My 80s Movies List Part 2

Teen movies!

1. Some Kind of Wonderful
2. Gleaming the Cube
3. The Wraith
4. Pretty in Pink
5. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
6. Say Anything (Remember the boombox scene? With John Cusack playing Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes")
7. Teen Wolf

and do I dare mention the 80's teen movies from the Philippines?

1. Bagets (1 and 2)
2. Hotshots
3. Ninja Kids

Next: Horror Movies

My 80s Movies List Part 1

I now have some of the movies that I enjoyed thoroughly when I was a kid in my portable hard drive. Don't ask me how I got them ...

I daresay that when you're a kid growing up in the 80s the sense of wonderment with movies on the big screen is always present, never taken for granted. I say this of course in reference to the proliferation of DVDs that have minimized the need to beg parents to see the new movie in movie houses. (Just wait for the DVD anak ...)

My first list covers sci-fi movies targeted for kids. I don't think I ever grew up because seriously I still love watching them until today.

1. Krull
2. The Last Starfighter
3. Labyrinth
4. Ghostbusters (not Ghostbusters 2. The sequel sucked big time.)
5. Flight of the Navigator
6. Return to Oz (a bit on the eerie side though)
7. D.A.R.Y.L.
8. Flight of Dragons
9. The Rainbow Connection
10. Innerspace
11. Cloak and Dagger (still looking for this one)

A lot of sci-fi/fantasy stuff on that list I admit. I'm sure a lot of other people would add the following:

1. Neverending Story (never watched it)
2. Princess Bride (too mushy for my taste)
3. The Boy Who Could Fly (mushy-ER!)
4. The Dark Crystal (only watched it recently)

Plus of course the inevitable Star Wars (which I love), Star Trek (which I never got around to like) and Back to the Future.

Next: Teen Movies

Digital Photo Experiment # 5

Guess what this is ...

Where The Points Don't Matter

My wife and I are avid fans of "Whose Line Is It Anyway" (I can't get the rather high-brow jokes on the UK version so we watch the US version). In tribute (?) to their "points don't matter" attitude here's my own list ...

So as Drew Carey would introduce it: "Welcome to Whose Line Is It Anyway, the show where everything is made up and the points don't matter. That's right the points are like:


1. Pedestrian lanes in Manila
2. Sidewalks in Manila
3. Elections in the Philippines
4. 3G for mobile phones
5. Gravy containers in KFC (just give us the whole pot!)
6. Security guards in malls and hotels and the whole shenanigan of checking the car chassis!
7. Electronic TV Guides (I'd rather exercise my thumb and surf through channels 2 to 99)

I remember having a longer list ... I'll add more to this in a few days time.

One Cruel Exercise Machine

We tried riding a pedicab from Tutuban Mall to 168 Mall (all of probably 300 meters) because we had no intention of walking in 35-degree heat and 90% humidity. This was a first for me.

Did you ever consider how difficult it is to power it, especially if you have two grown adults riding in the sidecar (combined gross weight of 300 lbs.)?

Of Scooters and Side Mirrors

Quite a long time updating this blog. I've been meaning to believe me but unfortunately too many things get in the way ...

I had every inclination to buy a motorcycle. I would probably have saved up for it as well except for two very crucial things:

1. My wife would probably kill me if I bought one
2. I would have been killed anyway considering the kind of road rules there are in the Philippines for two-cycled modes of transportation.

It's a toss up as to which would be less painful.

My mind, however resolute it was several months back, now is resolute NOT to buy one. One is because while traveling down from Tagaytay we encountered two horrific motorcycle accidents (one of which we narrowly missed). Two is because I cannot give any respect to scooter-riding fanatics who either do not wear helmets or do not understand they have no fight against four tons of steel moving at 80 kilometers per hour.

So with Steppenwolf's signature song ringing in my head ... I bid my motorcycling, leather-jacket riding fantasies adieu ...

P.S. What is it about scooter manufacturers who don't ship their vehicles without side mirrors anyway?