Monthly Archives: November 2008

Two more days until Twilight!

This movie is driving me crazy! I can’t wait to see it! Twilight will be shown here in Manila on November 26. Shen, Tim and I are going to watch it on opening day. Yey!!!

Have you watched that episode where Rob Pattinson was a guest in Ellen? Hay… it made me feel like a teen again! Hahaha

I have read the draft for the book Midnight Sun, Edward’s perspective on Twilight. I tell you, if you got super kilig with Twilight, Midnight Sun will make your heart beat triple times faster! It was really, really good! I hope Stephenie Meyer will release it by December this year!

Survivor Philippines update

I can honestly tell you that I am a reality tv fan. I love watching reality shows like Survivor, Project Runway, Amazing Race, Hell’s Kitchen, Iron Chef and the like.

So it is natural for me to get hooked on Survivor Philippines. Paolo Bediones is really bad when it comes to digging the “dirt” out of what’s happening at camps. There’s no comparison to Jeff Probst. He is so polite and can’t even dig out the true feelings and can’t capture the raw emotions of the castaways during Tribal Council. It would have been great for him to be able to make the castaways reveal their innermost thoughts, just like what Jeff does in the US version.

The action at camp is far more interesting than what’s happening in the US version of the show, though. Filipinos are normally territorial and quite loyal to their own. The castaways were divided into Naak and Jarakay camps. But there are merged now and is now called Chalam. It is therefore uncharacteristic to betray a camp-mate when it comes to the merge. A betrayal happened in the last Tribal Council. And too bad Kiko Rustia, the most recent castoff, is now off the game. I would have love for him to be part of the final 3, being a really honest to goodness player.

Only 8 castaways are left and the show is getting interesting more and more.

More Survivor updates from this day forward.

Fear Factor Philippines

Fear Factor the Philippine version started yesterday at ABS-CBN primetime bida. Hosted by Ryan Agoncillo, this reality show is being hyped by its promoters. I have doubts if this will be successful like Survivor Philippines. The challenges are just so gross, to say the least. Filipinos can stomach gross shows. We are that resilient. But on a daily basis?

Have you seen the premier episode of this reality tv? What do you think of it?

Loving Red!

Okay so this blog is officially going for the dominant Christmas color: red! I am loving this shade so I will be using this theme for now, hopefully longer than most of my themes.

Happy blogging everyone! More updates after this post.

Back in my teenage years

I love teen shows. Up until now that I’m already 28 (turning 29 pretty soon), I still love watching shows with teeners as the lead stars. I remember when I was a teen one of my favorite shows was the California Dreams.

California Dreams is an American TV series that aired from 1992 to 1996. The teen-oriented program aired on Saturday mornings on NBC. It was created by writers Brett Dewey and Ronald B. Solomon and executive produced by
Peter Engel, all known more for their work on Saved by the Bell. California Dreams was about a multiethnic group of teens creating a band and having fun under the sun. The show’s plots combined real-life issues with zany adventures. It covered a range of topics such as fear, using drugs for a competitive edge, falling for scams, letting greed overtake friendship, accepting a divorced parent dating, forgiving others for past wrongs, and dealing with general teen social problems. – taken from Wikipedia

Another show I truly enjoyed when I was a teenager was My Secret Identity. This show came before California Dreams.

My Secret Identity was a Canadian television series in the 1980s starring Jerry O’Connell as 14-year-old Andrew Clements, who, one day while looking for his friend, Dr. Benjamin Jeffcoate (Derek McGrath), trips and is hit by a radiation beam, causing him to develop superpowers. He uses these abilities to fight crime and to help people, but hides them from all of his family and friends with the exception of Jeffcoate. – taken from Wikipedia

And now, after being so popular for how many months here and abroad, after all the brouhaha died down, I got addicted to The High School Musical!

High School Musical is a made-for-TV musical. Released on January 20, 2006, it was one of the most successful Disney Channel Original Movies produced, with a television sequel in production and a movie spin-off in the planning process.[2] The film’s soundtrack was the best-selling album of 2006.[3] The film was shot almost entirely in the Wasatch Front region of Utah (namely Salt Lake City and Ogden).

With a plot described as a modern retelling of Romeo and Juliet,[4] High School Musical is a story of two high school students from rival cliques: Troy Bolton (Zac Efron), captain of the basketball team, and Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Anne Hudgens), a shy transfer student who excels in math and science. Together, they try out for the lead parts in their high school musical, and as a result, divide the school. Despite other students’ attempts to thwart their dreams, Troy and Gabriella resist peer pressure and rivalry, inspiring others along the way not to “stick with the status quo.”

This was Disney Channel’s most successful movie at its time with 7.7 million viewers in its premiere broadcast in the US. In the UK, the cable premiere received around 835,000 viewers for its first run, making the film the most watched program for the Disney Channel (UK) of 2006. – taken from Wikipedia

I go crazy when I hear songs from the show. It’s really good! :)

Oh well… There’s nothing wrong with enjoying teenage shows right? ;)