Batman Begins & Igor Returns

Got FREE tickets to the screening of Batman Begins last night. It was sponsored by one of our clients for their dealers, retailers and partners. I wasn't really interested in seeing this one only because the last few Batman movies stank to high heavens. This latest Batman installment however, totally changed my perspective. Batman IS a cool character after all. Batman in BETA mode: he just came back from his "training" and the bat cave wasn't fully-functional yet. All his other bat gadgets were all prototypes and Mr. Wayne was field-testing them all out.

Great acting from most of the actors (wish I could say the same for Tom Cruise's lovey-dovey). the story is awesome. Bruce Wayne's transformation into the Dark Knight now has depth and meaning. Overall, an excellent production. Definitely my most favorite among the Batman movies ever.

The movie finished at around 10:40 PM. I could've cancelled Batman and went straight to Malate to the little get-together with Igor but why would one cancel on a freebie? ;-) Called up Uleb to ask for directions on how to get there. They were at this place called Forbest Karaoke Bar and Grill near the corner of Bocobo and Nakpil Streets in Malate. She just told me to tell the cabbie to drop me off on the intersection then to call her again so she'd fetch me. The place was near the intersection so she just had to go outside and wave to me. Didn't have a hard time finding them. :D Igor was there, of course (the get-together was for him in the first place). Francis, who's really not into the friendster thing, was also there. Also Dan and Pet. It was a fun night, despite the fact that we haven't really seen each other for a long time (except for Uleb and Pet whom I do see occassionally). We were building up gas from all the laughing and giggling at the expense of each other. And none of us were drunk at all. Had coffee at Café Adriatico for a wake-upper (or de-gassing). We ended up building up more gas and our face muscles were hurting from all the laughing. Finally, we all had to pack ourselves in Francis' car and call it a night. Sana maulit. :-D

Got home around quarter-to-four in the morning. Good thing I didn't really have to come to work early. Sana makasama ako sa Baguio next weekend. Francis says he has their place to himself for the weekend and since Igor's here, might as well go on some road-trip. Please let nothing come up for work next weekend. I wanna buy "chongkee" in Baguio.

Tagged by Carlo

Ay! nataya ako...

List five songs that you are currently digging . . . it doesn't matter what genre they are from, whether they have words or even if they're any good but they must be songs you're really enjoying right now. Post these instructions, the artist and the song in your blog along with your five songs. Then tag five other people to see what they're listening to.

1. It's Good To Be In Love - Frou Frou



2. Give Me One Reason - Tracy Chapman



3. Sketches of Pain - Tears for Fears



4. Lakini's Juice - Live



5. Wild Horses - The Sundays

Para maiba, I shall tag:
KV
Jo
Volts
Lette

Uleb

m|ph magazine Volume 5, Issue 2 - June 2005

m|ph magazine Volume 2, Issue 5 - June 2005

Now available on your favorite newsstands!

Reviewer Magazine Issue 5, Volume 2

Reviewer Magazine, Issue 5, Volume 2, 2005

Now available on your favorite newsstands!

Café Dario

I just love the new look. And now we can share music and videos!

Scuba Dream

Untitled. Colored marker on sketchbook paper. 06/14/2005

These hands are not my hands. They draw lines of seaweed or twine or wire. An underwater dream. A tin lunchbox, ham, cheese, lettuce and tomatoes on wheat bread. A brandless automobile. Edible fish. Carnivorous fish.

Conversation Between a Forensic Scientist and a Priest

I just remembered this one from an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation:

Grissom: "We both have jobs that begin after the crime."

Priest: "After the sin."

Grissom: "Some people would call that a career in futility."

Priest: "Some call it a vocation."

Grissom: "A hundred years ago, we didn't have the technology for finger prints. Fifteen years ago we didn't have DNA. Hopefully one day we'll have fool-proof means by which to put the right man in jail in this case."

Priest: "Some day we won't need jails.—I celebrate mass every Thursday night, seven o' clock."

Grissom: "Thank you—but no."

Priest: "You don't believe?"

Grissom: "In religion. I believe in God, in science, in Sunday supper. I don't believe in rules that tell me how I should live."

Priest: "Even if they're handed down by God?"

Grissom: "How many crusades were fought in the name of God? How many people died because of someone's religion?"

Priest: " Fanaticism, not a religion."

Grissom: "Semantics. They're still dead. I'm sorry about Ben, father."

Priest: "You still suffer like a Catholic. A light bulb goes out, but people fix it and get a new one. A light bulb goes out for the Catholic, he stands in the dark and says, 'what did I do wrong?'"

Grissom: "That guilt's not in me anymore."

*****

I think I should be going out more.

Hetero-erotica

Untitled. No. 2 Pencil on sketchbook paper. 06/12/2005

Got to visit my folks again after a month. It wasn't exactly an exciting weekend but it was a welcome change. I've been away from home for too long that think I have become allergic to my old room. I couldn't sleep as sound when I'm in my place but I really don't mind. This occassional variation in the routine prevents monotony from setting in.

*****

The heat is killing me. I've probably perspired a bucket-full since Saturday. Went to visit my tita's whose place is a few hundred feet higher above sea level than where we're living. I would think that it'd be colder there but no... It was like a furnace in their house. The heat made me lethargic and I was practically sleeping in my sweat and the electric fans did not help at all. It was a relief when we had to leave for the mall, but it wasn't really much of a relief when we got there. Then I went to visit my grandmother. Not much different there as well. I just had dinner there then went off to my place. Soaked in the shower as soon as I got in and I just stayed there for like half-an-hour before toweling off. I thought I was ok for the night but it turns out that the long shower was just temporary relief. Even with the fan blowing at full blast, I was still sweating where I lay. Not a good night at all.

Just practicing my aim without looking at the viewfinder. Snapshots I took on my way to work this morning.