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Nov 6, 2013

November 2013 Entertainment Scene

11/06/2013 04:18:00 PM Laugh No comments

November 2013 Concerts
- Infinite Live in Manila (November 3 at Smart Araneta Coliseum)
- OneRepublic Live in Manila (November 6 at Smart Araneta Coliseum)
- Matchbox Twenty Live in Manila (November 8 at Mall of Asia Arena)
- Close Up Forever Summer (November 9 at Bonifacio Global City)
- Erik Santos inTENse Concert (November 9 at PICC Plenary Hall)
- Mocha Girls Red Hot Mocha Night (November 9 at Music Museum)
- The Lettermen Live in Manila (November 11 at Resorts World Manila)
- Myx Mo 2013 (November 12 at SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds)
- Love Overload Over Asia with John Ford Coley (November 13 at Solaire Resort)
- Sarah Geronimo Perfect 10 Concert (November 15 at Smart Araneta Coliseum / November 30 at Mall of Asia Arena / December 7 at Waterfront Hotel Cebu)
- Top and Jinky Reunited Once More (November 15 at Music Museum)
- Greenlight Music Festival (November 15 at Greenfield District)
- Richard Clayderman Live in Manila (November 16 at PICC Plenary Hall)
- United Republiq featuring Axwell (November 21 at SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds)
- Martin Nievera 3D The Repeat (November 22 at Smart Araneta Coliseum)
- Last Dinosaurs Live in Manila (November 22 at Black Market Makati)
- Alicia Keys Live in Manila (November 25 at Mall of Asia Arena)
- Tegan & Sara Live in Manila (November 25 at NBC Tent)
- Two Door Cinema Club Live in Manila (November 26 at NBC Tent)
- King of the Gil Enrique Gil Concert (November 29 at Smart Araneta Coliseum) - See more at: http://www.philippineconcerts.com/upcoming-concerts/#sthash.6LtnXCUx.dpuf

Things are really starting to look up this November. There's a holiday-ish festive feel in the air, perhaps hinting of Christmas just around the corner.

Take the entertainment scene, for example. November is busy with concerts, plays, parties and shows from foreign and local artists.

Here's the schedule of events this November:

OneRepublic Live in Manila (November 6 at Smart Araneta Coliseum)

Matchbox Twenty Live in Manila (November 8 at Mall of Asia Arena)

Close Up Forever Summer (November 9 at Bonifacio Global City)

Erik Santos inTENse Concert (November 9 at PICC Plenary Hall)

Mocha Girls Red Hot Mocha Night (November 9 at Music Museum)

The Lettermen Live in Manila (November 11 at Resorts World Manila)

Myx Mo 2013 (November 12 at SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds)

Love Overload Over Asia with John Ford Coley (November 13 at Solaire Resort)

Sarah Geronimo Perfect 10 Concert (November 15 at Smart Araneta Coliseum / November 30 at Mall of Asia Arena / December 7 at Waterfront Hotel Cebu)

Top and Jinky Reunited Once More (November 15 at Music Museum)

Greenlight Music Festival (November 15 at Greenfield District)

Richard Clayderman Live in Manila (November 16 at PICC Plenary Hall)

United Republiq featuring Axwell (November 21 at SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds)

Martin Nievera 3D The Repeat (November 22 at Smart Araneta Coliseum)

Last Dinosaurs Live in Manila (November 22 at Black Market Makati)

Alicia Keys Live in Manila (November 25 at Mall of Asia Arena)

Tegan & Sara Live in Manila (November 25 at NBC Tent)

Two Door Cinema Club Live in Manila (November 26 at NBC Tent)

King of the Gil Enrique Gil Concert (November 29 at Smart Araneta Coliseum)

Sources:

PhilippineConcerts.com
Manila Concert Scene

Momzillas Movie Review

10/02/2013 02:37:00 PM Laugh No comments

We took our mother-in-law to the movies recently. It's the first showing day for the film Momzillas. Our outing was impulsively planned and hurriedly implemented. But it was fun -- the trip, the company and the movie!

Photo credit: Star Cinema

We went after lunch, praying that we won't get stuck in traffic. We multi-tasked when we arrived at the mall, with the husband finding some parking space while we girls (mom-in-law, sister-in-law and second-cousin-in-law (I know!)) rushed at the elevator to buy the tickets, popcorn and drinks. We were rushing because we were 10 minutes away from the start of the movie when we arrived. Thankfully, we got there just in time.

Momzillas is a Star Cinema film offering about two mothers (Maricel Soriano and Eugene Domingo) whose children (Billy Crawford and Andi Eigenmann, respectively) have fallen in love and are about to get married. Unfortunately the two mothers have a bitter history involving one man, and they have been at odds since then. When they met again at their children's "pamamanhikan" or betrothal, mayhem ensued.

To reconcile the two warring mothers, their children and friends conspired to throw them together in a yacht party, which turned into a disaster when the yacht was shipwrecked. Then followed the adventures of the two combative moms as they struggled to survive a hostile island and each other. Their ensuing efforts to live through and escape the perils of the unknown environment were hilarious.

Eventually they became friends in the island and were rescued back to civilization, only to find that their children are now the ones having problems in their relationship. The momzillas now have to use their brains, wits and resources to get their children to reconcile, again with comedic results.

So how did we find Momzillas?

Visually it was very entertaining. The characters looked great, individually and together. It was good to see THE Maricel Soriano once again on the big screen. She is still stunning despite the signs of age and body flab in some places, not to mention the strange way her lips seem to be fixed or paralyzed when she talks. Eugene Domingo also looks good with her apparent weight loss. Her morena complexion is a perfect counter-foil to Maricel's blindingly white skin. The two other lead stars -- Andi Eigenmann and Billy Crawford -- were able to hold their own in the eye-candy department.

Plus, the characters were well-dressed and very fashionable in this movie. I love Maricel's, Uge's and Andi's shoes, dresses and accessories. Some of Uge's outfits were outrageous, but she carried it off with panache. Kudos to the film's stylists, I was able to get some tips and ideas from the characters' fashion ensemble. But the thing that really and mostly stood out for me in this movie was that Maricel looked incredibly classy in red, even when the gown she wore got torn and dirty.

Next, the plot. The storyline was entertaining, not too deep, but not too "not there" either. Efforts were made to establish the characters' personalities and motives early on, so that the audience would understand the ensuing dysfunction. Momzillas did drag on after a while, and the whole film looked "episodic." First was the "pamamanhinkan" conflict, then the "stranded-in-the-island" episode, then the "bring-the-children-back-together" part. It's not such a bad thing, because each episode created hilarity at every chance, so I'm not complaining.

It was mostly the actors' delivery that seem to be the low point of Momzillas. One word: hysterical. It was screaming and arguing in a loud voice all the time, with barely any let up. The acting energy and noise decibel emanating from Maricel Soriano and Eugene Domingo combined threatened to give me a headache. So much so that I welcomed with profound relief every rare dramatic moment in the movie, such as when they finally made peace with each other in the middle of the isolated island in the deep of night. It's the only part of the movie when I caught a glimpse of the award-winning actresses in Maricel Soriano and Eugene Domingo, when their eyes and facial expressions conveyed more depth and emotion than lines of dialogue.

The comedic moments were plenty in this movie. Some hit the right buttons, but some fell through the seams and didn't do it for me. The location of the "island" where they were stranded was a big, fat laugh for the audience.

The ending? Well, I welcomed the end of the movie if only for the relief that it is finally over. It's the "all's well that ends well" formula, but I pity the two children for what's in store for them, given the nature of their momzillas.

Overall, Momzillas is well worth the money and time spent watching it. If the yardstick is pure unadulterated fun and entertainment, then this one hits the mark.

A Miss World in Each One of Us

10/01/2013 11:49:00 AM Laugh No comments

Congratulations to Megan Young for besting 126 other equally beautiful women to become Miss World 2013. It is a double achievement for her because she also became the first Filipina to ever win the elusive title for her country.

Photo courtesy of Miss World Organization

Megan Young's Miss World 2013 stint is particularly striking because as a model, actress, and entertainment host, her life has been accessible to the public for years. So we know that her rise to where she is now is not a walk in the park.

Megan Young's triumph confirmed my long-held belief that a Filipina can stand out in world-class competitions. It also affirms another belief I have, that it doesn't take a super-perfect woman to win in a competition.

Below are my take-aways on Megan Young's journey and triumph at the Miss World 2013 tilt:

1. Every woman is beautiful in her own way.

No matter what people think, or the mirror shows, or the weighing scale says, each of us has something special and beautiful in ourselves. No matter the color of our skin, age, or status in life. Megan Young may be beautiful. But she has her "off" days too, I presume. In show business where fair-skinned mestizas are often cast in lead roles, Megan Young's morena features affect the kind of roles she gets. In a world where beauty is defined in a particular way, big roles often passed her by and she was often cast as a villain, in supporting roles, or something similar. She has seldom been in lead roles and she is not what you may call an A-list star in the Philippine show business firmament.

In fact, Megan Young is not the tallest of the candidates during the Miss World 2013 beauty pageant, nor the most beautiful, nor the sexiest. But she held on to what she has, and won.

Photo courtesy of Miss World Organization

2. We must not lose ourselves in the pursuit of anything.

Right after Megan Young won the Miss World Philippines 2013 crown, she called herself an "unconventional beauty queen" in an interview and revealed that part of her preparations for the international tilt was that she was "actually focused on what I'm gonna do as myself, or can I make that mark in history that is different from other beauty queens?"

She also said when she finally won the Miss World 2013 pageant that: "I always tell everyone that I’ll just be myself in everything that I do."

Photo courtesy of Megan Young

Sometimes, we tend to put on a "good front", or what we think other people might like to see from us. That keeps us from being true to ourselves and also prevents others from seeing our real beauty and what is special inside us.

3. There is "beauty in giving"

"Beauty in giving" is part of Megan Young's winning answer during the interview portion of the Miss World Philippines 2013 contest. Even before she competed, she is one of the National Peace Ambassadors for the government's "I Am For Peace" campaign. She participates in relief operations to extend help to her countrymen.

As we go through life and throw ourselves into the effort of reaching our personal dreams, part of our goals should always be for the good of others and not just ourselves.


Megan Young in a relief operation to flood-stricken areas in the Philippines.

4. It takes extraordinary effort, not necessarily extraordinary talent.

Megan Young is not known for her singing voice in Philippine show business. But she was brave enough to learn a couple of songs to sing at the Miss World Philippines 2013 and Miss World 2013 competitions. Her talent lies in speaking and hosting, but since singing will increase her chance of winning, she took to it with dedication and determination. She trained for it, made the most of what her voice is capable of, and just went ahead despite this apparent weakness. Practice, hard work, and determination can make a difference.

5. It's not the mistakes, but how we rise from them that makes us beautiful.

Megan Young has often been considered by many Filipinos as a sure bet to win in any beauty pageant, because of her height, beauty, intelligence and regal bearing. It came as a surprise then that during this year's Binibining Pilipinas tilt, Megan did not even appear during the screening process, despite her intention to join. It was later found out that she was disallowed to join the competition because she has posed topless on the cover of a magazine last 2012. That photo shoot may have cost her the Binibining Pilipinas crown and a chance to become Miss Universe.

Megan Young for Rouge, March 2012

But when she was given another chance to shine at the Miss World 2013 contest, she took that chance, gave it her best, and took home the crown.

Photo Courtesy of Miss World Organization

Often, it's how graceful we are when we fall and stand up that matters.

Again, congratulations to you, Miss Megan Young, Miss World 2013!

What is Single?

9/21/2013 12:11:00 PM Laugh, Love No comments

Single is a marital or relationship status. You know, one of the choices that we need to answer in many forms that we fill-up, like credit cards, censuses, job applications, and the like. The only possible answers to the question of marital status are really just "single" or "married". But these days, we tend to complicate this with more options (seeing that the world is not really just black and white, so do "married" or "single" become insufficient). Enter "divorced", stage right. Or "widowed", "cohabiting", or even "unmarried partners".

Over at Facebook, there are currently nine(!) marital or relationship statuses, 10 if you count the "--" status which probably means you don't know what state you are in. Facebook is extra-creative: "in a relationship", "engaged", "in an open relationship" and a big-hit with us: "it's complicated."

Focusing on single, it's the opposite of being unmarried. It is synonymous to being only one, solitary, alone. Individualized.

You can either be a happy single or a miserable one. They say it's a choice of being.

What do you say?

“I like being single, I'm always there when I need me.” ― Art Leo

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What's in a blog name?

1/25/2012 10:15:00 PM Laugh, Work 4 comments

It's one of the hardest things, really. Choosing a name for your blog. I've been writing for other blogs as part of my work and my passion, but when it comes down to choosing a blog title for my first personal blog, it was no walk in the park.

So how did I end up with "Tins' Corner" for my blog name? Oh, the story behind it! I was thinking of something cozy but not cheesy (through-the-looking-glass-ish). I was thinking of something that will go down as a classic (read: current) even 10 years from now (Tins' World?). But when I tried to register that to (hang my head here) Wordpress, the name is already taken!

So I improvised and got carried away, and moved to "Seize the day". Again, taken! When I finally settled with "Tins' Corner" as something I can live with (and I hope my future readers can bear with), this one is amazingly available at Wordpress. I'm beginning to see a light at the end of this already-minutes-long tunnel.

And what do you know, Wordpress is still as painful to me as it was a couple of years ago -- the displays are off, the page loads slow, sometimes not at all -- and reminded me again that I better move out of there fast and home in on my trusty friend -- Blogger.

So "Tin's Corner" at Blogger is available, and now it's here, hot off the press. The combination of luck or serendipity, or even the movements of fate, destiny, celestial beings, or God Himself, must be at work here.

Tin's Corner is here to stay.

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