avatar syndrome

the first imax of djdmaxxx

lahat na lang ng natatanung ko.."maganda! panoorin mu!", "avatar, the best!", "ganda ng pandora, grabe!", "sobrang ganda ng avatar sa 3d, sa imax kami nanuod..", "as in, 3 beses ko na pinanuod..", "naku! panoorin mu avatar, kakaiba.."..sino naman ang hindi macucurious sa mga word-of-mouth na maririnig mu..

last december pa ito pinalabas pero last week ko lang napanood ksi nga siningit ang movies ng filmfest..buti kamo at pinalabas ulit..at buti kamo at me sumama sa'kin sa sm north kasi dun lang me imax sa qc..nkadiscount pa dahil sa citibank promo..hehe..
i really am expecting a great movie..pag-upo ko pa lang a sinehan..at kahit mjo nakakapanibago sa imax kasi kailangan mu pa magsuot nung isa pang salamin na kailangan ko pa ipatong sa aking salamin..hassle talaga ang astigmatism..

sa movie na tayo..

avatar focused on the story of paraplegic war veteran, jake sully who is brought to pandora in place of his brother (a scientist who died which already had a ready avatar body)with the promise of getting his legs back if he helps the government on a mission..pandora is a planet inhabited by a primitive race called the na’vi and jake is sent in to learn their ways so that he can help relocate them and the humans can take over and get all the precious rock minerals..the plot is very simple and quite predictable which is what I always expect in a visually-inclined movie..

but what really struck me the most is the pandora experience..the luminosity of the environment..everything seems to light up..wonderful sights..visually stunning..unusual creatures..though some are just modifications of earthly animals (like the horses, dogs, dragons, rhinos, etc)..still beyond my imagination..and seeing it in 3d multiplies the astonishment..


i really am amazed with the connectivity thing of the braided hair tips which look like a bunch of fine worms..who thought of that idea..it’s like a universal connector where the na’vi connects to their animals, trees or even everywhere in pandora, I guess..
the movie is essentially an epic love story..between jake's avatar and neytiri..the hero is also torn between his loyalty to the two races..at first, he is doing it for the humans, like a spy..but as the story goes..he falls in love with pandora, with the people, and with the princess of the na’vi..and became a true na’vi in the end fulfilling the prophecy..


the humans here are mainly antagonistic since the good interest is on the na’vi..greed and violence is upon the human race..and one of the most emotional scene is when the humans brought down the big tree house with their enormous spaceships..did I mentioned that humans here were already advanced with all those robotics and stuffs..the climax would be the battle between the two races..all the na’vi tribes united to defend their holy place which the humans plans to take over..it’s a battle both in land and air..in the end, of course, good defeats the bad..happy feel good ending..hehe..

the movie experience is one of the best for me..i just wish that next time cameron conceptualize another one..maybe he could think of a good story, not only focusing on impeccable visual effects.. but I’ll still give the movie 5 out of 5 stars..it’s a great movie so better see it yourself..and if possible, see it on a 3d moviehouse..it’s worth it..

dilemma of a tagalog

they call it language barrier..(tawag ko dun minsan bastusan)..
have you ever been in a situation where everyone is talking and you don't understand what they are saying??..i've been there many times..(halos araw-araw ata e)..
and the worse thing is they do know how to speak the language you know but they just do it like naturally to converse like your not in there..(hello! tagalog po ako)..i'm not thinking that their intentionally doing it..or am i just overreacting..yeah, they are more comfortable with that and kudos for being proud of it..it's alright, yeah right..feeling out of place is not a good feeling after all..being a part of a different group should'nt really be that hard..i'm trying..(anu nga ulit ang sinabi nila)..they would sometimes laugh and i would just let it pass like i heard nothing or laugh, too sometimes like i understand..(deadmahan muna ang drama pero kung mukang nkakatawa e humagalpak na din kahit hindi alam ang tema)..harhar..should i blame it on the tower of babel..culture differences, i guess..

poor tagalogs..others would understand their filipino language (itinuturo kasi sa skul) but they would not understand other dialects from the other regions..like bisaya, ilocano, bicolano, etc..but we should live with that dilemma..and somehow accept that as long as we go along with other people, differences might get in the way..but should we sometimes have the courage to tell them..maybe they wont mind..

can't cry hard enough

on my way back to diliman after the christmas and new year vacation..i just feel like crying..i don't know the reason..but my emotions seems to be different..is it because of where i'm going to or because of what i left back..i can't tell..and the problem is i can't..maybe i forgot to..i want to shed some tears..but how do you do it..i even can't remember the last time..it's not that i'm suppresing that side of my personality..maybe i'm not that type..drama is not a piscean's way of coping i guess..i admit the escapist persona i became..how do actors do it..i have no talent for that..i just wonder..

According to wiki:
"To cry is to shed tears as a response to an emotional state in humans. The act of crying has been defined as "a complex secretomotor phenomenon characterized by the shedding of tears from the lacrimal apparatus, without any irritation of the ocular structures". The medical term for this is to lacrimate, which also refers to non-emotional shedding of "tears".

A neuronal connection between the lacrimal gland (tear duct) and the areas of the human brain involved with emotion was established. No other animals are thought to produce tears in response to emotional states, although this is disputed by some scientists.

According to a study of over 300 adults, on average, men cry once every month, and women cry at least five times per month, especially before and during the menstrual cycle, when crying can increase up to 5 times the normal rate, often without obvious reasons (such as depression or sadness). In many cultures, it is more socially acceptable for women and children to cry than with men.

Tears produced during emotional crying have a chemical composition which differs from other types of tear: they contain significantly greater quantities of hormones prolactin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, Leu-enkephalin and the elements potassium and manganese.

Crying is often considered to be the opposite of laughing."

if that's the truth..maybe i'm abnormal when it comes to this aspect..maybe i should learn how to..i need to be more expressive of what i feel sometimes..that way i could understand more myself..what i want and not..i should be less insensitive maybe..or maybe culture influences unconsciously dominates..

but right now..i feel better that i have written something about crying..maybe writing is a form of tears for me..for me to feel better..the secretomotor thing maybe is not that dominant..but i would be glad that if that time comes..if crying comes my way..i know it's part of being human..it's normal..i should be afraid if not..people deserve to be happy but happiness maybe is best felt when you have experienced the other side of it..

a year that was

2009..a year that was..

transitions..

from batangas substation to diliman head office, i was moved from field operations to management operations when transco finally handed the electric transmission responsibility to the national grid corporation of the philippines..ngcp..substation life is really challenging for a noob..the last month indeed is the most unforgettable for i've experienced graveyard shifts..no sleep..running around the substation for switching and stuffs..and june that was i've informed that i'll be transferred to diliman because my resume was accepted by the operations and maintenance management department..they say it was a promotion..so i decided to give it a go..and that's the start of another challenging life..every week is report week..assignments are overflowing..overwhelming..but i made it..the 6-month probationary period is over..i'm just hoping that everyhting will be more clear after this period..

new office..new officemates

i am now part of the operations division under the operations and maintenance management department..most of my collegues are ilocanos..but i got used to the language barier and just carry on when they do the alien talking (deadma na laang)..the group is really a hard working group so i got to cope up with their accomplishments..fyi..i'm the youngest among the group..harhar..they are all in their late or mid 30's already..but they're still hip in the sense..harhar again..

change address..

it's not only me who had moved out from batangas to work but also my girlfriend..she's been accepted as a lawyer at the public attorney's office at pinamalayan..yes..at mindoro..at first i really am not good with that but i'll consider it a sacrifice on our part because our career is at stake here..i don't want to spoil the future ahead of us because of my selfish intentions..selfish am i but i still have to settle for long vacations so that i could go overseas to go to her or vice versa..i just wish this set-up would not last that long for long distance relationship is really hard..T_T


new house..new housemates..

my city address at manila is #11 matiyaga street, barangay central, quezon city..15-minute walk from the office..i just am lucky to be there..the monthly rate is just right and my housemates are really great..they have attitudes..right..and it that facinates me..i have two room mates there..soc (chemist slash businessman) and jerold (silent-type church guy).. the other room is for the girls..ate grace (single and still available), melin (cebuana girl who really lol), donna (prim and proper but misunderstood) and kathy (the groovy mom)..it is not that often i spend the day with them but i always enjoy their company..


health is wealth..

year 2009 saw how i suffer from a very painful sickness..i had gastritis and it really put me on the test..i lost my appetite and nausea is awful..the worst part is i've lost weight..the good thing is i'm watching my food intake right now..i got to prevent myself eating fatty and acidic foods..healthy eating if possible..fingers-crossed..