movies i watched recently..

we watched the controversial "imelda" last tuesday at eastwood with chi, grace, daisy, jen and ogs. contrary to chi, grace and jen [who slept through most of the movie]'s opinions of the film, i liked the whole thing. it is, anyway, a documentary, so i expected it to be a little boring. i didn't find it that boring though. it's a little artsy with some hint of social relevance. it has a lot of twists and turns, like her life doesn't have a low point, and the best thing about it is it's all real. and i have discovered some history trivia that i never learned in school before [or maybe i just forgot hehe]. about marcos and imelda's 11-day whirlwind courtship i think most of us know. but did you know that imelda got stabbed by an enraged maniac while she was speaking in front of a crowd during marcos' glory years? and that marcos somehow controlled the way she dressed/how much she ate? anyway, at the end of the movie, it became apparent that well, she's just human after all. and the prevailing feeling i felt was that i pity her. she had such a promising youth, and her life just crumbled down in an instant. now she seems so tame and quiet, like a declawed animal. and her histrionic behavior and distorted views about reality makes it all seem surreal. she reminds me more of my mother/grandmother. not that they have psycho issues. hehe. but they're just as beautiful and they somehow went through the same eras.

and the real highlight of the entire movie is the tour guide showing some of imelda's shoes in marikina. she was pointing out 5 pairs of shoes with the same style and color, and said that "it's always being worn that's why it's 5". eh? evil evil me. hehe.

and we also watched "i, robot" at eastwood yesterday with some blockmates. i liked the effects, 'hated the ho-hum script. the effects remind me of "minority report", with the astig looking cars and architecture. the story reminds me of "the matrix" or "bicentennial man" and other related movies with themes on robots developing human like attributes, some of which having the capacity the conquer the earth. in totality, it was satisfactory.

things i haven't done in a long time...

last friday, jenny, joy and i went wallclimbing at power up, tandang sora. the last time i did that was 2 years ago. my belay card was 1 year expired already. i wasn't able to climb as much as joy and jenny did, because i easily got exhausted. the aero classes didn't do me any good. hehe. when i met up with jenny, the rain started to pour, and it didn't stop until around 8 pm that night. traffic was really bad in katipunan because of floods [hayyy malas talaga. pinagsama pa kami. hehe], so jenny just decided to spend the night here.

earlier today, i started with the art workshop by fernando sena, in pmwa. the only time i attended a workshop was way back in 1993-1994. i don't know why i waited 10 long years before i started to attend such classes again. it felt comfortable drawing again with a 6B staedler pencil. although while i was drawing, i realized i didn't progress much from the time i stopped drawing when i was 12. argh. regrets. i think it's ironic that when i was in high school/college, i always felt that it was too late to take up classes or to learn anything new, and now that i'm way past the adolescent or even teenage years, i don't see anything wrong with them. besides, i need a different atmosphere apart from law school.

hayyy.. emo nanaman..

i'm going through difficult times once again, trying to put my past and my insecurities behind me. believe me, it's a struggle. argh. of all the bad things about me, i HATE insecurity the most. next to that is my tendency to not let go of the past. i envy people who can strut around in their spag straps no matter how big they are or whose sense of confidence just radiates even if they're not objectively physically attractive. ako, i just can feel all the ugliness steaming through my skin all the time. hay nako. it's hard to be ugly in such a materialistic and beauty oriented world. i'm remembering a lot of bad things again that have been haunting me for years. i seriously have to put them aside already. damn neurosis.

and i also hate people or things who disturb me in my comfortable little bubble. and those who have hurt me in some way, in any way, in the past. especially those who unintentionally busted my ego and made me feel miserable because of my physical appearance [check previous paragraph]. gawd i feel like kuzco. i hate people who throw off my groove. hehe.

and friendster really is the work of the devil. 'makes me see people i don't have to actually see anymore.

and i know you have no clue about what i'm talking about. hay.

wtf???

what is it with all the billboards in edsa with pictures of guys in their underwear????? if you look to the south bound side of edsa, opposite nepa q-mart, you would see this big "hang ten" billboard, which used to have a picture of nancy castiglione, with a picture of some abnoy looking chinese guy wearing only a pair of briefs. [the worse part is, they have the same billboard in edsa. same guy, same undewear, different pose that doesn't make it any better] move a few meters, and you would see JR - or rather Jay-R's picture. fyi, Jay-R is that hip hop guy with the square jaw singing senti songs. in short, i hate him. he's apparently a model for "bench", and he's pictured on the billboard with, you guessed it, only a pair of briefs on. move a few more meters from that and you will see the "penshoppe" billboard, with three guys supposedly in a library, but lo and behold, they're wearing their underwear. what the hell is up with that?? i don't know why, but girls in underwear look more decent than guys in underwear. or maybe it just has something to do with the models they've chosen. hindi sila nakakatuwa!!! if i could only pass an ordinance banning such billboards for grave scandal in any place in manila. people would get into accidents with those pictures up there.

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