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It has been almost two weeks since John and I first saw 300. I seldom go to the movies because I’m a cheapskate and I have to find a film that I would want to see so bad, I’d pay good money for it. The trailer for 300 I first saw about November last year, and I had to wait 4 months to see it. But it was worth it.

The graphics and fight secenes were great. For that alone, I’d kiss the ground the director walks on. But it was the story, the characters and the dialogue that gave the movie its heart. (And what made me inevitably cry buckloads of tears).

I seriously had a blast watching this movie! Yeah the graphics looked a little bit like a video game, but that’s how they got away with the violent scenes in the film, like building a wall of bloody, mutilated corpses and such. Yeah they falsifiedtook liberties with history, like how it was only Sparta ( a very small city-state) that spit in the face of Persia. Athens and other Greek states actually helped. Athens was in charge of the naval attack (which is Athens’ strength), while Sparta covered the terrain (coz they were more familiar with it). Besides, the Spartan phalanx was legendary at that time, and if you read up on history, Greek city states, numbering at about 700, usually looked to Sparta to lead them during warfare.

I loved how the movie followed what little is known about Sparta and the infamous Battle of Thermopylae:
1. When Spartan men go off to war, their wives say, “Come back with your shield or on it”, the same words uttered by Queen Gorgo in the movie.
2. The 300 were personal soldiers of the king, chosen because they all had sons, who would carry their father’s line, after the suicide mission.
3. Spartans were direct descendants of Hercules and it is this bloodline that they were trying to preserve by raising children only strong enough to be called a Spartan.

Here are some things the movie didn’t include:
1. The Persian messenger did say, “Earth and water” as a message from Xerxes. But the Spartan reply when they threw the party into the well was, “Dig it out for yourselves.”
2. Before King Leonidas left to go to battle, Queen Gorgo asked him,”What do I do?” His reply, “Marry a good man and bear good children.”

All in all, I loved this movie. I hate going to see the same movie again, but this one, I know I’ll still like the second time around. Hell, I still get goosebumps just watching the trailer just now!

This song by James Blunt hurts. It cuts through me.

Some people spend their lives believing that deep, abiding love does not exist. Maybe they are better off that way.

Because when you have it. When you feel it. When you love someone so much, you would risk everything, give up everything just so you can be together, and then lose that love….

Because when you find the person who truly knows you. Who can finish your sentences. Who looks into your eyes, sees the pain and embraces you without a word…

When you find the one who you dream with, hold hands with through thick and thin, make plans with…

When you find the one who sees how damaged you are but still holds on…

When you find the one who makes your chest hurt when you fight….

When you find the one who makes you laugh…

Your best friend who knows all your sins and your faults and you know his…

When you find the person who makes life worth living, the one you can’t live without…

To know a great love and experience its loss…

It is the greatest pain in the world.

And I would rather die than go on living.

I went to SM Bacolod yesterday. It was fraking full. Not as bad as last Saturday but still… There aren’t even a lot of people shopping, just a lot of people walking around being nosy and all that. Bacolod is full of nosy people. Heck! Negros is full of nosy people, as I spied jeepneys from Kabankalan and Pulupandan stopping a day of earning money to bring a jeepneyload of their family to SM. I saw babies, a month old at least, being dragged off by their mothers to see the new mall. It’s funny. And it’s not even THAT special. It’s just a mall. Really, I’ve seen bigger! (Pun intended)

But this being Bacolod, where the biggest “mall” is Gaisano City, it was a must see. And people never fail to disappoint. An actor who went to visit was greeted by a thousand people, even though he was at the supermarket for only 15mins. There was a stampede when he arrived and the human barricade provided for his security was easily broken by the mob. Racks were overturned, some people were hurt. You’d think there was a fire or something.

The first shop that John and I visited last Saturday was The Surplus Shop. They have American sizes and it’s easier for me to find a size that fits John there. We were there 30 minutes, and the place was packed, but ended up buying 4 shirts for him. Hehehe It was worth it. Our next stop was Watson’s, where I almost kissed the floor in utter disbelief that my favorite store was finally in Bacolod. Wheee!!! I didn’t buy anything coz I was so stunned I didn’t know what to grab first. LOL We went back again yesterday where I made up for Saturday by buying 2,000.00 pesos worth of stuff from Watsons alone. Hehehe

Looking around SM, I have to say it’s a good thing that Henry Sy finally decided to invest in Bacolod. Good for the consumers. More competition helps people look for cheaper and better quality subsitutes to goods. Gaisano, Robinsons and Lopues will be forced to stop sitting on their asses and reinvent themselves to think of better ways of getting a bigger market share. However, I would like to point out that SM is still more expensive compared to local stores, especially those in the downtown area, and the disparity between the A and C market will only be further highlighted by this. Being part of the B class however, has its perks. I can shop anywhere I want to.