Wednesday, February 22, 2006

really old and the feeling old

as usual lost command na naman ako noon, di ko alam kung nasan ang mga tibak sa kolehiyo, kaya kasama ko tatay ko na ngayon ko lang napag-iisip na lost command din nuong mga panahon na iyon, dahil bakit di siya nakahanay sa lugar ng mga titsers noon, bakit dalawa lang kaming nagpunta sa edsa noon, hindi kasama mga kasams?

nmiss ko ang aksyon at drama sa mendiola noon, kaya ang nangyari lang sa akin ay natulog sa edsa at pag-gising ko eh umalis na si makoy, kaya pinagtawanan ng nanay bko ang kumplikadong rebolusyon na pilit pinapatanggap sa kanya ng mga aktibista.

yon lang ang ala-ala ko noon, at yong nakaupo kami ni larry, na kasama kong tibak sa high school, sa ilalim ng puno sa malacanang na kumakain ng mami noong panahon na bukas pa ang palasyo pagkatapos ng looting doon at bago ito gamitin ni cory. malamang di na naman kami pumasok sa klase non para lang makatambay sa malakanyang. daming tao noon.

masarap yong mami na yon, naalala ko.

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

burger fries tapsilog at siopao

bakit kailangang mag bayad ng fine ang late renewal ng driver's license?

madaling intindihin na kailangan kang magbayad kapag gusto mong magkalisensya para mkpg-drive pero bakit ka magbabayad sa panahong hindi ka nag-renew ng lisensya eh hindi ka nga nag-nagmaneho non? ikaw nga talo nong panahon na iyon dahil hindi ka mkpg-maneho kaya fucker bakit ka sisingilin ng fine?

hindi ka na ba pwedeng umayaw sa pagmamaneho once na kumuha ka ng lisensya? kahit ayaw mo mg-drive dapat me lisensya ka sa pag-drive? di ba dapat kung kelan mo lang trip magmaneho uli eh saka ka lang mgpp-renew ng lisensya at wala nang pakialam ang kahit sino sa panahong ayaw mo magk-lisensya magmaneho? demet!

Thursday, February 09, 2006

i luv yah martina!!!!


returning hingis won over 4th seed sharapova, wohohohoh! go martina!!!

feb 10 brokeback zsazsa

mula sa cinemanila:

Sa Biyernes (Feb. 10) na ang simula ng pagpapalabas ng dulang Zsazsa
Zaturnnah ng Tanghalang Pinoy sa CCP. Totoo bang sold out na ang
tickets for its opening night?

Di bale, every weekend ang palabas nito hanggang Marso 5.

Malaking atraksyon ang cast nito -- si Eula Valdez bilang Zsazsa at
si Tuxqs Ronquillo ang alter ego niyang bading, si Ada. Kung si
Darna may kapatid na Ding, ito naman si Zsazsa ay may "delicious"
lover na si Dodong.

Naging kontrobersyal ang kuwentong komiks na ginawa ni Carlo Vergara
noong 2002 dahil tila lumabag ito sa Golden Code ng publishers at
editors dito sa atin na nagbabawal ng "profanity, obscenity, smut,
vulgarity and for sanctity of marriage." Kaya dapat walang "gay"
themes.

Nang lumabas ang comic book na Ang Kagila-gilalas na
Pakikipagsapalaran ni Zsazsa Zaturnnah, nagdagdag ito ng buhay sa
naghihingalong industriya ng komiks sa bansa. Bading ang bida na nagiging babae dahil sa paglulon ng isang bato. Na-inspire si Vergara ng Darna ni Mars Ravelo.

Hindi nagtagal, napili ito ng Manila Critics Circle na National Book
Awardee for Best Comic Book of 2002. Ngayon, isang musical na ang Zsazsa Zaturnnah sa CCP sa direksyon ni Chris Millado, na 2002 Aliw Awardee for best stage director dahil sa
trabaho niya sa Insiang.

Si Zsazsa ay bagong gay icon sa ngayon. Ayon kay Didi na sidekick
niya? "Ada, tayo ay bading. Para sa karamihan, nakahihiya na tayo
anuman ang gawin natin. Kaya huwag natin silang biruin. Lingid sa
kinalaman nila, nakukuha natin ang ating tanyag na lakas sa
pagpapakapal ng mukha. Itaguyod ang bandera, sis."

eto pa isa:

Cinemanila International Film Festival and Sky Films present the
much-awaited Philippine premiere of Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain"
at Robinsons Galleria on February 10, 7:30 p.m.

A leading contender at this year's Academy Awards, "Brokeback
Mountain" won the Golden Lion (Grand Prize) at the prestigious
Venice International Film Festival last year and Best Picture-Drama,
Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Original Song at the recent
Golden Globe Awards.

Based on the short story by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie
Proulx and adapted for the screen by the team of Pulitzer Prize-
winning author Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, the film tells the
story of two young men - a ranch-hand and a rodeo cowboy - who meet
in the summer of 1963, and unexpectedly forge a lifelong connection,
one whose complications, joys and tragedies provide a testament to
the endurance and power of love.

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Lee ("Crouching Tiger, Hidden
Dragon") comes up with an epic American love story set against the
sweeping vistas of Wyoming and Texas. Strictly for mature viewing
with sexuality, nudity, language and some violence, "Brokeback
Mountain" is topbilled by Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne
Hathaway and Michelle Williams.

The dramatic film has also been named the year's best by leading
critics groups such as the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the
New York Film Critics Circle, the Boston Society of Film Critics,
the Dallas-Forth Worth Film Critics Association, the San Francisco
Film Critics Circle and the Southeastern Film Critics Association.

Other awards and distinctions include the Satellite Awards from the
International Press Academy for Outstanding Motion Picture-Drama,
Outstanding Director, Outstanding Film Editing and Outstanding
Original Song in addition to bids for top honors of such major
Hollywood guilds as the Directors Guild of America, the Producers
Guild of America, the Screen Actors Guild, the American Society of
Cinematographers, the American Cinema Editors and the Writers Guild
of America.

Wednesday, February 08, 2006

patterns in popular culture

kahapon naalala ko si benson, na sa totoong ispeling ay vinzon, vinzon na buong buo at malinaw na malinaw sa pagbibigkas ng nanay niya kapag kausap siya, pero kahapon benson ko siya naalala. pero hindi buo ang pagkaalala ko sa kanya dahil hindi naman siya ang inaalala ko kundi yong librong hindi niya nanenok sa library ng PUP na maya't maya'y nagdulot ng malaking pagsisisi sa kaniyang pag-iisip lalo na kapag nakainom hanggang sa mabagok ang kanyang ulo dahil sa kabadtripan sa kanya ng ibang nakainom din sa mayric's isang dekada na ang nakalipas. iba na ang maya't maya niyang pinagsisisihan pagkatapos non.

sa mga kwento, awit, tula, dula, sining biswal at iba pang porma ng kulturang popular may patterns na parating sumusulpot, mga elemento na binabalik-balikan. tulad ng the shadow, maaari ito ang alter ego o katapat na karibal ng bida, si clark ni supe, si bizzaro ni supe, korni kapag walang itinatago ang bida, walang dark side o kaya ay napaka-husay na nilalang na walang sinumang makatatapat na kontrabida. kaya nga mas magandang basahin si batman kesa kay superman. si batman si ang psychologically twisted na si bruce na sa totoo lang ay wala namang super power samantalang si superman ay si SUPERMAN! ano pa bang magagawa mong kwento sa isang nilalang na magtanggal lang ng salamin at magladlad ng kapa ay nagiging SUPERMAN kundi ay patayin siya kunwari at buhayin sa iba't ibang katauhan bago ibalik uli sa dati ng SUPERMAN!

parati ring sumusulpot ang trickster, ang helpful animal at ang wise old man. mga elementong gamit na gamit ni aesop at brothers grimm na patuloy na nagpaparamdam sa anyo nila joker, gughead, yoda, gandalf, r2-d2, si father francis, si cassiopea, ang narrator ng kantang the gambler ni kenny rogers o father and son ni cat stevens. minsan para maiba naman ay batang babae ang wise old man, pero wise old man pa rin yong elementong yon. pwedeng gawing contest yan kapag nanonood ng sine o tv, paunahang hanapin ang wise old man!

parati ring naririyan sa iba't ibang anyo ang "the quest", para sa dragonlance, para sa one ring, para sa punyetang diary, para sa holy grail. hindi rin nawawala ang seductress, ang mother, at iba pa. may pattern, palaging may pattern, minsan naiisip ko sana hindi ko na lang nabasa yong librong yon.

Sunday, February 05, 2006

jowa in d palas

pinatay nila si lady han! fuckers!

Thursday, February 02, 2006

nyanyak

that kid in the new gain plus adverts....inaanak kong si julia yon!

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

C.S. Lewis

i never had the chance to meet aslan when i was young, i got acquainted with screwtape and his nephew wormwood though, hmmmm....typical. screwtape letters, a must read for novice demons, in the service of "our father below".

Friday, January 06, 2006

bueno nuevo ovo

pakikiramay sa inyo christy burnie, sa pagyao ni tatay, bago magbago ang taon. tiyahin ni che di naman nagpaabot ng pasko, big fat oroquieta christmas wake.

Sunday, December 18, 2005

taho

may gulaman ang taho sa davao, sa bandang west minda pwede mo naman itong palagyan ng gatas sa nagtitinda.

Thursday, December 08, 2005

Monday, November 28, 2005

filipinovelas

i saw pinoy faces at the tv monitor of a video store inside a mall in petaling jaya. not pinoy looking faces but definitely pinoy faces.

it wast the most curious thing, in front of posters of malaysian movie and pop stars was this footage of nestor de villa eating a mango. what surprised me more after entereing the store was the number of pinoy dvd movies in the store, and more curiously that it was of the kristine hermosa - jerico rosales variety.

turned out that pinoy soap is a big hit in malaysia, especially 'sana'y wala nang wakas'. it's being shown on free tv and has a regular following. it's not dubbed though but they use subtitles instead.

what struck me was that i don't remember having seen any malaysian movie, not even in asian film festivals, and that i don't think i'll ever see any malaysian soap played in a pinoy video store.
i mused over this in between swigs of guinness, sometimes i'd return to the drone conversation- IT use by advocacy groups - then slide back to thoughts of asian cinema and tv again, went back....nope... haven't seen any malaysian film.
'the pillow book' at the UP film center ... must!

Wednesday, November 16, 2005

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005

the ties that bind

anak ni mistique si nightcrawler at naging foster mother ni rogue, x-men pareho sila nightcrawler at rogue habang nakahanay kay magneto si mistique.

anak naman ni magneto si quicksilver at si scarlet witch na mga miyembro ng avengers. asawa ni scarlet witch si vision na kasama niya sa avengers.

si vision ay ginawa ng kalabang robot ng avengers na si ultron. si ultron naman ay likha ni hank pym na miyembro ng avengers bilang ant-man at giant-man.

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

do i move you

hindi ko napakilala sa yo si nina simone ano siya yong kinukwento ni julie delpy sa last scene ng before sunset yong ginagaya niyang kumanta ng naglalakad at nagyoyosi habang kausap ang audience

I get along without you very well
Of course, I do
Except when soft rains fall
And drip from leaves then I recall
The thrill of being sheltered

In your arms
Of course, I do
But I get along without you very well


matagal tagal yong conversation na yon pero sa totoo lang isa lang ang kanta ni nina simone sa before sunset eh

I wish I could share
All the love that’s in my heart


ginagaya ni julie si nina simone nuong matanda na sa france kung san siya tumira pagkatapos niyang nilayasan ang estados unidos dahil di na kumportable ang mga kinakanta niya para sa mga puti don nagiging parang anthem daw ng black panther ang mga kanta niya

My father was rich and white
He forced my mother late one night
What do they call me
My name is siffronia
My skin is brown
And my manner is tough
I’ll kill the first mother I see
Cos my life has been too rough
I’m awfully bitter these days
Because my parents were slaves
What do they call me
My Name Is Peaches


kahit kantang pangbroadway di mo alam kung malulungkot ka, maiinlab, o magagalit kapag siya na ang kumanta

I loves you, porgy,
Don’t let him take me
Don’t let him handle me
With his hot hands
And drive me mad
If you can keep me
I wanna stay here with you forever
I’ve got my man
Someday I know he’s coming to call me
He’s going to handle me and hold me
So, it’ going to be like dying, porgy
When he calls me
But when he comes I know I’ll have to go

me eksena din don sa palabas ni bridget fonda na the assassin nung naghiwalay sila ni gabriel byrne at sinigurado niya na sa kanya mapupunta ang plaka ni nina simone

So black is the color of my true love’s hair
Black is the color of my true love’s hair

ngayon kinakategorya ang cds niya sa jazz pero hindi naman talaga me mga albums nga siya ng pop standards ne merong my baby just cares for me na sumikat ulit nitong nakaraang dekada dahil ginamit sa isang commercial pero hindi din lang ganon ang kinanta niya

When I touch you do you quiver
From your head down to your liver
If you like it let me know it
Don't be psychic or you'll blow it
The answer better be (Yes, yes)
That pleases me

dahil sa distinct style at delivery niya akala mo puro original ang mga kanta niya pero marami ay cover songs pero super version niya kaya di mo halos makilala sabi nga niya oh to be young gifted and black

If morning echo says we've sinned
Well, it was what I wanted anyhow
And if we're the victims of the night
I promise you I won't be blinded by light
There is no need to take me home
I'm old enough to face the dawn
Just call me angel of the morning
Just touch my cheek before you leave me baby

mukhang paborito din niyang i-cover si bob dylan e siyempre late 60s early 70s non pero di na folksie ang tunog kapag rendition na ni nina

They say everything can be replaced
Yet every distance is not near
So I remember every face
Of every man who put me here
I see the light come shining
From the west unto the east
Any day now any day now
I shall be released

pati blues mhen ang galing niya mag blues kahit kantang hindi 12 bar na I-IV-V progression ay kaya nyang gawing blues

I put a spell on you’
cause you’re mine
You better stop the things you do
I ain’t lyin’ No I ain’t lyin’
You know I can’t stand it
You’re runnin’ around
You know better daddy
I can’t stand it cause you put me down

yon ang lawak ng catalogue niya kaya kapag nagbasa tungkol sa female jazz vocalists ay minor lang ang listing niya kesa kina ella, billie o sara pero sa totoo lang mhen siya ang pinaka-magaling kumanta sa lahat ng mga yon paniwalaan mo ako kahit hindi ko napakilala sa yo si nina simone

Baby, can you understand me now
Sometimes I feel a little mad
Don't you know that no one alive can always be an angel
When things go rough I feel real bad
I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood
Baby, sometimes I'm so carefree
With a joy that's hard to hide
And othertimes it seems that, all I have to do is worry
And then I know you're bound to see my other side
I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh lord, please don't let me be misunderstood
If I seem edgy, I want you to know
That I never mean to take it out on you
Life has its problems and I get my share
But that's one thing that I would never do'
cos I love you
Oh... Don't you know I'm human
I got my faults like any other one
Sometimes I find myself, Lord, regreting
Some foolish thing - some simple thing I've done
But I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh lord, please don't let me be misunderstood

Saturday, October 01, 2005

the tipping point

huwag sumubok sumakay ng MRT ng may dalang kahit anong de-lata

Tuesday, September 20, 2005

charles baudelaire

Get drunk! One should always be drunk. That's all that matters;that's our one imperative need. So as not to feel Time's horrible burden one which breaks your shoulders and bows you down, you must get drunk without cease. But with what? With wine, poetry, or virtue as you choose. But get drunk.

from Be Drunk

And softly she decended her staircase of clouds and, noislessly, passed through the window-panes. Then she stretched herself out over you with the supple tenderness of a mother, and laid down her colors on your face. Ever since, the pupils of your eyes have remained green and your cheeks unusually pale. It was while comtemplating this visitor that your eyes became so strangely enlarged; and she clasped your neck so tenderly that you have retained for ever the desire to weep.

from The Favours of the Moon

Monday, September 19, 2005

cable guy

bakit regular na ang pag-mimisa sa loob ng mall kapag sunday? ok lang ba sa kanila kung mag ukay-ukay naman sa loob ng simbahan kapag monday to saturday?

Sunday, September 11, 2005

maxi

nanalo ang "pagdadalaga ni maximo oliveros" sa montreal filmfest!! yey!!!!
yey din kila pepe, mike at bayang!!!!

'Maximo' to the max in Montreal
Sept 08, 2005 Updated 05:44pm (Mla time) Raymond Lee Inquirer News Service


(Inquirer Entertainment received this euphoric letter on Sept. 6, 10 p.m. Manila ime, from Raymond Lee, line producer of "Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros [The blossoming of Maximo Oliveros]."

MONTREAL--We won! Twelve hours ago at the closing ceremonies of the 29th Montreal World Film Festival, our little movie was proclaimed winner of the Golden Zenith award for Best First Fiction Feature.

The jury, composed of Godfrey Cheshire (United States), Loic Magneron (France) and Paul Toutant (Canada) announced the prize, saying: "For its impressive quasi-documentary style and its spirit of humanity and tolerance, the jury unanimously awards the Golden Zenith to "The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros" from the Philippines."

They also said they were bowled over by the music. They kept asking about Pepe Smith (musical scorer), Mike Villegas (who wrote the love theme) and Bayang Barrios (who sang the love theme).