Grey's Anatomy Season 5: September 25, 2008

my favorite group of doctors from Seattle Grace Hospital (aside from the medical team of Dr. House) will be back for another season. hmm... i wonder what will happen to Meredith and McDreamy's relationship. hopefully, George and Lizzie would break up coz i don't really like them together. whatever.

Ugly Betty Season 3: September 25, 2008

the last episode of Ugly Betty Season 2 was a total cliffhanger. hmm... what was Betty's decision?

based on the video, it seems like she did not say "Yes" to Henry or Gio. there's a new guy. a CUTE guy. lucky Betty.

Heroes Season 3: September 22, 2008

it's been almost a year since i last watched Heroes. i sort-of forgotten now the events that happened last season. but i'm still very excited on its return. i really miss Hiro. according to one quiz in Tickle.com that i answered (Which Hero Are You?), i am Hiro Nakamura. here's what it says:

Hiro Nakamura

Such a dreamer! Even when you're stuck in a rut, you still reach for the stars. Happy-go-lucky and trusting you may be, but silly you're not — you've definitely got a practical side. And no matter what the future holds for you, we know you'll have fun along the way!

nice. haha.

Yata!

Gossip Girl Season 2: September 1, 2008

by September, i'm going to have my weekly fix of GG once again.

... will S and D get back together?

... what's going to happen to B and C's relationship?

... why is N running on the street with just his underwear on? i know the answer, but i won't tell you.

... and will Little J continue to irritate me?

i sure miss Gossip Girl.

Greek Season 2: August 26, 2008

i am the only person i know who watches this TV show. i discovered this in iTunes and got hooked since then. the show will be back on August 26.

i already miss Cappie, Rusty, Casey, Evan, and of course, Beaver. :D

after that, the other TV shows i watch will be back on September and October. so by August 26, my TV life will be alive once again.

and i still have lots of books to read and stories to write. haha. so exciting.

Quezon City Day 2008

no classes and work today in Quezon City because it is our city's day. but i still went to school this morning to choreograph dance steps for the upcoming Buwan ng Wika celebration next week.

me?! a dancer?! in what universe?!

i know. i actually did not create/make/whatever-you-call-it the dance steps. i just relied on the videos i downloaded from YouTube. my 2 Nursery classes will be performing Itik-Itik and i have to teach them the steps tomorrow. good luck to me.

i went home at around lunch time. i ate then played some games in my laptop. i also took a nap. it was basically a lazy afternoon.

when i woke up, i just surfed the internet.

i downloaded and subscribed to some podcasts from iTunes. here are some of them:
- New Yorker: Fiction
- Sesame Street Podcast
- PRI: Selected Shorts Podcast
- PotterCast: THE Harry Potter Podcast
- MuggleCast: The #1 Harry Potter Podcast
- Imprint: The #1 Twilight Podcast
- Bitten: Twilight Podcasting
- H&M Video Podcast
- GUCCI

i'm actually not yet finished downloading coz there are a lot of them. there are also a lot of podcasts that i plan to download soon.

there goes my day. nothing special.

Twilight the Movie: November 21, 2008

okay. this is really an exciting news. Twilight will be shown on November instead of December. just like Harry Potter, the release date was moved. hopefully, it would have a worldwide release so it would also be shown here on November. here's a news about it.

so it seems like this year has been a Twilight year for me. i've read the books lots of times since January, anticipated the release of Breaking Dawn, became an active member of different Twilight groups (particularly Twilight Coven Philippines), attended the Breaking Dawn pre-launch party, and attended the Twilight Retrospective Book Discussion. then on November, if the movie would be released here, i would be watching the movie together with fellow Filipino Twilighters. so it goes to show that i'm not a Twilight fan. haha.

ps: the above photo is my laptop's current wallpaper.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Movie: July 17, 2009

it was supposed to be shown on November this year, but it was moved. here's the news about it.

i'm not really pissed like other muggles. at least, i now have another thing to look forward to next year (aside from the Twilight movie and David Cook's show). haha. yeah right.

but seriously, i'm cool with it.

that's all folks.

Formula 1 ING Magyar Nagydij 2008

it was supposed to be a great race for Felipe Massa (Ferrari) because he was able to overtake Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) at the start of the race. he was leading the race until his car's engine failed. and there were only 3 laps left. tsk... tsk... not that i cared. haha.

finally, Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren-Mercedes) won his first grand prix. a new face was seen on the podium, Timo Glock (Toyota). Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) was back on the podium after two races.

i actually wasn't able to watch the whole race. but i sure didn't miss Massa's blowup.

the winners:
1. Heikki Kovalainen
2. Timo Glock
3. Kimi Räikkönen

next stop: Valencia, Spain. August 22-24, 2008.

Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer

WARNING!!! SPOILERS AHEAD!!

my speculations before the book came out:
- Bella and Edward will be together forever
- Bella will become a vampire
- the Cullen family will face the Volturi at the end
- some characters will die during the violent encounter with the Volturi
- Jacob will imprint on Leah

what happened:
- Bella and Edward lived together forever
- Bella became a vampire
- Bella became pregnant! impregnated by a vampire?! (it's fiction, okay?)
- the Cullen family faced the Volturi at the end with very minimal violence
- a minor character died, Irina, one of the Denali sisters (the only violent event during the Volturi encounter)
- Jacob imprinted on Renesmee, Bella and Edward's daughter

events/people i didn't see coming:
- Bella and Edward's daughter
- Jacob imprinting on Renesmee (B & E's daughter)
- Jacob becoming an Alpha

my reactions/thoughts:
- overall, the book is okay. but i wished there was more. an ending with a BANG!
- the characters (particularly Bella and Jacob) have matured and you couldn't detect the teenage angst they used to have.
- Bella is not as irritating as she was in Eclipse.
- i wished Edward was a little sweet during the first "morning after" or at least pretended to enjoyed what happened instead of being overly concerned with Bella's state even though it was obvious that she's fine and very happy.
- Jacob and Alice have chemistry. i like them together. but that would never happen since the series has just ended. unless...
- Emmett is another character i like. he still made me laugh.
- i cried a little during the farewell scene - the one where Bella and Edward said their goodbyes to Renesmee and Jacob.
- i found the book too long. it brought me back to the time when i read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and felt that the book seems to have no end. but i don't mind. i love reading, anyway. haha.
- Jacob... well, well, well... reading his point of view made me love him. he's just a person in love with someone who couldn't love him back the same way. i could somehow relate to how he feels though the difference between us is that i don't fight. i give up easily. so it's Team Jacob for me now? :D

i never thought that i would love the Twilight series. i like reading love stories, but not mushy ones. as much as possible, i stay away from hardcore romance novels.

when i first encountered the series, i thought to myself: a love story between a human and a vampire? Eww. how cheesy. but curiosity got the best of me so i bought the book. i didn't read it immediately. but when i started reading it, i couldn't put it down. just like Bella, i was dazzled by Edward - the vampire who is now every girl's dream guy. his love for Bella was so intense that i felt it. weird, but true.

so i read the series to find out the fate of Bella and Edward's story. like most Twilighters, i rooted for them. and yes, they ended up together forever.

i am really glad that Bella didn't end up with Jacob. she and Edward belong together.

Jacob is MINE.

:D

okay. i am sort-of disappointed with Breaking Dawn. it wasn't as exciting as i expected. i think if there was no Jacob's POV in the book, it would be ultimately boring. i'm actually glad that Stephenie included it. i now understand Jacob better.

it is fiction, so ridiculous things are expected to happen (i still can't get over the fact that Bella and Edward conceived a child). it is not a brilliant piece of writing. but that doesn't mean that it's not worth the wait. the whole book is not a total waste. questions were answered and the characters were given an ending they deserved. the Twilight series is still a good read. i have to give credit to Stephenie Meyer for writing a book where you can find values needed by today's young adults.

anyway, it's time for me to re-read the whole series. i might appreciate Breaking Dawn better on my second read.

Breaking Dawn Pre-Launch Party in Manila

i spent my afternoon surrounded with screaming girls. :D

Ate Dimples and i went to Powerbooks, Greenbelt for the Pre-Launch Party of Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer. the book will be released on August 4, Monday, here in the Philippines. of course, lots of Filipino Twilighters are very excited about it.

the pre-launch party was organized by Twilight Coven Philippines together with Powerbooks and Hachette Book Group. there were lots of people who attended, mostly females, of course. it was really fun. people screamed with delight every time they hear Edward's name or see Robert Pattinson on-screen. there were more members of Team Edward than Team Jacob. surprisingly, there were also members of Team James and Team Jasper. but my sister and i are members of Team Edward.

there were games during the party like the Twilight Hunt and the Twilight Trivia Challenge. the winners of the games received really cool prizes like a free copy of Breaking Dawn which they can claim on Monday. if they received their copies during the party, they will surely be mugged right then and there. lol.

anyway, here are some pictures during the party.

The Stage

Go Team Edward!

sige na nga... Go Team Bella!

TCP Logo

fellow Filipino Twilighters

Photo Booth for Die-hard Edward Fans

Fan Art Entries

Forks Arcade

The Podiums for the Twilight Trivia Challenge

here are the Twilight pins i ordered from Twilight Coven Philippines:

it was a fun-filled afternoon. i can't hardly wait for Breaking Dawn. O.M.E. (oh my Edward)! :D