I still can’t get over Warner Bros’ “Lady in the Water.” We went to see it last Sunday and I didn’t expect that I’m gonna like it that much, but I really did! :D M. Night Shyamalan is one heckuva screenplay writer (and actor-producer-director). It’s about a man, leading a simple quiet life, who one day encounters a lady that suddenly emerged from beneath their apartment building’s swimming pool. This lady happens to be a narf, a sea-nymph from an epic bedtime story. She comes to the world of humans with a significant purpose and she is considered to be the most important being in her world. The lady’s epic story and the way they discovered it bit by bit were very imaginative! It kept me holding my breath until the end of the movie. Anyway, it’s definitely a must-see! The best M. Night Shyamalan film I’ve seen so far. (yeah, I wasn’t impressed with Signs that much.. hehe.) Go go go!
Archive for July, 2006
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Lady in the Water
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Come What May
I’m working on graveyard shift this week, and since there’s plenty of time to spare, I’ve been thinking of blogging but the problem is… I can’t think of anything sensible to write! :(
I don’t know why that is so when it’s impossible that nothing is happening in my life. So maybe there is nothing worth-blogging and my life is simply boring that way that I couldn’t even put any of it into words.
Maybe I could write about my college friends who I met up with last weekend. Ai-ai was here so we took her around for a bit. We walked around the mall and talked about the things that are keeping us busy these days and asked about how everyone else from our batch were doing. I missed hanging out with them. It’s been 2 years since we graduated; time surely flies.
Or I could share how WordPress is driving me absolutely nuts! Fortunately, I have a very pretty friend who’s patient and kind enough to explain the basics and install some plugins for me. Haha. I’m having a hard time learning stuff by myself these days… It seems that I prefer spoonfeeding!
I could also write about my brother who’s coming here next week to join us. He’s going job-hunting too so let’s all hope that works out for the best.
Also, I watched Pride & Prejudice on DVD yesterday, and I think it’s a “nice” film. Hehe. You get the point. :P
I’m finally done reading Kafka On The Shore by Haruki Murakami last week, and I have to say that I enjoyed it. For a fantasy novel, it was rather interesting. And I like the way the author included a lot of historical facts that I’ve never heard before. So you could say I learned quite a few from it.
My high school has finally launched its official website. I got all nostalgic just browsing through it. A lot has changed since the year I graduated high school (March 2000). And I’m thinking that it would be really nice if I could come and visit my alma mater one of these days.
I went to see Nacho Libre with Deej tonight. Jack Black was pretty hilarious. But it was obviously a low-budgeted film, so one must not expect too much.
And.. this weight-reduction thing is harder that I thought! Waah.
But on to more serious stuff…
Sometimes I feel that no matter what I do or how hard I try the effort that I’m exerting is still in vain. I mean, how does one really prove his or her worth when that’s not really how things are supposed to be? Do things have to take time? Or does one just have to make up his or her mind, give up whatever it is, and see the bigger picture — that it is not meant to be — so would you just stop pushing it!
But, if you ask me now, I just want to do something special for people. I want to help whoever that may need my help. I want to be able to help my family more. I want to serve God, but I don’t know how I can do that now. I want to minister to children, maybe teach in a Sunday School like I used to so I could share Bible stories and see the amazed looks on the kids’ faces.. I think that would really give me much fulfillment and help me forget how I’m feeling sort of worthless right now. There are a lot of things that I feel I want to do but in the situation that I am now, I feel very limited. And that makes me kinda sad..
Eek. Just as I suspected earlier, this blog entry wouldn’t make much sense. So please excuse me, I think I need some sleep.
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Rain, go away.
It’s that time of the year when one’s not supposed to leave the house without an umbrella in hand or tucked inside the bag in case the rain starts falling hard it would be very humiliating to arrive at the office all soaked. I normally don’t mind when it rains since it actually allows me to sleep snugly at night, but when it starts to pour harder and the roof and edges of the wall of the house start to leak because the landlord still hasn’t hired someone to fix the roof drainage is another story. When we agreed to rent this house over a month ago, we thought it was in good condition (since it didn’t look like it wasn’t). But now we know why the landlord is having it leased at such a cheap price! And the fact that we’ve been bugging them to have it fixed two weeks ago while they keep dismissing our complaints just makes matters worse. Legally, we could cancel our 1-year contract since a leaking house such as this is clearly not “in a good condition.” =/
After they’ve witnessed the agony we went through 3 days ago, our landlords are now ashamed of what we had to go through. Because of their negligence, most of our stuff are soaked (yes, including my books! #%&#@*!!!), and our floor got all slippery (but nobody slipped, thank God), and we had to spend the other night getting rid of all the water that found their way inside. They promised to have the roof drainage fixed as soon as it stops raining — coz if they don’t, then we’re definitely outta here! I always loved it when it rains, but I never thought I’d actually dread it now and pray for it to go away. Y.Y
But, hmm, I think I saw the sun faintly shining through the dark clouds this morning.. maybe it won’t be long till rainy season’s over.
Anyhow, ’nuff about that. Look at this spectacular thing I discovered yesterday:
Ain’t she a pretty sight? In the search engine optimization industry (which happens to be the nature of my work), a website’s page rank is an important thing to consider, if not the most important thing. Having had achieved a satisfactory result after four months of link-building makes all my effort worth it. And of course, I have to thank all the bloggers out there who generously placed a link from their weblogs to mine. Thanks, guys! ^_^