A Beautiful McCain Track

I love this Edwin McCain song entitled I Could Not Ask For More…

No reason in particular…I just love it… Check it out…(gonna give you a link to its mp3 file, too)

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Shake It Off

You don’t wanna know…

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Deceit

Deceit. In a relationship, it’s an idiosyncracy that I so genuinely despise. White lies are negligible. But cock-and-bull stories? Goodness! Man, that’s totally inexcusable! At least if you get it from someone you trust and love, it is. It destroys one of the very chief foundation of a relationship…trust.

 I just can’t believe embarrassment could domineer one’s drive to be truthful. I mean, yes, at certain times it has to be like that. But when it’s uncalled-for…unnecessary..and when it could possibly break a bond that’s precious…has it really got to be like that? (more…)

Sway With Me

Hey, sup? Got a minute?

Check out this video by The Pussycat Dolls entitled Sway. It’s a soundtrack from one of my favorite dance flicks, Shall We Dance.

Sway wit me, y’all…right here. 

Perplexing

Perplexing stuff right here but uh…don’t read if you’re not in for somethin’ mushy…

Gospel of Judas? Huh?

There seems to be something explosive again in the world of Christianity. Question is…how authentic is it? And how can we be sure it isn’t just any plot of any anti-church org? Hmm…

Read on…

‘Gospel of Judas’ gives new view of Jesus’ betrayer

By Deborah Zabarenko Thu Apr 6, 5:06 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Judas Iscariot, vilified as Christ’s betrayer, acted at Jesus’ request in turning him over to the authorities who crucified him, according to a 1,700-year-old copy of the “Gospel of Judas” unveiled on Thursday.

In an alternative view to traditional Christian teaching, the Judas gospel shows the reviled disciple as the only one in Jesus’ inner circle who understood his desire to shed his earthly body.

“He’s the good guy in this portrayal,” said Bart Ehrman, a religion professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “He’s the only apostle who understands Jesus.”

The Judas gospel’s introduction says it is “the secret account of the revelation that Jesus spoke in conversation with Judas Iscariot.” Later, it quotes Jesus as saying to Judas, “You will exceed all of them (the other disciples) for you will sacrifice the man who clothes me.”

“The idea in this gospel is that Jesus, like all of us, is a trapped spirit, who is trapped in a material body,” Ehrman said. “And salvation comes when we escape the materiality of our existence, and Judas is the one who makes it possible for him to escape by allowing for his body to be killed.”

Rev. Donald Senior, president of Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, said the document revealed the diversity and vitality in early Christianity.

“The question becomes … does this tradition, this alternative story, if you like, in the gospel of Judas have a claim that in some sense is equal to the rival claim of the gospel tradition?” Senior said.

It is not known who wrote the Judas gospel. The copy unveiled on Thursday is of a document mentioned critically in the year 180 in a treatise called “Against Heresies,” written by Irenaeus, bishop of Lyon in what was then Roman Gaul. It spoke out against those whose views about Jesus differed from those of the mainstream Christian Church.

In the Bible’s New Testament, Judas is portrayed as the quintessential traitor, accepting 30 pieces of silver to betray Jesus by identifying him to Roman soldiers. The biblical Gospel of St. Matthew says Judas quickly regretted his treachery, returned the silver and hanged himself.

The New Testament contains four Gospels — of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John — but many more so-called apocryphal gospels were written in the first centuries after Christ’s death, attributed to such disciples as Thomas and Philip and to his female follower Mary Magdalene.

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Definitely Not Miserables

I left the house with such a bad mood. Call the cause “pagbibiro sa bagong gising“. I was so grumpy, really.

But on my way home, the mood was quite the opposite…I was beaming from ear to ear, actually. Hehe! And why’s that? Well let’s just say I got somethin’ that I really wanted to have…a copy of the musical Les Miserables. Yep yep yep! I got it already. Had to deal with the vendor so that I could afford the copy. I ended up getting a 30Php discount on the actual price. Ahihihi…nice catch, huh? (But it’s a pirated copy…tsk tsk..naughty me. Walay kwarta pampalit ug orig uy! Daaaah!)

This Les Miserables musical is actually the Les Miserables in Concert. As in the musical that swept the world. The one that was performed in by 250 of the most brilliantly celebrated stars(including my ever favorite Lea Salonga) in the spectacular 10th Anniversary Gala Concert at Royal Albert Hall, London held on October 8, 1995.

I can’t wait to watch this. But I can’t watch it right now coz I’ve got..like…3 or 4 other videos yet that would be due this Sunday. Gotta watch em first so I wouldn’t need to pay any fine. And right now…will do just that. Ciao!

9/11 Movie…Too Upsetting?

The trailer of the movie regarding the 9/11 incident was pulled out from the theatre after having been commented by watchers as too upsetting. However, the makers of this movie stated that an honest and genuine portrayal was all that they were trying to pull. Softening the movie would also indicate a less real implication of the incident.Full story below.

Theater Pulls Trailer for ‘United 93′
Tuesday April 4 10:46 AM ET

A New York City movie theater has pulled the trailer for “United 93,” which chronicles in real time the hijacked United Airlines flight that crashed into a Western Pennsylvania field on Sept. 11.

The AMC Loews Lincoln Square 12 theater in Manhattan said it made the decision after viewers complained they found it too upsetting.

“I don’t think people are ready for this,” theater manager Kevin Adjodha said.

“One lady was crying,” Adjodha told Newsweek. “She was saying that we shouldn’t have played the trailer. That this was wrong.”

Universal Studios in Los Angeles, meanwhile, said it would go ahead with plans to show the trailer for the thriller, which is scheduled to open in theaters on April 28.

Adam Fogelson, Universal’s president of marketing, said the trailer would be shown only before R-rated movies or “grown-up” PG-13 ones.

“The film is not sanitized or softened, it’s an honest and real look” at the events of Flight 93, Fogelson told The New York Times in Tuesday editions. “If I sanitized the trailer beyond what’s there, am I suggesting that the experience will be less real than what the movie itself is? We as a company feel comfortable that it is a responsible and fair way to show what’s coming.”

“United 93″ is scheduled to make its world premiere on opening night at the Tribeca Film Festival in Manhattan.

The festival, which was created to help lower Manhattan recover economically from the attacks, begins April 25 and runs through May 7.

The trailer begins with images of passengers boarding the plane on a sunny morning, and builds to a disturbing scene that includes actual news video of a plane about to hit one of the World Trade Center towers. It then returns inside Flight 93 as terrorists begin hijacking it and a passenger calls his family to tell them of the impending disaster.

The Families of Flight 93 have said that Universal Pictures will donate 10 percent of the first three days’ grosses to the memorial.

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On the Net:  http://www.united93movie.com

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Yet another movie I sure don’t wanna miss.

Les Miserables

Les Miserables(the movie) sure is touching. Released 8 years ago, I never actually got the chance to check out the flick until now. Don’t know for what reason. Considering that the title bears quite a reputation in it.

It was great! Classics often times are what touch me deeply. I’ve read that the musical was way better than the movie. But hey, I haven’t seen the musical yet. I’d decide for myself once I do.

I’ve never known such forgiveness. I’ve never known such courage. I’ve never known such love. 

Jean Vel-Jean.  He was a man of despicability. One who was well-acquainted with poverty. And has therefore resulted to commiting crimes just so he’d survive in the cruel world he was living in. He ran away from the hellhole he was in. The place where law brought him in. And in the midst of his running away, fate brings him to a bishop. A bishop who taught him forgiveness. A bishop who brought him back to God.

I was particularly moved with that scene, actually. First part of the film and I found emotion knotted on my throat already.

It was nighttime. Vel-Jean needed a place to stay in and food to eat. And so the bishop, even after finding out who he actually was, unhesitatingly offered him both. And even as he was offered such charity, the thief in him still prevailed. He stole the silverware inside the chapel where he spent the night, sneaked out, even knocked the bishop off as he was caught. Ungrateful ahole he is! But all of it was for a reason. In the morning, he gets caught by the French guards and he was brought back to the chapel to be confronted with the bishop. I was expecting the clergyman to get back at him.(After all, Vel-Jean acted ungratefully the night before). But I wasn’t ready for what I heard from the bishop’s mouth…he defended the thief after all he’s done. He didn’t even take the silverware back…instead, he gave Vel-Jean more of the like! The thief was stunned(who wouldn’t be?).

When asked by Vel-Jean why he was doing such act, the bishop answered…”Jean Vel-Jean, my brother…you no longer belong to evil. With this silver, I brought your soul. I’ve ransomed you from fear and hatred. And now I give you back to God.” I don’t usually get so emotional on the any film’s first part but this one certainly got me.

And it was never the same for Vel-Jean. He became a respected mayor in a small town called Vigan. Touched people’s lives. Helped those in need.

But the story doesn’t of course end there. For even in his transformation, a policeman named Javert was constantly hunting him, trying to run him down. He seemed utterly obsessed on bringing Vel-Jean to his knees. He just doesn’t buy the idea of having a thief transform into a kind and forgiving man. He stubbornly believes that “reform is a discredited fantasy” and that “a wolf can wear sheep’s clothing but is still a wolf“. I resent such notion!

Contrary to what Javert believes in, a person always deserves a chance..a chance to make things right…a chance to go back to the Lord. No one ever has the right to convict us with any crime except God. Not even in a courtroom could one gurantee the deepest, most accurate judgment of a person’s being. God is the only one who knows us deeply and He, therefore, is the only one who could judge us corectly.

A single entry wouldn’t be enough to relay everything I’ve grasped from the film. That was just a slice of the whole.
Forgiveness. Patriotism. Courage. Love. Point of the movie taken! Loved it.

p.s.

Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and Henri Ducard in Batman Begins, they were all well-played by the actor…but I think it is in Narnia’s Aslan and Miserables’ Vel-Jean where I loved Liam Neeson the most. He’s such a master. I’m intrigued with Nell, too after I read the synopsis.

Sprucing Up

This season is a good time to clean up, I mean reeeally clean up this messed up pit I call a room. I will need to arrange stuff. Sort out all documents(so-called), throw out junk, label back-up cd’s, stack up books…everything to make this room look like that of a lady’s. Well, it does look like one on the outside…but once you find out what’s in the closets and drawers and how messed up they are, you sure are bound to change your mind. LoL!

My operation clean up has commenced yesterday and even up to now I still am trying to sort things out. I ain’t in a hospital tending a patient, nor am I in the streets sweeping dirt, but I certainly look like one. Thanks to this surgical mask that I gotta have on while cleaning. Allergic rhinitis, baby, that’s why. Dust is one allergen to this crazy malady. *roll eyes* If I don’t put on a mask(or any other stuff that’d cover my nose up), I’d be Rudalph, the rednose reindeer in a matter of seconds. Yup, in just seconds, I’d be sneezing a zillion times already. Haha! (But I wouldn’t be all haha’s each time the allergic reaction is at its peak)

Oh well…you think it’s just the room that needs some cleaning up? You wrong. Because this HD of mine could also use some defragmenting or/and disk and registry cleaning. It could use some sprucing up as well. There’s a zillion files in here that needs to be deleted. I’m almost out of space, baby! MP3, .mpeg and .avi files are what’s filling this up. (I’m an audio/video download freak and that suffices it). I just don’t know which ones to delete first. I switch playlists too often to ever consider deleting any of the music files in here. But I guess I gotta do it, anyway. I couldn’t afford to buy an extra HD for that matter. The least I could do is retrieve the music/vid files in the back-up cd’s. Poof! That’s a little inconvenient but uh, got no choice. Hmmph.

So, uh…that’s it for now Ciao  

Tranquilizing My Heart

I don’t know why I’m doing this. I don’t know why I’m letting the feeling flow. In the first place, I hardly understand why I have to be in such situation wherein I have to supress this feeling.

I look around and what I see kinda lets me ask…why does it have to be knotty, where I’m concerned? Why does it have to be so damned complicated, huh? Why can’t it just be the I-love-him-and-him-me process?

But, well..what can I say..life is never a bed of roses. I could hold on to that. I could hold on to the fact that one can never have everything.  And I can hold on to the fact that everything happens for a reason. And that it is God’s will that must be done. Not mine.

But for whatever reason, and for whatever lesson, I’m so glad it was you God sent. You. That compensates everything.

There. I feel relieved.

(But not for long, I’m afraid. *sigh*) 

Unfathomable

There’s two things I gotta tell ya…

First…you take my breath away.
And second… I think

And uh..there’s one question I wanna ask, too…

Now why such entry title? Coz I dont understand why I have to feel this way when all I should do is be rational…forget the feeling…forget you.
But I can’t! Heck I can’t and the struggle is getting on my nerves!

Maybe I shouldn’t struggle. Whadduya think? Is it right to fight a feeling off when the world tells you that you don’t have any reason to fight for what you feel? But then you believe the feeling itself is reason enough to fight.

So what do you do? Do you battle? Or do you sulk in a corner…hide in the shadows and simply be judicious? Would you choose to be fantasy’s brave soldier? Or would you rather be reality’s slave?

I don’t know…it’s unfathomable. You tell me.

Oh, mannnn…I don’t like me when I’m in this mode..tsk tsk..just cant help it. LoL!