Interesting how two different things come together to create a new, vibrant thing. In this case, a (for lack of a better adjective) sick track from Adam Freeland.
I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
I feel so helpless against the recent destruction of much of Haiti by the 7.0 magnitude earthquake, regarded as the most powerful one in the region for the last 200 years.
Being a recent victim of Typhoon Ondoy, I’m no longer a stranger to actually being caught in a disaster. We live in the Antipolo/Cainta area, one of the hardest hit by the typhoon. But even then, I can say what I went through was still better off than most people experienced. I still have a home. I’m still alive. There was nothing we lost that we couldn’t replace, nothing we couldn’t recover. No one I personally knew died, although many did lose something of value. I guess this makes me even more grateful to be alive.
But really, for one of the poorest countries in the world, how can you recover from an earthquake like this? As of today, and according to the headlines of the local newspaper, 500,000 people are feared dead.
Five hundred thousand.
The loss of one life is tragic. But the loss of five hundred thousand… it’s a catastrophe of the highest level.
Bodies are piling up on the streets, and they are being moved by the bulldozer. Local and foreign aid have already begun rescue efforts, but the magnitude of this event, I think, cannot and should not really be felt until Haiti can stand back up on its feet.
This is all probably sympathy and not empathy, and one may argue that writing about it solves nothing, and they are probably right. But even a moment of silence, a short prayer, or a kind thought is better than no thought at all.
I could post about all the new things I want to do this year, but eh, that just isn’t my style I guess. I mean I have a shit-ton of things I want to do, but instead of disappointing myself at the end of 2010 by counting all that which I failed to do, I’ll just surprise myself with all the things I managed to finish.
In the meantime, enjoy this funny local prank video, because it’s awesome.
Wishing you all nothing but happiness, contentment and a bit of discontent to reach for new goals, these next 300-something days. Happy new year!
I’ve already seen animated GIFs of several frames of pictures put together, and I’ve already seen pictures of light art. But I haven’t really seen those two things combined yet.
Looks like a good 5-6 hours of shooting, shooting and shooting.
In a case of wanting to see both movies before they’re gone from the cinemas, Ice and I decided to watch both of them yesterday, one after the other. A real movie marathon, with popcorn, surround sound and theater seats. The works.
It was one of those days where I really got the most value out of my money.
The movie screams Quentin Tarantino. From the quirky music to the comedic handling of blood and gore, it’s like a mashup of his previous movies Pulp Fiction and Grindhouse, but now in a setting of Nazi-occupied France. It’s funny, irreverent and violent. Very, very much so.
Despite it being a victim of over hype, I still believe Avatar is one of the better movies this year, if only for the envelope-pushing it does on the front of CGI. Characters moved very fluidly, even when the action was quick and frantic. At some points in the movie I even thought I was watching animatronics instead of computer graphics.
And now onto the coming attractions. Robert Downey Jr. has been busy these past two years, fighting alcoholism and people forgetting about him, and clawing his way back into the spotlight.
Two words: Rachel McAdams. Even if some of the stuff seems out of place – RDJ’s accent, the casting of Jude Law as Watson and not as Sherlock Holmes himself – I’ll be watching it. Because of Rachel McAdams.
And finally, we have one of the most awaited sequels in a while, because the first one was successful in whetting people’s appetites. Iron Man 2′strailer shows the usual guns-blazing, high-flying, arrogant-but-likeable Tony Stark alongside his new partner, War Machine.
Have you heard the news? He’s back from the past, traveling through time to regain his cowl. It also looks like he’s going to have slight costume changes.
Like a friend of mine said, a regular Davy Jones.
There’s also Caveman Batman, who looks like he gutted Man-Bat and wore his skin as a cape.
