Tatlong Daan

Friday
Punta kami ni Romydoo sa "Fortress"... shop slash tambayan ng tropa sa Greenhills. Tambay lang tas laro ng cards. After nila magsara around 9pm, tambay na kami sa Shak. Hanggang mag-sawa na yun.


Saturday
Walang magawa sa bahay. Home Alone 2. Kasi dalawa lang kami ng utol kong naiwan sa bahay. Gets? Hehe. May tournament ng Warhammer sa Galleria. Pero hindi ako nakagising ng maaga para sumali. Sino ba naman sisipagin gumising ng maaga kung alas-tres ka na nakatulog last night?? Miss ko pa din si Batgurl, badly. I need distractions. Must resist lonesome. Haha. Kaya hinatak ko kapatid ko para manood ng "300". Maganda daw sabi ng mga kolokoys sa Shak na pinanood yung pelikula nung birthday ko... e ayoko naman mahuli sa kwentuhan. Dumaan muna kami sa condo nila Tita 9 bago naglakad papuntang Rob Place.


300
Spoiler Alert! Spoiler Alert! Spoiler Alert!

Adapted from a graphic novel, "300" depicted the historical Battle of Thermopylae during the ancient Hellenic period. The story (if there's much to recount) revolved around the Spartan King Leonidas, who summoned 300 of his best Spartan warriors to stall the impending invasion of the Persians so that a bigger contingent of the Greek army could reinforce the city-states' defense. Despite prohibition by the Law of Sparta, foreboding of the Oracle, and unawareness of the Spartan Council, the King marched to war upon the mountain pass of Thermopylae, facing overwhelming odds and defeating a hefty number of the invading forces. Back in Sparta, the Queen Gorgo was fighting her own battle... to request the Council to send backup to his husband's warband. To no avail! The Spartan army's eventual collapse started when a Spartan outcast, Ephialtes, defected to the Persian God-King Xerxes and divulged a secret passage through the mountains which gave the Persian soldiers an advantage to outmaneuver the dwindling Spartan numbers. In the end, King Leonidas and his 300 warriors were literally butchered to submission before the Greek reinforcement arrived.

The movie doesn't have much to flaunt in regards to the storyline but the special effects, film settings, and costumes are awesome! When asked by my peers what I could say about the movie, I just tell em, "It's like a 'dark Troy' without an interesting plotline". It was jampacked with battle scenes, all of em are worth the effort of the filmmakers and are among the best I've seen so far. I like how the cinematographers conveyed Frank Miller's* sinister appeal on his graphic novels into the movie. Everything has a dark, gloomy theme on it that I could feel the melancholic air like I was inside the film itself.

*Frank Miller is the author of the graphic novel of the same title, where the film was based.

I see not much of a flaw on how the actors portrayed their roles. Gerard Butler (King Leonidas) has been very convincing with his part as a stubborn leader, and so as his leading lady Lena Headey (Queen Gorgo) who was very effective playing the part of a bold wife (no pun intended, you'll see in the movie why), willing to confront anything for what she upholds and for the love of his husband and land. Special kudos goes to Rodrigo Santoro who was the God-King Xerxes of Persia in the film. He acted the part so well but I dunno if they really intended him to look and act implicatively like a homosexual.

Summing it up, the aesthetic brilliance of the movie has well compensated with the simplicity of the story. Epic lovers will sure dig this one but those that are indifferent with gore and violence should rather not try to watch it. Six gulamans.

*End of Spoiler

Umuwi din kami agad ni Utol. May kinita lang ako saglit para kunin yung books na pinadala ko from Canada. Gasgas na naman budget ko. When does the spending ends?!? Hehehe. Pagdating ng bahay nagyaya si Idol Pinsan manood ng gig ni Paw (Pao??). Gusto ko sana bumalik ng Baywalk kaso binalak ko puntahan si Iday kinabukasan sa Convergys Group of Islands kaya minabuti ko na lang matulog para maka-gising ng maaga...

...to no avail.



Sunday

Takbong pagong yung nasakyan ko papuntang Mount Convergys at tantsa kong di ko aabutan si Pouty. Olats. Ayun, awa ng Diyos, hindi nga. Nagtext siya na nasa bahay na siya ng Pinunong Lider niya. Better luck next time, Boy.

Kalungkutan. Manigas ako sa miss!

Must resist lonesome.

Dumiretso na kami ng San Mateo, Rizal for the day's round of airsoft games. Masaya naman yung mga laro.

Screaming BB's & Friends Attendance: Obi Gyne, Zeb Munggo, Kuneho, Jubay Bomber, Garrbhoy, Pinsan ni Kuneho, Jengski, Hansy, Lloyd, Rommel, Super Inggo, Sir Val, Storm, Kornpleks

Got me early kills, umpisa pa lang ng games. Tis a good sign from the gods of BB poppers! The rest of the days' games wasn't bad either. Walang masyadong makunat sa mga visiting forces na nakalaban namin. My personal favorite was this one scenario na 18 lang kami against around 30-strong enemies and we'll have to defend an objective in the middle of a low hill. We were able to hold the line and win the scenario but I was among the five casualties of the 18-man defender. Too much heroics, I say.

L-R: Lalakeng Pugot ang Katawan, Karakter na may Inaabangan sa Likod, Garrkid, Karakter 1, Karakter 2, Ako (sideview), Karakter 3, Sir Val, Karakter 4.

Ang galing. Ganyan sila ka-familiar sa akin pag nakamaskara.

Much talks ensued. Nabalitaan kong semplang yung isa kong brod sa pag-ibig at yung isa naman ay dumadaan sa isang "difficult terrain". Nakakatakot. Ako na ba daw susunod? Hahaha. I know we din't deserve any of this but such are the vagaries of love. And I, despite being the youngest amongst them, should know better about it based from our experiences in the past.... in my honest opinion, at least.

"It's that you've loved in the end that matters!", ika nga.

Potangenang hirit yan. Ako ba yan?!? Hahaha. Balik Shak kami afterwards, tambay, tas kain lang sa Molo's sa Sikatuna, tas uwi na din.

Nagbasa lang ako ng nagbasa sa bahay hanggang sa makatulugan ko ang pagbabasa. Must resist lonesome. For in lonesome, I think of things that I hate NOT thinking of but pains me to think SO MUCH.

Taeng tae!

Tatlong Daan

Friday
Punta kami ni Romydoo sa "Fortress"... shop slash tambayan ng tropa sa Greenhills. Tambay lang tas laro ng cards. After nila magsara around 9pm, tambay na kami sa Shak. Hanggang mag-sawa na yun.


Saturday
Walang magawa sa bahay. Home Alone 2. Kasi dalawa lang kami ng utol kong naiwan sa bahay. Gets? Hehe. May tournament ng Warhammer sa Galleria. Pero hindi ako nakagising ng maaga para sumali. Sino ba naman sisipagin gumising ng maaga kung alas-tres ka na nakatulog last night?? Miss ko pa din si Batgurl, badly. I need distractions. Must resist lonesome. Haha. Kaya hinatak ko kapatid ko para manood ng "300". Maganda daw sabi ng mga kolokoys sa Shak na pinanood yung pelikula nung birthday ko... e ayoko naman mahuli sa kwentuhan. Dumaan muna kami sa condo nila Tita 9 bago naglakad papuntang Rob Place.


300
Spoiler Alert! Spoiler Alert! Spoiler Alert!

Adapted from a graphic novel, "300" depicted the historical Battle of Thermopylae during the ancient Hellenic period. The story (if there's much to recount) revolved around the Spartan King Leonidas, who summoned 300 of his best Spartan warriors to stall the impending invasion of the Persians so that a bigger contingent of the Greek army could reinforce the city-states' defense. Despite prohibition by the Law of Sparta, foreboding of the Oracle, and unawareness of the Spartan Council, the King marched to war upon the mountain pass of Thermopylae, facing overwhelming odds and defeating a hefty number of the invading forces. Back in Sparta, the Queen Gorgo was fighting her own battle... to request the Council to send backup to his husband's warband. To no avail! The Spartan army's eventual collapse started when a Spartan outcast, Ephialtes, defected to the Persian God-King Xerxes and divulged a secret passage through the mountains which gave the Persian soldiers an advantage to outmaneuver the dwindling Spartan numbers. In the end, King Leonidas and his 300 warriors were literally butchered to submission before the Greek reinforcement arrived.

The movie doesn't have much to flaunt in regards to the storyline but the special effects, film settings, and costumes are awesome! When asked by my peers what I could say about the movie, I just tell em, "It's like a 'dark Troy' without an interesting plotline". It was jampacked with battle scenes, all of em are worth the effort of the filmmakers and are among the best I've seen so far. I like how the cinematographers conveyed Frank Miller's* sinister appeal on his graphic novels into the movie. Everything has a dark, gloomy theme on it that I could feel the melancholic air like I was inside the film itself.

*Frank Miller is the author of the graphic novel of the same title, where the film was based.

I see not much of a flaw on how the actors portrayed their roles. Gerard Butler (King Leonidas) has been very convincing with his part as a stubborn leader, and so as his leading lady Lena Headey (Queen Gorgo) who was very effective playing the part of a bold wife (no pun intended, you'll see in the movie why), willing to confront anything for what she upholds and for the love of his husband and land. Special kudos goes to Rodrigo Santoro who was the God-King Xerxes of Persia in the film. He acted the part so well but I dunno if they really intended him to look and act implicatively like a homosexual.

Summing it up, the aesthetic brilliance of the movie has well compensated with the simplicity of the story. Epic lovers will sure dig this one but those that are indifferent with gore and violence should rather not try to watch it. Six gulamans.

*End of Spoiler

Umuwi din kami agad ni Utol. May kinita lang ako saglit para kunin yung books na pinadala ko from Canada. Gasgas na naman budget ko. When does the spending ends?!? Hehehe. Pagdating ng bahay nagyaya si Idol Pinsan manood ng gig ni Paw (Pao??). Gusto ko sana bumalik ng Baywalk kaso binalak ko puntahan si Iday kinabukasan sa Convergys Group of Islands kaya minabuti ko na lang matulog para maka-gising ng maaga...

...to no avail.



Sunday

Takbong pagong yung nasakyan ko papuntang Mount Convergys at tantsa kong di ko aabutan si Pouty. Olats. Ayun, awa ng Diyos, hindi nga. Nagtext siya na nasa bahay na siya ng Pinunong Lider niya. Better luck next time, Boy.

Kalungkutan. Manigas ako sa miss!

Must resist lonesome.

Dumiretso na kami ng San Mateo, Rizal for the day's round of airsoft games. Masaya naman yung mga laro.

Screaming BB's & Friends Attendance: Obi Gyne, Zeb Munggo, Kuneho, Jubay Bomber, Garrbhoy, Pinsan ni Kuneho, Jengski, Hansy, Lloyd, Rommel, Super Inggo, Sir Val, Storm, Kornpleks

Got me early kills, umpisa pa lang ng games. Tis a good sign from the gods of BB poppers! The rest of the days' games wasn't bad either. Walang masyadong makunat sa mga visiting forces na nakalaban namin. My personal favorite was this one scenario na 18 lang kami against around 30-strong enemies and we'll have to defend an objective in the middle of a low hill. We were able to hold the line and win the scenario but I was among the five casualties of the 18-man defender. Too much heroics, I say.

L-R: Lalakeng Pugot ang Katawan, Karakter na may Inaabangan sa Likod, Garrkid, Karakter 1, Karakter 2, Ako (sideview), Karakter 3, Sir Val, Karakter 4.

Ang galing. Ganyan sila ka-familiar sa akin pag nakamaskara.

Much talks ensued. Nabalitaan kong semplang yung isa kong brod sa pag-ibig at yung isa naman ay dumadaan sa isang "difficult terrain". Nakakatakot. Ako na ba daw susunod? Hahaha. I know we din't deserve any of this but such are the vagaries of love. And I, despite being the youngest amongst them, should know better about it based from our experiences in the past.... in my honest opinion, at least.

"It's that you've loved in the end that matters!", ika nga.

Potangenang hirit yan. Ako ba yan?!? Hahaha. Balik Shak kami afterwards, tambay, tas kain lang sa Molo's sa Sikatuna, tas uwi na din.

Nagbasa lang ako ng nagbasa sa bahay hanggang sa makatulugan ko ang pagbabasa. Must resist lonesome. For in lonesome, I think of things that I hate NOT thinking of but pains me to think SO MUCH.

Taeng tae!