It is the first day of the weekday and I am pretty sure some are down because it is Monday. Weekend is far I know yet we can always boost that much needed energy with the aid of Frappucino. What better way to start the day than by relaxing with a cup at hand.
Today, I just dropped by at Silver city Starbucks to have some frappucino I've been craving for and then saw this big sign board in the order area gets my attention! It's a good news fellow Frappucino beverage lovers like me. Allow me to share some brewing news that I know coffee lovers and Starbucks addicts would love to know. I'm pretty excited to. So here it goes! I'm happy to announce the return of Happy Hour at Starbucks!! Yeah, you heard me right! :))
As a certified Starbucks customer, I know that they don't usually do promotions. Except maybe for the Holiday season planners and tumblers which is always a success year after year. To make things simple, Starbucks invites customers to their HALF-PRICED HAPPY HOUR promo that also promotes the coffee's company "However-You-Want-It" Frappucino. You can tailor a Frappucino with thousand of options, choose from a variety of milk or soy, request intensity of the coffee and pick any combination of syrups or toppings and so many more options!
Hurray! With this promo I can be able to try Starbucks Soy Strawberries and Cream Frappucino and their newest drink Mocha Cookie Crumble Frappucino. I'm so excited!! So head to your nearest Starbucks stores now.
So starting this Monday, April 30,2012, start planning your customized beverages you and your friends going to order at Starbucks after a hearty lunch or simply early evening chill. You can enjoy your favorite half the price or make you own Frappe with thousand of options. It's available in all Starbucks branches nationwide. Happy Drinking!! :))
I don't often do movie reviews but sometimes a movie breaks through the awesomeness barrier and I just have to tell someone about it. Consider this your mild SPOILER WARNING!!!
I just watch the movie yesterday. I will try not to exaggerate the said franchise but I will share my thoughts on it. A MUST WATCH!! But be sure to watch each of their movies first. Let the fangirl mode begin.
What do you expect when six mighty super heroes - Iron Man, Captain America, The Hulk, Thor, Black Widow, Hawkeye, assemble together in a big screen for one common purpose?? Two words: AWESOME and EPIC.
Given the people hunger for comic book films and the name recognition behind Marvel's characters, it is perhaps that in a multi-superhero film it is tough to do justice to each character. Imagine a multi-superhero film?? Yet, to the delight of movie lovers it proves that it is actually pulls the impossible with fun, humour and unbelievable panache in THE AVENGERS.
At last, wait is over my friends!! It is finally hitting the big screens, in its ever glorious presence. I have to say that this is definitely the superhero movie that we've been waiting forever since we read in the front pages of the comics. It is a 'team' movie that we have been waiting for.
The cast is great in this movie, they are perfect for their roles and they are developed very well. Everyone in this movie is great. As every minute of The Avengers, the film started throbs with heart-pounding fun, from the big opening apocalyptic scene at the S.H.I.E.L.D base to the gargantuan effects-soaked final battle. With scientist performing secret experiments on an all powerful object known as Tesseract, S.H.I.E.L.D's defenses are break as controlled by Loki. He opens a portal to Asgard before they make with the cube. With an object of limitless power now in the hands of dangerous man, S.H.I.E.L.D director (Jackson) is felt with no option but to pull together a team of superheroes to try and save the planet from total destruction.
Firstly, you are unlikely to find a more likable ensemble of characters in the film. Not only do you get to witness the show of Iron Man and Captain America fight alongside each other, and The Hulk and Thor smashing people together. But you're also greeted with terrific witty back and forth between them all. The interaction and camaraderie is a common theme throughout the film. The Marvel movies thus have shared the same primary strength and weaknesses. They all absolutely nail their characters only to put them in middling conflicts resolved through bad-to-mediocre-action scenes.
Chris Evans (Captain America/Steve Rogers), in this movie you really see him being a team leader, saying out orders that actually works and pretty much how he interacts is interesting.
Then, we got Robert Downey, Jr. (Iron Man/Tony Stark), packing a bunch og new toys on his suit and his new home. One of them is this awesome, a kind of fully automated Iron Man wardrobe. Tony Stark just walks through it and his Iron Man suit comes off. WOW!!! This takes a special relationship between a man and his machine to a different level. I love how he interacts with the team and his humorous dialogues that he spits out every once in a while that makes the audiences laugh.
Chris Hemsworth (Thor), he is also great in this movie. He is awesome as Thor. Hot as always! Oh, and his accent...Rawrrr!! LOL
Mark Ruffalo (The Hulk/Dr. Bruce Banner), is a bad-ass in this movie. This movie is what The Hulk is the best at. He brings a wonderful new shade of his character and really steals the show. He makes you laugh heartily when he beats up Loki in a continuous smashing-in-the-floor style. The Hulk wins the heart of audience and emerges as the most likable among all super-heroes. The other surprise that audience roar is when The Hulk meets the looking gargantuan snake whatever it called, an alien mechanical destroyer, head long and makes it crash, stop and wrack into pieces.
Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow/Natalie Romanoff), is a cool, sexy and hot as well. She is smart ans suave.
Another new-comer we have is Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye/Clint Barton), he does a good job pulling both a bad-guy-good-guy role. The script didn't offered him a variety of action scenes. However, he shoots with a modern bow and arrow style without looking.
Samuel Jackson (Director Nick Fury), is just perfect in his role, he really has a lot to do in this movie. Spit-out clever one-liners here and there with more depth.
And lastly, we have Tom Hiddleston (Loki), a confident, fearsome villain. He makes an interesting villain, and a scene involving him and the Hulk towards the end will leave your face with the widest grin. Regardless of his actions, you can always see the evil but vulnerable villain that makes him a more interesting threat than most typical sneering villains. Plus, his personal connection with with Thor and Boom! You've got an Avengers worthy bad-ass guy.
These characters, iconic as they are in a movie where most of the characters have a film in their pockets, the on-screen identities have egos of their own too, but TOGETHER - under the pen of a good writer and supervision of good director, they have vast an entertainment potential that made possible by what their own films got right. The cast is greatly assembled and I'm happy with it. :) The action packed in this movie is what you think you're going to when it's totally not. This movie will get you off-guard in some parts.
This film is epic. It's epic in length coz' it's clocking at two and a half hours, epic in its action set pieces and epic in the set of characters. The film is so engaging that despite some flaws, you choose to ignore these. The special effects are immense and eye popping. So everything you can imagine in a film with multiple superheroes -- great action, good costumes, witty writing, good subplots, with enough comic-book humour and elements of delight for everyone from a five-year-old child to adult ones.
The Avengers thus, becoming a surprising example of too much being put in one film, yet it working out in the end. The long-winding climax is an absolutely perfect. Any shorter I think it would have not done justice to the characterizations and any more longer it would have made it boring. I'd probably say that this is one of the best film of Marvel. This isn't perfect due to a good standard, big publications and by-the-books origin story, with a superhero team, but they are overlooked by a casts of likable characters and effectively directed action pieces.
As the trend continues, I count myself lucky that I was around to catch this one, and I can't wait to watch it again. Hihihi :D I give five(5) stars out of 5 to the film -- one for The Hulk, one for the Iron Man, one for the humanized automated Iron Man suit, one for its witty writing and direction and one for the humor and elements of delight.
Exciting, funny, brilliantly written and executed. It comes together in an epic package. I am just overwhelmed by this movie so all I have are praises for it and yeah! no critical criticisms. This is just me, being a fangirl of this awesome superhero film. Go see it!!! It's total delight! Sit back and enjoy the fireworks!! I would really love to watch it again!! Here's the trailer if you haven't seen it.
SPOILER TIP: Wait until the credits stop rolling, and you catch a glimpse of .......... being the next villain that the Avengers would have to take on!!! This extra scene was of course used to tease "Avengers 2"
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The very first time I heard about this song in radio, I thought it was from a foreign band/artist but when I knew who sang it, I was so amazed and felt proud of how much Filipinos can be even greater and can also compete around the globe. I've been quite out of the OPM loop since last year I guess, although I listen to some popular songs depending on my mood and sometimes I bother to download a copy of it. That's maybe because I'm just into american songs or Kpop right now.
I came to discover this wonderful song from NEVER THE STRANGERS band. Thanks to new Close-Up TV commercial for being featured as the jiggle song so it achieved extreme popularity. MOVING CLOSER or "inch by inch, we're moving closer" as it is more popularly known is their current hit song. This is particular to those who were currently in love or is going to dedicate this song to their prospective special one in the future. It is a beautiful song with a beautiful intro using the piano that is later joined by guitar and drums. What I really like about is it sounds simple, the singing is steady and easy to sing along with. It makes you LSS in the tune. Especially, the lyrics are simple yet so good. It's quite sweet and makes you feel "kilig".
When you smile, everything's in place
I've waited so long, can make no mistake
All I am reaching out to you
I can't be scared, got to make a move
Come away with me
Keep me close and don't let go
The song intended to say is about a guy taking a step forward and is on the midst of confessing to a girl -- 'Moving Closer', which the title says itself, simple! Every time I listen to this song, you just want to fall in love all over again, thinking about life, love, friendship, relationship and family. It gives you this giddy feeling to not be scared of falling and making mistakes, taking risks, get crazy once in your life. FALL IN LOVE. ENJOY EVERY MOMENT OF YOUR LIFE.
I'm not feeling well. I am sick. With the flu. Damn! cough and colds. That's right! -- Faucet-like nose that just doesn't want to stop producing mucus, hot forehead, itching throat, you name it!! I've got it! I have no appetite for the past few days. All I eat for couple of days is a pack of crackers and for whatever reasons, a mushroom soup can be beat by nothing when you're sick. I just drink many glasses of water and just hoping I'll be able to keep it down. The doctor is in me, and I am prescribing myself a chill pill. I was stuck in my room, lying around the four corners of my bed. As you imagine I haven't been online much since I've been sick, so I apologize for the lack of blogs.
Okayyyy!! I do have many things lined up in my mind, waiting for it to be post. But, I dunno. I'm just gonna take it easy, I guess. So thank God! Now, I feel much better. :)) No fever at all. Only this stuffy nose to make business with. Thanks to my mother dear for taking care of me. I just thought I should post so you all know I'm not dead, I just feeling like I'm dying. LOL! :P
Hope everyone's doing well out there! Have a good day!!
Against all odds, Katniss has won the Hunger Games. She and fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark are miraculously still alive. Katniss should be relieved, happy even. After all, she has returned to her family and long time friend, Gale. Yet, nothing is the way Katniss wishes it to be. Gale holds her at an icy distance. Peeta has returned his back on her completely. And there are whispers of a rebellion against the Capitol - a rebellion that Katniss and Peeta may have helped create. Much to her shock, Katniss has fueled an unrest she's afraid she cannot stop. And what scares her even more is that she's not entirely convinced she should try. As time draws near for Katniss and Peeta to visit the districts on the Capitol's cruel Victory Tour, the stakes are higher than ever. I f they can't prove, without a shadow of a doubt, that they are lost in their love for each other, the consequences will be horrifying.
In Catching Fire, the second novel of the Hunger Games trilogy, Suzanne Collins continues the story of Katniss Everdeen, testing her more than ever before...and surprising readers at every turn.
*REVIEW:
Oh, Man! Where to begin?! However, when I finished the first Hunger Games book (e-book), the first thing I did was sit in front of my laptop and browse for the second book. The first book was captivating, action packed with a little spice of romance and a page-turner. I had high hopes for this book, not only because everyone said it was amazing, but because the first book was fantastic. But I was a bit disappointed indeed. Why I said so?? Because in the first few chapters there are dull moments of the story that you want to skip and go to the next chapter. The first half is still slow-even, though a lot of horrid stuffs happens in it - but intensifies goes over the roof once the Quell are announced.
Let's have some little run-through...The first book is about Katniss Everdeen experience at the Hunger Games, and the second is basically based on her Victory Tour, where she visits all the twelve districts with Peeta, whom Katniss was romantically involved with. In the second book, Peeta and Katniss travel through Panem for their Victory Tour, and Katniss didn't mean to uncover some dark secrets. She realizes that they aren't safe in district 12 and neither are the people close to her. So she has to go to extreme measure and know what President Snow fraudulent plants for them. Katniss symbolic act of defiance in the Arena has dramatic, unforseen consequences as she has incurred the wrath of those high in power.
Going back to my feelings about this book, I think I did like "The Hunger Games" better. The Hunger Games was epic, entertaining and page-turningly fun. Whilst, Catching Fire may not has been as epic as The Hunger Games, but it certainly knew how to keep you reading. Unlike the first book, which I wasn't able to put down, there were certain parts of this book where I had to force myself to keep reading, and tell myself that the next chapter would be better. Yet, I loved how everything went along. You got to see a lot more of the other characters, especially Gale.
There are many twists in Catching Fire, and it would be remiss to spoil them, so I won't!! A few of my expectations were met, but largely the plot was constructed that it would be near possible to predict. This book is full of intense. The compassion, threats, betrayals, action, romance, words all of it! This has to be the reason why is it addictive. Some things are hinted out, but the full results of what's going on isn't totally revealed till the very end.
The 1st novel ended tragically in a personal way - with a challenge of small handful of berries that have such a dramatic effect, the 2nd makes you think about a tragedy of a bigger issues - will the districts be able to defeat the Capitol?? I love the wider scope of this second novel. I was once again so impressed with Collins writing - she definitely knows how to keep readers on their toes! The story just got more and more interesting, without too much and over complicating matters. Ms. Collins manages to flesh out not only her main duo, but gives supporting casts and throws in some great surprises in each characters. New characters from other districts also are introduced, whom we will along the way expect see much more in the third and final novel.
Parts were well written and there was a punch of odd joke thrown in here and there, which made me chuckle a few times. I'm eagerly awaiting "Mockingjay" - the third book. I want to see how everything gets resolved. If you haven't read this series yet, give it a shot!! Don't be turned off by the fact that it's just for young adult audiences, or by the subject matter. I think this series is one in which everyone can find something to enjoy. If you have any doubt as to whether or not this series is worthy, you really should read it and find out yourself.
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