Wind versus Legolas


It's worth noting here, to great heroes in two great, both award winning movies. While Tang Dynasty, has captain Jin (Takashi Kaneshiro) who calls himself the wind, Middle Earth, also has Legolas (Orlando Bloom). Both were great but let's see what their perks and downs are:

Wind	Legolas
Perks	Perks
1. Has a cool two cool battle gears 2. Has a cool sword 3. Excellent martial skils 4. Sharp vision 5. Playboy (often surrounded by women) 6. Had a girlfriend	1. Has a nice costume 2. Endless supply of arrows 3. Sharp vison 4. Excellent maneuvering skills 5. Long, soft hair (hahaha!) 6. Speaks a fictional language 7. Immortal
Downs	Downs
1. Tangled Hair 2. Mortal 3. Limited supply of arrows 4. Too emotional	1. Doesn't know any martial arts 2. Doesn't have a girlfriend 3. Does not take a bath 4. Does not change clothes

The House of Flying Daggers


Mei, impressing the captain with her skill in the Echo Play


It's Tuesday again, another day of waiting ... waiting for a call I'm not really certain that would ever come but the best way to kill the time waiting is to do something else, right? Yesterday, I've learned that the House of Flying Daggers will be shown today so after my daily routine, I decided to watch the movie at Megamall.

The movie opened with the trademark chinese caligraphy and so the story. Watching this movie reminds me of "Hero" since both movies, this one and Hero are both produced and directed by award-winning director Zhang Yimou but this one has a different touch, with more to "real" fighting scenes, and a much inclination to a love story. Again, in this movie, Yimou, expresses his artistry through the costumes, the more-to-very-gritty-yet-artistically done scenes like a sword cutting a drop of water, and of course the very nifty fighting whatever martial arts of the Chinese. Surely it will take your breath away.

To give you a brief overview, this movie is a love story set in a crucial period where the Tang Dynasty will soon end. With a government run by corrupt people (like the Philippines), a new band of rebels, who called themselves "The House of Flying Daggers" plan to outthrow the government. With a cunning plot to lure the Chinese army into their trap, the rebel group uses Mei (Zhang Ziyi) to pursue this mission. Hoever the plan complicates as Mei fell in love with her playboy captor, the Chinese captain, Jin aka "Wind". In the end of the story, a fascinating twist happens that all ends in tragedy. I cried a tear actually.

Fahrenheit 9/11


Do you think that Bush is the good guy and Saddam and Osama are the most evil guys? Not what Patrick Moore has presented in his aard-winning film, Fahrenheit 9/11. Plots and conspiracies, and scandals behind Bush's corporations are exposed in bright light in this thought-provoking, humorous film. Do you know that the Bushs and BinLadens are corporate friends? America is all too blind about this. And would you think that the Iraq war is justified? Do you look at the possibility that behind the reason that Iraq is harboring nuclear, biochemical weapons under Saddam is the real reason why Bush attacked Iraq? Think of the hundreds of lives of soldiers Americans and Iraqis alike all wasted just for nothing. Most of all, it was very disturbing to see Iraqi civilians crying for Allah as their homes are wrecked and their loved ones all dead. Do you think the some Iraqi groups behead people for no reason at all? Who are the real terrorists? Find out who started it. After watching this movie, may be it'll change your mind. So watch Fahrenheit 9/11.

Looking for Something for Nothing


It all started when I checked my ATM account and found out that my dad added a few bucks in there. Happy as I am, I went to the my usual Saturday strolling at Megamall to buy myself something new. I was thinking of a new polo... Yesterday was the first day of sale at Ever Gotesco Ortigas and I really like the blue striped polo for sale at Bench. Since I do not have much money left, I decided not to buy it even though Butch insisted that he would lend me money if I want to. Now, I was thinking that I could find a similar polo at Bench Megamall.

After lunch, something came and instead I was itching for a new Christmas CD. Last Sunday, I bought this Christmas musical called "Everlasting Light", it was good but I was really disappointed since the musical style was so 80's and the voices of the choir was quite ordinary and the soloists' voices were a bit old-fashioned. Though, I loved one song in there and it's called "Little Yeshua" . It's a song of Joseph for his earthly son Jesus. Wish, I could sing that song someday at a musical.
Anyway, so after lunch, I decided to go at Praise Music Main Branch at Panay Avenue (near ABS-CBN). When I got there I couldn't find a CD that will suit my taste. I was looking for the CD wish contained an african feel of "Sing Noel" and "Go, Tell It On The Mountain" but the saleslady said that they didn't have the CD. Quite frustrated, I went back to Megamall to resume reading "Rich Dad, Poor Dad". After reading and it was like 5:05 in the afternoon, I decided to look for that polo design at Bench. Well, there were polos on sale but that design was not there. Instead, I took my dinner. After dinner, I visited Levi's, Penshoppe but the polos did not suit my taste. Well, there are those nifty ones at Arrow but Hello! They cost 4000 a piece!!! So my interest wavered so I decided to go home.

I took the route via Podium and when I got there, I decided to roam around. Arrow has polos for sale and they cost 600-800 only, so I decided to try some but unfortunately the sizes were bigger than me. Mostly were L or XL or XXL, I never realized that my body would shrink so much that I would fit in an M size already. Which is flattering .. hehehe...

When I went back downstairs, I came across with the San Miguel Master Chorale practicing for their show later. When I came in, I was really irritated with their rendition of "The Circle of Life"... with those voice-stimulated sounds to mimic the sounds of animals in the jungle that overpowered the voice of the soloist. Anyway, everything changed cause I fouund out that they are selling CDs. Without hesitation, I bought one (which only costs 280) and stayed for the show. The show turned out very good, I would have given them a 30-second standing ovation. I was feeling very nostalgic remembering our concert with the Himig Singers exactly a year ago three days from now. So I texted Maria Lyn (who will be heading to Canada rhis Monday with the group) about the concert. I finally get to see the likes of Eudy Palaruan (who conducts the group) whose name I came across with the pieces we sang at Himig and of course the Philippine's David Foster, Ryan Cayabyab who composed and arranged all the songs in the CD. Well anyway, after the show, I mustered all the guts in me and went to the stage and have Mr. C sign my CD. Well he did! He asked my name and he put a short message on the CD cover.

Well, this is not a bad day after all. I got what I wanted a CD with good singers in it and by the way, the polo will come later. Maybe it's not the time yet. :)

How Evil Are You?


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The Results:

You are 25% Evil



You try to stay away from evil deeds but succumb to temptation every once in a while. You aren't quite on your way to hell but you certainly have some explaining to do.