Man in silver paint

Is this man in silver paint reminds you of a movie? I love movies. Back in high school, my best friend and I would watch video in Betamax every Saturday after our high school military training. What I remembered are ‘The Cutting Edge’ and ‘If looks could kill’ – but I couldn’t remember the actors anymore. We also watched ‘Chances Are’ and ‘Untamed Heart’ of Christian Slater which are heart warming love stories that time.
There’s ‘Cry baby’ and ‘Edward Scissorhands’ of Johnny Depp , ‘Where the heart is' of Uma Thurman, Patrick Dempsey’s ‘Can’t buy me Love’ – just few movies I remembered watching with my childhood friends over dozens of Pompoms for our movie snack.(Microwave popcorns were not yet made.) I had missed to watch ‘Mystery Date’ of Ethan Hawke in the widescreen but I was able to rent it in VHS. I also liked chick flicks of the 80’s – ‘Pretty in Pink’, ‘St. Elmo’s fire’ and ‘Some kind of Wonderful.’
During college, I even missed a class just to end the 2nd movie I watched with my classmates during our long lunch break- that was ‘Jurassic Park’. We had watched some Filipino movies too – ‘Sana Maulit muli’ of Lea Salonga and Aga Muhlach to name a few. The best movie and still my most favourite love story is the ‘Bridges of Madison Country’. We watched it in Louie’s cinema, the best cinema with Dolby sound in the country that time. The audio made it more heartbreaking, and I have understood their love story on my latter years of life.
At home, I wasn’t alone on being entertained by movies. My brother was a fanatic. He already had few collections of his favourite classics and sequels in VHS. We had watched the ‘Godfather’, ‘Return of the Jedi trilogy’ and ‘James Bond’ movies. He hated love stories but we got along together with high-packed action films like the series ‘Bad Boys’, ‘Transporters’, ‘Bourne’ movies and ‘the Lord of the Rings.’
Watching ‘good’ movies is not just a way to entertain or relax me. It also opened my mind to different lives of other people. It is a fact that we knew American life mostly from the movies we watched. The ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ movie had defined India. Cultures of Japanese were seen on the film ‘Samurai’. The lives during the holocaust and the lives of a civilian and a soldier on world wars were unfolded. A mere life of an ordinary person in an extraordinary situation had made us moved through movies. Fact or fiction, love or war, comedy or drama – the people behind it should be commended on the creative and artistic way of touching other’s lives.
My recent movie marathons were 'Inkheart', 'The Orphanage' and 'The Proposal' last week, and this week was 'Veronika decides to die' and 'My sister’s keeper'. There are few movies I would want to see again—the love story of ‘The English Patient’, the deliverance in the movie ‘Shawshank Redemption’ and the joy in ‘The Joy Luck club’. The silver man was a mime on the occupied places of malls’ parks to amuse strolling adults and kids.

Ferris wheel

The first time I rode a Ferris wheel was when there’s a mini carnival that was situated in a big vacant lot near our subdivision. That time, the famous amusing and entertaining park in the country was the Festival Carnival in Araneta Center. People were not yet aware so much of the safety and security. I remembered there’s only one steel bar that locked us in the ferris wheel seat. Whatever then, it was the happiest thrilling night ever with my childhood buddies. The ride was not scary at all; I even tried it again during our high school foundation day. During the ride, I was singing the song ‘Zombie’ by Cranberries so I can ease out on the high sensation I felt during the peak of the cycle. It was amazing when it stops to pick up the others; I saw places in different views. That time it was the highest point I had been in my life.


The Singapore Flyer is the world’s largest observation wheel since 2008. They said I should have ride because it would be like the London’s Eye which was the tallest for 6 years (2000-2006). Anyway, we tried the Sentosa’s Sky tower instead, to see the whole Singapore terrain view. When I’m up there, there’s just that gushy feeling looking what was under and what everything my eyes can see in a different point of view. Like any other when you’re in an airplane looking outside the window. Like sightseeing from the 84th floor of the highest building on the city or the Hong Kong’s peak looking at the Victoria’s harbour view. And like another gushy feeling with majesty was the furry clouds behind me – the fact that you’re in it and seeing the great mountains of the north of the country from the zenith of the Pulag range. Every body has its own feeling - it depends on one’s perspective and dweller of his heart.