Nice and Spicy January 25, 2010

I again could not sleep last night so I decided to watch a movie…hoping that it would make me feel sleepy.But it turned out that I was enjoying the movie from start to finish. Title? It is LEAP YEAR. I am not a biggest fan of Amy Adams…but she is ok. I find Matthew Goode charming. I first saw him in CHASING LIBERTY- for the love of Mandy Moore. I watched most of her movies you know…even if the story seemed terrible, of course with the exception of A Walk To Remember. I love Nicholas Sparks too.

Anyway…it was around 3 am already…but I was still wide awake and was laughing while watching this film. I find the movie hilarious, nice and spicy. It is DEFINITELY another feel good movie that I would like to add in my library.

So I enclosed the trailer of the film, the official poster and the quotes I liked. LOL.  Oh the excerpt too which definitely is A SPOILER! Tsk! Sorry. I can’t help but blog this with my heart out.

QUOTES:

Bride: May you never steal, lie, or cheat, but if you must steal, then steal away my sorrows, and if you must lie, lie with me all the nights of my life, and if you must cheat, then please cheat death because I couldn’t live a day without you. Cheers!

—
Declan: Jesus Christ!
Anna: …is Lord.

PLOT from IMDb

A woman who has an elaborate scheme to propose to her boyfriend on Leap Day, an Irish tradition which occurs every time the date February 29 rolls around, faces a major setback when bad weather threatens to derail her planned trip to Dublin. With the help of an innkeeper, however, her cross-country odyssey just might result in her getting engaged.

“When Life Surprises you…”

Another Movie Night January 23, 2010

I dunno if this blog is now specifically for movie reviews…since my last entry was also about a movie. And yeah… it is a film with Meryl Streep again in the cast…though I did not plan the line up…normally, we would just grab anything that we deemed worth watching.

My hubby and I like Meryl. I have confessed this admiration in my previous article. We truly adore her acting skills…we would really smile if not laugh out loud when she does her role. Like every fan would say… she brings justice to her role- whether she plays the protagonist or the antagonist.

So last night we watched JULIE and JULIA. Of course you know this film…this was released sometime last year. It was not may be the kind of film that everyone would eagerly watch like how anyone would want to watch AVATAR or New Moon or 2012… but still this movie had gotten my interest- my husband too… which is the most important thing… that we would enjoy every time we watch a movie at home or in theater.

As for the review of JULIE and JULIA, i changed my mind coz it is obviously subjective coz I love Meryl. So I just enclosed the trailer of the movie for those who did not see it yet.

 

It’s Complicated January 15, 2010

My husband and I are both movie buff…we both love watching movies. Two nights in a row we were watching the movie of Meryl Streep (oh, i love Meryl Streep!). Perhaps, you have seen “It’s Complicated”, her movie with Alec Baldwin. It was really a “laugh-trip” film. It has substance and lessons…but my oh my…she is really good in acting! The dialogues are all funny. And there maybe some nude scene but it was well done. It doesn’t look kinky and not an offbeat. Adult scenes are nicely executed.Below is the trailer of the movie, this is for the sake of those who have not seen it yet….

 

Home for the holidays January 6, 2010

I have not been able to update my blog for several days because my family and I were spending the holidays with our families in our hometown. I have chronicled the highlights of the vacation on daily basis.

 

December 22

John and I were hesitant to go because Zoe had fever, and we couldn’t sleep well because we were watching him. But we still packed up our things and prepared.

December 23

4 am…we woke up the kids and told them to wash up because Nolan would pick us up around 5 am. We had coffee and kids had choco drink. We ate sandwich and prepared some for Nolan and Red

6:30 pm… we left Gensan taking the route to Koronadal City, Tacurong, Maguindanao, Kidapawan, Kabacan then traversing the southern part of Bukidnon. We had stopovers of course to some places…and reached our destination—Malaybalay City, around 2 pm.

December 24

Christmas eve was spent with my hubby’s family We all had a great time.

December 25

We visited my family in Valencia City. We had sleepover at my mother’s elder sister.

December 26

We also went to my paternal’s relatives…Had lunch with my paternal granny. My father bought my daughter a portal organ… then we went back to my husband’s place.

December 27

Attended Sunday service at our home church. It was really great to hear Ptr. Bob preaching again.

December 28

Had another family dinner with my hubby’s family. Visited some relatives and friends. Yanni got sick.

December 29

Decided to stay for new year. Yanni had fever and asthma. So brought her to her former doctor.

December 30

Tita Annie arrived. Zoe’s turned to get sick.

December 31

Brought Zoe to the doctor. Got a birthday cake for Yanni. Then everybody went to Pal-ing—Tito Neil’s place, for our New Year’s eve celebration. We had campfire and kids enjoyed their tent. It was indeed awesome and great to be home. 

Jan. 1

Yanni’s birthday… dinner again at mama’s house.

Jan. 2

We were supposed to go to Dahilayan Zipzone but then Zoe was not yet ok.My hubby and I went to Monk’s Monastery and Amadeo’s instead.

Jan. 3

We had lunch at the farm in Dalwangan and visited Papa’s graveyard.

DANNY F II December 20, 2009

My heart was really broken yesterday when a sis- terms we use at church, notified me via YM about our other sis’ dad. Her dad is still missing. Wait! how come? I said…so this sis who chatted with me told me that Danny F II has sunk in the cost of Lebanon due to a bad weather that enraged the sea.

I didn’t even know that there was a ship that sunk… We have been monitoring the news and searching for the list of names of the Danny F II Survivors … as of this time… we could not find any. I wonder why there is no official press release of the survivors… Of course, the online news is my only source of info since I worked online… but still we could not get the list that we wanted. We could only see the number of survivor increasing… like the 40th survivor found after the incident occurred.

Below is an excerpt of the news released online in BBC.

A major rescue operation is under way after a ship carrying 83 passengers and crew and a cargo of livestock sank off the north Lebanese coast in a storm.

The Panamanian-flagged Danny F II capsized 11 nautical miles off Tripoli after sending a distress signal.

At least 25 survivors from the vessel – sailing from Uruguay to the Syrian port of Tartous – have been picked up, officials said.

High seas, strong winds and severe rain are hampering the rescue effort.

One of those saved was from the Philippines and another from Pakistan, a Lebanese rescue official said.

“They were very scared and cold when we pulled them out of the water,” he told AFP news agency.

“If the sea remains calm we hope to find more survivors, but if the storm kicks up again then they have little chance of surviving for more than an hour in the water,” he said.

FAGIOLIs December 19, 2009

Last night was one of those irregular dates we, my hubby & I, have had. We can not just fix our schedule because time is indeterminable for us.

Drinking coffee is one of our favorite things to do together. We visit different coffee shops and order my favorite latte, and his iced mocha blend.

I like watching the baristas making my fresh coffee… there are coffee shops here in our city that is comparable to starbucks.

I want to try espresso… I just cant drink one for now. Health reason.

We had a great time at Fagioli’s last night. Place is cool.

Mayon Volcano Strikes Back. December 19, 2009

Mayon Volcano is making another headline worldwide. Despite the threat and danger of the eruption, people could not help but want to witness the natural grandeur of this volcano. It draws attention of the tourists who stick around neighboring towns to watch the “spectacular” eruption.

Here are some published facts about Mayon volcano.

Mayon Volcano, also known as Mount Mayon, is an active stratovolcano in the province of Albay, in the Bicol Region, on the island of Luzon, in the Philippines.

Renowned as the "perfect cone" because of its almost perfect conical shape, Mayon is situated 15 kilometers northwest of Legazpi City.

On October 13, 2008 it was included in New7Wonders of Nature Top 10 list. However, it did not make the cut to the Top 25 finalists, giving way to the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River, another site in the Philippines.

In December 2009, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Philvolcs) raised Mayon’s status level to Alert Level 3 due to an increasing lava flow on the southern portion of the volcano and an increase in sulphur dioxide emission to 750 tons per day.

Below is the aerial view of the Mount Mayon and the map of the towns surrounding the volcano.

Enclosed also are photos before the eruption…

Day break eruption…

Evenfall eruption…

Then, last December 15, 2009 at around 8:47 in the morning… a video was captured by Asuseroako and published it in his YouTube account.

There are still more video footages you can checked in Asuseroako account.

Christmas Gifts: Are You Wrapping One Yet? December 18, 2009

It is 6 days to go before Christmas Eve… Most people are still wondering what to give for people on their list. Though, we always believe that it is the thought that counts but still you can not just get anything that comes to your sight first when you go to the malls.

 

We always think of some thing appropriate and usable. And so the picking of gift becomes tough…especially if you do not have much time. So the TIP: Buy gift as early as January especially if you have 100 and 1 people in your mind plus there are so many items on sale by this time…

But for the sake of those who are still on the process of hunting gifts for their loved ones… I have here the lists of general items that are great to wrap for your family and friends.

• Gadgets
• Toiletries
• Books
• Clothing
• Shoes
• Jewelries and Accessories
• Office Stuffs
• Home Decors
• Gift Certificates from SPAs and Saloons
• Wine/ Basketful of fruits or goodies

If you do not have time and if your loved ones are living abroad you can check or tick this online store. They can deliver the items you ordered for them.

Well, I hope that helps. Merry Christmas and Happy shopping.

Christmas Season December 17, 2009

This is how our city looks at night. The main avenue dazzles with all the Christmas lights.

Nature December 15, 2009

I love my backyard. This is the fourth house we rented here in this side of the world. We have been here since 2006. When my husband took a job here, we had to move the whole family. We have not decided to buy our own house… eventually we will. We are still waiting for the right location. Hopefully this 2010.

Anyway, back to this 4th house. I just love the neighborhood. It is quiet… and our house is situated near the perimeter of the subdivision overlooking the rice field, mountain and water irrigation.