanggapin yung offer sakin ng abs-cbn. hehehe..biro lang. walang offer. pangarap ko lang yun.
pero in fairness, sadyang marami pala ang may "pangarap" na ganito. sa audience entrance pa lang, medyo madami nang nakapila for auditions. marami sila dun na bihis na bihis...nagsisi-kapalan ang make-up, malalaking mga hikaw, mga buhok na pina-relax or pina-rebond, at hindi mawawala sa get-up nila: mga damit na sobrang revealing. eeeeewwww. bakit kaya ang hilig-hilig nilang magtipid ng tela? hay, sa totoo lang (sorry sa mga tatamaan) para silang papunta sa japan. hehehe.
pakiramdam ko nga dinadaan lang talaga nung iba sa LAKAS NG LOOB ang pag-audition e. marami kasi sa kanila (based on previous stories) wala namang talent or star quality. FIGTHING SPIRIT lang talaga. dahil sa matinding kagustuhan na lumabas yung mukha sa tv, lahat gagawin nila para lang matanggap ng abs-cbn. in a way, nakakabilib din. mahirap naman talaga kasing humarap sa tao nang wala kang "ibubuga", diba?
kaya personally, saludo na ako sa lahat ng nag-aattempt at nag-attempt nang mag-audition. sana tulad din ng sa kanila ang confidence level ko. =)
Hay salamat. Mababawasan na ng konti ang mga problema ko. Sa loob ng apat na araw, pahinga na ulit ako mula kay Chang. Wala nang Chem 18. Wala na rin Comm3. Pagdating ng Martes, "malaya" na ulit kami. Ang saya sigurong mabuhay ulit ng normal, no?
Hmmm...audition!
Kahapon pala nasa abs-cbn kami nila ron, mika, mathet, adel, nikki, rj, wy-nona, and karla. ininterview namin si maoui david, yung blue-tailed mermaid sa marina. astig ang bait niya. hindi suplada, pramis. pinasundo niya kami sa audience entrance, tapos pinapunta niya kami sa dressing room niya. kinuwentuhan niya kami ng buhay niya, kung pano siya naging artista, kung ano yung dream role niya, kung bakit niya gusto si Hero, kung bakit kulay blue yung kaliskis niya, atbp. sobrang naaliw ako. ayan tuloy, parang gusto ko nang tanggapin yung offer sakin ng abs-cbn. hehehe..biro lang. walang offer. pangarap ko lang yun.
pero in fairness, sadyang marami pala ang may "pangarap" na ganito. sa audience entrance pa lang, medyo madami nang nakapila for auditions. marami sila dun na bihis na bihis...nagsisi-kapalan ang make-up, malalaking mga hikaw, mga buhok na pina-relax or pina-rebond, at hindi mawawala sa get-up nila: mga damit na sobrang revealing. eeeeewwww. bakit kaya ang hilig-hilig nilang magtipid ng tela? hay, sa totoo lang (sorry sa mga tatamaan) para silang papunta sa japan. hehehe.
pakiramdam ko nga dinadaan lang talaga nung iba sa LAKAS NG LOOB ang pag-audition e. marami kasi sa kanila (based on previous stories) wala namang talent or star quality. FIGTHING SPIRIT lang talaga. dahil sa matinding kagustuhan na lumabas yung mukha sa tv, lahat gagawin nila para lang matanggap ng abs-cbn. in a way, nakakabilib din. mahirap naman talaga kasing humarap sa tao nang wala kang "ibubuga", diba?
kaya personally, saludo na ako sa lahat ng nag-aattempt at nag-attempt nang mag-audition. sana tulad din ng sa kanila ang confidence level ko. =)
Konti Na Lang
