12th Philippine Web Awards

I’m quite excited when I visited the website of Philippine Web Awards. Because they updated their website, and the same they announced (via their website) the 12th edition of Philippine Web Awards.

According to the website, the start of nomination will tomorrow, September 1, 2010.

For more information, visit the link below.

Philippine Web Awards

FM Static - Tonight

This is the song, I hear on the radios, of the buses I ride on.

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From Newsy:

Police Mishandling Blamed for Hostage Deaths

From BBC:

Aquino pledges bus siege inquiry./Philippines president pledges Manila bus siege inquiry.

In pictures: Philippines bus siege

Seven dead after former policeman hijacks Manila bus

From CNN:

Eight hostages, gunman killed in Manila tourist bus siege./Gunman in the Philippines ends standoff by killing 8, wounding 7.

CNN

From Business Mirror:

Hong Kong leader criticizes handling of deadly Manila standoff.

Statement of President Benigno Aquino III on the hostage-taking incident at the Quirino Grandstand

Mayhem in Manila: 9 killed on hijacked tourist bus

Hong Kong arranging return of bodies, injured from Philippines

Philippines bus hostage crisis ends with 7 dead

Hospitals: 6 out of 15 bus hostages dead

From GMA News:

HK issues travel ban to RP after hostage crisis

President Aquino's statement on the Manila hostage crisis

Police file charges vs hostage-taker’s brother

UB: Remains of cop hostage-taker brought to police crime lab

From Libre (Free):

Madugo’t malagim na gabi sa Luneta

From Inquirer

Police admit blunders in hostage crisis

Bloodbath at Rizal Park

Hostage-taker killed as drama ends

8 Hong Kong tourists killed in hostage crisis

Policeman’s demand for reinstatement nixed

Dismissed cop kills most of Chinese hostages—tourist bus driver

From Philippine Star

Grandstand carnage

Statement of President Aquino on the hostage crisis

From Yahoo! Philippines Fit To Post

Aquino offers condolences to hostage victims’ family

Anger and shock in Hong Kong over Manila siege

Philippine police admit blunders in deadly hostage ordeal

Filipinos outraged, angry over police rescue

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That hostage crisis.

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For me, both carelessly and, it was a tragedy beyond their control.

Carelessly because, the Filipino forces ask for education from other countries, learn from the past, learn from their mistakes, learn from the TV show/series, Criminal Minds, etc.

It was a tragedy their control because, with every day problems people face, they don’t know who they dealing with. I suggest same suggestions written above.

Gorillaz’s Demon Days

I admit that I’m not a fan of Gorillaz, but their album, Demon Days is the only CD that I like when Astro Vision1 had their Everything 99 sale.

Last August 23, 2010, when my oldest sibling & I were at TriNoma, in Quezon City, Philippines, we saw a booth of Astro Vision had their Everything 99 sale. Astro Vision’s Everything 99 sale, they sale videoke/karaoke CD’s, movies, musics from from 70’s/80’s era 90’s to early 2000’s. I don’t remember if there are classical CD’s.

The only two/2 CD’s I like are Gorillaz’s Demon Days and Spice Girls. I don’t remember which of the Spice Girls’ CD are there, Spiceworld, Greatest Hits, or both.

Gorillaz’ Demon Days is the 1st/first CD I had, since I bought the Hairspray soundtrack in a popular music store¹ in Singapore.

Note/s:
¹ If my memory serves me right, it is HMV.

My thoughts on Jodi Picoult’s novel, Perfect Match.

First and foremost, for whatever reason/s I accidentally bought Jodi Picoult’s Perfect Match, with her other book, Nineteen Minutes.

I bought Perfect Match in Powerbooks Shangri-La Plaza Mall, when Powerbooks had their mid-July-to-mid-August sale.

The first book I read and written by her is My Sister’s Keeper, when the film version is going to release here in the Philippines. It was last year. Unfortunately, I failed to watch it, I don’t know why.

Going back to Perfect Match. It took me some days to finish it. One reason is that I already think about read the novel, but I didn’t do it.

There are some areas are not suitable for kids, like fowl words, and adult scenes.

The Expendables (2010 film)

If you are into action this year, I suggest you to watch The Expendables.

Although I’m not a big fan of action & adventure films, this film is one of the good action & adventure films of the year. As you may “already” know, it stars Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, and Jet Li.

The film has combination of slow and fast pace. The acting is dry. Of course, action films are not action films without violence. The Expendables is one of few films has humor.

Ratings:
3 out of 5 stars

The Last Airbender

For me, the movie “The Last Airbender” is a not-that-good-but-not-that-bad-movie. Why? I’ll tell you why.

The acting is quite/somehow dry. I don’t know, that’s my impression of the actors’ acting in the movie. The directing/direction of M. Night Shyamalan of the movie is not that impressive.

On the martial arts used in the movie, is not that impressive. I have a theory that stunt coordinators ruled over the martial arts than the martial artists themselves. The only “wow factors” are the visual effects and the sound of the four/4 elements (air, earth, fire, and water).

In my humble opnion, I have suggestions for M. Night Shyamalan:

1) Improve his storytelling in terms.
2) Improve his swcriptwriting.
3) He may hire a scriptwriter or two/2.
4) He may collaborate with a scriptwriter or two/2.

Ratings:
2.5 stars out of 5 stars
6.7 stars out of 10 stars
55 out of 100 points