Penelope

Starring: Christina Ricci, James McAvoy and Reese Witherspoon. This is a story somewhere in the middle of fantasy and reality. A curse put upon a girl born from a certain family that will have the face of the pig. And the curse will only be broken unless "one of their kind" learns to love her. She is raised to think that her physical appearance is not entirely hers but of someone else.
The family then assumes that this is somewhat a romantic kind of love to which is why they persist on finding the "right one" for her, which usually ends up ugly since all her suitors run for their lives from the very sight of her.
The snout can't be cut off since her heart was attached to it.
Then comes in this guy mistaken for someone else, but still pretends to like Penelope just so he can get the money to be payed to him if he gets a picture of the pig-faced girl. I'll try not to talk about the entire movie, but as the usual romantic-comedy plot goes, they end up happily together.

After days of begging this friend of mine from work to lend me his copy of the movie, I was finally able to watch it. Not because of the trailers which I haven't seen yet, but because it features my favorite actors; Christina Ricci and Reese Witherspoon. I've followed Christina's movies way back since the Addams Family days. I even saw her latest film, Speed Racer (which I'll be reviewing sometime later) as well. Her performance is every bit of elegance. I've always admired how she delivers her roles. On this movie though, she portrays this inquisitive and intellectual girl stuck with a snout for a nose, which appears to quite whimsical. I was also expecting Reese Witherspoon to have a bigger role here, sad to say she didn't have that much part here although she was fun to watch. The guy, James McAvoy, even made things look sweeter. His reaction to her seeing him at the last part was heart-pounding. Yeah, I'm not the touchy-feely kind of person but hey, I was moved. And to this I say, I'm impressed. And it's noticeable as well that the point of learning to love oneself is overshadowed by the romantic plot of the film. But still, both the young and the old can enjoy this.

I'm giving it 3 and half stars (out of 5)

The Ride

I look out the window, moving past the trees.
Staring simply at nothing, I begin to ponder about a lot of things.
Things that are and aren't important.
The people I've come to know when I was 2 years younger.
What happened to them? Where are they now?
And why I never got to keep in touch with them.
The last question I know the answer to.

Mostly I've a lot of regrets as to why I grew apart from them in the first place. Relationships that should have never started to begin with. And trust that should have never been broken. I was too naive. I've cornered myself along the edges of this wall I've built. Although I know that it's never too late, I just don't know where to begin when it comes to finding my way back to them again. And yes, it becomes ever so obvious that I'm missing what I had before. Still, maybe the hurt hasn't healed just yet. And yes, the saying "time heals" is overrated. Faces so vivid even in my dreams.
Will I ever meet them again?

Oh, here's my stop. It sometimes amazes me about all the things I can think of, in one ride.Back to work again.

Ako ulit

Kulitan time! Got tagged by Sarah, thanks btw.
Way back in elementary til high school I enjoyed filling up "autograph" books. It's sort of one way of letting the other person know what you like, objectively, without you having to say it personally. And I usually like reading the motto and define love part. You get all sorts of answers, mostly taken out from a book. Oh, and how about the dreaded question such as "Who was your first kiss/love/crush?"
Others would just beat around the bush and put in something totally uninteresting.
Anyway I'll try, as much as possible, to answer most of the questions.

Name: Avy Silva
Age: 20
Address: err. Is this something to wear? oh ADDRESS, i thought it was a dress. umm. somewhere around here.
Telephone No: 1234567
Cell Phone No: i don't own one
Birthday: 11-06-87
Birthplace: I honestly don't know. (scratches head)
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
School: graduate na ako! woohoo
Height: sikweto.
Weight: 42 kg
Waistline: sikweto.
Favorite food: Sinigang na baboy or bangus. Adobo. French Fries lang ng McDo at burger sa Space Burger.
Favorite drinks: cofee - cali
Favorite color: Green
Favorite number: 7
Favorite cartoon character: Hmm. How come I can't think of anyone right now? Umm, TIGGER!
Favorite TV show: CSI(NY, Miami, LV), House
Favorite actor: none
Favorite actress: Kristen Stewart (not that her acting skills chuva amaze me, I find her pretty. tee-hee)
Favorite singer: david archuleta? haha!
Favorite commercial: locally? WALA!
Favorite brand of shirt: Oxygen
Favorite brand of shoes: nike
Favorite animal: tigers. rawr.
Favorite pet: dog? mostly because we own 5 of them.
Favorite chocolate: Cadbury
Favorite candy: SKITTLES!
Describe yourself: I am utterly, annoyingly, adorable. (Jawdropping?)
Who was your first crush: eto na nga ba sinasabi ko. I sort of forgot her name. Oh wait, I think it was Julie. Yeah, sort of like that.
What age: can't remember.
Where did you meet your first crush: classroom (seatmates, tee-hee)
Who is your crush in present: would it be unbelievable to have none?
What was your most unforgettable moment: Winning the badminton championship.
What was your most embarrassing moment: mistaking this person as someone i know.
Who was your first love: I forgot. (Bawal ang pork, bawal ang beans...)
Who are your friends: definitely too many to mention.
Who is your best friend: I don't have one.
Who is your enemy: Too many to mention rin, people hate me coz I'm so darn irresistable. (bumabagyo na ba?)
Likes: Sensible
Dislikes: Mayabang na walang maipagmamayabang.
Why: Need i say more?
Define Love: Love is something we think we understand but clearly we don't. It is in fact, supposed to be unconditional. It is not something that you have to get back as well. But human as we are, we end up expecting it back. To make it short, love is a selfless act not for another person but of a higher power. (am I preaching already?)

And for my 5 tags, drum roll please. Well, it appears that most people I know aren't exactly fond of this kind of tags. But hey, for anyone who has time. Feel free to answer this, you can put in my name as well. Hehe

5 more days til sweldo. Yahoo!