Changes In The Roster? WT....

I was scheduled to have my US Visa interview on the 12th this month so I said to myself, JFK? Why not, and before that, after my BKK I'm available after then they changed to XX then SBY then 3 days OFF, then I had a message on my AIMS saying that on my OFF ( 8th JAN ) I need to go to the Senior Briefing Officer in the Airport to get the documents and follow the instructions carefully to avoid disciplinary actions? Really! They want me to go to the office on my days off? 

So my plans going home, to MNL was postponed because as they instructed me... I need to make it all right!

Almost 3 days in AUH, really boring! And just this evening, the expected alert came, 

           " You have changes in your schedule for which you have not yet been advised " 

WTH... Manila flight? I wish! Then the cancellation was there... For me I can accept it if they say the real reason or whatever but the embassy is closed that day?, I hope I'm wrong because first thing in the morning I will call the embassy to verify if they are really closed that day.

So for now, I will just sit in the flat, in my room, clean some stuff, eat and be fat? No wayyyyy!   more shopping for me this month... Please! 

Slumdog Millionaire

Another Oscar worthy foreign film I have watched recently, I first had this interest of watching the film after seeing the blog of Bryan, I missed the screening in Dubai International Film Festival, so my only way of watching it is either go to Bombay or Delhi or London, missed the showing also at Sydney so the last resort I had is Bangkok, true enough! Crew control gave me Bangkok flight yesterday and after arrival, just fixed myself and went straight to the red light district of Patpong, searched the whole stretch of  DVD and CD vendors and Viola! My own copy of SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE!

So when I came back to Abu Dhabi, without enough rest, I inserted the disc to the player  & watched it! There was laughter, tears and fear after watching the film. I love it!

Realistic, Heart-warming & Very Disturbing!

This is an inventively told movie written by Simon Beaufoy from the novel by Vikas Swarup and directed by British Danny Boyle that uses the Hindi version of “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” to show what life can be like in modern India.

Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) is orphaned with his older brother, Salim (Madhur Mittal), when a child. They hook up with another orphan, a young girl, Latika (Freida Pinto), and the way they survive is brutal. Jamal tells the story to a police detective who doesn’t believe that he can know the answers to all the questions on the show and tortures him before the final question to get him to admit he’s cheating. So he tells his story of his life and his experiences, explaining how he got to know the answers to each of the questions, and that is the basis of the film.

The plot really isn’t whether or not Jamal is going to win the money, it’s about how and why he got where he is. All three characters are played by three different actors, all at different ages.



This is a pretty interesting film, interestingly told, although I thought the first hour was ponderous and difficult to endure. It did pick up during the last hour when all the people had achieved adulthood and we weren’t dealing with small children. Jamal’s infatuation with Latika is a little hard to buy, considering the minimal contact that we are shown them having. However, he made a good pick because by the time she turns into Freida Pinto, she is beautiful.

The best part of the movie is the way it shows what life is like in India for those unfortunate enough not to have much money. What happens to Jamal, Salim, and Latika is gruesome. Many of the viewers who are not from a Third world country won't believe that the series of events in this movie happens in real life. Life is not fair!

In addition to its many accolades, "Slumdog Millionaire"also won the Best Cinematography award from the National Society of Film Critics as well as nominations for Best Film and Best Director from the Vancouver Film Critics Circle.

Noted Indian music director A.R. Rahman has won a Golden Globe nomination from Hollywood Foreign Press Association and a Satellite Award by the International Press Academy for Best Original Score for his music in the film.

The film has also earned three other nominations for Best Picture-Drama, Best Director for Boyle and Best Screenplay for Simon Beaufoy for 2008 Golden Globe Awards besides two more annual Satellite Awards for Best Picture-Drama and Best Director for Boyle.

British Indian actor Dev Patel, who plays the protagonist Jamal as a teenager, has won a nomination for Outstanding Performance by a male actor in a supporting role from the Screen Actors Guild Awards along with nominations for Outstanding Performance by a cast in a motion picture.

"Slumdog Millionaire" has also tied with "WALL.E", a computer-animated-science fiction-romance film, for the Best Picture award from the Boston Society of Film Critics, besides winning the Best Editing prize.

Earlier, "Slumdog Millionaire" won two awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association - Best Director for Boyle and Best Music for Rahman. It also won the runner-up prize for Best Cinematography for Anthony Dod Mantle.

Golden Globe and Oscar Awards is just around the corner, Best of luck!

Trick Of Fate

I never thought I'd find someone like youThough in my every fantasy I saw you everydayI thought there was no way - to make my dream come trueI always thought that I would be aloneAfraid to dream that anyone was ever gonna seeThe love inside of me - but how could I have knownA trick of fate would bring us togetherA trick of fate would alter our livesWe had to wait it seemed like foreverBut never say never to a trick of fateWhat were the chances I'd be here with youThat after all the lonely years of searching everywhereI'd turn and you'd be there - from clear out of the blueOur lives are in the hands of destinyAnd though we try to take controlThat's not the way it goes - a higher power knowsHow it's supposed to beA trick of fate brought us togetherA trick of fate altered our livesWe had to wait it seemed like foreverBut never say never to a trick of fateAnd now, something has begun - something very newAnd suddenly the future's looking brightSomehow when two hearts beat as one, fairy tales come trueAnd anything seems possible tonightA trick of fate brought us togetherA trick of fate altered our livesWe had to wait it seemed like foreverBut never say never to a trick of fateIt just goes to showThat you never knowWhere love's gonna grow- It's a trick of fate

My Disappointment

It's really frustrating when you wait... when you are waiting for someone, or if you are waiting for something to come...

I seldom get late... I make sure that everything will be ahead of my schedule... I come on time, I finish work before the deadline and I will not make somebody wait for my job or for a commitmment...

It is just really frustrating when something you plan before didn't materialized because of policies or people who are just not doing their job right...

Whew... just want to document this feeling of disappointment!

The Beginning Of Summer...

Do I hate the sun? Well, I love it! But sometimes when it's too hot, I don't like it! My hair stinks and I might sweat a lot! So I rather choose to be at home with my air-conditioning on to the highest level!

This summer will be my first time experience in Dubai, in UAE, they said that the temperature can reach up to 50 degrees. Wow! That's not too hot! Yeah Right! I feel that the almighty Sun is just around the corner, sand storms visits the city everyday so this is just a sign of an early summer fun... Be ready with your sunblocks and SPF's!

Well I guess If that's the case, I will pray hard that I will be included in the roster of crew going to Turkey for a month or two operations... I bet the weather there will be manageable.

So I am now preparing myself for a series of hot summer nights... Just this morning when I took a bath, I did not turn on the heater and it was still hooooooot.....

I might put some eyes next time... by the way, high way, I havent eaten my breakfast and lunch yet... I am soooooo hungryyyyy!

My Sanctuary...

If I don't have flights, and I already cleaned everything, I usually kill time or should I say, spend most of my time reading, meditation, browsing is over Starbucks... A cup of Frap will let me up for the whole day...

Read the pages of the newspaper... blankly watched people passed by... or maybe Daydream!

A great place to relax...

And before you know it...Time flies quickly.