Christmas in September...?

It's September 1st!

I'm quite excited for this month because most (rather.. all) of my favorite TV shows are going to be back! And there are also new TV shows that I am excited to watch. Actually, I have marked my calendar for the month of September with the TV shows' schedules. 

Other than the TV shows, another thing I'm excited about (every time September comes) is.. Christmas. I know that you think it's early for that but it's already the start of the -ber months and soon enough, it's already Christmas! Days go by faster when we're on the -ber months. I don't know if it's just me but that's what I noticed. And every time it's September, I started to hear Christmas songs and some of the malls here sell Christmas stuffs already. It's making me even more excited.  Add the fact that I do my own countdown before Christmas. haha!

I guess from the last paragraph you can say that Christmas is my favorite Holiday/Season. (Oh wait! Look what came on shuffle! Do They Know It's Christmas by Band Aid! ha! Even my iTunes is excited for Christmas.. Okay.. Going back..) I love this holiday. Every thing is about giving and love and sharing and happiness and the mood just feels so right. Here in my country, I can say that we love Christmas that we prepare for it early. Like.. September! Some prepare earlier than September. Honestly, Christmas decorations bring this light mood around you when you look at them most especially at night, when Christmas lights are on. I remember last year, it was December and I was watching Glee's Christmas episode (where Sue was the grinch) and I had the lights out in the living room and only the Christmas lights were open. It was a.. happy moment for me. It is very melodramatic, believe me, I know. But it's just how I felt that time and as I've said, Christmas decors (more on Christmas lights) bring this light mood around you where you just feel so happy and thankful and content.

What is even more exciting preparing for this holiday is the shopping. When my mum was still working, she would text me to meet her in the mall and we'll shop together. Not just to buy stuffs for me and for her and for the house but also for her friends. It was fun. You can feel the Christmas rush and it's like... every thing is on sale! Then we'll go home around 8pm or 9pm carrying numerous bags! Fun times. I also enjoy wrapping gifts. It's tedious but I like it. Strange, I know. 

And when I am at home, I listen to Christmas songs and watch movies where the setting is in a Christmas holiday (Love Actually!!) or there's a scene in that movie where it's Christmas. Believe me, that will make me happy. :))

See how time will go faster starting this day. Before you know it, the news will already be doing the Christmas countdown and other Christmas-related stuffs, and.. before you know it, you'll find yourself shopping with everyone who hasn't bought gift for their loved ones yet. Christmas rush!

Christmas countdown. 115 days before Christmas!

-F.M.W.

One Day...

Well.. I was hoping to watch it alone. But my mum seems so shocked at the idea of me watching a movie by myself in the cinema. (good gracious! I'm twenty-two years old, mum!) So, I asked her if she wanted to watch it, too. She asked what it's about and who the actors are. I think it was because 'Anne Hathaway' is in the film that made her want to watch it. So ,yeah, I watched it with my mum.

I was really looking forward to this movie 2 months ago when I read a synopsis of it somewhere, and found out that it's based from a book by David Nicholls, and I had high hopes for this film especially because I read the book just last week (though I bought it weeks ago). Anyway.. We had the perfect seats in the cinema and I prefer if no one sits beside me. :))))

Much to my dismay, there were 2 girls who sat beside me. Actually, I don't really mind if there's someone else sitting beside me. I just don't want my seat mates to be really...chatter-y. Annoyingly chatter-y. And they were!!! I heard the other girl saying to her friend about the movie.. Y'know, something happens every year on that same day stuff. So I assumed she read the book and won't be that... shocked in some scenes (most especially where there are nude parts involved). But she didn't read it. And again, much to my dismay, she was reacting so hard with her friend as if she's read it.I'm so mean, but whatever.I had my period this morning, case closed. They kept on saying (to Dexter. I don't even know if they know Jim Sturgess before this film, or if they have seen other films of his) "OHMYGOD HE'S SO GOOD LOOKING!" Blimey! I've heard them say that countless times! And same with Anne Hathaway "OHMYGOD SHE'S SO PRETTY!"Again, countless times they've said that. It just.. annoys me. Okay, we all know Jim's good looking and Anne's beautiful, but just stop it! Can't you just watch? And oh, yes! Their reactions!!!! They get too carried away and can't contain themselves. They'll hit each other, I mean, on the arm or on one's thigh. And.. they are so prude (from what I uhm... observe) I mean, REALLY!!! They were so shocked seeing nude stuffs in that film. as in shocked! -__- They also kept on talking about love stuffs.. 'She lived with Ian for years but then she didn't love him? Ouch.' Emphasis on the OUCH. Best not to comment on that. Basically, they're just chattery friends who can't contain themselves who also happens to sit beside me. I find myself rolling my eyes at some of their comments. 

BUT... I enjoyed the movie. It was a good thing that David Nicholls was the uhm.. screenplayer..? (Is it screenplayer or just screenplay? whatever.) But y'know, some of the scenes in a particular year was really short. I'm like 'That's it?' But it was all good. Anne Hathaway's accent is fine with me and she did good portraying Emma Morley. Her.. uhm... SPOILER ALERT! Her.. demise was really tragic. I know it's gonna happen and that's what I've been excited to see in this film--how they're gonna do that tragic scene. And boy...it left me shocked and shattered and sad. Just like how I felt when I read that part in the book. And for Jim Sturgess... Well.. he was a part of why I wanted to see this film. I love this yet another English man. I loved him in 21 and in Across the Universeand.. I just had this feeling that he'll do really great in this film. And so he did!! And.. YEAH. HE'S SO FREAKIN' GOOD LOOKING, OKAY? Fit for Dexter, the Golden Boy (according to Ian Whitehead). He was so great acting out Dexter's ways.. being drunk and drugged and high and wasted.. Just as how I've imagined Dexter in the book. And Ian!!! OHMYGOD. I didn't expect that Ian would look that way. He looks kinda funny to me.  I also didn't expect to see Georgia King there as Suki. I was like 'OOH! SHE WAS IN WILD CHILD AND TORMENTED!!" lolol. And Sylvie.. boy, do I hate that character. And yeah.. she was okay. I mean, Romola Garai (Sylvie) really made me hate that character even more. Convincing. Well done.

So.. that was what happened to me this afternoon. My One Day movie experience! :))

OH! I just would like to share this quote from Ian Whitehead when he spoke with Dexter.. God, this was really touching.

She made you decent, and in return you made her so happy, so happy, and I will always be grateful to you for that. 

I remembered that in the book, Ian wrote Dexter a letter and I cried on that part. It was the most touching part ever. I just couldn’t cry at the cinema when I heard that.

And… lastly.. I found this gif here in tumblr. To whoever made this gif, well, hi! And thanks for making this gif. I love this gif.

And.. A lot more gifs..

P.S.

This film does have a lot of lessons to teach us. Particularly, you know… Dexter’s life. Good God, this book and film will always be one of my favorite! Go read it!

Thanks for reading. (that is if someone really read this thing.)
gifs are not mine.

-F.M.W.

Short blurts

It's that time of the month again where my emotions are heightened. I'm having "THOSE" times again. I feel lazy. My bossoms hurt. I just want to eat... and eat... and eat... and be a couch potato. 

Today, I woke up at 9:35am. I slept last night at 12mn--past 12mn. So waking up at past 9am is just okay. I ate breakfast, turned the TV on and passed on the E! Channel. I am just so happy that our cable now has this channel. I tuned in and I was surprised that they have that great line-up. I mean... I KNOW that E! Channel has great shows but I never thought that their line-up will be THIS great that I tuned in up to 3pm. And now, I'm watching Glee Season 2 re-runs. The episode wherein Kurt's dad had a heart attack and Finn have this grilled Cheesus and it's really making me hungry right now. So... I'm finishing this blurt fast and I'll be a couch potato. The lazy song is applicable to me now.

DON'T JUDGE.

-F.M.W.

"I pledge to read the printed word."

WOW!

It's been a while since I blogged. Actually, I was pretty busy doing nothing but reading. Every week, I am reading something. I have never loved reading so much not until now.

I love to read. I've always loved reading. When I was a kid, my mom would always let me read newspaper and then tell her what I understood. Of course, she'll let me read the easy-to-understand-kind-of-news. I was a kid then! Then, she bought me books. Fairy tale books. Short children stories. AND I LOVED IT. I tried to read everything in that thick book and even re-read my favorite stories because I want to get out of reality and be in the story I'm reading. It's like traveling.

As I was growing up, I ask my mom to buy me some books. I'd settle for Sabrina, the teenage witch books then 'cause I love that show. And every year, in our school, there is a book fair and I'll always look at what kind of books they have. I remember buying Sweet Valley High novels. And remembered hating Libby so much. :)) Then on my 6th grade, I had my very first book report. It should be a classic novel. And I remembered picking up Heidi in the library. From there, I started loving classic novels. And as I entered high school, there were a lot of classic novels we discussed on my English class. And.. I don't know but I'm just fascinated with everything classic. They're all very good, be it music or stories or anything. It's.. great.

As I go along high school, I didn't have the time to buy and read more books. I was busy with school and I am exploring stuffs. It's like there's a lot going on. :)) But when I have the time, I read. BUT.. It was more of fan fictions when I was in High School. I even wrote fan fictions then. 

Then I entered College. I REALLY DIDN'T HAVE THE TIME TO READ. Seriously. The only books I read was... Tuesdays With Morrie (book report, Philosophy class), Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and the Twilight Series when I was in my senior year. That's all. If I was 'busy' in High School, I was dead busy in College.  The only books I get to read are my Nursing books. :/ 

And now.. I read a lot. I think it is to make up for the 'years' I lost not reading. It all started last April 2011. It was a holy week and before the malls close down on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, I decided to read something. And then I picked up Fallen by Lauren Kate. From there, I got addicted and on the next week, I bought its sequel, Torment. After that, I researched about that novel, even becoming a fan of it on facebook and then I saw someone said 'The Mortal Instruments series.' I researched for it and I was intrigued by it. So.. I hunted it in the bookstores and I had a hard time looking for it, actually. I kept seeing The Mortal Instruments: City Of Fallen Angels and realized it was the fourth and latest book. Then I found a boxed TMI series. It has the first three books and without a doubt, I purchased it. I didn't go and buy the fourth book but I found a replacement for that. I saw Clockwork Angel and realized that the author of it is also the author of TMI. So that day, I bought the first three books of TMI and Clockwork Angel. By then, I was happy. :)) I was busy reading day and night. But before I started Clockwork Angel, I bought the fourth book of TMI. I was completely happy! :))

After I finished all of those, I kept on researching for more good books to read. I came across My Name Is Memory by Anne Brashares. I was kind of.. curious about this because the lead characters' name is the same with the Fallen Series. Daniel and Luce (Lucy in My Name Is Memory) and they were like star crossed lovers and Daniel knew Lucy for a looooooong time and was in love with her since then and HE never forgets her. I bought it and it was good. Now, I'm waiting for its sequel. I know there will be. It's a major cliffhanger in the end. :)) And after reading that, there came Passion, the third book in Lauren Kate's Fallen series. Before I started reading it, I re-read Fallen and Torment first. :)) And after I read Passion, which is so awesome, I already have Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick. I, again, had a hard time looking for it in the bookstores but.. they're not just about to go out of stock on me 'cause I have to read it. I read it last week and before I finished reading it, I purchased its sequel, Crescendo. I am about to finish it but I figured that it could wait for the night. I enjoy reading at night. It's when my imaginations are really good. :)

There are a lot of good books to read that are in line for me. FIRST OF ALL, I GOTTA HAVE THE HUNGER GAMES TRILOGY. And I know that sooner or later, I'll have it and I can't wait. I don't think it's gonna happen after I finish Crescendo because I have .pdf files of The Vampire Academy (which has 6 books, therefore, I have 6 .pdf files of it) and Halo. mmhmmm.. 7 more! I am just so excited every time I read YA novels. These are the things I missed when I was in College. 

STILL TO READ:

The Five People You Meet In Heaven

The Vampire Academy Series

Halo

The Immortal Series

One Day

Across The Universe

Silence

Harry Potter books 4 upto 7

The Super Sad True Love Story

Prophecy Of The Sisters

The Wolves of Mercy Falls Series

Born at Midnight

Divergent

...and a lot more.. :D

-F.M.W.

Will's Letter

I found this translation of William Herondale's letter to his parents and sister. Good thing it was translated or I think I'll cry. LMAO! 

Mother, Father and little sister 

Today I’m turning seventeen. I know that writing you means I am going against the law, so I will probably rip this letter when I am done writing it. Like how I did every birthday from seventeen, but I’ll write it anyways to outline the occasion – like someone that every year goes to see a tomb of a dearly beloved. Who knows if you remember today, seventeen years ago, that you have a child? Who knows if you think of me and imagine my life here at the institute in London? I doubt that you can imagine it. Here it’s all different from our house, surrounded by mountains with an immense blue sky and a green that you can lose your eyes in. Here everything is black and gray and brown and the sunsets are painted of blood and smoke. 

Who knows if you worry about the fact that I’m alone or how mother used to do when I am cold and go out under the rain without my hat? Here no one worries about these details. The risk of being killed from one moment to another is very high and the possibility of a cold has no relevance.

Who knows if you knew that I heard you the day you came looking for me, when I was twelve years old. I hid under the bed to keep away the sound of your voice yelling my name out loud, but I heard you. I heard mum because she was looking for her little one. I used to bit my hands until they bled but I didn’t come down. I asked myself often why you guys left me a Nephilim. I don’t know if you believe that they were cruel or cold but to tell you the truth, I didn’t find them like that. 

Charlotte in particular is very gentile with me, without knowing that I don’t merit her attentions. Henry is crazy like a horse, but he’s a really good person. Emma would have laughed a lot with him. There’s little good to say about Jessamine but she’s a none-threat. On the contrary there’s a lot of good to say about Jem. He is the brother that dad says I should have had. Blood of my blood - although we’re not even related. For all that I had to lose in my life, his friendship I have gained. 

By the way, there’s a new arrival at home. Her name is Tessa. Do you know when the clouds of the ocean gather on top of a mountain? There. That gray is the exact color of her eyes.

The last paragraph of his letter... I find it really sweet.

-F.M.W.

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Casting

SO... Lilly Collins have been casted as Clary Fray. AND... it's been like a torture to TMI fans as who Screen Gems will cast as Jace Wayland. Last May 31, 2011 (or June 1, here in the PH),  Jamie Campbell Bower have been casted as Jace. 

Of course, many fans of the book reacted. Most of the fans wanted Alex Pettyfer to be Jace. He's like the top choice but according to articles I read, he declined. Then there's the "TOP THREE" contenders: Ed Speelers (Eragon), Leebo Freeman and Jamie Campbell Bower. A lot of fans also wanted Max Irons and lately, posting a photo of him in his "Jace get down", is Ben Stone.

I wasn't there when the book of City Of Bones and the TMI novels started. I was really pretty busy those years what with the licensure examinations review and all. And just this summer, I started reading books because I was so bored of getting on line on my social networking accounts everyday and nothing happens. I, then, started reading the Fallen novels by Lauren Kate and after that, I was curious about this 'The Mortal Instruments' novels so I bought them. And I loved it. And from there, I knew what the hype was all about. It's like the new generation of Harry Potter. Fans are very passionate about it especially that it's going to be made into a movie. They wanted it to be perfect and I'm one of the 'they' btw. :)

So going back, I became... passionate in this YA novels I read particularly TMI. I, personally, wanted Alex Pettyfer to be Jace Wayland. He's perfect for the role. But then, as I've said, he declined. So, the next actor I wanted to play as Jace was Ed Speelers. I really couldn't see Leebo Freeman as him. Neither Jamie Campbell Bower, but he was my next choice after Ed Speelers. Then, Ben Stone.

But things happen and not according to how we wanted it to be. Jamie Campbell Bower was casted as Jace. To be honest, my heart sank when I found out. My Tumblr dash was all about him as Jace. I was in denial at first. And I wanted to rebel against Screen Gems for doing that but what will my rebellion do? Then I started to calm down and read Cassie Clare's tweets and said that JCB (Jamie Campbell Bower) was the perfect Jace. She saw JCB's audition and she said that it was 'unfuckingbelievable.' And with that, I felt okay with it. I have nothing against JCB. I don't hate him. I like him. But y'know, I just wanted what I want and it's just really upsetting if you didn't get what you want. So in the end, I was able to finally accept JCB as Jace. He's a good actor and I know he can pull it through. He just needs to have that heavenly body of Jace  and I think he'll be great.

The 2 main characters have been casted already. Things are going to be... I guess pretty fast from now on. Casting Jace was like a long journey for the pre-production of this film. I can not wait for the other characters to be casted. 

P.S.

Alex Pettyfer will always be my Jace. And I ain't mad that he turned down the role. 

-F.M.W.

Mad Rants

So I'm back. And.. I'll be blogging my rants now. I'm just so... mad. But I'm controlling my wild madness.

It's just so annoying when one lies to you and what's more annoying is when YOU, yourself, find out. Even more maddening, is when one ignores you purposely. I was like "whats wrong with you?" It's just a simple damn question and you cannot respond and I don't know why and also, you're starting to ignore me. It's not like I'm gonna scold you or what. You just have to answer my fucking simple question and if you just did, this would never happen. 

Actually, I think you're making it hard on yourself. You're making more problems with me and it should bother you. Maybe you don't think about what other people think about you but think about it. Somehow it's enlightening to know what others think about you so you can change that part of you which is really.. not so nice. You think you're that lovable and nice--yes, it's true and I see that-- but... deep down, you're just another bad person. Don't get me wrong, everyone has their bad-person-part of themselves. I have that too. And I'm not being biased but I can say that you're just worse than me. You may not realize it. And you might say that I just said that because I am mad. But, no! I am thinking clearly here and this is not just my hormones talking. I would've not blog about my mad rants here if I did not do some observations. 

Don't you, somehow, feel bothered? at all?  Aren't you bothered that you're doing this kind of things to someone who's not worth of this all? We're past the kiddie stage. I remember when we're kids and we just ignore each other just for some petty thing we'd done to each other. And now, we're grown ups! Can't you see? This 'petty' thing should be over by now. Hell, we should've been MATURE enough to handle it. Hello? We're not kiddies anymore. Aren't you aware that we're already adults? Good heavens! Maybe you are an adult--age based-- but emotionally, tsss... nah.. You're just another kiddie who tells an adult to 'back off and let me enjoy ignoring you for this petty thing YOU have done.' Act like an adult, please! Don't have that comeback on me. It's annoying and childish. 

Just so you know, I'm not stupid. I wasn't born yesterday. I KNOW what's going on.You're acting like you're a god. Bitch, please! You're not god. And I think you're trying to imitate someone fabricated. And I THINK THAT'S JUST PLAIN STUPID. 

You ought to know.

-F.M.W.