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“Hindi lahat ng nagpapasaya sa atin tama. Pero lahat ng tama, masakit man sa simula, pasasayahin din tayo sa bandang huli. (Not everything that makes us happy is the right thing. But that which is right, however much it hurts at first, will make us happy in the end.)”

- from the tagalog (philippine) movie "A Love Story"

from the news this morning:  patrick swayze dies. 

patrick is most notably known (for me) in the movies dirty dancing and ghost.  but i like him more in dirty dancing, with his very graceful but manly dancing moves.  oh well, i always have this with guys who dance well.

click here to see more of him.

we currently don't have much projects in the office today, which means, lots of the employees, including me, are charging overhead.  in other words, we are not assigned to particular projects.  ok, simply put, we are not doing anything.  so this is the best time for the management and the admin to tinker and 'play around' with the office policy.  one example, they have updated our dress code to be more lenient and they now approve of the ladies wearing dress sandals.  previously they didn't allow this, only closed shoes were permitted.  that's good news, coz dress sandals are much more comfortable than the closed shoes with heels.  but then i have to do my toenails regulary now. hahaha

and then there is the internet usage policy.  they have now included this site (bloghi) in the blocked list of sites.  good thing i can still access the site, but now i can't edit and update anymore.  guess i have to do this at home, and late at night, when the kids are all asleep.  i can't even touch my own laptop when they're awake, coz they're the ones using this.  darn that facebook. and pet society.  and photoshop.

hey last weekend i was able to catch "the kite runner" in HBO.  i was planning to take a nap but when i switched the tv on (to look for boring programs to make me sleep), i saw this movie about to start.  it was really engrossing...and a tearjerker.  after the movie ended i got out of the room with my puffy eyes and the kids thought i overslept or something.  hahaha

here's a script of "Peggy Sue Got Married", a movie in my college days.  oh yeah, i'm that old.

Click here.

I saw this movie, "a very special love", starring John Lloyd and Sarah G.  At first I didn't want to watch it but when it was shown and the reviews came out, I got curious because it got an "A" rating from the movie reviewers board.  Besides, the director was Cathy Molina, the same who directed "One More Chance" which i really loved!  Click here for one of the reviews.

And here's the soundtrack, it's a 70s song by Maureen McGovern... check out the lyrics... i dedicate the lyrics to...          [Click here to listen to Lani Misalucha's version]

A Very Special Love

I never believed in love
I was deceived by love
I never had much luck with lovers before
And I couldn't compete
I seemed just part of the street
To be walked on by everyone but then

Then I found a very special love in you
It's a feeling that's so totally new
Over and over, it's burning inside
I found a very special love in you
And it almost breaks me in two
Squeezing me tighter
But I'm never gonna let go

You're not like the rest
I know you're one of the best
You give more than you should and take nothing in return (in return)
Stay always with me
And I always will be
The one person that you can count on always to love you

And I found a very special love in you
It's a feeling that's so totally new
Over and over, it's burning inside
I found a very special love in you
And it almost breaks me in two
Squeezing me tighter
But I'm never gonna let go
But I...

Found a very special love in you
It's a feeling that's so totally new
Over and over, it's burning inside
I found a very special love in you
And it almost breaks me in two
Squeezing me tighter
But I'm never gonna let go

So I watched a tagalog (Filipino) movie on DVD last weekend.  This is my first time to watch tagalog on DVD and surprisingly, the film quality was very nice, comparable to an original dvd copy.  Ok, as usual I got the pirated copy from sadikh, my suking pirate.  I know, I'm an embarrasment to the anti-piracy advocates out there.

Anyway, the movie was "One More Chance" starring John Lloyd Cruz and Bea Alonzo.  It was lightly mix of funny and sad scenes, and as usual, I cried while watching.  And this happened a lot of times.  Perhaps this is why I don't want to watch tearjerkers in movie houses. 

And this is from the movie soundtrack:

{Click here to listen to Nexus' "I'll Never Go"}

Lyrics:

I'll Never Go
Nexus

You always ask me
Those words i say
And telling me what it means to me

Every single day
You always act this way
For how many times i told you
I love you
For this is all i know

Come to me and hold me
And you will see
The love i give
For you still hold the key

Every single day
You always act this way
For how many times i told you
I love you
For this is all i know

Chorus:
I'll never go far away from you
Even the sky will tell you
That i need you so
For this is all i know
I'll never go far away from you

Come to me and hold me
And you will see
The love i give
For you still hold the key

Every single day
You always act this way
For how many times i told you
I love you
For this is all i know

Chorus

**instrumental**

Chorus 2x

I'll never go
[never go away]
I'll never go away
[never go]...

 

I came across this snippet - a poem recited by Anthony Hopkins in a scene from the movie "84 Charing Cross Road"...

He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven
by William Butler Yeats

Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only in my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

{Click here to listen to the poem}

 

For those who weren't able to watch "The Bridges of Madison County", or for those who want to watch it again (as I do), I gathered some clips of the movie.  These clips practically summarize the story... but of course it's much much better if you watch the film in its entirety...

Warning:  Tearjerker

This is the beginning...

meryl streep watches clint eastwood stand in the rain as thier eyes say goodbye....then she returns to reality and turns to a friend..the only divorced woman in the town...but never shares her secret...until her children read her will..that is the way the story is told..as they read it

the ending...

Still can't get enough of this? Here's a link to the movie screenplay... {Click here to read the script}

 

I clearly remember one afternoon in the late 90s... I didn't go to the office that day because I had chicken pox.  Yeah, eeew!  Anyway, if you have it, you have a slight fever and it's not really uncomfortable except for the ITCH, you know.  So since I was home alone (we sent the kids away for them not to get infected), I spent the whole time watching tv.  And then I caught "The Bridges of Madison County" on HBO.  It was really gooood... so romantic... and a tearjerker...  Here's a synopsis I got from IMDB.com:

The path of Francesca Johnson's future seems destined when an unexpected fork in the road causes her to question everything she had come to expect from life. While her husband and children are away at the Iowa state fair in the Summer of 1965, Robert Kincaid happens upon the Johnson farm and asks Francesca for directions to Rosamunde Bridge. He explains that he is on assignment from National Geographic magazine to photograph the bridges of Madison County. She agrees to show him to the bridges and thus begins the bittersweet and all-too-brief romance of her life. Through the pain of separation from her secret love and the stark isolation she feels as the details of her life consume her, she writes down the story of this four-day love affair in a 3-volume diary. The diary is found by her children among her possessions and alongside Robert Kincaid's possessions after Francesca is dead. The message they take from the diaries is one of hope that they will do what is necessary to find happiness in their lives -- whatever is necessary. After learning that Robert Kincaid's cremated remains were scattered off Rosamunde Bridge and that their mother requested a similar disposition for her own ashes, the children must decide whether to honor their mother's final wishes or bury her alongside their father as the family had planned. Adapted from the novel by Robert Waller, this is the story of love that happens just once in a lifetime -- if you're lucky. Written by Mark Fleetwood {mfleetwo@mail.coin.missouri.edu}

And some of the more memorable quotes:

Francesca: Robert, please. You don't understand, no-one does. When a woman makes the choice to marry, to have children; in one way her life begins but in another way it stops. You build a life of details. You become a mother, a wife and you stop and stay steady so that your children can move. And when they leave they take your life of details with them. And then you're expected move again only you don't remember what moves you because no-one has asked in so long. Not even yourself. You never in your life think that love like this can happen to you.
Robert Kincaid: But now that you have it...
Francesca: I want to keep it forever. I want to love you the way I do now the rest of my life. Don't you understand... we'll lose it if we leave. I can't make an entire life disappear to start a new one. All I can do is try to hold onto to both. Help me. Help me not lose loving you.

***************
Robert: The old dreams were good dreams; they didn't work out, but glad I had them.

***************
Robert Kincaid: I dont want to need you, 'cause I can't have you.

***************

And included in the soundtrack was this song...

{Click here to Listen}

"For All We Know"

For all we know
We may never meet again
Before you go
Make this moment sweet again

We won't say goodnight
Until the last minute
I'll hold out my hand
And my heart will be in it

For all we know
This may only be a dream
We come and go
Like a ripple on a stream

So love me, tonight
Tomorrow was made for some
Tomorrow may never come
For all we know
Tomorrow may never come
For all we know