.: August 2008

Wall-E

I have watched Wall-E last week and for me to say that the film is good is an understatement.

The film is a testament to the old and cliche saying that "action speaks louder than words". It was amazing that a mere sound of collective beeps and simple sounds can convey a thousand words. I knew that the movie was good but I never expected that it was that good! The movie conveyed the idea that love is something to be showed and not just something that can be expressed thru words.

Wall-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) is the last of the robots who are tasked to clean-up Earth. Interesting as it may seem, the robot developed a personality, and an inquisitive personality that is, which makes it more interesting lest complicated. to top that he is lonely! until one day the people in space sent a robot on Earth to check if life can be sustained again, ergo EVE (Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator).

Instantaneously Wall-E developed an affection to EVE. Talking to EVE with gestures and beeps and simple sounds that made the movie so adorable. It gave me that certain feeling of wanting to be wanted, of needing to be needed.

It was indeed a good movie to watch... a movie worth your time.

Cityscapes

More shots from Bruce and Kodak Ektachrome E100

Pacific Star Building, Makati Ave.

Makati Ave, Burgos St.

BPI Buendia Center, Sen Gil Puyat Ave.

Makati Ave, Burgos St.

Busy Streets = Busy Lights

Playing with Bruce and his B setting... the lights and the busy streets of Makati City

Beijing Olympics

I was scanning through one of the forums I joined and stumbled upon this one thread about the Beijing Olympics...

I am not sure if this was published but it was stated in the thread that it was...

to see the the internet article click here

and my two cents worth...

the article is unnecessary and uncalled for! Yes they have the freedom to write a story about these things but is it really necessary to put "almost zero chance of landing a medal"? if the newspaper is really up to writing something about the beijing olympics, then why not write it in this manner? why not write something in the perspective of "despite the the giant athletes of the other countries, we were able to send 15 athletes hoping to give glory to our country... or something like "even with the lack of financial and physical support, 15 athletes will fly to Beijing China to compete in this year's Olympics"...

I used to compete in swimming, maybe not as big as olympics, but this kind of article will never strike me as challenging... this is nothing but purely demoralizing and degrading... I have had comments in the same context and it is very far from being a challenge more so if it's coming from your own allies...

Pity when some people are trying very hard to somehow make us filipinos proud and yet in our very own backyard, some people are scrutinizing and degrading these very people who are brave enough to take a step forward, who are courages enough to bring us forward...

is it really so much to keep an optimistic mind nowadays? so much to being patriotic....