May 27, 2010

PRINCE OF PERSIA: The Sands of Time movie review

fulfilling prophecy has not been easy for Dastan. an orphan found by the King of Persia and raised him like the royalties with the talent. during that time, Persia has been greedy of power converting every nation as its own.

Prince Dastan (Jake Gyllenhaal) takes in peace among two nations representing Persia after making a deal. afterwards, he finds himself to be in exile accused of the murder of his foster father, the king. to clear his name, the only thing that can save him is by an enchanted dagger sent by the gods but is in the hands of the guardian in Alamut. he gets involved with the mission of the guardian to return it to the gods but that was not an easy task to do with all those who chases them.

Jake did very well with his character as Prince Dastan. the look and the costume fits well with him with his rusty and bad boy look. he did his stunts outstandingly, did a lot of parkour training. CGI is also great, of course what can you expect from a Walt Disney movie especially with collaboration with Jerry Bruckheimer? storyline is good and you will never get bored with the scenes.

PRINCE OF PERSIA: The Sands of Time is now in theaters.

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AMERICAN IDOL 9 HIGHLIGHTS : LEE DEWYZE!

American Idol 9 has just concluded. after 5 months of singing and surprises, America has voted: LEE DEWYZE!

Lee Dewyze, 24, is from Illinois. do you think he looks like Danny Gokey from previous season?

battle for the top spot is with mother from Ohio, Crystal Bowersox. she has been a crowd favorite with her wide musicality and great voice.

Bowersox and Dewyze

Idol's finale highlighted Simon Cowell. the terror judge got the spotlight after his announcement of leaving the show for the next season. a special tribute to Cowell has been presented. with all the fuzz and this special arrangement for Simon, would it be the same for next season? or will there be a next season?

other performances during the finale are by KISS, Hall and Oates, Janet Jackson, BeeGees, Alanis Morrisette, previous Idols, Kelly Clarkson and Ruben Studdard, and previous Idol Judge, Paula Abdul. even wannabe William Hung performs in the finale, LIVE!

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May 26, 2010

SEX AND THE CITY 2 movie review

SEX AND THE CITY 2 continues the lives of Carrie, Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte after two years. also after the "I do's" of Carrie and Big. Miranda and Charlotte goes on dilemma with women careers and Samantha, the same escapades.

sparkle goes to the Middle East! the ladies daze off from New York to Abu Dhabi -- thanks to Samantha Jones' PR deal. the ladies get to enjoy a 7-star hotel treatment and experience the heat at Abu Dhabi. party, luxury and men were on the list of course.

the world stops for the four of them being on the other side of the world. but strange and bad things happen. Carrie had an agreement with Big that led to danger in seeing Aidan; Charlotte and Miranda apparently both suffer motherhood but Samantha gets jailed after hitting the dunes for an Arabia architect.

indeed nothing really matters for all of them. they're soul mates as Samantha would say. each would help any one that gets into trouble and they're always together no matter what.

like the first movie, you'll be in awe of what a girl has been dreaming of. the luxury of getting all that you want in an instant. i just don't get what the Arab ladies' significance in the last part. but still, it's not a boring movie. you'll laugh, might cry and fall in love as what SEX IN THE CITY can offer.

Catch the girls in theaters starting June 2 distributed by Warner Bros.

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May 22, 2010

SHREK FOREVER AFTER movie review

the final chapter in the hilarious fairytale adventure of an ogre in SHREK FOREVER AFTER will leave all fans to laughter.

SHREK FOREVER AFTER gives the story of Shrek who endured the routinary days of fatherhood and being the king of Far Far Away. more over, he had a quarrel with his wife Fiona and lost his temper during the 1st birthday celebration of his kids. with all the tension he had, he wished to have the time of his life, resulting to dealing with Rumpelstiltskin. unknowingly, this dwarf has been envy and following Shrek's life and now found an opportunity to take over the poor ogre's life.

thru a magical contract, Rumpelstiltskin has successfully took Shrek's life and ruled over Far Far Away. Shrek had realized he had been tricked by the dwarf and now Far Far Away is in total disaster. no one knows he existed, even his close friends, Donkey, Puss in Boots, Gingy and wife Fiona. to get things back to order, they figured out that True Love's Kiss should end the magic of everything and all will return as it had been.

SHREK FOREVER AFTER is a hilarious movie but i think the first three installments are funnier. you won't miss characters like Gingy, Puss and Donkey adding to the cuteness of Shrek's and Donkey's kids. i will surely miss this series. and you should have to check it on 3D.

SHREK FOREVER AFTER is released on May 21 by Dreamworks.

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May 19, 2010

HBO's favorite ladies are back in the big screen

Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda are back in the big screen with SEX AND THE CITY 2 movie - - this time, more glamorous and sparkling than ever!

these four friends will take you from New York to other corners of the earth enjoying the fun, laughter, misery and temptations that would happen after you say, "I do." the glitz and glamor of being a woman and having fun that never stops. life has never been this exciting for the four ladies.

this is a screenplay and by direction of Michael Patrick King, based on the popular TV show by Darren Star bringing life to the characters made by Candice Bushnell. the film stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon, with John Corbett and Chris Noth.

get CARRIED away as Sex and the City 2 will be released in the Philippines beginning June 2, 2010 by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.


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Jollibee on Glee

i have not seen the latest episodes of Glee since it's run last month. it was surprising that the leading food chain in the country, Jollibee, gets a cameo appearance on the said show.

photo has been shared by blogsite http://inothernews.tumblr.com/ and has been circulatiing in the social networking sites since its appearance.

this is a big marketing strategy for Jollibee versus known competitor in the US, McDonalds. see video below from Yahoo.


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May 10, 2010

PHILIPPINE ELECTIONS 2010: The Ohmski Coverage

today is a very historical date for all Filipinos that will cast their votes for Philippines' fate for the next 6 years. i really made it sure to cast my vote from the start of the day to avoid long lines.

got up by about 7AM and then washed a little before getting into the precinct. it was easy to find. we headed to Saint Gregory Elementary School -- just a walking distance from home. we found the lines starting to build up but this is not a time to leave.

precinct officers and watchers take charge of the lines. senior citizens and handicapped were given first priorities on the lines. but as time gets longer, the line for seniors and handicapped also lengthened so we are a little left behind. we reported this incident so that every batch would have senior citizens and non-senior citizens. then everything went well on the lines.

as i entered the polling precinct, the officer scanned the list and i hate my picture there. is there a way to update that picture? hehehe... it was my voting application ID when i was 18. not a very good sight to me. haha! signed the back of the form and put my thumbmark. then i proceeded to another officer that will hand me the ballot.


the ballot is a porous paper that why the pen ink blots to its back. it has faced the same problem during the dry run of the polls and i was very careful to shade those circles. i still don't know what material did the marking pens have so that other markers don't access the PCOS machines. it's just a plain pentel pen.

getting in front of the PCOS machine is the most exciting part. you will just feed the ballot and then wait for a few seconds. i thought that the machine won't read my ballot because i was so excited to see the message: "CONGRATULATIONS, YOUR VOTE HAS BEEN CAST" on the screen. but after around 5 seconds, the message appeared. and then have your index fingered dropped with indelible ink.

COMELEC, your indelible ink easily gets off. but good for the honest citizens like me, i won't be coming back to the precinct to cast another vote. please improve this next time.

and for all Filipinos out there, let's continue to pray for good outcomes. good luck to all of us.

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May 7, 2010

NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET movie review

Freddy Krueger will raise the hell out of you in Michael Bay's remake of the 1980's NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET. Freddy takes on his revenge to the former students of Springwood Kindergarten by telling the abuse of "trusted" school gardener to Nancy. unfortunately, all the other students were brainwashed by their own parents to forget the traumatic experience they had with Freddy.

i don't know what's happening in Hollywood horror movies. the movie didn't really had that scary appeal unlike the movies before. i haven't seen the original Nightmare movie and this remake didn't give me the spooks that i will take to my sleep. it only had this surprising moments that i laughed at.

maybe my friends were right. digital enhancing spoiled the movie. well, the craftsmanship was good in cleaning the movie effects but it didn't posted the message that Freddy Krueger was supposed to be scary.

Nightmare on Elm Street will open in Philippine cinemas starting May 12.

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May 6, 2010

THE LAST SONG movie review

after A Walk to Remember and The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks, comes his first screenplay featuring a stubborn girl who finds love and gets confused by all the instances that came her path on a summer vacation. might be her most memorable but learning has always had its way.

THE LAST SONG features Miley Cyrus, playing Ronnie who had been a victim of unfortunate events, twists and mistaken identity but then learned to love and move on, forgiving the people that may have caused her sufferings. read full synosis from IMDb

as usual, Nicholas Sparks stories bring people to love with some funny and cheesy moments and then jerk tears near the end; it never fails. Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth could be nominated for BEST KISS.



Miley Cyrus tried this mature role nicely. but still i can imagine her Hanna Montana image but she played the role pretty well. her musicality and acting were displayed here and i think the casting agents did a great job.

THE LAST SONG will bring Nicholas Sparks fans to Philippine theaters starting May 12.

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May 4, 2010

A-TEAM Reboot

80's TV blockbuster THE A-TEAM now comes into the big screen with Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Sharlto Copley, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Jessica Biel.

this time, the A-Team having hailed from the recent Iraq war become renegades headed by master tactician Col. Hannibal Smith (Neeson) along with Lt. Templeton ‘Faceman’ Peck (Bradley Cooper), Capt. ‘Howling Mad’ Murdock (Sharlto Copley) and Sgt. Bosco ‘B.A.’ Baracus (Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson) are being pursued by the government’s Lt. Sosa (Biel) for a crime framed by an unknown influential military personnel.

this A-Team rendition is very much different to the 80s version where the Alpha Unit was a squad of disgraced Vietnam war vets. "The new team is made up of covert operatives who ran missions during the most recent Iraq war and get hung out to dry for crimes they didn’t commit. This adaptation is more in the spirit of Christopher Nolan’s ‘Batman’ update,” said Joe Carnahan, director of The A-Team, to the LATimes.com.

he also added that this was more set in present times in order for the new audience to relate to it.

A-TEAM will be released in Philippine theaters June 11th. distributed by Warner Bros.

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May 2, 2010

I touched KELLY CLARKSON's hand!

i know that it's really overacting to broadcast my title of this post. but last night's concert was the best ever that i've attended! and being a Kelly Clarkson fan, i'm so glad that i was able to see the one-night show.

at first me and my friend were just seated at the staff lounge waiting for the concert to start. thanks to our reliable FOH IDs that we are accommodated nicely by the production. celebrity sightings on ZsaZsa Padilla and daughter Karylle and long-time couple Troy Montero and Aubrey Miles at the VIP / Patron section of Araneta Coliseum. Robbie Domingo did his feature gig for MYX Channel.


the concert started at exactly 8PM with Miguel Escueta and his band doing the front act. after the set, a 30-minute break to accommodate more incoming audiences. by 9PM, it's lights out then Kelly Clarkson walks in and started singing All I Ever Wanted.


a lot of people rushed and gathered in front of the stage reaching for Kelly. me and my friend stayed by our seats but we stood cheering up for our idol. after a few songs, we are able to get really RIGHT IN FRONT OF KELLY HERSELF! i tried to reach out her hand and she was nice enough to reach back. i thought i would really faint. hehehe. and my friend also touched her hand.


as from my previous post, all songs that i've listed were sang except for A Moment Like This. and her finale was My Life Would Suck Without You. really, that night didn't suck. and for 1 and half hours of Kelly music, the line up was cool and i had the time of my life.

here is one of Kelly Clarkson's songs from last night:



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May 1, 2010

The Philippine Stock Exchange

i got a chance to enter the Philippine Stock Exchange yesterday. thanks to the invitation to Colayco Foundation for Education's Investability Seminar that gave us an overview on investing and of course, the Philippine Stock Market.

i never thought understanding the Stock Market would be very easy. it's just like the regular marketplace where the difference is, you're going to buy a part-ownership of a big company or if your budget is higher, you can buy more stocks. there are about 250 registered companies in the PSE and about 130 accredited brokers that would help you buy or sell these stocks.

we got a tour around the Trading Room and the gallery of the PSE memorabilia. the panels that you see with those scary numbers shouldn't be feared of. it consists of 7 panels consisting of the company names, highest selling amount, lowest selling amount, the number of stocks traded, the L/T (sorry i forgot what it stands for) and two others. haha. i'll let you know when i come back there.

the Philippine Stock Market opens every 9AM and closes 12nn or upto 1210PM. the PSE bell is sounded to open and close the trading session. if the bell rang at noon, the pricing will stop but trading will continue following the closing price.

opening an account at the PSE
there's no standard price of opening an account at the stock market. besides, this is investing. if you can also invest in the time, that would also be good. it is also not advisable to have many brokers as you want, ONE GOOD BROKER would be enough. and you can start for as low as Php 5000 depending on the price of the stocks that you have to buy. good decision making is also required so that your investment will not go to waste.

this morning is the annual stockholders' meeting. so if you have stocks in the PSE, you will surely get that returns if the investments are good for last year. ;)

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