1) My name is Kristinne. I didn't know this is how my name is spelt on my birth certificate until Grade 6, I was known as Khristine then.
2) A first born child on both sides of my family.
3) Because of this, I had difficulty calling someone ate or kuya before, but now I use ate.
4) I started primary school at age 5.
5)...
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Another unfinished post, supposedly for my 24th birthday :)
I just got home from a whole day stint at Gateway for the film fest. I guess this is one of the best pre-bday celebration I ever had. And I have to thank CEAE for the opportunity they gave me to help them even in a very small way. The staff and my co-volunteers are really awesome tenku tenku :)
Please, please if you haven't seen or heard MFF, try to visit Gateway tonight until Sunday, 21 August. There are a lot of great films out there and I had the chance to watch two, Legacy: Philippine World Herritage Sites by noted director Butch Nolasco and Children of the Mountains by Jukka Holapainen, the president of CEAE.
Legacy features the journey of famed conservation advocate Augusto Villalon to UNESCO heritage sites in the Philippines. It is an exhilarating journey that will take you to the depths of the Tubbataha Reef Marine Park, the St. Paul Subterranean River at Puerto Princesa, the historic landmark in the North that is Vigan, the majestic Rice Terraces, and ends at the four Baroque churches that reflect Filipino culture and faith. Children of the Mountains tells the sad plight of the Dumagats who once lived abundantly, peacefully co-existing with wild flora and fauna the way their deities created them to be. They were once a dignified tribe who did not depend on anyone for their survival until the roads, chainsaws, and bulldozers came. Now, the Dumagats allowed themselves to be enslaved by the so-called civilized people to earn their living because the greedy corporations (who are in collusion with people from the government) took everything away from them: their dignity, their culture, even their lives.
These are films stripped off with glamour and big-named stars. These are real films depicting real people and real problems. I guess we shouldn't deny our children, especially ourselves, of this rare chance to breathe reality even for just a few hours.
Happy weekend.
Eto na nga yung answers ko dun sa tag ng hny ko, baka hindi pa ako mabigyan ng regalo sa birthday ko e hwehehe
1. What are the things you enjoy, even when no one around you wants to go out and play?
- Reading-i looove to read, kahit yung likod ng shampoo bottles pinagtyatyagaan ko pag wala ng mabasa in the loo. But I only enjoy reading non-academic books. :)
- Internet surfing
- Blogging-nuff said.
- Playing RPG-I went ga-ga playing Ragnarok one time, and I have sat for hours until my butt went numb. Same with Sims. Hny hated me for this.
- Shopping-every woman loves doing this and having an impatient boyfriend spoils the fun.
- Watching anime downloaded from the net.
- Travelling-this is more fun if you have your loved one with you.
- Eating-I rarely eat alone. It's really sad eating alone you know.
- Eating
- Blogging
- Reading
- Surfing the net
- Having a good laugh with friends
- Uttering a short and simple prayer :)
This is one really cool program from Google. You just type in the field where you want to go, anywhere in the world, and Google Earth will fly (yes, fly!) you there in seconds.
We were so excited when we learned about this from our classmate in GIS that after installing the program we hurriedly tried searching for the Philippines, UP Diliman in particular. Here's what we found:
It felt a bit sad knowing we're really eons away from Japan (top) or US when it comes to technology. They have their own satellites up there you know. The reason why their satellite images look like these:
Weeks later in our class, during a short break, we decided to roam around the Earth and zoom in to every thinkable spot in the world. We visited France, US, Canada, China, etc. Then somebody said Philippines, then everybody went ayyyy....we were greeted by the hazy picture above. But the surprise of our life came when the big man said that he can pinpoint the roof of his house if we just go to Bulacan. So off we went to Guiguinto. What we saw next left everyone awed and a tad proud knowing that our country, despite all the hullaballoo, is not really that left out in terms of technology (we do wiretapping first class!).
Moonrise Documentary Film Festival
August 18-21, 2005
Gateway Mall, Cubao
http://www.moonrisefilmfest.org/
Know these people…
Hear their voices…
Listen to their stories.
FILM ENTRIES
AGNO Erlyn Ruth Alcantara Cordillera People’s Alliance & Southern Tagalog ExposureBUHAY DAGAT Florey Lopez
ENVIRONMENTAL ART Lili Arivara
FISHING FOR HOPE Mabel Batong
HEADHUNTERS’ SHADOW Milo Paz Philrights
ILOG/ TAGA ILOG Leo Valencia Guinea Piglet Productions
JANITOR FISH Adrian de Vera
LEGACY Butch Nolasco National Commission for Culture and the Arts
LIWASANG BAYAN Katrina Encanto
MOVING MOUNTAINS Boyette Rimban Philrights
MT. MANABO Rom Camagun
TAMARAW QUEST Milo Paz Far Eastern University
SAGKA Randy Nobleza Tambuyog Development Center
SUNRISE IN ORIENTAL MINDORO Rom Cumagun
WAILING OF PARADISE Fr. Romeo Villavicencio Communication for Evangelization and Development Center
WINNING THE WAR ON GARBAGE Joe Cuaresma Mother Earth Foundation
“Where is the balance between development and taking care of the needs of people especially those displaced by development? … these are informative documentaries to make everybody [become] aware of their responsibilities… … [The MTRCB] commends CEAE for highlighting these problems. The audience will be properly informed of problems brought about by progress.”
-MTRCBhttp://www.moonrisefilmfest.org
Presented by the CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AND EDUCATION & APOCALYPSE POINT PRODUCTIONS
In cooperation with: Ford Motors Conservation & Environmental Grants*Foundation for the Philippine Environment*Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-FRMP*UNILEVER Philippines *GATEWAY Mall *Philippine Information Agency* GMA-7 *Manila Bulletin*Discover Philippines Magazine*Yehey.com
Tickets: P60 for students and teachers/ P99 for regular patrons
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There is life (and a lot more pressing concerns) after the Gloriagate scandal.
Let us support this worthy cause. :)
With the demise of presidentiable and former Senator Raul Roco this morning, I just can't help but think that maybe, Noli De Castro is indeed destined to be our president. The man won hands down versus Loren, that we have to admit. If FPJ won last year's election and Noli his Vice, then with Da King's demise, Noli could have been the president. That's near-hit number one. Near-hit number two came with the Hello Garci fiasco that resulted in calls for GMA's impeachment/resignation/ouster. And then everyone took some time out upon realizing that Noli Boy is drumming his fingers impatiently, eagerly waiting for the throne. Then came the news about the senator, that's near-hit number three if you're keeping tabs.
But I won't stop counting, maybe we won't be so lucky the fourth time as the impeachment process progress. Right now, I just want to believe that there is still Divine intervention, a miracle thread perhaps that keeps the presidency away from Noli's grasp. The mere thought of that would surely make the Filipinos recite the paternoster again and again and again.
Finished reading this overly-hyped installment of the HP series Monday night. I started reading it Sunday night and forced my eyes to read until 12 pm, left with 25 pages more, I contemplated of not going to work come Monday morning so I can finish it and verify if you-know-who really died on the page specified by people from hell.
I shed a few tears, much less from what I've shed in book five. Maybe because I wasn't really expecting Sirius's death and the death scene was really built up to the point that crybabies like me would end up bawling. This time, I grieved for some seconds and that was it. Maybe it was shock and disbelief at the same time. How could someone as powerful as you-know-who, end up pleading for his life? Of course, a lot of speculations are up. And you'll have yours after you read the book. Rowling depicted the main characters the way they should be portrayed five books later; mature, more aggressive, young adults caught between the roles expected of them and matters of the heart. The tone is also darker and more serious with pages peppered with deaths and violence.
I just don't understand why people are so eager to piss others who have not read it to the point of selling something like this: www.tshirthell.com. <>
*Thanks for the heads up guys! ;)
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