We witnessed how Gabriel Burne (Playing D'Artaignan) was willing to defy or even fight three of his friends John Malkovich (Arthos), Jeremy Irons (Aramis), Portos (Gerald De Pardiue) just to protect his king Leonardo di Caprio (Philippe). What drives a person to go against anything just to fulfill his duty.

Dedication (Lat. dedication, from dedicare, to proclaim, to announce), properly the setting apart of anything by solemn proclamation. It is thus in Latin the term particularly applied to the consecration of altars, temples and other sacred buildings, and also to the inscription prefixed to a book, &c., and addressed to some particular person. This latter practice, which formerly had the purpose of gaining the patronage and support of the person so addressed, is now only a mark of affection or regard. In law, the word is used of the setting apart by a private owner of a road to public use.

Well base on the words meaning, dedication is a very complicated trait that one person could possess. A bond that allows one person to either directly or unconsciously serve, protect or even revere at any cost. Humiliation and recognition are sometimes the primary prices one could pay when he or she subjects himself or herself under someone or something. It could either be faith, a deity, a movie star, a superior, and a leader but most of the times it is always the person you love the most. It could act both as a payment for one's offences or a way of taking his or her duty unto another level. People tend to mock this individuals, sometimes asking them what drives them to continue doing all necessary just to show the recipient of the duty how "dedicated" he or she. The recipient may be ignored or even insulted no matter what he or she does. On the other hand people witnessing this gestures would have felt different and extend pity to the individual.

Call it insanity or even futility in one's action, but overall it is more than gut feeling that drives an individual in fulfilling his or her dedication. It may cost him his time, money, sanity and even freedom. The worst thing that could happen is when the recipient doesn’t even recognizes this action. It is a very unfair battlefield out there. As for the people who know me, I beg you not to hate or even think that I myself wasn’t responsible for what am I getting right now? But then again I hope someone pulls me out and tell me when is the right time to give up, coz I aren’t seeing that point in my life as of now.

First of all let me thank the Lord God Our Father for giving me the best days of my life!

Last Tuesday was the start of my two-day break from operations. And I’m glad that I was able to have two full days, coz last week I was only able to have a 1 day off due to the fact that I eventually came to work on a day wherein am supposed to have my day off (Automatic 6th day tuloy ako).

Well I’m glad that everything is back to normal. My Dad just got discharged form the hospital after being confined there for 4 days due to pneumonia (wag na kasi kayong magyosi kala nyo kasi cool...not!). Well I’m glad that he wasn’t as frustrated as before whenever he gets hospitalized. It was my mom and I who accompanied him on the way home. I’m also glad that he has minimized smoking, and is using an alternative chewable thingy, that could hopefully lessen his smoking habits.

The following day we got to go out and spend much time (me, my mom and papa). Grabe sobrang nakaka miss coz we don’t usually do this anymore. We picked up some of my dad's insurance documents and other sickness claims and went over to my sister's workplace to pick some of the stuff her patients are giving her (bninibiro ko nga ang ate ko na para kang si Buddha laging binibigyan ng alay).

Afterwards I had to go to St. Lukes Hospital in order to have my eyes and my knees checked. And as expected each had a different diagnosis. Lets go start with my knee. Well its been doing great, and my doctor just gave me the go signal to go back to the gym I’ve been waiting for this moment for quite some time, because right from the start I only do cardio and weight training rather than cut on food. He also gave me the go signal to bring back basketball to my regime by March next year.


Now with regards to my eye diagnosis, it didn’t came as promising as the knee check up. I found out various irregularities with my eyes.

1.) I got Astigmatism on both eyes-Well I used to have this condition when I was 16 but I never thought that it would worsen through the years. The right eye has more of the condition that’s why I have to have at least 180-200 grade applied to that eye whenever we do a reading examination. I was so surprised on how much compensation my left eye gives in order to fix my vision.

2.) My doctor suspected that I might be having Glaucoma-like symptoms (this is back-up by the fact that my Grandmother having the same condition a couple of years back, so they consider this one hereditary or genetically passed on. That’s why they had me undergo a Glaucoma Package Test and A Line Vision examination. Well let’s hope for the best for things to turn out well.

3.) Both my eyes have a slightly enlarged vein. (L=0.4, R=0.8) and they said that having this condition is not a very welcoming one.

4.) Lastly I have to wear Glasses again. And how I hate wearing glasses. Well hope I can keep the glasses this time for more than a year and not break or lose it. Hehe, but this time it’s a good pair I know coz, I made sure that it’s not a geeky one.


Now yesterday my mom and I went on our own date. We went to the SSS main office in order to process my partial disability claim (its about time that we get something form the government). And after that we went to one of her favorite Chinese restaurants over in timing to have my favorite bowl of beef brisket/wanton noodles, and a nice plate of mapo tofu, plus the usual cart dumplings. Man you should have seen the amount of food that I had that day. I even managed to top it off by having both a Mango Pudding and Mango-Sago dessert as a take out. Hehehe.

But the most surprising part of the day was when my mom actually asked for Cory. At first I thought she was mad at her or anything, but I was shocked when she asked me if Cory was mad at her. I told her that She’s not. And she’s actually afraid to see her in person. And like a drop of snow in the Sahara dessert, my mom actually asked me to invite Cory on a dinner or lunch out next week. She said she misses Cory a lot and she was still Mad at me for the things that I’ve done to hurt her. Well I hope Cory doesn’t disappoint my mom or turn her down. It’s a known fact that everyone in my family loved Cory. And I’m glad that it is staying that way. Calling out Cory”

To end the day, my sister came home with this huge collection of full season DVD’s of the following American series: House M.D. S1&2. Scrubs Full Season, Bones Full Season, Desperate Housewives, Numbers, and Of Course Niptuck-Full Season. And damn it was one hell of a way to spend a day at home. And I really find it nicer to enjoy most of DVD’s if you eliminate all of the background music and just plainly listen to the audible speech. Well I’m already done with the first 12 episodes of Dr. House and I plan to finish the rest this week.

Well other highlights of that two-day bliss was the Magic marathon game that Jarry and I did. We slept till 4 in the morning just playing against each other using my 5 new decks. Heheh don’t worry tsong mahahanap mo rin Magic mo.

Well that’s it! It has been a great week for me already. And it just keeps getting better. I’m having good AHT and MSI’s on my performance and I’m really enjoying my stay with AOL, Just like what tell everyone. I don’t need anything else, but that one person. I cant help to say this but I missed saying this line so please let me do it just for this moment.

I Love you more than anything in my life…. Cory!

I’ve heard people refer to “The Notebook” as cheesy, as a ‘chick flick’ (a label very few of my colleagues can stand because of its negative connotation), as predictable and sappy. So “The Notebook” doesn’t exactly take a brain surgeon to guess how the story is going to play out. And it does unapologetically play on your emotions, practically begging you to squeeze out a few tears. But here’s why I enjoyed “The Notebook”: it’s a movie you can relax and let flow over you. It’s also one of the few films out there that tells a complete story. There’s a well-defined beginning, middle, and end.

“The Notebook” is the story of a boy from the poor side of the tracks who – predictably – falls for a beautiful, rich girl. What is not so predictable is how far he’ll go to prove they were meant to be together.

Rachel McAdams stars as sheltered Southern Belle, Allie Hamilton. Allie pays a visit to Seabrook, North Carolina to see her family and while there, Noah Calhoun (Ryan Gosling) works his 'small-town boy' charms on her. Despite disparate backgrounds, the two find they’ve got a lot in common, including a zest for life - and their need to drive each other crazy. Over the span of a hot North Carolina summer, Allie and Noah fall passionately in love.
But all doesn’t go smoothly for the mismatched pair of lovebirds. Allie’s mom puts the kibosh on their relationship, sending Allie off to school and out of Noah’s reach. Still Noah persists until finally, seven long years later, Allie returns to Seabrook and must choose between her rich, handsome fiancée (James Marsden) and her first love, the equally handsome but not-so-wealthy, Noah.

The filmmakers got it right when they chose Gosling, McAdams, Marsden, James Garner and Gena Rowlands. Each of these actors is pitch-perfect. Each brings a freshness to these characters. Even though we’ve seen the same types of characters before, these actors makes them feel interesting and unique.

“The Notebook” is a gentle romantic tale in the midst of blockbuster action films and goofball comedies. It could be argued that releasing it in mid-June is counter-programming at its best, giving adults who don’t want their senses assailed by CGI special effects a real choice at the box office. But you have to wonder if “The Notebook” would have stood a better chance of finding the right audience had it been released later in the year, when moviegoers are really ready for more intense storytelling, than during the crowded summer months.

“The Notebook” isn’t just a film for women. It’s a movie for anyone who wants to get lost in a beautiful story, for anyone who believes romance is still alive on film.

Cory...

Happy 18th Birthday Kei!
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