Saturday, March 27, 2004I'm so mad! Grr! I haven't been posting lately because I've been making major changes within this blog, but now I know my efforts were in vain. At first, I tried using those ready-to-use templates, but no! Ever-ambitious Ana wanted to make her own, so she did. After completely ruining her eyesight with HTML tags, creating layer after layer of web content, I decided, "Why not give the dreaded frames a try?" Remember, there is a reason why frames are dreaded. Just a while ago I realized that Blogger doesn't support frames. 3? No! 4 days down the drain! Now I'm going back to using layers... I finally started playing archery again. I feel bad because I was told that if I only had my own bow, I would've been competing already! Dagnabit! By the way, I finally got my haircut! It's reeeaally short. Yesterday and this morning, I watched Peque Gallaga'sOro, Plata, Mata. As it turns out, Studio 23 has been showing great Philippine cinema classics all week! Dagnabit, again! I think I missed 3 movies, although one of those I already watched before. At least I was able to watch this one. A funny fact: In the credits of this motion picture masterpiece, one of the extras is someone named Toot Alcala... I was watching The Mystery of Natalie Wood in Hallmark. Natalie Wood is sooo pretty! I always said that even if I'm short, at least Natalie Wood and I have the same height! Hmphf! Okay, okay, that isn't much of a reassurance, but all I'm saying is that don't mess with me because I'm not going to let my height prevent me from doing what I want! *points finger angrily* Until I finally figure out how to beautify this blog, I don't think I'll be making any entries yet. The Sound of Music is on tonight in the Disney Channel! This is probably my 567th time to watch one of my all-time favorite movies in the whole world! Anyone who criticizes it will be answerable to me! Ana/Kurt PS-OOoh! They're also showing The King and I and Hello, Dolly! posted by Ana (sgtpepper72687@yahoo.com) on 17:50 -------------------- Monday, March 22, 2004As I was saying last night, we watched Cheaper By The Dozen. It's one of those feel-good family flicks, but this time, it has Hilary Duff in it. Although most families can't really relate, my family was able to. Sure, we're just five girls (compared to the twelve maniacs in the movie), but we live in a modest apartment wherein rooms are rarely left unoccupied. The Alcala residence is a fun circus wherein you're never alone, even if you want to be alone. Tiny cars are out of the question, and my parents deal with the problems of kids of all ages: the kindergarteners, the gradeschoolers, and the teenagers. It may be too crazy at times, but I wouldn't trade this life for anything. It's a comfortable, closely-knit household wherein the nuttiness is equal to the amount of love and camaraderie which you get when living there. It was my cousin's birthday yesterday, and we had a party at her house. We had nothing to do, so we watched a movie, again. We watched Mona Lisa Smile, again. I'm sorry. I can't help it. I like the movie. It's so woman empowerment-ish! It's like what Zora Neale Hurston said: "The operation was successful and the patient is doing very well, thank you." This time though, the "operation" isn't slavery but gender inequality, and the "patient" isn't the modern-day African Americans but the modern-day women of the 21st century. I may sound like a feminist, but I'm still a stauch supporter of chivalry. This morning, I watched Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang. It's Lino Brocka's 1974 masterpiece. I was happy to watch it, being a film buff and all. I never expected Studio 23 to show those stuff. I thought it only shows old campy 80's teen movies. Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang, as everyone knows, is one of Philippine cinema's finest motion pictures. I was looking for Christopher de Leon during the first the few minutes of the movie until I realized that, all along, he was the young man playing protagonist. It's a brilliant movie, as expected from Brocka. The script by Mario O'Hara is something which we no longer find nowadays in our dilapidated movie industry. The performances of the lead actors are one of the best we'll ever see. Aside from the moral and social lessons which it has imparted to us through the years, the movie also seems to tell us, "Don't feel bad about our present movie industry. Even if Philippine movies aren't as good anymore, you'll always have us." The movie is referring the old Philippine cinema opuses (or opera) which our filmmakers used to make. Haircut day was postponed (hopefully it's tomorrow), and I missed archery again. Grrr... Ana posted by Ana (sgtpepper72687@yahoo.com) on 15:25 -------------------- Sunday, March 21, 2004I finally cleared out my study table last Thursday. As usual, I found stuff I thought I lost. Of course, a lot of my stuff are still missing. Just this morning I lost my glasses, so I was blind the whole day. It was recovered just a while ago. Glasses are convenient in a way because you can put them on and take them out anytime you want, but I'm planning to start wearing contacts again. Anyway, I still haven't had my haircut yet. I plan to tomorrow, but I have feeling I won't end up having one again. I went to a batch party for Bea last Friday. Bea's our batchmate, and she has leukemia. The entrance fee was P100 which entitles you to two drinks. I'm an amateur wine-taster, but I only practice that craft with my parents. My friends and I always stay away from the alcoholic beverages lest we miss the fun of watching people get drunk. My pal Sacki once related an experience of hers when she attended one of those wild parties where people my age drink gallons of beer, rum, gin, etc., thinking they're yuppies. I don't know if she drank, but she was one of the few sober ones who enjoyed the party even more than those who were drunk. How? Why, the entertainment! Drunk people make Robin Williams regret his whole life! Sacki had so much fun talking to them and going along with their babbling. If there was one thing she needed at that time, it was a videocam. So, that's why my Friends gang makes sure we're sober. The first time we got to see some of our batchmates smoke and drink was during our freshman batch party. Being the innocent little first years that we were, we, being traumatized and all, literally ran away and left the party as soon as things started getting weird. I now look back and regretfully ask myself, "Why did you do that? You missed seeing that drunk boy throw himself into the pool!" Anyway, we first met up at Lizzie's house, where we all waited for Manna. We were so annoyed because she was late. We arrived the party at 8pm. Now, I realize that Manna being late was a blessing in disguise because the party was still nearly empty when we arrived. As we were sitting there, waiting for everyone else, I was reminded of an old restaurant trick. You play music loudly if there aren't much customers yet so that they wouldn't feel like their "rattling" in the restaurant. Nothing much happened afterwards, though I did meet our old guidance counselor. We left at 10:30, just when the fun was about to begin. I was getting tired anyway. All I heard from Manna was that I missed seeing a drunk boy pick out his wedgie out in the open. Yesterday, I missed Toni's graduation. I ended up ushering for the seniors in their Grad Ball. It looked really good. Some say our prom raised the standards for these kind of school events, and the ball wasn't too bad. It was really nice. It had a Zen kind of theme, and there were candles and little fountains all around. One of the best parts was the entrance. They registered by the new "serenity garden" in the College area, and they turned on the fountains. It looked so much like those industrial parks and Ayala malls. We lit all the candles, so my thumbs ended up being a bit calloused because I used a lighter. I left early at around 9:15pm because my family went out to watch a movie. We rarely do that. We're Quezon City folks, and we don't do what city folks do. Ok, yeah, Quezon City is a city, but nothing beats Makati when it comes to malls and pollution. Makati people spend their weekends in malls where the air is just circulated within the mall, while we Quezon City people go to parks or to UP. Okay, maybe that's just my family. Anyway, we watched Cheaper By The Dozen. My sisters and I have a peculiar contempt for Hilary Duff. I said peculiar because inasmuch as we don't like her, we always watch Lizzie McGuire. Now, we even end up watching a movie of hers. I think it's because my mother likes her. She likes the weirdest people, or rather, people I don't like (Russell Crowe, Anna Kournikova...). posted by Ana (sgtpepper72687@yahoo.com) on 00:30 -------------------- |
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