One YM evening...SBG: Kagigising ko lang, naghahanap ng inuman.Hailie: It's still early, I'm pretty sure there are still lots of inuman open.SBG: Nasa work ka ba?Hailie: Nope.SBG: [street where I live]?Hailie: Yep.SBG: Tara, inom tayo!Hailie: Ahaha, pass ako.SBG: Andami mo nang pass sa'kin ah!Hailie: Hahahahaha.Hailie logs out.
Feeling:
tiredAll ears to: Gimme More Britney SpearsCurled up in bed with: Angela's Ashes Frank McCourt
...is up this 15th of July.
Yay!Thanks to ChinkyChinky for the info!Feeling: 
mellowAll ears to: Criminal Minds on TVCurled up in bed with: Angela's Ashes Frank McCourt
I first heard of "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer" as a book. In fact, I grabbed it the instant I saw it sitting on its shelf in Powerbooks. But like most of the books I hoarded in the last few years, it has remained untouched and unread.Fast forward to 2011 and a friend gave me a copy of the movie. Yesterday, I found the time to insert it in my daily TV series marathon. And I'm glad I did.Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, based on the novel by Patrick Süskind, relates the story of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. Jean-Baptiste was orphaned at a young age and proved to be a peculiar child - he rarely spoke and was gifted with an extraordinary sense of smell. Every smell around him is heightened because of this "gift"; and it is through this gift that he found that thing that will change his life: perfume. And as he apprentices with a once-renowned perfumer, he becomes obsessed with preserving the most intoxicating scent he ever encountered: the scent of a beautiful, young woman.The movie was done beautifully. The cinematography captured the emotion perfectly - dark, very dark with bursts of color for scenes depicting self-discovery and festivities. And the acting was nothing if not amazing! Ben Whishaw, who portrayed Grenouille, was a complete unknown to me but he sure made a fan out of me after the movie. Even with big names like Dustin Hoffman and Alan Rickman in the cast, Whishaw still shone as the true star of the movie.When the movie wrapped up, though, I admit that I was left baffled. At first, I didn't quite get what the town scene was supposed to mean. Though the scene made me cry. Then I eventually got it - or at least had my own interpretation. I don't really understand what Patrick Süskind wanted to convey when he wrote the book, but here's my own take: "Power is nothing if you don't find someone who'll love you. And that perhaps forgiveness is the most powerful thing in this world."Grenouille had the most amazing perfume in his hands, one that had the power to bring the most powerful men on their knees, yet he was not happy. Seeing the townspeople ravaging one another, all he could do was think back to that first beautiful woman he saw and killed. He thinks of the possibility that perhaps she and him could have had a chance had he not murdered her. And when his last victim's father forgave him, that's when he realized how futile all the murders were. And he decided to bring himself back to his place of birth and surrender to pure ravage and die.But maybe that's just me. How about you? Have you seen the movie? Did you like it? Thoughts.Feeling: mellowAll ears to: Happy Ending Avril LavigneCurled up in bed with: Angela's Ashes Frank McCourt
tired
