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If you are a fan of the supernatural action-mystery manga, you should do well to check out the movie DeathNote, which is coming to select theatres nationwide for 2 nights only on May 20 and 21. This feature is courtesy of NCM Fathom and Viz Pictures, and is English dubbed.

Death Note follows the story of Light Yagami, an ace student who finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god named Ryuk. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But when criminals mysteriously begin dropping dead, the authorities send the legendary detective “L” to investigate, and he is soon hot on the trail of Light, who must now reevaluate his noble goal. Both Light and L believe themselves to be on the side of justice, and the two match wits as they attempt to prove which one of them is “good” and which one of them is “evil.”

If you are a fan of this particular genre, why don’t you check it out.

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A view of the underwater paradise that is Apo Island

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Hi guys! Ian here. At work now, and its almost time for lunch here. Yey! Just got an SMS from my brother Andrew that they’re on their way here to Bacolod for some bonding time with us for the weekend. Actually, the 4 of them are coming over, our mom and dad, and our youngest brother Anthony.

We are actually quite a bunch, as Borski can probably tell you. 5 brothers and 1 sister, I the eldest (age-wise but not as far as appearances go..lol). Ray is staying with me, and he has just started training for work as a costumer service representative last week of Feb. I texted him already to tidy up the room in preparation for our “visitors” (I can almost already imagine the look of my mom’s face when he sees our room..hehehe), no response yet though, as I think he is still dozing off after getting off from work at 6am earlier today. I just hope he wakes up in time to clean up before they arrive.

And oh, bonding time wouldn’t be complete with the food trips, and I haven’t had time (and money) to refurnish our groceries and supplies, so I’m thinking of getting that done after work today, what with the appetites we have. I’ve got a problem with my schedule though as we have scheduled a badminton session today with Ray together with a couple of my officemates. I think they are holding a mini tourney today, friendly games they called it. So I guess I’m gonna have to do some time juggling today.

Borski has been having problems yet with getting her internet connection hooked up, so until then, I’m handling the task of creating activity on this blog and “pimping” it..lol..looking forward to having her work on here as I am sure she can introduce a lot of cool things on here.

Also, we would like to make our appreciation felt to the guys and gals who have been so warm and accomodating in teaching us on this blogging journey. You guys know who you are. From us to you, a big, warm hug

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“8 Strangers. 8 Points of View. 1 Truth.”

Staking out new movies in theatres worth watching online is one of my “whoooza” (read: relaxing) past times. Whichever catches my fancy gets listed down on my “to watch” list, movies that I think have exceptional quality and worth watching with Buboy. So last Sunday, I grabbed my all-nighter bag and hopped on the next airconditioned Ceres bus to Bacolod with one thing in mind: to watch the movie currently ranked number 1 on my list — Vantage Point.

I arrived on a rainy evening at Bacolod. The weather, however, cannot dampen my spirit because not only was a sumptuous meal at Palapala waiting for me, but also Buboy as well, together with Ray and Manong Mike (who drove us to SM once all the food had been consumed save for a platter full of shrimps and the bill settled). With a full stomach (what better way to watch a movie!), we directly went to SM’s cinema theatres, purchased 3 “babaw” (Ilonggo term for a deluxe theater accommodation) Vantage Point movie tickets and find seats that best suited our liking.

True to its trailer, the movie is in itself a Box-Office leader. Unlike the other movies I’ve seen so far, this one uses the effect of the subjectivity of a person’s perception based on recollection, by which the 8 observers of the movie’s landmark Summit event are able to produce 8 substantially different but equally reasonable, valid accounts of it. In this movie, Angie (Zoe Saldana) is a field reporter covering the Summit held in Palanca, Spain, whose TV News Producer Rex Brooks (Sigourney Weaver) was shown to have given her best efforts to contain an organized chaos in the world of media reporting just to deliver the news and facts about the conference as it is. Two Secret Service Agents Thomas Barnes (Dennis Quaid) and Kent Taylor (Matthew Fox) who took a bullet for the President a year prior to the Summit and who became a rogue operative, respectively, were assigned to protect President Ashton (William Hurt). Amongst the crowd is an American tourist named Howard Lewis (Forest Whitaker) who was there to witness the historic event. He video taped the crowd: the children perched on the edge of the windows, a man (Eduardo Noriega) talking to his girlfriend; met a fellow tourist (Saïd Taghmaoui) and Anna. The 1 truth behind the assassination attempt of the President’s life can only be revealed by following each person’s perspective. Mind you, I laughed when the 5^th vantage point was rehashed. Tell me you did, you’ll know once you’ve seen the movie (*wink*).

Indeed, this one is an action-packed thriller of which I gave a rating of 5/5. A must see movie for you, your loved ones, your family and friends. Come share with me your opinion and rating of this movie.

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I am a sucker for good movies. Well, Borski and I both are. One of the things we like to do is watch a good movie together, sometimes marathon sessions of TV miniseries episodes. Currently, we are somewhere on the eighth episode of the second season of Grey’s Anatomy. I think she relates to it on a more personal level because of her dream to be a doctor.

Last Saturday, Borski took time off from work to unwind and accompany me on my trip to Cebu. I had to go back to Electroworld at SM Cebu to have the power cable of my laptop replaced. She wanted to tag along for the trip saying, “I need the change of scenery, it’s getting too stressful at work.” I am glad she came with me as we both enjoyed the trip even if it was just a quick in and out. We left at 5:15am via a “fastcraft” through Sibulan port, and an aircon bus was waiting for us on the other side. We were already in Cebu city around 9:15am and we had to wait for SM to open. After having my power cable replaced, we checked out the screening hours of the cinemas to see if we could squeeze in a movie before going home. Lucky for us, first screening of the movie Jumper was in time for us to catch the 2pm aircon bus ride back to Liloan.

Jumper didn’t receive good reviews from critics. Nevertheless, we were looking forward to watching it after seeing its movie trailer. The movie revolved around the character of David Rice, played by Hayden Christensen (the young Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars 3 Revenge of the Sith), a jumper—meaning someone who can teleport through places, much like Hiro Nakamura from Heroes. The conflict in the movie involved the Paladins, who were the sworn enemies of jumpers, with the most recognizable Paladin played by Samuel L. Jackson (another admired actor of mine from the movies Rules of Engagement and The Negotiator). From the trailer, I was expecting to see a full-scale blown out war between the 2 sides, only to find out that it was all hyped up in the trailer. Nevertheless, we still enjoyed the movie, and on my personal scale, I give it a rating of 3 stars out of 5..hehehe..

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