Once upon a time, there was a man who asked a woman to marry him. She said no. And he lived happily ever after.
Never being been into Superman, preferring Batman and his brooding nature,
I wasn’t expecting much. But the movie was so lame. It’s practically a glam movie with a dragging love story between Lois Lane, Superman, and Cyclops :P with Lex Luthor and his not-so-nefarious scheme thrown in as a side act. Needless to say, Superman wins against both Cyclops and Lex. So typical.
Good thing the 20 minutes of 3D footage sort of saved the day (or should I say the night?). I’ve said this about IMAX before but I’ll say it again: It’s great! The technology needs further tweaking but in time it will be the standard of cinema.
Rating: 3/5
Yesterday, there was a group presentation during class in Cross-Cultural Management, a subject that I’m not exceptionally fond of. This presentation didn’t make my feelings about the subject any better. The presentation was supposed to be about Germany and its culture. The presenting group was in full force and strutting about wearing swastika armbands. Someone made a joke about white power. They didn’t get it.
Then towards the end of the presentation, they showed famous Germans which included Hitler (infamous more likely and not German) and Martin Luther King (errr I think you meant Martin Luther?).
This from MBA students 8-|
Just came back from a day dive trip with Rhichie. It was supposed to be a reunion of sorts of my advanced open water (AOW) classmates but at the last moment, everyone begged off. Only Rhichie and I were left but we decided to push through anyway. We drove to Aquaventure and met up with Norman, our AOW instructor, for the dive. With him were Seema, a new diver, and Kiko, our underwater videographer for the day.
First dive, at Mainit, was hohummm. The vis was great but there was nothing much to see. The second dive was more exciting. Waay more. We dived Layag-layag but we encountered a very strong tidal downcurrent. It was so strong that the fishes were no longer minding our presence and were just swimming to keep their position. It’s so interesting observing them up close and motionless. But the current was so strong that we had to essentially abort the dive. As we ascended, air bubbles we were making were no longer rising up but were staying around the depth they were made. It was quite a sight: thousands of bubbles filled the water. After surfacing, the boat came to pick us up and delivered us back to the resort for lunch.
After lunch, Seema left for Manila while the rest of us rested for the third dive. Just as soon as we prepared for the third dive, it started to rain and I was growing a bit lazy about taking it. But I decided to anyway since I’ve already committed to it. And good thing too because we saw not one but two blue spotted rays, two rock fishes, and some weird bottom-dwelling winged fish. That dive definitely made my day.
I was supposed to play airsoft yesterday morning. Unfortunately, when I checked my battery, I found out it didn’t charge even though I left it supposedly charging all night. I was left with a non-functional AEG. So I decided to instead just go watch my friends play with the guest team, a largish airsoft team. When I got there, everyone were gearing up and started playing soon after. The games were skirmish-type BUT with respawn (yeech!). People keep rotating into the game and they were just pumping pellets everywhere. All regrets I had for being unable to play evaporated right then and there.
Wasted morning? Not quite. Beside the game area, there’s a rappelling tower with a slide attached to it. It had been under construction before but now people were using it: rappelling and sliding down. Naturally, we got interested. As luck would have it, my friends know the people facilitating the activity. So we went up the tower and slid down. Quite a rush since it was my first time. I suppose, though, it could have been more fun if we didn’t put on a safety harnesses. Risk sure is a strong drug :D