another life blog

Casino Royale is 144 minutes long. Most Bond films are about 120 minutes, with the longest, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, sitting at 136 minutes. Yes, I’m saying that there were TOO MANY poker scenes between Bond and the evil dude. I know poker is great and all — what with the [...]

Of the movies (Casino Royale, Charlotte’s Web, and Rocky) I watched during the Xmas 2006 break at Pleasure Island, I enjoyed The Pursuit of Happyness the most. Some might be tempted to say “Hollywood dramatization,” but the movie was crafted so wonderfully, none of it felt forced.
The story began with Chris Gardner and his [...]

Sylvester Stallone is 60 years old. Imagine your grandfather getting into a ring and boxing a 20 year old at his prime. I mean… sure, Stallone is probably in better physique than the average gramp, but… 60! SIX ZERO! That’s not ancient, but it means broken hips if you fall the [...]

Dakota Fanning is really growing up to be the next Jodie Foster. With her slightly larger than usual frontal lobe, she is mature beyond her age and can really act whatever parts they throw at her! However, the star of Charlotte’s Web wasn’t Dakota, but Juliet Roberts, the voice of the spider who [...]

I’ve always wondered to myself, “what happened last Christmas?” First up, James Brown is DEAD on Christmas 2006!

Now, the brain dump…
In the first year of living up in Boston, thousands of miles away from my family – I looked forward to visiting Orlando after 4 months of “intense” basic science studies. I booked [...]

In the time just after independence from Roman domination across Europe ~ those of England fought a constant little battles with those of Irish. Harry Oswald was a champion of Britain, who through fate, met up with a rather sexy princess of Ireland. Harry was battle wounded and near death, and the sweet [...]

In 2005, I saw Carrey’s Fun with Dick and Jane and at that time, I thought Carrey is over his prime ~ his funny man tactics just aren’t working anymore and he can’t cut it in the acting world because his face is naturally born unserious like. In How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Carrey [...]

Remember the movie Face/Off with John Travolta and Nicholas Cage? It didn’t sound so far-fetched back then since nose jobs and boobie augmentations were already being done to 13 year olds — but what the laymen didn’t know was that medically, it was still science fiction. Until a year ago! Yes, a [...]

I watched Superman Returns when it came out in theater back in July, but I conveniently forgot to write about it. Maybe it was due the beginning of school… mmm, no, I wasn’t busy then… Oh well! I watched it again just now on Blu-Ray, and I have to say ~ [...]

Dental Anatomy
- Dr. Exarchos
- No Notes Taken
- Topic: Molar
Make sure to do the 3 Quizzes before the Midterm. No notes because he mostly went over the Dental Morphology CD… and… I was sleepy.

Watching this movie with a friend made me realize again why I prefer to watch movies by myself most of the times. Of course, there are times when I’d like to discuss issues raised by flicks… but usually, the discussion revolves around “did you or did you not like the movie and why?” [...]

Genetics
- Dr. Miklos Sahin-Toth
- Exam
- Topic: Everything Genetics (Most questions from old exams)

While in the Air Force, we were taught that many of our mistakes during times of war, were due to communication errors. Whether the error is between armed branches, officers, officers to enlisted, or whatever other combinations you can think of, one mishap will result in dead people. United 93 is not just [...]

We had a coupon for Vinny T’s … 10 dollars if we order… something. I don’t know how much we needed to order, or if there’s any special condition, but Ricky, Mo, and I decided we’d check it out the day after our final exam was done.
The atmosphere in Vinny T was certainly nice [...]

I remember people talking about the movie when it first came out in theater, but I didn’t bother watching it. Then while in COT, another flight was watching it and I caught a glimpse of the action. I thought it interesting, so I queued it thinking it must be good for people to [...]