Saturday, October 31, 2009

This Is It - the movie in loving memory of MJ

Sayang!! its the first word that came to mind when I saw how much Mj and his group really prepared for his THIS IS IT tour. It would have been his greatest or one of the best. He can still dance like there is no tomorrow.He can still move his hips like any young dancer.He can still sing his songs very well.I was able to catch a glimpse to how a perfectionist he really is.He still manages to be one of the main brains to the creative side of his concert. He is not a musician but he can give good tips to the musical director. He also knows how to captivate the audience's attention with his fingers and with his feet. It is a movie that will make you miss MJ. I especially like the part where he mentioned his brothers and kids after doing a round of Jackson 5 songs. He really meant it when he mentioned his family.That part was like a semi premonition.Its not like I am a close friend of Michael Jackson's that's why I miss him ..I miss him maybe because there seems to be no living musical great anymore..all of them have moved on to the after life.It makes me sad in a way.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Seasonal Affective Disorder

Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD is a condition wherein one gets depressed or moody because of the changing season. I don't really know if I have this but then again I am diagnosed with other stuff too so who knows (bite me na )..Well i guess most people have this wherein you feel the coldness of the wind or the gloomy skies and you feel sad coz of it for some unknown reason. You just feel being in your room and curling up so you can just rest and close your eyes and let the world go around without you. I guess i have this condition a month before my bday. I guess its because I will get older meaning I will realize that I have been here on earth for this long without much progress in terms of social skills rudiments after all. Anyhow I also feel the autumn wind and it feels as if days are just so quick that in a few months it will 2009 will culminate already and welcome another year. I am not yet ready for another year of muddling through again. I don't really know what to do for this gloomy SAD feeling except that I have to go through with my daily activities and go on. I mean how do you catch a cloud and pin it down ? I guess like that line from that Christmas song, Well we just have to muddle through somehow.

Saturday, October 3, 2009

The Kite Runner

This I think was a movie that won the Best Oscar award for Foreign Language film. This movie is from Afghanistan.It is one of the best movies you have to see if you are wondering about how life is in Afghanistan as well as it's history over the past 30 years.I now understand Afghanistan better because of this movie.This movie deserves the award it reaped. I give this four and half stars rating.

Ondoy Floods Insights

Whew! Yes, that is exactly the word I had when I saw the devastations in the neigboring places in Cainta. Our place, Greenwoods Village is sandwiched by Pasig and Cainta.Both places have been badly hit by Ondoy rains. Anyhow, what happened to Cainta is a huge flash flood but the one in Pasig whose roads we take to get out of our village and to go to the city is still flooded up to now.We have to take the back road in Taytay to get out and get to work. Its a troublesome route and it is also tiring since we are commuters.However I realized later on that this is a much better predicament than what other Filipinos are in. They have lost so many things and others even lost loved ones.It is so hard trying to recover from such a tragedy.
I think there are lots of things we should learn from this tragedy AND it will be such a shame if we still dont realize and ACT on it. We are a country surrounded by waters and a tropical country at that and it is no wonder that typhoons will always hit us and Ondoy will not be the last. I think we should also have plans in the future of planting trees in cities. In lots where we can allot for trees. Trees are indeed one of man's truest bestfriends. We then realize that even the tallest and strongest of structures will not match the power of nature.We should also think of ways how to have a better and effective flood control system AND ONE THAT ACTUALLY WORKS. We should include flood control system in the future president's top agenda.
Another realization is that you should always be friendly with your neighbors no matter what. The last realization i have is that Filipinos are so compassionate,helpful and hopeful.We still manage to smile and we still manage to help with what little we have.I think we should not forget that as much as we are our brother's keeper , we are also mother nature's keeper and this should be our priority more than anything else right now. Mother nature is poking us way too hard for us to wake up to her call, let's not ignore.