An Update and a Tag...


Ah, I missed blogging!

I've finally gone back to work on the 1st (of this month). My job makes me want to go nuts and all sometimes, but I really do enjoy it. After being on-leave for almost two weeks, I really missed the sessions and the people. The Japanese admin staff are a little stricter now and I think it's all good. I have no problems with following rules as long as they're reasonable. It's very busy mornings and Mondays for me again.:)

The semester is also nearing its end. This means that papers to be written are piling up at the moment. I have three papers to write and a final exam for one course. And, thing is my professor is not one to accept mediocrity in papers and answers. Plus, I still have to submit three other papers to two other professors. Now, as usual, I'm still waiting for inspiration! Waaah! :(

If there's one thing that excites me to no end right now, it's Ramadhan! Ramadhan will fall on October this year. How fast time flies! I'm so happy that it's just around the corner and that I'm still around to enjoy it! I just wish I could spend some Ramadhan days at home come semestral break! Spending Ramadhan at home is really something. The spirit of the Holy Month is much more felt. It's just different. :)

Oh, I miss home! I miss my parents. I miss my sister. I miss my LoveLove. I miss my friends. I miss MSU! Hay!

By the way, it was MSU Day on the 1st! Belated greetings of a very "Happy MSU Day" to all MSUans!

My mom told me that the OIC President of MSU (since the Search Committee hasn't chosen "the right wo/man" for the position yet) is a certain General de Leon, an Armed Forces official. I cannot believe that! I could take seeing military men going around the campus and using our gymnasium as their temporary quarters. I could even take seeing freakin' armor/battle tanks, misplaced like dangling modifiers, inside the campus. These things and people were not (and will never be) needed there, but it was okay. We were all okay with all that; we didn't complain. But, the university being run by the military?! Oh, come on!!! I don't want to really write about this right now as it gives me bad migraine attacks! It's just disturbing! Tsk, tsk, tsk...


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Movie Tag...

I’ve been tagged by Toni!

Total Number of Films I own on DVD and Video:
I own 65 DVDs and 9 VCDs. I have a list of them right here in my PC! :)


The Last Film(s) I Bought:
1. Robin Hood (the old version, i.e. with Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland)
2. Kurosawa's Seven Samurai
3. Citizen Kane


Five Films Which I Watch A Lot / Mean A Lot To Me:
1. Hero (with Jet Li, Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Zi Yi, etc.). This is my most favorite movie. Watching it is like "watching poetry" because of the magnificent cinematography. It's just beautiful! :)

2. Bring It On (with Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku and Jesse Bradford). This isn't really one of my favorites, but I can watch it over and over again. I love watching the cheerdancing. Spirit fingers!

3. Pay It Forward (with Kevin Spacey, Helen hunt and Haley Joseph Osment). I just looove this movie. It always makes me want to do something good to other people. It always reminds me of goodness. And, it never fails to remind me of the "right path" that I should be following.

4. Braveheart (with Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, etc.). This is another one of my favorite movies. I think I've watched this movie more than ten times. And, the more I watch it, the harder I cry!

5. My Sassy Girl (with Jeon Ji-Hyun). This is a Korean movie. It was the first Korean movie I saw and one of the very few love/romantic films that I actually really liked. I'm not a sucker for love/romantic films, you see. Another thing is that I sort of see myself in Jeon Ji-Hyun's character. Hehehe:)


Five people I’m passing the baton to:
I'm going to pass this to movie lovers who read or might come across this entry. So, if YOU love movies... you're tagged! :)


Comments

Patrick said…
I miss MSUIIT now ... darns recently they had their palakasan and I missed that :(
9/10/2005 12:18:00 AM
BabyPink said…
yeah! august-september ang pinakamasayang weeks sa MSU. foundtion day ng halos lahat ng colleges at department, magsisimulaa sa august. unya, linggo ng wika. unya literary and musical contest para sa university foundation day. unya intrams!:) concerts, shows, debates, contest left and right! diha na ang sleep-overs sa mga colleges ug mga kung anu-ano pang kabaliwan ng MSUans!:)
9/10/2005 01:46:00 AM
Dr. Emer said…
So you like Jet Li's Hero. Have you seen Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Kung-Fu Hustle? If you enjoyed Hero, I'm sure you'd love these films, too. :)
9/11/2005 06:03:00 AM
Dilip Mutum said…
65 DVDs. Wow thats a lot. I have mostly CD's (3 boxes) but am now building up my DVD collection (less than 30 at the moment now).
9/11/2005 09:52:00 AM
BabyPink said…
dr. emer, yes, i've seen "crouching tiger, hidden dragon" and i like "hero" much, much better. i haven't seen "kung-fu hustle", though.:)

adam, i guess that's a lot. and, i used up my allowance on them, too! hehehe:)
9/11/2005 10:45:00 PM
Toni said…
Napanood mo na ba yun House of Flying Daggers? :D Ok rin. And ang gwapo ever ni Takeshi K... something. Hehehe.
9/12/2005 11:01:00 AM
BabyPink said…
hello sis!:)

ay, siemps!:) takeshi kaneshiro. hangguapo nga! gusto ko din 'yung movie na 'yun pero mas gusto ko pa rin talaga ang "hero".:)
9/12/2005 07:04:00 PM
Teacher Sol said…
Babypink, ako naman...I miss the Philippines!!!
9/15/2005 10:17:00 AM
BabyPink said…
teacher sol, i guess it's tougher kapag ganyan ka kalayo sa bansa. hay!
9/15/2005 09:53:00 PM
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