where can you run to escape from yourself..??

just received an email from Switchfoot.. close kami o di ba (wish ko lang). subscribed to their mailing list the previous month and here’s my first ever. goodness is this for real? i want THIS package! meron kaya sa local market? or via the net? hmmmm research.. research. haaaay pero syempre pa, i have other priorities and cant indulge myself to such things right now huhu

saw the movie trailer first when we watched Transformers at G4 this year. but got to see it na lang on DVD. and it’s really, really great. Ang galing. Kaya pala na-market internationally. You really will hold on to every scene. Nakaka-nerbiyos hehe. imagine what a disaster kung sakaling mangyari sa totoong buhay. volcanoes were erupting left and right. earthquakes and building-high tsunamis were destroying the cities and killing millions of japanese. and in less than a year the whole archipelago will sink. Very moving ang mga scenes. Hindi trying hard ang dating. Nakakalungkot lang na di naging happy ending ng love story ng mga bida. Nakakaiyak ang ibang scenes.. you know how people died because of the natural disasters.. nakakatakot.
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But everything ended well. Naagapan ang pagputok ng mt. fuji which supposedly will trigger the sinking of the whole of japan, and they’ll be gone from the world map.. forever. the bidang lalaki sacrificed his life to go underwater to trigger a bomb that will destroy part of the fault or plate underneath japan’s sea bed. (or something like that hehe.)
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The message was clear though.. that there is hope after all what happened. and japanese people are very famous for that.. rebuilding from rubbles.
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my rating: five stars (Really great movie. very engaging. )

just watched this one on DVD. been a fan of the first 3 movies: Die Hard, Die Hard 2, and Die Hard with a Vengeance.
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was surprised cos i thought the trilogy was over and done with. but this year they came out with Live Free or Die Hard popularly know as Die Hard 4.0. Mr Bruce Willis hadnt lost his touch when it comes to non-stop and bloody action-packed movies. he’s still very much in character as John McClane. i guess they added the 4.0 to the title to make it digital-sounding, you know, to keep up with the latest use of technology. how every software and program releases come out with versions, and so the 4.0. and the movie indeed is centered on how the cyber/virtual terrorist did manipulated and ruined the state resources and basic services with their advance knowledge on hacking, etc. etc.
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but i dont know, something was just amiss. the whole plot just seem not that convincing.. from a techie’s point of view? i dont know. the fourth movie fall short compared to it’s 3 predecessors as far as action and plot are concerned. very predictable ending.. basta may kulang pa.
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my rating: three and a half stars (though didnt live up to my expectations, still it wasnt boring.. puede na hehe.)

this is one great animated movie. you’ll be so engrossed with the plot and the series of events, you’ll forget that what you’re watching are not real people.. they are cgi (computer-generated images, or whatever equivalent term they use.) sobrang galing parang totoong mga tao na din. kahit nga wrinkles kita. nagagawa nga naman ng teknolohiya.
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it’s PG13 ‘cos of too much violence since lagi nga may away. some scenes i just cant take.. masyadong brutal.
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eww moment: when monster Grendall chewed off the head of one of Beowulf’s men. ewww as in kadiri nginuya-nguya pa.

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angelina jolie’s character was mesmerizing.

kuhang-kuha ang features niya.

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my rating: five stars (despite the violence hehe. very refreshing to see a full-length animated movie that could pass up being portrayed by real people. )

Switchfoot is very charitable.. always doing stuff for a good cause. re-posting here jon’s letter from their website http://www.switchfoot.com/in_index.html
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Howdy,
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My name is jon foreman- I play guitar in a band called switchfoot. Many of our songs have deeply personal stories behind them. This one, “Rebuild” has a story that grew even bigger after the song was written.
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This summer, Matt Thiessen and I began to write a song specifically for our fall tour, the “Appetite for Construction” tour where a dollar from each ticket sold will go to Habitat for Humanity. The song, (written with Habitat in mind) was called “Rebuild.” Afterwards, we said our goodbyes and both bands parted ways and drove on down the road. Hours later his bus burned down. After the flames died down, the song and the tour had a much deeper meaning.
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Now, as our hometown of San Diego recovers from the worst fires we’ve ever been through, this song has a deeper meaning still. I’ve spent the last week on tour trying to find out if friends and family are ok. It’s been an incredibly helpless feeling. And though we’re far from home, we’ve been trying to figure out ways that we can help.
So we came up with this idea, more than just giving a dollar a ticket this tour we’ve decided to give a song away. We love giving things away whenever we can, our hope is that you do too.
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Download the song, “rebuild” and give your money or your time directly to Habitat for Humanity. That way you don’t need to even live in california, you can still help in your own backyard. If you’ve got extra cash, cool. If not, donate your time instead. Habitat is an incredible organization that has built houses from New Orleans to New Delhi for deserving individuals. After the fires die down we’ll need a lot of help in San Diego.
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The song features someone from all three bands on tour: ourselves, Matt T. from Relient K and Dustin from Ruth on harmonica. The song means a lot to me and I hope you enjoy it. Now is the time to rebuild. Please join us.
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Here’s your choices:
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1. “I’d like to pay for the song by donating money to habitat”
2. “I’d like to pay for the song by donating my time to habitat”
3. “I don’t have any money or time but I’d still like to own the song.”
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thanks,
jon
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bless them for adding the 3rd option . now i have the song.

my day at the office was spent mostly scanning computers for viruses, trojans, spywares, adwares.. etc.. demm! the list could go on.
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though i have already installed the necessary software to safeguard the systems, yet may nakakalusot talaga. demm! truly, there is no such thing as a perfect OS or perfect AV.. the unending threat could rob me off my sanity. grrrrrr! sabi ko nga e.. dapat mag-change career na ‘ko nakakaloka!  kung pwede lang i-disconnect na lahat sa internet para wala o minimal na ang sakit sa ulo. pero haller we’re on the digital age now. the internet’s use and purpose has escalated through the years.  a computer unit without internet connection is way far less functional, and boring at that hehe. and since the use and purpose far outweigh whatever security threats there are in the wilds, one has to take risk, make the necessary measures, and pray, pray, pray that you will be spared of pc disaster.  that’s a fact. indeed, a scary and sakit-ng-ulo part of a techie’s everyday life.
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and this is just a piece of the whole puzzle
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haaayy.. makauwi na nga.. bukas ulit.