Silver Linings Playbook (P100M: 24/100)

"After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own."



I downloaded this movie to see how Jennifer Lawrence's acting made her Oscar's best actress. And no doubt, she really is amazing. Not only her but the rest of the characters have awesome performances. It's also one of the movies that graced the Oscars.  :)

10 ways to be CREATIVE

1. THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX

- Think differently. You need to push yourself out of your comfort zone. Be capable of thinking with an open mind.You have to be willing to take new perspective towards everyday life. Break free of a dull routine. Change the ways you do things,take another road to town, practice writing with either your left or right  or write with both hands or decorate your room. 

2. LOSE YOUR FEAR OF BEING WRONG

- Stop trying to achieve perfection. Perfection is impossible yet some people choose to attain it. Be yourself. The secret of being happy is accepting where you are in life and making the most out of everyday. If you have problems being creative, look inside yourself. Everyone is creative, but if you don't think you're 'good' enough to be creative, then chances are you won't be able to be as creative. Raise your self esteem and you'll find that it's a lot easier to be yourself.


3. STOP PLANNING START DOING

- stop staring at your plans and start doing it. You won't achieve anything if you keep on planning but don't really take an action. Stand up and start doing it. :)

4. TAKE MORE PICTURES

- Why not take a walk and take a picture of everything you see. In this way, you'll appreciate nature or the world. Life is messy and imperfect but don't just focus to that, look at the bright side.

5. WALK IN THE RAIN

- Do you feel that walking in the rain makes you feel emotional? It's very relaxing to hear the sound of the rain. It makes you more creative because you think of different things. Sometimes I would even go in front of your window and think like you are in a music video. HAHA!

6. WRITE A LIST


- Write a list of the things you wanted to do and make to DO IT.


7. EAT GOOD FOOD

8. LISTEN TO MUSIC

- Believe it or not but playing music, can make you smarter. It can also beef up your immune system, improve your memory, and keep you sane, for lack of a better way to put it. Like listening to a Mozart music, when I heard it to my friends who's studying psychology, after I head home I immediately downloaded Mozart's compositions. So every time I listen to Mozart, it helps me study better. :)

9. WRITE HANDWRITTEN LETTERS TO A FRIEND FAR AWAY

-In the days of cell phones, email, and text messages, letter writing can seem hopelessly outdated.   I prefer handwritten letters over an email. It makes the person you are writing to feel more special. It's sweeter. Sharing one’s true thoughts, sincere sympathies, ardent love, and deepest gratitude, words traveling along an invisible superhighway will never suffice. Because sending a letter is the next best thing to showing up personally at someone’s door. Letters create a connection that modern, impersonal forms of communication will never approach.

10. Don't watch TV

- Why not stop watching TV for one day? or maybe reduce the time you spent watching TV? and instead read a good book. TV kills imagination, and imagination is the most important part of being creative.  Why? because if you are watching TV, you get the picture drawn for you but if you're reading, you immediately draw a picture of it inside your head. TV is a huge time sink. It keeps you indoors, and on your couch. Thus, you miss out on the exercise and the experiences that you would have got if you had not stayed indoors. According to experts from the University of Queensland, Australia  "every single hour of TV viewed may shorten your life by as much as 22 minutes." 

Going back in time

I would be having dark circles and bigger eyebags, AGAIN in a few days. I hate how much I miss the sleepless nights doing plates, reviewing on your difficult subjects and doing some homeworks on some subjects (that isn't really related to your course) at the same time. I hate how much I love doing what I do, it's killing me(in a good way maybe). I hate how I miss being so stressed with all the plates. I hate how much time I wasted studying subjects I can't carry back and just wasted some money. I hate how much I miss my friends that they are one of the reasons why I want to go back. Isn't it weird that I miss doing these things? Not normal at all.

Maybe I'm really am a masochist. Maybe this is really for me. Maybe this is much more suited for me. I have thought this sooooooooo many times. Ever since things started to sink into my head, I always had regretted every decision I made. Every word that my parents, sisters, friends and even relatives have said to me, I regret for not listening to  them.

All along I thought my decision was good. But then reality hits me. Even my classmates back in my old course(which is MassCom) would scold me for shifting into something that I'm not really suited for in the first place. I don't know why I'm so slow at realizing things. I realized that there are things that you wanted that is already in front of you but you're just too blind to see it because you're too occupied with your mindset into being something else that maybe isn't really for you in the first place.

I'm afraid that I would be regretting my decision again in the future. But I'll always keep in mind a quote I even reposted on instagram that says "When life gives you something that makes you feel afraid, that's when life gives you a chance to be brave."

My guidance counselor told me that I should do more of what makes me happy. I thought of what she said to me all night. I remember the times when I was so stressed with school yet I still feel happy. The times when I'm with my friends doing plates, you're stressed and all yet you can still laugh at the same time. I promise to myself that whenever I feel like giving up I would always think the things that my parents have sacrificed for me and what I've gone through. My decisions had made me realized so many things.

I hate how the bad decisions that I made had a good purpose like my parents who still supported me about my decision about going back and this is the time I really appreciated their love for me. Not only that, because of this situation, I've identified who my true friends are. They are the ones who were with me during the darkest days of my life. And no matter how stupid I am on making decisions they are still there to listen to my problems and never gets tired of it.... Umm, well maybe a little (couldn't blame them if they really do)

I was afraid about telling (to my parents) my decisions because I'm afraid they won't agree with me but I realized that we really should be open about telling our decisions to our parents. "Don't give up" is really my life motto. I hate to admit that I'm a loser for giving up easily. Not cool (it's not like I'm trying to be cool at all, okay?). Duh? Ayna Danelle :)))


Here are 3 reasons why I had gone through this hard part of my life:
1. I'm lazy
2. I'm lazy
3. I'm lazy

That's it. It's all because of my laziness. I don't review that much, I sometimes would not go to some class when I feel like doing so or whenever I feel it's going to be a boring subject and thinking it would just be a waste of time when all along staying at home and not doing anything is the total waste of time. So yeah. I better change this habit of mine. I'm gonna start practicing "do-it-now-play-later" attitude. And I really needed to do it NOW. Okay bye :)


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Jack and Jill (p100m: 21/100)

"Jack and Jill is a comedy focusing on Jack Sadelstein (Adam Sandler), a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife and kids, who dreads one event each year: the Thanksgiving visit of his identical twin sister Jill (also Adam Sandler). Jill's neediness and passive-aggressiveness is maddening to Jack, turning his normally tranquil life upside down. Katie Holmes plays Erin, Jack's wife. "

Not very appealing to me but Adam Sandler did a good job on both roles. Some scenes are pretty funny but the rest is like errr. I like the part where they feature twins as well. I also have a twin so I kind of relate to this movie. 

Speaking of twins, let me tell you all about me and my twin. There is no day that we won't be fighting. There will be small arguments, big arguments, but it will come and go. Me and my twin would fight a lot at the smallest things. We may hate each other for a few minutes but after that we'll be talking again like nothing happened. The best part of having a twin is you can tell her everything about school, friends, boys and so much more. We always have something to talk about. I remember the times when we used to talk all night until the wee hours. We ask for each others advice about life decisions. Many people would ask me, maganda ba magkakambal? and i would always answer them, yes and no. Yes, because you don't only act as sisters but also as best friends and No, because you are always compared with each other and fight with each other which is unfortunately, just normal.. for twins. But whether you have a twin or not, it's always fun if you have a sister or a bestfriend that acts like a big sister.

If you ever have a fight, don't worry it will soon pass. Don't hate each other forever. Whether you like it or not, they are still your brother/sister.  

The Secret (P100M: 23/100)

We all have secrets, right? Everyone does.  If you don't have one, you are probably a perfect person. No one's perfect you see? Where am I going with this introduction, seriously -__-. Anyway, what I'm talking about is a movie, obviously. I just watched it 3 in the morning because I just discovered that internet is way more faster during the pee hours(WHY?!?!).

"Ye Xianglun (Jay Chou), a music student majoring in piano, transfers to Tamkang (Danjiang) Secondary School. It is a school famous for musically talented students, especially in piano. On the first day of school, as he wanders through the piano building, he hears a mysterious melody being played that leads him to Lu Xiaoyu (Gwei Lun-mei), another piano major. When he asks her about the song she was playing, she tells him that it is a secret that cannot be told. The two develop a relationship that is clouded in mystery. When Xianglun tells Xiaoyu about the demolition of the piano building on graduation day, she teaches him the mysterious song.

However, when a mis-passed note leads to Xianglun accidentally kissing another student Qing Yi (Alice Tzeng), Xiaoyu disappears for five months, only to return on graduation day and mysteriously disappear again. Xianglun asks around and discovers from Xiaoyu's mother and his father (Anthony Wong Chau-sang) that Xiaoyu was actually a student from the class of 1979, who graduated 20 years ago. His father tells him she claimed she traveled forward in time to the present with the help of a piano piece called "Secret" that she played on an old piano in the piano building. She had fallen in love with Xianglun, but the only barrier is that, in the present, the first person she sees on each trip is the only person that can see her.

When Xiaoyu saw Qing Yi kiss Xianglun, she returned to her normal time. During her absence at home, her story spread and everyone believed that she was mentally ill. Remembering that the piano room would be destroyed on graduation day of 1999, she tried time traveling to see Xianglun one last time, but she spotted Xianglun wearing Qing Yi's bracelet. Believing that Xianglun now belonged to Qing Yi, Xiaoyu returns to her own time with a heavy heart. Due to an asthma attack, while writing on her desk trying to leave a message to the boy she loves, Xiaoyu dies. Xianglun sees the writing on the desk and desperately tries to write back using white out but when he gets no response he rushes to Xiaoyu's house only to find her room empty. Xiaoyu's mother finally recognises Xianglun as the boy her daughter had drawn a picture of twenty years before and Xianglun learns the truth about her time travels.

After finally learning of Xiaoyu's story, Xianglun realizes that the piece that she taught him was "Secret", which had the power to take the pianist forward or backward in time depending on the tempo at which it is played. He rushes off to the piano room, which is about to be torn down. Xianglun's father retrieves the manuscript of the musical piece that Xiaoyu had given to him for safekeeping, then realises that Xiaoyu had written a secret message for Xianglun. Meanwhile, Xianglun enters the piano building and as the demolition begins, Xianglun starts to play "Secret" from memory, recalling something Xiaoyu told him while teaching him the piece: "I always play it that fast when I go back". Just before the piano room is completely destroyed, Xianglun travels back to 1979. He sees Xiaoyu, and she sees him and smiles. The last scene is when the 1979 Tamkang (Danjiang) Secondary School graduation picture is taken, in which Xianglun and Xiaoyu are present. As the old piano and the piano building have been destroyed, Xianglun stays forever in the past with Xiaoyu."

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Suddenly It's Magic (p100m:22/100)

"Joey Hermosa (Erich Gonzales) and Marcus Hanson (Mario Maurer) only have two things in common. One: they live to make fairy-tale romances happen - Joey through her exquisite wedding cakes; Marcus through the numerous romantic comedies he stars in. Two: their own love stories do not have the fairy-tale happy endings - she was just recently dumped at the altar; he just discovered that his on-screen partner and real-life girlfriend had fallen in love with another man. These two broken-hearted people will find love again when they least expect it. Sounds like the perfect recipe for a sweet ever after! Desperate to escape the media frenzy and the intrusive questions of the public about his love life and career, Marcus impulsively decides to go on vacation in the Philippines where he meets Joey who is determined to move forward with her life. Marcus finds himself drawn to Joey's passion for baking, and rediscovers his love for acting. In love once again, he invites her to join him in Thailand. Joey refuses at first, but she eventually follows him to Bangkok and allows herself to fall in love again. But their love encounters opposition from Marcus' fans who are desperate to see him reunite with his ex-girlfriend, and from his overprotective mother. Moreover, Joey's responsibilities back home cause a strain in their relationship. Despite their love for each other, Joey and Marcus begin to question if their dreams are worth sacrificing for holiday romance suddenly turned serious. Can Marcus and Joey's fairytale romance survive life's realities?."

This is a story about a boy meets girl and girl meets boy who hated each other at first but soon fell in love with each other. The end. The story was so predictable and so common, nothing new in the story. It's very disappointing. The reason I just watched it is because of Mario Maurer. 

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Mama (P100M: 20/100)

"Guillermo del Toro presents Mama, a supernatural thriller that tells the haunting tale of two little girls who disappeared into the woods the day that their mother was murdered. When they are rescued years later and begin a new life, they find that someone or something still wants to come tuck them in at night. The day their father killed their mother, sisters Victoria and Lilly vanished near their suburban neighborhood. For five long years, their Uncle Lucas (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and his girlfriend, Annabel (Jessica Chastain), have been madly searching for them. But when, incredibly, the kids are found alive in a decrepit cabin, the couple wonders if the girls are the only guests they have welcomed into their home."

Most of the film was quite predictable but what I liked about the film is it has a different twist that you woudn't have expected. Of course every horror film does have twists but this one was quite different from all of the movies I've watched because you thought your prediction was right when it's not. Some scenes made me jump into my seat and scream like there's no tomorrow but after that, the chill has passed. Like "AHHH!! after 10 sec.... ahh okay :| kind of reaction. 

But overall the casts was great, especially the two girls, namely Victoria and Lily. Both cute and at the same time creepy. :)  That's all

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