A Quick Post

"There are two reasons why people start shouting at their opponents: one is that they think the opponent is so strong that every weapon must be used against him; the other is that they think their own case so weak that it has to be fortified by noise."

- - Roger Scruton

I couldn't help but think of certain recent events when I read this passage. Although he was talking about the context of atheists dancing on the coffin of religion in our postmodern, "god-less" society, Scruton's words are relevant to word wars, rallies, and a whole lot of other things.

Thank you to all those people who posted encouraging words in my last post. A part of me regrets the white-hot emotions that prompted me to rant online, because it ressurected a long-past issue that has been blown way out of proportion. May these be the last words on the subject. My family and I are very grateful for your support. :) *GROUP HUG!!!!*

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BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT is one of the best, most profound movies I've ever seen. *insert fan-girl shriek here*

It's a classic, grabe, with Shakespearean super villains and a complex hero with an all-too-human vulnerability... dark and macabre, with the scariest bad guy in all movie history. The Joker was Evil incarnate (Heath Ledger deserves a posthumous Oscar for this role!!!), I swear, I was shivering in my seat every time he was onscreen.

What a great movie to watch at the end of a hectic week.

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A big thank you to Ate Rina, who gave a talk on her experiences while taking her M.A. at the Manhattan School of Music to the MuPC 101 (Diction 1) class.

Ate Rina recently won 1st prize at the Manhattan School Voice Concerto Competition. Voice students from all levels (B.M. to Ph.D.) competed, and there was only one winner selected, no 2nd/3rd prize. She was it. :)

She will be singing at the Francisco Santiago Hall (Equitable PCI Bank, Makati Ave.) on August 3, Sunday, 6 p.m. Do come and support her!

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Click here to view the UP Cinemalaya 2008 schedule.

I want to watch the following:

BOSES (VOICES) by Ellen Ongkeko-Marfil is the story of a musician, who regains back his humanity by giving violin lessons to a child of the slums. In turn, the child, through the instrument, is able to get back his voice from a muted, abused and desensitized existence. This is a story of a friendship founded on the sublime beauty of music.

CONCERTO by Paul Alexander Morales is about how, in the last part of World War II, a special piano concert is held in the forests of Davao. In these boondocks, a displaced Filipino family becomes acquainted with a group of Japanese officers, similarly camped nearby. Based on true stories from the director's family, Concerto celebrates a family whose reverence for life, expressed through their love of music and friendship, can survive even war, and shows how beauty and compassion can grow in even the harshest of situations.

 

Tara! Nood tayo! :)