Yayo Aguila’s Voluntary Exit
[ No Comments ] Posted on 12.19.07 under Entertainment
I was able to watch PBB tonight and couldn’t help myself from being sad with what I saw. I haven’t watched the show for a long time and thus a hiatus regarding my blogging on this topic. I didn’t expect that this is what I will be blogging on my return.
The episode showed that the girls won the game for the day and the boys were asked to prepare a treat for them by cooking several food. The housemates had a wonderful day until the time when Yayo was given a bad news.
Amidst the laughter and fun while the boys were preparing for the girls’ treat, Kuya asked Yayo to the confession room to discuss a serious and important matter. In the confession room, Kuya revealed to Yayo that her husband, William Martinez, called Big Brother to inform them that Yayo’s mother was critical in the hospital. Yayo shed tears upon hearing the news. With this family emergency, she was allowed to go out and visit her mother at the hospital and Mariel was given the task to accompany her. After Mariel and Yayo left, the housemates offered prayers for the recovery of Yayo’s mom.
When Mariel and Yayo went to the hospital, they were both shocked to know that Yayo’s mom was already dead. They were told that in the morning, she was still alright but later on the day, Yayo’s family saw her mom lying motionless on the floor. Due to the sorrow of losing her mom, Yayo was not able to contain herself and expressed her grief of losing an important person in her life by crying heavily. Read the rest of this entry…
National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets
[ No Comments ] Posted on 12.14.07 under Blogging, Entertainment
One of the movies that I am looking forward to watch is National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets, a sequel of the film National Treasure which was shown in 2004. My boyfriend and I have long waited for it to be shown and when we knew it will be released on December 21, we made sure that we are free on that day to go to the cinema. It was only a few days ago when I learned that instead of December 21, it will be shown on January 8, 2008 in our country. I was really disappointed because I wanted to see it before Christmas.
Stars on this film include Nicolas Cage (Benjamin Franklin Gates), Justin Bartha (Riley Poole), Diane Kruger (Abigail Gates), Jon Voight (Patrick Henry Gates), Harvey Keitel (FBI Agent Peter Sadusky), Helen Mirren (Emily Appleton Gates), Ed Harris (Jeb Wilkinson), Bruce Greenwood (US President), Alicia Coppola (FBI Agent Dawes), Manny Oliveres (Secret Service Agent) and Joel Gretsch (Thomas Gates).
Despite its moved premiere, we will definitely free our schedules to watch it on the big screen!
Amazing Race Asia Season 2
[ No Comments ] Posted on 12.14.07 under Entertainment
I had wanted to write about this very outstanding and widely-viewed reality TV show for quite some time and yet I never had the chance until today. Ever since this newly aired TV show began, I practically became one of its avid viewers. So far there were 4 episodes shown and I am proud to say that I have watched them all. There were two instances, including last night, when I almost failed to watch it because I had commitments outside but due to my love for this show, I really managed to cut short these appointments and went home rushing to catch the fun and exciting episodes.
Amazing Race Asia 2 made its debut last November 22, 2007. Singapore kickstarted the race where Allan Wu, the show’s gorgeous host, and ten official teams assembled at the Asian Civilizations Museum by the Singapore River. Teams consist of siblings, ex-housemates, friends and a married couple. These adventurous teams who will fight for $100,000 are absolutely unique because this is the first time that the management included a team from Japan and a teammate with a hearing disability.
These are the 10 official teams: Read the rest of this entry…
The Golden Compass
[ No Comments ] Posted on 12.08.07 under Entertainment
I just came home from watching the movie The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman. I am a sucker for fantasy films like the popular trilogies of The Lord of the Rings, The Matrix and X-Men that is why I didn’t let this movie pass.
The story involves an orphan named Lyra who lives in a fantastical parallel universe wherein a dictative Magisterium threatens to preponderate. When her best mate Roger Parslow was kidnapped, together with other children, and brought to the North, she made significant decisions which led her to rescue him. Along the way, she met several people who played a big part in her journey like the armored bear Loric Byrnison (voice of Ian Mckellen) whom she had a contract with, Serafina Pekkala (Eva Green) who was the queen of the witches, a Texan “aeronaut” (Sam Elliot) who helped Lyra in her quest and many others.
The Golden Compass is the first installment of Pullman’s trilogy, His Dark Materials, in which the pre-publication title was actually The Golden Compasses. The word compasses originally referred to the drawing instrument instead of the navigational compass. The first book was then entitled by Pullman as the Northern Lights and referred to the trilogy as The Golden Compasses. It was the U.S. publisher, Alfred A. Knopf, who omitted the plural form of the title as he believed that the compass refers to Lyra’s alethiometer. Meanwhile in the UK, Pullman changed the title from The Golden Compasses to His Dark Materials but the title The Golden Compass adhered to the publishers and they insisted on publishing the book with the latter title rather than The Northern Lights. When The Golden Compass gained popularity in the United States and Canada, New Line Cinema used this title for the adaptation. Read the rest of this entry…
Third Nomination Night, Pinoy Big Brother Celebrity Edition 2
[ No Comments ] Posted on 11.04.07 under Entertainment
The Elimination Night was full of tension as the housemates were waiting for the list of people who have been nominated for eviction. Toni asked the housemates to stand by batches as she announced the nominated housemates.
- Baron, Donald, Ruben and Mcoy: Mcoy and Ruben were safe while the 2-in-1 housemates Baron and Donald were among the nominees again.
- Will and Victor: Victor Basa was nominated for eviction.
- Jon, Mariel and Ethel: Ethel Booba was nominated.
- Yayo, Gaby and Megan: Yayo and Megan were safe and unfortunately, Gaby dela Merced was considered a possible evictee.
Behind Gaby’s nomination, Read the rest of this entry…
Second Eviction Night, Pinoy Big Brother Celebrity Edition 2
[ No Comments ] Posted on 11.04.07 under Entertainment
I went out for the night and unfortunately, I was not able to catch up the whole episode of the Pinoy Big Brother Second Eviction Night. What I saw was the part wherein Toni announced that Megan Young was the first nominee saved from eviction. That left the Geisler brothers, Donnie and Baron, together with Zara, as the possible evictee/s. Among the two nominees, Toni said that Donnie and Baron were safe and that means Zara needed to leave the PBB House as the Pinoy Big Brother Second Evictee.
Megan got 50% of the votes while Donnie and Baron got around 31% and Zara got around 18%.
From the outcome, I could say that Megan was really lucky the second time around. She had proven herself again that she is still worthy to be inside Kuya’s house. I do hope that she will grow and learn many things in the house to make the most out of her stay. For the Baron brothers, good luck. I also hope that Baron will be more sensitive on the feelings of others and Donnie to stay as responsible as he is and yet be open to new learnings coming his way. For Zara, I noticed that she was the quietest of all the housemates. I haven’t heard and seen much of her. But I believe that there is still more of her than what we have already seen on the previous episodes but unfortunately, she will no longer be able to show it to the people as she already left the PBB House.
Tomorrow is the third elimination night. Will Megan Young and the 2-in-1 housemates, Baron Geisler and Donald Geisler, be on the list again?
Second Nomination Night, Pinoy Big Brother Celebrity Edition 2
[ No Comments ] Posted on 10.28.07 under Entertainment
Yesterday, Jennifer da Silva and Marylaine Viernes were evicted from the Pinoy Big Brother House. The housemates especially those who are close to her like Mariel and Ethel really misses her. They said they miss her laughter and stories.
For the nomination, Mariel Rodriguez commented that she already had a strategy on who to nominate so it was easier for her. Jon Avila on the other hand said that it was difficult for him because he is getting to know the housemates.
While the housemates are in the living room, there is a small box on the table wherein the housemates are clueless to what it is. Toni Gonzaga said that the stuff inside the box has something to do with the nominated housemates. Toni said that the celebrities will find out about it later.
Toni also pointed out that Mariel did her second nomination and she stressed that just like the first time Mariel nominated, this second set of nominees will not be counted as official votes.
With regard to the box, it was Ethel who opened it. There were 2 black medallions in it. The medallions will be worn by the Nominees.
The ceremony where the black medallions will be awarded to the Nominees begun. Read the rest of this entry…
First Eviction Night, Pinoy Big Brother Celebrity Edition 2
[ No Comments ] Posted on 10.27.07 under Entertainment
The nominees for eviction were the Princess of Charm Megan Young (BB 2) and the 2-in-1 housemates Brainy Babe Marylaine Viernes and Despised Babe Jennifer da Silva (BB 8). The housemates were all restless as they await the decision on who will be evicted from the Pinoy Big Brother House especially Megan, Marylaine and Jennifer who were really nervous to know the result.
With regard to Marylaine and Jennifer, I could say that they started their rift when Jennifer knew that Marylaine was the reason why she was nominated for eviction. From that time, these two had their arguments and misunderstandings. Recently, Marylaine wanted to reconcile with Jennifer before they go out of the house in case they get evicted. It seemed that Jennifer’s heart is not into it but the latter expresses that Marylaine has been good to her lately and that Marylaine apologized for whatever wrong she had done.
Jennifer had a talk with Baron wherein she said that she is ready to go out of Kuya’s house. According to her, the two weeks that she had been staying in the PBB House was worth it and she had no regrets on it. Baron reacted saying that she may just be saying that because she has been nominated. Jennifer corrected Baron that she was not nominated, it was actually Marylaine who got a lot of votes thereby implying that she (Jennifer) does not have any problems with the housemates. Read the rest of this entry…
Pinoy Big Brother Celebrity Edition 2 First Nomination Night
[ No Comments ] Posted on 10.21.07 under Entertainment
The introduction was a “live” dance presentation by all of the housemates as they grooved to the tune of “budotz dance.” They were all amazing! Their costumes were very colorful and weird but to sum everything up, the performance was a blast!
There were also top three 7K boys who were chosen and they were Victor, Jon and Will. These three gorgeous men had a triple date with Megan, Riza and Ethel. On their date, Kuya served them isaw, tuyo and tokneneng (chicken head). Big Brother ordered all of them to taste and eat the three types of food that were served. It turned out that Megan doesn’t eat tuyo but she still ate her share. After each of them had eaten their share, there were still some food left and Megan suggested that they share the food to the other housemates. Big Brother agreed to her suggestion on one condition: that Megan and Victor should eat all the remaining tuyo and tokneneng. Even if it was against her will, Megan still did her best to eat the street food given to her. She was crying though while she was completing the task.
When Toni asked Megan why she reacted that way, Megan confided that it is her first time to eat street food and she really doesn’t like tuyo. With regard to the tokneneng, she said that she never thought that chicken head is being eaten. For her, it was really weird.
Previous events were shown. There was a time when Kuya asked the housemates to go to the confession room by batch.There were three batches. The housemates, except Jennifer and Baron, were informed by Big Brother that there are 2-in-1 housemates in the house. He explained that when they nominate one of them, the other will also be nominated. Kuya revealed that the 2-in-1 housemates are Jennifer and Marylaine as well as Donald and Baron. Big Brother explained further that if they will give Marylaine 2 points, Jennifer will also earn 2 points. If Baron will get 1 point, Donald will have the same point. Read the rest of this entry…
Mariel Rodriguez, Will Devaughn and Riza Santos, Ethel Booba
[ 2 Comments ] Posted on 10.19.07 under Entertainment
Tonight’s episode showed Will and Zarah cooking in the kitchen. Big Brother caught Will’s attention because he did not use the hand-held microphone that he is supposed to use everytime he talks. He was given a mic stand by Kuya as a consequence. Thus, everytime he wants to talk, he needs to go to the mic stand or otherwise bring with him the mic stand all the time. Hmmm…isn’t that tiring Will?
Looking back on the events yesterday, while Mariel welcomed Jon Avila and as people were teasing outside, inside the PBB house, Will and Riza are being paired up. The housemates were teasing Will and Riza. Jennifer told Riza that she is the crush of Will. Will said that it’s only a joke. But I’m wondering why can’t Will just take away the smile on his face? Does it mean there’s a possibility for it to be true?
As we can recall, Mariel is Kuya’s Special House Guest and she is inside the house for a mission. When she was already in the house, she still couldn’t believe that Big Brother is really making her one of the housemates. As a result, Kuya allowed Mariel to see a video of Boy Abunda. Mariel was crying out loud while Read the rest of this entry…