Althea's Recognition Day!

Three days ago, I posted a picture of my eldest daughter's HUMBLED achievement.
And it was stated there that in her class as this semester ends SY 2017-2018 she was recognized as student with honor.

And who wouldn't be so HAPPY with this achievement?
I think no PARENTS can HIDE and DENY that kind of FEELING.
This was because YOU know for a fact that the reason he/she STOOD OUT was because they STUDIED well.


BIG DAY

We were all geared up for the RECOGNITION DAY set on a HOLY MONDAY, 26th of March.
We have witnessed everything Althea practiced with the rest of her SCHOOLMATES who were told to receive SPECIAL SET of AWARDS and those who were RECOGNIZED as TOP on their respective grade levels and sections.

Althea even rehearsed for a SPECIAL NUMBER along with her CLASSMATES.
There was even a time, on the last day of her practice...she was vomiting.
I don't know we are not doctors to conclude that it happened because she was too stressed.

The NIGHT before recognition day unfolds Althea was telling us that she was too EXCITED.
We just told her to go to bed early for she has a BIG DAY coming the following day.


THERE'S A SURPRISE

We use to believed in every movie that there's always a HAPPY ENDING.
Who wouldn't want that?
But sometimes even though we knew what to EXPECT...there's this BEAUTIFUL TWIST that even making the STORY more EXCITING.

Althea together with her MOM (Meanne), lined-up with parents and students to.
But on their way going to the stage, Althea's TEACHER asked her to move at the back.
Some of my daughter's parents were wondering why? But they were teased with an answer...SECRET!

And there she was her name got mentioned but the SPIEL from the announcer was DIFFERENT from what was said in the practice.

AND IT SAYS...

ANNOUNCER: "Batang nagkamit ng mataas na karangalan...KIRSTEN ALTHEA GARABOT!

Honestly speaking, I was BUSY RECORDING it at that moment and that VERY PARTICULAR BOLD LINES which says "BATANG NAGKAMIT NG MATAAS NA KARANGALAN," just slipped my ATTENTION.

But AFTER it was ANNOUNCED...everything became SO CLEAR to me when my WIFE SHOWED me my daughter's CERTIFICATE INDICATING that ALTHEA just received an ACADEMIC EXCELLENT AWARD not just "WITH HONOR," but with "HIGH HONORS."

ALTHEA'S ACADEMIC EXCELLENT AWARDS

 Althea began receiving awards back in 2015, at the time she was just a KINDER she was recognized as 2nd HONOR.

Then came another year when she finally entered ELEMENTARY, she was FIRST HONOR, when she was GRADE ONE.

Followed by another year where ALTHEA also ACHIEVED and RANKED 1st again in their class.

This YEAR was another BLESSING we ARE ALL THANKFUL.


ALTHEA SAYS THANK YOU TO...

I believe that Althea got so many people she wanted to personally say THANK YOU too.

Number one, all her TEACHERS who never get TIRED of giving lessons to her everyday.

Secondly, she also draws inspiration to all her classmates who somehow sometimes (with or without intention) UNDER ESTIMATED her CAPACITY.
But at the time she's going HOME and narrating SAD stories about it, we just BOOST her MORALE.
But that's ONE GREAT characteristic of ALTHEA she knows how to focus on THINGS that MATTERS.

And ALTHEA never even FORGOTTEN to say thank you to people WHO WAS SO DEAR to her specifically her aunties and uncle and her GRANDPARENTS as well.

FINALLY, saying WARM THANK YOU to us her PARENTS.
She even made a CARD that has a VERY INSPIRING MESSAGE that actually came from the VERY BOTTOM of her HEART.

And giving EMPHASIS that..."IF IT WASN'T FOR US...THIS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE!"

Just like the rest of the PARENTS/GUARDIANS out there WE are very PROUD of YOU!

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Althea's recognition day was held last 26th of March 2018 at Navotas Elementary School Central, San Jose Navotas City.

My Perfect You: The Movie Review

Courtesy: pelikulamania.com

We have seen teasers that was played over and over again while we were watching our favorite TV shows.
And I must personally say that the newly tandem of Pia Wurtzbach and Gerald Anderson is truly an exciting movie to watch out for.
My youngest Mikayla (2y/o) were thrilled and even memorized a famous line in the movie where the lead actress Pia,  have seen lead actor Gerald after bathing in the river just covered with a bath towel with a hole said...
Pia/Abi: "Ay ang puti!"
Gerald/Burn: "Nang Ano?"
Pia/Abi: Ang puti mo pala pag fresh!"

This particular scene and teaser convinced me and my wife to again visit the theater and watch the movie.

But before doing this we have to check what was the rating given by cinema evaluation board and MTRCB in the movie...luckily, its GRADED B and RATED PG.


MOVIE SYNOPSIS

Gerald Anderson a.k.a. Burn Toledo was a graphic artist who planned for a marriage proposal to a girlfriend/co-worker. Apparently, Burn's expectation wasn't met for it refuses her to marry him and even said she hates to be part of his family due to "SCHIZOPHRENIC,"issue on her mother. At the beginning of the movie, this won't be revealed right away.
This scenario made Burn's life became miserable, he never leaves the office for days and never go home, he also losses his work concentration and eventually fired from work.
Burn took his car and drove himself far from his family but while this scene was happening continuously he was talking to a certain "ARIS," a family psychiatric doctor whom at the time he was having a dialogue with asking on how to stop everything from happening. Until eventually, while Burn's car was on a high speed a certain women appeared, he tried to get away with it that led his car to a cliff and eventually bumped into a tree.
He started to look for people and eventually found a REMOTE RESORT named "HAPPY SUNSHINE RESORT," and met someone who introduced herself as "ABI," Pia Wurtzbach.
At first Burn never welcomed Abi but because she was too persistent eventually they became friends and at the latter part Burn fell in-love with Abi and vice-versa.
As the story progresses, in one scene Burn heard a familiar voice coming from his niece calling his name and then another voice from her sister.
Burn eventually woke-up from his room, with his father TONTON GUTIERREZ, DIMPLES ROMANA, her sister, and ARIS, a family doctor.
He was then asked if they recognized them all. And from his room Burn started mentioning ABI, who apparently was explained to him was all part of his illusion.
Here, the movie revealed that Burn has SCHIZOPHRENIA, and ARIS was convincing the family to treat his illness by undergoing sessions of therapy to combat this.
At the end of the movie, Burn's mental disorder were treated and a certain "ABI," whom was all part of his illusion were introduced as a new person whom he just met at the coffee shop.


MOVIE LOCATION

Almost 70 percent of the scene in the movie were shot in a remote resort where there was an existing rocky river with a very clear water.
We were actually looking at the end credits where this was shot but maybe we just missed it or it wasn't revealed at all because maybe this was a private owned resort or it was a protected area.
The place was very perfect for people who would have wanted to be alone or just wanted a break-away from urban setting.
Even though most of the scene were shot in the river...expect a great CINEMATOGRAPHY, breath-taking forest, the trees, the rocky side of the river, and even a man-made bridge was additional view to spectators.


PIA AND GERALD: THEIR CHEMISTRY
I don't know, I don't think Gerald never had any problem falling in-love with the beautiful Pia Wurtzbach who played Abi in the movie. And I also ABI-LIEVE that movie goers like me would definitely agree on this.
Pia's appearances in the movie was a sure head-turner, she looked FRESH all the time and CONSISTENT with her role as "Ball of Sunshine," in the movie.
Though, I felt as a viewer Pia and Gerald's romance part was a little less, the two actor and actresses had given their very BEST when it comes to acting.
Of course, Gerald's acting was a higher level than of Pia.
But you would certainly listen to Pia when she was throwing her dialogues,it was clear and with a heart. And that you would FEEL Burn's miseries, how problematic he was in the movie played by Gerald Anderson.
But Molina's (The Director), concentration was very obvious on Gerald Anderson acting because I guess they knew from the start that Anderson has so much to give in acting compare to Pia.
But this comparison I'm making was not to make Pia feel that she was a less person here when in comes to acting. Just wanted to clear that I am looking at it at a perspective where I am seeing Pia, as an actress who was just recently introduced.
I believe that it was clear to everyone that this was her launching movie and that it was so "BIG," for her after winning the MISS UNIVERSE 2016 crown.
But for me, this particular role given to her was a perfect training ground for her to blossom soon as Philippine's finest movie actress too.


MOVIE STORY TELLING

I love watching movies and the story was not new to me as I have seen such story telling in some foreign films. I am actually referring to making spectators believe that what they were seeing was really true in the movie. But in a local films this was a VERY STRONG TWIST in the movie.
We were all convinced at the beginning that what we are seeing was all true...until eventually EVERYTHING was just an ILLUSION?!
This was ONE STRONG BOLD PROOF that the WRITER'S imagination in the movie was just turned into REALITY.
Imagine, there was a established ROMANCE between Pia and Gerald at the BEGINNING of the movie up to the end part.
But at the latter part of the movie IT WAS JUST ABOUT TO START because literally the REAL ABI was just introduced and met by BURN at the end of the movie.


MOVIE STRONG POINT

But one good observation was it has a STRONG disposition on TACKLING mental illness or SCHIZOPHRENIA that could happen to any members of our family.
A bold MESSAGE that when this specific illness approaches ONE MUST SEEK CONSULTATION from THE EXPERTS and that there's a SOLUTION a THERAPY for this.
But at the end, a MESSAGE that a STRONG FOUNDATION to COMBAT this is THE UNENDING SUPPORT of LOVED ONES.