Remington and the Curse of the Zombadings

Remington and the Curse of the Zombadings is an Indipendent FIlm directed by Jade Castro in 2011.The Film is classified as a Comedic Horror. "Remington is in love with Hannah but she finds him lazy and uncouth. Then he starts to change. Suddenly he is becoming neater, nicer, more sensitive. Is he doing it for her? Or is something beyond his control changing him into someone he is not? He discovers that his gradual transformation is tied to something he did long ago, to childhood transgressions and curses uttered in graveyards. Hannah falls for the new and improved Remington, but he starts falling for someone else. As the ghosts of Remington's past come to haunt him, so do the the Zombadings. Undead, fabulous, they threaten to rock this sleepy town to death."
(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1810861/)

The movie seems to focus on homophobes. Meaning, people who hate on homosexual people. Since Remington likes to pick on gay people in the movie, He was given a curse that he'll grow up to be gay forever. After some time with the curse, Remington realizes that what he did was wrong. But he is stuck with the curse FOREVER. The plot seemed straight forward, easily understood , the moral of the story is clear. Although it was a typical Pinoy movie , which all Philippine movie seems to have even though it is not on purpose, The movie did well in delivering their message.

Bashing on Homosexuals are bad. They do not deserve being shamed upon just as Heterosexuals does not deserve to be told negative connotations. Respecting people's choices, beliefs, and whatever they want to do to their bodies is important. Morally, if it does not include oneself, having an irrelevant opinion is not necessary. Like a lot of elders say, "If you don't have anything nice to say, then don't talk at all"

Parasyte. Part 1

Parasyte (Kiseijuu) is an Japanese Action, Drama, and Horror film released in 2014 (February 2015 in the Philippines). Directed by Takashi Yamazaki and Written by Hitoshi Iwaaki, Ryôta Kosawa, and Takashi Yamazaki.
"The humanity is suffering from murders all over the globe, called "Mincemeat murders". High school student, Izumi Shinichi has a parasite living off him, having replaced his right hand, and he might be the discoverer of truth."
(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3345472/)

In the first look of the movie, it is a typical story line similar with aliens trying to take over the world. In the beggining of the movie, it is issued that humanity is destroying the world and if the numbers of human beings are reduced significantlly, so will be the wastes. With that said, Marvel fans would possibly say that it is very similar to the plot of "AvengersL Age of Ultron", since Ultron, The main villain, tries to wipe out every human beings to save the earth. Incredibly, There are a lot of things that the movie tries to deliver.

The movie touched up on a lot of topics, the following is what viewers of the film may interpret the plot of the movie:

1. The movie is also about a mother's love for her child and their relationship.

2. How important human lives are to humans themselves.

3. To save the world, people must not consume the plants and animals, basically to stop destroying the ecosystem by finding a substitute source of nutrition.

To elaborate, the parasites are the way to expose these traits, they bring out the nature of people when something threatens one's realtionship or the entire world. Shinichi Izumi, the main charater, Talks to Migi the parasite he got, which is his right hand, and there is where both sides discussed about human behaviors and how people respond to threats.

Izumi's mother,Nobuko Izumi, was taken over by a parasite. This lead up to Shinichi's realization that he loves her mother so much and regrets not spending enough quality time. Another example in the movie about a mother's love is at the last scene. Yoko Tamiya is a teacher (She was successfully taken over by a parasite) in Shinichi's high school that conducts multiple experiments to understand the human behavior. She conducted an experiment trying to figure out of two parasites with human bodies had a baby, what would be the result. Tamiya is now pregnant in the movie, and at the last scene, one of their comrades decided to kill all human beings, that included Tamiya's child, and Tamiya starts to worry that he would kill her child.

It is always not the threat that the movie focused on or should only be recognized. There are other 'morals' or ideas that a film tries to deliver. Reading between the lines in movies is a great way to learn a lot of things from films. Although Parasyte is a little bit too gruesome for a kid, Parasyte is a movie worth watching.

Jon Santos

Jon Santos was bron on January 18, 1966, He is known to be a comdeian, actor, and impersonator. He is also excellent with costumes and make up. In an interview, he revealed that he was maried to an Italian-American for three years. They were married in Canada because gay marriage is legal there. Jon santos is well recognized by his impersonation of multiple public figures. His famous impersonations was, Ate Vi, Basana Roces, Armida Sigyon-Makareyna, Sherap Espada, Shawie, Bro Mike Volare, Tita Kory, Sen. Juan Flavor, Sen. Meeryam, Pres. gloring, Krissy Anino, and Okrah Weenfree.

on February 11, 2016 , Jon Santos spoke to the students of Asia Pacific College about his career and how one should continue to pursue their dreams. He is a colorful character in an asian country with asian parents, Jon santos must have had a hard time following his passion. Knowing that Jon Santos did what he wanted all his life, that is probably not his parents' first choice for him, one can learn from him and be inspired at the same time. It is no joke, surely, entering show business, comedey, especially entertainment; Jon Santos is a credible source for inspiration in doing what one loves.

It is quite easy for a person to lose hope when it comes to prusing dreams, because it is like wanting to eat all the healthy foods but there are only few choices or few places that serves those kinds of food. Jon Santos is one of those rare places where you get the healthy foods. You get encouraged once more to continure pursuing one's passion.

Yes, there is no reason not to chase after one's dream, and Jons santos gave more reasons to do so. It may seem that the path to fullfill one's passion is a straying away from the right things, but if done with the right knowledge and planning, nothing will stand in one's way in follwing one's passion.

Edith L. Tiempo

Edith L. Tiempo was known to be one of the best Filipino writers that used the English language. She was born on the 22nd of April 1919 in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, which a few of her works' foundation was the era she was born in. Edith is a Poet, Fictionist, teacher, and a literary critic. She and her late husband, Edilberto K. Tiempo, founded and directed the Siliman National Writers Workshop. Edith has published multiple books and shared her knowledge with a lot of people before she died in August 21, 2011.
(reference: http://su.edu.ph/page/113-biography-of-edith-l)

One of Edith's famous work was the poem "Bonsai", which talked about love. Everyone can feel love and talk about love, but there is something about Edith Tiempo's words that makes love a little bit less harder to explain. Here is the poem:

'Bonsai'
by Edith Tiempo

All that I love
I fold over once
And once again
And keep in a box
Or a slit in a hollow post
Or in my shoe.

All that I love?
Why, yes, but for the moment-
And for all time, both.
Something that folds and keeps easy,
Son’s note or Dad’s one gaudy tie,
A roto picture of a queen,
A blue Indian shawl, even
A money bill.

It’s utter sublimation,
A feat, this heart’s control
Moment to moment
To scale all love down
To a cupped hand’s size

Till seashells are broken pieces
From God’s own bright teeth,
And life and love are real
Things you can run and
Breathless hand over
To the merest child.

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It can turn a 'macho' man into a little boy with all the emotions it brings up on people. Also, everybody interprets someone else's art differently  and similarly at the same time. As a multimedia student that doesn't read as much, the interpretation of this may be too literall but it is still an interpretation. Love is shown through tokens, symbols, that if one recieves and loves them back, the token is kept and stored in a place; In our hearts? In our memories? Yes. If one loves a person, remember the things, keep the memories whether it is good or bad. Because in the long run, it is what you have gone through with each other that bonds the love even stronger.

As a student that loves to look at photographs and rarely reads, Edith Tiempo's work is a game changer. It gives insipiration to create, and she also said that there is this drive for creativity in everybody. Edith L. Tiempo inspires people to do a little better everytime, appreciate things more often, realize that every moment spent with friends and families cannot be replaced. And all of these emotions, feelings, came from one short poem.