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It's all very exciting as it's Noel's first time to be part of the finalists for the Philippine Blog Awards Special Awards Category! :) Of course, I'm extremely proud!
The prize is a nice Canon printer. Details are below:
Philippine Blog Awards
Awarding Night
March 31, 2007
6PM - 8PM
Podium 4, RCBC Theater
RCBC Building, Ayala cor. Buendia Ave., Makati City
Attire: Semi-formal to formal
So hope to see you guys there! This is a dress-up event. :)
Noel and I were supposed to have a nice movie date last Friday- had I not suffered from heat stroke and passed out in Greenbelt 3! :( See it was an extra hot day and we had extra rich food at Bubba Gump- somewhere we hadn't eaten at in years, which we thought would be fun to try again. We had fried shrimp, Caesar salad, a shrimp kebab and a lemon up each. (Noel had a shocking pink one and I had a blue one- these are flavored lemonade, case you're wondering)
We dropped by Music One afterwards and started listening to stuff at the listening station. I put on my jacket to prepare for the freezing movie theater airconditioning (I was already wearing corduroy pants). Suddenly, the music seemed very loud, I had to remove the headphones from my head and take off my jacket. It became really hot and the room began to sway. It was also getting hard to breathe and I was afraid I was having some kind of heart attack/heat stroke. I told Noel I'd step out first- he was surprised I just left my drink and popcorn on the counter. I found refuge in First Aid a few steps away. They have a salon right beside the shop where I sat down, still feeling very woozy. I remember calling Noel to tell him where I was and he said I sounded fine. Moments later, I felt myself shudder and saw about 5 or 6 very worried-looking people surrounding me. They kept asking if I was with anyone and if I was feeling ok. I kept asking them what happened. One of them said: "You put your hand to head and started saying ow! ow!, then you collapsed in the chair." I was in disbelief as I don't remember saying those things nor passing out! :( They said they massaged my hands so I would come to, and gave me a glass of water.
When Noel saw me, he said I was extremely pale. It took a while for me to be able to get on my feet again to get back to our car. Noel wanted to take me to the hospital, but I just wanted to go home. The winding down car park wasn't doing too well for my wooziness. By the time we were in Paseo de Roxas corner Buendia, I told Noel I had to hurl. He asked me to wait till he pulled up on a side street. I tried to push down the button for the windows to go down in time. Too late. I started tossing my cookies. :( It looked like a very bad hang-over scene when we were finally pulled up by a curb. People were staring at the "girl who probably had too much to drink". I still don't know how we made it home. After a cold shower, I collapsed into bed. Thank God for my husband and those kind people. After that episode, I will never eat rich, fried food again!
Verdict: ASTIG!!
The first time I heard about 300 was through the apple trailers site. It covered 2 poster sizes instead of the usual 1. So you knew it was going to be big. But at that time, I'd never even heard about it, much less seen the comic book... didn't even know that it was from the creative mind of Frank Miller. I mean I was wondering what all the hype was for and who the actors were. All Apple site showed were clips from "the making of.." I dismissed it as another epic movie wannabe.
But weeks after that time, they came out with the first trailer. I saw that it was from Frank Miller and was stylized... not far from what they tried to achieve in Sin City. I was a Sin City fan and loved how they did it. This made me excited to watch 300.
After months of anticipation, it was finally released in theaters yesterday. And I think we were one of the first countries in which it was released. So did 300 meet my expectations? It went beyond them! This movie was meant to be seen on the big screen. I remember coming out of the cinema, saying: "Damn! I wanna watch that again," like a ride I want to get on again and again.
The production design was flawless. Editing and post production gave the mood a boost. I thought the acting and casting were very good. Although the language the actors used was inconsistent, using modern slang one minute and old world speech the next, it just made the movie more "astig." I mean when King Leonidas cries out, "THIS IS SPARTA!!" you knew that this was going to be one kick-ass movie about just how superior the spartan soldiers were!