Movie Dates

MOVIE DATES
-ryandgreat, starbucks 6750

the past months of my life have been so laid back, i have the luxury of time to watch movies in all kinds and forms!

one movie after another movie at home for a dvd/vcd marathon
(thank you video city! for the free rent!)

and spending movie time with my prens at the cinemas almost every week!

November 2005 | the I-Max experience! (photo: Jay-r Cator)

June 2005 | another I-Max experience (photo: Jay-r Cator)

we've seen the highly anticipated 3d version of the the return of superman

that was shown on the first i-max theater in the philippines located at mall of asia

we watched the first screening and experienced long lines at the ticket booth

the 3d glasses were so cool! but it wasn't fully utilized and unfortunately only selected scenes were in 3d and not the entire film


and because we're not satisfied with the first 3d i-max experience

we watched another 3d film and it's a full 3d movie titled t-rex it's all about about dinosaurs!

and then one particular movie that we watched twice and i can't exactly recall why we have to watch it twice, the lake house starring sandra bullock and keanu reeves

we've heard few things about the movie and it was apparently inspired by the 1950's film "somewhere in time"

and another localized film moments of love of dingdong dantes and iza calzado that was shown early this year

out of curiosity (because it was controversial) and most importantly i am a tom hanks die-hard fan! i gave in watching the da vinci code

at the post movie dinner jay-r and arni had deliberately comparing the nuances of the book and the film!

i really don't have to say anything about it because i'm not interested in the film   
and lastly, we've seen x-men on its first day of screening at the mall of asia last may

and this is special to me because it's the first time that we went out on a movie date right after graduation

during college our normal hang-outs to (whenever we skip classes) we go for a movie date

and we've shared a lot of pretty good memories and here's hoping for more movie dates to come! malapit na ang filmfest! hahaha

SM Mall Of Asia's History

SM MALL OF ASIA'S HISTORY
-ryandgreat, mall of asia pasay city

i first heard of a huge mall construction at the reclaimed area in pasay city on 1999

at that time archdiocesan shrine of Jesus: the way, the truth and the life was also inaugurated,

it was the very first establishment and only structure in that reclaimed area and later on it was developed for a commercial and business center

henry sy of sm helped the development of the church that includes Pope John Paul II youth center and adoration chapel

we've been attending holy mass, simbang gabi at the shrine since then

and we're an active participant of the traditional annual gift giving after Christmas eve mass and also fireworks display during new year's eve mass

i remember so well, on one particular Sunday of decemmber 2000, we saw lea salonga seated behind us, 

we're such a huge fan! can’t help but look at her and then after the mass she granted us an autograph, too bad we didn't have a camera!

before it became SM Mall of Asia as we knew it today,

it was once an empty space, where you can plant a tree or practice driving, the place was ghost town! and no public transport in sight

and last may it was formally inaugurated to public, been there several times already but its only today that i get to see it closely and i am impressed

i think sm mega mall is now far, far behind sm mall of asia, literally and figuratively

Pinoy Pop Santos

PINOY POP SANTOS

-ryandgreat, araneta coliseum

santos emerged as the grand winner of pinoy pop superstar year 2 held at the araneta coliseum last night

i do not want to preempt anyone hence the primetime telecast will be aired tonight, so i'll just share some highlights of the event

my long-lost pren who happened to be a weekly contestant of that show for that season invited me to watch it,

apparently he didn’t make it to the finals and were both seated at the audience side

it's like watching a concert,

the grand opening number was led by no less than regine velasquez where she's suspended in the air while singing i believe i can fly

the rules of the competition during the finals night were the same rules that they have on regular elimination night

7 contenders competed during round 1 then only 4 contenders advanced for the next round

and from there on, 2 contenders emerged and competed for the title with same song with the same criteria

i'm expecting for aicelle and gerarld to win but more on aicelle since she can pull it off and and could follow the footsteps of rachelle ann go,

who's also a product of a talent search following the success of sarah geronimo


i'm also rooting for rosemarie, a contender from usa, but too bad she was eliminated during round 1

the first winner jonalyn viray haven't done so much after a year from her momentous victory as grand champion. we've never felt her presence at all 

i think this isn't her time and unfortunately succeeding winners from different singing contests on tv, after rachelle ann go, did not become superstars

In Or Out

IN OR OUT!
-ryandgreat, robinsons place manila

a radio commercial that featured colegio de san juan de letran CLASEd’s “Adopt-a-School” community involvement

was our group's final output for our advertising class 

the objective of the project is to impart a more active community involvement

and also to mobilize the letran community (students, faculty, non-academic personnel, parents and alumni)

to lend our support to manila high school that needs assistance 

letran considered manila science high school a “neighbor” since it is just a stone’s throw away from letran

and we've also been active in providing a practical training to our adopted brothers and sisters in manila high school

we visited the school last week and found out that the main building needs to be repaired or renovated

it has 51 classrooms but 5 are non-serviceable.  most of the rooms are not well-ventilated, including the automotive/practical arts room.  

the school has a population of 3,524 students, it has only 1,900 existing armchairs

there is a small library but the books in circulation are inadequate. it also has a computer room but there are only a few functioning computers

we ought to give assistance that includes book donations and computer laboratory enhancement

January 17 | the producer and the talent at the radio booth (photo: Jayr Cator)

January 17 | recording and mixing (photo: Jayr Cator)

meanwhile, our group did try our very best to produce a radio plug that has relevant information

to drive a tangible results among students of letran 

and our objective to help raise books for our adopted school, manila high school

through this ad, we'd like to encourage the letran community to lend their support and help raise books and aside from this is also a part of the midterm examination for the subject radio and tv advertising

the big selling idea here is the library, an act from a scene in the library,

there are no books available for a student who is harping into getting the books that he wants to borrow for his exams.

we presented a slice-of-life format, a usual scene inside the school library, an interaction between the student and the librarian..

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TITLE: IN or OUT as of January 16, 2006 / 11 P.M
RT: 45 seconds
Nameless Production


CATOR Marlito, CEDILLO Aliver, ENCARNACION Julius, LIBIRAN Lady, SOYOSA Ryan


1 SFX AMBIANCE OF SCHOOL

2 STUDENT: Good Morning Po! Ma’am pwede po ba humiram nung Science and Health

3 book?

4 LIBRARIAN: Sorry, pero naka out pa eh!

5 STUDENT: Eh, yung English book po?

6 LIBRARIAN: Ay, di na namin pinahihiram yun dahil sira na!

7 FADE UNDER STUDENT AMBIENCE

8 STUDENT: Ganoon po ba?! Naku, pano na, exams na bukas!. (sigh)

9 BACKROUND MUSIC

10 LETRAN STUDENT: Ito ang kadalasang nangyayari sa Manila High School. Kulang ang mga 

11 libro, kaya kadalasan, kulang din ang kaalaman.

12 Mga kapwa ko Letranista, tulungan natin ang ating adopted school.

13 Bahagian natin sila ng mga librong pwede nilang magamit sa

14 pag-aaral. Makipagugnayan na sa Center for Community

15 Development. Para ‘di na mangyari ito:

16 LIBRARIAN: Yung book sa Algebra!, wala tayo nyan!

17 SFX: STINGER