Ang Nagligad (The Past)

A true-to-life story...

Breaking-up is considered as the most excruciating part of a relationship where both of you need to go on separate ways. It’s inevitable scenario that caused a lot of us suffering from a traumatic ache in our hearts. There were sleepless nights, oblivion of missing daily routines, losing an enthusiasm, and all you wanted to do is weeping alone – expressing such tremendous pain caused by love.
But in this busy world full of different emotions, I met two brave and diverse personalities withstanding all uncertainties and trials in their lives.
They shared to me scenarios that changed their lives. I sat with *Eljay in a bench one gloomy afternoon while we arranged a meeting with *Grace in her shop.


Memories in the Past


Love, they say, affects us in ways we could never envisage. It is a knot that binds us together unconsciously and an inspiration.
At times, love forces us to do things which are not bound to happen. However, love reaches beyond what the mind sometimes cannot comprehend where the heart can only understand.
Eljay had a strong personality in comes with the word ‘love’ and he never put in his mind the phrase ‘I give up’.
“After we had ‘cool-off’ our relationship I decided to have reconciliation. I was a bit tipsy that time and all I wanted is to see her.”, he whispered.
“So I went in front of their house and I tinted on the road the phrase “IM SORRY LYN” that everyone in her place noticed the couch.” Eljay won’t let the day end without putting more efforts just to save their relationship.
The next scenario would be one of the cherished moments Grace had in her life, reminiscing the scene, dreaming one day that there will be an engaging comeback.
“I was surprise when I saw Mark inside of our school. That time he was a freshman college student and I was about to graduate in high school”, she uttered.
“My classmates teased me when they saw him giving me a red rose. He told me how he escaped from his class just to greet me. It was our 4th monthsary.” Grace added.


An Emo



Being an ‘emo’ is a choice not want. It’s one way of letting the world know how throbbing it was your ‘experiences’. Experiences that make you grew up despite all recurring memories that caused you to be reborn – once again.
Eljay started dating when he was 14. He was accelerated for two years and graduated earlier. Among his 17 girlfriends, his relationship with Celine was the longest which lasted for six months. He likes her for a lot of reasons and there was never once a dull moment other than quality time together especially when she makes him laugh.


A Rebel



She used to have thick red nails, and colored her bangs blonde that made her look like a rebel. Black and red are her signature colors. The undeniable fact about her is that she’s a straightforward person with a rebellious sentiment for her ex-boyfriend. Grace chooses to be like anyone else in a closet of a ‘rebel’ so that the humankind will know how strong she is facing all failures in her life.
Talking about early age, Grace also experienced dating during her senior year in high school. She met Mark on a Sunday Mass. At first, they became text mates and later on, the relationship developed into something they didn’t expect. It was her longest love affair which lasted for five months. Among her seven boyfriends, she valued Mark the most.


The Break-up


Eljay broke-up with Celine because of her family. Her parents don’t like him being an emo and his vices. He was badly hurt. It was like as if pricking him a thousand needles. Six months is not enough for him to convalesce from the break-up but he had no choice but to move on.
Being a vocalist in a band is his outlet of expressing the pain and his studies inspired him to let go of the things which caused him so much pain.
Grace explained to me the word ‘rebound’ in a relationship. She described it being a mere fling, a game with no commitment. She had done that many times, she is trying to get a serious relationship but she end up comparing them with her ex-boyfriend.
After all, they remained strong even those reminiscences they had before won’t come back anymore but still breathing their lives to the best way they can. Yes, break-ups are inevitable. But it’s not the end of the world. Individual’s experiences are only trials and part of our never-ending cycle of life in which we could make use of them to withstand such problem later on with our future partners…


From all faces of life… we suffer from various odds and changes along the way.
How you look to changes and odds is our choice, let us not only wait for some life changing event before we realize that we are already bless in our own special way. Think of it.

(This is actually my unpublished mag article 2009 hope you like it and may touch your heart reminiscing your past... Special thanks to my interviewees for sharing their true to life experiences...)

The Last Exorcism


I assume that everyone knows Emily Rose - the controversial character of a "possessed girl" in the movies Exorcism and The Exorcism of Emily Rose (documentary film). Now 2010, here comes the The Last Exorcism being produced by ELI ROTH and wherein Cotton Marcus has to save the life of his crew and the suffering girl before its too late.

The movie stars Patrick Fabian, Iris Bahr Louis Herthum and directed by Daniel Stamm.

Here’s a synopsis/summary of what to expect from this upcoming Lionsgate film:

When he arrives on the rural Louisiana farm of Louis Sweetzer, the Reverend Cotton Marcus expects to perform just another routine “exorcism” on a disturbed religious fanatic. An earnest fundamentalist, Sweetzer has contacted the charismatic preacher as a last resort, certain his teenage daughter Nell is possessed by a demon who must be exorcised before their terrifying ordeal ends in unimaginable tragedy.

The film is the 24-year-old Ashley Bell's first leading movie role. She was previously best known for a recurring role on Showtime's series "The United States of Tara." Bell comes from a family of actors; her father, Michael Bell, has been doing voices on cartoons like "G.I. Joe" and "The Smurfs" since the 1970s, and her mother, Victoria Carroll, was a founding member of Hollywood's renowned improvisational comedy troupe, The Groundlings. Bell used both her vocal and improv skills in her audition, acting out an exorcism on the spot and nailing the role.

Really, the actress is looking scary and you can't believe that there is no special effect on the photo as shown above. She twist her back to portray a very scary image of being possessed. Watch it on theater this 27 August 2010 (USA) and be petrified!

Venus Raj


Judge: "What is your biggest mistake you've done in you life and what you do to make it right?"

Venus: In my 22th years of existence I can say that I don't have any major... major I mean problem because I'm very confident with my family and friends for the love they gave. I'm very thankful that I'm here, it's my first time in New York. Thank you thank you so much!

History...

And she was crowned as the 4th runner up Miss Universe 2010 after Maria Margarita Moran won as Miss Universe during the 1973 pageant... 37 years of trying to grab again the crown... well, we are still proud of our country that for the record we had a total of 7 awards as Miss Photogenic among other countries in the year 1971, 1973, 1996, 1997, 2005, 2006, and 2007. As well as Miriam Quiambao won as Best in Hair Style - 1999 pageant, 1994 Best in National Costume Charlene Gonzales and Miss Universe 1969 Gloria Maria Diaz and among others who had participated and give honor to our dearest country - Philippines!

We are known of being the most hospitable people in the world and not only that this pageant proves that we can tap other nationalities in terms of beauty and body... In the near future we are able to grab again the title no matter what happens... Soar high Pilipinas!

Hey! Miss Universe will be aired on August 24, can't wait to witness the most glamorous women of this year's pageant. Who will be crowned as Ms. Universe? Well see..
Philippines is proud to have Vunes Raj as our contender...
She's our Angelina Jolie Pinay version... Go Raj you can beat them!

Scan for more at http://missuniverse.com/ <<

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)


[note: the following synopsis is based on the novel, and may differ from the film plot]

Lucy and Edmund are spending a dreary holiday with their cousin Eustace Clarence Scrubb, who is a rather dour and mean spirited little boy. They are unexpectedly drawn into Narnia when a painting of a ship on the wall of Lucy's room comes to life, and the three children fall into the ocean to be rescued by the Dawn Treader.

Once safely on board, Lucy and Edmund are greeted by their friend Caspian (now King Caspian) who has undertaken a quest to find the seven lost Lords of Narnia, as he had previously promised to Aslan. Lucy and Edmund are delighted to be back in Narnia, but Eustace is less than enthusiastic. Reepicheep is also on board, as he has vowed to find the seas of the "utter East".

They first make landfall at the Lone Islands, which is nominally Narnian territory, but has fallen into degeneracy--among other things, they participate in in the slave trade. Caspian, Lucy, Edmund, Eustace and Reepicheep are kidnapped by a slave trader to be sold. A man "buys" Caspian before they even make it to the slave market. He turns out to be the first lost lord, Lord Bern, and acknowledges Caspian as his King when Caspian reveals his identity. Before they leave the island, Caspian re-claims it for Narnia, overthrows the greedy governor, and replaces him with the Lord Bern, whom he creates Duke of the Lone Islands.

At the second island they visit, Eustace leaves the group to avoid doing any work. He hides in a dragon's cave to escape a sudden downpour. The dragon's treasure arouses his greed, and he fills his pockets with gold and jewels and puts on a large golden bracelet. He then falls asleep and wakes up as a dragon, with the bracelet badly hurting his arm; it fit his boy's arm but is far too small for his dragon's foreleg. As a dragon, he becomes aware of how bad his previous behaviour was, and uses his strength to help make amends. Aslan visits Eustace during the night and turns him back into a boy, and as a result of the visit, Eustace becomes a much nicer person. When Eustace is finally able to take off the bracelet, Caspian recognizes that it belonged to another lord, Lord Octesian; presumably the dragon killed Octesian and added the bracelet to its hoard.

In addition, they visit Burnt Island, Deathwater Island (so named for a pool of water which turns everything immersed in it into gold, including one of the missing lords), the Duffers' Island and the Island Where Dreams Come True. This last island, where nightmares become real, is never seen, but is where they find a crazed Lord Rhoop. At last, they come to the Island of the Star, where they find the three remaining lost lords in an enchanted sleep. The fallen star inhabiting the island informs them that the only way to awaken them is to sail to the edge of the world and leave one member of the crew.

The Dawn Treader continues sailing into an area where merpeople dwell and the water turns sweet rather than bitter and salty. At last the ship can go no further as the water has become too shallow. Caspian wishes to travel with Reepicheep to the end of the world, but his subjects are unwilling to let him go and remind him that he has promised the daughter of the fallen star that he would go back for her. Caspian declares that nobody will go on and descends to his cabin, here a painting of Aslan comes to life and tells Caspian that Edmund, Eustace, Lucy and Reepicheep are to go on to the end of the world, but Caspian must return to Narnia.

Lucy, Edmund, Eustace and Reepicheep venture in a small boat through an ocean of flowers until they reach a wall of water that extends into the sky. Reepicheep paddles his coracle up the waterfall, and is never again seen in Narnia. Edmund, Eustace, and Lucy walk in a strange land where they find a lamb. The lamb turns into Aslan who tells them that Edmund and Lucy will not return to Narnia and that they should learn to know him by another name in their own world. He then sends the children home.

The Legend of the Guardians The Movie



    Owl Fact of the Month
  • In the beginning of The Capture, baby Soren finds himself grounded, pushed out of the nest by his evil older brother.

    In nature, owlets often find themselves grounded in the process of testing their wings. Many young birds lose their footing during these first explorations and fall to the ground. A grounded chick may look lost and vulnerable, but chances are, its parents know exactly where it is, and will continue to feed and care for it. Also, many young birds are quite capable of climbing back into their tree using their beaks and talons.

    If you find a grounded owlet, don't panic. If the chick is not obviously injured, or in immediate danger from vehicles, people or predators, the best thing to do is just walk away quietly and let nature take its course.


  • The word Owl comes from the Old English word ule, meaning, “to howl”, referring to the sound an owl makes.

  • It’s believed that there are about 140 different kinds of owls living around the world.

  • There are two different types of owls. Owls with a round face are Strigidae (STRI-juh-dee) Owls. Owls with heart shaped faces are Tytonidae (Tie-TON-ih-dee) Owls.

  • The smallest owl is the elf owl. It is 5 inches (12.5 cm) long.

  • The largest owl is the great gray owl. It is 33 inches (82.5 cm) long.

  • The male owl is usually smaller than the female.

  • Owls have very flexible necks that allow them to turn almost all the way around. Owls can even turn their heads upside down.

  • Owls usually swallow their food whole, head first. When an animal is too big to swallow, the owl shreds it with its beak.

  • Owls cannot chew or grind their food. They cough up what they can’t digest in pellets. The pellets usually contain fur and bones from their prey.

  • Large owls live longer than small owls.

  • Owls are raptors. Raptors are birds of prey, meaning they are hunters that eat meat.

  • Most owls are nocturnal (knock-TURN-ul) and hunt at night.

  • An Owls eyes are about the size of a human eyes. Owls can change the focus of their eyes and see great distances.

  • At night the pupils of owls eyes get bigger. This allows more light to enter their eyes, giving them incredibly good vision at night.

  • In many owls one ear is higher than the other. The higher ear hears sounds from above, and the lower ear hears sounds from below.


Movie Summary


"Soren, a young barn owl, is kidnapped by owls of St. Aggie's, ostensibly an orphanage, where owlets are brainwashed into becoming soldiers. He and his new friends escape to the island of Ga'Hoole, to assist its noble, wise owls who fight the army being created by the wicked rulers of St. Aggie's. The film is based on the first three books in the series." Written by Anonymous


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