ELF blusher

went to the boxing gym this morning. been trying to catch up with my sister's work schedule so we could go to the gym together. it's just boring to work out alone.

elf's blusher (tickled rose)
my sister said it's giving my cheeks the natural rosy glow so i think i should stick to it for the time being aside from it's really affordable P250 (less than $5).

zenTeazzz

I don't really enjoy drinking tea because it's so bland and tasteless until i found Zentea. I love the blueberry flavor.

useless survey...

1. Favorite breakfast is: apple
2. The movie I’ve watched the most number of times is: may (2002) and coraline
3. Least favorite subject in school: when i was still in school..chemistry.
4. I spend my leisure time by: blogging, fb
5. Worst smell: body odor, stench of a dirty creek
6. If I could have any car in the world, what would it be? a trailer van
7. Favorite household chore: cooking, cleaning the house
8. When I was a kid, I dreamed of becoming a/ an : doctor
9. Favorite colors: purple, black
10. Favorite performer/s: the sundays, tegan & sara, cynthia alexander
11. When I die, I’d rather be cremated or buried: cremated
12. If I could repeat college, I’d take up: fine arts major in Photography? or music?
13. One thing I can’t leave home without: mobile phone
14. First thing I bought with my first salary: honestly, i can't remember anymore. geesh.
15. I’d like to be remembered as: someone kind hearted, treats people with partiality and cares for animals.
16. If a book was made into a movie, would you still bother buying the book? yeah, out of curiousity. i love books anyways.
*If a movie was made into a book, would you still bother watching the movie? nope. books are usually turned into movie adaptations and not the other way around!
17. Specialty in cooking? pasta
18. First crush? i don't recall...
19. Favorite hangout: oh my gulay!(session rd, baguio cty), amici--caramia
20. Best place to shop? vintage shops
21. Do you like to watch plays? yeah
22. Favorite place in the house? terrace
23. Best gift you’ve given? bodyshop stuff
24. Weirdest gift you’ve received: a soap shaped like a *eni$.
25. Gift that you want to receive at this moment: mac cosmetics
26. Gift you want to receive on Valentine’s Day: aww...cheesy..

i love weekend...

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010)

Synopsis: In the age-old battle between cats and dogs, one crazed feline has taken things a paw too far. Kitty Galore, formerly an agent for cat spy organization MEOWS, has gone rogue and hatched a diabolical plan to not only bring her canine enemies to heel, but take down her former kitty comrades and make the world her scratching post. Faced with this unprecedented threat, cats and dogs will be forced to join forces for the first time in history in an unlikely alliance to save themselves -- and their humans.



despicable me (2010)

Synopsis: In a happy suburban neighborhood surrounded by white picket fences with flowering rose bushes, sits a black house with a dead lawn. Unknown to the neighbors, hidden beneath this home is a vast secret hideout. Surrounded by a small army of minions, we discover Gru (voiced by Steve Carell), planning the biggest heist in the history of the world. He is going to steal the moon (Yes, the moon!) in Universal's new 3-D CGI feature, Despicable Me. Gru delights in all things wicked. Armed with his arsenal of shrink rays, freeze rays, and battle-ready vehicles for land and air, he vanquishes all who stand in his way. Until the day he encounters the immense will of three little orphaned girls who look at him and see something that no one else has ever seen: a potential Dad.The world's greatest villain has just met his greatest challenge: three little girls named Margo, Edith and Agnes.

Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)

Synopsis: In a world ravaged by a virus infection, turning its victims into the Undead, Alice continues on her journey to find survivors and lead them to safety. Her deadly battle with the Umbrella Corporation reaches new heights, but Alice gets some unexpected help from an old friend. A new lead that promises a safe haven from the Undead leads them to Los Angeles, but when they arrive the city is overrun by thousands of Undead and Alice and her comrades are about to step into a deadly trap.

sunday flick picks

the virgin suicides (1999) 
setting: Grosse Pointe, Michigan 1974.
the lisbon girls : Therese (Leslie Hayman), Mary (A.J. Cook), Bonnie (Chelsea Swain), Lux (Kirsten Dunst), and Cecilia Lisbon (Hanna R. Hall)

the movie is about the strange lisbon sisters who were raised by religious parents yet had a very huge urge to commit suicide. the story ended tragically, the five sisters all committed suicide. Therese took sleeping pills, Bonnie hanged herself in the basement, Mary stuck her head in the gas oven, and Lux died of carbon monoxide poisoning by leaving the car engine running in the garage.

my sister's keeper (2009)

anna, was born to become a genetic match for her sister kate, who's dying from Acute promyelocytic leukemia, cancer of the blood and bone marrow. she was conceived to keep her sister alive and that's how the movie title was came from. when her sister kate turned 15 and had renal failure, anna was aware that she would be forced to donate her kidney to her sister so, anna sued her parents for medical emancipation or the rights to her own body. Lawyer Campbell Alexander (Alec Baldwin) agrees to work as Anna's legal counsel/ guardian ad litem. Sara (Cameron Diaz), their mother, who's also a lawyer, stopped practicing law since she devoted her life keeping kate alive. she was very upset of anna's decision. Anna's father agreed that they might've crossed the line since anna was left without any choice since birth. during the trial, it was divulged that kate herself asked her sister Ana to consult a lawyer and sue their parents because she has accepted her fate and is willing to die.  Anna and Atty. campbell won their case giving anna the right to her own body. the story is really meaningful because every character has a story to tell.

angela's ashes (1999)
setting: Limerick, Ireland,
1930s and '40s

anyways, i watched angela's ashes and boy it was lengthy. if i'm not mistaken it took roughly over two hours.

the family was forced to move back to their homeland ireland from the U.S due to lack of means to survive. the head of the family struggled to get a job amidst having so many kids because he was a drunkard. the only daughter, after 4 boys died few days after she was born. one of the twins died then the other one followed leaving them with only two boys left.  the film narrated the young mccourt's life in Limerick, Ireland, during his childhood in the 1930s and '40s, the difficulties that ensued, and finally Frank's way of earning enough money to return to the land of his dreams: America.

Y tu mamá también (English: "And your mother too")
2001 Mexican drama film directed by Alfonso Cuarón, and co-written by Cuarón and his brother Carlos. The film is a coming-of-age story about two teenage boys taking a road trip with a woman in her late twenties;

The story itself focuses on two boys at the threshold of adulthood: Julio (Gael García Bernal), from a leftist middle-class family, and Tenoch (Diego Luna), whose father is a high-ranking political official. The film opens with scenes of each boy having sex with his girlfriend one last time before the girls leave on a trip to Italy. Without their girlfriends around, the boys quickly become bored. At a wedding, they meet Luisa (Maribel Verdú), the Spanish wife of Tenoch's cousin Jano, and attempt to impress the older woman with talk of an invented, secluded beach called la Boca del Cielo ("Heaven's Mouth"). She initially declines their invitation to go there with them, but changes her mind following a phone call in which Jano tearfully confesses cheating on her. Although Julio and Tenoch have little idea where to find the promised beach, the three set off for it, driving through poor, rural Mexico. They pass the time by talking about their relationships and sexual experiences, with the boys largely boasting about their modest exploits, and Luisa speaking in more measured terms about Jano and wistfully of her first love, who died in a motorcycle accident when she was a teenager.  The two later on found that Luisa died, they learned that she was dying when they met her.

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 dear john

dear john was called as such because the story evolved around two lovers who kept their communication line open and relationship going despite the distance by simply writing each other. john (a young sergeant from the Army Special Forces) met savannah (a conservative college student) while vacationing in his hometown. savannah was with her friends in the beach when scott (savannah's rich neighbor) accidentally dropped her sling bag in the water. the first time john saw savannah he couldn't take his eyes off her. he then took the opportunity and jumped off the bridge without any hesitations and fished savannah's bag from the deep blue sea. the two became friends and eventually turned into lovers in such a short period of time. john introduced savannah to his queer dad. savannah, having dealt with an autistic child herself (tim, savannah's close friend has an autistic kid) told john his dad might be autistic. john took the comment negatively and reacted violently. john realized how wrong he was so he decided to show up and write savannah a note apologizing for what happened. tim gave the note to savannah and she later on dropped by at john's place to personally say goodbye before she head back to school. john and savannah's long distance relationship went on for long and then suddenly savannah ceased writing him letters until one day john received a letter from her saying goodbye and breaking up with him because she's already engaged without explaining further with whom she got engaged with. john was upset of course burning all her letters and decided to extend his service further with the force to preoccupy himself. a lot of things happened in between, john was shot in the middle of an encounter, he was hospitalized and eventually survived. everyone else in his team/force has moved on except for john. he refused to go home until a news about his dad's illness reached him forcing him to head off home swiftly. john's dad had a stroke and died soon. he decided to pay savannah a visit after his father's wake and he learned savannah married tim, who's ill and dying soon due to cancer. savannah's still in love with john as revealed by tim himself. savannah was in deep financial turmoil and she was honest about it with john. john decided to end this chapter in his life with savannah on it thus refused to see her again. it was not known to savannah that john sold his dad's coin collection and donated the money for tim's hospitalization even if he's aware his life will be short lived. after tim's death savannah and john's love story continued. t'was a happy ending. everything about the movie was heartbreaking. john's relationship with his dad, the gap there was. his dad showed his love for his son in a very discreet manner had only john seen or felt. john and his dad reconciled though even before his dad passed away. john wrote all his thoughts on a piece of paper while his dad was bedridden and read everything to him. tears welled on his face. sigh. the movie was really poignant in general because there are facts about life that you just can't acknowledge at times because you're afraid to do so.


Antichrist is a 2009 drama/horror film written and directed by Lars von Trier, about a couple who, after the death of their child, retreat to a cabin in the woods where the man experiences strange visions and the woman manifests increasingly violent sexual behaviour. The film features only two actors, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Willem Dafoe. The narrative is made up of a prologue, four chapters and an epilogue. The film was primarily a Danish production, but filmed in Germany and co-produced by companies from six different European countries. just check it out in wiki, i didn't like the movie. it's definitely for adults due to the sex scenes. it's more of an art film should i say because it didn't give a damn if the viewers will appreciate it or not and yes the film bagged a lot of awards and controversy after it's released. it was really despairing. i like gothic movies and stuff but it was really heavy and depressing.


The Class (2008), a French movie dubbed in english. the story was simple, a french teacher and a power struggle with his annoying and disrespetful bunch on inter-racial students. the movie really stressed me out. why? the entire movie evolved around the four corners of the classroom and rude students raised possibly in a neighborhood surrounded by people without any respect for each other. why teach students who wouldn't respect and believe what the hell you're saying? i don't think they need to go to school. i think kids like that should stop going to school and waste their parents money. i was really pissed off watching how the students acted in front of the teacher and how difficult they were.