Nestle Philippines' Kasambuhay Habambuhay: A short film Anthology.

Ngayong taon, pinagdiriwang ng NESTLE PHILIPPINES ang kanilang 100 years. At bilang pagbibigay pasasalamat sa mga taga-tangkilik ng kanilang mga produkto ay inihandog nila ang isang Short Film Anthology na pinamagatang Kasambuhay Habambuhay.

Binubuo ang anthology na ito ng 10 Short Films in 100 minutes.

Ang pagkakasunod-sunod nito ay base sa sarili kong pagkaka-paborito at pinakanagustuhan. :)

TOP 1: 

“Unplugged” by Raul Jorolan

Genre: A Feel-Good Adventure of Discovery

A Football coach (Marvin Agustin) takes his team of teenage boys out on a fieldtrip to the provincial home of his grandfather (Eddie Garcia). But instead of bonding as a team, the boys are more caught up with their gadgets. The coach’s grandfather is determined to change all that as he challenges the boys to detach from their virtual distractions and explore the great outdoors instead. The boys then unlock a new world of natural wonder and discovery, realizing that going offline is the only way to reconnect back to life. A life that is… unplugged.

TOP 2:

“The Howl and the Fussyket” by Chris Martinez

Genre: A Family Comedy of Manners

8-YEAR OLD AARON (Gerald Pesigan) is dead set on winning the Grand Prize in his 2nd Grade declamation contest. He is determined to win despite his obvious “f” and “p” speech defect, a proclivity common amongst some Filipinos to interchange the pronunciation of English words with the letters “f” and “p”. His mother (Eugene Domingo) takes an active albeit humorous role in preparing him for the competition. This is a story of perseverance, family unity and the real meaning of triumph and possibly the “Rocky” of all declamation contests!

TOP 3:

“Tingala Sa Baba” by Henry Frejas

Genre A Coming-of-Age Satire

IN A TYPICAL PLAYGROUND, life plays a game of irony when two 8-year old kids are on a seesaw. One is a rather hefty child from a well-to-do family who is stuck at the bottom, whereas a lanky child brought up in poverty is on top. Rich kid is looking up to the poor boy, who in turn, is looking down on him. How will the rich kid reverse his position The answer to that question will make one realize that friendship is more valuable than money, while the other one would discover his true worth as a friend.

TOP 4:

“Oh! Pa Ra Sa Ta U Wa Yeah!” by Jeorge Agcaoili

Genre An Original Pinoy Musical Comedy

THE CLEMENTE FAMILY IS OFF TO AN OUTING but teenage son, Nicos (Neil Coleta), seems out of it. Nicos is besotted with his ladylove, Mattina (Colleen Garcia), whom he can’t quite figure out. The inside info that Nicos gets from Mattina’s younger sister, Bettina (Jillian Ward), doesn’t seem to help. Seeing his son’s despair, Nicos’ father finally shares to his son an ancient family heirloom. It is a 100-year old manual containing the secrets, alphabetically arranged, of how men in their clan courted women. Through this, Nicos finally learns what every man should know by heart — the ABC’s of what women truly want.

TOP 5:

“Downtown” by Stephen Ngo

Genre: A Quiet Story of Love

IN A CHINESE COMMUNITY IN DOWNTOWN MANILA, we meet a man who has floated through life with his ladylove by his side. But now, times have changed as he begins each day waking up alone on his bed made for two. He realizes that his coffee has it better because, at least, it has a creamer to be its mate. In these moments, he misses his beloved the most and decides to get his act together for a second shot at the greatest thing in life— love.

TOP 6:

“Silup” by Jun Reyes

Genre: A Gritty Urban Drama

SILUP IS “PULIS” (Police) SPELLED BACKWARDS. We peek into the life of a Manila cop (Sid Lucero) whose day is made up of dealing with denizens and the crimes they commit. At work, he may be all tough and stern, but at home, we see his more sensitive side. He has this mysterious routine of taking out a can of sterilized milk from a cupboard and depositing his revolver in its place. Later on, it is revealed why he makes the switch and symbolizes how it is like to live by his duty as a policeman to serve and protect.

TOP 7:

“Sign Seeker” by Carlo Directo

Genre A Romantic Comedy

A SUPERSTITIOUS GUY, Bien (John Lloyd Cruz), seeks all sorts of “divine” signs that will determine his decision of asking the girl of his dreams (Solenn Heussaff) out on a date. The fear of rejection swallows him whole, making him justify his cause to willfully seek for more unfathomable signs. But when each sign he seeks for materializes, he soon learns that he has to be careful with what he wishes for.

TOP 8:

“Sali Salita” by A/F Benaza

Genre A Family Fantasy Drama

A MOTHER WHO WRITES children’s storybooks, ironically, doesn’t have enough time to create stories for her own son. Therestless child finds a chance to create his own stories when his grandfather (Bodjie Pascua),comes up with a game. They fill an old milk can with pieces of paper, each containing a word which will be a “story-starter”. Tales of heroes and villains, magic and places fill up the child’s imagination. But the child’s made-up story is in need of a happy ending. Now, it depends on the storyteller mother to create the greatest ending of them all.

TOP 9:

“Cooking Mo, Cooking Ko” by Chris Martinez

Genre A Shakespearean Food Film

THIS COMEDIC VERSION OF THE CLASSIC “ROMEO AND JULIET” narrates two star-crossed lovers born into warring families who each happen to be proud owners of their own carinderias (local eateries) battling for their town’s cuisine supremacy. Old wounds are reopened among the Montano and the Capule families when the former’s loyal customers start patronizing the latter. Young lovers Romina Montano and Julius Capule are caught in this web of intrigue, espionage and extra rice.

TOP 10:

“Isang Tasang Pangarap” by Sid Maderazo

Genre: A Comedy of Epic Proportions

IN A SMALL TOWN DEVASTATED by calamity and chaos, Elias (Ramon Bautista), still holds on to the one thing he considers sacred—a shiny red coffee mug. For him, this mug not only symbolizes his love for coffee but his hope for a better life. After an enlightening encounter with a strange sari-sari store owner, he is suddenly gifted with the ability to tell the future. Soon enough, he is proclaimed as “The Coffee Psychic” and personifies hope for the townsfolk. But can hope truly spring eternal in this comedic homage to the award-winning epic Filipino film, “Himala” (Miracle)?

Eto ang pagkakasunod-sunod ng mga nagustuhan ko sa films nila. :D Feel Free to comment your own Top 10. :)

Thanks to  http://pinoymovieblog.com/ for the Film's Short Narration. :)

Jan-Jan Incident on Willing Willie TV Show

Willie Revillame has been known for being “generous” to people that’s why he became very appealing to the eyes of many. We cannot deny the fact that Willie is wealthy and can afford to buy anything he would want – condo units, malls, yachts, luxury cars and even girls. He is so rich that he can manipulate the minds of the poor that he is an ATM Machine and that he is their only hope in this poor country.

I have nothing against game shows or noon time shows because they are really entertaining, but sadly Filipinos become lazier and dependent on easy-money.  What’s worse? Even children now are allowed to play on game shows like this, while on other countries, one must be on legal age to join such game shows. Is this how desperate Filipino people are?

Few months ago, there has been an issue of child abuse on the show Willing Willie on TV5. This happened when a 6-year old boy named Jan-Jan was forced to do a stripper dance. I say “forced” because he was asked to do it not just once but four times more or less. The part that made me really mad was when he was lifted in an elevated stage that makes Janjan more exposed to people. The dancers and even Willie was there at the center, laughing so hard at JanJan making him cry while doing the macho dance.

Eto ang buong VIDEO! Look for yourselves.

“Ang hirap ng buhay ng tao, [si] Jan jan syempre nagsasayaw sya bilang isang macho dancer, sa edad nyang yan! Para sa kanyang mga mahal na pamilya. Pinahanga mo ako Janjan!” Revillame says with a laugh giving him 10,000 pesos.

Nowadays, for some people maybe, such acts are now looked up as a “just for fun”, but maybe some looked at it as child abuse in the form of forcing a child like Jan-Jan to dance like a macho dancer. What makes it worse is that Jan-Jan was crying during his performance. I can’t help but think, “kelan pa naging entertainment ang pag-iyak ng isang bata?”. It simply proves that there has been a child abuse.

If I were to own a company and to pick a TV show to advertise my products, why would I choose to sponsor a show that tolerates such acts? Why would I let my products be exposed on TV when there is child abuse happening? Maybe Willie Revillame can really bring my products to a hit, but I would never risk it if there’s something indecent with such TV show. Morality over everything is my business.

Never will I be blinded by Willie’s fame and money and never will he stain my company’s integrity!

TWILIGHT SAGA: Love is not exactly something you can explain ’specifically’.

I was wondering how Edward fell in love with Bella, while in fact, Edward doesn’t like Bella the first time he met her. That question keeps popping on my head while I was reading the first book of the Twilight Saga. The further I read, the more I become confused.

I got this answer from Yahoo! Answers and it convinced me well:

“A ridiculously potent scent to demand his attention, a silent mind to enflame his curiosity, a quiet beauty to hold his eyes and a selfless soul to earn his awe.”


Thats what made him love her, and like so much more. She’s his Bella, that about explains it. And besides, you can’t help who you love. It’s not exactly something you can explain ’specifically’.

Source(s):
The Twilight Saga.

Really true, Love is unexplainable. We just feel it and we mean it. No explainations needed.

Anyway, the novel is great. At first I was mean about it because I’m a Harry Potter fan, but i guess this Twilight Saga is more appropriate to my age by now, so I started to read it.


As I read it, it makes me feel like I’m a schoolmate of Bella and Edward. It was easy for me to imagine the scenes and imagining that I am actually there in the Forks while everything is happening. That simply means Stephenie Meyer is a very good novelist!  Yes she is. :)

Minsan nang naging EMO si Nix

Ever wonder why do others hide their other eye by their hair? 

Because they want to hide the sadness they feel - without knowing that the others will be more curious about them. They want to see things in a one-eye direction, meaning, once they decide; they only consider the thing that they know is right, never giving chance to wrongness that may lead to suffering they might feel.

What about those checkered shoes and overprinted jacket? 

What you see is what you get. Their lives are not clear; there are spaces they want to be filled to feel completeness. And those printed jacket? It can be seen mostly white with those prints in it, right? Well, it is simple, like what the shoes show, their lives are complicated; there are so many problems in their lives that they can’t feel peace of mind anymore.

Those earrings and other face style are just the result of bearing those problems in their life. They don’t know what to do for that time, so they just show their feelings through those things. 

And lastly those tight pants they wear, they do feel being too much pressured by the things around them.

What do I always think when I hear the word EMO?

When I hear this word, many things come into my mind. Being Emo doesn’t always refer to the style a person would be. In addition to that, some of them will say that the strength of your Emo-ness depends on how you dress your Emo style, especially your hair. But I have observed that some people do not want Emo as their fashion in life. I wonder why…

When you are referring to someone as being emo, you are usually are stating that they are sensitive, or have a negative emotional personality. 

Emo truly is a type of music that started in the eighty’s and is rapidly moving back in its popularity. It’s a sub genre of punk music which has grown to be more popular then punk it’s self. Each and every day more and more emo bands are coming out. However, emo most commonly is referred to as a type of fashion. - http://www.emo-corner.com/

And I guess, people take this issue as non-sense talks, because they just become irritated of what an emo look like and how they live life – wanting death. Anyway, an emo person won’t care at all, right?.

Before I write this blog, I searched some data in some websites to find out how people really view on this EMO thing. Some people say that it’s a way for them to show their feelings, some say, it is a way of letting others know that they are cutting themselves – catching a glimpse of death. While other’s say, it is just a fashion style and have nothing intention at all. 

Maybe some will say, they are just using the word emo to explain their side that they are emotional.

I belong to the last statement. I am an EMO sometimes. Funny right?! (Better not continue if you’re not interested!) Some may laugh and say, they can’t see any emo-ness in me, is it because I don’t wear tight jeans, checkered shoes and shirts, or sometimes even a jacket or coat? Or is it because I don’t have any mark of cutting myself in my wrists? Or is it because I am always laughing as if I don’t bear any problem at all? Well I guess they’re wrong.

In my own perception on this word, I can say that all of us are Emo, I can say this because, in our personality, there can be negative and positive traits. On the positive side, these are the ways our friends are seeing about us when we are with them – the way we crack jokes, laugh out loud, etc. On the negative side, these are the things that make us think of the sad side of our life.

The moment we come to think of our present lives – either happy or sad – still, we become emotional. This is what I meant. Not all the times, we have to be happy and never face the darkness inside us. We all have our other sides, as the saying goes, right? I agree with this. It is just that, some of us will prefer to keep it on ourselves, (that may cause a higher risk of heart attack) which is wrong. All of us have problems to face. And the more we run away on those things; it will still be in our hearts.

“The more we feel all alone, the more we get emotional.”

One solution to this problem is having someone to talk, someone to listen and understand on what you feel. Because having someone beside you lessen the sadness and feeling of being alone. Everyone in this world was born to have a friend to be taken cared of. Your lucky if you don’t easily get emotional but what about the others around you. Some are just hiding from those smiles in their faces. And if you feel someone’s feeling like being alone, why not be the one to come and sit beside him and say, “Hey pal, I am here… :)”.

_nix_

GM or Group Messaging

I can't help but keep on blogging everytime I realize things around me. At eto naman ang napansin ko ngayun bigla ---> ang kinaaasaran kong GM o kung tawagin ay Group Message.

Addict din ako sa pagtetext, pero nito lang ay nawala ang hilig ko dahil na rin may mga priority akong gawin kesa magtext.

Sa araw-araw ng High school days ko, nagstart na umuso ang GM or group message nga.

GM (Group Messaging) - isang uri ng pagtetext na nagbibigay ng mensahe para mabasa ng karamihan, o ng lahat ng nasa phonebook, karaniwan sa mga edad 12-19 anyos. Pero wala na ngayong pinipiling edad. I doubt.


It is formed in making text by the following:

I. Introduction

II. latest news about the sender

III. messages for different persons.. ( ang nakakairita.. wala ka naman sa listahan nya..)

IV. general message (or known also as message for everyone who reads the message)

V. closing message

VI. the posting of the LETTERS “GM” ( ang arte pa ng iba.. ganito pa ang spelling: ghiee-em, gee-em, ji-emm, –gm–, dzi-em, at napakarami pa.. grrr!)


Nakita nyo na kung pano buuhin ang GM.. hmmm.. e2 lang naman ang gusto kong ipoint out:

1. una sa lahat.. thanks sa opening remarks..

i really appreciate your effort mo na maggreet sa ken. At least alam ko may nakakaalala pa rin sa ken..

2. i wil ask PERSONALLY if i want to..

ahmm.. para sa kaalaman mo, hindi ko naman tinatanong ang latest na nangyayari sayu eh.. pakelam ko naman kung “kakatapos mo lang kumain” o kaya “kakarating ko lang ng bahay” o kaya naman “ang saya ng araw ko” - siguro iisipin nyo masungit ako pero what i mean is pede naman na personal mong sabihin na “hoy JUAN, kamusta.. ako?! eto kakakain lang,..” o hindi ba.. at least alam mo na para SAYO LANG talaga ang message na yon..


3. i dont care sa pinaguusapan nyo.


ano bang pakilam ko sa mga text mo sa ibang tao? kelangan pa bang iladlad sa lahat ang pinaguusapan nyo?.. ang masama pa nun.. kame pa tong nagmumukang PAKILAMERO.. o tsismoso.. hanggat maari lang naman, pede naman magusap na kayo lang.. hindi ba..! -_-''

4. i dont feel any sincerity..

ndi nyo ba napapansin na nakakairita pag sinabi to:

“at sa nagbabasa nito, ingat ikaw!”

anu kaya un.. sino kausap mo??! hahaha..

5. hay salamat naman..

at sa wakas.. natapos ang GM mo.. nkakaubos ng battery!!

6. pede naman na GM na lang..

bat kelangan pa kase na may style pa.. susmarya.. kakakilabot naman ang kaartehan nyo sa pagtetext.. haha..




at kung ang reason nyo eh dahil sa para masulit ang load.. pwede ba! hindi sulit ang load dahil wala naman magrereply sayo eh.. its not worth it.. better change to make it PM or personal message. Dapat SINCERE.

Why not have some effort na itext nang PERSONAL ang mga kaibigan mo, para maramdaman nila na hindi mo sila nakakalimutan, at personally mo silang naaalala, yun lang naman un diba? :)


sana naman sa mga makakabasa nito, kung maari lang please itigil nyo na! hindi nyo alam , nakakairita na pala.. (a friendly advice lang naman to).

Salamat. 

-GM- haha.

Ang mga epekto ng Text Messaging

Kung mapapansin nyo, parang napakalaki na ng pinagbago ng mundo simula ng nagkaron ng cellphone, di ba?

Siguro nga nakatulong ang Cellphone para mapadali ang ating communication sa iba, lalo na sa mga kaibigan nating matagal na nating hindi nakakausap ng personal. :D

At isa pa, nagiging stay connected tayo sa family natin abroad. Sabi nga ng Globe, "abot mo ang mundo!"

at pag naman hihingi na ng money from province, text ka lang, “ma, penge pera!” at least piso na lang .. eh diba pag tumawag ka pa sa phone eh, aabutin pa ng mahal kase pilit may kasamang kwento diba.. hehe..

isa pa, para sa mga nagaalalang mga magulang, text lang si anak na gagabihin, ayus na ang problema! (asus, gagabihin daw sa proj, pero may lakad naman pala ang barakada.. diba diba?! haha)

pero sa kabila nitong mga advanteges na to, hindi pa rin maikakaila na may ilang mga disadvantages ang cellphone communication na nagiging cause ng misunderstanding:

unahin na natin sa pamilya, kung minsan, ang mga anak sobrang nagre-rely sa text, eh kung minsan naman may mga problema ang networking, kaya di nakakarating ang mga messages. Isa pa ginagawang reasons ng mga anak, na “ah?! nagtext po mandin ako, hindi nyo po ba natanggap?” o diba.. kala nyo ha.. hmmmp..

isa pa, sa studies, naku, ndi ba kayo nagaalala na pag pabata na ng pabata ang gumagamit ng celphone eh, magiging “text-minded” na sila, naku pano kung:

Teacher: Okey, class, spell “knowledge”?

Students: (sabay-sabay pa) N - A - L - E - J , nalej!

naku, malaking porsyento ang itataas ng mga batang ILLITERATE, at baka magkaron pa ng subject na CELLPHONOLOGY - study of NEWEST brands ng Cellphones. >.<

Sa pagaaply naman ng trabaho, panu kung sa hilig mong magtext eh may mangulit sa yo, naasar ka kaya nagpalit ka ng number. Ayun, gawa ulet ng bagong resume, isa pa, MALAS mo kasi ndi ka na makokontak ng kompanyang inaplayan mo.. tsktsktsk..

At ito pinakamadalas naten maramdaman, sa mga kebigan naten,, lalo na dahil sa ang lagi nating katext eh ung mga ka-age naten..

take this as an example:

Juan: Pare, kamusta na?!

Pedro: Eto, aus naman, ikaw ba?

Juan: aus lang rin.. asan ka?

(natagalan magreply dahil may ginawa)


Juan: anu gwa mo?

Juan: kamuzta si Maria?

Juan: Ayos ba naman kau? Matakaw pa rin ba?

Juan: Pre asan ka na, makulet na ba ako?

Pedro: OO SOBRA!

- ibig sabihin ni Pedro, sobrang matakaw pa rin si Maria..

Juan: Ah ganun ba.. cge pare ganyan ka na! :|

Ending: hindi na msyadong nagpansinan ang magkaibigan..



Actually nangyare na saken yan, pero buti nagkapaliwanagan.

Pero bukod dun.. sa sobrang katetext, at nasanay ka na laging nagkakatext kayu, at isang araw hindi na nagtext, magtatampo ka?! eh posibleng nagpalit lang ng sim o kaya, maraming gawa, ayan , nasira pa ang pagkakaibigan nyo.. tsktsk.

Anyway, whatever happens, mangingibabaw pa rin ang advantages ng text messaging kesa disadvantages, kaya lang minsan nagkakatampuhan dahil namimisiinterpret.. kelangan lang naman ay pasensya at tamang paggamit para magkaintindihan. :D

Ang pagsisimba sa Mall

Date: September 7, 2008

Place: SM Centerpoint (Sta. Mesa)

Nito lang, sumimba kame sa SM, 10 min before, maunti pa ang tao. Umabot pa nga kami sa mga upuan, buti nakaupo kami, at pagkatapos ay nagrosary muna. At nagmass na.

napakadami pa rin pala ng sumisimba sa mga mall like dito sa centerpoint. Isa siguro sa rason, eh para makapag-mall agad pagkatapos ng misa. diba?

hindi kaya intentional ang pagsimba nitong mga to?, hmmm.. ewan ko lang ah, ayun nga sa kasabihan eh -”nang makaraos na agad”. From those words, para bang napilitan lang mga taong sumimba at ang tono pa ay parang ISININGIT lang ang pagsimba sa mga plano nila.

nakakalungkot naman.

Anyway, its still an advantage para saten na we were given the opportunity para sumimba pag sunday bago mag-mall, kaya nga maganda rin na nakikiisa ang SM sa religious works ng Catholic Church.

ang importante, makapag-mass tayo at makausap si God before everything else. :)

“..spread the PAX virus..”

- nix

Para san nga ba ang Friendster?

Alam naman natin na ang Friendster ay hindi lang basta basta social network.

Isa itong website kung saan pwede natin mai-share ang mga bagay na na-eexperience natin sa araw-araw.

Sa iba kasi nagiging parang contest ang Friendster.. kesyo paramihan daw ng friends or comments.. natawa naman ako dun.. eh anu naman kung konti lang nainvite mo na friends mo.. at least kilala mo kung sino talaga ang mga totoong taong yun diba?

sa iba naman parang ang friendster ang ipunan ng very important memories tulad ng sa family, friends and anu pa man.. 

maybe sa iba rin… dito nila nilalabas ung other SIDE o kung tawagin nga eh, the TRUE side of oneself.

Para din naman sa iba, ginagamit nila ang Friendster para maupdate nila ang mga family at friends nila.

Ilan lang naman to sa nakikita kong rason kung bakit merong Friendster. :)

I conclude:

…kanya kanya lang naman ng perception sa buhay ang bawat isa sa'tin.. kung kahit ano pa man ang reason mo about being a friendster lover.. ang importante eh you are enjoying your life. Maybe another way lang naman ito para maishare natin sa iba ang mga bagay na gusto natin i-share. :)