Unrequited Love -- Star-Crossed Lovers

Why the First Song on my Playlist is Vincent (Starry Starry Night)

2013-07-17T10:50:00.000-07:00

HARANA - A Filipino term for "serenade".

In Filipino culture, harana is considered one of the best tactics in courting a girl. If you are an eligible bachelor who knows how to play the guitar and with a good voice, you can easily make HARANA without any complications.

Me and my late boyfriend, Ricky, both love Van Gogh. We are both fascinated by how artistic Vincent Wilhelm Van Gogh is and we are both aware of the tragedies and difficulties in life that he underwent. I have posted in my facebook "about me" section that "If you LOVE VAN GOGH, then I LOVE YOU". It just so happened that Ricky also loved Van Gogh (talk about soul mates and common interests).

To cut the story short, Ricky just knows how to play the guitar and he has this amazing voice. He always used to serenade me with the song Vincent and it was the best version I've ever heard. I even recorded a video of him playing the song but my memory card got corrupted. I never had the chance to record it again but even so, the memory is still as vivid as ever.

I miss him so much. I miss the butterflies in my stomach, heart-pumping feelings (like my heart wants to get out of my chest) and the "kilig" moments.

Over Tears and Coffee

2013-07-17T10:15:00.000-07:00

Quotes from goodreads.com. I did put extra emphasis on the ones I can relate to personally.

“I could not tell you if I loved you the first moment I saw you, or if it was the second or third or fourth. But I remember the first moment I looked at you walking toward me and realized that somehow the rest of the world seemed to vanish when I was with you.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Prince

“Love is not an equation, it is not a contract, and it is not a happy ending. Love is the slate under the chalk, the ground that buildings rise, and the oxygen in the air. It is the place you come back to, no matter where you're headed”
― Jodi Picoult

“There is no pretending", Jace said with absolute clarity."I love you,and I will love you until I die,and if there's a life after that, I'll love you then."She caught her breath. He had said it-the words there was no going back from.” ― Cassandra Clare, City of Glass

“He looked so lost, so soulful, so lonely. I wanted him to kiss me now. I wanted to let him know I was his for all eternity.”
― Ellen Schreiber, Vampire Kisses

“They say true love only comes around once and you have to hold out and be strong until then. I have been waiting. I have been searching. I am a man under the moon, walking the streets of earth until dawn. There's got to be someone for me. It's not too much to ask. Just someone to be with. Someone to love. Someone to give everything to. Someone.”
― Henry Rollins

“When forever becomes a place...when forever ceases to be just a word… when it ceases to be just a measurement of time…but instead becomes a place where soul mates can dance to the song in their hearts, that is a reflection of true love.” ― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

“I've felt basically lucky ever since, almost every day of my life. That's something else love should make you feel. It should make you fell fortunate.
It will be made clear to you in a stray gesture, the line of a throat. Something in the hands. There may or may not be any music playing. But there will be a certain velocity of the spirit, a sensation of dropping through clear space unimpeded, and you think, This is the one. I found you.”
― Suzanne Finnamore, The Zygote Chronicles

“True love is taking the risk that it won't be a happily-ever-after. True love is joining hands with the man who loves you for who you are, and saying, "I'm not afraid to believe in you.”
― Cara Lockwood, I Do (But I Don't)

“If it's possible to send a message from heaven, I'll get one to you.” ― Lurlene McDaniel, Don't Die, My Love

The Happiest Person has the Saddest Story to Tell

2013-07-17T09:56:00.001-07:00

Taken last summer (April 2013) at Korokan Iba, Zambales

Telling something funny to friends.

1st VideoBlog. Please follow, rate, comment, share or anything!

2013-04-08T19:03:00.001-07:00

Coping with Grief and Recovery Process from Lai on Vimeo.

TYPO and MENTAL error: CRITIQUE=CRITIC

Melancholy

2013-04-02T19:28:00.002-07:00

It has been nearly 4 months since he passed away. I tried to keep my mind off things. I tried being busy - doing a lot more than I can handle so that I won't overthink things - but of no avail. I still cry everyday. I still think about him. I still wish he was here.

“I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I have periled life and reputation and reason. It has been the desperate attempt to escape from torturing memories, from a sense of insupportable loneliness and a dread of some strange impending doom.” ― Edgar Allan Poe

2013-03-30T01:10:00.003-07:00

It's our 2nd anniversary BABE! Tinuloy ko pa rin to kasi ito yung inaabangan kasi talaga natin. We were supposed to go out of town and leave everything behind. We were supposed to have a week-long celebration.

This time, it's a celebration of tastes, memories, life and love. Ito yung mga pagkain na memorable sa kin, sa tin - mga hilig nating ibigay sa isa't isa. Kahit you're not physically here to celebrate this day, at least I got to celebrate it with the people we love -friends and family.

Salamat sa lahat lahat BABE. Salamat sa pag aalaga sa akin, lalong lalo na pag may sakit ako. Salamat sa laging pagremind sa akin na mahal na mahal mo ko. Salamat sa mga ngiti at tawa mo na laging nagpapagaan ng loob ko. Salamat sa paghatid sa kin araw-araw papuntang school at sa pag attend ng activities ko sa school.Thank you for being there for me sa lahat ng oras, mapa-worst or best moments of my life. Thank you for always telling me I am beautiful whenever I needed a confidence boost. Thank you for believing in me and being my number1 fan in everything. Thank you for sharing all your hopes, dreams and worst fears to me. Thank you for being the ideal partner - my perfect boyfriend. Thank you for the unconditional love babe na hanggang sa huli ay pinakita at ipinadama mo sa kin. Thank you for the wonderful memories. Hinding hindi na yun maaalis sa isip, puso at kaluluwa ko. I will always look back at those memories dahil yun ang pinakamasaya ko. Being with you was as natural as breathing.

Kulang ang space dito kung ieenumerate ko lahat ng namimiss ko. Yung malaki mong tyan na favorite kong gawing unan, yung paghilik mo ng malakas na minsan parang nananakot, yung nagsasalita ka habang tulog, yung ichura mo pag nagtatampo, yung reaksyon ng mukha mo pag hindi ako nakapag "I love you too" agad, yung mga yakap mo pag sobrang down na down ako, encouraging words mo pag naaasar ako sa buhay, pagtulong mo sa mga video and powerpoint presentations ko, yung pagsugod mo sa bahay at iniiwan lahat ng ginagawa mo pag naaaksidente ako, yung maya't mayang text mo habang nagkaklase ako, yung paghele mo sakin para makatulog, yung pag sinabi mong "hindi pwede" at alam ko talagang hindi talaga pwede, yung pagkanta mo nung song natin at random moments and so much more.

Parang naputulan ako ng mga paa nung nawala ka. Lahat ng plano at pangarap na tayong dalawa ang nagbuo bigla bigla na lang nawala. Kung gaano kabilis kang ibinigay sa kin, ganun din kabilis kinuha. Oo nahihirapan pa rin ako. Masakit pa rin isipin na hindi na kita makikita ulit, na hindi na tayo tatandang magkasama. Hindi naman madaling maiwanan. Hindi naman madaling mag move on lalo na kung alam naman natin na hindi mo rin ako ginustong iwan.

Gaya nga ng pinost ko noon sa fb, "you are my inspiration in everything I was, I am and will be." you will always have a special place in my heart BABE. Hinding hindi kita malilimutan. You taught me a lot things. You made me a better person. You became my light when everything seemed to be so dark. You were my rock. Itong mga bagay na to alam kong once in a lifetime ko lang mararanasan and I'm so grateful that I got to share these with you.

Hindi ko niroromanticize ang love story natin. Ikaw na ikaw talaga yan BABE. Mahirap man paniwalaan na may taong ganito, eh ganito ka eh - ikaw 'to. Hindi man ako showy at affectionate na girlfriend, sana naramdaman mo kung gaano kita kamahal in my own little ways. Sana naramdaman mo how grateful I was to have had you in my life. I was the luckiest person to experience such true love that will last a lifetime. Na kahit sa sandaling panahon lang, we were happy.

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When You Got Sick

2013-02-25T17:41:00.000-08:00

I got this from: http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/when-you-got-sick
This is exactly how I felt when he passed away...

Grief Poem

When You Got Sick

When you got sick,
I thought it was the flu.
You went to lie down,
With me thinking there was nothing wrong with you.
You ended up in the hospital,
I knew your time was now.
I wanted to help,
But I didn't know how.
I know now if you had chosen to stay,
Your life would have been difficult from day to day.
I respect your decision,
Though I felt it was wrong.
I had no way of knowing,
Each moment was too long.
At 27, you were ready to die,
To see the people to whom you had once said good-bye.
The sorrow I felt was indescribable,
And the love in my heart was undeniable.
Would you have heard me say good-bye,
When all I wanted to do is cry?
Would I have more peace in my heart,
If I had known how soon we were going to part?
Did you know that I loved you?
Did you know how I felt?
I'll always wonder if it really helped.

This was taken during a mob for sintax. 10.15.12. I love you babe, my soulmate, my twin soul. always and forever. Until the next life.

2013-01-30T18:01:00.001-08:00

Thanks to PLM comrades Larry Pascua and Tado Jimenez, I finally got this signed babe! This is my gift to you. I love you so much. Today should've been our 22nd month together. I'm missing you more and more everyday. This was the last book that you bought and read. I Love You.

2013-01-28T06:56:00.001-08:00

Still Lost Without You, Babe

2013-01-16T07:05:00.001-08:00

Babe, my Montague, why did you have to leave? You promised to be with me forever. What did we do wrong? Why did it have to be you?

I'M MISSING YOU EVERYDAY BABE... IT HURTS SO MUCH...

2013-01-11T05:31:00.005-08:00

I haven't posted anything for the last few months. I've been very busy at work and at school. I never thought this is how I would tell the end of me and my boyfriend's beautiful love story...

My boyfriend died on Christmas Day. He had lymphoma.

It all happened so fast. We weren't ready for this.

I signed up for a site called "The Experience Project" and posted this story:

The Day My Soul Mate Died

We never thought it was going to happen. We never thought he would be taken away so soon.

My boyfriend died a few days ago, Christmas day due to lymphoma and other complications.

Let me tell you our story.

I've known my babe since I was 17 years old. He was a friend of my then-boyfriend. I had gotten really close to the friends of my ex so I still kept in touch. I attended Christmas parties - I only see them once a year. Me and my babe never really got along then. We just don't jive. Then nearly 2 years ago, I was just joking around on facebook with some friends and he was there. We both decided to change our relationship status to "in a relationshp" for fun. Then we got to know each other thru sms and calls. I can still remember him asking me if I was serious in the relationship. I took some time to think about it and decided to give it a try. I never regretted that decision.

He was the guy every woman would've hoped for. He was sweet, caring, sympathetic and loves me for who i am. We've been together for nearly 2 years. I know it's not a lot. He was taken away so soon. During our first few months together, I was holding back. Maybe it's because I had gotten hurt before from my past experiences but he always reassured me that he is not like my exes and he has plans for us. I felt his sincerity through actions and words.

After that, I immediately devoted my love and my life for him. We thought we'd be together forever. Just 6 months ago, we decided to live together. It was just as easy as breathing. We never had serious fights, just the normal and trivial things. It was perfect. He wanted to get married after I graduate college (2 years from now) . We wanted to start a business so we can save for the wedding and a nice condo or house. We wanted to have kids. We wanted to start a family 2 years from now.

He had a simple flu. We never really thought something was wrong. He got better after a fewdays. Then, all of a sudden he had fever. We went to a doctor to have him checked. The doctor said it was nothing serious. After a few days, my babe was complaining about some ringing in his ear. We went to an ear specialist. They told us it was an ear infection and prescribed some antibiotics.

After a few days, my babe's eyes begin to squint. That was the time when we rushed him to the E.R. they first thought it was a stroke but we learned that it was meningitis due to his ear infection. He was administered with intravenous antibiotics for 7 days. He was cured with his meningitis but the doctors weren't sure as to why his platelet count was dropping. They found a lump on his neck and they did a biopsy.

We found out he had lymphoma - cancer of the lymph nodes. He was scheduled for a chemo. I wasn't at the hospital when his parents decided to take him home. I was busy preparing for the benefit concert that me and his friends were organizing. I was so shocked when I found out he left the hospital. I went there and stayed for a night. I can see a slight improvement because he didn't know that he has cancer. I left there on the 23rd feeling happy because I am so sure he can get past this.

On Christmas day, I was so excited to see him. I arrived at 7 in the evening. I was so shocked when I saw him that day. He was so skinny. This was not the babe that I saw just 2 days ago. He simply looked at me and moaned and moaned nonstop. We rushed him to the hospital where he was intubated. I was the one who was pumping the airbag the whole time. All I can do is look at him and call him "babe" over and over and over again. He was taken to the lab to do an x-ray. We waited outside and some of his closest friends arrived. I told them what happened. My babe's family called me back and I saw with my own two eyes how he was being revived for 30 minutes. And he's gone forever.

Until now, I can't get over the fact that he's gone. I haven't been to our place because it hurts so much. I've left our room the way it was when we went to the hospital. We made a lot of plans together and I don't know how I can face life without him. I love him so much. His family said he only waited for me to arrive on Christmas and it was the sweetest thing that my babe had done.

Until his last breath he wanted to show me how much he loved me.

Now, everything reminds me of him. Every corner of the house we lived in reminds me of him. Even my school reminds me of him. Every inch of my body yearns for him. He was the best thing that ever happened to me. Now I am forced to face life alone without my "better" half.

I talk to him everyday. I still confide to him all my worries, frustrations, happy thoughts, grief and everything under the sun like I used to do when he was still alive.

People say it will get better as time passes but the pain only gets worse. Everyday is a struggle for me. I have hoped so many times that this was all a bad dream. I keep on thinking why this happened to us? What did we do to deserve this?

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH BABE.

Babe, remember the time when you promised that I will be the last girl that you will ever love? Well, you were right. I was the last girl that you loved. But then you promised me you will never ever leave me no matter what. You promised me we will be together forever. I miss you so much. I will never ever forget you. I will try so hard to hold on to the memories and no one can take that away from me.

Mahal na mahal na mahal na mahal kita, Ricky Baldezar de Asis.

MOVIE LIST 7 *updated 8/19/12

2012-07-19T08:03:00.001-07:00

EXTERNAL HD

*new: Game of Thrones season 1 and 2
The Tudors season 1-4
NCIS season 1-2

*NEW MOVIES
*Hunger Games
*Avengers
*Wrath of the Titans
*Batman Begins
*Cars 2
*How to Train Your Dragon
*The Pianist
*First Love (Thai)
*The Lovely Bones
*Sana Maulit Muli
*Breakfast at Tiffany's
*Crazy Stupid Love
*Diary of a Nymphomaniac
*Don't Go Breaking My Heart
*Father of the Bride (1 &2)
*Fireproof
*Grease
*No Other Woman
*One Day
*The Notebook
*Titanic
*Queen of the Damned
*Yes or No (Thai)

13	2010
50 First Dates
300	2006
500 Days of Summer
American Pie 1-6	1999-2007
American Psycho	2000
Babylon AD	2008
Bayaning 3rd World	2000
Bedevilled	2010
Beetlejuice/ Beetlegeuse	1988
Benny & Joon	1993
Beowulf	2007
Bicentennial Man
Big Fish
Blade Trilogy (1-3)
Blades of Glory	2007
Blow	2001
Captain America	2011
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
Chocolat	2000
Clash of the Titans	2010
Coco Before Chanel (French with English Sub)	2009
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (French with English Sub)	2009
Coraline	2009
Cradle to the Grave	2003
Crossroads	1986
Dawn of the Dead	2004
Daybreakers	2009
Death Bell (Korean with English Sub)	2008
Devil	2010
Dragon, The Bruce Lee Story	1993
Dreamcatcher	2003
Ed Wood
Extremely Loud, Incredibly Close	2011
Face Off	1997
Fearless	2006
Final Destination 5	2011
Ghost
Ghostrider 2	2011
Green Lantern
Hannibal Quadrology (Rising, Red Dragon, Hanibal, Silence of the Lambs)
Harry Potter Collection (1-7a & 7b)
Happy Feet 2
Hook	1991
Hostel 1 & 2
House of Wax
I am Number 4	2011
I saw the devil (Korean with English Sub)	2010
Inception
Ip Man 1 & 2	2008 & 2010
Johnny English Reborn	2011
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island	2012
Kiss of the Dragon
Lovely Still	2008
Meet Joe Black	1998
Meet the Robinsons	2007
Megamind	2010
Mission Impossible 4 Ghost Protocol	2011
Misstaken	2008
Music & Lyrics	2007
Naruto Shippuden (Complete Season 1-11) Undergoing pa lang yung Season 12
Old Boy (Korean with English Sub)
Reel Steel	2011
Rango	2011
Romeo Must Die
Saw 1-7
Scary Movie Collection (1-4)
Seven Pounds	2008
Shaolin Soccer	2001
Sherlock Holmes 2 (A Game of Shadows)	2011
Shutter (English)	2004
Sweeney Todd
Tangled	2010
The Big Bang Theory (Complete Season 1-5)
The Blues Brothers
The BodyGuard
The Bourne Trilogy
The Dark Knight	2008
The Day the Earth Stood Still	2008
The Doors	1991
The Girl Next Door
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	2011
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnasus	2009
The Incredible Hulk 1&2
The Marine	2006
The Man from Nowhere (Korean with English Sub)	2010
The Mist	2007
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Other Guys	2010
The Patriot	2000
The Rite	2011
The Rum Diary	2012
The Shining
The Skin I Live In (Spanish with English Sub)	2011
The Social Network
The Spiderman Collection (1-3)
The Village	2004
The Wedding Singer	1998
Thor	2011
Toy Story 1-3
Transformers 3 Dark of the Moon	2011
Twilight Saga
Underworld Quadrology
Walk Hard, The Dewey Cox Story
Wall-E	2008
Watchmen
Waterworld	1995

ART FILMS/ RENOWNED DIRECTORS

Costa-Gavras Films (with English Sub)
Betrayed	2008
Desaparecido (Missing)	1982
L'aveu.The Confession	1970
Le Couperet	2005
Z	1969

Bernardo Berto Lucci Films (English Dub/ Sub)
Assédio	1998
La Luna	1970
The Conformist	1979
The Sheltering Sky	1990
Little Buddha

Ken Loach Films
The Family Life
Land & Freedom	1971
Riff Raff
My Name is Joe	1998
Raining Stones

Pedro Almadovar Films (with English Sub)
La Mala Educacion (Bad Education)	2004
Broken Embraces	2009
Hable Con Ella (Talk to Her)	2002
The Skin I live In	2011
Volver

MOVIE LIST 6 *updated 8/19/12

2012-07-19T07:59:00.003-07:00

FROM BLUE STORAGE BOX

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21
21 Jump Street
~~3 Idiots~~
3:10 to Yuma
4 Girls 3 Days 2 Cities 1 Chance
50/50
7 seconds part 2
81st Oscar Most Popular Action Awards (10 in 1) (The Deux Mondes, War Werewolves, Bodyguard: A New Beginning, Tuesday, Tuesday 2, Incendiary, Exit Speed, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, Valkyrie
88 Minutes
~~A Little Bit of Heaven~~
Abduction
Against the Current
Age of the Dragons
~~Airpower~~
All Good Things
American Breakdown
Ang Babae sa Septic Tank
Angel Camouflaged
~~Asedillo (Tagalog, Fernando Poe Jr.)~~
Bad Edges
Bad Lieutenant
Bang Rajan 2 (Thai Film w/ Eng Sub)
Becket
Bel Ami
Big Mommas (like father, like son)
Birds of America
Bitter/ Sweet
Blue Valentine
Bonded by Blood
~~Breaking Wind~~
Bright Star
Burn
Capitalism: A Love Story
Card Trick Magic (Learn Tricks)
Chameleon
Che (Guevara) Part 2: Guirella
Che Guevara Part 1
Children of Huang Shi
Christ Stopped at Eboli (Italian Indie Film w/ English Sub)
Chronicle
Columbus Day
Comprehensive Analysis of war in the Middle East War in the Classic Papers
Conviction (American Indie Film)
Cop Out
Cowboys & Aliens
Crazy Stupid Love
~~Cyrus (Indie Film)~~
Dance Flick (unrated)
Death Defying Acts
~~Diary of a Wimpy Kid~~
Die Welle (Deutch Indie Film with English Sub)
Dirty Little Trick
Doctor Ow Who: The Doctor, The Widow & the Wardrobe
Drive
Due Date
Edge of Darkness
Edge of Darkness
El dorado
Elephant White
Everybody's Fine
Everything Must Go
Faces in the Crowd
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Father of Invention
Fool's Gold
For Colored Girls
Forged
Frankie & Alice
Friends with Benefits
~~Fright Night~~
Funny Games
~~Game of Death~~
Going the Distance
Goya's Ghosts
Grace is Gone
Harry Potter 7
Harry Potter 7
Harry Potter 8
Heat
Hereafter
Hesher
Hit & Blast
Horrible Bosses
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
Hugo
I Love You Too
Imburnal (Indie Film)
Imigration Tango
In the Land of Blood & Honey
In the Valley of Elah
Inception
Julius Ceasar
~~Kalakal (Indie Film)~~
Killer Elite
Killing Bono
Last Night
Leatherheads
Leaves of Grass
Letters to Juliet
Listen to Your Heart
Love in the Time of Cholera
Love Wedding Marriage
Madea's Big Happy Family
Madea's Big Happy Family
Main St.
Mama's Boy
Manila in the Fangs of Darkness (Indie Film)
Margin Call
Margot at the Wedding
~~Marley & Me~~
Mars Needs Moms
~~Miss Conception~~
Miss Nobody
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Monte Carlo
Mother
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution (German History)
Music Within
My Boy Jack
My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
My Mom's New Boyfriend
My Zinc Bed
Mysteria
National Treasure 2 Book of Secrets
Nowhere Boy
Numb
Oscar Wilde (German Film with English Sub)
~~Oscars 1949-1956~~
~~Oscars: 1927-1935~~
Paquiao Vs. Margarito
Passion of Mind
Perigo Em Bangkok (Nicolas Cage Film)
Please Give
Rabit Hole
Rail & Ties
Ready
Recount (Story of the 2000 US Presidential Election)
Rembrandt
Remember the Titans
Rendez-Vous
~~Resident Evil 1~~
~~Resident Evil 4 Afterlife~~
~~Rise of the Planet of the Apes~~
Road Train
Running with Scissors
Russian Ark
Savage Grace
Savasi (American Film)
Say Goodnight
~~Scream 4~~
Secretariat
See You in September
September Dawn
Setup
Sherry Baby
Shutter Island
~~Siberiade (Indie Film)~~
Sniper 8
~~Snipers & Saints~~
Soloist
Solomon Kane
Street Kings
Stropic of Blood
Submarine
Sweepers
Sword of War
Sympathy & Delicious
Taken
Tarima
That Thing You Do
The 5th Quarter
The 84th Academy Awards
The Adjustment Bureau
~~The Air I Breathe~~
The Assistants
The Backup Plan
The Beaver
The Big Bang
The Dilemma
~~The Fast & the Furious 5~~
The Flock
The Forbidden Kingdom
~~The Fourth Kind~~
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
The Goodnight
The Grey
The Hangover Part 2
The Ides of March
The Kids are All Right
The Kill Point
The Killer Inside Me
The Last Godfather
The Ledge
The Lincoln Lawyer
The Mirror Crack'd
The Myth of the American Sleepover
The Other Woman
The Red & The White
The Resident
The Robot
The Round Up
The Science of Sleep (Indie)
The Sensual Massage Kit DVD9
The Son of No One
The Song of Freedom
The Sorrow and the Pity
The Stoning of Soraya M.
The Story of India
The Sunset Limited
The Tree of Life
The Ugly American
The Vintner's Luck
The Way Back
The Way of the West
The Whistleblower
This Means War
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
~~Tirador (Slingshot) (Indie Film)~~
To Kill a Mockingbird
Tocar Y Luchar (Spanish Indie Film)
Tower Heist
Transformers 3 Dark of the Moon
Troy
True Grit
Untraceable
Urgency
Venus & Vegas
War & Peace
War Inc.
~~War of Resistance~~
Water (Indian Indie Film)
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
What Happens in Vegas
Why Did I Get Married Too?
World Invasion (Battle Los Angeles)
~~World War II Anti-Fascist Film Series (10 films)~~
You Again
You Don't Know jack
You Move You Die
Your Love Never Fails
Youth in Revolt

MOVIE LIST 5 *updated 8/19/12

2012-07-19T07:59:00.000-07:00

FROM VIOLET STORAGE BOX

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36
2012
2012
500 Days of Summer
88 Minutes
A First National Collection (Charlie Chaplin Movies)
A Generation
A Good Year
A Knights Tale
A Mighty Wind
Abhijan
Alex & Emma
All About My Mother
~~All About Steve~~
All Star Non-Stop Live concert
All the king's Men
Alpha Dog
Amelia
Amen
~~American Gangster~~
American History X
American Wedding & Freaky Friday (2 in 1)
An Education
An Unfinished Live
Anchorman (2 DVDs)
Angela
Angels in America
Antonio Gaudi
Around the Bend
Arthur
Atonement
August Rush
Babel
Baby on Board
~~Bad Teacher~~
Baghead
Baler
bart Got Room
Be Cool
Beastly
Beautiful County
Bee Season
Before The Revolution
Ben Hur
Bending All the Rules
Beyond A Reasonable Doubt
Beyond A Reasonable Doubt
Beyond the Sea
Biutiful
Black Adder The Complete Collector's Set -SEMI ORIGINAL
Black and White in Color
Bloodhounds in Broadway
Bloody Sunday (Spanish Indie)
Bob Marley - Spiritual Journey
Bob the Butler
Bobby
Body (Indian Film)
Bon Jovi: The Crush Tour
Borat
Bride Wars
Broadway Classic Music
Broken Windows
Brother's Bloom
Brothers Grimm
Brown Sugar
Bruno
Butterfly on a Wheel
Camp
Capote
~~Casanova~~
Casino Jack
Change of Plans
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
Chicken Tikka Masala
Children of Men
Cincinnati Kid
City by the Sea
Coach Carter
Code Breakers
Cold Showers
Columbus Day
Comandante
Country Strong
Country Strong
Crank 2: High Voltage
Crash
Criminal
Cross My Heart and Hope to Die
Cuban Blood
Danny Deckchair
David Blane: Frozen in Time
Death at a Funeral
Death on the Nile
Defendor
Derailed
Detachment
Diabolique
Dias de Santiago
Did You Hear About the Morgans
Dodge Ball
Dog House
Don’t look Down
Dorian Gray
Down Terrace
Dragonball Evolution
Dream Lover
Easy Virtue
Edmond
El coleccionista De Huesos
Elizabeth
Everybody Wants to be Italian
Eve's Bayou
Extract
EZ money
Fame
Fifty Dead Men Walking
Fighting
Find me Guilty
Five Minutes of Heaven
Flawless
Flight of the Phoenix
Flight Plan
Fracture
Fragments
Frank
Frank Sinatra in Concert at Royal Festival Hall
From Paris With Love
Funny Money
Funny People
G.I Joe : The Rise of Cobra
Gabrielle
Gamer
Gamer
Gates of Heaven
Ghost
ghost of Girlfriends Past
Ghosted
~~Goal!~~
Going Great White
Gold Mountain
Gone Baby Gone
Good
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Goodnight, and Good Luck
Goon
Grandma's Boy
Green for Danger
Green Zone
Grey Gardens
Guess Who
Hair
Hall Pass
Hamlet 2
Harry Potter 3
Harry Potter 5
Heartlands
Henry & June
Henry V
Henry V
Henry's Crime
Hidalgo
~~Hide & Seek~~
Hitchhiker's Guide to the galaxy
Horsemen
Hot Fuzz
House of D
~~How Do You Know~~
How Do You Know
Howl
Humpday
I Am Number Four
I Can't Think Straight
I Capture the Castle
I Don't Know How She Does It
I wanna Hold Your Hand
If Only
~~If These Walls Could Talk~~
Imelda (Imelda Marcos)
In Bed with Madonna
In My Country
In My Life
Incendies
Infamous
~~Infected~~
Inglourious basterds
~~Innocent Voices (Foreign Indie)~~
Inside I'm Dancing
Into the Wild
Invictus
Ip man
It’s a Free World
Italian Job 2
It's Complicated
Jack Goes Boating
Jackass 3.5
Jackass 4
Jarhead
~~Jose Rizal (Cesar Montano)~~
Jose Rizal (Cesar Montano)
Joyeux Noel (Merry Christmas)
Julie and Julia
Just Friends
Kakaba kaba ka ba?
Keeping Mum
King David
King Kong 4
Kingdom of Heaven
King's Ransom
Kinsey
Knife in the Water
La Disparue De Deauville
La Haine
Land and freedom (Ken Loach film)
Last Chance Harvey
Law Abiding Citizen
Lawless Heart
Le Cercle Rouge
Leap Year
Legion
Letters from Iwo Jima
License to Wed
Lies and Illusions
Lilith
Limitless
Little Man
Living Out Loud
London
London Boulevard
Looking for Jackie
Love Happens
Love Hurts
Love is all There is
Love Murder and Deceit
Love Potion #9
Love Your Work
Loverboy
Mafia
Major Movie Star
Malice in Wonderland
Mamma mia!
Man of the House
Man of the Year
Marci X
Marie Antoinette
Meet the Spartans
Melinda & Melinda
Method
Michael Jackson: Moonwalker
Middle Men
Midnight in Paris
Million Dollar Baby
Mini's First Time
~~Miss Congeniality 2~~
Miss Julie
Miss March
Mission Impossible 3
Mobster and Mormons
Mon Oncle
Mona Lisa
Morning Glory
Morvern Callar (Foreign Indie)
Moscow does not Believe in Tears
Mr. Brooks
My Blueberry Nights
~~My Life in Ruins~~
Mystic River
Nada
New Moon
New Town Killers
New York City Serenade
New York Stories
Night at the Golden Eagle
Night Flight from Moscow
Night Train
Nine
Nine Lives
Nixon
No Strings Attached
North Country
Northfork
Nostalghia
Nothing But the Truth
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
~~Obsessed~~
Offside (New Zealand Movie)
Old Dogs
~~One Night in Paris~~
One Night with the King
Open Your Eyes
Orapronobis -Tagalog, Lino Brocka
Organizmo
Our Family Wedding
Out of the Ashes
Pacquiao Vs 15 players
Paparazzi
Paradise Now
Passchendaele
Penny Opera
Perfect Fit
~~Perfume~~
Persona
Picture Bride
Pierrot Le Fou
Planet Terror
Pleasure Drivers
Ploning
Pola X
Powder Blue
Prag
Predicament
Primer
Prisoner of the Mountains
Push
Push
Rage
Raising Helen
Ran
Rat Race
Rendition
Repeaters
Requiem for a Dream
Reservation Road
Riding the Bullet
Rock School
Rod Stewart live at Royal Albert Hall
Ruby Cairo
Ruby Cairo
Run Lola Run
Running with Scissors
S.W.A.T. 3
Sacrifice
Sahara
Sanctum
Saw 5
Say It Isn't So!
School for Scoundrels
Scorched
Seduced and Abanoned
~~Serbis (Indie film)~~
Serious Moonlight
Shade
~~Shark Boy and Lava Girl~~
Sherlock Holmes
Sherman's Way
Shrink
Singin' in the Rain
Skellig
Sling Blade
Smokin' Aces
~~Something Borrowed~~
Sometimes in April
Sommersby
Sorry, Haters
Source Code
Southland Tales
Soy Cuba (Cuban Indie)
Spartacus Collection (13 movies, all Spartacus)
Sppining Into Butter
Star Wars Ep. 3 (Revenge of the Sith)
Stateside
Stolen Kisses
Streets of Blood
Stuck on you
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Sunshine
Super 8
Super Size Me
Surveillance
~~Sweeney Todd~~
Sweet Bird of Youth
Sword of Honor
Table For Three
Takers
Taking Chance
Taxi 1,2 & 3
Taxi 2
Tenderness
Terminator Salvation
That’s What I Am
The 11th Hour
The 300 Spartans
The 4th Man
The 6th Sense
The Accidental Tourist
The Banquet
The Battle Algiers
The Battle of Manila (historical footages)
The Baxter
The Big Bounce
The Big Swindle
The Blind Side
The Book of Eli
The Box
The Bridge of Sam Luis Rey
The Burning Plain
The Butcher Boy
The Cake Eaters
The Calcium Kid
The Captive
The Change-UP
The China olympics 2008
The Conspirator
The Contract
The Deal
The Decalogue (4 disc)
The Departed
The Diving Bell & the Butterfly
The Eagle
The Eclipse
The firemen's Ball
The Fountain
~~The Freebie~~
The Good Girl
The Good Shepherd
The Goods
The Green Hornet
The Guard from Underground
The Guys
The Hessen Affair
The History Boys
~~The Hurt Locker~~
The Imaginarium of Doctor Paranassus
The informant
The Informers
The Invention of Lying
The Island
The Last Angel
The Last Picture Show
The Last Samurai
The Last Waltz
The Last Word
The Lincoln Lawyer
The Line
The Lodger
The Loop
The Lost City
The Lovers on the Bridge
The Maiden Heist
The Matador
The Men Who Stare at goats
The Messenger
The Minus Man
The Money Pit
The nightmare Before Christmas
The Oxford Murders
The Perfect Man
The Phantom of the Opera
The Portrait of a Lady
The President's Analyst
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
~~The Pursuit of Happyness~~
~~The Rebound~~
~~The Resident~~
The Rules of Attraction
The Secret of Monacre
The Sentinel
The Sleeping Dictionary
The Sound of Music
The Special Relationship
The Spirit
The Statement
The Steam Expriment
The Tempest
The Thaw
The Time Traveller's Wife
The Tit & the Moon (Chinese Film)
The Truth About Cats and Dogs
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
The Vampire's Assistant
~~The Village~~
The Vow
The Wedding date
The Wendell Baker Story
The Work and the Glory
The Young Victoria
There be Dragons
Thick as Thieves
Thor
Thor
Three 2
Three 2
~~Thriller 25~~
Tirador
To Heaven
Touch of Zen
Trespass
Triple Agent
Trust
Twilight
Two for the Money
Under the Tuscan Sun
~~Underworld: Rise of the Lycans~~
Unknown
~~Up in the Air~~
Vallanzasca
Valley of the Woods: Iraq
Vampire Boys
Virgin
W.
Warm Springs
Water for Elephants
Waterlilies
Welcome to the Rileys
What Doesn’t Kill You
What Goes Up
What have I Done to Deserve This
When a Man Falls in the Forest
When A Woman Ascends the Stairs
When Love is not Enough
Who is Clark Rockefeller?
Wild Hogs
Window Theory
Witch Hunt
Woschozdenie
Wrecked
Year One
You Kill Me
Yours, Mine & Ours
Youth Without Youth
Z (Costa-Gavras Film)
Zardoz
Zombadings (Indie Film)

MOVIE LIST 4 *updated 8/19/12

2012-07-19T07:58:00.002-07:00

FROM CABINET

*please indicate which storage box/cabinet when listing orders*

*new additional movies
Jennifer Lopez vs. Sophie Marceau (12 movies in 1)
Hollywood Comedy Heaven (12 movies in 1) She's the Man, Mean Girls, 13 Going 30 etc
Bollywood Classic Film Series (20 in 1)
Wanted Perfect Family (korean)
Family Business
Le Feu Sous La Peau
The Music Room
The Hurt Locker
Chimes at Midnight
Gifted Hands
Cromwell
The Apartment
An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving
1234 Christmases
Laurel Canyon (Blu Ray)
My Sister's Keeper
Mirrors
HARRY POTTER 1-5 (BLU RAY) - 20PHP EACH
Walk Out
Mord Liebling
Shrink
The Way We Were
Belmondo
Baby Mama
In the Cut

*from File Case
Transporter 3
The Way of War
Swing Vote
Battle in Seattle
Taken
Burn after Reading
Death Race
Get Smart
The X Files
The Mummy 3

Silence Becomes You
100 Women
16 Blocks
21 Grams
50 First Dates
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
A Dirty Shame
A Good Night to Die
A Home at the End of the World
A Love Song For Bobby Long
A Mighty Heart
Across the Universe
After the Sunset
Alfie
Alibi
All I Want
American Beauty
American Virgin (old movie)
An Unfinished Life
Analyze That
Anything Else
Around the World in 80 Days
As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me
Assault on Precinct 13
Attila
Baadasssss!
Bad Education
Ball of Fury
Beauty Shop
Because of Winn Dixie
Before Sunset
Before the Sunrise
Being Julia
Bend it Like Beckam (British Film)
Between Strangers
Bewitched
Bigger than the Sky
Black Cadillac
Black Snake Moan
~~Blades of Glory~~
Blind Date
Blue Smoke
Bon Voyage
Bordertown
Breaking & Entering
Bubble
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
Butterfly on a Wheel
Chasing Liberty
City of God
~~Cleaner~~
Clerks 2
Closer
~~Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen~~
~~Cruel Intentions 3~~
Dance with the Wind (Korean film)
Deadline
Dear Frankie
December Boys
Dirty Dancing
Dixie Chicks: Shut Up & Sing
Double Game
Dr. Strangelove
Duane Hopwood
~~Duplex~~
Elvies Has Left the Building
Eulogy
~~Euro Trip~~
Facing Windows
Fahrenheit 9/11
Fantastic Four
Fascination
Fear X
Fire (Indian Film) -banned in India but seen on the US
Fireworks (Japanese Film)
First Sunday
Flawless
Four Brothers
Friday Night Lights
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
Gangster No. 1
Get a Clue
~~Girl Nextdoor~~
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Gloomy Sunday
Godsend
Gone Dark
Goodbye Bafana
Grey Matters
Griffin & Phoenix
Grindhouse Death Proof
Half Moon Street
Harry's Case
Head Above Water
Helen of Troy
Hellboy
Highway Men
Hitman
Hotel Rwanda
House of Flying Daggers (Chinese Film)
Hunting Party
I Could Never Be Your Woman
I Could Never Be Your Woman
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
I Robot
Identity
~~If these Walls Could Talk 2~~
Imaginary Heroes
Imagining Argentina
IN & Out
Infernal Affairs 2
Initial D
Intolerable Cruelty
It's All Gone Pete Tong
Jackass Number 2
Japanese Story
~~Jump Shot~~
Jungle Fever
Juno
Just Like Heaven
Knots
Kung Fu Mahjong
l' appartement (italian film)
La Vie en Rose
Lady Killers
Lars and the Real Girl
Last King of Scotland
Latter Days
Layer Cake
Life Aquatic
Little Black Book
Little Fish
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Love Actually
Love is Thoughts
Luther
Mad Money
Maria Full of Grace
~~Martian Child~~
Masked & Anonymous
Match Point
Matrix Revolution
~~Mean Girls~~
Michael Clayton
Millions
Miracle
Miss Potter
Mona Lisa Smile
Monster
Monster-in-Law
Mrs. Henderson
Munich
~~Music & Lyrics~~
Must Love Dogs
My Super Ex Girlfriend
My Wife is an Actress
Mysterious Island
Napola Before the Fall
No Reservations
Notes on a Scandal
Ocean's 13
Officer Down
Okinawa Rendevouz (Japanese Film)
On_Line
Owning Harmony
Paradise
Paycheck
Phat Girls
Pieces of April
Piñero (American Indie Film)
Primer
Radio
Ray
Read my Lips
Reiign Over Me
Rick
Rocky Balboa
Sahara
School of Rock
Scooby Doo 2
Seabiscuit
Sex & Death 101
Sex & Lucia
Shall we Dance?
Shortcut to Happiness
Silk
Slipstream
Something's Gotta Give
Son of the Mask
Soul Plane
Speak
Stander
Starsky & Hutch
Strawberry & Chocolate
Suburban Girl
Sueño
Super Trooper
Take the Lead
Take the Money and Run (Woody Allen)
Talk to Me
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
The Air I breathe
The Big Empty
The Brothers Solomon
The Castle
The Chronicles of Naria
The Cookout
The Cooler
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
The Dog Problem
The Door in the Floor
The French Lieutenants Woman
The Healer
The Interpreter
The Interpreter
The Jane Austen Book Club
The Kite Runner
The Laramie Project
The Lives of Others
The Manchurian Candidate
The Night Listener
~~The Prince & Me 2~~
The Prize Winner of Defiance: Ohio
The Punisher
The Rundown
The Signal
The Squid & the Whale
The Station Agent
The TV Set
The United States Leeland
The Upside of Anger
The Weatherman
The White Countess
The World According to Garp
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Things we Lost in the Fire
Tip Toes
Trade
Tristan & Isolde
True Romans
Under the Sand
Underground
Untold Scandal (Korean Film)
Vanity Fair
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
We Don't Live Here Anymore
Welcome to Colinwood
Welcome to Mooseport
We're No Angels
Where The Truth Lies
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Wide Sargasso Sea
Will Full
Wimbledon
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton
Woman Thou Art Used
X-Men 2
Zodiac

MOVIE LIST 3 *updated 8/10/12

2012-07-19T07:57:00.003-07:00

Series

*new
Lie to Me (Season 1 & 2)
The Tudors (Season 1& 2)
Malcolm in the Middle (season 1)
Damages (Season 1)
Nightmares and Dreamscapes (Season 1)
Extras (Season 1)
New Amsterdam (Season 1)
Cashmere Mafia (Season 1)
Madmen (Season 1)
Bored to Death (Season 1)
Leverage (Season 1)
I survived a Japanese Game Show (Season 1)
Carnivale (Season 1)
Dirty Sexy Money (Season 1 & 2)
Charlie Chaplin Series (16 in 1)
Family Business (Season 1& 2)
Monk (Season 6)
30 Rock (Season 2)
The Strange and the Dangerous (DOCS)
Nip Tuck (Season 4)
Prison Break (Season 3)
The Office (Season 2)
Lost (Season 2)
American Idol (Season 6)
Dirt (Season 2)
Bleak House (Season 1)
Desperate Housewives (Season 4)

Ascent of Man History (BBC)

Boarwalk Empire (Season 1)

Cougar Town (Season 1)

Cougar Town (Season 2)

Fringe (Season 1)

Game of Thrones (Season 1)

~~Glee (Season 1)~~

~~Glee (Season 2)~~

Harry's Law (Season 1)

Hawaii Five-O

Hip Hop Abs

Human Target (Season 1)

Human Target (Season 2)

Mad Men (Season 1)

~~Modern Family (Season 1)~~

~~Modern Family (Season 2)~~

Nikita (Season 1)

Nurse Jackie (Season 1)

Nurse Jackie (Season 2)

Parks and Recreation (Season 1)

Private Practice (Season 2 )

The Big C (Season 1)

The Big C (Season 2)

The Bigbang Theory (Season 1)

The Bigbang Theory (Season 2)

The Borgias (Season 1)

The Cape (Season 1)

The Defenders (Season 1)

The Event (season 1)

The Goodwife (Season 1)

The Goodwife (Season 2)

The West Wing (Complete Season 1-7)

White Collar (Season 1)

MOVIE LIST 2 *updated 8/10/2012

2012-07-19T07:57:00.001-07:00

VCD ORIGINALS

*new:
Gone Baby Gone
Master and Commander
Selda (indie)

A Very Long Engagement
American Gangster
Casino Royal 7
Condo (Filipino Indie Film)
El Cante
Elvis Presly Jailhouse Rock
Lucky You
Macbeth
~~Mind Hunters~~
Pitong Gatang
Proof of Life
Reyna
Sky Captain
Slingshot (Foreign Indie)
The Air I Breath
The Con Artist
The Flor Contemplacion Story
The Good Girl
Uncertainty

MOVIE LIST 1 updated 8/10/2012

2012-07-19T07:56:00.003-07:00

DVD ORIGINALS

*new: Oscar Wilde (German Film w/ Eng Sub) - ORIGINAL
*Bad Eggs - ORIGINAL
*Kalakal (indie) - ORIGINAL
*Paris When it Sizzles -ORIGINAL (audrey hepburn)

3 DOA 3 CINTA -ORIGINAL
Alfred Hitchcock Collection (45 Movies in 3 DVDs) - ORIGINAL
Bowling for Columbine -ORIGINAL
Cairo Time -ORIGINAL
Citizen kane
Documentary Movie Collections -ORIGINAL
Funny Face
I Love You, Man - ORIGINAL
In the Bedroom -ORIGINAL
John Safran vs. God Collection (8 Episodes in 2 DVDs) -ORIGINAL
Mission Movie Collections - ORIGINAL
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan - ORIGINAL
Notting Hill -ORIGINAL
Romantic Drama Collections Vol. 2 -ORIGINAL
Running with Scissors (ORIGINAL) - Bought Abroad
Scream 2 -ORIGINAL
The Astronaut's Wife - ORIGINAL
The Battleship Potemkin (Chinese w/Subs) -ORIGINAL
The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo - ORIGINAL
The It Crowd -ORIGINAL
The Savages -ORIGINAL
The War Symphonies - ORIGINAL
The Weather Man (ORIGINAL) - Bought Abroad
Thriller Collections (4 Films) -ORIGINAL
Walk the Line -ORIGINAL
Zweiohrkuken -ORIGINAL

Last Post for The Month

2012-05-27T21:52:00.000-07:00

I am still not ready for school! My mind, body and soul is still in the volunteering/humanitarian work mode. I am clearly not ready for long hours at school and a bunch of homework. But of course, I have to.

Enrollment's next week and classes start on June 8. I still have to figure out a way to keep the balance between school, work, social life and my love life. These 4 aspects of life are really tricky. Favoring just one aspect might cause all the others to tremble and fall down.

On a lighter note, today is me and my boyfriend's 14th monthsary. Yes, we're 14 months now. No celebrations, fancy dinners or even a walk in the park today. Just a day of rest, simple food and each other's company would suffice. Having each other is what really matters right?

I have run out of things to say, my creative mind is on a sabbatical. I haven't had enough sleep since I started this volunteering/humanitarian work thing last month. Creativity takes a lot of time and a lot of rest, I assure you. I'll get back to you guys after a few weeks of rest.

You can all suggest topics if you like. Just comment, tweet or email me about anything under the sun.

I will always buy an MSI product

2012-05-20T00:44:00.001-07:00

I am so excited to share that I finally have a mini laptop and I'm using it right now. It's only a day old and I'm still not used to small everything including a keyboard without a stand-alone numpad.

I have an old MSI laptop, 15" EX600 which is 3 years old now but still works perfectly. I just need a mini one because I can't carry the big one at school. It's just too heavy for me and I have back problems so I prefer to use a more portable laptop.

This new one that I'm using, the MSI U230 light still has a big screen (slightly bigger than most netbooks) , 11.6 " but very lightweight. It fits perfectly on my shoulder bag.

The reason why I love MSI laptops is because of their performance and durability. As we all know, MSI laptops are for gaming so you have good graphics and impressive built-in speakers. I've been using an ASUS laptop (I forgot the model) at work and I tell you, the sound really sucks.

The only problem so far with MSI products is their battery lifespan. My old laptop can now only hold for like 10mins without the charger. Nonetheless, I am now well aware of removing the battery and just plugging the charger if I need to use it for an extended period of time. I am confident that the battery will still hold the charge even after a year or so.

Here it is, my prized possessions. I simply cannot live without a computer (partly because I need it for my job and for school stuff).

Since I have been a loyal customer and fan of MSI products, do you think I can win a free 6-cell battery for my EX600? Haha. Just a thought.

Surprised!

2012-05-09T21:36:00.000-07:00

My boyfriend made a slideshow video of us on Youtube.

It was really really sweet. I love you babe! No words can ever express how much I feel for you!

Thank you for this wonderful video.

Isn't this the sweetest thing a guy could do for a girl?

PLM - Picket at ADB Governor's Annual Conference

2012-05-08T21:33:00.001-07:00

Hello Guys.

This is my first blog post for this month.
I haven't really been into writing this past few weeks.

What I have been doing is more of like a new experience for me. I have been taking videos, pictures, editing videos and uploading them on YouTube and the Partido Lakas ng Masa website. This is what I will be doing this summer. Sort of like a summer job/summer experience.

There are a lot of things going on in the Philippines. For one, the May Day rally. The 1st of May is a national holiday in the Philippines because it's Labor Day. All labor organizations and parties all march in different places in Manila and all over the Philippines to address their concerns. It is the best time to ask for wage increases and other stuff about the government and the predicament of the workers in the Philippines. I wasn't able to join the mobilization though I participated in the preparation.

After this, there was another issue about the Asian Development Bank, groups like the FDC or the Freedom From Debt Coalition mobilized in front of PICC in line with the ADB Governor's Annual Conference held in Manila. They are pointing out that organizations such as ADB are the ones responsible for the privatization of public services of third-world countries in Asia especially the Philippines. The picket at PICC was held on May 2nd and captivated the media's attention.

After which, 2 days later, May 4, various labor groups including Partido Lakas ng Masa or PLM mobilized in front of the Cultural Center of the Philippines in Manila to back up the first gourps who picketed in front of PICC. I was there covering some of the events.

I am not going to pretend that I clearly understand the issues nor am I going to proclaim that I am an activist of some sort but I am glad that I participated and that I am the least bit aware of what's going on in the Philippines.

The pictures of the said picket is post at this site: http://www.masa.ph/
For the video version, in which my father, Sonny Melencio is highlighted, you can watch here:

Edited my Uncle's Eulogy

2012-04-25T06:05:00.000-07:00

My boyfriend and I were on an Anniversary trip when I received an SMS from my stepmom saying that my father's youngest brother had died due to a massive heart attack at work.

We immediately went to my uncle's wake in Navotas.

My relatives on my father's side maintain a distant relationship. I am closer to my relatives on my mother's side.

This was the first time that I met one of my uncles, some of my cousins and some of my grandma's relatives.

I do not know much about the uncle that died. I just know that he's the youngest, he lives in Navotas and he's the favorite child of my grandma.

I wasn't able to attend the eulogy during the last wake because I was at work and that my father left for Malaysia that day so no one will be able to drop me off.

When I edited the video, I was able to learn more about my uncle, Manuelito Sagaya Melencio. People call him Luteng. Like all my uncles on my father's side, he was also an activist.

This is the first part of the 5-part video. Please watch.

This is the 2nd part of the 5-part video

This is the 3rd part of the 5-part video

This is the 4th part of the 5-part video

This is the last part of the video.

Wanted: Female Dachshund

2012-04-24T08:29:00.000-07:00

I was browsing the Internet looking for effective ways on how to take care of my other dog, GORBY, a half terrier, half shih tzu 1 year old dog that we have in the office when it suddenly occurred to me, my beloved dog, BOGART is turning 4 years old this year.

The impending thought of losing my BOGART scared me. The average lifespan of a dog is 12-15 years. So I only have a few years left to share with my dog -- my baby. I want my dog to experience all the dog things that he has to experience while he is still with me -such as having a partner and having beautiful puppies.

I am looking for a female dachshund, preferably 3 years of age, a bit skinny like my dog, pure breed with papers to be my dog's partner.

PLEASE FIND A PARTNER FOR MY BABY. :)

(This photo was taken when BOGART was more than a year old)

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY BABE!

2012-04-24T07:42:00.002-07:00

MARCH 28, 2012 - Our 1st year together.

I promised my boyfriend I'll post something today about us. Here it is:

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!