Keep Calm and Watch Movies

I have a confession to make: I am not fond of watching movies. At all. Which is quite ironic, considering I am a Communication Arts graduate. That doesn't mean, though, that I don't watch movies and I don't enjoy myself when I do. In fact, I've formed a theory for how I experience movies now: Since I don't watch a lot of it, the movies that I do watch blow my mind every. Single. Time. It doesn't matter if it's an actual mind-blowing indie movie or a super cheesy Star Cinema rom-com; it will still have me staring at the rolling credits by the end of the movie. (Which might be the biggest "movie violation" I've been doing, not paying attention to the closing credits)

In all fairness, I've watched a whole lot of movies for someone who isn't really fond of doing it. And like some mid-20, lovesick, fictional book character, there was one movie that started this on-again, off-again love affair with movies:

The first movie I remember seeing was the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The Movie. I was a huge fan of the TV show version back then and who wasn't? It was probably the biggest foreign TV show that time; probably even bigger than how big Koreanovelas are now. Anyway, I remember forcing my dad to bring me to SM Southmall - which opened a month before Power Rangers was shown, if I'm not mistaken - to watch the movie because I totally didn't want to feel left out. It was a PG-7 movie and I've yet to turn 7 that time and I remember clearly how freaked out I was when we got in line for the tickets. I thought they'd figure out I was just 6 and reprimand me for even asking to watch the movie. I haven't thought that I had an adult accompanying me; I just thought they were going to kick me out of the theater. I don't remember how the movie goes now but I know I enjoyed myself so much because when my friends and I talk about it now, we agree that it was the highlight of our first grader lives.

I've watched a bunch of movies after Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The Movie has opened that gate for me, mostly Star Cinema-produced ones (I'm a jologs at heart. Don't judge.) Although I can probably name you all the movies I've seen 'cause they're not that much. Now, though, I want to start watching movies again, thanks to the movie buff that is my boyfriend (Yes, I'm exactly the type of girlfriend who adapts to whatever it is my boyfriend is into. Again, don't judge.) The GMovies app couldn't have come in a better time. I immediately downloaded it:

The GMovie app is the first and only of its kind in the Philippines. It allows you to be updated with the current and upcoming movies that will hit the theaters, pick the best seats in the house and buy movie tickets. You don't have to drive all the way to the cinemas to do all that anymore. It takes the hassle off of watching movies. It will truly make your movie experience much more enjoyable.

But wait! There's more! (I know, I know… Lame.) You can download the GMovie app FOR FREE on your iOS or Android devices. Unleash the movie buff in you by downloading this amazing app now!

To fully enjoy your GMovies experience, follow their social pages:
- GMovies on Facebook
- @GMoviesApp on Twitter
- @GMovies on Instagram
- GMovies on Youtube

That's not the only thing Globe Telecom has in store for you! Globe, in partnership with Nuffnang Philippines, has an on-going blogger contest. One of the winning blogger's readers will get a chance to win 2 FREE movie dates per week for a whole month!

All you have to do is answer this one simple question:

“What movie made you fall in love with watching movies?”

Just post your answer on the comment box below with your e-mail address. That's it! Simple, right?

Hassle-free way of picking a seat in the house and purchasing your tickets and at the same time, getting a chance to win free movie dates for a month? You'll definitely "keep calm" when watching movies with the GMovies app.

More, more help for the Philippines!

Ever since I realized that helping people gave me the greatest joy, I've never stopped lending a hand to those who needed help. Okay, granted I didn't get to help everyone who has a financial problem as I am struggling financially, too, but those who needed help with, say, relationship problems... I was always willing to share what little experience I have in the matter. They don't have to follow my advice or anything for me to feel joy; I am just happy I helped.

Helping in repacking goods for the Yolanda survivors last November 2013 with a very good friend has got to be one of my most memorable moments of helping people. I mean, I always, always help my people I know anyway and even though I've sent a small amount of money to those affected by the Habagat in 2013, this particular experience still takes the cake. Nothing beats the feeling I got while I was pouring bigas into bags and actually carrying tons of them from one side of the basketball court to another with a very kikay girl who kept on texting on her phone (normally, something like this will piss me off but nothing can take the high away that night). I really feel great whenever I remember that night. That's how great the feeling of helping is.

Getting messages like this is just a bonus when you help people. Gratitude from other people makes you feel grateful that you have the capacity to actually help.

Now, Globe is giving everyone another chance to help with #GLOBEProjectWonderful2014. For this project, I would love to give the gift of positive thinking to the Filipino people. It seriously changed my life and I would love for people to get the chance to change theirs, too. Now, I know what the question's gonna be: How can I give that as an actual gift?

Well, I've been talking about the PSI here and how joining that 4-day seminar changed my life and the way I look at things. That's how I'm going to give the gift of positive thinking to my fellowmen. Like I said back in 2010: If I won a hundred million pesos from the Lotto draws, I will most definitely enroll everyone I know to that seminar.

Now, if Globe would grant that wish for me, I'd love for the most important figures in the government and in the entertainment industry to undergo the seminar so they'll know how to use their power to the advantage of the Filipino people. A lot of the very influential people in these fields don't know that a single victim story can change the whole mindset of a person. This seminar will also help them take responsibility of their decisions, which is very much important in the position they are holding in the society.

I swear by the power of positive thinking and I hope that everyone else in this country uses this to their advantage. There are a lot of cynics but I just dare them to try it, no questions asked... I am going off topic. That's how passionate I am about this positive thinking thing.

Anyway, share what gift you'd want to give to the Filipino people if you were given the chance in the comments section, too, for a chance to win amazing products such as the iPad 2, Globe Tattoo Broadband sticks and prepaid cards! This reminds me of how the Christmas season never ends in the Philippines. It's always the season of giving this side of the world. So take this opportunity to think of ways that you can help. What you give out to the universe, comes back to you tenfold.

I GoBigger and GoBetter with Globe

I know I have this love-hate relationship with Globe but here I am, still a Globe subscriber after - what? - 12 years of owning a mobile phone.

Anyway, with regards to going bigger or going better, I think I'm more of a GoBetter girl. Yeah, I might be all caught up with the drama of my (non-existent) love life and maybe I want some things bigger in terms of that (no friends, not literally) but, yeah, I'm a GoBetter girl. I'd want better things for me. Better guy, yes, but since I am not really in the right mind for that, better prepaid promos sounds a lot easier to bear.


Good thing Globe has these new prepaid promos to help me maximize my credits and maybe even help me, I dunno, get friendly with guys if you know what I mean. After all, only Globe Prepaid gives me Bigger and Better unli offers:

Go Bigger
– GoCALL100 gives me more call minutes (500 mins) VS Competitors offer (200 mins). No need to use prefix to enjoy unlicalls.
– With GoUNLI30, I get real unlimited service with unli allnetwork texts, unli calls to Globe TM, plus the real UNLI-chat experience with the best apps available. It’s the real deal compared to competitor’s UNLI offer. 

Go Better
- GoUNLITXT49 gives me the same UNLI texts to Globe/TM at a BETTER prices VS Competitors offer.
– With GoUNLI25, I get real unlimited service w/ unli Globe/TM calls and texts, plus unli Viber chat to the rest of my friends. It’s the real deal compared to competitor’s UNLI offer.

To be honest, I love how the GoBetter promo includes Viber in the bundle. My friends are almost always on it, sending over photos of big toes and hot guys. That and the fact that, well, he's there, too. (I really need an intervention)

Anyway, for this Globe promo tie-up with Nuffnang, I'd love to bring a friend who loves JT as much as I do to the premiere so we can fangirl all we want in the cinemas. I would bring him...if I ever get the courage to actually ask him out to a serious date but I doubt it so girlfriend it is!

Being a Globe prepaid subscriber is not all that bad, if you think about it. That's why I've been one since 2003 (I was a Globe post-paid subscriber all the years before that). Need more reasons why it's great?

What kind of Dragon are you? - Globe Business

I've seen Bianca Gonzalez tweet about the What Kind of Dragon Are You? link a few times before but didn't take the test until yesterday, when I accidentally clicked it on the Yahoo homepage while logging in to my account. I thought of answering it thinking "What the hell, it's free anyway". This came up after:

I think they got everything right except for the "slow to anger". I am short-tempered but I am trying to not be one because I know how annoying that can be.

Anyway, I saw the chance to win a Nokia phone just now. I hope I win!