Les Miserables

After 10 years, I finally saw the movie... I been wishing to see this film since I missed it when it was first shown.

Late bloomer nga yata talaga ako... biruin mo 10 years.. 10 long years!

That was in my childhood days when I have been hearing about this musical play together with Miss Saigon. Because of their songs, It opens my passion in music. I am really proud then hearing that lots of my countrymen was included in the production of these two great play. Though audition of Miss saigon was done some years ago (20 years din ata) that was 1988 or 1989 the information just reach me through television.. (thanks for my crankiness my mom let me watch it).

Okay, back to Les Miserables. The Movie is a hearth-wrenching for me... Fantine and Valjean really made me cry. Though the story don't have the depth that anyone can't understand, I found it common. But I would say one of the good movie that I have watched.

I just hoping that someday, in the right time, I can watch the stage play of this one.

Newly Elected President

By a landslide, 338-155 from the online web.. Barrack Obama is the newly elected President of Big A.

I am okay now

Finally I recovered from my worst illness last time. I am not fully feel well but at least my colds and slight fever are already gone.

Now I have to deal on having a healthy diet. I have to plan on what I have to eat. I need to loose weights but need to gain my strength.

I still have to maintain my physical and mental fitness. Thanks to people who always ask me to join their badminton game.

(Basta! Nakakatakot magkasakit)

Alone from Nowhere

It's very difficult to be upset. It is very hard to expect on something that you don't have a clear positive answer.

I tried to be a life coach to some of my friends who open their difficulties in life and I really try my best to cheer them up... give positive advice.

But now, I'm on the mids of a black-world.. a nowhere. I feel alone....

Sinusitis

I am not been feeling well this pass two weeks after I return from my vacation. Its started with a simple sneezing which get worst. I am worrying that this become a sinusitis since I had a nasal infection before.

My body is aching and I got a head and face ache. I already tried drinking some medicine which my colleagues and family recommended but nothing happens :(. I am not used to drink medicine specially solid ones due to bad experience when I was a kid. I lost some of my hair due to excessive intake of my asthma pills.

Anyway, I am thinking if I will stay till afternoon at the office since I really feel bad. The only thing stops me is the fact that its the last day of the week. And I think its not advisable to waste my leave if I decided to went back.

No Holiday for October 31st

There is no and will not be having a special Holiday in Philippines this coming 31st of October for preparation of All Saints/All souls Day. This is a sad information for all peeps who will go back to their provinces to observe the day of the departed.

I bet all terminals (buses, ferries and domestic airports) will be jammed by people hurried to go back to their respective places.. tsk tsk!


(Jack-o-Lantern)

(image from http://www.flickr.com/photos/fortphoto/1808079818/ )

So there is, while my Country is not giving the opportunity to its people for a day off, other Country is now busy for their Halloween Party. They usually celebrate it a the night of October 31st. I think its very great doing your own scary lantern from a pumpkin. Thinking on some tricks for your "Threat-or-Tricks" and holding a huge Costume Party. It's just pitiful that I haven't experience all these things yet.

I remember when I was a grade schooler, I tried to cut and shaped my nanay's squash into a Jack-O-Lantern by following a guide from a magazine that I found in our Home. I mistakenly thought that squash and pumpkins are the same since they both round. I believed then that they only have different color and physical features because pumpkins are normally found in western country which I referred as "steytsayd". Anyway, I then found out that they are different in texture since pumpkin is much thinner that squash which made the first easy to cut and design. So, I end up slicing the squash for our next viand.

Since then, making a Jack-O-Lantern became one of my greatest master piece frustrations.

Another Holiday

(From Wikipedia)

"Deepavali, or Divali is a major Indian festival, and a significant festival in Hinduism, Sikhism and Jainism. Many legends are associated with Diwali. Today it is celebrated by Hindus, Jains and Sikhs across the globe as the "Festival of Lights," where the lights or lamps signify victory of good over the evil within every human being. The festival is also celebrated by Buddhists of Nepal, particularly the Newar Buddhists.

In many parts of India, it is the homecoming of King Rama of Ayodhya after a 14-year exile in the forest. The people of Ayodhya (the capital of his kingdom) welcomed Rama by lighting rows (avali) of lamps (deepa), thus its name, Deepavali. This word, in due course, became Diwali in Hindi. But, in South Indian languages, the word did not undergo any change, and hence the festival is called Deepavali in southern India. Southern India marks it as the day Lord Krishna defeated the demon Narakasura.

Diwali is celebrated on the first day of the lunar Kartika month, which comes in the month of October or November.

In Jainism it marks the nirvana of Lord Mahavira, which occurred on October 15, 527 BCE. The Sikhs celebrate Diwali for a different reason; on this day, the Sixth Guru, Guru Hargobind Ji, was freed from imprisonment along with 52 Hindu Kings (political prisoners) whom he had arranged to be released as well. After his release he went to Darbar Sahib (golden temple) in the holy city of Amritsar. There, he was greeted by Sikhs and many other people. In happiness they lit candles and diyas to greet the Guru. In India, Diwali is now considered to be a national festival, and the aesthetic aspect of the festival is enjoyed by most Indians regardless of faith."

So it's another Holiday for my adapted country. We are the only one working today. Hayyyz. Actually I'm looking forward to have another Holiday from my country before All Saints and All Souls day arrive. But I think the government will not give us a day rest. Pity :(