[Patagu-tago mode…]

     Calling out to my four-some look-alike geeks ehehehe. I know kung sinu-sino kayo, hindi niyo lang alam na kayo pala ang tinutukoy ko.

       Medyo masaya ako ngayon kasi lagpas na isang taon nung nakilala ko kayong apat na kahit magkaiba sa iba’t ibang paraan ay iisa ang parehong interes. Isang interes na natutunan kong mahalin.

     Siyempre nauna na dito iyung isa na pumunta minsan sa Multiply ko. You’re very much of a rebel, a person with a cause. Minsan medyo over pero may sense rin kasi nagbibigay ka lang ng opinyon. Masyado ka nilang minamaliit pero wala silang pinagkaiba sa ating lahat kasi entitled tayo sa ating mga views at opinions. At sa lahat ng pagkakataon ay ikaw ay nasa tama, in the sense na may punto ka na hindi nila maintindihan.

      Susunod naman ay isa na alam kong frustrated ngayon sa kanyang bagong kabanata ng  buhay niya pero kahit papano ay nakakahanap pa rin siya ng time para sa kanyang sarili. Hehehe, medyo mahirap kang i-describe pero masasabi ko lang na ikaw ang isa sa mga tao na talagang nagbuka sa mga mata ko sa kakaibang mundong pinasukan ko.  You somehow managed to pull it through the hardships of being a part of the ‘higher ups’ with fail but somehow  you were able to make friends with your idols, something I’m always afraid of doing if I have the opportunity. Your take on life always amaze me, your words of encouragement and wisdom never fails to help me when I’m down.

                One…two…three…four. Di kapanipaniwala ang mga ginagawa mo. Something of a hobby that became a lifelong passion, a passion shared by many. Despite how busy you must be now, you’d always find a time to count the songs that come out in every chart aired on every medium available. Other than that, we somehow shared a liking towards a network most often underestimated because of its affiliation to a bigger one. Hindi mo lang siguro alam pero kungdi dahil sa yo, malamang ay forever adik ako sa mga bagay na iilan lang ang nakakaalam. Ngayon, at least, lumago na ang mga interes ko, mga interes na meron din mula sa mga kaibigan ko sa eskuwela.

       Last but not the least ay ikaw na naging guro ko sa maraming paraan na di ko akalain ay posible. Nilaan mo di lang sakin kungdi sa iba ang daan para malaman namin ang kasaysayan ng mundo na kung tawagin natin ay telebisyon at radyo. Dala na rin sa pagiging ‘history buff’ ko, ang dami dami kong natutunan mula sa iba’t ibang taong bahagi sa industriya na dati kang naging bahagi. Halata na magkaiba ang mga pinapanigan natin, hindi ito hadlang para ma-share natin ang kinahihiligan, mula sa palabas hanggang sa discussion ukol sa kasaysayan. Hanep talaga ang kaalaman mo sa nakaraaan! Hanga ako sa bagong hamon na iyong kinahaharapan sa buhay, basta wag ka lamang susuko dahil siguradong nasa likod mo ang mga mahal mo sa buhay. Continue what you’ve started and you’ll go a long long way! (Teka, commercial ata ng Petron iyung binanggit ko ah?)

        Hindi binabase sa kung gaano kahaba ang mga nasusulat kong paragraph sa inyo para lang malaman niyo kung gaano ako nagpapasalamat na nakilala ko kayo. Kahit na hindi pa tayo harapang nagkikita, isa lang ang sigurado. Utang ko sa inyo ang lahat nang pagbabago na pumasok sa buhay ko noong nakaraang taon.

Maraming, maraming salamat sa inyong APAT!

A couple of weeks ago, I dreamt I was riding in a jeep on my way home to school. By the time the jeep is somewhere in Gov. Pascual Avenue somewhere near Potrero, i came across a rugged part of the road, drilled and dug out as if there seem to be some sort of ongoing construction.

It was actually, at least in my dream, an ongoing rehabilitation of the PNR’s Northrail. In reality, Northrail was supposed to undergo rehabilitation starting with demolition of squatter colonies then later proceed with the rehabilitation proper from Caloocan to Dagupan hopefully.

Bad news  though, it was all a dream. Northrail has yet to undergo such even if they were able to get rid most of the informak settlers more than 2-3 years ago. I wonder what’s holding them up?

When vanity strikes, it gets even…

So far, I haven’t given any of my reviews on books, movies, and television shows a perfect grade of 5 out of 5. This new one won’t get one either, but it’s still one of the best serials I’ve seen in a long while.

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is the television spin-off of the popular Terminator movie franchise. Although we’re not gonna expect Arnold Schwarzenegger nor Linda Hamilton to appear in their respective roles in this series, the series follows an alternative timeline after the events that occured in T2. This would effectively ignore the culmination that was T3 in 2003.

Quick Summary: TTSCC is set in 1999, several years after the events of T2. The Connors are on the run from what they believe as Terminators sent back in time to kill John Connor, the one destined to become mankind’s savior. The mother of destiny, tries her earnest to lead a normal life with her son but realized that they cannot lead such because of the impending Judgement Day.

It was when they met a young female-looking Terminator named Cameron Philips that decided to go to the future (present time) to prevent the development of Skynet, thus effectively prevent Judgement Day from ever taking place.

When I learn that there’s going to be a television show based on the Terminator series, I know from that point on that I’ll be hooked to this series once it airs on local TV. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to watch episodes in succession so I’m making up for it by watching season 2 online.

Review Proper:

One thing’s for sure, this show kick a$$! I like the dynamic shown by the actors portraying the Connors, John and Sarah, plus Cameron and surprisingly, John’s uncle from the future, Derek Reese. They show a kind of family that may not be very typical (read: Brady Bunch) but are always there for each other despite ups and downs.

Drama-wise, this show has a lot of heavy scenes that could almost mistaken TTSCC as a daytime soap opera instead of being a sci fi drama. The pace is slow but not dragging. You have that feeling of dormancy within the show that at any given time it would explode. Just hoping it won’t taken them too long during the remaining season 2 episodes to finally spur some active excitement.

In terms of action sequences, they tend to be passive. You have that feeling that you know that there ought to be more than what we’re seeing right now. Satisfactory yes but based from a teaser for upcoming episodes, it seems that we, as viewers, are gonna get what we deserve.

Let’s go to character development: Summer Glau’s scenes are becoming increasingly weird, awkward and comedic all at the same time. There was one episode where she is seen entering John’s room, wearing a bikini while walking.

Thomas Dekker shows too much angst as young John Connor. He’s too much of an idiotic, disobedient boy. Unlike his counterpart in T3, this John so wants to embrace his destiny but not in a very logical way. Good thing he has one tough mom in the form of Sarah Connor, played by Lena Headey.

I’m all praises for Lena. She does an amazing job doing much justice to the role popularized by Linda Hamilton. She may not be able to fuse the same kind of energy that Linda Hamilton gave to the role, she was able to put little but of something from herself that makes TTSCC so much of a guilty pleasure as a whole.

Another guilty pleasure is the presence of seaosn 2 villainess, Catherine Weaver (2.0), portrayed by Shirley Manson. Her character is not exactly Catherine Weaver, but a Terminator T-1001 pretending to be like her (much like the antagonist in T3). She is quick with her wit, beautiful yet dangerous. One recent episode prove that she’s a deadly vixen. One funny scene though was her shape-shifting into a men’s urinal before killing off a guy about to pee into what he thought as a…urinal.

The idea of time-traveling shouldn’t be expanded with the concept of alternate realities being given too much emphasis. IMHO, this would gravely affect the storytelling of the series as well compromising viewer interest due to the unnecessary confusion.

I’m hoping that there’s going to be a season 3 since I’m curious if in the end they’re going to finally provide a road towards T4: Salvation or stand out and do something fans of the franchise may not expect (like being able to thwart Judgement Day completely and successfully prevented the very existence of Skynet).

Here’s the spoiler of upcoming episodes of TTSCC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya6ehFwbS4o
and a photo of Cameron wearing a bikini on what could be a very awkward moment: http://i43.tinypic.com/iqm1xi.jpg