Edmund Dantes

anything without sugar and cream

Better if you wanna spike it with some scotch

Uh....

No mahirap na masampal eh

Earl Grey

Bourbon or Scotch?

Oldboy (2013 remake)

The original oldboy hands down was one one the last decades best mystery film. It was a little cartoonish for some, but what do you expect when your source material is a manga. And besides all that added to the dark surrealistic tone of the film and dark sense of humor. I also loved the final act and the twist, I bet those of you who saw it for the first time didnt see that one coming.

Now someone has to send Hollywood a message, if something is not broken, dont attempt to fix it. Sure there are a few asian movies that were improved in a hollywood reimagining, such as infernal affairs being remade into the departed. But that is only because of the fresh perspective it was given in the hands of someone who knew how to retell a different story using the same plot and characters. In this remake, director Spike Lee offers no justification why it should have been made in the first place.

I never thought that I would say this, but this was definitely a waste of Josh Brolin's talent. He was pretty good, and really is convincing as he transitions from a drunk douche bag, to a blood thirsty animal out for revenge. At the beggining of the movie, we see he is just so out of shape, then at the middle he is just this one bad motherf#&ker who can take on a platoon of street thugs out to beat his ass. But even a talented actor can't do much when there is already so many things in this movie that we have seen all before and done so much better. Even in that department Spike Lee fails. If you are gonna do the exact same scene, at least try to shoot it better than the original

One of the other things I really did not like about this movie was the Villain. He was just too over the top for me. Sharlto Copley looks more like a villain in a Hanna Barbera cartoon. In the original, the villain was someone who wasnt overly eccentric but someone who had issues. Someone who can be seen to be experiencing pain which is why he is just so hell-bent on making the protagonist share his own pain.

The main problem of this remake is that it capitalizes on the cult popularity of the original. But if you are a fan of the original then there would be no point for you to sit through this one. Because you will precisely be asked to solve a puzzle you already have and where is the fun in that? If you are not familiar with the original and see this one first, then you may get to like it but you surely would be looking for the original and would wish you saw the later first.

Moreover, no matter what never never never give up your dignity kahit gaano mo kamahal ang isang tao. Kasi no matter if you are taken back or not, you will hate yourself so much at di mo na magagawa respetuhin sarili mo pagkatapos. Its better to accept that you have been an assh*le and be kicked out of her life like a man, than give up your dignity and be kicked like a dog.

I used to.

15 taon ako naghirap makuha lang itong trabaho na ito

Pero now Im just doing it to support an alcohol habbit.

Hmmm mahirap na manghusga ng eskwelahan dito. Mamaya dyan panay pintas merong isa pala na graduate dun..... suntukan na yan pagkatapos.

What makes any school worst siguro na lang?

1. Syempre kung bulok ang facility. lalo kung nagbabayad naman ng maayos na tuition

2. Kung mahina ang security sa loob ng campus tapos panay adik pa ang mga estudyante

3. Kung masyadong mababa academic standards

4. Kung yung mga prof kulang sa qualification, at evaluation lang ang nagiging basehan ng performance sa pagtuturo. Di sa pagyayabang, pero sa school namin, hindi importante masyado pakikisama mo sa mga estudyante, mas importante na ginagawa mo trabaho mo maski pa hindi ka gusto ng mga estudyante mo. Likewise di rin komo mabait at madali kaibiganin prof ibig sabihin nun bibigyan na ng mataas na evaluation ng mga estudyante

Pero huwag naman natin masyado husgahan na lang ang isang tao sa kung saan siya nagtapos. Kasi di naman lahat ng nakapagaral ay umaastang may pinagaralan. Kahit MBA o PhD ka pa sa pinakamagaling na pamantasan sa pilipinas o buong mundo, kung ugaling squatter ka naman, wala ring silbi kung san ka nakapagtapos di ba? In fact baka nga ikahiya ka pa ng alma matter mo

Hindi ko kinakahiya na pilipino ako, pero di ko din naman ito pinagyayabang at pinagmamalaki tulad ng hinihikayat ng ABS-CBN kasi OA na naman yun.

In fact there is a thin line between being proud and being arrogant. Sa nakikita ko, pagiging arrogante at fascism na hinihikayat ng mass media sa panghihikayat na ipagmalaki pagkapilipino natin. At ano yung premise? Eh makikisabit lang naman tayo sa karangalan nina Pacquiao Charice at Arnel. O kaya sa mga FilAm na celebrities na ni hindi naman marunong managalog. Bat natin yun ipapamukha sa mundo? Nakakahiya naman. Eh ang mga amerikano ba narinig mo silang magsalita ng "Michael Jordan, Britney Spears, Michael Jackson, we are so proud to be american. Ang bantot pakinggan di ba?

Tsaka nakakainis pa minsan, lahat na yata gusto natin gawing racial issue. Nung napabalita yung mass shooting sa US, si Teddy Boy Locsin naman hihirit ng "Im so proud to be a Filipino, because this would not Happen in the Philippines. Pwera pa dyan ang sobrang pagiging balat sibuyas natin sa mga racial jokes, eh samantalang ang lakas lakas nga ng pinoy mangasar sa ibang lahi.

Dapat kasi, recognize yourself as a human being with an Identity, no better or worse than any other man in the world. Dapat bilang isang tao marunong ka din magadapt ng ibang kultura. Maintain kung ano maganda sa kultura mo, at i-adapt yung magandang nakikita mo din sa ibang kultura. Citizen of the world ika nga. Higit sa lahat, ayokong yung kulay ng balat ko o yung pinaggalingan ko ang magsasabi kung ano kaya ko o hindi. Wala naman ang pagiging pinoy ni Manny sa Tagumpay nya. Talent nya yun at hinasa nya kaya sya champion

Sabi ni Bruce Lee nung tinanong sya, "do you identify yourself as an American or a Chinese?" ang sagot nya lang..... "Niether, I Identify myself as a human being".

Hmmm I see marami dito ang inaakala na basta nakapagabroad may pera.

Totoo may pera abroad kaya nga lumilipad dun eh. Pero hindi naman pinupulot lang ng basta pera dun. Kelangan kayod kalabaw ka talaga para kitain bawat sentimo. Lalo pa kung yung pinasukan mong bansa ay ibang klase ang work ethics. Sad to say, sa personal kong karanasan, medyo tamad nga talaga tayong mga pilipino kaya di tayo nagiging progresibo. Halimbawa na lang satin, pag break time, di ka pwede gambalain kasi karapatan mo yun. Dito kung may trabaho pa, hindi ka talaga magbre-break muna. Kasi mas importante magawa mo trabaho mo bago ka kumain. Kaya naman maganda ang costumer service nila dito kesa satin.

Isa pa, isa kasing maling akala ng marami kapag sinabi mong 1 dollar = 40 pesos, na yung nabibili ng 40 persos sa pilipinas mabibili mo ng one dollar sa US. Sa pilipinas may 100 pesos ka lang makakakain ka na ng burger combo, eh dito 5x halos yung katumbas.

Dapat talaga sa nagtratrabaho abroad may maayus na pinaglalaanan yung perang pinapadala. Hanap dapat ng investment para kung di marenew kontrata o kelangan ng umuwi, may magagamit

Para sakin

Abroad, may pera at mas may fulfillment professionally pero mas stressful kasi kayod marino ka talaga.

Pinas, walang pera, mabubuhay ka lang sa sweldo mo, pero mas relaxed ka kasama mo pa pamilya mo.

In my last relationship. I did not have to choose. We helped each other reached our goals. Naalala ko nung time na hirap na hirap ako itaguyod publication ko at lagi ako nasasabon. She was at my side. Aantayin ako lagi makaauwi late at night. Lagi pinapalakas loob ko. Naniwala na I can make it lalo na nung panahon na wala na akong tiwala sa sarili ko. In a way utang na loob ko sa kanya nakarating ako dito

Kaso, bakit kung kelan natupad ko pangarap ko, saka naman sya mawawala sakin ng ganun lang.

Without you

-Charlie Wilson

Tingin ko di lang naman kasalanan ni Mayweather lagi kung bakit di matuloy tuloy laban. SI Floyd kasi, he is his own boss. Alam naman ng lahat na sya ang may hatak ng PPV revenues kaya alam nya na may karapatan sya magimpose. Isa pa, Mahirap din kasi magkasundo ang GBP/Showtime sa kampo ni Bob Arum ng Top Rank. Lahat ng mga lumaban kay Floyd so far, hindi nagkaroon ng problemang ganito. Kahit naman si Marquez di ba? iniwan nya golden boy at pumirma sa top rank para malabanan ulit si Pacquiao.

Alam ko madami maasar sakin dito. Ang sakin opinyon lang naman. Tingin ko di mananalo si Pacquiao kay Floyd. Kita naman hirap na hirap sya sa mga counterpunchers. Kay Marquez nga lang hirap na hirap sya. Mahirap na siguro baguhin style ni Pacquiao. Pagdating ng laban, gagamitin nya lang kung ano ang nakasanayan nya. Tsaka ewan ko lang, di naman ako boxing expert pero tila on the decline na din si Pacquiao, samantalang si Mayweather natatalo pa ang mga mas bata sa kanya.

Wala naman ako problema kay Pacquiao, siguro objective lang ako. Tsaka ayoko kasing pinupusta buong pagkapilipino ko sa larong boxing. Sports lang naman yan kung tutuusin. Di naman maiaangat ekonomiya ng pilipinas pag natalo ni Pacquiao si Floyd.... Kung matatalo nga.

Sa totoo lang kasi, tama yung isang nagsabi na tayong mga pilipino, hindi naman talaga tayo mga totoong boxing fans. Pacquiao fans lang tayo. Ni hindi naman tayo nanonood ng boxing pag di si Pacquiao o Donaire lumalaban

True Love din

There are simply somethings in life that you can never move forward from. You just learn to deal with them

Its like when you lose a limb, you can walk in crutches but it will just never replace the limb you loss

Some wounds will never heal

Sigh.... I hope Im wrong about this.

You can never tell. Once cupid shoots that arrow and you lose your sense of reasoning thats it .

Hmmmm ito rin naging reasoning ko noon. Ang sabi ko hindi yung pagibig namin sa isat isa yung mali kundi yung sitwasyon namin, yung mga naging decisions namin. Tama ka dyan maam, pag masaya ka lahat nagiging tama.

Pero nung nagcollapse din relationship namin, bigla ko din naman naintindihan position ng inagawan ko. Kasi yung inagaw ko, madali din nagpaagaw sa iba. Sobrang sakit sa huli, na kahit yung inagawan ko ayokong makaramdam ng ganito.

Kung maibabalik ko lang talaga ang panahon, sana nung nahuhulog na kami sa isat isa, hindi muna kami nagkaroon ng relasyon. Inayos sana muna namin yung mga mali sa buhay namin para wala na kaming masaktan pa. Wala eh, ang bilis ng pangyayari

 

@Edmund, Medyo mahirap makuha un gusto mo, pare, sa huli mong sinabi. may kulang talaga, walang "We've got it all" gaya sa SM. Lahat may mali, walang perpekto. Sa umpisa siguro hindi mo makikita ang mga pagkukulang ng ka-relasyon mo, syempre umpisa. Pag tumagal tagal na, at lumabas na ang mga ugali nyo talaga, doon na magkakaalaman. Hindi naman ppwede na hiwalayan mo lagi dahil may nakita kang mali, tatanda kang binata nun.

 

Sa mga babaero at lalakero, sinasabi nyo ba sa mga kapartner nyo ang mali nila? ang hinahanap nyo sa iba? gaano nyo kadalas sinasabi ito? tuwing kelan nyo sakanya pinapaalala to? nagagawan naman ba ng paraan?

Syempre wala naman perpektong babae o lalake sa mundo, Pero hindi naman impossible makahanap ka ng partner na completely satisfied ka na. Compatibility issues lang naman kasi yan. Kaya nga dahan dahan talaga dapat pag naguumpisa ng isang relasyon. At kung sa huli saka lumabas yung masamang ugali nung tao, at tingin mo dahil dyan ayaw mo na sa kanya, mas mabuting hiwalayan mo na agad lalo kung naguumpisa ka na makaramdam ng tukso. Mas mabuti na yun kesa naman lokohin mo pa di ba? Nga lang pwede mo pa din pagsisihan huli disisyon na yan lalo kung talagang sex lang habol mo dun sa pinagpalit mo.

Isa pa sigurong pwede is baguhin mo talaga lifestyle mo. Umiwas ka na sa mga tao at lugar na makakapagdala lang sayo ng tukso. Sabi nga, ang mga ganitong klase ng problema madali pumasok pero mahirap lusotan

Talagang karamihan kasi, hindi magbabago hangang hindi nagtatanda. Kung baga kelangan maospital pa muna ang magkasakit sa atay bago tigilan ang paginom eh.

Masarap ang bawal, at hangang hindi ka naman nahuhuli sige ka lang. O kaya naman pwedeng yung number 2 mo, may nahahanap ka dun na wala sa legal GF/Wife mo.

Siguro, ito na lang imaginin natin sa mga pwedeng mangyari

Makakakakuha ka ng sakit

Mawawala yung taong totoong mahal mo, at di ka na papapatwarin

Madedemanda ka (lalo kung babae, pwede kang makulong ng adultery)

Magkakagulo pamilya nyo

Mawawalan respeto sayo mga anak mo

O yung number 2 mo, pwedeng gawin sayo ginawa sa legal GF mo

Puwede din naman yung legal GF mo itorotot ka (masakit ito sa lalake)

Basta mga katoto, tandaan na lang kasi natin na ang pagsisisi, wala yan sa umpisa o sa gitna, laging nasa huli.

Isa pa sigurong pwede mo gawin kung talagang palikero ka, huwag ka makipagrelasyon ng seryoso kung tingin mo yung partner mo hindi maibigay lahat ng gusto mo sa relasyon. Ako ganun eh. Kung makikiparelasyon ako, gusto ko yung taong wala na akong hahanapin pa.

Para sakin its all about learning the hard way.

Lahat ng lalakeng kilala ko, mayabang sa una at akala hindi mahuhuli. Sabi ko nga, pag masaya at nasasarapan ka sa ginagawa mo lahat nagiging tama. Meron kasi talagang hindi marunong magtanda hangang hindi nila nakikita consequences ng ginagawa nila. Ang sabi nga, nasa huli naman lagi ang pagsisisi. Minsan kasi ang isang bagay na bulok, kahit tabunan mo talagang sisingaw at sisingaw pa din.

Then yung taong mahal mo mawawala na sayo, tapos yung mga anak mo mawawalan na din ng respeto sayo, at the end of the day you are all alone, and no matter what you do or how hard you try, mahirap ng ibalik yung dating nawalang tiwala.

Matuto ka man, huli na lahat.

Whiskey- talagang di ako makakatulog sa gabi hangang di ako nalalasing ng buorbon

CIgarettes- helps relieve the chest pains that it creates in the first place

Warrior

Its a testosterone flick definitely, but it has plenty of heart into it.

Sobrang naluha kami ng mga kabarkada ko dun sa ending na magkaakay at luhaan yung magkapatid na lumabas sa MMA cage pagkatapos nilang magpatayan halos

Just goes to show that if a man can cries, it does not mean he is weak. It only means he has a heart

You can buy yourself nice things

you can make accomplishments to be proud of

you can eat right and exercise and make your body stronger

but when and if you do not take care of yourself emotionally

You are not really loving yourself

Yes I did. But sa isang tao lang. Babaeng pinakaminahal ko. Begged for her to not throw away all the things we built together. Hirap nun hahaha.

But one should really beg no matter how much you want your ex back. Begging only makes you look like a desperate fool willing to do anything to get her back including bullshit her and emotionally manipulate her. It will repell them more than draw them in. I learned that the hard way and its an advise I give to most people trying to recover from a breakup

Ako din never again.

Masyadong marami lang yung masasaktan eh. Pag masaya kasi lahat nagiging tama sa paningin mo. Di mo na naiisip na may mga tao kang pwede masaktan who dont deserve it.

Tsaka naniniwala din ako sa kasabihan na kung madali mo nasulot, natural madali rin yan magpapasulot sa iba.

I love you so much

And Im sorry I could not be perfect. Im sorry I had to find you at a time we were in such bad predicaments. Otherwise, I would have had no reason to do what I did. You know how I adored you almost everyday, and made you feel how much my life means with you in it. I used to say I am the luckiest man alive because no matter how sh!tty my day gets, as long as I had you I will always have a reason to say life was beautiful. Now Ill never have that privilege again. You wont even see me as the same person I was before. I would have given anything to make you understand again the way you did before. But more importantly for you to be the person you loved so much when you are with me. I wish I could make you see how so much is worth saving. And that how we can so much be rewarded if we only choose to survive this.

It hurts so bad I have to watch you be taken away from me. You who I have loved more than anything I had in this world. But no matter. I will gladly choose to keep this sorrow for losing you the way I did. Than lie to myself that someone could ever take your place.