Bye vacation, hello university!

Vacation? It's ending soon! Very very soon. So, before going to pack my things and go back to schooling, I will summarize how FULL my vacation was! :)

So I will tell 3 things: What I have watched, what I have read, and what I did yesterday...

1. What I have watched?
For almost 2 months, I enjoyed consuming a lot of energy, radiation, etc. That was bad, though really great! So I'd finished watching 3 koreanovelas namely My Princess, My Girlfriend is a Gumiho, and my FAVORITE (of-all-time) Secret Garden.

I also watched movies. Actually it’s 19 movies: A Millionaire’s First Love, Hello Schoolgirl, You Again, Grown Ups, Scary Movie 4, Saw VI, Death Note, Death Note II: The Last Name, Death Note III: L Change the World, Eat Pray Love, Mirrors 2, Salt, Who’s that Girl?, Bride Wars, A Crazy Little Thing Called love, 100 Days with Mr. Arrogant, Easy A, and Kasambuhay Habambuhay.

I love movies! It’s the best past time yet good for relaxing and bonding moments.

2. What I have read?

I finished reading “Dekada ‘70” and “Bata, Bata, Pa’no ka Ginawa?” by Lualhati Bautista. I also read Andres Cristobal Cruz’s “Ang Tundo Man May Langit Din.” And I posted a review here.

I love reading books especially Bob Ong's! Because of him I supported Filipino authors. So, if there’s a free time, I always read those books again and again.

3. What I did yesterday?

Yesterday was a very amazing day! I went to Ortigas with my friends. We watched Nestle’s short film anthology: Kasambuhay Habambuhay.

Nestle, celebrating its centennial year, made a short film anthology consisting of 10 exciting short film. “The directors pitched stories of various genres for the roster of brands BEAR BRAND Powdered Milk Drink, NESCAFÉ, MILO, NESTEA, NIDO, COFFEE-MATE, MAGGI, BEAR BRAND Sterilized, NESTLÉ ICE CREAM, KOKO KRUNCH, NESTLÉ Fruit Selection Yogurt and NESTLÉ FITNESSE. The exercise yielded a spectrum of stories – some personal, others experimental, but every single one so colorful and unique. But there could only be one story per brand. After a difficult process of selection, ten stories were selected which vary from drama, romantic comedy, musical, fantasy, satire, family comedy, suspense, adventure, mock-umentary and a Shakespearean parody.” I really enjoyed this short film! I watched it not because I just want so, but because I don’t want to wait for another 100 years! Kudos to Nestle Philippines!

And to my friends that went with me yesterday: I love them sooooo much! They made my day. And I gonna missed them a lot (since we're in different universities)!

Summer is so over, and vacation too! That's it! I think I need to ready for tomorrow's class. Yay. BIG Good luck for myself!

Mind my Business. Ü

Ang Tundo Man May Langit Din

Spoiler!

“Tiyakin mong sarili mo,” wika ni Victor. “Tiyakin mong natgpuan mo na ang langit para sa iyong daigdig.”

“Ikaw,” walang gatol na tukoy ni Alma, “ikaw ang langit ng aking daigdig.”

“Talaga?” nakatawang biro ni Victor at kunwari’y tinitignang tinitiyak si Alma.

“Talaga.”

“Baka naman kung tinotoo kita’y tumalikod ka.”

“Di subukin mo,” ganting nakangiti ni Alma.

“Sa Sabado,” wika ni Victor, “pupunta ako sa inyo. Sabihin mo sa tatay mo, e, sa Daddy mo, huwag siyang aalis ng bahay.”

“Ano’ng gagawin mo?”

“Sasabihin ko sa Daddy mo, puwede ba’ng tangayin muna ‘tong anak n’yo?” wika ni Victor na kunwari’y kausap ang Daddy ni Alma.

Natawa si Alma. “Ganoon lang, a!”

“Tapos sasabihin ko sa kanya, “Mister Fuertes, wala kayong magagawa, patay na patay sa akin ang inyong anak,” patuloy ni Victor.

Simula nang mabasa ko ang kabanata 42 ng Ang Tundo Man May Langit Din sa textbook ko noong high school, nagkaron ako ng interes na mabasa ang buong libro. Hindi ko kasi matumbok yung mismong nilalaman, hindi ko masyado naintindihan kung bakit ganito at kung bakit may ganyan. Isang kabanata lang kasi ang nasa libro namin, nai-report ko rin ito kaya lalo akong nagkaroon ng will na mabili at mabasa ang libro. Pero hindi ko kaagad nagawa ‘yon. Isang beses ko lang kasi nakita ang librong ‘to sa bookstore. Pagkatapos ‘non, palagi na niya ‘kong tinataguan. Buti na lang nitong nakaraan, nakahanap ako ng kopya. At syempre, binili ko. Hindi ko na pinalagpas ang pagkakataon.

Karamihan sa mga nakabasa nito ay inihambing ang nobela sa natatanging nobelang Noli Me Tangere. Pero sa aking pagsusuri, sa lipunang kinalakhan ni Victor ay iba sa lipunan ni Ibarra. Naging matatag si Victor, lumaking may pag-asa, may sariling paninindigan, may pangarap, at hindi nabigo. Siya ay isang normal na tao lamang na umibig, nasaktan, nagtiyaga, at nagsumikap. Pilit niyang hinanap ang kanyang langit hanggang sa mapatunayan niya sa sarili na Ang Tundo man, may langit din.

Kudos para kay andres Cristobal Cruz!

Mind my Business. Ü