Inner peace

Reasons to smile and be generally happy definitely out-numbered the crap that Globe-Shangri La was. For telling a story’s sake, I was there on Monday and was told that all I needed was an authorization letter. I come back Tuesday armed with said requirement only to be told that they do not honor authorization letters. What the hell. I didn’t want to be late for the movie date with Mama so I just left but called Globe’s hotline immediately after to complain about their inefficiency. The lady I spoke to said in the event that I do not have a public utility bill under my name, I can use an identification card that reflects my current home address. I WAS NOT OFFERED THAT OPTION. I was so tempted to let the hotline agent talk with the live agents in the business center, but Kung Fu Panda 2 awaits. Turns out I wasn’t late and had time to swing by Globe in TriNoma and I was told the same thing – I can use a proof of ID. So Globe Shangri-La, once my requirements pass in any other Globe business center that’s not as stupid as your branch, your ass is mine. And to the girl who half-mocked me when I said ‘Dad’, I handle clients’ concerns as well so I know what you pulled on me. We’re not done yet.

ANYWAY. Mama wanted to watch a movie in 3D so Kung Fun Panda 2 was a great choice. Though I barely remember what happened in the first one I’m sure I didn’t miss a lot story-wise. In my opinion, the second one pulls a Harry Potter-ish plot: evil kills Po’s parents, Po is adopted, then learns how his parents were killed, and finally revenges for his mom who had no choice but to die after leaving him in a basket of radishes. The actors behind the voices are star-studded: Jack Black (Po), Angelina Jolie (Tigress), Lucy Liu (Viper), Seth Rogen (Mantis), David Cross (Crane), Dustin Hoffman (Shifu) and Jackie Chan (Monkey). Gary Oldman (aka Sirius Black in wizarding world) voiced the evil peacock Shen. The kung fu moves and action make it amusing to kids, while the great comedic timing and dialog will surely get the adults laughing.

And just a warning: there’s an overload of baby panda cuteness! All squishy, cuddly, huggable cuteness!

The fact that it’s 3D made me want to grab baby Po out of the screen and hug him and just .. just … AAAAAWWWW <3

Now I need to watch Hangover 2!!!

Finally, New York!

Glee’s Season 2 Finale was yesterday and Tumblr being the ultimate spoiler of ALL TIME, I pretty much figured out that Rachel and Finn are somewhat back together; Sam and Mercedes are hooking up; and that there was a small moment of friendship with Quinn, Brittany and Santana.

Got to see the entire episode on Megavideo and I was totally surprised that Charice was actually in the episode! She sang for Vocal Adrenaline and as always, she killed it. I still don’t like her but I can’t deny her talent. And she didn’t sound bad speaking in English at all!

Here’s their scene and her performance:

I also loved Chris and Lea’s duet of ‘For Good’. I love their friendship more than any romantic pairing in Glee.

I was kind of expecting a bigger storyline for Quinn’s haircut, given that she sounded so mysterious to Finn in the previous episode where she said “You’ll see”. I thought she had something big planned for herself in New York. But I guess we have the entire Season 3 to “see” what she meant?

There’s a (rather nasty) rumor that Manny Pacquiao will be making an appearance in the next season. Oh MY. I think the writers are going to come up with a boxing episode or something. Well, when I first heard Charice was joining Glee I said I’d look away from the TV when she’s on the screen (LOL) but I ended up half-appreciating her presence. So… give Manny a chance? We’ll see.

Anyway, someone on Tumblr shared a UStream link of the Glee Tour in San Jose! I just got to watch the concert! Props to that girl who held the camera/phone the entire time! I wouldn’t do that haha! Maybe for a few songs but not the entire concert. So thank you fellow Gleek!!

Oh! Last night I stopped at Universal channel and Flashpoint was showing. There’s a really cute guy who’s in the team and I SO wanted to point out how cute he is. After like, three scenes I finally blurted out “Ang pogi!” sabay turo sa screen. I thought Mama was going to make deadma but she said, “Oo nga eh!” HAHA! Sabi niya “May hahanapin ka nanamang bago” Ha! She knows me too well

So I did look up Flashpoint in IMDB this morning and his name is David Paetkau. Small Hollywood world that it is, he was in Final Destination 2 with AJ Cook (the really pretty girl who plays JJ in Criminal Minds) AND the other agent in Flashpoint is Amy Jo Johnson aka Pink Ranger from the Power Rangers!!! Awesomesauce!

Wow almost all the series I watch just ended their season: Criminal Minds, Glee, Modern Family … Naman! I need to watch something before Pretty Little Liars re-airs in June… maybe Flashpoint is good because of David? Haha we’ll see.

Back to werq!

I need to work

Here I go again surfing the Web aimlessly before I write copies.

You know how Criminal Minds is a current obsession of mine… it kind of gets my mind going. I don’t watch a lot of fan-made videos but while casually looking for Shemar Moore videos (I search for one character at a time) I stumbled on this:

IT’S SO FUNNY!! Great concept! How many times in an episode do they flip/answer their phone anyways? Haha! Anyway. I think my brain’s wired enough!

Cars = hot girls

It was a toss-up between Thor and Fast 5. My boss raving about Thor’s, well, body was enough for me to be curious. But, but… Fast 5!! Fast cars! Paul Walker! Vin Diesel! … You know where this is going. Cars win over comic book action hero.

Since Tumblr is such a GREAT spoiler, I spotted some photos of the girls in Fast 5. Someone even said the girls were more worth checking out than the boys. Hah. So anyway. Almost halfway through the movie, this girl makes her entrance:

And I’m like wait a minute I’ve seen that face before. Not in other movies, but I can definitely place her face somewhere. Feels like I see it every now and then.

Few days after, it clicked: JASMINE MAIERHOFER

Jasmine has got to have one of the unique faces I’ve seen. Very fashion editorial material. When I saw her in person at one of PFW’s shows I’m like “Ang haba niya!” She’s just waaaaaaay too tall! And yes her surname’s a dead giveaway that her brother is former La Salle cager Rico Maierhofer.

The girl in the movie is Gal Gadot, and she’s from Israel. (Funny, my officemate and I were referring to her as “German girl”. I fail at nationalities haha)

Fast 5 is definitely a guy movie but if you’re a girl who appreciates fast cars, car chases, vault-dragging on a highway and girls who kick ass, then you’d enjoy the movie. At some point though , after all the action I totally lost the point why they wanted to kill Reyes. I also kind of got lost when The Rock suddenly joined forces with Dom’s team. The awesome scenes for me were when Paul ended up on the other side of the vault and he reversed to get back to the side where Dom was, and that 10-second window under the bridge. If there’s a pirated DVD copy somewhere already (go shoot me), I’ll be raping the  pause and rewind buttons for those scenes.

The guys were good looking, that’s a given. But the femmes didn’t disappoint either. So to the one who said that the girls were more worth checking out, AMEN TO YOU Haha!

I’ve already downloaded the soundtrack! Next movie I definitely won’t miss is Hangover 2!!

*I don’t own photos posted here. All credits to Google Images and the tags on Jasmine Maierhofer’s photo*

Fiction is always better

Hmm. Let’s see where this started.

I was bored on Tumblr yesterday and I saw a link on my Dashboard leading to a fanfiction site. Ok, fanfictions (or fanfics) are stories created by fans of a show and/or its characters. The fiction part is where your imagination can run wild. You use their character names but create an ENTIRELY different story. You decide who hooks up with who, who dies, or even make up new characters. It’s fun. But tedious to do.

I remember back in sixth grade myself and a classmate used to write similar stuff, but not in prose-form. We wrote scripts. I can’t really recall if we used TGIS (a local teen drama) characters or made up our own. Of course they were only confined to our notebooks and pad papers. If I could get my hands on one of those scripts now I’d probably die of cringing but hey, that’s where my love for writing started.

Anyway the one I saw yesterday was a fanfic for Criminal Minds. The writer was obviously a big fan of the Hotch/Prentiss ship because it’s about untold romantic feelings between them. Haven’t finished reading it yet – I’m not even halfway! It’s called “All This Time” and you can read by clicking the link. Which got me thinking… I can try writing fiction again. I’m on Team Reid, and I’ve come up with a pretty good plot already. It’s post-BAU life. He’s got a family now. And… I know. I should write the story.

Right about now.

Comic relief

Tuesday left me dead and looks like Wednesday is on its heels.

I don’t what I’d do without Tumblr. I’ve decided after three years of being there that it’s not really where you blog about personal stuff simply because there’s too much good stuff that other people post. Memes, GIFs, quotes, typography about practically anything and everything are there. Plus, that’s where all the famdoms are. About two-thirds of the people I follow are Glee-related Tumblrs; that’s where I get download links to episodes and songs. The one-third that’s slowly growing is made up of Criminal Minds-related blogs. Yep, two shows I’m really into right now (though I need to catch-up with Glee).

The Hunger Games movie is coming up and there’s a fair share of Tumblrs posting updates about the casting. I’m really not familiar with who ended up being cast as Peeta, Gale and Katniss but based on their posts it’s an upset. Well I just want to see the Hunger Games, period. There’s this one Tumblr called Advice Peeta and it’s all just memes based on the book. The posts are HILARIOUS! Here’s a sample:

There’s more when you click the image!! There’s a bunch of other “Advice” Tumblrs out there now for the other characters but this was the first one up! And the next best thing? The girl that runs this blog is a FILIPINO! Yup! She’s got more than a thousand followers now from all over the world! That’s amazing.

Here are some of my recently-liked Tumblr stuff:

Rare CM family pic

I LOL'd so hard on this one!!

Of course, an obligatory MGG

And some Glee-lovin' too

There you go! Tumblr is really a happy place! Next best educational site to Twitter I think LOL Those who’ve been in Tumblr long enough would reminisce about Tumblarity I’m sure. And it’s the only place I can make fun of wrong grammar without being labeled an asshole.

I’m rambling. I just thought last night that I should make a post here about my Tumblr since this place looks no fun at all. Tumblr’s where it’s at!

Summer