Rough Groove

Movies watched: June 08, 2

40! That’s how many movies and a short I’ve watched in June! The following are non-US productions.

Karaula, Adams Aebler and Drama/Mex are good while Seven Swords is gory but the effects and stunts are great. As for The Science of Sleep, well, I’m not too fond of real life and animation mixed together but its kind of interesting as to how the concept of reality and dreams mix together. Gael Garcia Bernal is such a wonderful actor here.

Chat gim (Seven Swords) -Tsui Hark, 2005 (China)
Adam’s Aebler (Adam’s Apples) -Anders Thomasjensens, 2005 (Denmark)
Drama/Mex - Gerardo Naranjo, 2006 (Mexico)
Karaula (Border Post) - Rajko Grlic, 2006 (Slovenia)
La Science des rêves (The Science of Sleep) - Michel Gondry, 2006 (France)

Short: Clara - Van Sowerwin, 2005 (Australia)

Wordcamp Philippines 2008!

I’m an avid Wordpress user for the past years now and in fact, this is my blogging platform of choice powering my five blogs: Langyaw (my primary blog), Rough Groove, Binary Silver, Salagubang and Simbahan. Thanx to nina, I got to know of the Wordcamp Philippines 2008, considered to be the first in Southeast Asia.

I’m very much interested to know more about Wordpress, especially making it as a simple and easy to design and administer content management system (CMS) of which I’ve been thinking of making one of my blogs as one.

This blogging event is organized by Mindanao Bloggers of which I’m a part of.

Sponsors:

• i.PH: the Domain for Individuals
• Free Online Flash Games
• Wazzup Manila Philippines
• Real Estate CRM
• Real Estate Website Designers
• Orange County Real Estate
• Auto Insurance Quotes
• Lane Systems Inc.
• RedMedia

Series 57: Cuyo and Agutaya

Coinciding with an ongoing series in my travel blog Langyaw, where I posted about my trip from Iloilo - Negros - Cuyo - Culion, are photos of Cuyo and Agutaya, remote islands between Panay and Palawan. Though the trip was brief, these lovely and forlorn places are a must go for the jaded adventurer/traveler.

Check out Binary Silver for this series of photos. Over at Langyaw, which is my primary blog now, are other off the beaten path travel accounts.

Movies watched: 13th French Film Festival, June 08

40! That’s how many movies and a short I’ve watched in June!

The 13th French Film Festival was held at the Shangri-la Plaza in Mandaluyong last month. Of the 10 movies on offer, one didn’t make it due to permit problems. Entrance was free but unfortunately, as the tickets were given two hours before the start of the movie, I’m often left with no tickets once the preceeding one finished that it was around 4 days I’ve been going to this mall just to watch it. I was able to watch 7 of the nine films.

Qui m’aime me suive ( If You Love Me Follow Me) - Benoit Cohen, 2006
Roman de Gare (Crossed Tracks) - Claude Lelouche, 2007
Ah! Si j’etais riche (If I Were a Rich Man) - Gerard Bitton, Michel Munz, 2002
Changement d’adresse (Change of Address) - Emmanuel Moiret, 2006
Clean - Olivier Assayas, 2004
La Mome (La vie en rose) - Olivier Dahan, 2007
Je crois que je l’aime (Could This Be Love?) - Pierre Jolivet, 2007

Sulpicio Lines makes me laugh. Seriously.

What has gone up the minds of Sulpicio Lines? After having their latest debacle, for the nth time, on the sinking of the Princess of the Stars at the height of typhoon Frank, where only less than the 800 plus passengers have been recovered, both living and dead, they are suing the weather bureau PAGASA? They charged that the forecast of the government agency was not reliable and was just guessing. As far as I know, the reason that it is called a weather forecast because in itself, the weather cannot be predicted. Much more a typhoon’s route. The weather bureau has been giving updates as well as posting it in their websites and the ship operator, if they are responsible enough, should make it their priority to look at it and act from their.

It just smacks of desperation that instead of reviewing their ship captains’ assessing skills they are blaming others. Its just plain stupid.