Another Heaven
…the grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all change to silver glass…and then you see it…white shores… and beyond…the far green country under a swift sunrise.
Listening to: "Gravity" by "Luna Sea"
On the J-Dorama Scene, Finished Watching: "My Boss, My Hero" and "Hotaru no Hikari". I might move on to "Sh15uya" (a Bladerunner-ish concoction) or "Kou Kou Kiyoshi 2003".
As a result of random curiosity, I will watch "Hanazakari no Kimi Tachi e" on GMA7 later, I just want to see how they "butchered" this otherwise "funny and heartwarming" show. It’s actually one of my favourites last year, along with "Tantei Galileo". I just saw the Philippine trailer at YOUTUBE a few minutes ago, and I must say that it’s a victim of ATROCIOUS DUBBING (Shun Oguri’s "voice" does not suit him at all, and don’t even ask me about Ikuta Touma! at least Horikita Maki’s dubber seemed to match…but still)
Gokusen had good dubbing, I wonder why they botched HanaKimi. This is the reason I prefer the Japanese subbed ones (some of the nuances were lost in the dubbing process, plus they cut certain scenes to make way for the commercials). I haven’t seen much TV in ages…
-sabi sa blog ni Jessica Zafra may sale daw sa National Bookstore. Baka makakita ako ng kopya ng "Going Postal: Rage, Murder and Rebellion" ni Mark Ames (mukhang interesante - merong kakaibang pagtalakay sa "Columbine Shootings"). Matagal ko na ‘tong hinahanap. Matyempohan ko rin sana yung "Atonement" ni Ian McEwan, pati yung "Freedomland" ni Richard Price. Sana mura lang dahil "broke" na naman ako after next week sa dami ng bayarin.
-gusto kong isipin na nasa "Matrix" ako (kasama ako dun sa mga hindi pa "nagigising", baterya ng mga makina), lalo ko itong napagisipan ng mapagmasdan ko ang mga "cubicle" sa trabaho. "Tayo ay Tupa", yung lang."We are the Borg. Resistance is futile"
These weren’t the works of psychopaths — they were people fighting against something intolerable that many of us know is there, but hasn’t been named yet…How do you fight against something horrible, oppressive, and debilitating before it even has a name? Especially when everyone, especially middle-class people, sneer at it and refuse to believe it’s valid.
-ayos lang naman sa trabaho (*ubo*), kaya lang nagsismula na naman akong tamaan ng "boredom-itis" - bukod sa may sakit ako last year -, nahihirapan akong sumunod sa mga alituntunin, dahil may natural na tendensiya akong "tanggihan" ang mga ito (mahilig din akong mag-imbento ng sarili kong patakaran). ahahaha….
-masakit na ang mata at ulo ko, hindi pa rin ako makatulog. may pasok pa ko bukas.
-isa’t kalahating araw na akong nagwawater therapy (wala, experimento lang)
- mabuti at gigibain na yung "stage" sa tapat namin, dahil nakakakulo ng dugo ang dami ng tao tuwing umuuwi ako at napaka-ingay pa!
-kahapon, "nahukay" ko ang aking lumang koleksyon ng mga awiting nilikha ng "Eraserheads" , "Siakol" at "Rivermaya"….wala lang.
| What Be Your Nerd Type?
Your Result: Literature Nerd
Does sitting by a nice cozy fire, with a cup of hot tea/chocolate, and a book you can read for hours even when your eyes grow red and dry and you look sort of scary sitting there with your insomniac appearance? Then you fit this category perfectly! You love the power of the written word and it’s eloquence; and you may like to read/write poetry or novels. You contribute to the smart people of today’s society, however you can probably be overly-critical of works. It’s okay. I understand. |
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Your Results: How Girly are you?
Your results for this quiz have been calculated and are presented below:
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You are 12% girly!
are you sure you arent a guy? just make sure you use the womens rest room! just kidding its ok to be a tom boy! now go kick some butt! |
Custom Keirsey Temperament Report for ayo (i answered the questions as honestly as possible and this is what i got)
Your Keirsey Temperament Sorter Results indicate that your personality type is that of The RationalTM.
All Rationals share the following core characteristics:
- Rationals tend to be pragmatic, skeptical, self-contained, and focused on problem-solving and systems analysis.
- Rationals pride themselves on being ingenious, independent, and strong willed.
- Rationals make reasonable mates, individualizing parents, and strategic leaders.
- Rationals are even-tempered, they trust logic, yearn for achievement, seek knowledge, prize technology, and dream of understanding how the world works.
The animal metaphor represents Rationals is the owl. The owl sits high up in a tree so it can observe what is going on below it. It can sit quietly and then swoop down at the right moment. Because the owl is quiet for the most part, it has the reputation of being wise. Wisdom comes from knowledge and experience. Rationals are continually acquiring knowledge and using it to produce better results each time.
Rationals love to master anything that comes their way. Then they may lose interest in it and move on to another challenge. They may take on a sport until they have mastered it and reached their physical limit in that sport. They tend to play sports giving their total effort and haven’t much patience with those who don’t give it their best. They need to feel competent. However, their definition of competence far exceeds that of any other temperament. What was competence for them today becomes mediocrity tomorrow.
In school they look up to the competent teacher. They quickly write off teachers whom they deem incompetent. They can often grasp a concept quickly and soon get bored with lessons that go at a slower pace for the less gifted. Of course Rationals have the full range of intelligence from the mentally handicapped to those who are gifted as do the other temperaments. The intellectually challenged Rational can become very frustrated at not being able to understand a concept.
During their teen years Rationals are often involved in intellectual activities such as computer or debating clubs, or school newspaper production. Socially, their friends may be a bit on the eccentric side. Rationals are the temperament with the fewest numbers in the population, with males being three times more numerous than females. Being a Rational can sometimes be difficult for young women because of the stereotype that females should be more feeling and emotional. It is helpful for a young Rational woman to have an older Rational woman to be a model for her.
Rationals need to be achieving. Even a vacation is a time to accomplish something. They have to read X number of books. They want to able to cross the country in a specified amount of time. Even relaxing for Rationals has to be done in an efficient manner.
They can be very resolved. When something attracts their interest, they tend to follow it up to its full conclusion. They may multi-task with each task being worked on if only at the intellectual level. They are not ones to start things and then just abandon them without giving maximum effort, although they may skim over a number of topics to see what interests them.
Adult Rationals live more studious lives. If their work falls into the intellectual category, it can be the main focus of their lives. If their work is more mundane, they will often have outside mental pursuits to satisfy their needs. Justice issues are often a concern for Rationals. They can become very passionate when they see others being treated unfairly. Other temperaments respond to the situation itself: poverty, lack of water, etc. Rationals are more likely to compare how one group has all the resources while others have little or nothing, and try to bring about changes to the overall system.
As lovers and spouses Rationals can be quite critical. They don’t see themselves that way. They see their comments as being helpful. Most partners don’t really appreciate the error of their ways being pointed out to them, even if the remark was right on the mark. Rationals don’t need the same amount of emotional connectedness that other temperaments do and so may appear to be cold or aloof. However, once Rationals realizes what their partners need, they can use their skills to be very attentive lovers. It is just that it tends to be a more intellectual procedure rather than a spontaneous emotional heartfelt gesture. It doesn’t mean that Rationals are any less capable of love. It is just that they express it in their own way. They have to learn to appreciate the differences in other temperaments. Rationals are often attracted to Idealistss because of their more nurturing nature.
Besides having a fever and staying in bed, I also have an overwhelming compulsion to swallow 20 light bulbs and be done with it.
Horror of horrors! They’re building that ghastly stage outside the apartment again! Meaning, a few nights from now there will be a program of sorts (and my ears will start bleeding). Ugh!
Anyway, I suddenly had this idea. I know it’s a bit late, but I have decided to come up with my own version of the Top 5 MOST ROMANTIC FILMS (that is after being pestered by a certain someone that I lend her romance stories - *shudder, vomit*):
5. "Aliens" (directed by James Cameron) - Possible pairing? Ellen Ripley and Dwayne Hicks. Although there are very subtle hints that they may like each other, their main concern is to exterminate those nasty creatures from who-knows-where, thus there is very little time for "sap".
4. "The Ring" (Japanese Version) - Reiko Asakawa and Ryuji Takayama is like any other divorced couple, their relationship seems to be beyond repair. But wait! Enter a mysterious video tape, containing very surrealistic footage about a murderous girl who dwells inside an abandoned well; and (voila!)it only took the couple 7 days to rekindle their feelings. No marriage counselor can do that!
3. "V for Vendetta" (Natalie Portman & Hugo Weaving) - if you are looking for a "good old fashioned romance" of "The Count of Monte Cristo" variety (which I happen to love), search no further. There’s plenty of action, a lot of politics, symbolism, excellent dialogue and very little "mush". Plus, Hugo Weaving’s V (besides having a most wonderul voice) is my ideal partner (he has an art gallery-slash-library for a home, in case you were wondering).
2. "The Hours" (Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, and Julianne Moore) - there’s plenty of romance in this one to be sure, albeit of the "twisted" type. It features real-life couple Leonard (Stephen Dillane) and Virginia Woolf[Nicole Kidman] (in case you have been living under a rock ;p, Virginia Woolf was an accomplished British writer and Leonard was a well-known public servant); there’s also the "partnership" between an AIDS inflicted, suicidal poet and a book editor - the former jumping off his apartment window near the end of the movie - played brilliantly by Meryl Streep and Ed Harris. Sweet. Seriously, this is one of my most favourite films.
1. "Silence of the Lambs" / "Hannibal" - This one takes the cake, mainly because I have a thing for "the unusuals". 
well..bye now..my head’s starting to get fuzzy again.
Listening to: “Dead Things” by Philip Glass (The Hours OST)
Have you ever felt as though your brain insists upon running on multiple tracks, all at once?
On one hand, I am into “Twisted 8″ by Jessica Zafra (have read the first three or four articles - this woman never fails to amuse/amaze me); while watching “American Gangster” (Denzel Washington; Russell Crowe) - finished about 1/4 of the film.
And also re-watching “Life” (a rather excellent J-drama, it takes one deep into the “darker side” of high school life - a dash of rape, self-mutilation, abusive/indifferent parents, uncaring teachers, class hierarchy and bullying) and for people who at one time or another, have been “targets” of bullying - like yours truly, believe it or not - it was something of a trip to the memory lane (Freddy Kruger Edition). Although most of what “Ayumu-chan” (the main protagonist) had to go through never happened to me (like being beaten with a mop, while inside the girls bathroom; or having her seat thrown out of the window!); I think the most poisonous of these “bullying tactics” were the “spread of nasty rumors” about one’s person (”have you heard? he/she…blah, blah,blah?”) Need I say more? But the good thing is, instead of taking “revenge” on the main perpetrator, Ayumu (and friends - Miki Hatori and Yuki Sonoda) decide to fight the act of bullying itself.
Went to the Mall of Asia yesterday, almost everything was ON SALE at National. I got “Jarhead” by Anthony Swafford (“a Marine’s chronicle of the Gulf war and other battles”) for P97.00 and “Sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag” by Edgardo M. Reyes for only P148.00 (I’m sure you still remember that Bembol Rocco/Hilda Koronel film). Reading snippets from “The Little Friend” by Donna Tartt (part murder-mystery, part family saga) as well, I got this one at a magazine stand from where I work. The pile of books beside my PC is steadily increasing, I might have to take some of them back home (where my trusty book shelf awaits, I’m not sure if there’s still space though..aargh!) And I’m not even done with “Hannibal Rising” yet, and not a page on “Dark Tower V: The Wolves of Calla”.
I also visited my mother’s friend who’s staying at the Manila Penn. She was at the 9th floor I think. The deserted, carpeted corridors, lamp lights and wooden doors, made me think of the Stanley Kubrick film, “The Shining”. I keep having visions of Jack Nicholson (with the bloody ax, no less) suddenly lunging at me from one of the closed doors - deranged smile and all. “It’s time for your medicine!”
Her room’s near the glowing neon-red sign, Fire Exit; which added to the spooky atmosphere and much later we had a “ghostly-door bell” incident (open the door and there’s nobody there!) But of course, the experience wasn’t all bad. I had a chance to sit at the balcony, listening to the jazz band while reading - and pretending I’m standing alone on some far away beach, endless and eternal; nothing but the blessed sound of the waves as they hit the sand - for about an hour or so (back to reality after which). Too bad I had to leave early, because the “mini-orchestra” starts to perform at about 7:00 -10:00 in the evening.
Lastly, I took a good look at my apartment room today, something I haven’t done in about 2 months; and concluded that it would be a “mess” from “a certain point of view”. Aside from book piles, there are also several boxes and bags (some of which I have absolutely no idea as to what the contents are), pencil cases (I think I should by a desk organizer or something), my “art case”, wooden models (one, which is a fairly accurate imitation of the human skeletal system - nicknamed “Adam” and another called “Steg” which is short for stegosaurus - I’m a sucker for wooden models obviously, I’m thinking of getting the “Galleon” ship model, but where else to put it???), several CDs/DVDs (I suspect more can be found under the table - better have a second look), some newspapers and several magazines that I no longer remember buying. Yes, IT IS a mess, but I’m comfortable that way (I’d be ballistic if anyone tried to “tidy” up - my brother threw a fit for days because my mother attempted to clean his room, and in the process he lost several drawing studies and “manuscripts” - my mother thought they were just incoherent jumble of words. haha).
Finished watching “Stardust” (always wanted to see it, but I can’t find any decent copies, until now). Love the Neil Gaiman book? love the movie (oh and on a related subject, my cousin who works at FullyBooked, told my mother that Neil Gaiman did a book signing at the Green Hills outlet just a few months ago…waah, if only I’d heard about it sooner!) Excellent soundtrack too, especially “Rule the World” by Take That. Catchy tune.
Guard: I’m charged with guarding the portal to another world. And you’re asking me to just let you through?
Dunstan Thorn: Yes. Because, let’s be honest, it’s a field. Look, do you see another world out there? No. You see a field. Do you see anything nonhuman? No. You know why? Because it’s a field!
Well, don’t mind me. I feel rather "muddled" today, as though I’m a zombie. I think I need sleep, but every time I try to, I get all sorts of bizarre dreams (the only time it is possible for me to have a dreamless sleep is when I’m extremely exhausted - like after that little mountain climbing "disaster" when I was in high school - we were stuck in a rapidly flooding river at 10:00 in the evening and had to be rescued, thanks to bad luck and bad coordination.)
