'Ze Twilight

I thought watching the movie would still give me the feeling just as what I’ve felt when I first read the book. That I would be as astounded as I had before, the ecstatic mood it had effect on me that kept me awake ‘til 3 in the morning because I don’t want to sleep until I can finish the whole story. I guess it’s because I kind of had the feeling of watching a movie for the second time and the first time was while I’m reading the book but only through my imagination, so maybe the frenzy effect had quite melted already. I finished reading the 4 series a month ago and I really anticipated in seeing the movie to know how everything I had imagined would look like in the silver screen. And the verdict is, I really enjoyed it as much as I want to, although the sequence of the events were rearranged for the sake of fitting a 500-page story into a 2-hour movie. But that doesn’t mean I am totally disappointed. Not at all. Disappointment is completely foreign in this case. I still had the appreciation for the book, for the not-your-normal kind of love story. It has really captivated the many, the readers and the non-readers. Aside from the sweet moments of Edward and Bella, that compounded its goodness, is the way the story was conceived. On how the events where connected since Twilight until Breaking dawn. Like ‘bow’ to Stephenie Meyer for creating such interesting story, characters and everything in it. The characters were indeed individually interesting and combined altogether made a tale like never before. My friends and I even had the thought that maybe Stephenie was writing ‘her’ own story, that she was Bella because she was really good in creating it and it seems that she had this thing for ‘vampire’ stuffs. Like where in the corner of the world did she dug all what she wrote in the book ‘coz I would probably go there myself so that I could write something as interesting as Twilight. It was really funny hearing the audience reacted to the romantic scenes of Edward and Bella and the part where Bella is going to be a snack for James. It was really sad for me when I got to read all of the series because it means I would no longer be in the ‘world’ where I had been when I’m so preoccupied with the book. I wished that there were more series so probably at this time I would still be reading it. There is till Midnight sun, but they said that it was unfinished so I’m just going to check it out when it’s already finished. Well as of now, I’m waiting for the sequels, again, to see how it would look like on a movie.

Why use technology?

Technology is everywhere and it has been a part of us, of our daily lives and we get so dependent with these innovations that without it, we would really find it hard to get used to. And eventually, technology will be literally “US”. There are lots of reasons why we adopt technology and I think the heart of all these is the needs. As the saying goes, “necessity is the mother of all inventions.” The need for the faster, need for more convenience, more learning, more entertainment and so on. Also, others embrace new technologies so as to be updated and would always be in the know with regards to the latest trends. As long as humans have these never-ending needs, technology and further innovations will always be there. We are coming of a more “modernized” age and everything seems to be fast paced. Further changes or innovations resurface among these technologies we embraced for the reasons that we need more and something new.

FUTURE reflecting

Today, we had our reporting for our subject FUTURETECH. It was supposed to be started on 9am but we moved it to 1pm. Out of 5 units, 2 units are already down, and I'm part of UNIT 4, which obviously means, my agony is extended until next Saturday. Though, I think it's better so I could buy me more time to practice on my presentation. We had our dose of 'wake-up' call and I could say it was just rightly served. It's because I get to see more of my classmates and it made me realize AGAIN that I should still be improving and not degrading. As for the topics or units that has been already presented, I might as well say congrats to my classmates. They presented well despite the 'pressure' and we had a healthy discussion that somehow lessened the tension we felt. The topics discussed were particularly about "Where are we now?" and "How did we get here?". The materials or information presented where likely related. I had some confusions with the other parts of the report, but it was clarified during our 'question-and-answer' portion. There were gadgets or technologies presented that would likely be present in the future and sure they were cool. The historicizing part was also enligtening, wherein history is everything that we could all turn our selves into in times of ground-zero or the time when technology would be eradicated.

and let the class begin

The classes has already opened though it wasn't that official yet meaning classes are not yet regularly done. My 'sembreak' really left anything for me to be recalling about it with much enthusiasm. I mean, who would want to be bored with my whole sembreak spent at home. This semester happens to be my last and my most pressured pace. Though our instructors had not get to the serious class modes yet, we were already 'warned' about the things we should be busying ourselves already to get to the deadlines and I mean LOADS of things. I'm quite excited about the new things I'll be able to learn this time. But another set of endeavors is already incorporated with these learnings as it always will be. It seems to me, as the deadlines for our projects are set, that we really don't have the time to be unwinding. Well, it will be obviously up to us to handle the pressures and not let it get the best of us. All I could say is good luck to all of you guys. Sure thing we can do this. Hope so..hehe