Pinoy fiesta...

We had a Filipino feast last Saturday. Haha!

Just look at the photos of what we had...

Ahh, it was heaven for 5 overseas Filipino workers...

Trip to Metro Manila via the big screen...

PG Boy had his first trip to Manila yesterday. Hehe.

We watched the British-Filipino indie film Metro Manila by Sean Ellis.

The film stars Jake Macapagal, Althea Vega and John Arcilla. The story is about a family who left the province of Banaue to look for a better life in Manila. Jake's character lands a job working for an armored truck company, where he met John's character. The two become partners but things take an unexpected turn as the friendship (or pseudo-friendship) deepened.

I thought the two-hour film might be a bit boring/dragging, but it was actually an enjoyable film. Even PG Boy said that it wasn't so bad.

Originally, we were planning to see The Purge and afterwards attend a guided tour at the Singapore Art Museum.

However, everything changed because of the weather.

So what was supposed to be a day in the city became a day in Tampines.

Metro Manila was selected as the British entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards.

The Mistress... I want to watch...

Aside from adobo and Jollibee, one more thing I miss about the Philippines is watching cheesy Pinoy movies. Hehe!

Yeah, yeah, I'm a huge sucker for (most of) these flicks by Star Cinema.

Minimum requirement: John Lloyd Cruz or Sam Milby.

I'm not very much up-to-date with who  the stars of the moment are in Philippine showbiz, but these two guys are among my all-time favorites. So far, I've really enjoyed every film these guys have appeared in. (Believe it or not, I dun care too much for Piolo. Sheesh, I still remember that film of his with Angel Locsin shot in Mindanao and in Australia. Yeesh! *shudder*)

Oh, oh... and any film with... Sharon Cuneta. Hehe! (so much for being a closeted Sharonian.)

My friend Noreen who's a writer for ABS-CBN recently mentioned the movie The Mistress in her blog.

She shared a line from the movie, which I guess have been and will be tweeted and posted in every social networking site. Haha!

"Walang babaeng pinangarap maging kabit."

It was only yesterday that I got to watch the trailer and Youtube. Right after watching the trailer, I sort of wish I could catch it on the big screen.

The film looks very promising with its cast and the plot. The Bea and JLC tandem has already proven formula, so I'm quite sure that tatabo sa takilya ang pelikulang ito. Hehe!

Oh, Noreen's fave line may have been Bea's. The one I liked was that of Hilda Koronel's character. "Layuan mo ang asawa ko. Tagalog iyan para maintindihan mo."

I love how she delivered the line. It was with the emotion expected of the line. Really good.

I wonder if it will have the same effect in in another language...

"Wo de zhangfu duzi likai. Mandarin iyan para maintindihan mo." Haha!