31 July 2011

The Adjustment Bureau


Do we control our destiny, or do unseen forces manipulate us? A man glimpses the future Fate has planned for him and realizes he wants something else. To get it, he must pursue across, under and through the streets of modern-day New York the only woman he's ever loved. On the brink of winning a seat in the U.S. Senate, ambitious politician David Norris meets beautiful contemporary ballet dancer Elise Sellas - a woman like none he's ever known. But just as he realizes he's falling for her, mysterious men conspire to keep the two apart. David learns he is up against the agents of Fate itself - the men of The Adjustment Bureau - who will do everything in their considerable power to prevent David and Elise from being together. In the face of overwhelming odds, he must either let her go and accept a predetermined path...or risk everything to defy Fate and be with her.
Year: 2011

The Karate Kid


12-year-old Dre Parker could've been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother's latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying - and the feeling is mutual - but cultural differences make such a friendship impossible. Even worse, Dre's feelings make an enemy of the class bully, Cheng. In the land of kung fu, Dre knows only a little karate, and Cheng puts "the karate kid" on the floor with ease. With no friends in a strange land, Dre has nowhere to turn but maintenance man Mr. Han, who is secretly a master of kung fu. As Han teaches Dre that kung fu is not about punches and parries, but maturity and calm, Dre realizes that facing down the bullies will be the fight of his life.
Year: 2010

Captain America: The First Avenger


It is 1942, America has entered World War II, and sickly but determined Steve Rogers is frustrated at being rejected yet again for military service. Everything changes when Dr. Erksine recruits him for the secret Project Rebirth. Proving his extraordinary courage, wits and conscience, Rogers undergoes the experiment and his weak body is suddenly enhanced into the maximum human potential. When Dr. Erksine is then immediately assassinated by an agent of Nazi Germany's head of its secret HYDRA research department, Johann Schmidt aka the Red Skull, Rogers is left as a unique man who is initially misused as a propaganda mascot. However, when his comrades need him, Rogers goes on a successful adventure that truly makes him Captain America and his war against Schmidt begins.
(July 30, 2011)

Hindi pa siya showing forte ko na talaga siya mapanood. Sad lang kasi nung first time mag plan kami na panoorin to hindi natuloy dahil sa Azkals game na yan. So ayun fail ang sched. Buti nalang nag text tong si Patrick kahapon (July 30, 2011) mga lunch time and I asked him kung feel niya manood so he said yes! So we decided to meet up at 1.30pm at malayo pa biyahe pa Baliuag lungs naman. Hahaha so ayon enough with the happening start with Captain America na that’s the point of this entry.
Syempre I don’t know what to expect hindi ko alam ang istorya ni Capt America pero natuwa naman ako hindi nga lang maicompare sa kagandahan ng story nila Batman, Spidey at kung sino pang superheroes. Pero nadaan sa face ni Chris Evans. At kahit payatutchina ang lolo mo nagkagusto na yata sa kanya kaagad un girl dahil sa pinakita niyang bravery sa bomb pati na din sa pag kuha ng flag sa pole. Tarush matalino ehh! Kaya lang may pagka corny lang nung na nung naging performer siya. At talagang nilibot ang iba’t ibang state sa America. Nakaka touch lang din ang friendship nila ni Bucky Barnes played by Sebastian Stan best in friendship sila at un ang dahilan kaya niya nailigtas ang 400 na utash. Sayang lang at namatay si bestfriend niya. Atleast hero silang dalawa. Pero nakakalungkot lang hindi masyadong nausuhan ng love life si Captain sana kahit konting kilig moments lang. At akala ko may ganap after niya magising sa pagkakatulog niya ng 70 years un pala un na ang katapusan. Hahaha dun ako nag expect. So hintayin ko nalang siguro ang The Avengers para bongga! Okaythanksbye! :)
Love,
- D.✯

27 July 2011

Flipped


Juli Baker devoutly believes in three things: the sanctity of trees (especially her beloved sycamore), the wholesomeness of the eggs she collects from her backyard flock of chickens, and that someday she will kiss Bryce Loski. Ever since she saw Bryce's baby blues back in second grade, Juli has been smitten. Unfortunately, Bryce has never felt the same. Frankly, he thinks Juli Baker is a little weird--after all, what kind of freak raises chickens and sits in trees for fun? Then, in eighth grade, everything changes. Bryce begins to see that Juli's unusual interests and pride in her family are, well, kind of cool. And Juli starts to think that maybe Bryce's brilliant blue eyes are as empty as the rest of Bryce seems to be. After all, what kind of jerk doesn't care about other people's feelings about chickens and trees? With Flipped, mystery author Wendelin Van Draanen has taken a break from her Sammy Keyes series and the result is flipping fantastic. Bryce and Juli's rants and raves about each other ring so true that teen readers will quickly identify with at least one of these hilarious feuding egos, if not both. A perfect inrtoduction to the adolescent war between the sexes.
Year: 2010

26 July 2011

It's Kind Of A Funny Story


Craig is a high-school junior, in the gifted program, infatuated with his best friend's girl. When he realizes he's suicidal, he checks himself into the psychiatric ward of a hospital, thinking they'll do an observation, help him, and send him home in time for school the next day. Once in, however, he must stay for a week; the juvenile ward is being renovated, so he's in with adults as well as a few youths. Bobby, a man with a young daughter, shows him around; Craig notices Noelle, about his age. He tries to keep his friends from finding out where he is. Little things: he draws, goes to therapy, sings, helps Bobby rehearse an interview. Is this the stuff of insight?
Year: 2010

23 July 2011

I Love You Too


A commitment-phobe and a New Ager buddy-up to win over the women of their respective dreams.
A romantic buddy movie about the meaning of relationships, the importance of friendship, and having courage to pursue the one you love. Written by comedian Peter Helliar, I LOVE YOU TOO stars Brendan Cowell as Jim, a 33 year old emotionially stunted man whose inability to declare his love to his girlfriend, Alice, threatens to cost him the best thing he ever had but leads him to befriend a talented dwarf who helps him find the words to get her back.
Year: 2010

12 July 2011

One Tree Hill

This series was one of my favorite series of all time. And the soundtracks are amazingly awesome. Characters are realistic and I loved them. How I wish that during the 9th season Lucas and Peyton will come back. I've missed them so much and reading the tweet from Chad was such a relief coz I am hoping that he'd come back because of the petitions and requests by the subscribers. The show was renewed for a ninth season, with 13-episode order. Original cast member Bethany Joy Galeotti, Sophia Bush are signed on for a final season, while James Lafferty is expected to return part-time. Season 9 will be the final season, and will air mid-season.

One Tree Hill is an American teen, young adult television drama created by Mark Schwan, which premieres on September 23, 2003 on The WB Television Network. After its third season, The WB merged with UPN to form The CW Television Network, and since September 27, 2006 the network is the official braodcaster for the show in the USA. The show is is set in fictional town Tree Hill in North Carolina and originally follows the lives of two half-brothers, Lucas Scott and Nathan Scott. Their relationship evolves from heartless enemies to caring brothers, and the basketball drama, as well as the brothers; on-again/off-again romances with female characters, are significant elements within the series.

The first four seasons of the show focus on the main characters' high school years. With the beginning of the fifth season, Schwahn decided to skip the timeline four years ahead, showing their lives after college. In the seventh season, he adjusted the timeline fourteen months into the future after sixth season. The opening credits were originally intertwined with the song "I Don't Want To Be" by Gavin DeGraw playing in the background. The theme was removed from the opening in the fifth season; Schwahn said the decision was made to lower production costs, add more time for the storyline, and because he felt that the song was more representative of the main characters' adolescent past, not their present maturity. the credits then only consisted of the title written on a black background. The theme was restored for season 8, due to audience demand, and is sung by different artists each week.
The main storyline is originally the relationship between two half-brothers Lucas Scott, both of whom start as enemies but bond as friends and as brothers as show progresses. With the help of Keith (Craig Sheffer), who believes Lucas is a talented basketball player, Coach Brian "Whitey" Durham (Barry Cobin) recruits Lucas on the team. Nathan has the same love for basketball as Lucas. As Lucas falls in love with Peyton Sawyer, who happens to be Nathan's girlfriend and later ex, Nathan falls in love with Lucas' best friend, Haley James. Lucas later dates and falls in love with Brooke Davis. Both brothers share same father, Dan Scott (Paul Johansson), who is also Keith's brother. Backstory given is that after having a high school relationship with Karen Roe (Moira Kelly), Dan conceived Lucas but never claimed him as his son; he did claim Nathan. After leaving Karen, he meets and quickly marries Deb Scott (Barbara Alyn Woods), with whom he conceives Nathan. Although having been married for seventeen years, they divorce and choose different paths. Deb starts having alcoholic problems on and off, until she finally recovers. She also begins a strong friendship, and later partnership, with Karen against Dan's will. However, in professor, Andrew Hargrove (Kieren Hutchison), Dan realizes his sins and temporarily leaves the town, and Deb returns to Tree Hill after an absence but eventually leaves again.

The first season deals with the first half of the main teenage characters' junior years (up to the playoffs). Major storylines include rivalry between Lucas and Nathan, the blossoming of Nathan and Haley's relationship, the setup of the Peyton-Lucas-Brooke love triangle, along with the parents' own love quadrangle, and the basketball state championship.

The second season puts aside basketball and explores new romances. These romances consist of Lucas and Anna Taggaro (Daniella Alonso), Jake Jagielski (Bryan Greenberg and Peyton, and Felix Taggaro (Michael Copon) and Brooke. Also featured is the requited love of Mouth McFadden (Lee Norris) for Brooke, the disintegration of Nathan and Haley's marriage, largely due to character of Chris Keller (Tyler Hilton), Peyton's temporary drug problem and related issues, and the repercussions of Dan's genetic disease hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - especially on Lucas. Karen goes back to school, beginning a relationship with her teacher, Andy Hargrove, in addition to starting the Tric club. Also in this season, a troubled Deb struggles with an addiction.

The third season puts the focus back on basketball and features the arrival of trouble-maker Rachel Gatina (Danneel Harris), who stirs drama in the Brooke-Lucas romance, the resurfacing of Peyton's romantic feelings for Lucas, Jake and Peyton's relationship drawing to a close, while Nathan and Haley reconcile and plan a wedding. Chris Keller exits the season permanently. Dan has a major subplot trying to solve the murder attempt made on his life during the previous season's cliffhanger. A major episode involving most of the main cast in a hostage situation at Tree Hill High ("With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, We Slept") culminates with Peyton getting shot in the leg and almost dying due to significant blood loss, and Dan murdering Keith.

The fourth season features the second infamous Peyton-Lucas-Brooke love triangle. Haley's pregnancy is threatened by Nathan's risky forays into gambling and loan sharks. Peyton is stalked by an impostor (referred to as Psycho Derek by the group) posing as her half-brother Derek. Lucas and the real Derek come and save her. Lucas looks for the truth behind his uncle's death, as visionsof Keith lead him to suspect Jimmy did not kill him, while Dan is rekindling his romance with Karen. It also sees Lucas and Peyton entering into an official romantic relationship, Chase Adams (Stephen Colletti) and Brooke romance, and the growing friendship between Brooke and Rachel. Chris Keller makes an appearance, and the group enjoy a "real prom" after theirs is ruined by incidents such as further interactions with Psycho Derek. The season builds up to Lucas discovering Dan killed Keith, the group's graduation from high school and Haley and Karen having their babies.

The fifth season jumps forward in time four-plus years. The gap is sometimes shown in flashback as the characters struggle with adulthood and return to the town of Tree Hill for various reasons. Lucas, a published author, is in a committed realationship with his editor, Lindsey Strauss (Michaela McManus), which becomes a love triangle when Peyton returns from a failed music career in Los Angeles. The marriage of Nathan and Haley goes into crisis as Nathan faces major depression after being seriously injured. Brooke looks for life beyond success in her work life and helps Peyton launch a music label. Lucas and Skills return to Tree Hill Ravens as coaches and later asks Nathan to help with hot shot player Quentin.

The sixth season features the progression of the romance between Lucas and Peyton, as they plan a wedding and deal with Peyton's dangerous pregnancy. Brooke takes in a foster child, Sam, and fights her mother for control of her company. A major storyline follows Lucas as his book is optioned for a film, and Julian Baker (Austin Nichols) is introduced. Mouth and Millicent Huxtable (Lisa Goldstein) work on their relationship as Nathan and Haley reach for their individual dreams.

The seventh season is set one year into the future after sixth season, without former co-stars Chad Michael Murray and Hilarie Burton. It introduces two new regular characters: Haley's free spirited sister Quinn (Shantel VanSanten); and Nathan's agent Clay Evans (Robert Buckley). Also Danneel Harris who portrayed Rachel, appears in a ten-episode arc this season, starting with the second episode. Austin Nichols, who portrays Julian Baker, and Jana Kramer, who portrays Alex Dupree, were promoted to full series regulars. The first half of the season focuses on Quinn and Clay's developing relationship after the death of Clay's wife, Sarah. Nathan's NBA career gets jeopardized due to a growing scandal that affects Haley. Dan becomes a motivational speaker with support of his new wife, Rachel Gatina. Brooke releases her new clothing line, and faces conflicts with Julian and Alex. The second half of the season deals with Haley's depression due to her mother's death. Clay is faced with an obsessive Katie, eventually involving Quinn. At the end of the season, the Tree Hill gang travel to Utah for the premiere of Julian's completed film. And proposes to Brooke.

The eight season centers around the progression of Quinn and Clay's relationship after surviving a life threatening attack, the awaited marriage between Brooke Davis and Julian Baker and the birth of Haley's second child. Another love triangle is formed between Chase, Mia and Alex, while Mouth and Millie rekindle their relationship together. As the season continues, Quinn attempts to capture Katie while Julian and Brooke explore adoption options and Nathan prepares to change his career path.
Chad Michael Murray as Lucas Scott
Lucas and Nathan start out as enemies but bond as friends and as brothers as the show progresses. Lucas's best friend is Haley James, and he is a romantic interest for Peyton Sawyer and Brooke Davis at the same time. He finds himself inlove with Peyton in season 1, but wanting to be with and loving Brooke in season 2. His love for the two continue to be an issue throughout most of the series, and aside from basketball, his greates passion is literature; quotes from the books he reads are used on the show. Lucas tries to find balance between basketball, his genetic heart disease hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and his love life. Season 6 was Murray's last season as Lucas.
James Lafferty as Nathan Scott
Nathan was the son that Dan did claim, although his relationships with both parents are stained even at the best of times. In seson 1, he and Lucas start out as enemies, but bond as friends and brothers as the show progresses. He initially uses Haley as revenge against Lucas, but not long after emancipating himself, and with permission from her parents, he marries her because of love. Like his father and Lucas, Nathan has a love for basketball and a dream to play in college. However, his dream is complicated as his career on the court becomes tangled with supporting his family.
Hilarie Burton as Peyton Sawyer
Peyton whose two greates passions in life are music and art; she uses her art to express the issues that play out in her life. Brooke Davis is her best friend, and she is also close friends with Haley. In season 1, Peyton is a cheerleader and dates Nathan, the most popular basketball star in Tree Hill High. She becomes attracted to Lucas after meeting him, and soon falls in love with him. In season 2, she and Lucas become distant and she turns to drugs. Seeing that she is in turmoil, Lucas calls Jake for her, someone she had began having romantic feelings for near the end of season 1; the two begin dating and fall in love. Throughout the series, Peyton is met one tragedy after another and faces the depths of her love for Lucas. Whether things are good or bad, Lucas is always there for Peyton. Season 6 was Burton's last season as Peyton.
Sophia Bush as Brooke Davis
In high school, Brooke is the beautiful captain of the cheerleading squad and is Peyton's best friend but is also very close with Haley. She is girlfriend to Lucas twice. Though her life seems perfect, she is in pain dealing with her distant parents, her friends' inability to originally take her seriously, and the betrayal of Lucas and Peyton when they "date" behind her back. She eventually overcomes the betrayal, and is determined to live a full, happy life.
Bethany Joy Galeotti as Haley James Scott
Haley is the quintessential girl-next-door who is best friends with Lucas Scott. Haley grew up with a large family but often spent her time by Lucas and Karen because she felt they needed her more in their lives. Working as a waitress at Karen's Cafe, and, more importantly as a tutor at Tree Hill High, has presented Haley with great opportunities, as well as obstacles. Her life is thrown for a loop when Lucas's half-brother Nathan asks her to tutor him. Risking her relationship with Lucas, haley agrees but on the condition that her best friend no longer tormented by Nathan and his friends. This moment changes the Scott family dynamic forever and allows a romance between Nathan and her to flourish. Like any relationship, Nathan and Haley experience many ups and downs together throughout the seasons and must deal with the consequences of each others' actions.
Love,
- D.

11 July 2011

Next To You


[Chris Brown]
You've got that smile,
That only heaven can make.
I pray to God everyday,
That you keep that smile.

[Justin Bieber]
Yeah, you are my dream,
There's not a thing I won't do.
I'll give my life up for you,
Cos you are my dream.

[Bridge]
And baby, everything that I have is yours,
You will never go cold or hungry.
I'll be there when you're insecure,
Let you know that you're always lovely.
Girl, cos you are the only thing that I got right now

[Chorus]
One day when the sky is falling,
I'll be standing right next to you,
Right next to you.
Nothing will ever come between us,
I'll be standing right next to you,
Right next to you.

[Chris Brown]
You had my child,
You make my life complete.
Just to have your eyes on little me,
That'd be mine forever.

[Bridge]
And baby, everything that I have is yours
You will never go cold or hungry
I'll be there when you're insecure
Let you know that you're always lovely
Girl, cos you are the only thing that I got right now

[Chorus]
One day when the sky is falling,
I'll be standing right next to you,
Right next to you.
Nothing will ever come between us,
I'll be standing right next to you,
Right next to you.

[Bridge]
We're made for one another
Me and you
And I have no fear
I know we'll make it through

One day when the sky is falling
I'll be standing right next to you
Ohh ohh ohh ohhhhh

[Chorus]
One day when the sky is falling,
I'll be standing right next to you,
Right next to you.
Nothing will ever come between us,
I'll be standing right next to you,
Right next to you.

Oh nah nah
Oh yeah
Stand by my side
When the sky falls
Oh baby
I'll be there

You've got that smile,
That only heaven can make.
I pray to God everyday,
To keep you forever.

10 July 2011

The O.C.

This may sound crazy but I've seen season 2 first before season 1 and I liked it. Hahaha! Saw the dvd at friend's and I borrowed it. I think I've heard it all I know is I like Adam Brody that time or I saw him on the cover of the case. Whatever it is I become super duper addicted to it. Crazy me, I know. Sadly, I don't even remember every details and thoughts that come up that time. Its been years. Recetly, I continued watching season 4, a bit crazy coz Marissa wasn't there but I seem Taylor pretty cute and funny. Anyway, because of the series finale those flashbacks weren't in my memory at all so I decided to rewatched it again. Haha. Sounds crazy right? I know! But i loved them that's why I did it.
Here are some posters from the series. The first one was the cast which I truly loved, Ryan, Seth, Summer and Marissa. Then the second
one was I think the poster of season 2.

The O.C. is an American teen drama series that originally aired on Fox network in the United States from August 5, 2003 to February 21, 2007, running for total of four seasons. The series, created by Josh Schwartz, portrays the fictional lives of a group of teenagers and their families residing Newport Beach in Orange Country, California. The O.C. has been broadcast in more than 50 countries worldwide and was one of the most popular new dramas of 2003. The O.C. attracted strong 9.7 million viewers for its first season, but ratings declined as the show went on. The low ratings led to cancellation in early 2007, after four seasons, and 92 episodes, even after an online petition which gained over 700,000 signatures.
The show centers on Ryan Atwood, a troubled teenager from a broken home who is adopted by the wealthy and philanthropic Sandy and Kirsten Cohen. Ryan and his surrogate brother Seth, a socially awkward and, initially, friendless teen, deal with life as outsiders in the wild high-class world of Newport Beach, Orange Country, California. This includes their often troubled and always dramatic relationships with Summer Roberts, Marissa Cooper, Alex Kelly, Lindsay
Gardner and Taylor Townsend and others. The show also features Marissa's mother, Julie Cooper, and forthe first two seasons, her (ex)husbands Jimmy Cooper and Kirsten's overbearing father, Caleb Nichol. School water polo player Luke Ward, Marissa's boyfriend and early adversary to Ryan and Seth, causes problems in the first season. Drama also arises from Marissa's younger sister, Kaitlin Cooper. These main characters have problems and story arcs with numerous supporting characters from their past, workplace and school.
Ben McKenzie as Ryan Atwood
A troubled teenager from Chino is thrown headlong into the priviledged community of Newport Beach, California after his mother (Dawn Atwood) throws him out of their family home. Ryan is subsequently taken in by his public defender, Sandy Cohen. He forms fast bonds with all the Cohen family especially to Sandy's son Seth. Seth had no friends, and Ryan's arrival to the Cohen household shook up both their lives. Ryan had a huge impact on Seth, and Ryan is later legally adopted by Kirsten and Sandy Cohen. WHen Ryan and Marissa Cooper met for the first time there is an instantaneous attraction but it is turbulent relationship from start to finish. Along the way we see Ryan's relationships with his brother Trey, his first love and the "girl-next-door" Theresa Diaz, and his troubled relationships with his absent mother and father. Throughout the series Ryan's other love interests include Lindsay, a highschool friend, who turns out to be Caleb Nichol's secret love child. He dates Sadie, Johnny's cousin following Johnny's death. Ryan's main love interest for the most of the series is Marissa who he has an on again/off again relationship, before the two of them are involved in a car accident and she dies in his arms. After a period of intense grief, Ryan develops a romantic relationship with Taylor Townsend. The finale shows Ryan graduating from UC Berkeley and becoming an architect. While walking to his car after work one day, he sees a teen in the same situation he was in years ago and offers him help.
Adam Brody as Seth Cohen
The awkward adolescent son of Sandy and Kirsten Cohen. He is known for his quips and pop-culture references. He is also the love interest of Summer Roberts, on whom he had a crush since 3rd grade. He dated Anna Stern during season 1, but they break up due to lack of chemistry. When Ryan moved back to Chino, Seth sailed to Portland on his sailboat and stayed with Luke and Luke's gay father in protest. Seth comes back home when Ryan returns to the Cohen household. After one of his break-ups with Summer, he had a fling with the bartender at the Bait Shop, Alex. He breaks up with her because her lesbian ex-girlfriend shows up, but eventually he realizes that he loves Summer. He lies to Summer in season 3 about getting into Brown, but only to make sure that she doesn't throw away her dream of going. The truth comes eventually and he gets into RISD. He proposes to Summer in the fourth season, thinking that she might be pregnant. After he learns she is not, the thought of marriage begins to scare him and they engage in a game of chicken over who will be the one to terminate the engagement. In the finale, six months after tragic earthquake, Seth and Summer take time to pursue separate interests but get married sometime in the future with Ryan as the best man and Taylor as the maid of honor.
Mischa Barton as Marissa Cooper
The first of the "core four" to leave the series at the end of season 3. Marissa is arguably the most conflicted of the main characters, frequently battling with drugs and alcohol. Marissa's relationships with her parents, boyfriends, and fellow classmates are often tumultuous. She is Summer's best friend and Ryan's on and off love interest. Marissa engages in various romances throughout the series (in addition to her relationship with Ryan), notably with her family's gardener D.J., Seth's ex-girlfriend Alex, and high school drop-out Kevin Volchok. In the third season finale, Marissa decides to work with her father on his yacht, however, on the way to the airport with Ryan, Volchok runs them off of the road, leading to her death. Marissa's death plays a large role throughout season 4 as the other characters grieve.
Rachel Bilson as Summer Roberts
The socialite of the four main characters (Ryan, Seth, Marissa and Summer). She is the love interest of Seth, and best friend of Marissa. She is the daughter of Dr. Neil Roberts. Initially Summer is the "bitch" of the group but soon became clear this is a cover for her own insecurities. Her mother left when her parents divorced after her mother abandons them and she had no contact with her since. Her stepmother, nicknamed the "step-monster", a lazy woman with a suggested drug problem is mentioned few throughout the series and is shown only once from behind in season 4. When Seth sails to Portland, Summer finds a new love interest, Zach. On the way to be maid of honor in Zach's sister wedding in Italy, Summer leaves Zach at the airport realizing that she is meant to be with Seth. She and Seth believe she is pregnant in the fourth season and they planned to get marries. After they find out that she isn't, they break off the engagement, though not their relationship. Six months after the earthquake, Summer and Seth go their separate ways, allowing Summer to pursue her environmental interests, which she develops after the death of her best friend, Marissa. The two get married sometime in the future.
Love,
- D.

09 July 2011

Chuck

Okay this post is about the series CHUCK (as you can see in the title and the picture itself). So anyway I've been addicted to this series for days now. Well, because series are really my thing nowadays! Oh forget it! Coz I think its eversince I became a college student. I usually sleep in the morning or sometimes I don't, it was when I am in college but now that I am an official bummer I usually get some sleep every morning. Lucky me I guess! Okay I should start now with what this is all about. I've known this series maybe 2009 I don't even remember its just my sister bought a DVD of Season 1 then we watched and I get addicted to it. I usually hopes that everytime I switch the channel to AXN or AXN Beyond it should be Chuck. I am lucky enough that it happens but most of the time not. So now I realized that since I have an internet access I can watch it, even do marathon. Oh GOD!! And that's the worst part of it. I usually get to sleep at around 5:30 am, my body clock's not good I know but I can still handle it which is a good thing. So start with the series now. Here's the poster of the series.
Poster from season 1. Aww look at them they look good together as a team, partners, handler whatever it should be.
Poster from season 2. Look at Chuck he seems pretty cool for a nerd right? Or is it just me who see him cute?
Poster from season 3. Look at Chuck he's now really a spy! I really want them to end up together.

Chuck is an action-comedy/spy-drama television program from the United States created by Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak. The series is about an "average computer-whiz-next-door" who receives an encoded e-mail from an old college friend now working on the CIA, the message embeds only remaining copy of the world's greatest spy secrets into Chuck's brain.

Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi) is in his late twenties, living in the Echo Park section of Los Angeles, California and working at a dead end job as a computer expert in the Nerd Herd at the Burbank Buy More a large retail consumer-electronics chain comparable to "Best Buy", with his bestfriend, Morgan Grimes. Chuck is well educated but lacks direction. His sister Ellie and her boyfriend (husband as of the end of season 2) Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb are doctors who are constantly encouraging Chuck to make progress in his professional and romantic life.

At the beginning of the series, Chuck receives an e-mail from Bryce Larkin, his former Stanford University roommate, who beacame a CIA agent and was suspected of going rogue. The entire database of all the US Government's secret information - a neural supercomputer called the Inresect - is subliminally embedded into Chuck's brain via encoded images upon opening the email. Both NSA and CIA want the intelligence returned to them dispatch agents of their own - Major John Casey and Agent Sarah Walker - to retrieve the data.

With the government's copy of the intersecet destroyed in Bryce's attempted escape, Chuck's brain holds the only copy, and so he must use the knowledge he now possesses to help the government thwart assassins and international terrorists - upending mundane life. The intersect causes Chuck to receive involuntary "flashes" of information from the database, activated by certain triggers around him (such as faces, voices, in-context keywords, and various objects). In order to preserve their safety, Chuck must keep his newfound occupation secret from his family and friends, forcing Casey and Walker to establish uneasy alliance and secret identities. Walker poses as Chuck's girlfriend and takes cover a job at a local restaurant near the Buy More while Casey reluctantly goes undercover as part of the Buy More team.

Chuck, Sarah and Casey all face professional conflicts as they grow to respect each other and a genuine romantic interest develops between Chuck and Sarah. Chuck's desire to maintain his close relationships and eventually return to a normal life is challenged by the dangers and growing responsibilities of his new secret life, and he gradually becomes a more competent, confident and willing spy.

Chuck's father, Stephen Bartowski, returns for Ellie's wedding. Stephen reveals himself to be a former CIA ahent and creator of the Intersect shortly before he is captured and forced to create the Intersect 2.0. This advanced Intersect allows the user to perform physical tasks they previously could not (e.g. matial arts, foreign languages, and musical instrument skills) in addition to the purely information function of the original Intersect. A series of events leads Chuck to embed the new Intersect into his brain to keep it from being taken by malicious forces.

Chuck eventually willingly decides to become a real spy. Although he fails "spy school", his effectiveness in the field leads General Beckman to give him a second chance and reinstate him as a member of the team, where Daniel Shaw is introduced to encourage his development as an agent. Chuck struggles to learn to balance his emotions to control the Intersect, which is complicated by his lingering feelings for Sarah. Sarah and Shaw begin dating, but Shaw is turned by the Ring, a criminal organization. In "Chuck versus the American Hero" Chuck is officially inducted as an agent by General Beckman, and in the next episode, "Chuck versus the Other Guy", he shoots Shaw in order to protect Sarah. Chuck and Sarah immediately rekindle their latent relationship. Chuck's bestfriend Morgan Grimes also becomes privy to Chuck's "spy secret", following which General Beckman inducts him as part of Chuck's "spy team" and orders John Casey to train him.

Shaw is revealed to be alive and has downloaded the Intersect as well, and attempts to kill Sarah, Chuck and Casey, and compromise both NSA and CIA. Chuck thwarts this plan, although his father is killed and his sister finally learns that he accidentally dowanloaded an early copy of the Intersect into his brain whe he was still a young child. Chuck retires from the CIA, and later discovers his father's secret spy base, dedicated to locating and protecting Chuck's mother and performing spy work that "governments are afraid to do."

In season 4, Chuck and Morgan search around the world looking for Chuck's mother, Mary Elizabeth Bartowski. After being unable to secure job outside of the government, Chuck rejoins CIA without Ellie's knowledge. Chuck and Sarah continue to have communication issues, and Chuck's search for his mother entangles him a fight with Russian international arms dealer Alexei Volkoff and his far-reaching organization Volkoff Industries, whom she was assigned to infiltrate 20 years earlier. Sarah tells Chuck that she is going undervover as a double agent to bring down Volkoff Industries and bring back Mary Bartowski. Sarah works undercover in Volkoff for a few weeks until Chuck devises a plan to take Volkoff down. With the arrest of Volkoff, the family rushes to the hospital where Ellie is in labor. Clara Woodcomb is born as Chuck proposes to Sarah and she says yes. Following Volkoff's arrest Chuck and Sarah are sent to find Volkoff's successor, whom is later discovered discovered to be his daughter, Vivian Volkoff. Chuck and Sarah attempt to simultaneously plan their wedding and thwart Vivian Volkoff from selling a device that can kill someone from any place in the world by using his or her DNA. In the second last episode, Vivian uses the device on Sarah, sending her to the hospital unconscious and possibly worse. With the help of Vivian's father, Chuck is able to convince her to turn over the antidote to the Norseman, saving Sarah's life. In the process, CIA hitman Clyde Decker forcibly suppresses Chuck's Intersect and the team's government association is terminated. Chuck and Sarah marry and, using financial assets turned over to them by Volkoff, purchase the Buy More and Castle, determined to start their own freelance spy organization with Casey and Morgan, the latter who has now accidentally downloaded the Intersect.
Zachary Levi as Chuck Bartowski
Yvonne Strahovski as Sarah Walker
Adam Baldwin as John Casey

Love,
- D.

03 July 2011

Monte Carlo


A young woman, her uptight step sister and her best friend use their savings for a long anticipated dream trip to Paris, which turns out to be a big disappointment. When they decide to take a break from their lousy tour and duck into the lobby of a luxury hotel, one of them is mistaken for a spoiled British heiress. Before they get the chance to reveal their true identities they are wrapped up in misadventures during a vacation to Monte Carlo instead.
(July 2, 2011)


Yesterday I watched Monte Carlo with my friend Zusette. Gosh I am super madaldal as ever kasi I haven’t sleep for almost 30hrs. Hahaha! Weird lang at nakuha ko pa manood ng sine. Okay back to the movie na.. I liked the movie its super funny lalo na nung nasa CR sila then Cordelia (Selena) walked in. Hahaha priceless un expression ni Meg (Leighton) and Emma (Katie) while Grace (Selena) was inside the cubicle. They’re all so cute. I died laughing. Pero sad lang may mga dull moments na puro convos lang nakaka boring. my favorite scene was the face off. Nagkita kita na sina Cordelia, Grace, Meg and Emma. Basta super tawa ako sa part na un ginawang Lechon si Cordelia after. You guys should watch this movie. Ang cute lang nila. Minus niyo na lang si Cory eewie kasi!!
Love,
- D.✯