Kabanata 25
Friday, November 30, 2012
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN): Kabanata/Episode 25
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN): Kabanata/Episode 24
Kabanata 24
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Tagalog,
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN): Kabanata/Episode 23
Kabanata 23
CATEGORY:
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN),
Tagalog,
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN): Kabanata/Episode 22
Kabanata 22
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A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN),
Tagalog,
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Monday, November 26, 2012
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN): Kabanata/Episode 21
Kabanata 21
CATEGORY:
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN),
Tagalog,
Television
Friday, November 23, 2012
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN): Kabanata/Episode 20
Kabanata 20
CATEGORY:
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN),
Tagalog,
Television
Thursday, November 22, 2012
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN): Kabanata/Episode 19
Kabanata 19
CATEGORY:
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN),
Tagalog,
Television
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN): Kabanata/Episode 18
Kabanata 18
CATEGORY:
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN),
Tagalog,
Television
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN): Kabanata/Episode 17
Kabanata 17
CATEGORY:
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN),
Tagalog,
Television
Monday, November 19, 2012
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN): Kabanata/Episode 16
Kabanata 16
CATEGORY:
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN),
Tagalog,
Television
Friday, November 16, 2012
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN): Kabanata/Episode 15
Kabanata 15
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A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN),
Tagalog,
Television
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN): Kabanata/Episode 14
Kabanata 14
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A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN),
Tagalog,
Television
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN): Kabanata/Episode 13
Kabanata 13
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A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN),
Tagalog,
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN): Kabanata/Episode 12
Kabanata 12
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A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN),
Tagalog,
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Monday, November 12, 2012
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN): Kabanata/Episode 11
Kabanata 11
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A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN),
Tagalog,
Television
Sunday, November 11, 2012
A Secret Affair
♣♣♣♣/♣♣♣♣♣
After just two months and a half into the relationship, Anton (Derek
Ramsay) proposes marriage. Raffy (Anne Curtis) says yes, but gets cold feet and
leaves for a while to reflect on her life, something that Sam (Andi Eigenmann)
takes advantage of through a series of flings which apparently began even before
Anton and Raffy even met. When Raffy returns, she is ready to take her man
back, something that Sam would not allow even if it is clear to her that Anton
does not love her. What follows is a silent war that gradually erupts into
something scandalous, making them all question if the fight is actually worth
it.
I honestly thought that this was going to be a rehash of No Other Woman,
which is half true. As such, comparisons are inevitable also due to plenty of similarities
that the two share. Let us begin with the characters and the actors who play
them.
Madaling Araw, Mahabang Gabi
♣♣♣/♣♣♣♣♣
In all her drunken stupor, a bar owner's daughter (Angelica
Panganiban) declares a dare in essence of a tradition called Pangangaluluwa and
with a prize money of 10,000 pesos at stake, along with her companionship and
negotiable pleasure. The participants are the bar's band members, along with
some staff and random guests. All they have to do is steal something and bring
it back to her. The guitarist (Rocco Nacino) and his fan (Buboy Garovillo)
decide to steal coconuts and crabs, the former to impress her and have another
shot at being her boyfriend, and the latter to hopefully get guitar lessons
from him to impress his son. The drummer (Kean Cipriano) and his friend (Edgar
Allan Guzman) try to steal a piglet, but end up smoking pot at a vacant lot in
the company of a middle-aged mistress and fellow pothead (Cherie Gil). The band
vocalist (Karel Marquez) and the gay waiter (Dominic Roco) discover his
boyfriend having an affair and end up talking about sexuality and religion
instead of stealing something, and ending the night with a confused kiss. There
are more of them who end up dealing with personal issues and not particularly
joining the dare, like a Frenchman (Callum David) who comes back to the country
to find a girl (Glaiza de Castro), with whom he had a one day affair while
touring the Underground River. She turns out to be the sister of the narrator,
a refugee from Vietnam working as the bartender who has lost his zest for life.
This Guy's in Love with U Mare!
Mike (Luis Manzano) breaks up with Lester (Vice Ganda), his gay benefactor of three years and proposes marriage to his girlfriend Gemma (Toni Gonzaga).
Taking his brother-in-law's suggestion seriously, Lester pretends to be straight
and orchestrates several planned encounters with Gemma so she would fall in
love with him and consequently break up with Mike, in the hopes that the two of them could
still get back together. Realizing that she is a good person after all, Lester's
conscience gets the better of him, but how is he to tell the truth without
causing more heartaches along the way?
In the last three years, Vice Ganda has become a household name when
it comes to box office movies, something impressive considering how he is relatively a newbie and how his
projects are not really related to one another as part of the same franchise. Even so,
it would be difficult to say that box office receipts equate to quality, and
with Derramas directing what is really there to be expected other than the
usual slapstick fare? It is exactly because of this that this film succeeds
somehow. It is not really groundbreaking and the expectations are kind of low, but among Vice Ganda's three movies,
this one has the advantage of having the stronger storyline, less gimmicks, and a
more convincing portrayal of the role where we see more of him becoming the character rather than the character adjusting to him.
Tiktik: The Aswang Chronicles
♣♣♣♣/♣♣♣♣♣
A pregnant Sonia (Lovi Poe) leaves her boyfriend and flees to her
parents to the province. Macoy (Dingdong Dantes) pursues her and tries his best
to win her back despite the strong and persistent disapproval of her nagger of
a mother (Janice de Belen) and the indifference of her father (Joey Marquez).
To make matters worse, the piglet he gifts them as a peace offering is actually
a shape shifting aswang planning to have their unborn child for dinner. Together
with sidekick Bart (Ramon Bautista) who is harboring a secret of his own, Macoy
defends the family from the army of aswang whose ire they have attracted, all
in the hopes of making it out alive and starting anew.
I guess it is no longer a surprise to always expect something
visually stunning from Erik Matti and actually leave the cinema satisfied. This
movie is like a comic book that has come to life, with the utilization of green
screen maximized to render backgrounds that are as comic book perfect as they
could ever be. The CGI is also truly impressive, almost without fault.
Friday, November 9, 2012
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN): Kabanata/Episode 10
Episode 10
CATEGORY:
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN),
Tagalog,
Television
Thursday, November 8, 2012
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN): Kabanata/Episode 9
Kabanata 9
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A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN),
Tagalog,
Television
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN): Kabanata/Episode 8
Kabanata 8
CATEGORY:
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN),
Tagalog,
Television
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN): Kabanata/Episode 7
Kabanata 7
CATEGORY:
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN),
Tagalog,
Television
Monday, November 5, 2012
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN): Kabanata/Episode 6
Kabanata 6
CATEGORY:
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN),
Tagalog,
Television
Sunday, November 4, 2012
[JAKARTA] The Never Ending Macet
Macet. Traffic. This is probably the answer that you'd get if your question goes something like: "What is there to see in Jakarta"? I thought it was an exaggeration but after contending with what seemed to be half of the city's population just to get on a Transjakarta bus and reeking with the smell of public agony as a result, I realized that I simply cannot love Jakarta.
CATEGORY:
Indonesia,
Jakarta,
Jakarta Pusat,
Travel
Saturday, November 3, 2012
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN): Kabanata/Episode 5
Kabanata 5
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A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN),
Tagalog,
Television
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN): Kabanata/Episode 4
Kabanata 4
CATEGORY:
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Tagalog,
Television
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN): Kabanata/Episode 3
Kabanata 3
CATEGORY:
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN),
Tagalog,
Television
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN): Kabanata/Episode 2
Kabanata 2
CATEGORY:
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN),
Tagalog,
Television
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN): Kabanata/Episode 1
Kabanata 1
CATEGORY:
A Beautiful Affair (ABS-CBN),
Tagalog,
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Friday, November 2, 2012
[YOGYAKARTA] Budget and Itinerary
Turangga (Surabaya - Yogyakarta) - 220,000.00
Refreshments (Convenience Store) - 11,300.00
EDU Hostel Jogja (1 Dorm Bunk/3 Nights) - 210,000.00
IDR441,300.00
CATEGORY:
Budget and Itinerary,
Indonesia,
Travel,
Yogyakarta
[CENTRAL JAVA] Budget and Itinerary
Bus (Jombor Terminal - Borobudur) - 20,000.00
Alfamart (Refreshments) - 6,300.00
Borobudur (Admission) - 30,000.00
Indomaret (Refreshments) - 15,500.00
Bus (Borobudur - Jombor Terminal) - 20,000.00
Prambanan (Admission) - 30,000.00
Eatery (Refreshments) - 11,000.00
IDR132,800.00
TOTAL - PhP597.60
Estimate of IDR1,000 = PhP4.50
Alfamart (Refreshments) - 6,300.00
Borobudur (Admission) - 30,000.00
Indomaret (Refreshments) - 15,500.00
Bus (Borobudur - Jombor Terminal) - 20,000.00
Prambanan (Admission) - 30,000.00
Eatery (Refreshments) - 11,000.00
IDR132,800.00
TOTAL - PhP597.60
Estimate of IDR1,000 = PhP4.50
CATEGORY:
Budget and Itinerary,
Central Java,
Indonesia,
Klaten,
Magelang,
Travel
[KLATEN] The Temples of Prambanan
If you came on a tour bus, you'd probably be taken straight from Borobudur to Prambanan. If not, you would have to go all the way back to Yogyakarta to catch a bus going there, which is the most logical route since Jogja seems to be sandwiched by the two anyway. Maybe that's why Yogyakarta is synonymous to those two heritage sites, even if they aren't really under Yogyakarta, if we be too technical about it. Moving on, Prambanan has a direct bus connection from Yogyakarta through Transjogja. Rejoice! This means no longer having to go to some far-flung bus terminal. Head to Maliboro road. The Transjogja stop in front of the tourism office is one of the stations of the 1A route to Prambanan. I think it was 1A, but just ask again when you are there, to be sure. Only one of those Transjogja buses go all the way to Prambanan after a short side-trip to the airport.
CATEGORY:
Central Java,
Indonesia,
Klaten,
Travel
[MAGELANG] The Stuphas of Borobudur
When one says Borobudur, what is automatically conjured in mind are images of ancient prestige, magnificence, and almost perfection. Synonymous with Yogyakarta although it seems a bit unjustified, this Buddhist temple complex is the more popular of the two UNESCO World Heritage sites in Central Java, the other one being Prambanan, which is Hindu in orientation. Located at the regency of Magelang, Borobudur is around an hour away by bus from Yogyakarta’s Jombor station.
CATEGORY:
Central Java,
Indonesia,
Magelang,
Travel
[YOGYAKARTA] Review Your History, Then Shop
Yes, I went to Indonesia with the intention of seeing Yogyakarta. In fact, I was more excited to see Jogja than Jakarta. No, I haven't been to Bali yet. In any case, people always tend to toss in Jogja in the itinerary because of Prambanan and Borobudur, which are both technically under Central Java, but best accessed through Jogja. In terms of Geography, Yogyakarta should also be under Central Java but gained autonomous administrative powers from the rest of the region as a reward for playing the role of Indonesia’s temporary capital during the revolution. I'm so confusing you right now. Enough with the technicalities. First, how is it really spelled?
CATEGORY:
Indonesia,
Travel,
Yogyakarta
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