This is Halloween
Aside from it being one of the few times it is completely acceptable to dress-up (the other times being toycon, comic con, christmas parties etc..) and all the orange, black, green and purple foiled occasion candy on that goes on sale the day after it, Halloween is awesome because it is when network and cable channels breakout the good the bad and the ugly scary stories. Some of my favorites are:
- Magandang Gabi Bayan Halloween specials with its fabulous re-enactments. (I really miss those.)
- Star World’s Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Episode marathon (No matter how many times I’ve seen these, I never tire of them. 11points has a list of favorite episodes)
- Month-long Shake Rattle and Roll specials / marathons on Cinemaone (I am somewhat happy that Cinemaone shows a LOT Filipino horror movies during October. We’ve come quite a ways from “Shake Rattle and Roll” so it’s great for catching up.)
- Asian Horror Movie specials (All the pale long-haired white dressed vengeful ghosts you can handle. I actually caught “Apartment 1303” this year. If there was one Japanese horror movie that had ALL the cliches of a Japanese horror movie in it – “Apartment 1303″ would be it.)
- Horror / B-movie / slasher specials (Thankfully I did not catch “House of Wax” this year, but the somewhat awful “13 Ghosts” was being aired. I caught “The Reaping” – sufficiently creepy at some points, and “Headless Horseman” really horrible teen slasher C-movie.)
- Hollywood re-makes. (Hollywood remakes of Asian flicks are rarely as good as the originals, so since these are often aired in October, I rarely bother to shell out money to see them when they come out
It pays to be patient. This year I caught the Hollywood re-make of “The Eye” starring Jessica Alba – decent-ish, and “Fragile” – Calista Flockheart wasnt that great, but I admit the mechanical girl was scary) - Jason & Nightmare on Elm Street marathons (I distinctly remember watching these movies after trick or treating around Alabang waaaay back when traffic wasn’t so horrible. I dont think any channel marathoned these movies this year
)
I really wish they’d show “The Nightmare Before Christmas” every Halloween.
They should also do a series marathon of “Tales from the Crypt”, “Eerie Indiana” and “Friday the 13th”
Life’s no fun without a good scare
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Short Films
It was a little more than moral support. We occupied one row at the outdoor screening and passed around a box of white chocolate covered potato chips from Royce, while watching the Short Films in competition (Young Cinema). I loved that the opening line in J’s film was our memory of the star filled sky and fireflies on that electricity less island in Quezon.
Here’s my take on “Ito Ang Gabing Babalikan Kita Pagkatapos ng Tatlong Taon Nang Hindi Maiiyak at Masasaktan” by Atoinette Jadone.
The opening line of that movie was my exact regret.
Hindi ako nagsulat.
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- it currently costs 160,000 USD (roughly EIGHT MILLION PESOS). After the speaker at the admission’s presentation I attended spat out the cost of education and living for the two-year program, I think I tried not to look too shocked, but I really think my mouth was open for a minute or so. “that’s a lot of money” – understatement of the year. Even if I could get loans payable in 25 years to cover the amount – it is still a lot of money (and i really hate racking up debt)
- I do not hate my job THAT much. Getting an MBA is the perfect way to switch fields, industries and concentrations, however, after some consideration, I think I enjoy my job enough to stay at it for a while. Sure, I complain about the hours and sometimes, the people, but geeky as it sounds, there are still a gazillion things I want to learn in this field.
- I haven’t been working long enough. Work experience is important, and I honestly have very little (2 years), while my undergrad batchmates have chalked up at least 5 years. I think I’ve just gotten into the groove of working, recovered from the Bar and shed a few horrible habits I’ve had from 4 extra years of higher learning. (Come to think of it, I think I have racked up more years of higher learning than most people) I won’t have enough work problem stories to share. *haha*
- EIGHT MILLION PESOS – PLUS the cost of a visa, reviewing and taking the GMAT / GRE, the cost of application, etc… OH MY GOD I’ll be working for the next ten years just to wipe out the debt and maybe some of the financial guilt. For the next two days, post admissions talk dinner, I was thinking of all the things I could do with 8M – start a business, have a wedding, buy a small condo, get a car, take that photo tour of Egypt and the Middle East… :S
Ask me again in 2 or 3 years. (Maybe then, I’ll get around to worrying about my less than stellar academic record 
)
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Radioactive Kids
“Let’s make some children!”
“Shhhhh…. Don’t scandalize the little kids!”
“I am not in a setting wherein that statement would cause scandal” she retorted while pointing at the outlined but un-iced cut out sugar cookies of a little boy and girl on the plate before her and then at little kids running around the store.
“and besides” she continued,” they’re little kids, they probably don’t know how babies are made yet.”
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“I want little Asian kids” she said, while grabbing the squeeze bottle of brown royal icing.
“Well, if you want little Asian kids, you’re going to need an Asian boy.” Her friend pointed out.
“I like Asian boys” she laughed, as she squeezed the bottle, giving the little cookie boy a head of dark brown hair.
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30 or more minutes later my children were a vision in neon due to the limited assortment of colored royal icing the store provided.
I decided to give them neon green skin to match their outfits.
Not a bad distraction for PHP105 at marta’s
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