I've just read the Alchemist. I can't believe nayon ko lang yun nabasa, hmmm, maganda xa infairness pero ewan ko ba..ever since I've read the Giver, wala ng nakatapat na book on that genre ever.. basta...da best kasi yung the Giver. Maski nga yung Gathering Blue maganda rin.. basta da best si Lois Lowry na other ng mga ganung klaseng story..ewan ko ha, halos pareho lang ang lalim ng story ng the Giver at the Alchemist pero siguro nasa pagsusulat na rin yun. Mas gusto ko siguro ang style ni Lois Lowry kesa kay Paulo Coehlo..masyado kasing suggestive si Paulo Coehlo eh, parang yung message na gusto niyang iparating sa readers, nasa dialogue na kagad, hindi mo na kailagang hanapin pa o iinterpret, babasahin mo na lang. E ang pangit pag ganun di ba? Parang hindi man lang nagtry try si Paulo Coelho, matatalino rin naman ang readers eh, hindi mo kailangang i spoon feed ng ideas, kaya ka nga gumagawa ng novel eh, sana nag essay na lang si Paulo Coelho.

O yun lang muna, isang work pa lang naman ni Paulo Coehlo ang nabasa ko e, hindi ko xa dapat i judge kagad, dahil hindi sya book, haha.

Kahapon galing akong books for less and guess what I've found: Isang bagong bagong kopya ng League of Extraordinary Gentlemen na trenta pesos lang. Ang swerte ko talaga.

Kahapon super ultra mega wala akong magawa, walang kuryente, internet, tubig, ilaw...
Kawawa ang mga biktima ng landslide..

Grabe talaga yung hangin nung thursday, buong buhay ko, ngayon ko lang naranasan ang hangin na ganon kalakas, yung mga bubong ng kapitbahay namin tinangay. Tapos yung billboard ng puneraryang katabi namin matatanggal na. E saamin babagsak yun. Yung aso namin ewan ko a, baka natangay na din. Hay grabe, tumutunog talaga yung hangin... Nakakatakot...lakas pa ng ulan...pagpinapanood ko yung mga nagbagsakang billboard sa tv natatakot pa din ako..

9/29/06

Para sa members ng forum ni chinthy, eto po yung explanation:What went wrong?The third inner rule of the palace girls is the most applied of all the inner rules in Dae Jang Geum. The summary of the application of the third inner rule in the entire series can be put into these words: Sacrifice the few for the benefit of the many.We have seen this reasoning take place many times in Dae Jang Geum. When Jang Geum’s own mother, Lady Meong He Park was framed-up by the Choi family for adultery, she immediately had to be killed to protect the prestige of the palace girl community and in effect, the integrity of the palace.This event need not happen. Observing the lifestyle of an ordinary palace girl in Dae Jang Geum, even if their entire stay in the palace is, as described by Madame Jung, lonely, there are still little hardships. Except that you are not allowed to marry, their tasks are essentially light, especially the palace girls under King Joongjong’s rule, who is described to be a warm-heated and forgiving ruler. The palace girls just have to strive hard and be responsible for keeping up with their tasks, which can be easy for those with perseverance since everything is provided to them. The palace girls are allowed to read and write, and get educated about not only food but history and government as well. They have access to certain books and are free to use the facilities inside the kitchen anytime if it’s for their training. Their lives will be easy as long as they obey the rules.If the life inside the palace is not that heavy at all, why did the deaths of Meong He and Lady Han ever take place? Why was Jang Geum needed to be exiled to Genju Island? How come the once idealistic and loyal friend Lady Choi is, turned to be so ugly and wicked? Why was Geum Young’s principles destroyed? What went wrong? All the answers rely on the practices of the people of the part of Asia they belong in.Korea is a part of Monsoon Asia, where group effort and wellness of a community is more valued than individual growth. This is very evident in the series especially with the Choi family. So what went wrong with Lady Choi and the others? The main problem here is that they are attached to one family and one group of people. They are only concerned about the situation of their own small group and because of that, they are willing to hurt other groups that hinder their way. Taking Lady Choi for example, when they were just worker girls and her friend Meong He saw her put poison into the Queen’s food on her family’s orders, she did not wish to frame Meong He up for adultery and watch her die, but she needed to protect her family and thus, she did so. Eventually, that became her principle in life, to protect the Choi family at all costs. The bad thing is, the group she vowed to protect doesn’t really deserve her protection. When Lady Han was declared as the new Highest Kitchen Lady, she could easily have given in, but no. Her family has held the Highest Kitchen Lady position for five generations and she could simply not let it end, especially not in her hands. She asked herself to be demoted to the sauce department, but pleaded to Lady Han that she let Geum Young, her niece, stay in the kitchen because she has talents. She wants Geum Young to continue the legacy of the Choi family.Later on, she cooked up a conspiracy involving Jang Geum and Lady Han to the poisoning of the king. Because of this she was able to recover the Highest Kitchen Lady position for her family. At that time, both Lady Han and Jang Geum was supposed to be sentence to death as any forms of disobedience to the king will have to face death. However, Lady Choi did not want to do anything bad anymore, this is evident when she told Lady Han while she was still in prison that all of these, starting from Meong He, would never had happened if only they did not let their principles hinder the intentions of the Choi family. The death sentence was later on mellowed to exile and slavery because of Lady Choi. This is a proof that Lady Choi is naturally a good person, however, the selfish intentions of the group of people she was attached to hinder the way for her individual goodness to prosper.Until her last days, and in her death, she was still thinking of ways to save the Choi family, more than her own life. Because her attachment to the group hindered the way for her individual concerns to be voiced out, the only way she can prove herself is by not letting the Choi family go down especially in her time, which is not parallel to her niece, Geum Young’s view of her obligations to the Choi family.When she was asked by Lady Choi to place a written curse in the special kitchen in order for the son in the Queen’s womb to become a princess, she accepts the job but says that she does it so because it is the fate of the Choi family and that she has to accept it, but she also noted to Lady Choi that she will definitely make sure that this fate will end in her time. Lady Choi did not believe her, because Geum Young was just like her at first.What about Jang Geum and Lady Han? Lady Choi told them that they could not have suffered if only they did not meddle. What can really have caused this ‘meddling’? Why did they have to let themselves experience the hardships, just to fight for their principles, when other palace girls are busying themselves with petty in fights? Reviewing the lifestyle of an ordinary palace girl, they could easily have avoided the hard life, but the factors that contributed to the principles of Jang Geum and Lady Han is right there inside the kitchen, education.The mode of education inside the Choson royal kitchen can be viewed in a way that it provides for the growth of an individual, rather the entire group. If you are free to use any ingredient you want and facility to learn outside class hours, you can easily leave behind your classmates in their knowledge and be able to develop your skills on your own. Especially to people like Jang Geum and Lady Han, to whom a day without reading a book or two cannot be considered a day, taking advantage of this privilege is more beneficial to an individual, rather than it is to the group. If they are allowed to acquire a great deal of knowledge, they learn new ideas, and they also learn of the past behind their time and realize that things had not always been the way they are. Generally, the mode of acquiring education came in conflict with the situation of the society. Because of the education Madame Jung acquired inside the palace, she was able to form her principles; she was able to recognize that her mission inside the kitchen is to make a difference in the way highest kitchen ladies are chosen. She suggested to the king that they hold a contest instead of the head lady choosing the next to fill the position because her vocation is that for talents and good intentions become the sole basis for choosing the people to take over the positions, not wealth, family or influence. Doing so, she ensures only the best for her beloved kitchen, she wants to see fair play and democracy, but doing so too, changes a dynasty old tradition of passing down a position. Her way of thinking, the method she acquired that thinking and the changes she wants to do using the new ideas she has acquired can be categorized as a form of liberalism. The way she and Lady Han died is a good example to show us the dangers of liberal thinking in a colony. The Spaniards allowed only a small percentage of Filipinos, usually the rich, to acquire education. Other than that, the education that the lowly indio acquires is mostly on the Christian doctrine, a tactic the Spaniards have developed so that the Filipinos will have a firmer hold on their vehicle of colonization, which is religion. This may cause some of the privileged Filipino elites to fear change; they fear that their call for change may endanger them, the way Lady Han suffered because she voiced out her liberal ideas.This similar idea is one of the things that separate the East from the West. Liberalism and democracy are generally a western invention. Because westerners are not that attached to their family as Monsoon Asians are, they can be expected to have different principles, unlike in a family based society. When we say family, we mean a group of people following the same law, enjoying the same culture and as expected, one traditional way of thinking. During the series, we saw what happened tothe people who deviated away from these traditions. And because as we have said, liberalism and democracy is a western invention, the lives of the palace girls of monsoon Asia which welcomed these new ideas were persecuted.

9/29/06

N Times--read on, you'll know why.UPDATES on MY LIFESo I have watched So Close for the nth time! Yup, that was indeed so close to burning the dvd!Plus, I, too, have watched the ending of Jewel in the Palace for the nth time, and it made me cry for the nth time. Grabe, I liked the ending so much because of the simplicity, I appreciated it very much. I think that's just what we need, simplicity. Now Jang-geum, you can finally be happy! I'm happy for you! It really made me cry, knowing how Jang Geum's life had been hurt by the colorful palace. Just as she have said, the palace taught her the wonders of cooking and allowed her to practice her medical skills, but it is also because of the palace that lost her mother and Lady Han. The palace may have made you think you own everything, but it will also take the most important things from you. I will not blame her for choosing not to stay in the palace, she knows she can serve more people outside the palace gates. I just miss the grandeur of the palace, but Jang Geum was right, inside, it was indeed a sad place. But finally she can settle down, be happy and walk the road she wants to take.I have watched Jewel in the Palace Special for the nth time too. To those who don't know yet, JITP special is a special tribute show to Jewel in the Palace. It is a pre-taped one episode talk show, featuring Lee Young Ae and Co. plus a lot of goodies, like the Bloopers and everything.That single episode ranked the fifth most watched show in Korea, of course, the number one is JITP the series.Sadly, my DVD copy of the show has no English subtitles, but as the worthy fan that I am, I sitted through the almost 1 and a half hours that is the show. So I was there, watching, without understanding anything but a few Korean words and the names of the actors. Thanks to Kyun Mi Ri(Lady Choi), I didn't really feel out of place. She was active with her gestures that I wa able to comprehend what she was saying. She talks so much! Ang Daldal! But I like her so much, she made the audience laugh all the time! She's a commeidienne after all(tama ba spelling!). But when she was asked to take on the role of a villain, she did so very well. Hay.. I like her so much, she is the one in the picture below the smaller one. A basta, thanks to her, may naintindihan ako kahit papano.So ang dilemna ko ngayon, mamamatay ako pag di ko nalaman ang pinaguusapan nila sa JITP Special, pero may solution ako: This summer, I will be taking Korean classes. Yes, I'm really going to learn how to speak Korean!Comments on Hong Ri-na(Geum Young, the one in the smaller pic), My Gosh!, she is gorgeous when she's not in costume, she looks really elegant. Magagalit ba kayo if I write here that she is even more gorgeus than Lee Young Ae? Okay, I already wrote it down. But maybe because, medyo hindi nagsuklay si LYA sa JITP Special. Basta, she really caught my eye, plus the actress who played Queen Menjong, she is really pretty. I love Queen Menjong, in fact, she is my second favorite character in JITP, right after Lady Choi. Hmmm. You see, I'm not your typical Jewel fan.---So far so good. Avisala Meiste!

9/24/2006

Maraming kwento ang buhay...minsan malungkot, minsan masaya. Mahirap kung nagsisilbi ka lang na manunulat sa kwento ng buhay mo. Malungkot kung parati na lamang ikaw ang manunulat ng mga masasayang pangyayari, ng kaligayahan. Tila ba wala kang karapatang angkinin ang sarili mong kaligayahan dahil ito ay para sa kwento, para sa mambabasa. Dahil ang mga kwento ay hindi para sa may akda kundi para sa mambabasa. Unfair yun, unfair sa manunulat na nagdudusa.

Eto tanaga:

Sa Simbahan

Sa loob ng simbahan
Nando'n ang kaligtasan
Kapag lumabas naman
May pilay sa hagdanan

Inspired ang tanaga na yan ng isang Chapter sa Noli Me Tangere. Yung chapter tungkol sa simbahan tapos may leper dun sa hagdanan. Dapat kasi nang leper ang sinadala sa simbahan, hindi dapa tna nasa labas lang siya, dapat siyang tulungan.

Sept. 15, 2006


Yoohooo.....kababasa ko lang ng bagong labas na Pugad Baboy, PG 18...hehehehe ang ganda....Payag na kayo, John Pratts as Luke Skywalker, Camille Pratts as Princess Leia? Hehehehe

Project Runway....Sana magawa namin....Nakakawala sa sarili ang pagcracram ng RRL sa UB, wala ka ng magagawa kundi tumawa na lang...sige tawa na lang tayo...imagine nagfirst bell na at five minutes na lang submission na. Meron ka pang 100 pages na kelangan ihighlighter ang important parts, 20 pages per minute, un ang rate ko kaninang UB, ASTIG!!!!

Sept. 15, 2006

Meron pa kong isang kwento...isang araw nagpapachek up ako sa doctor, tas yung isang nanay dun, kausap nya nanay ko, tinanong nya, "May asawa na ba yang anak mo?" Huh! It's like first year high school pa lang ako nun, utang na loob!

Ganun na ba katanda itsura ko? Pano pa kaya next year na two units na ang Physics tas mas matinding STR at UPCAT? Hay hay hay Pisay

Sept. 14, 2006

Todo na to....STR....tama nga sila, stress starts with STR....aaaahhhh!!! Ano na kaya itsura ko pagkatapos ko ng college? Losyang na losyang na ang lola mo....may kwento ako:

Bago ako pumasok ng second year, edi enrolment nun, nakapila ako tas may katabi akong parent. Tas nagtanong sya sakin," Magdodorm din ba yung anak mo?" Huh!, ako ang magdodorm hindi ang anak ko. Imagine! wala pang Geom, wala pang Chem nun, Wala pang Physics, Bio o STR....ano pa kaya ngayon....muka pa ba kong 25? 14 pa lang ako.

Sept. 14, 2006

birthday ni Sir Alfer nung kahapon....yehey.....hihihi....ang bango nya talaga.....waw....yoohoooo........may ginawa akong haiku o, tingnan nyo:

Upos sa lupa
Bote na walang laman
Iyo ang mundo

Malalim ang meaning nyan pero madali naman isipin.....gogogo

Sept. 13, 2006

Hello ulit......Parang Hellweek last week....sakit sa ulo, sobra......hay Pisay......tama.....magtiis na lang hanggan sa matpos......wala na tayong magagawa....unless magbayad ka or magpabagsak ka kung hindi ikaw ang babagsak........hindi man bumagsak ang grades mo katawan mo naman ang babagsak....hay pisay....

ALFER BOY!

Hehe wala lang, Alfer mode na naman. Nakakatuwa lang talaga at model na namin si Ma'am Rod at Sir Alfer...Yihi..xempre naman ng malaman kong model na si Alfer navisualize ko na kagad susuotin niya...hehe....ang sexy nung theme eh....bagay sa model...tsaka gusto naman din nya ng victorian period....well...di ko pa napapakita sa kanya yung design ko pero alam ko bagay na bagay sa kanya yun....tsaka maganda na rin yung mga naisip ko sa choreo..well...isip isip.

2 araw na kong nagpupuyat sa design ni Alfer, pano kasi daming revisions e, pero worth it naman...si Sir Alfer pa....Yeh...Alfer Boy...Yooohooo

Support RJ Jimenez sa PDA

Well kahit di ako nanonood ng Dos, support nyo si RJ ha kasi YFC yan eh!!! ASTIG!!! GO YFC!!!