The Karate Kid

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I got the chance to watch Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith's new movie last June 27, 2010 and it did not disappoint. I was surprised that even after one week, the seats are still full, needless to say when I got in it was SRO (standing room only. I got in when the movie was halfway done but it did not discourage me. Being a Jackie Chan and a Kung Fu fan, I appreciated the whole movie, the elements are in there, comedy, action, drama, love story, all in a 2 hour movie.

I will not play spoiler but would like to share one line that struck me most, the line that Jackie Chan told Jaden Smith before the start of the tournament and it goes like this - "Life will knock us down but we can choose weather or not to get back up." It made me realize that it is not important how you have started but it's how you finish that counts. See, in life, things does not always go your way but the important thing is how you face and deal with adversities.

I highly recommend this movie to everyone, very well made.

You To Me Are Everything

I got the chance to watch the latest Dingdong-Marian movie (it was shown the first week of May), good thing for someone ripped a DVD copy and uploaded in PSP format (thank you jasonangel!). In my overall assessment, from a scale of 1-10, 10 being the highest, I could say, I rate this movie 7 out of 10. Maybe the rating would be different if I had the chance to watch that movie with someone in the cinemas but that's a different topic :p

The story is a typical rags-to-riches story, huge money inherited from the last will and testament of a dying father and the step sisters hating you because you are "not part of the original family". And there is your male lead role who was used to the finer things in life and then suddenly lost everything because of his parent who did something foolish (say, graft and corruption), including yes, his girlfriend.

While watching the movie, it made me stop to think and thank  GOD for all the blessings that have happened to me during the past 6 years. I can relate to the situation when everything was taken away from you. I experienced how to be penniless and worst, to eat small meals if none one meal a day. And also to lose your girlfriend that fast for reasons I don't care to try to understand anymore (what happened to forever and ever? LOL). The movie made me realize and taught me a valuable lesson. I can be happy with what I got, however small or big they are. So now, I am on my way to recovery and was very blessed to have true family and friends that supported me all the way. So now, I have a job, a good team, a great set of true friends and most important of all, a loving family who supports you all the way through.

What else could I ask for? Oh yeah, a special someone would be nice!

A line from the movie:

"Kapag malakas ang ulan at wala kang payong, sumilong ka muna. Kung wala kang masisilungan, i-enjoy mo na lang ang ulan. Kasi, king hindi mo i-eenjoy ang ulan, nabasa ka na nga, mainit pa ang ulo mo."

So it says, be happy with whatever comes your way, weather good or bad. It's like you can do anything if it rains (at least find a temporary shelter if you don't have an umbrella), so might as well enjoy the rain or you will end up miserable and nobody would care at your misfortune.

And I totally agree!

Happy Weekend to all!