When I feel like taking a day off from work, I visit the places that I always been, but this time I sit, breath some air, meditate, and take pictures that I don’t normally do when I’m with people.
When I’m alone, I can stay for so long, staring at the carousel, and manually adjust my camera so I can have a picture that has a good outcome, and not just point and shoot like what I normally do.
I am an introvert who likes people watching, so I went to coffee shops, amusement park and Manila Bay area. I also found a place in Mall of Asia where it’s so quiet, has fresh air and you can just stare at the sky and let your hair blown by the wind.
So that’s what I normally do when I’m on leave. I just walk around, just look around and be happy being alone.
I don’t usually go at the cinema. But when I do, it means that I am really interested with the film that I’m going to watch.
Goyo: ang batang heneral is another film we can devour, to feed our minds and replenish our thirst with quality films.
After watching this film, you will know how flawed was Gen. Goyo, not something that our Hekasi or History teachers taught us. We just know that Goyo was the youngest general and brave when he fought the Americans. But that’s it. I don’t know that he was the favorite of Aguinaldo. He was a womanizer. He ordered to torture the Bernal brothers (security escorts of Gen. Luna) and he was immature. Even his bravery is also questioned, did he died for the country, or because of one man only?
But the most outstanding and unforgettable must be the scene with Goyo and Manuel Bernal.
When Manuel told Goyo “Gagawin mo ba talaga ang lahat ng inutos ng pangulo? Hindi ka sundalo, isa kang aso. Tahol goyo Tahol!”
It felt so real and we can still use these lines until today.
A lot of people compare it to General Luna and say Goyo is not as good as the former. Maybe because General Luna has a shock value, cursing endlessly, and he was very hot headed, opinionated and intense character while Goyo was very soft spoken and quiet. But I beg to differ, Goyo is as good as general Luna. The shock value is still there not with curse words but with the lines the characters tell. We hear Apolinario Mabini’s words that we can ponder and analyze.
I’m reminiscing the days when I set foot in the land from down under. Living in the Philippines, everything seems extraordinary for me when you are there. The cleanliness, cool weather, laid back vibe and very friendly people, I can’t blame the immigration or the visa requirements for being strict when a girl from a 3rd world country decides to visit this place. You can’t help but think if do you really want to be back to your own place? The first answer is “Hell no!”, but you know, whatever my hang ups with my country, it’s my country, a place I can call my own, even though it sucks, it still a beautiful place and I think I can never leave this place permanently.
One cloudy morning, I decided to go to Intramuros to wander and get lost in this historic and beautiful city.
If you are like me who suck in directions, you can take the pedicab tour they offer. It cost 150 per 30 mins. My tour guide slash pedicab driver toured me to the must see places. From Manila Cathedral to Baluarte San Diego, I have several stops, take pictures and take a deep breath and be amazed to the cozy and historical places.
I am jealous with the students who study inside the schools in Intramuros. If I am student in Mapua or PLM, I will go to Casa Manila every recess, to sit down, make sketches and drink coffee at the nearby cafe. At lunch break, I will just take maybe 15 minutes to eat then go to Baluarte De San Francisco to breath some fresh air, sit down and just look at the Makati skyline.
If I tired being a student, I can always walk around Muralla street and imagine that I am walking in Vigan. If I didn’t study for a test, I can always go to Manila Cathedral or San Augustin Church to say a little prayer and ask for a passing grade.
It’s crazy thinking that it’s near my place but it’s like walking from a place decades ago.
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Tip: if you don’t want to take the pedicab tour, you can just walk around or if you are already tired, just take a pedicab to go to specific places. My whole tour took 2 hours, so it it’s 600 pesos, then give 100 for tip . I know it’s quite expensive but just think of it as helping a head of the family, trying to make a decent living. I saw him with a big smile on his face. That’s a enough for a good deed for the day.
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So ok. I seldom watch Filipino movies. It’s not being elitist or what ever. You will get my interest when movie is political or historical. I also like it when a movie has good music. I love ang nawawala, I also watched breakup playlist because so many musicians were there. Then there’s I’m drunk, I love you. Burnout is used here. One of my all time favorite songs. It’s enough advertising for me. They used it because it really summarize the whole movie.
“Oh kay tagal din kitang minahal”
Well 7 years to be exact. Carson is in love with Dio, her best friend for 7 years. But it’s an unrequited love.
The story is so simple yet so good, well maybe for me. The acting is so natural. Plus, Gibson of ang Nawawala plays the gay best friend of Carson, who always says “time check” to “wake” Carson of her stupidity in terms of love, is also in the movie.
They went to La Union for a music festival. I like the simple banalities and it felt like it’s not a movie like when they arrived, Carson and Jason Ty went for a drink but Dio stays inside the hotel to sleep because he drive for hours. When Carson enumerates the stupidity she did every year since 2008. But in the morning, she saw Dio with Pathy with an H. Pathy was his ex and they will try to rekindle their feelings.
I’m drunk, I love you, is a tale of two best friends, where one fell in love and the other just can’t do the same. My favorite since is when Carson already told Dio she loved him, and she was talking to her self that Pathy should go to the restroom for 5 minutes. Then she just looked at him and cherishing the last minutes because she knows everything will change after that.
At the end, they went to the bar they usually hang out, but it’s close because it’s Sunday. There was a long silence between the two of them. But when Carson started to laugh they started their conversation then Burnout plays making their conversation inaudible.
Well here is their conversation according to the creator of the movie.
At the end, I thought thay there might still a chance between the two. I’m confused with the last scene when they were at the car and just being sweet with each other. I’m confused if it’s the video they recorded before or after Carson said I love you. But it seems that it’s a videotape of their sweetness when they were just starting their friendship because I know now the inaudible conversation. Carson will move on. Dio doesn’t love her.
