One More Chance Movie Review

i dont know where to start or to begin this,i hate doing this but i dont have a choice but to tell people how nice and really heart -melting movie this is, i’ve never expected to love this movie.. why is that? first, its tagalog, im not a fond of tagalog movie coz its always and most of them runs the same sequence or like you know the sequence of another sequence, something like that.. but this movie is great- i mean tlgang maganda ang production ng movie- its like even you’re trying to make a guess of whats nxt sequence or dialogue- its not the same as you think, the director made a very good approach on this movie and even the scriptwriter- its not just a common filipino dram movie- there’s a catch and every thing is in very detail, i like the story coz its like its much of the real scenario of some of my friends..

i’ll never be ashamed of this first tagalog movie review that i’ll be doing, since the movie is good and of course the situation itself of the movie really star struck my way back scenario, exactly the same.. the first thing i’ve notice is the sequence of the movie, its not just running as typical movie pinoy drama movie, you cant even guess what would be next to the sequence or scenario, that’s what i’ve seen, the director catches the great intimacy of the new generation of directing, and also the writers, very well written ung mga dialogue, well, i wont just make it as 5 star rating but a perfect ten.

here’s the story:

Will you change that love or love the change?

Popoy (John Lloyd Cruz) and Basha (Bea Alonzo)
have been together forever.

Their love story started when they met as students
in the university. Popoy was taking up Engineering
while Basha was a freshman in Architecture. They
have been inseparable ever since – they did everything
together may it be eating, studying or attending
parties. Their families loved them, they shared friends,
they eventually worked in the same firm and their life
plans revolved around each other. There is no Popoy
without a Basha and vice versa. In short, they were
certain that they will get married someday and build
a home together -literally and figuratively. Architect
Basha will design and plan their dream house while
Engineer Popoy will be the one to build it.  Everything
is perfect. At least that is what Popoy thinks.

Popoy and Basha struggle whether to hold on or
move on.

Just Say No: Five Reasons to Turn Down a Job Offer

Employer caution has extended the hiring process by weeks, even months. You may interview for a position several times, in person and by phone. No matter how long the process is and how well you’ve gotten to know your potential colleagues, it’s still perfectly acceptable to turn down a job offer. In fact, there may be many valid reasons that you should politely decline an opportunity, assuming, of course, that you’re not in dire financial straits.

 

 

 

a japanese sign for bad work.. 

 

1. The word on “The Street.”

Is the company’s stock price tanking? Or is there talk of a merger? Both of these things could indicate that layoffs loom large, and the position you accept today may not exist in a few months. To calculate your risks, speak with industry experts, do your due diligence on Yahoo! Finance, and consult with family and trusted friends. If you still want to accept the position, try to obtain an iron-clad employment contract.

2. A revolving “Employees Only” door.

A certain percentage of employee turnover is normal. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average voluntary employee turnover in the U.S. for 2006 was 23.4 percent. However, high employee turnover should raise a red flag for any potential worker. Research a company thoroughly before accepting an offer. Also, be sure to listen carefully during the hiring process. Do interviewers keep referring to folks who’ve left the company or mentioning a total lack of redundancy? These could be signs that people are leaving faster than replacements can be recruited.

3. Money isn’t everything; it’s the only thing.

If money is a major factor in your decision to accept a new job, think twice before you do. In fact, think three times. Even four.

Depending on your personal financial situation and how much more you’d be earning in a new job, money may not buy you on-the-job happiness or professional fulfillment. It may not even guarantee career advancement. Assess your finances. Revisit your career goals. Look at the situation with a big-picture view of your future. Making a move for a modest increase may not be worth it if there’s more long-term potential with your current employer. Also, be sure to calculate your entire compensation package to make sure that you’re not forfeiting a valuable retirement or insurance plan for a bigger paycheck.

4. All work, no life.

There’s a time in almost everyone’s career where they have to put their nose to the grindstone and work almost to the point of burnout. If you’re just beginning your career or starting a second one, this may be what lies ahead for the next few years. However, if you’re a mid-careerist with a family and personal obligations, it may not be wise to accept an 80-hour-a-week job. Consider the impact your new schedule will have on you and your family. Will generous vacation make up for the longer hours? Is there flex time available so you can still attend family functions? Can you work from home? Forfeiting invaluable work-life balance benefits without assessing the consequences can have a devastating impact on your personal life.

5. A bad reputation.

Going to work for a company with a reputation that’s been sullied by a corporate scandal or that isn’t well respected can, in turn, sully your resume. Investigate any potential employer’s standing within their industry. Solicit opinions from within your network as well as that of an executive recruiter. You may learn that it’s better to be a top salesperson at an admired organization rather than a VP of sales at a suspect one.

 

 

Caroline Levchuck, Yahoo! HotJobs

 

My baby is coming soon..

well, i was hook into photography right now and trying to establish a name on it here in philippines using my new Olympus e500 DLSR camera, im quite excited to have it in my hands, i cant even barely wait to click the button to take my very first shot of this camera. wow! its coming soon.. i’ll be posting my VERY FIRST SHOOT soon.. here’s some of the photo of my new baby

My HOCKEY world

Hockey is any of a family of sports in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a ball, or a hard, round disc called a puck, into the opponent’s net or goal, using a hockey stick. The dominant version of hockey in a particular region tends to be known simply as hockey, other forms being more fully qualified.

 

  

 

 

 

Hockey is played on a large flat area of ice, using a three inch (76.2 mm) diameter vulcanized rubber disc called a puck. This puck is often frozen before high-level games to decrease the amount of bouncing and friction on the ice. The game is contested between two teams of skaters. The game is played all over North America, Europe and in many other countries around the world to varying extent.

The 64-member governing body is the International Ice Hockey Federation, (IIHF). Men’s ice hockey has been played at the Winter Olympics since 1924, and was in the 1920 Summer Olympics. Women’s ice hockey was added to the Winter Olympics in 1998. North America’s National Hockey League (NHL) is the strongest professional ice hockey league, drawing top ice hockey players from around the globe. The NHL rules are slightly different from those used in Olympic ice hockey – the periods are 20 minutes long, counting downwards. There are three periods.

Ice hockey sticks are long L-shaped sticks made of wood, graphite, or composites with a blade at the bottom that can lie flat on the playing surface when the stick is held upright and can curve either way as to help a left- or right-handed player gain an advantage. Variations in curves include its lie and its curve type. Most companies that produce sticks have sponsored players and in return, use their custom curve on publicly retailed sticks. To shoot with a left curved stick, the stick is held with the right hand at the top and the left hand partway down the shaft. To shoot with a right curved stick, the stick is held with the left hand at the top and the right hand partway down the shaft. Most people who are right handed shoot with a left curved stick, and most people who are left handed shoot with a right curved stick. This keeps their dominant hand at the top of the stick, allowing more control. Sticks also have flex numbers, a number on the stick that can go from zero to 100. It indicates how much the stick will bend before breaking when pressed on the ice. This flexing is what enables slapshots.

There are early representations and reports of hockey-type games being played on ice in the Netherlands, and reports from Canada from the beginning of the nineteenth century, but the modern game was initially organized by students at McGill University, Montreal in 1875 who, by two years later, codified the first set of ice hockey rules and organized the first teams.

Some notable players in ice hockey are Wayne Gretzky, Gordie Howe, Maurice “The Rocket” Richard, and Dino Lelis.

source:

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hockey#Ice_hockey

Enchanted Kingdom

@ THE GATE (jandriv,kaye,janrai,pom,ice,kat,gino,raph,and ace the photographer)

 

@ filinvest road before going to EK (gino,kat,ice,pom)

@ bench – thinking

crazy people!

kinda tired..

eo! whats up!?

@ fate wheel

friendshittttttt!

friendship? well, i dont know where to begin or even to start this, i was at the 3rd floor building of our church earlier this evening and was looking far, thinking, the difference of my friends.. why? how?, that’s all was keep running through my mind when i was standing and resting, alot of big Q was there, comparing the friendship to one-another situation, its kinda hard telling this but there’ s a huge difference between them as well as i am observing the scenario of my world, even before i was starting to attend church, meet other people but i was really not appreciated by some of this people but into this situation got struck and continue even those people aren’t like me.  that’s not new to me, as years go by, i was learning, accepting the people around me,  the reality itself was so hard to comprehend, left behind by otheres and coping up with them is hard, hard as rock as they say, but i dont care, as long as i have them and even they dont like me, just as i know that i need a friend, a true friend, friendship that will last forever,. even i was inside the church, i really dont feel that my friends really care then, i used to call them friends but not even one treated the way i want it, but things change, right now, i feel the way how people longing for my presence, otherwise the other dont need me, i was gone through for a year but nothing change, never they even pay a visit or give me chance to prove that ME, also need friends that will appreciate me as a person who made a this, who made that, just a little but never heard anything, dont get wrong but im done..i dont know if i will let go of this but i cant coz there something that binds me with them, i hope i have those chance or neither some will have the chance to recognize the friendship, the hardship of friendship. i was thinking if im just being pity to myself but maybe i am not, i was just here to write and to explain.but having a hard time to do so..

HOW by Joseph Dela Cruz Contantino

 

 

Verse I
How do you stop a man from fallin’?
i dont know. so ask myself this.
How do you heal a heart from bleedin’?
the way it shows,
how will i ever take this

Verse II
How do I keep my mind from dreamin’?
I dont know. should I stop myself here?
Why do I linger with this feelin’?
the way it shows,
how will i ever break this

Refrain
somethin I cannot hide
coz I’m broken deep inside

Chorus
To say goodbye, to let you go
To say the words, for me to show
The way I feel, to me its real
Oh Lord, please help my heart to heal

 

First Love by Utada Hikaru

 

Once in a while
You are in my mind
I think about the days that we had
And i dream that these would all come back to me
If only you knew every moment in time
Nothing goes on in my heart
Just like your memories
How I want here to be with you
Once more

You will always gonna be the one
And you should know
How I wish I could have never let you go
Come into my life again
Oh, don’t say no
You will always gonna be the one in my life
So true, I believe i can never find
Somebody like you
my first love

Once in awhile
Your are in my dreams
I can feel the your warm embrace
And I pray that it will all come back to me
If only you knew every moment in time
Nothing goes on in my heart
Just like your memories
And how I want here to be with you
Once more
yah yah yah

You will always be inside my heart
And you should know
How I wish I could have never let you go
Come into my life again
Please don’t say no
Now and forever you are still the one
In my heart
So true, I believe I could never find
Somebody like you
My first love
oh oh

You will always gonna be the one
And you should know
How I wish I could have never let you go
Come into my life again
Oh, don’t say no
You will always gonna be the one
So true, I believe I could never find
Now and forever 

 

 

Dating: The Musical

 

The hills are alive with the sound of my thoughts. Asking me about dating is like asking me to expound on the intricacies of nuclear fission or consulting me in the fine art of auto repair. I rarely date. There are many reasons for this: I think too much; I’m brutally honest; I’m not smooth; I’m too picky, and I just don’t have any skills… oh, and I’m scared of girls. Other than that, I’m fairly well adjusted. Since I am such a novice at dating, I’ll tell you about what I know — the anguish that I go through in simply trying to ask a girl out.

So let’s start at the very beginning (a very good place to start)…

 

There once was a doe-eyed girl who was very dear to me. I met her through mutual friends, and I thought that after all of my searching, I might have found the one. After much thought, I decided to call her and employ my patented, never fail line.

 

“Umm…like I was wondering if maybe, I don’t know, if maybe we could do something sometime.” Pretty good, huh? Surprisingly, even though I created the line back in sixth grade, it has worked every time I’ve used it. That’s been about twice. There are a host of possible responses that run through my mind every time I consider using the line. They begin with the simple.

 

“Yeah…that would be fun. I’m just really busy.” How about a little creativity? Give me a tall tale about a dog bite or a bee sting.

 

Worse than that, though, is the pronoun reference trick.

 

“Yeah…WE should do something sometime. We’ll have to get everyone together and plan something.” Ahhh! Doesn’t she know that WE means ME…it’s the name I call myself. Or how about the excuse that is common in Christian circles.

 

“Yeah…I don’t date, I only court.” That Josh guy who wrote I Kissed Dating Goodbye doesn’t realize how much grief he caused his fellow Christian males. He’s married now.

 

Yet another common excuse is the quick subject shift.

 

“Yeah…I don’t know. Hey, what do you think of Bush’s foreign policy?” This leaves me with a long, long way to go, but it beats an honest answer.

 

“No .” Ugh! The most painful word in the language. Proverbs says that an honest answer is like a kiss on the lips — not in this case.

 

Finally, there is always the chance that a ray of golden sun could shine down, and she could agree to do something. That is what the doe-eyed beauty did.

 

“Yes, I’d like that.” The words stunned me, and I had to ask for a verbal reconfirmation.

 

“You would?”

 

“Yes, what would you like to do?”

 

Silence.

 

“Umm…I don’t know.”

 

I’ve heard that cool guys have dates all planned out in advance. Obviously I’m not one of those guys. I had been so concerned about the who that I had overlooked the what, when, where, and how. The who was the most important part, and the who said “yes.” We could go to a theater, the beach, or Wal-Mart at noon, nine, or midnight by train, plane, or automobile, and as long as the who was there, who cares about the other details?

 

The who cares about details.

 

…And it brings us back to DOH!

What Guys See That Girls Don’t

 

 

Without ever lifting a brush you paint a picture of yourself with the clothes you wear and the demeanor you project. What picture of yourself are you painting?According to the fashion industry, less is more – way less. Low-rider jeans, midriff revealing shirts and bra tops are everywhere, leaving us to wonder is modesty in fashion at all? Is it possible to dress fashionably and modestly?

In her book, What Guys See that Girls Don’t, author Sharon Daugherty discusses why modesty and fashion are important issues, especially for Christians. With Scripture as her basis, she speaks frankly to young women about the impact their dress and behavior has on the opposite sex.

The author recently discussed her book.

What is the term ANS that you refer to in the book, and how does it relate to this issue of modesty and dress?

The ANS is the Automatic Nervous System. It controls many organs and muscles in the body. It is involuntary and acts in reflex to our environment. A person has no control over the ANS because it functions involuntarily. For example, when someone experiences sudden fear, the ANS reacts immediately without a person thinking about it and their heart rate increases and they may break out in a cold sweat. They didn’t decide to make their heart rate increase or break out in a cold sweat. It just happened.

Guys and girls are made up differently. The ANS in a guy is connected to his sexual system. A guy can be walking down a hallway when suddenly around a corner a girl is bending over showing the top of her thong as it rises above her low-rise jeans. Then she stands up and her breast cleavage shows under the tight blouse she’s wearing. Immediately, the ANS in a guy causes his heart rate to increase, his hands to break out in a cold sweat, his body to break out in a cold sweat, and he has to make a decision. Does he look another way and get control of his thoughts, or does he keep looking and let his imaginations go wild? Most girls think that just because they don’t have a problem looking at a guy with no shirt on that a guy should be able to control himself and not have a problem if they want to show their body. Guys are turned on by sight.

Is it possible for girls/women to dress modestly and be fashionable at the same time?

Sure, it’s possible to be fashionable and modest at the same time. You have to choose to select cute clothes that still cover up the body parts that need to stay undercover. Sometimes you have to buy a size bigger or have something altered at the seamstress.

This issue of modesty and dress really goes deeper than just a fashion statement. You tie it to hedonism and a greater change in our society that is taking place. Please share what you have seen.

Hedonism says “Whatever feels good do it.” It is an attitude of being free to do whatever you want to do and not feeling responsible for anyone else’s feelings. It actually is selfish and doesn’t consider how it could cause a brother to stumble. Another mindset of our society today is the post-modern mindset which doesn’t believe there is any absolute truth or absolute morals. Post-modernism believes truth is always changing and people have to keep searching for it. They believe everyone determines their own moral values by experience and no one can say someone else is wrong or right because they didn’t believe like them. They believe everyone’s values and beliefs are equally right. They don’t believe the Bible is the absolute truth so they reject the absolute morality that the Bible teaches. This is why some people would have a problem with modesty because they don’t accept the Bible’s moral boundaries. They want to cast off all restraint and boundaries to live their lives the way they want to. The problem is, if a Christian lives with this attitude, they will cause others to stumble and will even bring great heartache and pain to their own lives.

You talk about the process of being changed. If someone is listening who realizes that they need to change how they have been dressing what steps do they need to make other than just changing their dress?

Change starts within the heart. The first step is surrendering your life to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ not only died on the cross to save you from going to hell, cleansed you from sin, and destroyed Satan’s power over your life, but He also saved you to come alive inside of your heart and set up His Kingdom and rule in your life.

Once you surrender, then He has the ability to speak to you in your thoughts and you’re open to listen to Him. Without surrendering your will to Him, the Bible’s teaching on modesty might just sound legalistic. You’ll find that you have to keep yourself in an attitude of surrender to the voice of the Holy Spirit because each of us has a strong will that has to be submitted to His lordship.

Once you surrender, then begin to read God’s Word daily. As you read God’s Word, it will read you. In other words, it will talk to you in your thoughts. You’ll begin to bring your life into submission to the way God thinks instead of living by your own feelings and thoughts. Romans 12:2 says as we renew our minds by putting God’s Word into our lives, we will not be conformed to the world’s way of thinking, but we will be transformed in our thinking to think the way God thinks.

In your book you refer to the “love test” which is a key element for someone to take to determine are they really dressing in a way that is pleasing to God. What is that test?

Jesus said that the greatest of all the commandments that God has given to us as Christians is 1) to love the Lord our God with all our hearts, all our souls, all our minds and all our strength and, 2) to love others as much as we love ourselves. He said all the other commandments from God stem from these two commandments, and if you keep these two commandments you are obeying all the others (Matthew 22:37-40; Mark 12:30,31). If we keep the law of love, we’ll keep all other commandments (Romans 13: 8-10). When you love God passionately, you want to please Him and bring honor with every area of your life. You think about whether you would grieve Him or glorify Him by something you do or something you wear. You also think about how you come across or relate to others. You understand that others are affected positively or negatively by your life. You love your brother enough not to want to cause him to stumble and sin by the way you dress. You understand that he has to manage his thought life and keep it pure, so what you wear could help or hinder him from a pure thought life. Romans 14 and 1 Corinthians 8 speak to us about not using our freedom to hurt our brother’s weak conscience. The love of God wants to do everything it can to help others grow in their relationship with Jesus and not cause them to fall from their commitment to know Him.

The love test helps us examine our motives. “Motive” is the reason behind what we do or say. Is my motive for how I am dressing pure, or is it based on a lust to be lusted for?

When your motive is pure, you place a self-restraint on what you wear, what you say, where you go, etc. Purity in motive affects everything in your life.

Love accepts responsibility for others and considers their walk with God. The law of love, of course, is based on surrender of our wills to his convictions and leading.

By Sharon Daugherty