He’s Not Prowling Around

I was just browsing through entertainment news in the internet, and I was totally surprised of the amount of Robert Pattinson stuff in there! I never thought the Twilight star was that really famous. Laughs.

Oh, okay, I love him in his tempting performance as Edward Cullen in the Twilight movie. Yeah, I think so. And he looks even more vampiric nowadays.

But as I read in the People mag, he’s not really prowling around for a girlfriend, or so he says. So I could just imagine all the tweens out there swooning in delight. Although there are rumors spreading that he’s dating his Twilight co-star Kristen Stewart, the latter says that romantic relationship would be limited on-screen. And Robert Pattinson was so funny when he said that he has to be a vampire to find the right woman. Cool!

The Duke

marc nelson, rovilson fernandez, eunice olsen

One of the coolest TV shows that I’m currently enjoying is entitled The Duke, hosted by Marc Nelson, Rovilson Fernandez and Eunice Olsen. Of course, the boys (Marc and Rovilson) are quite familiar to me, because they represented the team Philippines in the AXN’s Amazing Race Asia Season 2. It’s a men’s magazine show – and most of the topics concerns men, but girls are welcome to eavesdrop, hahahha. Seriously, the topics that they featured in the show are interesting and entertaining – metrosexuals, battle of the sexes and fashion features. Last week, the topic was all about metrosexual and I like the discussion, hahaha. And they also feature a famous figure in their duke-of-the-hour segment.

It’s a funny mix of lifestyle, fashion and an exploration of what makes a man “a duke”. Cool. It’s the latest AXN original production.

November Wishlist and Jack Jack

I know I’m late in posting this, but let me post this anyway.
My list of Must-Buys

1. Monopoly board game – may it be Transformers, Shrek, Star Wars, Super Mario special edition sets or just the same old traditional game set, anything would do. Cost at least 250 php.

2. Stamp – any stamp will do. Plus the stamp pad.

3. Bourne complete DVD series – i love Matt Damon. And I love the movie too!

4. a handkerchief.

5. A portable DVD player
I’m saving money as much as possible, even though in real-time, it’s hard. Sigh. I also want to watch the Twilight movie.

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Last night was good. I watched Leonardo de Caprio’s movie Catch Me If You Can. I like it very much – 4 buckets of popcorn! You know, the guy is so hot, and i really want to see his new movie, Body of Lies, although i prefer to watch Twilight as of the moment. Perhaps, i should buy a Body of Lies DVD tape in the future. I also want to watch the Brad Pitt movie, Burn After Reading, mainly because aside from the fact that Brad Pitt is there, George Clooney is also there! Ah! The batman days!
When it comes to action movies i prefer the Die Hard series of Bruce Willis. Those movies were intense. Cool visual effects. Well let’s see. I haven’t watch Quantum of Solace yet. Let’s see if Daniel Craig can change my mind.

Twilight The Movie and The Hottest Predator

Edward Cullen - Robert Pattinson

I don’t know why but I’m kinda hooked with the Twilight mania as of the moment. Probably because everyone is giggly about it, but I think the fact the the book has a very good plot is what really interest me. And as what I observed, as I have read the book itself, it is actually perfect for the screen – which is to say – that the book is sort of destined to be a motion picture.

But now, aside from the fact the the book is so terrific page by page (that is, most especially for teenage girls) it’s a certain plus that probably Robert Pattinson is considered to be the hottest predator there is today. I think that he is really good in portraying the role as a vampire. As we have already seen Pattinson in his ultra good, excellent and kind Hufflepuff boy in the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – here in the Twilight movie, his fascinating vampiric nature will be revealed.

Robert Pattinson as Cedric Diggory

I still remember the time when I’m still reading the Harry Potter series and I thought that Cedric’s character is really interesting. Now that I just finished the Twilight, the actual pull of interest in actually that intense, especially for the fact that I could visualize Pattinson more and his wild side in Twilight .

Well to get to know Edward more – he’s born really just a normal kid with the full name Edward Anthony Masen Cullen on June 20, 1901. Sort of a century year old guy if you ask me. But he actually died of Spanish influenza when he was 17, and thanks to Carlisle, the super appealing boy has restored his self as an immortal vampire. So Edward is just this hostile boy in class, but he is actually interested in playing baseball and piano, and you get the idea that he enjoys riding fast cars. He also loves classical music (go figure! he’s actually old! just kidding… ) He’s special abilities include reading minds of people, except Bella Swan, the female protagonist of the movie

Closer Look on Edward

He is never known to have any romantic relationship for over a century, not until she meets Bella Swan. Actually he felt the desire to bite her the moment he notices her, and he actually went to Alaska to unwind with this ‘unnatural’ behavior (as his family doesn’t feed on humans) but he came back, eventually to Forks. There he began to talk with Bella more, and he fell in love with Bella. And the feeling was mutual because the mortal Bella is head over heels in love with him too! Oh great.

Edward knew for a fact that it is an obvious risk to be with Bella, as he didn’t want to bite her accidentally, and the fact that he could never change the truth that he was a vampire. But life goes on with the two, and Bella loves Edward in whatever form that he is, and well, much much more conflicts will arise regarding this set-up. But you have to read the entire series for the rest or this. Or chill with the upcoming movie, which will premiere on November 21 this year.

The Twilight movie was directed by Catherine Hardwicke, produced by Twilight Prod. and distributed by Summit Entertainment. It is classified as a romantic-fantasy film, which stars Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen and Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan. Twilight soundtracks include Supermassive Black Hole by Muse, Full Moon by Black Ghosts, Decode by Paramore, Leave Out All The Rest by Linkin Park, and many more.

Twilight

I just finished reading Stephenie Meyer’s book entitled Twilight, and I was so thrilled with the story. Even more exciting is the fact that the novel has an upcoming motion picture with the same title, starring Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen. You still remember Robert Pattinson? He’s Cedric Diggory in the Harry Potter movie series, and this is got to be his first major starred movie. Giggles.

The novel was already out since September 2005, but it was only until just in recent years that it finally caught my attention. Sigh. Probably because of the fact that I’m totally busy reading more classic novels (class requirements) and I was so happy that I was able to read this new book. The fact that the Harry Potter book series was over and is finally concluded, this hip new series is probably worth my time.

The story is mainly about Bella Swann who decides to live with his father in Forks – (her parents were divorced). So it’s a new environment – rainy and snowy town and meeting new classmates in her new school. Bella didn’t find it hard to fit in to the crowd, in fact, almost all guys are all eyes on her, but she is totally intrigued with Edward Cullen, an appealing but hostile senior student. Things get really complicated when she finds out that Edward was actually a vampire although his clan doesn’t really feeds on humans, and she is constantly involved with him. Even more exciting is the fact that she’s hopelessly in love with Edward, and the feeling was mutual too! But certainly there seems to be lots of life-threatening situations they have to face in this novel before the novel reaches its height.

The book has 24 chapters, excluding the preface and the epilogue. Most of the scenes in the book are closely concentrated between Bella and Edward and their witty conversations, although there are also side-bit chapters about the Cullen family, and other significant characters. The book is easy to read and very conversational, which makes it really enjoyable, although there are times in the story when the conversations get really ‘syrupy’ in a sense – but in general, I could say that teenage girls would enjoy this more than hardcore guys.

Now, now, what really interests me is the upcoming motion picture. If I have to imagine what I just read from the book – I think the movie is much much exciting because it seems as if the book was written to be adapted in a motion picture in the future. True, images in the novel are clear and vivid, and are better rendered in the screen. Well, that’s just my presumption, but along with the Twilight fans out there, I’m keeping my fingers crossed!

Reading Too Much

Probably you’ll agree with me if i say that reading too much may not always do something good for you. Me? Yes, i love reading a lot, i love books, i love magazines, i do reading when i’m in the bathroom, or lying in my bed, or snuggling in my couch – any place possible. That’s why my mother keeps on telling me to read literally ‘in the light’ because i keep on complaining that i have frequent headaches already. My friend, who happens to be a know-it-all, says that maybe i should get some Variable Dimension Frames From Zenni – those chic eyeglasses of which i browse in the internet, and i found out that Zenni Optical was on FOX news!

Well, i think my friend is right. The worst thing that may happen to me could be not seeing things clearly. Gosh, i’m too panicky already at this stage, but all the same i have to be ready for what’s going to happen in real time. I think one should take care of their eyes, it’s the easiest way to see things, and in cases it turns out for the worst, there is always, great eyeglasses for less to boot.

Early Edition and my Modern Day Super Hero!

Now that I’m over the Psych TV series, I am currently hooked with Early Edition!

Kyle Chandler

I love Kyle Chandler who plays the character of Gary Hobson, a guy who mysteriously receives a fictitious Chicago Sun Times newspaper every morning through an orange cat. Yes, and you think that’s normal? Oh well, it’s just that the newspaper that he gets every morning is actually published a day advanced, which means that it is sort of ‘a future newspaper’. That’s a nice plot, I say. And not to mention Kyle is soooo handsome and appealing, and that actually hooks me to watch the series everyday. The TV series’ original run was on CBS, but I’m currently watching the series through AXN.

The good thing about the show is that it isn’t hard to get into the plot because the back-to-back episodes are self-contained stories that would tie up the whole plot. You only have to know about Gary Hobson, the tabby cat and his friends and a couple of ideas on what’s going on.

I love Chandler’s character every time he tries to prevent terrible future events as much as he can. It’s definitely jeopardy for Chandler. And after doing something for these terrible future events, the newspaper headlines change because of what he did. The bad thing about saving the world is that he’s too much preoccupied of saving other people that he doesn’t have time anymore for his personal interests, like having a steady girlfriend or something like that. Lucky he has friends like Chuck Fishman and Marissa Clark to support him.

Still, Kyle Chandler is my modern day superhero!

Back To School

Oh yes, semestral break is over and it’s time to be in school again. It’s the start of the second semester already, and everyone is on the run to get on with the school stuff. Enrollment was smooth this time, which came out as a surprise. Things do change overtime.

My entire semestral break was spent mostly watching TV, specifically favorite TV shows like Honey and Clover (this one’s a replay already, but I like Yamada a lot, and Nomiya’s playfulness, Inuyasha (another rerun again, but still I can’t deny it still rocks), Early Edition (oh, I love the plot of the story, and the idea of modern day superhero!), School Rumble (it’s the season 2, and it gets funnier and funnier every single day!), and many many more! I also read quite a few books, and I’m still reading that famous Twilight book. I say it’s really amazing, I can’t wait to see the movie.

Now that I have to be away from home again during weekdays, then I wouldn’t have the chance to watch my favorite anime shows. I have to stay in the boarding house again, nothing much to do because there’s no TV at all, and all you have to do is bury yourself over prospect piles of readings again. I’ll be taking fiction and poetry classes, so it’s a very hyperactive writing experience this semester. But surely, this coming semester’s a very promising one – with lots of major subjects to take, and the same batch mates to discuss the old things with.

Beijing Water Cube

The 2008 Summer Olympics Games will be hosted by China, and probably that’s why this big-time country is building state-of-the-art and unique buildings for the event. One of this is my personal favorite: the Beijing National Aquatics Center, which is also known as the Beijing Water Cube, because of its structural design similarity as that of the soap bubbles. Cute huh? I saw this feature in National Geographic Channel, Made in China.

The Chronicles of Narnia

Along with my favorite Harry Potter series, I also like the Narnia series of C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia. I already completed the whole series, which, like the Potter series, has seven installments. My personal favorite book in the Narnia series is The Horse and His Boy, but I can’t deny that I also like Prince Caspian book.

I’m so happy because following the first Narnia film from Walt Disney and Walden Media, The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, Prince Caspian movie adaptation will be premiering this June 4 in the theaters. This is very good news for the fans of the Narnia series.

I first read the series when I was in high school, and finally completed them when I just started my first year college. I admit that it was really hard to be involved in the story readily (unlike Harry Potter) but later on, as you pursue reading the other books, you’ll find that you just can’t help but love the Pevensie children and their adventures. But the exciting thing about this is that there is something deeper in the whole Narnia series, and I noticed that when I finally read the last book. C.S. Lewis is really good and very subtle in injecting his ideas in the children’s books. If I’m going to look deeper through the character of Aslan, then it feels like he is like God. To critically analyze this, is a very good idea. Ha-ha! The rest of this exciting mind work will be your quest.

The movie was directed by Andrew Adamson.