something new and the expected at Ms Universe 2008

first few minutes into the video:

my only comment was: now that's an un-beauty queen! the first time i saw an outgoing ms. universe wearing a tux. bravo!! now that's a queen in my book.

the remaining mintues:

hindi pa ba nagsasawa ang mga tao na lagi na lang nasa line up ang venezuela? second name ata ng pageant na to eh ms venezuela. hehe

it's a good thing an asian won last year or else i would've lost hope in these pageants haha.

and yes, ms. usa fell again. trend perhaps? would ms. usa do it again next year? three's a charm you know. =)

go speedracer go!

ple and i watched speedracer last saturday in megamall. much to my excitement in getting to watch a premiere, one thing slipped my mind. it was the 3 day sale of megamall. so imagine my shock when i saw almost the entire metro manila population (exagg, pero it felt like it) walking the whole stretch of the mall. babies, infants on strollers, mothers, fathers, grandparents, kids, lovers, you name it they were there. along with the sweltering summer heat. it was torture.

the upside of this, i was able to buy 2 cute sandals for work. yey!

so anyway, on to speedracer.

i'm not going to go into the full movie review thing. i'm not going to pretend i'm this expert on movies. so i'll just post as a typical blogger who was able to watch a movie - after all these years. the last time i was able to watch a movie was... a long time ago. see, i can't even remember the last movie i saw.

but i digress. on with the comments:

> the film was colorful. vivid, striking, in your face colors. it was like watching a comic book come to life.
> the cgi was superb. but quite dizzying especially the racing part.
> obviously it was directed by the matrix directors. the signature matrix "chenes" we all know.
> everytime we see Rain, we can't help but snicker and remember his clear commercial.
> i find cristina ricci a bit old for the role of trixie. but i guess she looks quite cartoonish to fit the part.
> there were some parts that were quite dragging that i can't help but make chika with ple while watching. hehe sorry ple!
> overall, it's a light movie that the kids would enjoy. i think mine will with their love for cars and all.

but we are still looking forward to watching Ironman soon. :P

dancing with two left feet

during the holy week, we were able to catch up with our dvd collections. we watched step up 2 the streets. and i must say, it was an entertaining movie. upbeat and light at the same time.

we weren't up for some heavy movies to watch at that time so this was a fitting movie to watch.

we actually enjoyed watching. makes you wish you have the talents of a dancer. that's what aishi and i thought after watching.

but personally that wouldn't happen to me because, for the life of me, i can't dance that way. one, it scares me, two, i don't have the flexibility of jello to begin with.

so i'll just stick to dancing in my head where i'm the expert in everything. ha!

now, must find the prequel to this one to get the story.

movie date at home

i noticed that i am on a roll here posting a lot of entries today. heehee

anyway, as mentioned in the title, aishi and i had our movie date at home, with my brother. after mass we went to MCS to buy us some DVDs. (yeah sue us for patronizing pirated stuff - we would rather buy things for the kids you know) Aishi wanted to buy the dvd version of The Secret - i wanted to read the book. bought a few other movies and series.

we decided to watch Jumper last night. it was good in the beginning until the middle. but when it came to the ending, all i could mutter was yun lang? ganun lang? i even figured out halfway that his mom was one of those who gets those jumper people. dun pa lang sa part na sinabi na umalis ang mom niya when he was five. tapos na mention nung isa na they get to realize their powers when they turn five, huli na eh.

so there, i didn't enjoy much the movie. but it was fun imagining that what if you do have that kind of ability. i'd do the same. travel the world and not minding the airports, the passports, the visas. that would be quite cool.

so, what movie will we watch later?

clearly not for me

we currently ran out of our usual shampoo which is head and shoulders, especially the menthol variant so we had no choice but to use clear. we bought clear out of curiosity and well, the lure of the advertising world. hehe

and i must say, clear is not friendly to my scalp. not at all. for the past week, my scalp has been itchy and my hair dry and hard to dry. so, no we're not going to buy clear again.

we're sticking back to head and shoulders. even if we don't have dandruff, this brand has been really kind to my scalp. and the reason why i love h&s? because this is the only shampoo that delivers its promise. if it says menthol, you'll really feel that your scalp is a bit menthol-y? or you feel that usual tingling sensation when you eat menthol candy. there.

i'm going to buy h&s later when i get home. itchy scalp, this is too much!!

birthday date

last sunday, a day after aishi's birthday, we decided to go out. just the two of us, like before. we missed those days when we would just go out and eat and just enjoy each other's company. so after hearing mass, we decided to have dinner. he knew i was craving for pasta so we decided to eat again at A Veneto in Glorietta.

Never in our lives have we tasted carbonara so atasty and creamy and filling than in a veneto. it was heavenly and priced just right to share for two or three. and the pizza is equally divine. most of our friends and family would know that we like our pizza all meaty. i remember aishi and i would sometimes fight over the meat toppings in our shakey's pizaa because it was that good.

but i digress.

we went there around 7pm after hearing mass and braving the pouring rain on the way to glorietta. but after parking his car, the rain stopped. which is a good thing since we have to cross the street to get to the place.

what i didn't like about the place is the fact that there was a sign that said we have to wait to be seated but there's no one to greet us at the door. we stood there for a good 20 seconds in hte hopes that there would be someone to lead us to where we can sit. but i changed my mind since i was really hungry and craving their carbonara already. i could hear them calling my name. haha

so we decided to find a seat so that we could start eating. over-all service was ok, considering it was dinner-time and there were a lot of people. we didn't have to wait long for the food it arrived just in time for my stomach to give out one last growl.

i think we were done eating in 30 minutes. haha the food was that good. and we went home with happy tummies.

we ordered by the way:
carbonara with chicken
all meat pizza
and onion rings

next to a veneto, we love the carbonara from pasto too. but aishi can replicate the recipe. :)