the golden compass

The Golden Compass and how it had strung a myriad of controversies.

I happened to see the movie last night with my friends, and it doesn’t really promote atheism or whatever, it is a fictional story, more like the Chronicles of Narnia, with talking animals as your souls or ‘daemons’ as what they call it in the movie.

There is this belief that all human beings have their corresponding daemons, and if they die, their daemons die along with them. The ability of their daemons to morph into something, into a different animal is entirely based on their human counterpart – their strength, their experiences account for what their daemon can turn into. What the daemons feel, their human counterparts feel it too!

And this talk about ‘dust’… I still pretty much didn’t get it… was dust the portal to another world or parallel universe? And why does is it best unmentioned? Hmm… I wonder… It could be that people tend to get greedy over power which would lead to manipulation and all that politics. You know… the fear of having evil rule over the world or the entire universe for that matter.

Why has the movie attracted such controversy? Well, for one thing there wasn’t any mention of a higher being and the idea that your soul is personified with an animal that you can actually talk to and interact with… it is a mere observation, but fiction is still fiction… those are the kind of stories you tell your children before they go to sleep – just like stories of Peter Pan and Neverland, wherein goodness still reigns amidst all the chaos and evil randomness.

After the movie, my friend told me how I was so talkative while watching the movie… Hmm… I was? Hahaha! According to her, my future dates should definitely include movies coz it is the only time I get to talk a whole lot! I didn’t realize that I was such a chatterbox, but truth be told I like to analyze movies, I think I have gotten that habit from my brother… we just love to criticize and resolve mysteries or loopholes in movies, I also like to criticize how the movie is done, the special effects and stuff…

Back to the movie itself,  I like the polar bear, I actually want one! Prince Iorek (not Urich! woops, my bad!) is such a cute polar bear! Hahaha! And the part where he slapped the other polar bear king where it’s jaw literally removed itself from its entire face! I loved it! Hahaha! And Serafina, the queen of the witches, she is a superb archer too! At first I thought she's evil, but she's not… she's actually a good witch. But the movie was open-ended, lots of questions were still formulating in my head, and then there goes the credits… poof! The End… could there be a sequel? I wonder…

b.r.o.k.e.

december finally made its way… and so far, i am broke from all the christmas shopping i have been doing for the passed two weeks or rather weekends… after all, it is the season of giving… how i wish my fairy godmothers and godfathers refill my empty pockets! <sigh…>

and i am still not finished with it! my list is still a long way from being done, there's still a whole lot of names waiting to be scratched out or having an 'x' mark over them… but i am pretty sure, lucky loved ones who will be receiving gifts from me will be happy… they better be! that's like sweat, blood, and tears! uh-huh… if not, then no gifts for them next year! haha! that'll be good news for me! haha!

so far, the men in my life still need their gifts… my fa-dear, my bruders… the list goes on! 

i realized that, once you get to have your own job, and earning your own money, the list of people that would be receiving presents from you seems to lengthen every year! whoa! over kill! your salary  just touches a few seconds of your palm and poof! it's gone! but seeing the looks on their faces once they open their gifts are PRICELESS! so that makes me feel better! it's like giving back to them and showing them my appreciation of being a part of my life! <drama mode.. sheesh..> 

worse case scenario: i'll be doing last minute shopping before going home to nagaland! ay-yayay! 

i do hope i get to receive lots of presents too! cam'an! cam'an!

’tis the season to be jolly…

fa la la la la… la la la la… follow me in merry-making… fa la la… la la la… la la la…

one thing i like about the whole week is the weekend… wherein i get to relax, unwind, and do nothing in the sense that is not work related! lately, i look forward on weekends coz it's the only time i get to feel free and relaxed… well, sort of… but you know what i mean…

lately, i have had my weekends free! meaning, i don't get to go to work on weekends now… i love it! but then again, as much as i love weekends, i dread sunday nights, coz that would mean my fun and relaxing hours are numbered… how i wish i can freeze time… can i just skip weekdays and move forward to weekends?! like that's possible… i can only wish…

so we spent the weekend going to bazaars and went christmas shopping… after that tiring day of scouring and looking for that extra special gifts not to mention good buys that are easy on the pocket, i found myself broke and with a week more to go before pay day! good gracious!!! this ain't the season to be jolly at all! well, not at this very moment… 

then, there are christmas parties i got to go to with my friends… but as usual, i'm not sure if i can come since i might be somewhere — working on those dates… hmmm… dilemma… but, since i ain't really chummy-chummy with the boss' pet, i might have my weekends free again!!! fingers crossed!!! 

i am truly looking forward to going home to antipolo and chill… relax… have some home-cooked meal that i have always been missing!!! get to bum around and do nothing except catch up on the latest buzz about everyone… i miss my family… i miss everyone!!! i am truly looking forward to christmas vacation!!! bring it on!!! cam'an!!