Friday, April 10, 2009

Good Friday

Why is it that we, Catholics call the day Jesus died Good Friday. I don't think this was ever explained to me before. I think its because this is the day Jesus fulfilled his mission and that is the best day in his life and because of that day we are able to Know how God is so good.

Saturday, April 4, 2009

new addiction daing and fried rice


Im getting addicted to my mom's fried rice and danggit. I really like the small danggits and I like it coz they are crunchier. My mom calls the fried rice calo-calo, that is the cebuano term for fried rice. There are certain foods in Cebu that they really make great like utan, danggit, puso, suman/budbud , sikwate and mangoes. I love Cebu as well because the people are just ever helpful and they will never say no when you ask for help if its something they can do. There are great places in Cebu as well.

random thoughts for the Holy Week

When I was young holy week meant no tv, praying,confession is a must,going to church to do the stations of the Cross well its still is but now that Im 28 I feel like anyday can be holy week just like Christmas can be everyday if you are rich. I feel like most of my peers see it as a time to sleep more and go on a spa to have a massage or go to beach to get a tan and have great pics and somehow swim or kayak. Im widening my horizons now and Im not the same person who conforms to what the society dictates like being your own individual because of self preservation.

The Zahir


This is a book from the famous writer Paulo Coelho. Its a story about a couple who broke up due to lack of passion in their relationship. The stronger character in the story is the wife who wanted the passion back in their lives so bad. She wants her husband to believe in himself again and learn how to fight for the things that matter to him. She went to live in a far away land in Kazakhstan. She did it to see if her husband will be looking for her. The husband took so many years before she can ever get to her. He eventually realized that everything in his life was about her. She was his zahir. Zahir means the one person that gives your life direction. It is a story about passion for work and love. It made me realize that relationships really means relating to the person completely otherwise at one point you will end up wanting to put things in perspective again.

take on Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire won the best picture award in the 2009 Oscars. It is a small movie that earned so much hype in just three months. I have not seen it yet but I am sure its a good one. A lot of people have said that its a movie that can move you. I think a movie that moves people to think and feel feelings they did not think they would feel when they enter the cinema is one of the most important component of a good movie. Some Indians did not like the title because they think that being called a dog in the slums is so degrading and yes it is , well if you take it literally. Its a common term for the poor in India but the movie makers think that its just a title and nothing much. The movie reminds us that the poor and the rich have the same basic need to live in this world and that is love or in this movie its called the destiny.,..