political manipulation. racial prejudice. plot within a plot. conspiracy theory. how much more real could it be? i just think it's too manipulative and preachy to talk about such things in a movie. maybe i've degraded myself and now i'm beginning to hate "intelligent" films. they just seem so ...

perhapsi just had a system overload with all the rallies and the state of emergency declaration the day before i watched this. nonetheless it's an enlightening experience.



where: Glorietta 4, Cinema 5
when: Saturday, 25 February 2006. 8:00 p.m.

"she paints her face to hide her face. Her eyes are deep water. It is not for Geisha to want. It is not for geisha to feel. Geisha is an artist of the floating world. She dances, she sings. She entertains you, whatever you want. The rest is shadows, the rest is secret."

it is better to watch this film without reading the book first, you get to appreciate a lot of things like the intricacy of the set they created in california to match the 1920 kyoto scene in the book, otherwise you will just feel cheated because the book offers so much more.


where: Greenbelt 3, Cinema 2
when: Thursday, 23 February 2006. 11:30 p.m.

m cafe. greenbelt 2.

people are now converging in paseo de roxas for the edsa revolution anniversary. i hope this day would end peacefully and without bloodshed.

the armed forces are on their guards and the whole ayala avenue has been rerouted again. i'm going out later to check it out.

the good and the ugly

i don't get it.


where: Glorietta 4, Cinema 3
when: Sunday, 19 February 2006. 5:00 p.m.

glorietta 4. last full show.

"i have no idea why you are so relentless particularly given the arsenal of defenses i've thrown at you. but no matter how hard i've tried to block out everything that you've said, the message has been received in a place inside me that i thought has died but it hasnt and that place inside of me is alive and well. i cant make any promises but id like to try and be with you"

-keenan (ryan phillippe) from the movie "playing by heart"

from this ruin will rise another annex to the greenbelt shopping center. why are there so many malls in our country? do we have that much money to waste?

this is what's been keeping me awake these past few nights, no not contemplating on the country's economy, it's the sound of those tractors and the hammering, geez they shouldn't be working 24 hours,

this is in memory of all the people who lost and risked their lives last saturday morning for a chance of "winning" a better life from a local game show. Read more here

they risked their souls
for a few pieces of silver,
and dreams wrapped in paper.
they thought it was free,
a chance in a million,
like aiming for the moon.
but they paid in full,
in blood and broken bones
waking up in a world
bleaker than the night before.
their lives lay stranded
on littered concrete floors.

02.06.2006.4.09.p.m.

math geeks are going to love this, if only they could cut out all the long winding and screaming "i'm not crazy" monologues of gwyneth.


where: Glorietta 4, Cinema 4
when: Saturday, 4 February 2006. 8:20 p.m.

i rented saw from the local video store in order to prepare myself for this movie. well, it follows the sequel rules: more sick and bloody than the first one. why do people watch movies like this? i dont know, why do i? =)


where: Glorietta 1, Cinema 2
when: Saturday, 4 February 2006. 6:00 p.m.

unexpected twist. this is what happens when people cheat on their spouses.


where: Glorietta 1, Cinema 4
when: Friday, 4 February 2006. 9:30 p.m.

we laugh indoors
and they never understand
the jests that echo through the walls
sliding down window panes
running wet on carpet floors

we laugh indoors
but nobody ever hears

we walk outside and weep
then everybody stops to listen

ndg.01.31.2006.1.52.p.m.