Earthquake...

The news about the Haiti earthquake and its recent 6 magnitude aftershock left me with fear that this might happen to us. In fact, my husband has been carrying a whistle in his pocket for some months now in case something unthinkable – like him being trapped in a collapsed building – would happen. I’m really worried for his safety because he works in an office building and I have no clue if it’s one of the metal buildings that can withstand earthquakes. I hope and pray that this would never happen again to anyone anywhere. It’s really so heartbreaking and I wish the Haitians will be able to survive this tragedy.

Trial of the Decade...

I was watching the news about Andal Ampatuan, the said mastermind of the Maguindanao Massacre that killed more than 50 news people and innocent civilians. As of the moment, many witnesses are already coming out and ready to testify against him in the court. He must get a really good OKC lawyer to be able to get out of something like this. I don’t wish him luck but I don’t wish him ill will either because as they said a person is innocent unless otherwise proven guilty at court.
Let’s pray that this case will turn out the way it should be and that justice will be given to the victims.

Philippine Holidays for 2010...

The long Christmas holiday is barely a month ago but it seems we can’t get enough of holidays. We’re always anticipating when is going to be the next one so we can plot our calendars for all our activities.

The good news is the list of Philippine Holidays for 2010 is out so you can start planning your calendar as early as today.

* January 1, Friday: New Year’s Day (regular holiday)
* February 22, Monday: EDSA Revolution Anniversary (special holiday for schools moved from February 25)
* April 1, Thursday: Maundy Thursday (regular holiday)
* April 2, Friday: Good Friday (regular holiday)
* April 9, Friday: Araw ng Kagitingan: (regular holiday)
* May 1, Saturday: Labor Day (regular holiday)
* June 14, Monday: Independence Day (regular holiday deferred from June 12)
* August 23, Monday: Ninoy Aquino Day (special non-working holiday deferred from August 21)
* August 30, Monday: National Heroes Day: August 30 (regular holiday)
* November 1, Monday: All Saints Day (special non-working holiday)
* November 29, Monday: Bonifacio Day (regular holiday moved from November 30)
* December 24, Friday: Additional Special (Non-Working) Day
* December 25, Saturday: Christmas Day (regular holiday)
* December 27, Monday: Rizal Day (regular holiday moved from December 30)
* December 31, Friday: Last Day of the Year (special non-working holiday)

2010 Golden Globe Nominees...

The 2010 Oscar Nominees are out and I am so excited to know which movie will get the Best Picture for 2010. I supposed everyone is predicting that Avatar is the movie to beat but we know that nothing is final until it’s actually declared as the Best Picture on stage.

I have enjoyed watching Avatar too but I don’t want to be give out my opinion since I haven’t even watched the other movies yet. Nevertheless, I always like it when the list of nominees come out because then I can choose to watch a movie from the list and I know that chances are the movie I’m going to watch is not going to be disappointing nor a time waster. So here are the list of nominees. I’m so giddy with excitement! I will surely check out the movies one by one.

Best Motion Picture, Drama
‘Avatar’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Inglourious Basterds’
‘Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire’
‘Up in the Air’

Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
’500 Days of Summer’
‘The Hangover’
‘It’s Complicated’
‘Julie & Julia’
‘Nine’

Best Director – Motion Picture
Kathryn Bigelow
‘The Hurt Locker’
James Cameron
‘Avatar’
Clint Eastwood
‘Invictus’
Jason Reitman
‘Up in the Air’
Quentin Tarantino
‘Inglourious Basterds’

Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
Jeff Bridges
‘Crazy Heart’
George Clooney
‘Up in the Air’
Colin Firth
‘A Single Man’
Morgan Freeman
‘Invictus’
Tobey Maguire
‘Brothers’

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
Emily Blunt
‘The Young Victoria’
Sandra Bullock
‘The Blind Side’
Helen Mirren
‘The Last Station’
Carey Mulligan
‘An Education’
Gabourey Sidibe
‘Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire’

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Matt Damon
‘Invictus’
Woody Harrelson
‘The Messenger’
Christopher Plummer
‘The Last Station’
Stanley Tucci
‘The Lovely Bones’
Christoph Waltz
‘Inglourious Basterds’

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Penelope Cruz
‘Nine’
Vera Farmiga
‘Up in the Air’
Anna Kendrick
‘Up in the Air’
Mo’Nique
‘Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire’
Julianne Moore
‘A Single Man’
Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy
Matt Damon
‘The Informant!’
Daniel Day-Lewis
‘Nine’
Robert Downey, Jr.
‘Sherlock Holmes’
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
‘(500) Days of Summer
Michael Stuhlbarg
‘A Serious Man’

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy
Sandra Bullock
‘The Proposal’
Marion Cotillard
‘Nine’
Julia Roberts
‘Duplicity’
Meryl Streep
‘It’s Complicated’
Meryl Streep
‘Julie and Julia’

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
‘The Hurt Locker’
Mark Boal
‘District 9′
Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
‘Inglourious Basterds’
Quentin Tarantino
‘It’s Complicated’
Nancy Meyers
‘Up in the Air’
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
Best Animated Feature Film
‘Coraline’
‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’
‘Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs’
‘The Princess and the Frog’
‘Up’

Best Foreign Language Film
‘A Prophet’
‘The White Ribbon’
‘The Maid’
‘Baaria’

I almost forgot to say that one person that I love in 2009 is Sandra Bullock. I have watched both of her movies – The Proposal and The Blind Side – and both are amazing. To think that one is comedy and the other is drama and she’s excellent in both. I would love for her to win some awards in the 2010 Oscar Awards.

More than 100,000 Feared Dead in Haiti Earthquake...

Yesterday, we were all shocked to hear the news about the terrible Haiti earthquake. When I first heard about this my first thought was it could have been the Philippines. The prediction was an earthquake here in our country is very inevitable. I shudder just at the thought of that.

According to the news, as much as 100,000 people are already feared dead. Some are trapped under the buildings that collapsed in the country’s “leveled” capital.  An unknown number are trapped inside the buildings, some are already feared dead and some are feared won’t survive very long because of the slow rescue effort. Those who survived were left homeless, without food and water to sustain them.

Here is the heartbreaking scene in Haiti after the earthquake.