Angels and Demons

Just watched it with my brother at SM North. I was really excited because I've read the book and loved it. Not super loved it because I thought during the time Langdon was tracing the path of Illumination in order to stop the killings it became dragging with too much symbologies (Too much "the eye sees what it wants to see" stuff), and i somehow felt that it made the reader seem stupid. But it's a great read because it relates religion (faith) and science, it is scientifically plausible (Dan Brown did mention in his intro that the anti-matter exists, so, ok, i cannot argue that), and all these history about these enlightened scientists and artists are very interesting indeed.

Here's what I got to say.

I am disappointed.

But before that here are the kisses.

The woman who played Vittoria is beautiful that when I saw the trailer I thought she was perfect.

The score was also beautiful. And we really did notice that.

I actually think that it was beautifully shot. The visual effects on the explosion, i loved.


And now the kicks.

WTF! I was looking forward to being captured by the camerlengo and was thrilled when i learned that Ewan McGregor is playing him but.. BUT I just wasn't. What happened to that part wherein he gave that moving speech about how religion is meant to guide people in these times when it could get so confusing and more distant even with the advancement of communications or science as a whole for that matter, a church having difficulty catching up with it, and then this chance, this opportunity to rise above this mountain of a challenge that is meant to destroy the foundation of the Catholic church .. it was so condensed... so not enough! Damn, that alone is reason for us to boycott the movie and read the book!

Next, and first of all, wasn't Langdon first brought to CERN? Here we, following Langdon, are introduced to the best scientists residence and the amazing wonder of the human mind. And there was Maximilian Kohler. Where was he in the movie? Wasn;t he supposed to be the primary suspect as being the Vatican's contact to CERN? The one who was meant to kill the camerlengo? WTF! And Leonardo Vetra? Howd he become Silvano? And now only a partner when he was supposed to be the father of Vittoria? And thus becomes my disappointment of her. She's become a very limited character. Just not sharp enough!

Wasn't the dead pope the camerlengo's real father? They didn't establish that. That was supposed to be the biggest revelation that would make him kill himself by burning in this special oil of sort. But instead in the movie, he just killed himself because he could tell that the cardinals and the Swiss guards knew that he was behind this Illuminati scare. Arghh! That was a key point in the book because it told us why the dead pope was in favor of science because science, through artificial insemination, gave him a son, in the person of the camerlengo.

Faith and science. These two hand in hand. Science explaining the creation of the universe, at the same time threatening to destroy it, depending on how u interpret it. These two were the beauty of the book. Not just clues, not just this Path to Illumination. They so missed it.

And wasn't Langdon supposed to be in the helicopter too, with the camerlengo? But of course they couldnt put that one because the very information that saved his life he learned at CERN, and they didn't show him being in CERN!

What else? The fourth prefereti didn't survive and thus didnt become pope, the host of the election did. Did they have to change that too? I dont think so. Why couldnt they just make the camerlengo die at the balcony (right?), in front of everyone to see just as the book said? The assassin was nothing more than that, an assassin. I didnt feel any passion for his cause! Hated him. The guy who played Chartrand was pretty small-framed. Not as I imagined. No crazy scientists! And no prying BBC correspondent and his assistant which actually made sense that they be included in the book. And oh, the they need to do more with the branding. It wasn't gross enough. For me. And I didnt fall in love with Tom Hanks performance.

I am really disappointed.

Yesterday's Happiness

...came as Tiza and I passed the Soda boutique at MOA. A girl with her group of girlfriends pointed to a V-necked, pink striped, white top worn by one of the mannequins. I mouthed -and synchronizing in PERFECT timing with me - I heard her friend exclaim, "Pangit!"

Hahahahaha!

...At Krispy Kreme! I finally found their Chocolate Glazed Donuts shiny as the ones I see on their billboards and hand-outs. Oooohhhhhh!

God, Tiza!

That's what I wanted to say 15 minutes to seven this morning. Tiza was still putting the rest of her things in her red bag. I helped her zipped the zippers close, then I opened them again as we look for it's lock. The image of her putting on make up earlier as I wake up came to me in that instant. Her flight is scheduled at 8:25 am. Great.

We made it. I waited outside NAIA Terminal 3 as she lines up for her flight. Waiting for her text so thar I could go home, feed my hunger, and watch the NBA. The Mavs are playing today. I missed the game they showed yesterday, I don't want to miss the one today, whethere or not it is the San Antonio-Dallas series. Just not the Lakers-Jazz. Couldn't care less who wins. She texted to tell me that she's worried she didn't have the money to pay for her excess baggage. That tabangan untana cya ni Lord.

"God, Tiza." I thought again. "Busy si Lord. We do what we can on the things that we can do."

Thinking about that later, while on a Chowking branch down MRT Taft Ave. station, calmer, no longer irritated by a guy smoking seated next to me, full, I decided to forgive her. I too would've perhaps said the same thing. Asked the same thing. A small thing like that after all doesn't need a Lord's pause. Such a little thing. But knowing me, if I was unsure and didn't have the money, I would've asked for it from my parents or I would've left some stuff that I can live without, and I wouldn't be spending my money in the first place. I would save as much as I could.

But I'm me and she's Tiza and we are different. She cannot take a taxi even in broad daylight because she's worried for her safety in the unfamiliar streets of Metro Manila. She considered it and asked me to pray. She changed her mind when Cristy cannot assure her and fearful to worry the nine-months-pregnant woman, I had to go through the original plan of getting her in Gil Puyat and going all the way back to Quezon City. I took the MRT and LRT to get there. We took a taxi going back.

We took a taxi when we met last Wednesday at MOA as I accompanied her to Gil Puyat. She was afraid of the dark part of the street one goes through to get to Cristy's apartment. We took another one last night for the same fear. She shouldn't really be in Manila. She could if she marries a wealthy man. Hatid-sundo. That would be me if she was married to a wealthy man. She said it herself on her text while I was eating at Mcdo before I boarded the MRT. Meanwhile since she isn't, she is "VERY2X SORRY."

She's already 30. How does life happen to her? I wonder. When stars align. Right. I remember. She told me at Sbarro how things have somehow fallen right and perfect on her trip here. I saw her excited of things to come and hopeful of wonderful things happening and I was really happy. But then I saw her took forever to decide which Starbucks mug to buy her brother and I knew that she really hasn't changed and I was worried for her. The stars alignment just don't fuss over those kind of decisions. They move along. While she checked checked checked checked endlessly, again and again and again, I feared that her stars had moved on. But what do I know... these things are beyond me.

I do wish her well. I wish her success although I am not sure if she's ready for it. Chance favors the prepared mind. They said that. I believe it is so.

Susan Boyle

the new singing sensation from Britain's Got Talent.
Here's a clip of a Yahoo article of her.

The singer, who said she has never been kissed, now has an offer on the table from Britain's Got Talent judge Piers Morgan who has said he would take her on a romantic date. Still, Boyle isn't eager to abandon her more homely looks for an extreme makeover just because she is on the television show.

"I wouldn't want to change myself too much because that would really make things a bit false," she told CNN's American Morning on Friday. "I want to receive people as the real me, a real person."

Everyone's just blown away with her voice and so am I so I'm not gonna rave about that more. I just wanna say that I wish I could sing like her coz unlike her I'm willing to do a makeover. Yes, i wanna be a pop star and I don't mind being dressed and made up. "The Real Me" is overrated.

The Nerds Conquer Sports

not really.. but this one is very interesting. Professors from Georgia Tech predict which team will win this current season's NBA Champion. And the 2008-2009 NBA champ *drumrolls* is Lebron and the Cleveland Cavaliers!!! or the Celtics- if Kevin Garnett plays!!! Sorry Kobe - try again next time! I'm happy already. haha!

But the Mavs gets beaten in the first round? I don't like. But i suppose it can't be absolute as in 1+1=2, (even argued on in a Tide commercial), so i'm hoping the percentage of error of these professors formula called as Logistic Regression Markov Chain (LRMC) will work for Dallas.

Anyway, here's the link for the whole article. Really interesting. I miss Math. They shouldve introduced this to us. It does seem like a cool topic for a research paper.

http://www.nba.com/2009/playoffs2009/04/17/gatech20090417/index.html

Ang mga mamustahay sa Boulevard ug Diliman would love to learn this. Kwarta na! Haha! Does it work for boxing too? sa bulangan? American Idol?