This Is How Harry Potter Should Have Ended

Tohru and Kyo of Fruits Basket, graying, together until the end. Aww. :)

Or not. Haha. Oh my god, I'm going to grow old and die alone. Huhu. :(

Extrajudicial Killings Aside, This Administration Does Something Good

Woot! Classes suspended tomorrow. One more day to procrastinate and escape into the comfort of cyberspace.
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Rain, rain, on Saturday
Come what may, that's what I say.
Um, hindi ko na matuley.
Hehey.

Sana bumagyo para walang BACBACAN, para walang masaya. Yay!

HP7 Highlights (Part I)

"Dinner, Nagini."

The first chapter described an unconscious person hanging upside down in midair as if bound by and tied to the ceiling with an invisible rope. At the end of the chapter, Voldemort killed her with a curse, and she dropped dead on the table down below her. Voldemort then prompted his humongous snake Nagini for its meal, the lifeless Charity Burbage.

Can you stand imagining that snake unhinging its jaws to limit and swallowing whole its victim without you wincing at the least? Its body bulging with the silhouette of that of a full-grown human. Creepy!
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"He dug with a kind of fury, relishing the manual work, glorying in the non-magic of it, for every drop of his sweat and every blister felt like a gift to the elf who had saved their lives."

For me, Dobby's death was the saddest in the book. Reading this, especially the parts where he was actually dying in Harry's arms and when Harry was etching the words on the elf's grave stone, I almost cried with my bloodshot eyes (caused by the strain of not blinking enough).
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"When my sister was six years old, she was attacked, by three Muggle boys... It destroyed her, what they did: She was never right again."

Albus Dumbledore's brother Aberorth recounted what truly happened to their younger sister Ariana.

I searched Google for something that would say explicitly how she was "attacked". I found nothing official, but it didn't surprise me that people speculate as I do that Ariana may have been sexually assaulted (raped, to put it more bluntly) by three Muggle boys.

To be continued...

One, Two, Three, Four, Fi..., Seven.

You think hearing which character dies in every Harry Potter release diminishes the utility (in layman's term, spoils the fun) before you even get to read the books on your own. What could be more anti-climactic, you ask. Let me tell you, I read books 1, 2, 3, 4; dabbled in the beginning of 5; skipped the entirety of 6; and finished 7 in PDF format in less than a week after the physical books started selling.

I don't know if I should feel proud or stupid. Proud because I finished reading 7 before most of those who acquired the hardbound copy did or will do. And stupid because I acted impulsively, carried away by the thrill of a lead of a mere day of laying eyes on the text over anybody else. (Credit to Jay for the PDF download link.)

Now, am I at the point of no return? Did I cross the line just as Sirius Black himself crossed the veil? If I go through 5 and 6, will I still be able to enjoy reading them, to appreciate the revelations they would present in the order intended by the author? Bakit ba ang drama ko? Titigil na nga e.

I love Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows! The more sophisticated fiction readers out there would proclaim the same, I believe. Every tidbit of truth that unfolded outstood the one before it. HP7 is a very juicy gossip session in black and white. (Not exactly a comparison that would flatter JK Rowling most, but you know what I mean. Hehe.)

To be continued...
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Kampyon daw ulit ang UP CBA sa StratMark. Well, I don't give a care; I'm not a caregiver! Ay, bakit tandang pandamdam? Dapat tuldok lang para mukha talagang hindi ako apektado. Haha.

Hikki Fanboy Moment

Two weeks ago I wrote a fan mail to Utada Hikaru sent through her website.

I asked if she would have made "Beautiful World" differently (or created another song altogether) had she known prior to her composition that it would be used as Rebuild of Evangelion's ending theme, not as opening. I also asked if she will be releasing an album this year.

Addressing her as "Utada-san," I introduced myself as an avid fan from the Philippines. And I have a strong feeling she posted the following (snippet) in response to my fan mail. Feelingero, bakit ba! :P

"I've probably written this before, but I must say it again! I cannot cease to be amazed by all the different places in the world I receive fan mail from! I really do read all my fan mail, and I wish I could write back to each of you, but since that's practically impossible, I will take this chance to say, Thank you!!!"
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Up next, my take on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows!

HP5 Movie Date

My movie date with Teacher Duna pushed through last Wednesday night at Eastwood. Thanks for the company and the treat!

There I was, sitting on the velvet couch in front of Cinema 2, waiting for Dona to come, when I caught sight of a couple that was about to enter Cinema 1. I stared at the girl's familiar face. Then I turned my sight to her beefy, head-shaven companion. Omaghad, it's Paolo Contis and Isabel Oli (sp?)! Star-struck? Not much, as there was nothing really striking about them.

Minutes after, Dona arrived and we proceeded to watching the movie. Fast forward to the end, she said it's the one she liked the most among the five HP movies. As for me, I read only the first few chapters of the book so I couldn't really compare it against the movie, which also I enjoyed greatly. As long as Daniel Radcliffe's in it, any discrepancy is welcome.
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Daniel Radcliffe, why do you have to be so beautiful (and so filthy rich)? Never mind your stunted growth or your crooked teeth! I love you more than ever (especially now that you bared it all)! Huhu.

I see the pits of hopelessness and of low self-esteem ahead. Anybody care to join me jump off? You have to pick only one, of course.

Animefied Freud

"Beautiful World / Kiss & Cry" cover

"Beautiful World" will be the opening ending theme to the first (or all?) of four Rebuild of Evangelion movies. My heart skipped (in a good way) when I saw the single cover. For the Eva fan who knows the anime very well, Utada can be seen depicting the character Rei Ayanami in her (Rei's) quintessential pose.

The single will also include the 2007 mix of Utada's "Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)" (the Sinatra original) another version of which was used as ending theme to the original "Neon Genesis Evangelion" series.

I guess the main reason why Utada was approached by the Eva party to produce the theme and why she consented just as easily is because she is a self-confessed Eva fan herself. She would even allude to or quote from the anime in her personal blog.

But why the hell did I trouble myself hyperlinking when you really don't give a damn? Only Jazelli and I do. Wenk.

Two-night Paris Special

Omaghad, omaghad, Bhagdad! (Click image for more info.)

Ang Pag-ibig, Parang Ice Cream, Natutunaw

Question of the Week

"Nainlove ka na ba? Nyak, yan ang million dollar question ko ahaha. Pero kung gusto mo ng mamisong question, ano favorite flavor mo ng ice cream? Hehe." - T. Duna

Answer: It's not so much "falling in love" as it was obsession. And in that sense (what sense?), I think I've gone gaga over some skunk three times in my lifetime. Each one of these obsessions started with physical attraction, ended at that. Needless to say, I spent my time stressing over the crush while its object, oblivious of my suffering or, worse, denying my very existence, went on with his daily dealings. Next thing I knew, I was wishing never to see the light of day again and growing zits in the process.

My favorite ice cream flavor is and forever will be chocolate. I hate, hate, hate ice cream with nuts, any kind of nuts. Makes me nuts!

Taller in More Ways: Radcliffe, Aytona, Aguilera

It's a date! HP5, Teacher Duna and I, July 17 (Wednesday), which mall cinema, still to be set. Come, let's join us! :P
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Caught Mucho Bobito on "Walang Tulugan," singing Sugarfree's "Ipaglalaban Ko"(?). In furnace, midget boy can reach the high notes. And when he belts, his voice quality does not falter. It remains full and intact, not taking the falsetto way out.

Oh, I think I'm crushing on him again. Elmer Glue Boy and he have the same sullen/half-baked/heliophobic complexion. I like! *Barfs* Excuse me. Haha.
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This Christina Aguilera superfanboy missed her Back to Basics concert. Because it was on a Friday night and it was raining and he had no one to accompany him and... he had no moolah to buy a ticket. Wenk.

And he heard from another superfanboy (who, unlike him, was able to see the concert) that the Christina, she fvcking rocked The Fort! Huhu.

Disenfranchised

Still looking for Harry Potter 5 movie date/s. Come on, people, invite me!
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Setting: UP ABAM TransOrn (AppsOrn) at the UP Alumni Center

I was sitting there spaced out as is usual when I am alone. Indeed, I was figuratively on my own that time. I was surrounded by familiar faces and names, but the best that I had were mere acquaintances. I was thinking; one thought lead to another until it suddenly hit me that I miss the feeling of organizing an event, something that I would own and in which I really would get involved.

So I thought of UP CE's upcoming Acquaintance Party and played with the idea of helping prepare for it. I went as far as considering even the possibility of hosting it (because with anonymity comes confidence. I barely recognize the new faces in CE today much less the names of those faces, and I suppose that the same goes for them towards me.)

Now as I still ponder about it, I think my help would be needed the least. Kaya wag na lang.
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On my way home, passing by Bahay ng Alumni, I was startled by the multitude of clad-in-black, jumping jologs that flocked the facade. Eek!

Wanted: Harry Potter 5 Movie Date

You can just text or e-mail me. I suggest that we watch it next, next week if not immediately next week. And because I'm a cheapskate, it would have to be in a movie house that would charge not more than 200 bucks per ticket (unless, of course, you would be willing to subsidize).

I'm desperate for a companion so please contact me. (If no one would bother to do so, there's BitTorent anyway. Eww, how pathetic!)

Third Movie in Three Days

I forgot to mention, Mich Dulce was in the Kamikaze screening last night, dressed in a cross between the 80s style and the Lolita look. And she's a few sizes smaller in person than on TV.
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Just came from Eastwood and had a movie date with my buddies. Wenk. Watched Transformers with Charree and Diannee. Then we shared a puny pizza at Yellow Cab as if I didn't gobble up three burgers and ice cream at the CE AppsOrn at McDo Katips.

Now I just want to sleep and wait for sh*t to come out. Haha...haym so bored but am too sluggish to still watch Push on UP which my PE prof requires our class to do. She also assigned us to write a reaction paper. What will I write? "Nakita ko ang dati kong crush at nubwisit lang ako"? So to sleep and to sh*t it is. (Sh*t, sayang ang one hundred ko!)

Kamikaze Girls

Yay! One reader took pity and sent in her question for my pathetic pakulo. Her question goes... oh, wait, I stupidly wasn't able to save it. Anyway, my previous hate post intrigued her. Naturally, she wants to know to whom am I referring.

Answer: the *utch and the *utch's *itch. Get it? I'll just assume you do as I refuse to underestimate your gossip IQ. 0:)
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It's the second day of the Japanese film fest in Cine Adarna (UP Film Center). Tonight we (Gen, Vigile, their friends, Levs, and I) watched Kamikaze Girls. Wala lang.

Trivia (which I know will interest only Jazelli): Kamikaze stars Anna Tsuchiya who sang opening and ending themes to the anime "NANA", while Out of This World (the first movie we screened in the fest) stars Joe Odagiri who plays Ginko in the live-action movie adaptation of the anime "Mushishi". Wala lang ulit.

Stop Me!

Grabe, I'm appalled by your density! A black hole is nothing compared to you! No amount of sound reasoning would ever get through to your pigheadedness! You live in another universe with her and with your twisted rationalizations! Stop pestering me! Pvcha, subukan mong sumagot dito talagang gagawa na ako ng gulo sa buhay niyo! Leche!

Pakulo Still Ongoing

All right, no one's pansining* (a shoutout to tsarrycholei) my pakulo. Checked my account and there was only one new mail: a spam from Xtube.
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My bet won! Bea is PBB Season 2's Big Winner! She earned it, she deserves it ("Mammy Bey, be hhhanest!") And the prizes, my gulay, she could already retire with those and skip her inevitable venture into showbiz.

As for Wendy bitch, I think I'm developing a soft spot for her again. Oh well, at least she's gorgeous and has a nice set of upper teeth (Observe it closely if ever she feigns wailing again.)
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Pvtangna, Juday's on TV, singing, dancing, and doing sexy acts! *Fidgets*

Pakulo

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