Cover Page

                      I just want to share this photo I've taken (at St. Augustine Church) and edited to use as my facebook cover page. -C

RX 93.1 Yearend Countdown

                

                  Congratulations to my favorite band (alongside Lifehouse), The Script  for winning the International Band of the Year for 2011 in RX 93.1's Yearend Countdown. Yehey! They are really huge in 2011 especially here in the Philippines after including us as one of their tour destinations in Asia. And I can honestly say that their concert last April 16 is the best concert I've ever been to up to this date. I'd also like to say that I went to that concert ALONE. I don't think I could ever really enjoy watching a concert of other acts all by my lonesome. Plus the fact that their album Science and Faith is composed of the best songs ever written by a band (at least for me haha!) which all I know by heart. They also scored three songs in the top 40 -- Nothing at No. 2, Science and Faith at No. 18 and If You Ever Come Back at No. 38.

                   For the complete list of winners please follow this link: RX 93.1 Yearend Countdown

                       Congratulations Mark, Glenn and Danny! -C

The Lucky One

 

 

         This is one of the movies I'm looking forward to see this 2012. This is a movie adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' novel with the same title. And can I just say that when it comes to romance, he is my favorite writer even if most of his books are tragic. I can really feel the pain and the sorrow of the characters. Sometimes after reading his novels I caught myself creating a continuation of the story or crying with the character who've lost a loved one. It's funny how I feel like everything is real. And just like A Walk to Remember, The Notebook and Message in a Bottle I hope this movie turns out to be a big hit too. I was a bit disappointed with The Last Song when they adapted it into a movie. I remember reading the book during the night and I cried a river over Ronnie's father's death. And I thought the same would be the focus of the story for the movie but I ended up unsatisfied. I've seen Nights in Rodanthe and Dear John too but I haven't read the book so I can't really tell how they did. So for this one, I am hoping for a not too bookish yet not so diverted result. Honestly, I am not expecting Zac Efron to be Logan Thibault. As described in the book, I can see Logan as someone who is older, maybe in his mid-thirties, a bit scruffy, quiet and weird. I think Ryan Gosling would be perfect. Well, maybe I'm a little biased there because everyone knows I love Gosling. But Efron would be okay. I am also looking forward to that last scene in the river, during the flood. I don't really have a clear picture of it while I was reading the book so let this movie show me what clearly happened there. So there! I'll just have to wait until April to see how it is. -C

Funny and Annoying

                I’ve been staring at a blank page for a couple of hours trying to create an article without trying to divulge more details than what I am supposed to. My mind is battling between being vague but wanting to share more at the same time. The thought of this article came up after I realized I’ve been posting a lot of updates on facebook and twitter. I thought, why don’t I just make an article since I feel like my mind is exploding of bad thoughts and bad words as well? So here it goes:

                This entry is entitled Fun and Annoying for it talks about people who are fun to be with for a day or a couple of days and annoying to be, just annoying to be with everyday! As much as I want to, I can’t enumerate the things that make someone funny and unfortunately, annoying too. I’m afraid someone, somewhere will be able to decode this puzzle. So this is the best of me trying to be sly and canny. I can give you some advices to avoid being one of them. 

DON'T SEE YOURSELF SO DIFFERENTLY. YOU ARE NOT SO UNIQUE AFTER ALL

                “Never think that anyone’s better than you and never think that you are better than anyone else.” I’ve heard this saying once and it’s stuck on me like glue. I’ve been hearing, “I’m this and I’m that. I did this, I did that.” Oh please! Anybody can do that. You are not so special. It’s just that these people don’t do heroic acts and announce to the world that they are saviors.

YOU ARE NOT PRETTY, YOU ARE JUST PROUD

                They say believing that you are pretty makes you more proud and confident. Yes I understand that these things are more than necessary but please don’t feel too pretty and stand taller than the prettiest especially if you are not really…uhm, you know. I bet you know what I mean. I’m just getting tired of you hearing all about your I-am-so-pretty stories.

STOP PLAYING GENIUS, MR. KNOW IT ALL

                You know every fact, you’ve heard every gossip, you’ve read every news, first hand, yeah that’s what you think. Keep talking… Oh that! I know all about it too. I’ve heard about it too, probably earlier than you did. I just don’t listen, read and watch and then tell everybody to listen to me because I knew it first. Don’t think you’re so cool you know everything.

NOT EVERYTHING IS NEWS MATERIAL

                You may know everything but not everything that you know is worth telling and more importantly, worth my time. Please don’t expect people to be interested in everything that you know. Don’t expect people to be interested in everything that you like. So keep your stories and tell them to someone more interested.

THE WORLD DOES NOT REVOLVE AROUND YOU

                Stop crying out loud and expect the world to neither make you stop nor ask what your problem is. Prepared to be ignored, especially by me. I don’t tolerate such attention-fishing strategy. People around you have much bigger problems than what you are whining about. Why do you even make a fuss about something not really big of a deal?

                After reading my five advices, you’ll realize how mean I really am.  Or better, you’ll realize I was talking about someone you actually know and end up nodding and agreeing.  -C

2011 Review

Same with this image, my 2011 had been plain black and white.

              I'm one of those people who are always excited about new years' eve, especially this one saying goodbye to 2011. As early as October I've been waiting for this day to come. I just want this year to end. I feel like I've made so many mistakes. I've had a lot of doubts about myself and about my decisions. But I don't want to regret any of it. They were all a part of me. I just want to move on and forget about it. 2011 had been a steady year for me. Steady in the sense that, nothing has changed. When 2011 started I was this and that and now that it's about to end, I'm still the same. No achievements, no improvements. I'm sure I had a lot of ups and a lot of downs but most of it are petty things. Professionally speaking, I'm still the same. I may have a good job but I'm not completely happy with it. I'm not contented. I don't see myself doing the same things I do for the next two years. I'm sure you'll say people have unlimited wants. I'm very much aware of it and I don't like these "wants" to remain as "wants" by the end of 2012. I want things to happen. I don't want to remain stuck in this same me by the end of 2012. But for now, I'll still wait for a couple of months and I'll pick things up from there. As 2012 starts, I brought and saved a lot of positive vibes. That's all I got for now. I'm hoping for a positive result and fruitful year. -C