Archive for the ‘Books’ Category
31
Dec
Posted by awi in Books, Entertainment, Movies. Tagged: Batman movies, High School Musical 3: Senior Year, High School Musical movies, The Dark Knight, Twilight, Twilight book series, Twilight movies, Yahoo! Movies. 3 Comments
Edward Cullen v The Joker
Edward Cullen v The Joker
The Dark Knight is the highest-grossing movie of the year, but Twilight beats it on the returns.
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26
Oct
Posted by awi in Books, Entertainment, From the Hearth, Movies, Personals. Tagged: Breaking Dawn, C.S. Lewis, Eclipse, Harry Potter book series, Harry Potter movies, J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Mitch Albom, Paulo Coelho, Sophie Kinsella, Stephenie Meyer, The Chronicles of Narnia book series, The Lord of the Rings book series, The Mists of Avalon, Twilight book series. 2 Comments
Finished with the finals. But I’ve to submit a paper before I can finally say that I’m officially on sembreak… which will last for a week. Sigh, sigh. Not much of a breather, really.
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7
Oct
Posted by awi in Books, Entertainment, Movies, People. Tagged: Entertainment Weekly, Kate Beckinsale, Kate Winslet, Len Wiseman, Leonardo DiCaprio, Revolutionary Road, Richard Yates, Sam Mendes, Scott Speedman, Titanic, Underworld movies, Underworld: Evolution, Yahoo! Movies. Leave a Comment
‘m one of those who watched Titanic over and over again. It can be quite cheesy at times, but I’ve always been a romantic at heart, so I love it.
Now the ill-fated lovers Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet are at it again, on dry land this time with Revolutionary Road, which is directed by Kate’s husband Sam Mendes. The movie is based on Richard Yates’ novel of the same title.
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1
Oct
Posted by awi in Books, Entertainment, From the Hearth, Movies, People, Personals. Tagged: Edward Cullen, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter book series, Midnight Sun, New Moon, Paulo Coelho, Robert Pattinson, Scholastic Corporation, Stephenie Meyer, Twilight, Twilight book series. Leave a Comment
Paulo Coelho is okay with people pirating e-versions of his books, even providing a link to a blog that lists the links to such pirated works. I applaud Mr. Coelho for doing this, and moreso his reason for doing so. As he stated in his blog: “I think that preventing people from sharing ideas and thoughts is what impoverishes the world. Not the opposite.”
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10
Aug
Posted by awi in Books, Entertainment, From the Hearth, Movies, Personals. Tagged: Ben Kingsley, Elegy, New York Times, Penelope Cruz, Philip Roth, The Dying Animal, Time. Leave a Comment
I never understood the outrage at the time. I was a firm believer of the “love is blind” quote, and as such I was pretty apathetic about the whole teacher-student relationship thing.
It’s only lately that I fully understood the moral ascendancy bit.
And now comes a movie that explores this subject. And it’s not in any way petty — because this is more than high school.
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7
Aug
Posted by awi in Books, Out and About, Personals. Tagged: a day in the life, Elizabeth Wakefield, Jessica Wakefield, Sweet Valley. Leave a Comment
Need to know what would be a good forte for me, because I wanted a blog I could dedicate my free time to, and possibly get revenue from.
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26
Jul
Posted by awi in Books, Entertainment, From the Hearth, Music, Personals, Technology. Tagged: Araneta Coliseum, Cases and Materials on International Law, D.J. Harris, Incubus, Jason Wade, Lifehouse, loi et moi, McCormick on Evidence, Winamp. 1 Comment
A few hours from now, one of my favorite bands will be rocking the house down somewhere in Quezon City. I could have been one of their audience, had I not “splurged” on cases and D.J. Harris’ book. Oh, who am I kidding?
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24
Jul
Posted by awi in Books, Musings. Tagged: Cases and Materials on International Law, D.J. Harris, loi et moi. Leave a Comment
I’m loving D.J. Harris’ Cases and Materials on International Law.
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