My TWILIGHT Experience

November 26. The day every girl in the Philippines has been waiting for. The very day, our beloved vampire in a shiny Volvo will hit us in the heart with his mighty smile. The favorite crooked smile we love. And YES, I must admit, I was one of them. And today is the day, a few hours away, I will see that very smile of his. The excitement is killing me. :)

Wednesday morning. It was a very fine day, I woke up with no sign of stress and discontent (because I think I slept so well, unlike those past few days), I went to the balcony first thing in the morning, and surprised that there was the sun and it’s drizzling at the same time. I hurriedly texted my GERZ: “ulan-init, pista sa langit... pista sa langit kay opening sa twilight.” It was funny to say that though, but I can’t help myself from sharing all the excitement I felt especially with only a few hours away. Anyhoo… I hurriedly took a shower and all, and met with Jen at Roxas Benches (as expected, I was somehow LATE; because Jen was expectedly EARLY, LOL peace friend!:)) and then raced ourselves to SM.

It was 10:40am and we were the first ones there. The ticket counter reads: 11:40am, for the first showing and releasing of tickets. Great! We were an hour early, so Jen and I went to McDo first to take our lunch (since she was hungry and she did not ate the night before). Even when we were eating the excitement we felt never failed, we were jumpy, looking around and watching those people who are potentially Twilight-addict and that are also racing with us to get tickets. So we flew ourselves after eating to the ticket counter and wait for the tickets to be released. While waiting in line, Rab (our classmate) saw us, surprised that he did not even tease us, I commented: “I bet, sungogon na pud ta ana sa school” (I bet, he will tease us when we see each other at school). LOL :)

And yes, the suspense grew intense when they handed down the first ticket. The girl who got hold of it shouted with joy, she was very amazed though, I don’t know. Okay, let’s not dwell on the next.

Anyway, it was a blast, for the very first in my life I have never felt excited about a movie before. Yes, I have looked forward to different kinds of films and genres and all, especially romantic films, but nothing like this has ever happened to me before. Not since Hana Kimi Japan Series, but that was different though. When we got hold of our tickets, I was like, WOW we got here Jen, we were here, and we were the first ones here. After serious months of waiting, we were finally here. So Jen and I hurried ourselves inside, we were the first ones there and people are still coming in the theatre house, some of them were shouting, well I understand, I will probably do the same, haha. :)

As the National Anthem was sung, and a LOT of advertisements and trailers were being shown, Jen and I can’t help ourselves from getting restless in our seats. It was like, we were getting ready from being blown away by something (or someoneJ) BIG, something huge. Like you are getting ready for your death... haha. J Anyway, there were a LOT of ads there; I can remember trailers and ads from lancer, women, watchmen, fast and the furious, kamiseta, shaolin girl, underworld and so much more. And then it stopped.

SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT, it reads. The crowd was shouting. It was intense, it’s here. This is it. (When I mean CROWD, I mean, US too, LOL) As Bella’s voice was heard, the crowd was busy focusing, trying to keep the excitement and the “kilig” to themselves. Trying to keep their attention to every bit, but still can’t help themselves. It was fun.

TWILIGHT, it read again. And the crowd was cooperative, they were wild, shouting. From time to time, as every scene was getting closer to HIM, my heart keeps on pounding. And it happened, in the cafeteria, when Jessica introduced to Bella the family. It was perfect; they were first seen in the window before they entered the cafeteria door. As each character came in after the other, my heart is now ready to explode (especially with the crowd is shouting with you, God, it was like a ticking time bomb, ready to explode ANY SECOND NOW). Rosalie and Emmett came in first, followed by the ever graceful Alice and Jasper. And the crowd stopped… waiting, for that last being to come in. . . 3,2,1. . . Whoosh!!! There he was, his smile caught US, my heart almost died! It was the most exciting, most “kilig”, the grandest entrance I have ever seen, especially with the crowd shouting with you, it was WOW! A total BLAST, I forgot to breathe! *sigh, I coped up… it was stupendous! Hooo… I was BLOWN AWAY and I mean, literally, haha. :)

Moments passed and the crowd was focusing on the movie, every now and then they would shout. And the next thing I know, whoosh, I was again blown away… CARLISLE. I mean, WOW… that entrance was FAST but breathtaking, he was THE BOMB, and HOT I might add. The crowd went wild I could even feel the floor shaking. It was amazing. :)

The movie was great, until in the end, I was blown away. The director did a very good job portraying the story although it was, sort of, too compressed and the editing was not very good because there were still annoying scenes and transitions in it, not to mention some cinematic flaws recognized by my friend Jen (:)). BUT STILL… It was perfect, Stephanie Meyer and Catherine Hardwicke did a pretty good job with it. And yeah, Stephanie Meyer was in the movie, have you recognized her? Jen did. My eyes were busy focusing to Bella, LOL. Trust me; you will know it’s her. J (Comments will be published in my Twilight Movie Review, watch out for it. Thanks!)

Twilight is now included in my Most Favorite Movie of all time – next to or on top of A walk to remember. The very movie I will NEVER forget and I will always love. Edward Cullen: The modern-day Mr. Darcy (Expect this to be in my next blog! Next topic aiyt?:)).

Anyway, since we can’t help but love the movie and everything in it. We watched it TWICE. And we experience the excitement, shouting, and “kilig”, whatever it is, all over again. It was great, a perfect day I will always remember. Thank God for this. *GRIN*

So, ‘til next blog… ttfn! Thanks… bye! Balik-balik po :D

NOTE: Words that are italicized are not mine, these are the lines I quoted from the book and are spoken or felt by the characters. However, the ones with quotation marks in it are spoken and sometimes in a dialect language. In case you haven’t noticed. :D Thank you.

Stress. Unwind. Movies. Creepy. Fun.

SEPT3. After a stressful day of music-vid-viewing trauma, and a week of video editing, midterm exams and results; Jen, Flyn and I decided to just take the afternoon off and head directly to the mall (since it rained and SM is too far na, we have no payong u know☺) a few minutes after my class in history. We went there to see a movie for us to unwind and think of nothing else for quite some time… It really was a busy week, and a movie would be a perfect solution to our hungry souls’ addiction for movie marathons. College life isn’t that fun you know when it comes to movie-marathon addicts like us… It’s not gonna be like it was before when you can watch 7-10 movies a week… I know I have, and it was the best time then. But now? We can only watch movies once in a blue moon. It’s stressing right? But what can we do… we’re just students who are trying to finish deadlines and stuff. Anyway, that’s beside the point, got carried away again, haha ahm, ☺

Okay, back at the mall, we bought large popcorns and hurried to cinema 4 to watch Rouge in action. And… ask why? Well, you know me (you will know now) I love to watch suspense, thriller, and horror movies in cinemas for one reason I know… that is so I can SHOUT my lungs out. Since that’s the only place I can do that (Aside from college fiestas when you are supporting your team, you can really shout… I mean A LOT). It’s like you are trying to shout out the deep feelings that you have inside. Like you are trying to get out the anger in you when you are mad in a way of shouting it and giggling all over (it’s fun though, haha). And… the best part? You REALLY can shout your lungs out in movie houses because it’s dark, loud and well you’re not the only one who is shouting… so, it’s fun… it really is, trust me. You don’t believe me? Why not try it yourself… Well movies can do that you know, even not through shouting and watching horror movies and all but it can help you MOVE ON from that feeling you have now by just watching. It’s something movies can do, movies can help you, they do, trust me… I know, uhm can I say a lot? Okay, A LOT.

Anyway, just for the sake of a movie review? Uhm, It was OKAY though… but if want to “shout” (like what I explained above) it was kind of lousy… I don’t know, I just think so! It was not THAT amazing so I really can’t expand the talk and all… sorry! Hehe

Oh yeah right… and another thing. During the last parts, we remembered Sir Gary’s words on not to skip the credits part of the show (since it is disrespectful). So Jen and I decided to stay. Moments later, a weird guy appeared guy right beside us. She was looking at us at some point, and suddenly sits a seat apart from Jen. And then he was like carrying a rectangular box, trying to make it seat to that chair beside him. And then he was like, “pakibantay sa ko dai ha” and left for a while and come back with an empty can, and then he keeps looking at us like he was some kind of a pervert or maybe he was planning something… I don’t know. Like eeeww, creepy right? We thought it was a bomb or whatsoever so we hurriedly left even without finishing the credits of the movie (sorry for that, heheh☺). That guy really crept us out. Eeew… weird stuffs happenin’ around (especially the mall, hahah you know what I mean Jen, hehe). Hahahai, ewan, what’s happening to the world?? Hahah awh, what the hell… it was fun though! (I think, heheh)

Have a nice life everyone… ‘Til Next Blog!! TTFN… ☺