Manila, Manila, oh my Manila…

Come mid-September, I’ll be going to Manila for my professional board exam… apparently it will be one of those life changing moments – do or die. But this isn’t what I wanna blog about. I haven’t been to Manila in years, and honestly, if I had a choice, I wouldn’t  go there.

Manila is dirty. Dirty is the best word to describe the place and honestly, im not too keen on that. So destination-wise, it is a bust.

The only upside to this is that I get to travel to and from that cesspool of a city.

So drama now is how; how to get there and have fun – satisfy the wanderlust which so far hasn’t been given into.

The first thought would be the hour long trip via the skies. Which for a guy like me is BOREDOM made real, which thusly would be my last choice ever.

There is also option B – a boat ride on Super Ferry. Just passing by the archipelago in high class accoms would be a dream, but the boredom might just consume me.

I might take a bus to Manila which I think would be the craziest course to take. On and off barges across a number of major islands and straits and passing by thousands more. I even heard, one service would cut through Boracay – the island paradiso. I’d be passing by Stone county, Romblon. Through the flatlands of the Tagala, passing by the historicism of the landscape and stopping at a station in Cubao. This is my ultimate choice, but sadly, I have parents who are very picky.

What to do? I’ll be buying tickets soon… so, I have to make up my mind.

Wanderlust can

be a bitch.

A fun one!

Heroes

Things change, but not people.

Season one of this show gave me goose bumps. Heroes was reminiscent of X-men, with lots less tights and 80’s hairdos and more humanity. It was this humanity that added layers into the fabric of what was expected to be just another supernatural-themed TV series. But as the show progressed into it’s later seasons, the quality had slowly shifted from something real-relatable, into something overly fantastical. When you dig a well, you’re supposed to stop when you get to the water. What heroes did, was it dug too deep trying desperately hard to keep it’s viewers who didn’t need keeping just yet. Heroes dug through the core and left the world, leaving all of us treading on an endless path.

Fortunately enough though, the opening line, which is incidentally taken from the series itself, holds true. The Heroes Universe changed for the worse, but at least, the people held steadfast through the drama and retained their lovability. I guess this is why they got to a respectable fourth season. The characterization of the different heroes and their own demons are what made the four seasons strong enough to make the show still something worth watching. Heroes, will be one of those series which will forever be considered as one of those “greats”.

 

I know this post on heroes is long overdue, but I recently bought the DVD of he 4th season, so yeah. Leave your comments.

I was Struck... by a Star

this was taken august of '10 when i organized this event with Smart for my university... it was AWESOME!!!! love spongecola... and i ot to meet YAEL... the lead... fun... fun... fun..