The Cant-Think-of-a-Title Post

I've been feeling pretty down in the dumps lately, is it because I can't think of something to post or what? I've been under the weather for almost a week and been busy for my new concerns in life, you know. Hihi! I drop by because I've been missing you big time! Mwah! mwah! Teehee! :)

The 90's Faves and Guilty Pleasures

Heleke! Nung makita ko ang mga pictures ng mga eto, naalala ko na lang ang aking childhood. Ibig sabihin tumatanda na talaga ako. Dalawang dekada na pala akong nageexist dito sa earth. May nabasa pa nga ako na kapag pinagmamalaki mo raw ang henerasyon nyo nung bata pa kayo, ibigsabihin tumatanda ka na. Naku naman. Nung mga panahon na may application pa na tintawag na "OUTSIDE". Ang mga ibang bata ngayon halos hindi na nasisikatan ng araw, sa maghapong pagtitig sa computer, ipad, cellphone at kung anu-ano pang gadgets. Namiss ko na lang nung 90's. Yung mga laro, ang mga shows, ang mga pagkain. Bien epic!

Mag-umpisa tayo sa palabas tuwing umaga. Naalala nyo pa ba ang Sineskwela, Mathinik, Epol Apol, Hiraya Manawari at Bayani? Pinapalabas na lang yan sa Knowledge Channel ngayon. Yung Sineskewla at Mathinik nasa Studio 23 tuwing umaga. Hindi talaga mawawala ang mga cartoons at anime tuwing umaga. Masaya lalo na pag holiday at walang pasok, makakapanood ako neto. Naalala nyo pa ba to:

Sikat to eh. Ginawan pa nga to ng pelikula, at may kanta pa na sikat dati sa mga bata. Si Sarah ang Munting Prinsesa. Si Lavinia na ingettera. Si Lotty na iyakin. Ermengarde antukin,. Miss Amelia takot sa pusa, Miss Minchin mukhang pera. Mga bata nga naman. Creative.

Et pang isa, bago lang to eh. Medyo malaki na ako nito, mga grade 5 ata. Si Julio at Julia: Kambal ng Tadhana. Naalala ko pa na memorize ko yung opening song nila dati. Natatawa na lang ako kung naiisip ko yun. The lyrics goes like this: Kapag umikot na ang mundo, iikot din ang buhay ng tao, May saya at mayroong dusa. Kapg tao'y nakikibaka. Si Julio at Juliaaaa, kambal ng Tadhanaaaaa, Di susuko, sa pagsubok! Olright!!! 

Naku! Judy Abbot at Daddy Long Legs. Inis na inis ako sa tambalang 'to. Pano naman daddy nya yun eh. Kainis! Nakakainis pa yung buhok nya, paano kaya yan gawin ang ganyang hairstyle? parang may sariling buhay. Ang gusto ko dyan ay si Julia Pendelton, yung sosyal na blonde. At si Sally Mcbride yung naka antipara.

Madami pa akong kinagigiliwan pannorin dati. Hindi ko 'to maubos sa isang post. Till my next binkies! :) 

The Curious Case

I've finished reading F. Scott Fitzgerald The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. I couldn't helped but cry when I've finished this short story. It's not a peculiar reaction from me. I've cried over novels, mangas, animes, movies and korean dramas (especially when my favorite character, usually the cute male one, died or not having that very good ending). Anyways, about this short story, its already been made into motion picture long ago, with the same title, starred by Brad Pitt as Benjamin Button. I haven't watched the movie, but I saw the 81st Academy Awards when this movie was nominated in almost all categories. Brad Pitt was also nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Well, they've got the Best art Direction, Best Make up, and Best Visual effects. The movie tagline was "I was born in an unusual circumstances". So, I've already been curious about this movie. What's about this case? What are these unusual circumstances? Well, I just got curious, but did not watch the movie after all. Hihi.

I've read reviews about this movie.The film received positive reviews. It scored 70 out of 100. Some criticized this film by saying that it resembled Forrest Gump that only goes backwards. Well, I can't tell. I've seen Forrest Gump twice (I did not enjoy it though). Before  I started this short story, I've already know this curious case, this tale is about a man born at the end of his life and has the rare opportunity of growing young, living his life in reverse as it were. That's all I know and that's what the story's all about. The usual life stages of a man, just in a reverse order. Fitzgerald states in the beginning of that story that it was inspired by a Mark Twain's statement that the best things in life happen at the beginning and the worst at the end. With "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" plays the cynic, exploring how living life in reverse can be seemingly beneficial yet ultimately devastating.

Benjamin's character here is just a normal man for me. He was born in an appearance of a threescore and ten old man. At 12 years old, his family discovered that he is aging backward. He is an intelligent boy, so at the age of 18, but looking like a fifty-year dirty old man, he passed and enrolled at Yale College. He was sent out by the officials because they think Ben is a 50-year old lunatic, claiming to be an 18-year old teen. I loved it, when after he'd been kicked out, he still managed to walked with dignity, and before the officials and the undergrads he said in a firm voice: "I'm eighteen years old". I bet he surely looks lunatic saying that.

At 20, he falls in love with a beautiful young girl. How will I say this, hmm, fortunate? lucky? I mean, this girl actually likes men older than her. Not just older, but men around 50. She states her reasons behind that. So they've got married and had a child. As years passed, the wife gets older and unattractive, and Ben's getting younger and handsome. At first, Ben thought that when he reach the stage when his bodily age is equivalent to his age in years, it would stop there. But he grows younger each year and felt uneasy instead of delighted.

To cut this short story short, you can already  picture out what will happen if someone grows younger instead. He had a grandchild, but he looks like a little brother. He entered kindergarten with his grandchild and stayed there for years, while his son's little boy accelerates. Benjamin was very happy. This is the most tear jerking lines for me: Sometimes when other tots talked about what they would do when they grew up a shadow would cross his little face as if in a dim, childish way he realized that those were things in which he was never to share. The days flowed on in monotonous content.....he cried because the other boys were bigger than he, and he was afraid of them.......He tried to understand he could not understand at all.

The last three paragraph of the 11th chapter  gave my way to tears. I really don't know, I just felt the loneliness for Ben. Being alone in a crib, doesn't remember anything. Then it was all dark, and his white crib and the dim faces that moved above him, and the warm sweet aroma of the milk, faded out altogether from his mind. I don't know what happened. Did he die or just fell asleep? Anyways, whatever happened, I can't stop my  tears  from falling.

The Classic Mode

Homaygas! Tumatayo ang aking mga balahibo sa kung saan-saan. Nakakapanindig balahibo talaga. Wala na man akong nakitang nakakatakot. Kung sabagay, mag-isa lang ako dito ngayon. Habang nagtatype kasi ako dito, eh background music ko naman tong sina Bach, Chopin, Beethoven at Mozart. Ano kayang meron sa kamay ng mga to eh kung makatugtog ng piano, eh parang abot hanggang buto yung epekto ng nalilikha nila. Para akong kinikilig to the bones! Naisip ko din, ano kayang pinapakain ng mga magulang nila dati at naging genius sila sa music. Sa katulad kong walang katale- talento, eh nganga na lang?

Pramis! Kung may time kayo at gusto nyo ng kalma lang at soothing, eh pakinggan nyo 'tong mga taong to. Maiinspire kayo at ipagpipilitan nyo ang sarili nyo sa music kahit na ayaw ng music sa inyo.  Classical music ika nga. Tapos, sasabihin ng iba na makaluma. eh, anong gusto nyo? Justin Bieber? at ang pag-iingay ni Pitbull? Oh! C'mon!

Taympers muna. Nagpapraktis kasi ako ngayon magpiano. I feel like I'm a music genius minus the piano. Mesa lang. Choss lang. May music na man eh, pwede na yun.

The Pre-Slumber Thoughts

Ola! This is my first post for my blog.Yihee! I'm a certified blogger now. Wink!

Since, this is my very first post, I just want to share what Facebook always ask every time I log in: What's on your mind? Before anything else, just a thought,  is it better if I'd be writing on my very own language? Okay. Never mind.

What's on my mind? I'm thinking to stop and smell the flowers, snatch a bun, enjoy romantic comedy movies under the stars. I'm thinking of travelling! Indulge my mood in a classic mountain ambience or explore unspoiled coastline. Go for adrenaline-filled adventure, like being strapped to a safety harness and sent flinging through a kilometer stretch between a gorge almost 200 feet below! Whoah! To be spelunker! A diver! Or a snorkeler! To discover "gastronomic gems", I mean FOODS! Haha! To meet people of different kinds, to be more sociable. To be with the people I cared for. To go outside my comfort zone.

Masaya kung isipin, datapuwat, subalit, mahirap isulat sa ingles. Nakakapagod pala 'pag hindi sariling wika ang ginagamit. Kaya aking napagtanto, na magTatagLish ako. D'you know what's "TagLish?" Ayon sa Wikipedia, na kapatid ni Google, Taglish is a portmanteau of the words "Tagalog" and "English" which refers to the Philippine language Tagalog (my legit language) infused with American English terms. So ayun! Oh ha, magtataglish na ako? 'Tong blog, ay hindi namn mapupuno ng mga walang kakwenta-kwentang nonsense ng isang babaeng naka polkadot pajama. Echos lang yan, ginaya ko lang yan sa Boy with Striped Pajamas. So ano na, magpopost din naman ako ng mga bagong kaalaman, anything under the sun. Basta, just spare me with my blabbering na lang. Tenen! I'll be wearing my polka dot pajamas now!

Hanggang sa muli! Paalam! :)