20-0-9 wrapup

With so much going on, days from now, 2009 will be over -- A new decade on the rise...And like when everyone's in school or work, time for some little recaps of the year that soon will be a "was"...

1. Naturals and a not so natural...
--- the wrath of Typhoon Ondoy and Pepeng in the Luzon island
--- major earthquakes in Indonesia
--- Mayon volcanic eruption
--- Maguindanao massacre

2. Mournings...
--- Farrah Fawcett [1/3 of Charlie's Angels]
--- Michael Jackson [Pop Superstar]
--- Brittany Murphy [actress]
--- Francis Magalona [Master Rapper]
--- Johnny Delgado [Pinoy actor]
--- Former President Cory Aquino

3. Triumphs...
--- Pinoys unite as we rise above the ruins of the Typhoons
--- Manny Pacquiao [7-title World Boxing Champ]
--- Efren Penaflorida [CNN Hero of the Year 2009]
--- Muelmar Magallanes [Time Magazine's top 10 Heroes of the Year 2009]

4. Scandals and a few WTF's...
--- Tiger Woods and his women scandal
--- Hayden Kho - Katrina Halili sex video scandals [here in the Philippines]
--- Manny Pacquiao - Krista Ranillo ish...
--- Kanye West shuts up Taylor Swift
--- Miley Cyrus shuts down her Twitter
--- Paula Abdul quits American Idol and Ellen Degeneres replaces...

5. Concerts here and there...
--- Eraserheads reunion concert
--- Lea Salonga
--- Craig David
--- Lady Gaga
--- Akon
--- Katy Perry [benefit concert]
--- David Archuleta and David Cook [sooo love it!!!hope this one gets a repeat]

6. Movies and TV
--- Glee!!! need i say more???
--- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
--- Transformers 2
--- New Moon
--- Avatar
--- Slumdog Millionaire

7. [more] Watch outs
--- Glee [by April]
--- American Idol Season 9
--- Philippines' Presidential Elections 2010
--- Danny Gokey's 1st album
--- David Archuleta's sophomore album

8. Personal Events
--- 1st year as Ex Presidenta of YOCASOCI
--- E-heads concert experience
--- the David Archie highness in Manila [lots of thumbs up on this one ^_^]
--- Uniquely Singapore self-adventure
--- reunions with former colleagues-friends
--- new work environment and new found colleagues [hopefully, to become my new friends]
--- more new found friends [thanks to being a David Archie fan]>> Naree, Ferj, Larissa, Bill, Izz, Debz, Pui, etc.
--- single but inspired...wahaha

9. Future What-I-want-Endeavors-Adventures
--- more travels!!!!!!! a Pinas island and an out-of-the country pleasseeee!!!
--- a new cellphone unit [yebba...^_^]
--- drive the family car with a license...
--- buy new household stuff to renovate the place...
--- learn to swim again or a new sport...
--- anything art or fashion related...

10. wishing unity and strength amidst adversities for myself and country; and to be the one-less-lonely girl for 2010 *fingers crossed*...sheessshhh...I won't be saying this often...Just gonna play it in my head...

Well, of course, there's much more that can be added to this list. One thing certain, we're moving forward to a new year -- to change, improve, maintain -- always for the better.

Happy New Year and Hello 20-10!!!

not that bad...but not the best...

Finally, after months of just telling myself I will watch a movie, I did. Along with my friend Abie, we watched "New Moon" no matter what...

Honestly, I'm not a huge fan of Stephanie Mayer or anything to do with vampires, but I read the "Twilight" series, I just got the hang of it. It was a fad in our office a year ago and now it was finally interpreted in the big screen.

No wonder, the publicity and exposures of Robert Pattinson [who plays Edward] and Kristin Stewart [who plays Bella] brought huge clamor for the public to get too curious to watch the movie. Adding up a new character, Jacob Black [played by Taylor Lautner], brought a little spice to the plot. I would say "New Moon" is better than the first one, "Twilight". Forgive me, but I was really pissed with the first one cause of it's poor cinematography and interpretation. Watching the first 5 minutes and I really wanted to go home, but I just don't want to make my money flush down the drain...Sad to say, it did...

As always, don't expect too much for movies based on book adaptations because you'll end up with disappointments. C'mon guys, it's just common sense that books can't be turned into movies in every nitty gritty detail or we'll all end up in movie houses for days. I would suggest that treat it as if you've never read the book or if you really can't help it, don't watch it.

Overall, it's better but not the best that I've watched...I would say that is the last movie I have watched in the big screen for 20-0-9...More to watch, but that will be next year already...Holidays are just eating my "me" time...