lessons learned from Jason Bourne

While we were watching Bourne Ultimatum yesterday, it popped in my head that this film had given me so many lessons. Therefore, I went into high school mode and thought of writing a reaction paper on it. Usually reaction papers are about the characters in the film and the lessons we have learned, etc. For this paper, I will concentrate on the lessons I have learned from Jason Bourne, the 1st three are serious life lessons, followed by a funny one and lastly my favorite lesson.

Lesson 1: Pain is a state of mind.
They said that after some time, your body gets used to the pain and your threshold increases. I think his increased by about a thousand times. Imagine crashing a car from one floor to the next and then crashing again in the highway! I know its cinematic and all but I believe some people can actually do that. It is their adrenaline fueling them so no pain can be felt. Ergo, the more hurt you are, the stronger you become eeewww I did not just say that.

Lesson 2: What goes around comes around.
Karma is really a fair judge so if you did not shoot the “asset”, he won’t shoot you too. Fair game di ba?

Lesson 3: You can find what you are looking for, even if you don’t know what it is.
After 2 installments, he finally found what he was looking for. Even if at the start he was at a total loss as to who he was and what exactly he needed to find out. Oh well life is like that, lucky if you get to know what you are looking for but if not then, better luck next life time.

Lesson 4: You can get injured with a book and killed by a hand towel!
Imagine getting injured with the spine of a book and then killed by a hand towel! Scary!!! See that is why most accidents happen at home and everything you need to hurt and kill is within your reach. Comforting ain’t it?

Lesson 5: Boys, a woman will always get you through tough situations that other men put you into.
Nikki Parsons and Pamela Landy are the real big guns here. Enough said.

Overall, I liked the film with the action scenes and of course the great Ludlum story. What I don't like is that they always portray the assassins as Middle Easterns, except for Bourne who of course has to stand out. Maybe they should have made it a mixed race of assassins because for sure there is one in every race.

LIPUAN

Alam nyo ba ang ibig sabihin ng lipuan? Ang lipuan ay kombinasyon ng 2 salita - lipat at upuan. Ito ang tawag ko sa mga taong adik sa harap ng upuan ng bus. Para bang nasisilaban ang pwet pag sa ibang lugar nakaupo na kailangan talaga ay malipat sila sa harap.

Alam nyo naman dito sa Makati eh mahigpit ang mga MAPSA (Mustard Ang Para Sa Akin) kaya may mga designated loading and unloading zones. Ang problema eh pag pasukan sa umaga, mas nauuna ang loading zone dito sa may Standard Chartered so puno na ang bus, mas napupuno pang lalo. Ang susunod na stop dun ay ang unloading zone na at yun ang designated stop ko at ng kalahating milyon pang mga Pilipino. Dito talaga 95% ng laman ng bus eh ubos. Akmang bababa na kami ng sambayanan ng biglang may mga taong sisingit sa'yo sa pila ng mga pababa at nagmamadali. Syempre ako naman papasingitin ko kasi baka nga naman late na sila at bawasan ng sweldo kawawa naman. Yun pala ang mga panget eh lilipat lang ng upuan sa harap! Super sarap nilang sabihan na "Hoy paunahin nyo na kaming mga bababa talaga at pag alis namin kahit humiga ka pa pwede!" Di ba bwisit talaga?

Isang time pa nga 2nd to the last ako bababa nang yung nasa harap ko lipuan pala! Syempre akala nung driver lipuan din ako at umandar na. Alam mo kung saan na ako naibaba? Sa Shangri-la na eh Rufino lang ako. Arrrrgh nag cab pa ako to Rufino kasi late na ako! Napagastos pa tuloy ako. Kaya I therefore conclude na salot ang mga lipuan sa lipunan at dapat silang tisurin pag nakasabay mo sa bus.

pag in love sira ang ulo

Chari has not been herself lately and I mean not herself big time!!! She is usually masungit and moody but lately she is perenially smiling and laughing. Is it because of this dude we met in Palawan??? I suppose so because they are always chatting and I often see her smiling to her computer. What a wacko! The change in her was super obvious kasi before she really had a short attention span. She will stop whatever she is doing to join conversations na di sya talaga kasali. Now, wala syang pakialam whether we laugh and talk about her while she is here. This is the first time I have seen her like this and truly, Rommel is a wonderful distraction for my friend :)

I am truly happy for Chari and not only did she get a chatmate, she is going to have an arm candy too come December!!! Sis, may escort ka na sa parties and you can brag to everyone that the NBSB is no more!

feeling icky

Last Thursday morning, I was feeling icky because I was breaking out and feeling fat (hormones I know!). So I woke up late and did not have time to prepare my usual sandwich. Therefore I just took my bottle of Cheez Whiz and half a loaf of bread and started walking to the bus stop still mumbling about how bad my day is going. Before I got to the place where I usually wait for the bus, I saw this family sleeping under a shade. The parents were asleep but their 2 small kids were playing by the road. As I passed them, I thought that why was I mumbling about my zits while this family looks like they have not had a decent meal. So I called the little girl and gave her half a loaf of my bread. Then I looked to the side and saw this white man inside a cab looking and smiling. I hope he feels that there is hope in this country and not everyone is a threat to their safety.

It felt good knowing that they can eat even for just that morning and it makes my zit problem seem so small and insignificant :)