Yearly, without hardship and difficulty, I can easily capture and feel the spirit of Christmas. But not this year. I guess I can attribute this to the still very hot weather due to the ongoing El Niño phenomenon, my having no time to do any Christmas shopping as well as the need to do and attend to the tons and loads of work in my office.
screen-grabbed from the video! cool foreigners indeed!
Thanks to Philippine Airlines because after seeing this heartwarming video, I can somewhat feel what seem to be a elusive Christmas spirit.
The short happy video captures the magical energy and some unique elements of a Filipino Christmas which foreigners seem to marvel and be surprised about. Seeing this video made me realize that no one in the world celebrates Christmas like the way Filipinos (like me) do.
It’s a new song, but because of its infectious tune and beautiful lyrics, it easily achieved a beloved status in my heart. On a sublime and transcendent night, here’s a freshly minted song by The Corrs…
Let me be very short and precise on this. This song has been my song for quite some time now. The poignant lyrics hits right through the innermost center of anyone’s heart who has been left by someone, may it be a friend, a family, a person of secret infatuation or a loved one.
If you’re not touched by this song, then, you are not a human being!
Here’s my chosen Song of the Week. I’ve never heard of Shawn Mendes in the past but as soon as I heard this folksy-uptempo song, I’ve gone obsessed with it.
super lavet! (btw, images in this post are not mine)
My most previous post is about how I loved and enjoyed the movie Inside Out. But I could not stop myself from writing about another reason why people should see this new Pixar animation. It is because of the equally adorable short film which was featured prior to the main movie. It’s entitled Lava.
I was totally clueless when the short film started. I thought it was just one of the movie trailers or previews. But as the film continues with its charming music and unique love story, I eventually found myself so engaged with this impressive short film.
The short is about a volcano all alone in the middle of the sea longing to meet another volcano he would love. But since he’s stuck and could not move, all he could do until he grows old to the brink of extinction and nearly submerged under the sea was to sing a song about his dream of meeting a volcano he could love. He however doesn’t know that deep beneath the sea is a female volcano who hears his singing every day. This lady volcano knows that she is the one that the male volcano was longing for.
mr. volcano
lady volcano
But when a colossal shaking of the earth occurred, the female volcano emerged above the sea level. But she emerged facing the wrong way! The male volcano was at her back! The male volcano noticed the new, high and lovey lady volcano, but could no longer sing because his mouth is already submerged in water. He could not also be seen by the lady volcano for she emerged above water facing the wrong way. Until a great storm came and have the male volcano gone totally submerged underwater.
While underwater, the male volcano could hear the lady volcano singing his very song of hope. He was happy and knew that the volcano he was longing for was already up above the water. But the problem is, he is down submerged under water.
Until another mighty shaking and rumbling of the earth happened and the male volcano was pushed up above the water. Now both of them were above water and was actually positioned side by side seeing each other! Now both are singing a new song. This time, it is about having their wish coming true and that is to grow old together as two loving volcanoes.
Here’s the adorable storyteller of a song…
It sent shivers down my spine when the male lava has grown old and when the female volcano emerged from under the sea facing the other way. I was screaming in my mind “Goodness! Why are you facing the other way?”
But when both volcanoes eventually found each other, I was tearing already. Good thing, me and my family chose to watch the 3-D version. I was already wearing the 3-D glasses that’s why my relatives could not see me crying! Hahaha!
Aside from the adorable song, what I loved most about this short is the simplicity of the story. Maybe I am already so complicated that is why seeing something simple is so great for me. For me, Lava is a beautiful and moving short film. Those who won’t be moved by this film may literally need lots of super hot lava so as to melt their heart of stone.
Ang ganda! Parang gusto ko tuloy maging bulkan. Hahaha!
I’m not a fan of Michael Jackson but watching this remix/mashup music video makes me wish that he was still alive. This is one superb work by Robin Skouteris.
I never wondered whether these songs would mix so well together. This is genius! Seeing the late Michael Jackson and the very much alive and bitching Madonna now could have been one great event that this planet would experience.
Enough with the wishful thinking! Just beat it bitch and hit the play button!
Only God and I knows why I am very happy today!!! My general happy feeling can be described by my chosen song of the day. And I would like to greet a very Happy Birthday to the woman who sang this lovely song.
A shower of kisses to you and see in February here in Manila!
Maligayang bati sa bruha kong aydol! ‘Di lang ikaw ang hapi ngayon, AKO din…
A considerable amount of my time growing up during my pre and early teen years was spent by watching the original cartoon animation series The Superbook. It is an anime series that chronicled the events in the Bible’s Old and New Testament.
joy, chris and gizmo
The Bible in its written form can be so intensely deep and enormously ornate in words, idiolect and terminologies. Because of this, its thoughts, teachings and philosophies can be at times so difficult to understand. Because of this, The Superbook then was my early basis and reference on how to understand the stories and teachings of the Bible.
And from among all episodes of this valuable anime series during the 1980s (including its re-runs dubbed in Filipino language), never did I saw Christian, Joy and their toy robot Gizmo encounter an episode that being gay and falling in love with a person of the same sex or gender is a sin.
Maybe it is because the creators of The Superbook series knows that it does not take a person to read, know and understand the Bible to realize that falling in love is not a sin. I guess The Superbook creators knew that love is universal and that love is beautiful. I guess The Superbook knows that there’s no book on “how” and there’s no book on “who” when in comes to love.
Nengkoy 