We saw ‘THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE’ at the SM Mall of Asia last Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009. It’s an effective love story with complete disregard for the space-time continuum or the Butterfly effect which could make Marty McFly shiver in annoyance. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed watching the movie even with its preposterous premise.
Henry (Eric Bana) is sick, he has a DNA-genetic sickness which makes him jump through time by slowly disintegrating himself into thin air which he hasn’t gained control of and leaving all of his clothes in the process, he thus reappear in a different time naked, see what I mean?
Rachel McAdams as the understanding wife faced with the dilemma that her husband disappears in unexpected moments not knowing when he’ll reappear next. It’s quite amusing since I am a sucker for all time travel movies in which one of my favorite is the Back To The Future trilogy and the Robert Taylor starrer ‘The Time Machine’. The film doesn’t follow the logic of ‘The Time Machine’ where you advance or go back to the past in the same exact place you’ve disappeared. Whenever Henry disappears, he either reappears in a library, in a forest or some other places.
Another thing that’s quite hard for me to comprehend is how could a gene makes one travel through time. Okay, forget about that logic because it’s only a movie yet still it would be acceptable if somehow Henry has mutated due to, let’s say, radiation exposure gone wrong...okay okay, Hulk has already got that premise but a time traveling genetic disorder is laughable. 
Not to get discourage with its premise, a Rachel McAdams and an Eric Bana film is worth watching the movie. Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams works wonderful chemistry together and you’ll be convinced that they really love each other. ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’ movie is romantic, full of warmth, amusing and magical…just don’t follow any logical thought from other time travel movies and you’ll have a wonderful time watching it specially with someone special :D
My rating 4 out 5 Biscuits !
Monday, August 31, 2009
DCRJ's MOVIE REVIEWS: THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE
Saturday, August 29, 2009
MOYMOY PALABOY & ROADFILL Lipsyncs Britney Spears' BABY ONE MORE TIME in Bubble Gang Aug. 28, 2009
Take note* - pretty Cherry Ann Kubota can be seen in the video above :)
Snapshots from the video
Friday, August 28, 2009
RONNIE DEL CARMEN - Filipino Story Supervisor for the PIXAR Animated Film 'UP' - Aug. 28, 2009
Video courtesy of 24 Oras which aired Aug. 28, 2009
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
MANNY PACQUIAO as the Newest Superhero WAPAKMAN - Pics & Video Aug. 27, 2009
Video courtesy of 24 Oras which aired Aug. 27, 2009
Snapshots from the video
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
MANNY PACQUIAO Reads POETRY in Philippine RADIO STATION (MIGUEL COTTO Pre-Fight Activities) - Aug. 26, 2009
Snapshots from the video
RESORTS WORLD MANILA - Soft Opening on Aug. 28, 2009
Resorts World Manila will have its soft opening on Aug. 28, 2009. Just in case you lived under a rock, Resorts World Manila is the newest integrated resort just across the NAIA Terminal 3 and is part of the Newport City.
Resorts World Manila is the Philippines counterpart of Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore. It's a joint project of Alliance Global Group, Star Cruises Ltd. and Genting Group of Malaysia. 
Hotels within the complex are the Marriott Hotel which is the first new 5-star international standard hotel to open within the past five years, Maxims Hotel is the first Deluxe Casino Hotel in the country and another hotel which is a budget hotel called the Remington.
Aside from the three hotels, Resorts World will feature the Newport Mall which will have four high-end cinemas, four-levels of luxury brand stores, and will have a glass roofing similar to the MGM Hotels and Casinos. The Newport Theater, meanwhile, will offer world-class entertainment for the performing arts.
For more info, visit their website : http://rwmanila.com/
Monday, August 24, 2009
MANNY PACQUIAO vs. MARIAN RIVERA in 'SHOW ME DA MANNY' - Video Excerpt Aug. 23, 2009
Snapshots from the video
Sunday, August 23, 2009
MOYMOY PALABOY & ROADFILL 'KAPAG TUMIBOK ANG PUSO' (Donna Cruz) with an All-Star Cast - Pics & Video
Snapshots from the video
with Jade Lopez and Stef Prescott
with Kris Bernal
with Sunshine Dizon
with the Sexbomb Girls
with the Mocha Girls
Friday, August 21, 2009
MOYMOY PALABOY & ROADFILL Lipsyncs 'BOOM BOOM POW' by the Black Eyed Peas in Bubble Gang's IyoTube - Aug. 21, 2009
Snapshots from the video
MARIAN RIVERA's Birthday Celebration with Special Guest DINGDONG DANTES - Aug. 21, 2009
Snapshots from the video
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
MANNY PACQUIAO with NONITO DONAIRE, JR. in 'Show Me Da Manny' Presscon with MARIAN RIVERA - Video Aug. 19, 2009
Snapshots from the video
NONITO DONAIRE, JR.'s Victory Motorcade in Manila - Video Aug. 19, 2009
Snapshots from the video
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
MILF Says NO to MANNY PACQUIAO as Peace Negotiator Between MILF & Philippine Government - Aug. 18, 2009
The proposal of Sen. Aquilino Pimentel Jr. to send people's champ Manny Pacquiao to help in the resumption of peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front "is out of place," an MILF official said today (Aug. 18).
Here's a video of Manny Pacquiao saying he's willing to be a peace negotiator, aired Aug 17, 2009
Here's a video of an MILF spokesperson saying they rejected Pacquiao to be peace talks negotiator
Snapshots from the two videos above
Monday, August 17, 2009
Video Highlights of NONITO DONAIRE, JR. vs. RAFAEL CONCEPCION (Aug. 15, 2009) in Hard Rock Cafe Center, Las Vegas
Bonus video - Highlights from the Abe Concepcion vs. Steven Levuano fight. Video also from 24 Oras which aired August 17, 2009
Sunday, August 16, 2009
MOYMOY PALABOY & ROADFILL Sings Live 'NOBODY' with the SOP ALL-STARS - Aug. 16, 2009
Snapshots from the video
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Exclusive NONITO DONAIRE, JR. Weigh-in Pics & Happenings
Pics taken by my brother Darwin who is based in Las Vegas...Weigh-in pics taken a few hours ago. Nonito Donaire, Jr. vs. Rafael Concepcion on Aug. 15, 2009 Saturday (Aug. 16, 2009 Manila time) in Las Vegas.
Friday, August 14, 2009
MOYMOY PALABOY & ROADFILL Lipsyncs 'MR. DISCO' (Manilyn Reynes) in Bubble Gang's IyoTube - Aug. 14, 2009
Snapshots from the video
NONITO DONAIRE, JR. Will Wear Yellow Trunks in Concepcion Fight in Honor of CORAZON AQUINO
Nonito Donaire, Jr. will wear yellow trunk in the Rafael Concepcion fight in honor of the late Corazon Aquino. Nonito Donaire, Jr. vs. Rafael Concepcion of Panama will take plae on Saturday Aug 15, 2009 (Aug. 16 Manila time) in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Video courtsey of 24 Oras which aired Aug. 14, 2009
Snapshots from the video
Thursday, August 13, 2009
JINKEE PACQUIAO's Sexier New Look via Liposuction from Belo Medical Group - Aug. 13, 2009
Snapshots from the video
Jinkee with Dra. Vicki Bello
NONITO DONAIRE, JR.'s Medical Check-Up 4 Days Before RAFAEL CONCEPCION Fight - Aug. 13, 2009
Snapshots from the video
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
MARIAN RIVERA's Birthday Surprise on DARNA Set in Plaridel, Bulacan - Aug. 12, 2009
Snapshots from the video
Monday, August 10, 2009
MARIAN RIVERA Live Interview for the Premiere Episode of Mars Ravelo's DARNA - Aug. 10, 2009
MARIAN RIVERA in DARNA Grand Fan's Day Aug. 8, 2009
TOP 5 Hottest DARNAS
1. Marian Rivera
Marian Rivera: Mars Ravelo's Darna TV Series (2009)
Check the resume. Her hips flew everywhere as Marimar! Her stint as Dyesebel made her queen of the seven seas! You named her the country's sexiest Filipina in 2008! Really, is it such a surprise Marian was tapped to fill Darna's cups? We've yet to see her take on Darna, but there's no doubt she'll soar. The trailers and promotional images, if you really want to go by them solely for debate's sake, have been scorchers. A winner in the offing!
2. Angel Locsin
Angel Locsin: Mars Ravelo’s Darna TV Series (2005)
Angel Locsin’s inherently sweet, and charming features made her TV adaptation of Darna that much more personable. While others before her were able to successfully show Darna’s fierceness, none of them have been able to balance both Darna’s courage and gentleness better than Angel did. Her Darna passed the curves requirement with flying colors, reason her TV series was hot property in 2005. Angel's Darna was also critical because it was the superheroine's return to action after a 10-year hiatus. A comeback for the ages!
3. Anjanette Abayari
Anjanette Abayari: Darna Ang Pagbabalik (1994) Ang Pagbabalik ni Pedro Penduko (1994)
We're never g oing to take Anjanette out of this list ever! With a physique that could knockout Valentina based on drool-worthiness alone, this former beauty queen turned actress is arguably the most voluptuous in the bunch. Her round, piercing eyes ooze with overpowering appeal. And her toned and sexy legs were the bomb. But more than her physical gifts, Anjaette as Darna made us feel proud to be brown. We never quite understood why a mestiza gets to be cast first as Darna when a morena seemed more apt. All the flying under the sun can't be all that whitening, if you ask us.
4. Vilma Santos
Vilma Santos: Lipad, Darna, Lipad! (1973), Darna and the Giants (1974), Darna vs The Planet Women (1976) and Darna and Ding (1979)
Ate Vi first donned the costume as a then 19-year-old teen sensation, earning her the distinction of being the youngest actress to ever portray the mouthwatering high-flyer. Reports said the incumbent Batangas Governor had to be convinced thoroughly then by producers and friends to give the project a go. But with curves, which would years later be further toned with demanding dancing chores in the top-rating variety show V.I.P. (Vilma in Person), tapping the Star For All Seasons for the part was a no-brainer.
5. Nanette Medved
Nanette Medved: Darna (1991)
This half-russian, half-Chinese actress might be the Darna with the least amount of Pinoy blood in her veins. But who cares? Since when has the choice been about bloodline anyway? With her irresistible full lips and oh-so heavenly curves, the sultry Nanette Medved was Darna at her most smoldering
article source FHM
Sunday, August 9, 2009
MOYMOY PALABOY & ROADFILL Gives Happiness to fan in 'WISH KO LANG!' - Complete Episode Aug. 8, 2009
Though misfortune has tainted the life of Hazel, a happy ending is still possible in this heartwarming episode of Wish Ko Lang! aired Aug. 8, 2009
Video courtesy of 'Wish Ko Lang!' aired Au. 8, 2009
Snapshots from the video
Saturday, August 8, 2009
MOYMOY PALABOY & ROADFILL Lipsyncs 'JAI HO' by the Pussycat Dolls in Bubble Gang's IyoTube Aug. 7, 2009
Snapshots from the video
Friday, August 7, 2009
JACKIE RICE Gets Ready for the Movies after posing in Maxim Philippines Magazine - Video Aug. 7, 2009
Snapshots from the video
'HANDOG NG PILIPINO SA MUNDO', A Nostalgic Song from 1986 and Becoming Popular Again after Corazon Aquino's Death
'Handog Ng Pilipino Sa Mundo' has a similar mood and feel to 'We Are The World' by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie...well, it should be because 'We Are The World' was so popular in 1985 and 1986 and it's not surprising that the mood and feel was captured in the song 'Handog Ng Pilipino Sa Mundo'.
'We Are The World' was sang by various artists and was done right after the Grammy Awards in 1985 for the African famine relief. 'Handog Ng Pilipino Sa Mundo' (Tribute by Filipinos to the World) was released in April 1986 and sang by 15 various Filipino artists (ala 'We Are The World') when Corazon Aquino became the first Female president of the Philippines after toppling the dictatorial rule of strongman Ferdinand Marcos.
Here's a video of 'Handog Ng Pilipino Sa Mundo' I recorded from GMA-7 news announcing Corazon Aquino's death on Aug. 1, 2009
Snapshots from the video
Four Outstanding Honor Guards endured 9 hours with CORAZON AQUINO's Casket - Video Aug. 6, 2009
But what really kept them on their feet, they said, was simply the pride of being that close to the beloved leader on her final journey. Theirs was a place of honor coveted by the hundreds of thousands of Filipinos who joined the historic 22-km funeral march on Wednesday.
Private First Class Antonio Cadiente, Airman 2nd Class Gener Laguindam, Petty Officer 3 Edgardo Rodriguez and Police Officer 1 Danilo Maalab Jr. Thursday shared with reporters how they endured—and savored—what were clearly the most memorable hours of their careers.
Here's a video courtesy of 24 Oras which aired Aug. 6, 2009
Snapshots from the video
MANNY PACQUIAO's Leading Ladies in TV & Movies Supported by wife JINKEE - Video Aug. 6, 2009
Snapshots from the video
in production, 'Show Me the Manny'
'Show Me the Manny' leading lady is Marian Rivera (aside from her 'Darna' stint)
Jackie Rice in 'Sa Ngalan ng Busabos'
CORAZON AQUINO in Future P500 Bill & Sainthood - Video aired Aug. 6, 2009
The current P500 bill carries the portrait of the late Sen. Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr., the husband of the former President, whose passing on Aug. 1 continues to be mourned nationwide.
The suggestion to include Cory Aquino’s portrait on the P500 bill was made to BSP Governor Amando Tetangco Jr. by former Energy Secretary Vince Perez, according to an earlier report.
On Thursday, Tetangco told reporters that he had “asked the numismatic committee to consider the proposal to put up the portrait of former President Aquino on the P500 bill in designing our new-generation currency notes.”
Here's a video from 24 Oras which aired Aug. 6, 2009
Snapshots from the video
Thursday, August 6, 2009
MOYMOY PALABOY & ROADFILL's 4th to 11th Scenes in GMA-7's 'ALL MY LIFE' TV Drama aired July 13 to Aug. 3, 2009
Saturday, August 1, 2009
CORAZON AQUINO Dead at 76
Original TIME Magazine I had since 1987, Corazon Aquino Woman of the Year. An honor given to Cory by Time Magazine in 1987 after successfully becoming the first woman to be president of the Philippines and toppling the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos.
MANILA, Philippines – Former President Corazon Aquino, who swept away a dictator with a "people power" revolt and then sustained democracy by fighting off seven coup attempts in six years, died on Saturday, her son said. She was 76.
The uprising she led in 1986 ended the repressive 20-year regime of Ferdinand Marcos and inspired nonviolent protests across the globe, including those that ended Communist rule in eastern Europe.
But she struggled in office to meet high public expectations. Her land redistribution program fell short of ending economic domination by the landed elite, including her own family. Her leadership, especially in social and economic reform, was often indecisive, leaving many of her closest allies disillusioned by the end of her term.
Still, the bespectacled, smiling woman in her trademark yellow dress remained beloved in the Philippines, where she was affectionately referred to as "Tita (Auntie) Cory."
"She was headstrong and single-minded in one goal, and that was to remove all vestiges of an entrenched dictatorship," Raul C. Pangalangan, former dean of the Law School at the University of the Philippines, said in 2009. "We all owe her in a big way."
Her son, Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, said his mother died at 3:18 a.m. Saturday (1918 GMT Friday).
Aquino was diagnosed with advanced colon cancer last year and confined to a Manila hospital for more than a month. Her son said the cancer had spread to other organs and she was too weak to continue her chemotherapy.
Supporters have been holding daily prayers for Aquino in churches in Manila and throughout the country for a month.
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who is on an official visit to the United States, said in a statement that "the entire nation is mourning" Aquino's demise. Arroyo declared a period of national mourning and announced a state funeral would be held for the late president.
TV stations on Saturday were running footage of Aquino's years together with prayers while her former aides and supporters offered condolences.
Aquino's unlikely rise began in 1983 when her husband, opposition leader Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr., was assassinated on the tarmac of Manila's international airport as he returned from exile in the United States to challenge Marcos, his longtime adversary.
The killing enraged many Filipinos and unleashed a broad-based opposition movement that thrust Aquino into the role of national leader.
"I don't know anything about the presidency," she declared in 1985, a year before she agreed to run against Marcos, uniting the fractious opposition, the business community, and later the armed forces to drive the dictator out.
Maria Corazon Cojuangco was born on Jan. 25, 1933, into a wealthy, politically powerful family in Paniqui, about 75 miles (120 kilometers) north of Manila.
She attended private school in Manila and earned a degree in French from the College of Mount St. Vincent in New York. In 1954 she married Ninoy Aquino, the fiercely ambitious scion of another political family. He rose from provincial governor to senator and finally opposition leader.
Marcos, elected president in 1965, declared martial law in 1972 to avoid term limits. He abolished the Congress and jailed Aquino's husband and thousands of opponents, journalists and activists without charges. Aquino became her husband's political stand-in, confidant, message carrier and spokeswoman.
A military tribunal sentenced her husband to death for alleged links to communist rebels but, under pressure from U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Marcos allowed him to leave in May 1980 for heart surgery in the U.S.
It was the start of a three-year exile. With her husband at Harvard University holding court with fellow exiles, academics, journalists and visitors from Manila, Aquino was the quiet homemaker, raising their five children and serving tea. Away from the hurly-burly of Philippine politics, she described the period as the best of their marriage.
The halcyon days ended when her husband decided to return to regroup the opposition. While she and the children remained in Boston, he flew to Manila, where he was shot as he descended the stairs from the plane.
The government blamed a suspected communist rebel, but subsequent investigations pointed to a soldier who was escorting him from the plane on Aug. 21, 1983.
Aquino heard of the assassination in a phone call from a Japanese journalist. She recalled gathering the children and, as a deeply religious woman, praying for strength.
"During Ninoy's incarceration and before my presidency, I used to ask why it had always to be us to make the sacrifice," she said in a 2007 interview with The Philippine Star newspaper. "And then, when Ninoy died, I would say, 'Why does it have to be me now?' It seemed like we were always the sacrificial lamb."
She returned to the Philippines three days later. One week after that, she led the largest funeral procession Manila had seen. Crowd estimates ranged as high as 2 million.
With public opposition mounting against Marcos, he stunned the nation in November 1985 by calling a snap election in a bid to shore up his mandate. The opposition, including then Manila Archbishop Cardinal Jaime L. Sin, urged Aquino to run.
After a fierce campaign, the vote was held on Feb. 7, 1986. The National Assembly declared Marcos the winner, but journalists, foreign observers and church leaders alleged massive fraud.
With the result in dispute, a group of military officers mutinied against Marcos on Feb. 22 and holed up with a small force in a military camp in Manila.
Over the following three days, hundreds of thousands of Filipinos responded to a call by the Roman Catholic Church to jam the broad highway in front of the camp to prevent an attack by Marcos forces.
On the third day, against the advice of her security detail, Aquino appeared at the rally alongside the mutineers, led by Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile and Lt. Gen. Fidel Ramos, the military vice chief of staff and Marcos' cousin.
From a makeshift platform, she declared: "For the first time in the history of the world, a civilian population has been called to defend the military."
The military chiefs pledged their loyalty to Aquino and charged that Marcos had won the election by fraud.
U.S. President Ronald Reagan, a longtime supporter of Marcos, called on him to resign. "Attempts to prolong the life of the present regime by violence are futile," the White House said. American officials offered to fly Marcos out of the Philippines.
On Feb. 25, Marcos and his family went to the U.S.-run Clark Air Base outside Manila and flew to Hawaii, where he died three years later.
The same day, Aquino was sworn in as the Philippines' first female leader.
Over time, the euphoria fizzled as the public became impatient and Aquino more defensive as she struggled to navigate treacherous political waters and build alliances to push her agenda.
"People used to compare me to the ideal president, but he doesn't exist and never existed. He has never lived," she said in the 2007 Philippine Star interview.
The right attacked her for making overtures to communist rebels and the left, for protecting the interests of wealthy landowners.
Aquino signed an agrarian reform bill that virtually exempted large plantations like her family's sugar plantation from being distributed to landless farmers.
When farmers protested outside the Malacanang Presidential Palace on Jan. 22, 1987, troops opened fire, killing 13 and wounding 100.
The bloodshed scuttled talks with communist rebels, who had galvanized opposition to Marcos but weren't satisfied with Aquino either.
As recently as 2004, at least seven workers were killed in clashes with police and soldiers at the family's plantation, Hacienda Luisita, over its refusal to distribute its land.
Aquino also attempted to negotiate with Muslim separatists in the southern Philippines, but made little progress.
Behind the public image of the frail, vulnerable widow, Aquino was an iron-willed woman who dismissed criticism as the carping of jealous rivals. She knew she had to act tough to earn respect in the Philippines' macho culture.
"When I am just with a few close friends, I tell them, 'OK, you don't like me? Look at the alternatives,' and that shuts them up," she told America's NBC television in a 1987 interview.
Her term was punctuated by repeated coup attempts — most staged by the same clique of officers who had risen up against Marcos and felt they had been denied their fair share of power. The most serious attempt came in December 1989 when only a flyover by U.S. jets prevented mutinous troops from toppling her.
Leery of damaging relations with the United States, Aquino tried in vain to block a historic Senate vote to force the U.S. out of its two major bases in the Philippines.
In the end, the U.S. Air Force pulled out of Clark Air Base in 1991 after the eruption of Mount Pinatubo forced its evacuation and left it heavily damaged. The last American vessel left Subic Bay Naval Base in November 1992.
After stepping down in 1992, Aquino remained active in social and political causes.
Until diagnosed with colon cancer in March 2008, she joined rallies calling for the resignation of President Arroyo over allegations of vote-rigging and corruption.
She kept her distance from another famous widow, flamboyant former first lady Imelda Marcos, who was allowed to return to the Philippines in 1991.
Marcos has called Aquino a usurper and dictator, though she later led prayers for Aquino in July 2009 when the latter was hospitalized. The two never made peace.
source: yahoo news
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