Hey,

It's been a while.

I've been gone for a while, but I swear I haven't abandoned this blog. I still visit this blog once in a while, though I don't really post content here anymore since I started blogging on Tumblr some five years ago. But here I am, visiting this desolate blog and celebrate its sixth anniversary. Looked how time flew. The first time I decided to make my own blog, I just finished my freshman year in College, and our internet connection then was barely stable. At least, it was stable enough to have kept me awake that time of night to complete signing up for a world I never knew existed until I was immersed into the lives of two people who kept blogs themselves.

I was not really an expressive person in terms of writing, much more in speaking. And to tell you honestly, I still am not expressive. But I tried to be, and I had to. I was grooming myself to be a professional teacher. I had no choice but to do so. And so, amid the crisp sound of the summer rain serenading me, I clicked on blogger. And the rest was history.

Going back to the posts I wrote here from 2011-2012 (I moved to Tumblr, I guess by 2013) made me realize how much I miss being younger; when my greatest problem was passing an exam. Or submitting a requirement. Or a stubborn teacher. Now, I have lots of things to think of: bills, employment, even more bills, financial security, stability, and so much more. I guess I wanted to be an adult so much I hurried myself thinking this life would be better. Well, it's really not.

I don't know when my next blog post on this platform will be (I'm still active on Tumblr), but as what I've said some six years ago, a little patience and a crisp of the mind will go a long way.

Happy sixth anniversary to this blog.


Much love,

Francis

List of Films I Have Watched (2015)

January

1. Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) // Stephen Chbosky
2. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) // Martin Scorsese
3. The Maze Runner (2014) // Wes Ball
4. Into the Woods (2014) // Rob Marshall
5. The Cat Returns (2002) // Hiroyuki Morita
6. The Road to El Dorado (2000) // David Silverman, Don Paul, Bibo Bergeron, Will Finn, Jeffrey Katzenberg

February

1. Dreamgirls (2006) // Bill Condon
2. Noah (2014) // Darren Aronofsky
3. Fury (2014) // David Ayer
4. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) // Wes Anderson
5. The Theory of Everything (2014) // James Marsh

• The 87th Academy Awards (2015) // Hamish Hamilton
• 72nd Golden Globe Awards (2015)

March

1. Birdman (2014) // Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu
2. Despicable Me 2 (2013) // Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud
3. 22 Jump Street (2014) // Chris Miller, Phil Lord
4. That Thing Called Tadhana (2014) // Antoinette Jadaone
5. The Imitation Game (2014) // Morten Tyldum
6. Whiplash (2014) // Damien Chazelle
7. Selma (2014) // Ava DuVernay
8. English Only Please (2014) // Dan Villegas
9. Argo (2012) // Ben Affleck
10. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) // Francis Lawrence

April

1. Back to the Future (1985) // Robert Zemeckis
2. Back to the Future Part II (1989) // Robert Zemeckis
3. Django Unchained (2012) // Quentin Tarantino
4. Mockingjay (2014) // Francis Lawrence
5. Kingsman: Secret Service (2014) // Matthew Vaughn
6. They Came Together (2014) // David Wain
7. The Skeleton Twins (2014) // Craig Johnson

• Saturday Night Live - 40th Anniversary Special (2015)

May

1. Norwegian Wood (2010) // Tran Anh Hung
2. We’re the Millers (2013) // Rawson Marshall Thurber

June

1. Kung Fu Panda (2008) // Mark Osborne, John Stevenson
2. Speed (1994) // Jan de Bont

July

1. Inside Out (2015) // Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen
2. The Lego Movie (2014) // Chris Miller, Phil Lord
3. X-Men: Wolverine (2009) // Gavin Hood
4. The Fault in Our Stars (2014) // Josh Boone

August

1. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonians (2009) // Shawn Levy
2. The Duff (2015) // Ari Sandel
3. Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) // Stephen Schbosky
4. Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014) // Shawn Levy
5. Just the Way You Are (2015) // Theodore Boborol
6. The Breakup Playlist (2015) // Dan Villegas
7. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) // Rupert Wyatt

September

1. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) // Matt Reeves
2. X-Men: Days of the Future Past (2014) // Bryan Singer
3. The Love Affair (2015) // Nuel C. Naval
4. The Breakup Playlist (2015) // Dan Villegas
5. The Kings of Summer (2013) // Jordan Vogt-Roberts
6. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015) // Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
7. 50 Shades of Grey (2015) // Sam Taylor-Johnson

October

1. Heneral Luna (2015) // Jerrold Tarog
2. Moulin Rouge (2001) // Baz Luhrmann 
3. Paper Towns (2015) // Jake Schreier
4. Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist (2008) // Peter Sollett
5. Pitch Perfect 2 (2015) // Elizabeth Banks
6. Insurgent (2015) // Robert Schwentke
7. Norzee, Texas (2011) // Bavo Defurne
8. Superbad (2007) // Greg Mottola
9. Weekend (2011) // Andrew Haigh
10. Beautiful Thing (1996) // Hettie MacDonald
11. Happy Together (1997) // Wong Kar-Wai
12. Train wreck (2015) // Judd Apatow
13. Chungking Express (1994) // Wong Kar-Wai
14. In the Mood for Love (2000) // Wong Kar-Wai

November

1. Lilting (2014) // Hong Khaou
2. I Killed My Mother (2009) // Xavier Dolan
3. Shelter (2007) // Joan Markowitz
4. Me and you and Everyone We Know (2005) // Miranda July
5. Nebraska (2013) // Alexander Payne
6. Fallen Angels (1995) // Wong Kar-wai
7. Les Amours Imaginaires (2010) // Xavier Dolan
8. Blue Valentine (2010) // Derek Cianfrance
9. Obvious Child (2014) // Gillian Robesprierrer
10. Dear White People (2014) // Justin Simien
11. 50 First Dates (2004) // Peter Segal
12. Ant-Man (2015) // Peyton Reed
13. Boses (2008) // Ellen Ongkeko-Marfil
14. Tom at the Farm (2013) // Xavier Dolan
15. Like Crazy (2011) // Drake Doremus
16. Tommorowland (2015) // Brad Bird

December

1. Ilo ilo (2013) // Anthony Chen
2. Elephant Song (2014) // Charles Biname
3. Polar Express (2004) // Robert Zemeckis
4. Grave of the Fireflies (1988) // Isao Takahata
5. The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin (2014) // Wenn Deramas
6. Norte, Hangganan ng Kasaysayan (2013) // Lav Diaz
7. All You Need is Pag-Ibig (2015) // Antonette Jaodane
8. Whiplash (2014) // Damien Chazelle
9. Iskul Bukol 20 Years After (2008) // Tony Reyes

List of Movies I Have Watched (2014)

January

1. It’s A Wonderful Life (1946) // Frank Capra
2. Stuck in Love (2012) // Josh Boone
3. Skyfall (2012) // Sam Mendes
4. Robodoc (2008) // Stephen Maddocks
5. Carrie (2013) // Kimberly Peirce
6. About Time (2013) // Richard Curtis
7. Spectacular Now (2013) // James Ponsoldt

February

1. The Breakfast Club (1985) // John Hughes
2. Bright Star (2009) // Jane Campion
3. Frozen (2013) // Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee

March

1. The Wizard of Oz (1939) // Victor Fleming

April

1. New York Minute (2004) // Dennie Gordon
2. Birds of America (2008) // Craig Lucas
3. Divergent (2014) // Neil Burger
4. Flipped (2010) // Rob Reiner

May

1. San Lazaro (2011) // Wincy Aquino Ong
2. Sa Ilalim ng Tulay (2011) // Earl Bontuyan
3. The Descendants (2011) // Alexander Payne

June

1. The Fault in Our Stars (2014) // Josh Boone

July

1. Wall-e (2008) // Andrew Stanton

August

1. The Great Gatsby (2013) // Baz Luhrmann
2. Her (2013) // Spike Jonze
3. Gravity  (2013) // Alfonso Cuarón
4. 12 Years a Slave (2013) // Steve McQueen
5. American Hustle (2013) // David O. Russell
6. The Artist (2011) // Michel Hazanavicius
7. Dallas Buyers Club (2013) // Jean-Marc Vallée
8. Maleficent (2014) // Robert Stromberg
9. Philomena (2013) // Stephen Frears

September

1. Now You See Me (2013) // Louis Leterrier
2. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) // Tom Shadyac
3. Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2014) // Harald Zwart
4. Maynila: sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag (1975) // Lino Brocka

October

1. Holes (2003) // Andrew Davis
2. Scary Movie 5 (2013) // Malcolm D. Lee
3. 300 (2014) // Noam Murro

November

1. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005) // Garth Jennings
2. Bekikang (2013) // Wenn V. Deramas
3. The Giver (2014) // Phillip Noyce
4. Saving Mr. Banks (2013) // John Lee Hancock
5. Upstream Color (2013) // Shane Carruth
6. Kick-ass 2 (2013) // Jeff Wadlow
7. Hitchcock (2012) // Sacha Gervasi

December

1. Psycho (1960) // Alfred Hitchcock
2. Boyhood (2014) // Richard Linklater
3. The Croods (2013) // Kirck DeMicco, Chris Sanders
4. Short Term 12 (2013) // Destin Daniel Cretton

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2013 Recap: Movies I've Watched This Year

January

1. Life of Pi (2012) // Ang Lee
2. Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) // Brad Silberling
3. Carnage (2011) // Roman Polanski
4. Crazy, Stupid Love (2011) // John Requa, Glenn Ficarra
5. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2012) // Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
6. Love at First Hiccup (2009) // Barbara Topsoe-Rothenborg
7. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) // Stephen Chbosky
8. Les Miserables (2012) // Tom Hooper
9. Pokemon:The Movie 2000 (1999) // Kunihiko Yuyama
10. Pokemon: Jirachi Wish Maker (2004) // Kunihiko Yuyama

February

1. Pokémon 4Ever - Celebi: Voice of the Forest (2001) // Kunihiko Yuyama
2. Silver Linings Playbook (2012) // David O. Russell
3. Pokemon 3: Spell of the Unown (2000) // Kunihiko Yuyama
4. When Harry Met Sally (1989) // Rob Reiner
5. Moonrise Kingdom (2012) // Wes Anderson
6. Pokemon Heroes: Latios and Latias (2002) // Kunihiko Yuyama
7. Tootsie (1982) // Sydney Pollack

March

1. Jeff Who Lives at Home (2011) // Jay and Mark Duplass
2. Pokemon: Zoroark: Masters of Illusions (2010) // Kunihiko Yuyama
3. Pokemon: Mewtwo Returns (2000) // Darren Dunstan and Kunihiko Yuyama
4. Howl (2010) // Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
5. Wreck-it Ralph (2012) // Rich Moore
6. Nowhere Boy (2009) // Sam Taylor-Wood
7. Rabbit Hole (2010) // John Cameron Mitchell
8. Backbeat (1994) // Iain Softley
9. A Hard Day’s Night (1964) //  Richard Lester

April

1. Yellow Submarine (1968) // George Dunning
2. The Others (2001) // Alejandro Amenabar
3. Pokemon: the Rise of Darkrai (2007) // Kunihiko Yuyama
4. Chapter 27 (2007) // Jarrett Schaefer
5. Grassroots (2012) // Stephen Gyllenhaal
6. Powder Blue (2007) // Timothy Linh Bui
7. Liberal Arts (2012) // Josh Radnor

May

1. Thelma (2011) // Paul Soriano
2. The Hunger Games (2012) // Gary Ross
3. Temptation Island (1980) // Joey Gosiengfiao
4. Ligo na U, Lapit na Me (2011) // Erick C. Salud
5. Tiktik: The Aswang Chronicles (2012) // Erik Matti
6. The Road (2011)// Yam Laranas
7. Pokemon Black: Victini and Reshiram (2012) // Kunihiko Yuyama
8. Owl City: Live at Los Angeles (2011) // Mark Lucas
9. Project X (2012) // Nima Nourizadeh
10. I Do Bi Doo Bi Doo:  Heto nAPO Sila! (2012) // Chris Martinez

June

1. Pokemon White: Victini and Zekrom (2012) // Kunihiko Yuyama
2. Kyurem vs the Sword of Justice (2012) // Kunihiko Yuyama
3. Donnie Darko (2001) // Richard Kelly

July

1. Ruby Sparks (2012) // Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
2. Little Miss Sunshine (2006) //  Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
3. Slumdog Millionaire (2008) // Danny Boyle
4. Doubt (2008) // John Patrick Shanley
5. Religulous (2008) // Larry Charles
6. Pitch Perfect (2012) // Jason Moore
7. Bandslam (2009) // Todd Graff

August

1. The Da Vinci Code (2006) // Ron Howard
2. God Delusion (2006) // Richard Dawkins
3. Gone with the Wind (1939) // Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood
4. Angels and Demons (2009) // Ron Howard
5. Creation (2009) // Jon Amiel
6. Moulin Rouge (2001) // Baz Luhrmann
7. For Ellen (2012) // So Yong Kim
8. Life of Pi (2012) // Ang Lee
9. The Tourist (2010) // Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

September

1. Carrie (1976) // Brian De Palma
2. Fireproof (2008) // Alex Kendrick
3. Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979) // Terry Jones

October

1. Pokemon Origins (2013) // Itsuro Kawasaki, Yukio Kuroda, Hideya Takahashi, Daiki Tomiyasu
2. Doremifasolasido (2008) // Kang Gyeon-Hyang
   
3. Before Midnight (2013) // Richard Linklater
4. From Up on Poppy Hill (2011) // Goro Miyazaki

November

1. Watership Down (1978) // Martin Rosen
2. Aparisyon (2012) // Vincent Sandoval
3. Another Day to Die Hard (2013) // John Moore 
4. Memento (2000) // Christopher Nolan
5. The Hunger Games: Cathing Fire (2013) // Francis Lawrence
6. The Hours (2003) // Stephen Daldry

December

1. Jane Eyre (2011) // Cary Joji Fukunaga
2. Invictus (2009) // Clint Eastwood
3. This is the End (2013) // Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg
4. Geography Club (2013) // Gary Entin
5. Mean Girls (2004) // Mark Waters