a touch of melancholy

The Month that Was May

melancholiac — Sun, 30 May 2010 02:16:13 +0000

I didn’t even realize it was the end of May already until I checked my Monday schedule to see if I had any client calls to make. And Monday happens to be the 31st too! Whew, how time flies indeed and what a month it was. I have a ton of pending blog entries to [...]

Movies of 2010: What to Look Forward to this Year!

melancholiac — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:33:28 +0000

I know it’s April already but it’s better late than never! Some of these movies have already shown while most of them are coming soon. There are quite a few interesting ones down the line and you can check them out below. So here’s a sneak peak at the posters and titles of what’s to [...]

Passing Away

melancholiac — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:31:49 +0000

I’ve never really known what it feels like to have someone dear to me pass away until today. It’s a very numbing, debilitating feeling, that really doesn’t quite sink in even when it happens right in front of you. My grandfather passed away today at 1:47PM at the age of 99, peacefully, with a heart [...]

Food Inc: An Eye-Opener

melancholiac — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:32:10 +0000

I was watching the Oscars when they were showing the nominees for documentary films when I came across Food Inc. for the first time. So I went out to find a DVD of the movie as I was rather curious because of the tag line it had, “you’ll never look at dinner the same way [...]

The WINNERS after the 2010 NBA Trade Deadline

melancholiac — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:44:05 +0000

There have been a few big names that went but there were still the ones that stayed. Phoenix never shipped Amare off to the Cavs, which is probably a good thing as the Shaq-Amare experiment was a disaster with both players destroying the other’s value. SO which were the good trades and which teams benefited [...]

Sherlock Holmes (2010)

melancholiac — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:51:41 +0000

I was quite curious as to how the tandem of Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law would come out on screen as the trailer seemed quite funny. And surprisingly, the movie was humorously entertaining, and probably better than a lot of the movies that were shown in the past year. I really don’t know much [...]

Avatar (2009)

melancholiac — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:39:32 +0000

There is nothing better than going into a movie with the thought that it was praised to the high heavens by even the harshest critics and still come out of the theater saying it was better than they had said. Avatar simply blew me away. It has been a while since I finished the end [...]

Craig’s List Manila Employment

melancholiac — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:58:20 +0000

I’ve heard quite a few nasty things about how Craig’s List has gone overboard with their classifieds and personals but my wife showed me two ads earlier which was actually quite hilarious. To think that this was on the Services section is insane! So now I’m actually reading the Erotic Services section and it’s a [...]

Pacquiao’s Funniest Video

melancholiac — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:01:01 +0000

It’s always great to see a world champion laugh and kid like he’s just like everyone else. And while the news of his affair with Krista Ranillo are making more waves these days than his recent historical win against Miguel Cotto, here’s a hilarious look at the real Manny Pacquiao. Here’s a candid interview he [...]

Pacquiao now Legendary: Pummels Cotto via 12th Round TKO

melancholiac — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:01:30 +0000

I have never been a HUGE fan of Manny Pacquiao until I watched him get ready to walk down the ring to fight against a bigger Miguel Cotto and inevitably slay another Goliath for a 12th Round TKO to win an unprecedented 7th division title. His latest triumph catapulted him as one of the best [...]