Benjamin Button

Finally got to watch it – and I loved it!

Not surprising (that I loved it); the “lessons” found in the story seem to stem from a similar perspective/take of life I personally have – so there’s nothing not to like about it hahaha. I just found myself nodding everytime they would deliver some line containing a “lesson.” Lines like these:

For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.

In fact, ’twas almost freaky; for each and every phrase in that paragraph, I could probably bust out a URL of a post I had written in the past that had a similar thesis. It’s a shame that it’s a movie, and ultimately will be treated as such – we need more real life examples for it to catch on hahaha – that, and people in general should stop being so damn afraid to take chances.

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away – Anon

We only live life once – make it count.

Of the days that passed

Been a while since I posted, but too much has happened for me to recall every detail so I’ll try to summarize everything.

Early last week, GP, Mr. Jojo, and I watched Madagascar. We tried the premiere theater in Shangri-la (the 300 peso-ish, unlimited popcorn and drink theater). Hilarious movie. I loved those penguins!

Late last week, BP was in Tagaytay for Paola’s wedding. The “kid” of BP (which is ironic since she’s older than most of the newer members including ME) was finally getting hitched. They reserved a cottage for the group in Caleruega… about 10 meters away from the church, which made it extremely easy for us to sleep late and wake up late and still make it without breaking a sweat.

Unfortunately, I developed a severe cough which killed my voice come the reception.

Sunday evening, upon returning home GP and I went to the DWTL mass, but only for the mass, I couldn’t sing since my voice was shot to hell. Glad to see some of the “oldies” still there at least for the Mass.

That same night, we met up with JD, Pia, and Leo (of ACS) to watch Sin City (finally!). All I can say is that I love Jessica Alba. She is a goddess.

Yesterday probably deserves its own post so I’ll stop right here for now.

Kingdom of Heaven

I’m slowly getting back to my routine, it’s really great to finally get some rest.

We watched Kingdom of Heaven the other night – I liked it. I don’t know if having just been to Jerusalem had anything to do with it. I definitely appreciated the geography in the movie and trying to compare it to what we saw during the pilgrimage.

THe story was not bad too. Simple and tells a story mostly fiction I guess. But nonetheless I appreciated that the Muslims were portrayed as the more decent people. Fiction or not, the movie at least reminded me not to generalize a whole belief system simply because I disagree with them. I guess it all boils down to “time” and “situation.”

I also liked how the movie reminds people that Religion, which teaches love, peace and justice – is also one of the leading causes of death to date hehehe. How’s that for an irony?

Is it just me, or does Orlando Bloom have only one facial expression?

Yesterday

Note to self: Never ride the back of any big-ish car/van with lousy suspension.

Had to wake up early morning for this “guesting” we had in a public school in Tondo. Our friend Candice works for Centex, an Ayala subsidiary (foundation) and she teaches music to kids.

Anyways, The group was comprised of Her, Mich, Jampao, Kenneth, Moks, and me. The trip going there was ok, probably since I was sitting in the backseat and not the farthest part of the van/fx/whatever.

We got there and Jampao did his thing. He’s amazing as a teacher – especially to kids. You can really see a passion in his way of teaching, regardless if he has knack for it or not. Simply put, we honestly think that he’ll end up being a teacher cuz he’s just so damn good at it.

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