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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.

Cool!!!!

Stayed up late last night watching the season finale of Grey’s Anatomy. Of course, I was bawling at the end. Denny died. Meredith and Derek are driving me insane. Alex must really love Izzie. Christina is finally human. The Chief is pensive. Burke is hurting. God.

I don’t condone what Izzie did. But if I think about losing John like that, I probably would have done what she did. The desperation, the hysteria in her face, just broke my heart. To try so hard, risk everything to have Denny back and then to lose him like that. It hurt to see her breaking into pieces.

I hope Christina and Burke make it. They both need to compromise a lot. Be a little weaker.

As for Meredith and Derek, I want them to be together but at the same time, I want Addison to be happy. I like her. And Finn, I like Finn too. He has plans. And I don’t want Meredith to break his heart.

P.S. The show’s soundtrack just kicks ass!

We just got DSL at home this week, hehehe so you can bet on me posting more entries.

Sometimes I wonder if people actually read this thing, but what the hell, I think that I’ll look back on all the stuff I’ve written five years from now and laugh ( I hope). Life sure can get crazy.

I just got my desk again at work this week. The construction in the receiving area is finally almost done. Just the paint on the walls is missing.

Will be doing my part-time work this weekend. Phew! There’s a lot of stuff that I feel I need to do. Sometimes I get the urge to do it and not stop until I’ve finished. I don’t like deadlines hanging over my head. However, with all the reports due this week in my day job, it’s impossible to get anything done in my other job. The only time I have is at night…and I’m kinda required to sleep at night. I know I’m obsessing. I can’t help it. I need to get my work done this weekend!

Oh, John and I went to the Panaad Festival today. I really wish I brought my camera so that I can at least post pics, but I didn’t coz I didn’t know that the sights were actually good. They say this is the best year so far, so I’m hoping that next year will be better. We saw this like dancing mannequin thingies of the Sto. Nino with a group of black tribal people around him. I thought that was weird. One thing about Filipino culture is the mixing of old pagan rituals with Catholic symbols, isn’t it? The food was native, whatever that means. Native for me means the food they serve are stuff you can get anywhere in the island, if you know where to look. It’s a given they price higher there than outside the place. We walked around, enjoying the artificial waterfalls, sweating like pigs, admiring the hard wood furnitures and woven bags, smelling the smell of grilled chicken and pork. I turned to ask John then, “What is up with us having the urge to bbq everything?” I saw grilled eggs, grilled chicken, grilled pork, grilled intestines, grilled liver, grilled fish, grilled squid….sheesh. We had fun though, it’s like being a kid and exploring this place that comes alive only once every year. Cool! The place was really crowded though. It’s ironic how the main roads in Bacolod were clear instead.

Even though there was food everywhere and we had mango shake and peanuts (what a combination!), the smell of the grilled everything wasn’t enough to make us sit there and eat. Brick Pit is always a good idea, when you prefer airconditioning and peace and quiet.

BTW Mark, the guy Addison slept with is effing hot!!!!! When I watched the episode I had to put it on pause and walk around, burn energy and stuff because I swear I was fanning myself in that first scene. I had to stop the urge to call Pia in the middle of the day and scream that McSteamy is hot, hot, hot, hot, hoootttttt!!!!!! That would be pointless and redundant. So I spent 10 mins pacing and getting a hold of myself. But to quote:

Izzie: What is he doing suturing himself?

Christina: Turning me on…

Okay, so that made me feel better about ogling another guy even though I’m committed. But damn, he’s hot!