a touch of melancholy

V 2009 Season 1 Episode 1: Pilot

melancholiac — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:02:13 +0000

V 2009 is a highly-anticipated series that finally came out last week. I’ve honestly never heard of this show and it’s apparently a remake of the very popular 80’s series hit. From the very little that I know of it, it’s a sci-fi series about an alien invasion of Earth by a race of reptilians [...]

House Season 6 Episode 3: The Tyrant

melancholiac — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:07:09 +0000

House is on its 6th season and after a pretty disappointing first two episodes, they finally came up with a good one. The idea of having House “change” and become “better” has always been pretty sketchy as his sarcasm and slyness is the entire draw of the series. But from this 3rd episode, it seems [...]

House Season 6 Premiere Episodes 1 and 2: Broken

melancholiac — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:30:10 +0000

The much-awaited return of the 6th season of House finally premiered last night in a 2-hour special. Episodes 1 and 2 were combined to kick the new season off where House had ended the 5th season entering Mayfield Psychiatric Hospital to help fight off his addiction to vicodin. Even while in the facility, House is still [...]

Mariah Carey Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (2009)

melancholiac — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:43:23 +0000

Mariah Carey’s 12th studio album to date called “Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel” will be released on September 25, 2009. So this is going to be an advanced preview for those who like her genre of music. It’s a 2-CD compilation, the first of which has 17 tracks, while the second features different remixes of [...]

Serena’s Temper Pushes Clijsters to US Open Final

melancholiac — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 03:40:55 +0000

The rain-stricken end stage of the US Open ‘09 Semifinals finally began today but came to an abrupt end with what was one of the most peculiar losses in the history of the final Grand Slam of the Year. In a very bizarre finish, Serena Williams was penalized for verbal abuse that cost her the [...]

Laughing at Pictures II

melancholiac — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:39:35 +0000

I was cleaning up files in my laptop earlier and saw these pictures that I was supposed to put up 5 months ago! It’s the second part of the Laughing at Pictures entry and still I haven’t had the time to put up the funny animated GIF’s. That’s a real laugher so hopefully I’d be [...]

The Passing of Cory Aquino (76)

melancholiac — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:36:04 +0000

With our full and utmost respect and condolences to the passing of our former president Maria Corazon “Cory” Cojuangco Aquino (January 25, 1933 – August 1, 2009), this is a small tribute to honor her memory. A well-known advocate of democracy, she was the 11th president of the Philippines and the first female president of [...]

Shangri-La’s Boracay Resort & Spa

melancholiac — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:04:43 +0000

Four days ago, my friends and I flew to Boracay for a vacation amidst warnings of a few torrential rains and thunderstorms. But it didn’t matter since one of us had offered 12 eggs to the Gods to bless us with fair weather, hehe, and it worked wonders! And after all, I hadn’t set foot [...]

Movies of 2009: What Else to Look Forward to?

melancholiac — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:16:56 +0000

It’s almost the end of July and a whole 5 months to go before the year ends. Are there still any movies to look forward to? There have been some really good ones this 2009 but there was an equal share of disappointing ones too (cue Harry Potter). So for the end of the year swing, [...]

Roger Federer Breaks All-Time Slam Record

melancholiac — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:35:49 +0000

Stamping his class on yet another epic Wimbledon final, Roger Federer needed a record 77 games to oust what was probably Andy Roddick’s best performance to date, but still was not good enough to beat the 5-time champ. The Swiss won 5-7 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-5) 3-6 16-14 in 4 hours and 16 minutes to [...]