A SiP for MayO

May's first homecoming from Singapore celebrated with gossips and coffee.

Christmas Soiree '08

Free flowing foods and drinks, great band, nice music and a Bingo game! It was a night to remember.

InFaMous BaSeball ScEne

The Cullens showed their awesomeness playing the "American past time" while this perfect song was humming in the background.

Supermassive Black Hole
Muse

Oh baby dont you know I suffer?
Oh baby can you hear me moan?
You caught me under false pretenses
How long before you let me go?

You set my soul alight
You set my soul alight

(You set my soul alight)
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the supermassive

(You set my soul alight)
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the 'supermassive'

I thought I was a fool for no-one
Oh baby I'm a fool for you
You're the queen of the superficial
And how long before you tell the truth

You set my soul alight
You set my soul alight

(You set my soul alight)
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the supermassive

(You set my soul alight)
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the 'supermassive'

Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole

Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the supermassive

Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the supermassive

(You set my soul alight)
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the supermassive

(You set my soul alight)
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the supermassive

Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole

ShOe AttaCk

"This is a gift from the Iraqis. This is the farewell kiss, you dog!"

- MUNTADAR AL-ZAIDI,
a reporter with the Cairo-based TV network Al Baghdadia, as he hurled two shoes at President George W. Bush during a Dec. 14 press conference with the Iraqi Prime Minister in Baghdad

www.time.com

CraZy, WhirlwiNd WeeK

Everyone has a say about everything. From the inconvience they endure to eat in the new pantry, to whether they are going to attend the Christmas party and to wear jeans or cocktail dress, to their impatience to finally get the 13th month pay, to the speculation if there would be work on Dec. 26, the urban jungle is in total abuzz, and the negativity can drive one CRAZY.

I refuse to be sucked on that all those trivialities. I am lucky not to have the luxury of time to deal with it because I have to prepare the related literature for my project study that my professor required me to do. So it all came as a blur, like a WHIRLWIND,and came Friday, my papers are ready to be printed. I deserve a pat on my shoulders for that. No one would pat me so I'll do it. PAT! PAT!

But I won't get all the credit for my job well done. I stumbled upon the OST of Twilight and I fell in love with it. The last time that I got so interested in a soundtrack was in the movies Charlies Angels and Kill Bill Vol.1. The tracks were all great, but I like the song Tremble for my Beloved the best. With it's cool guitars and amazing beat, studying while working had been a very enjoyable task to do!




The hour has begun
Your eyes have now opened

To a world where madness craves
To a world where hopes enslaved
Oh, Ill tremble for my love always

Your windows, opened wide
Your innocence takes flight

To a world where madness craves
To a world where hopes enslaved
Oh, Ill tremble for my love always

Its a world where madness craves
Its a world where hopes enslaved
Oh, I tremble for my love always

Its a world where madness craves
Its a world where hopes enslaved
Yeah, I tremble for you, love, always

NoT so GOLDEN after all

Oscar dela Hoya had been beaten black and blue after Manny Pacquiao demolished him for eight rounds.He made a wise decision to save his bloody handsome face for any further damage and did not welcome the idea of kissing the mat. Manny gave another reason for the 'people in the Islands', as one of the commentators called the Filipinos, rejoice in jubilation glowing with pride.

Definitely Worth All the BuZZ

Stephenie Meyer burst into the limelight after writing the best seller novel, Twilight, about the Adonis-like vampire, Edward Cullen and ultimate klutz high school girl Bella Swan. It was supposed to cater to the tween readers, but it appealed beyond any age. And me, in my quarter life had been bitten, badly, by this romantic-fantasy novel.
Beyond the narration and interaction on the first few pages which features the all too familiar American school set-up of teen angst, frenemies, longing to belong and the new-girl-in-school drama which confused me if I am reading a Sweet Valley book; and the seemingly lack of creativity about the existence and nature of vampires aside form the diamond like glitter due to the sunlight and the convincing description about the attractive smell of the the prey - Twilight soars way above the other books on the same genre.

The reason why it is an exceptional book is an open secret. It is because of Edward and Bella. One smile from Edward and the readers lost their mind. Every ladies can relate to Bella, the self described plain and ordinary girl. And who wouldn't swoon to experience such romance with sizzling intensity? The story is indeed about an obsessive, unhealthy relationship. But it was explained that just like a carnivorous plant, vampires seems so beautiful to their prey and Bella is just seventeen years old so it is not surprising that 'his mere presence intoxicates her'. As for Edward, he had been a living dead for almost a century, so now that he found his 'his exact brand of heroin', even though he resisted it, he can't deny his cravings anymore. So it was actually logical that they fell for each other with such tenacity never mind risking their own self destruction.

It had been a pleasant surprise that I actually liked the movie too. Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen had been one of the best casting ever since Orlando Bloom as Legolas. He is simply PERFECT. His on-screen chemistry with Kristen Stewart was almost as burning hot but rated PG- sweet as the same time just like in the novel. And the Cullen family had been an extra bonus with their Justice league-esqe efforts and 'vegetarian diet' morals. The visuals were dreamlike as it features misty mountains, secluded forest and lush greeneries. Even the music was surreal, creating the variety of moods complementing the other elements of the movie. The movie definitely won new followers for the book. Count me in as one of the minions of fans of this franchise. Midnight Sun will be another must read, hopefully in 2009.