WANTED. You should watch it!

"We don't know how far the ripples of our decisions go, kill one, save a thousand, that's what we believe in, that's why we do it.."

I should be studying for Public Corporation now but I can't contain myself. I'm too excited to blog about my WANTED experience. I was dying to watch the film for a week now. Last saturday, I tried persuading Ivy and Norly to watch it with me but they have some things to do so I ended up sulking and saying that "I have no voice on our Barkada". :D Despite my drama queen moments, I still wasn't able to persuade them (I think I need more acting workshops). They do promised to watch it with me on Monday though so my mood lighten up a bit.

This morning, I woke up thinking that this might be my last day on Earth. What if I get hit by a car on my way to school tomorrow? Shit. I haven't watch WANTED yet. Naisip ko... Sana man lang nakita ko butt ni Angelina Jolie before I die. So I decided that I will go to Robinson's Place after going to church and watch it by myself. As in all by myself (if EJ's in the country and Horeb is not busy, we might have watch the movie together! Then may free debates pa afterwards. Haha) Gladly, my very ALTRUISTIC brother told me that he would join me watch the movie provided that (1) i'm going to help him with his script's concept paper (2) i'll be washing tonight's dishes (3) we are going to watch Monster Mom next week (See? He is altruistic!). Eventhough I can't seem to stomach the third condition because I hate Anabelle Rama and Ruffa Guttierez, I agreed to his terms. I already tried watching a movie once (X-MEN2 in SM Sta Rosa) and I damn near cry because of self pity. I'm like an outcast then sitting in the middle of love birds and bonding best buds.

Okay. Going back to WANTED, the movie is grrrreat!!! I was really entertained and satisfied. There were some questions left unanswered, and some unexplained circumstances, but i'm still satisfied. My brother said it was commercialized because the main theme, faith in what they do, was not clearly laid down on the table. He's a film major so I can't find any sense arguing with him about commercialization of Hollywood films. However, I think it was a successful commercialization. The lacking sides were clearly shunned by the "wow sides". The good parts have more merits than the bad parts so you'll still forgive the film after doing injustice to some scenes. :D Five hours after watching it, i'm still itching to talk about the scenes, the characters, the lines, the predicable twist, the ending, the soundtrack, James McAvoy, and Angelina!!!! Haaayy.... My P100 is sulit. :)

It's all about the money

Last tuesday, I was half snoozing at my Land Title and Deeds subject when I heard our old professor mentioned something about money. He told us this: "Makinig kayo sa lahat ng sasabihin ko. Nandito sa subject na 'to ang pera. Wala sa Criminal Law. Nandito sa Civil Law. Huwag kayong umasang babayaran kayo ng magnanakaw na ipagtatanggol nyo sa korte. Kaya nga nagnakaw yun eh, kasi wala siyang pera!" Of course, everyone in class instantly shifted from snoozing mode to interested mode. Kaching! My eyes immediately sported shinning shimmering peso signs. These professors really know which button to push. I'm now more interested and inspired! :)

Sleep...

It's almost 3 in the morning now but I don't want to sleep yet. Don't get me wrong. I don't have an insomnia or something. I do like sleeping. In fact, I sleep almost 10 hours a day. What I don't like is waking up. Waking up means killing myself from studying again. I have 160 pages of unread criminal procedure readings and 10 pages of statutes to memorize by heart. I don't want to go back to that reality yet.

I Hate Goodbyes

I hate goodbyes. I don't like seeing people leave and I don't like being left behind.

I'm not feeling well...

I'm not feeling well. I think I will be sick. It's just the second day of school and I already feel boiled. I think the "flu" wanted to welcome me back to school. To feel better, I tried reading some articles online and visit some sites that I formerly visit. I don't think that's a good idea now. I feel kinda irritated and depressed because I just read a thread that showcases too much hate for my most favorite person, Jason Castro (the dreadlocked guy who finished 4th on American Idol's Season 7). The thread contains common stereotypes and bashing about how mediocre Jason is. How he can't sing or memorize lyrics but he managed to amass fans because he is handsome. How he lacked the will to win unlike other American Idol Season 7 contestants. Seriously, I want to kick and shoot myself as I was typing this. I should not have opened that thread. It didn't do me good, I felt like puking after reading it. I think it aggravated my cold too. I should've just drank my medicine and sleep! Grr.. No more reading now. I will just sleep and let all of this go. I hope that when I wake up tomorrow, those who hate Jason will realize how talented he really is.

It's Official. I'm Now in Blogspot.

This is my first official post in this site. The archive posts found on the side are all from my previous blog (I just chose my fave entries. If you want to see it all, click here). It is hard for me to part with my old blog, but, because it is flooded with too much ads, I decided to transfer to a new home. Blogspot seems to be promising because my good ole friend Ivy have nothing but pure praises to this site. She's hard to please so I know she won't do the pimping if this site sucks.

Anyway, i'm just disappointed that I can't have the weblog address that I want. Thecharlatan.blogspot.com was already taken by someone named Steve Muller. :( But he hasn't post anything since he signed up on 2005. *Sigh* I guess I can't always get what I want.

Back After A Year

I always wanted to become a lawyer. When I was ten, I told myself that I will do everything I can in order to fulfill that dream. I cling into it until... my first week in law school. I suddenly became confused on why I want to become a lawyer. I even doubted myself if I can really put up to hours of studying. My last post in this blog was dedicated to that confusion.

After a year, I am now back. I can't say i'm bigger and better. I'm just bigger, but not any better than I was last year. However, I am more confident now. I think i'm a survivor. I survived my first year in law school. I survived the constant grilling, the stress, the politics, and most of all, the QPI (it's an average grade you need to have in order to be retained in law school). The good news is, i'm sure I won't stop studying now. Confusion is not on my vocabulary anymore. I know I am going to finish what I started. The bad news is, I will have to put up with terror professors again. I have to wake up in the wee hours of the morning just to memorize codal provisions word for word. I have to read tons of cases which if measured vertically is taller than me. I have to put up with everyday recitations which can make every babbly and chatty person lose his/her courage to speak. But hey, that's life. I can't always get what I want in just a blink of an eye. If I really want something, I need to word hard for it. Life can't be all happy and prosperous everytime. We need obstacles to feel thrilled and problems to feel challenged. I know that because I feel challenged now, I just don't feel thrilled.