Saturday, November 24, 2018

A Wrinkle in Time (FOR REAL?!) Review 2018



I just saw the movie on TV previewed in FoxMovie on Nov. 24(Sat) at 9pm. It was shown in March of this year(US); I never tried to watch it in Phil. cinema.

I'm thankful that it's fast, it doesn't have to wait for it next year to just be shown on TV. I saw the reviews online; read some in Variety, The Guardian, the one I like is the Forbes review of it (but disagree on the Golden Compass movie---I kind'a love that movie).

The IMDb has one short summary of it: "Following the discovery of a new form of space travel as well as Meg's father's disappearance, she, her brother, and her friend must join three magical beings - Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which - to travel across the universe to rescue him from a terrible evil."

Gee, what can I really say about this movie?! Ha ha, I don't know?!! 😃lol

I read that it came from a 60's famous novel, which I haven't read yet. I'm not fond of the movie much; it lacks DEPTH?!! It's not that deep for me to really like it or even love it! I believe that only the supernaturals can travel in the speed of light. Zuz, 😄lol, we like or love reading what fascinates US. So I guess novels that are magical or deals with adventure or thrill---kind'a make it uneasy to put down, you want to spend days/week(s) to finish it what happen in its ending. That's why novels like the Harry Potter series became a BOOM, because of magic & adventure, it somehow unpredictable & surprising huh?!

Thursday, November 22, 2018

Renewal of Philippine Passport 2018


My passport need to be renewed this year, because it just expired last month of October. So in its last day of that month I searched online about renewal of Philippine passport & got a schedule at DFA(online) for the second week of November.

I went to 7-Eleven Store & went directly to the cashier, I thought I could just pay it directly and the cashier told me to get a number about it(using the reference number that the DFA e-mailed) through their machine(Cliqq) which I ask first the cashier how. Paid a total amount of PhP1,250. Then waited for an e-mail confirmation of my DFA appointment, which I received in the morning on the second day of November and printed the required documents they sent me which are 4 pages in all. I inserted the pics under with my expired passport(punched holes) but not the 2 papers containing my personal information, I even blurred it if have it on here for I'm self-respecting my privacy. 😃 lol


So I went there on the date I'm schedule to go which is 4pm in the afternoon, got there one hour ahead. I stayed in line along with those schedule for 4pm outside the DFA. Thank God, it's in an air-conditioned mall. After 10-15 minutes or more, an officer checked the documents of each person in line for  4pm. Gee, the only thing required for Renewal of Passport is the expired passport with copy. I have my clearances: Barangay and Police with me, which are not needed that I spend for more than PhP200. Ha ha 😄

They let us in after checking our documents. Inside, it's packed of people it occupied 4-mall-store-size-room. The whole process takes more than one hour with bio-metrics & pic, I think it's passed 5pm when I finished. On one of my paper they stamped the day & time to get my New Passport, which is 10 days after.

After 10 days, I went there with my reference number(receipt), waited for my name to call. Showed my valid ID, and got my New Passport. Tanan! It's actually look WonderFul! I included the pics here in my post, to show how wonderful it LOOKs! Wow, it has inscription "Maka-Diyos, Maka-Tao, Makakalikasan, at Makabansa." Translated in english: "Godly, people-person, enviromentalist, and nationalistic." And will expire after 10 years, wow!!








Saturday, November 10, 2018

My Life Version of VENOM



In general there are a lot of Christians, it's 1/4 of 7.5 billion total of the world's population. So everyone know, even if those who are not Christians or those who can read or have a hearing ear, the stories or life of Jesus from the H.Bible. There are stories there where He healed lots of demon possessed people, young/children-or-adults, He even allowed Legion(s) for them to live inside pigs.

As my intro. you can tell that I'm a Christian, like a H.Bible reading stuff. Lots of people have proven and testify that it's real, H.Bible is TRUTH/TRUE, but lot of portion of it is in deep mysteries that's probably why there are different denominations of Christians or even religion itself.

The famous movie "Venom", as mostly know, is similar to a demon possessing a man. Google film synopsis of it: "Journalist Eddie Brock is trying to take down Carlton Drake, the notorious and brilliant founder of the Life Foundation. While investigating one of Drake's experiments, Eddie's body merges with the alien Venom -- leaving him with superhuman strength and power. Twisted, dark and fueled by rage, Venom tries to control the new and dangerous abilities that Eddie finds so intoxicating."

That's why my title is "My Life Version of VENOM", because I have an episode of my life that I was possess by unknown evil/darkness. I'm at Cebu City during that time, newly transferred at a College that my cousins enrolled to. We stayed at the same boarding house, my two female cousins & me; a walking distance near school. I think that was year 2000 first or 2nd semester, I took a science course. Our boarding house has ghost stories we heard from others, I have no idea that their real. The start of my episode was when I went to an Evangelical(Protestant) Church at the 'altar call'. At the altar the American(Caucasian) Pastor laid his hand on every person that were there, then people assisting the pastor covered all the people 'slain' at the altar with red cloth on their waist down, including me. I'm one of those who laid there on the floor, crying & saying "Holy, Holy for You are Holy" and also in some tongues. After that service we went all home, I felt so weak.

I read a lot as long as it's interesting for me, even Christian stuff. At the boarding house where we stayed; entire bookshelf on the wall of our room are collections of Romance Novels 50 or more owned by both of my cousins. To pass up the time, we read those novels. I myself became addicted in reading those novels; I mixed it with other books while other time reading H.Bible, mind-or-silently praying before I sleep. I never thought that those Romance Novels can be a 'doorway' for an unknown evil/darkness to possess me.

Days after the service, I became weak, sleepy most of the time. One time during daylight, when I'm asleep I spoke in different 'tongue'. My cousin woke me up, she told me that I spoke in different language. She said it's like Latin, she even ask some of the boardmates for help. One boardmate injected me with something, I don't know what. During those times, it's kind'a BLURRY. Most of the time I was crying endlessly in our room, without no reason why my tears would just flow by the buckets. So my cousins called my Mom(Mama has this previous different episode before me), she then went to fetch me in Cebu City got plane tickets to go back after 2-3 days to Metro Manila.

In Metro Manila, the darkness that was residing in me was revealed when I somehow couldn't control what I'm doing especially the things that I wouldn't do like burning books. I'm just aware of it subconsciously of what I'm doing, but I'm not in control of my consciousness during those dark times. I don't usually eat, especially animals just noodles sometimes, I would just cry most of the time anywhere in our house and sleep. I'm considered one of the crazy people because somehow my brother put me to a private psych-ward for few months. I got out of that psych-ward by praying while reading the H.Bible again, then after weeks my father or some relative fetch me there.

I got a new perception of God after that episode in my life. He's not really good; He's good to those who are FAITHFUL to Him. He's the HOLDER of both the LIVING & the DEAD, the LIGHT & DARK as well.
Did He talk to Satan in the Old Testament; even as Jesus in the New T.?! Gee, He is much more complicated than the Christian God that I know of... 

 

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