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A young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he meets the kindly Brown family, who offer him a temporary haven.(Ref: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1109624/)

Even if you've never read the books or seen the TV series (I haven't), this is still a lot of fun. Silly jokes in a highly enjoyable, nicely played film that contains many laugh out loud funny moments. A surprising treat. I was surprised at how much I liked this movie. Certainly not the greatest kids movie ever made, but not the totally predictable movie I thought it would be. There were a few laugh out loud moments. I enjoyed the English humor and there were politically incorrect moments that may not have made it into an American film that I appreciated (such as getting someone inebriated on purpose). 

The humanity is suffering from murders all over the globe, called "Mincemeat murders". High school student, Izumi Shinichi has a parasite living off him, having replaced his right hand, and he might be the discoverer of truth. 

John Liu(Takeshi Kaneshiro) the guy beneath the green umbrella. In the film, he plays a struggling musician, a violinist actually. This is Eve Choi(Gigi Leung) the woman beneath the red umbrella. The beautiful girl who reads a book while standing in the midst of a rainstorm. Played the role as a skilled translator who works for a Taiwanese publishing firm translating European literature into Chinese.
As the film’s tagline – says – Even parallel lines might cross paths some day. Wishful thinking, right? Three point five is the rating and I give the film this score because I like the leads who far outshine the script and the plot.

The Consequences of Smoking

Smoking remains the leading cause of preventable death and disease in the United States, killing more than 480,000 Americans each year. Smoking causes immediate damage to your body, which can lead to long-term health problems. For every person who dies because of smoking, at least 30 people live with a serious smoking-related illness. The only proven strategy to protect yourself from harm is to never smoke, and if you do smoke or use tobacco products, to quit.

Real People, Real Stories

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched the first-ever federally funded national tobacco education campaign—Tips From Former Smokers (Tips) in March 2012. The Tips campaign, which profiles real people—not actors—who are living with serious long-term health problems from smoking and secondhand smoke exposure, continues through 2016.
Since its launch, the Tips campaign has featured compelling stories of former smokers living with smoking-related diseases and disabilities and the toll these conditions have taken on them. The campaign has also featured nonsmokers who have experienced life-threatening health incidents as a result of exposure to secondhand smoke (smoke from burning tobacco products; also, smoke exhaled by smokers).

The cameraman in "Sana Dati" is Dennis (Paulo Avelino), a novice wedding videographer serendipitously hired to cover the wedding of Andrea (Lovi Poe), the last love of his older brother Andrew (Benjamin Alves). Andrea weds Robert (TJ Trinidad), a failed politician-turned-businessman she met during an election campaign. Through Andrea, Dennis finally understands the reason behind his brother’s sudden decision to leave their family. Through Dennis, Andrea discovers another way to relive the perfect love that was abruptly terminated by fate’s cruelty.

"Sana Dati," on its surface, is a very affecting romance. Tarog, who not only directed but also wrote, edited, and scored the film, is obviously in control. Although seemingly unburdened by any need to be relevant, Tarog nevertheless experiments with structure, not for the sake of needlessly complicating his story but to inject into the film a certain rhythm that effortlessly enunciates emotions.

"Sana Dati" ends in consolation. There are no grand tragedies, except perhaps the tragedy of having to spend a lifetime with someone you still have to learn to love. There are no dignified exclamations about the power of love, except perhaps the proclamation that moving on and settling for are also valid love stories. (Ref: http://www.rappler.com/entertainment/movies/40302-sana-dati-movie-review-francis-joseph-cruz)


It is is an artfully rendered, emotionally honest examination of characters caught in a confusing flux of love, obligation, and longing. Its humor, affection, and grief collapse into a series of indelible moments, and it earns the surprise of its ending, traveling, as it does, from the unexpected bend of its beginning. Of all the filipino indie films I've watched, this is one of the most and greatest film that moved me along with the story. It gave me chill and feels that resulted from a great twist of the story.

I hope someday there will be more of this kind. I don't know what gives me the chills to watch these kind of movies but somehow it's something inspirational and affectionate to all its audiences.

N. V. M. Gonzalez (Nestor Vicenti Madali Gonzalez) b. Romblon, Romblon 8 Sept 1915. Fictionist, poet, essayist. He was the son of Vicente Gonzalez, a school supervisor, and Pastora Madali, a teacher. He was married to Narita Manuel with whom he had four children. When he was four, his family migrated to Mindoro and settled in barrio of Wasig. Gonzalez had his early schooling in Romblon and later attended Mindoro High School. In 1930 he took the entrance examination to the University of the Philippines but failed. He went back to Mindoro and worked as a delivery boy in his father's slaughterhouse and meat stall in Calapan. During this time, he began contributing to the Graphic. For about a year, he would walk from Wasig to Mansalay for five hours to type his story at the municipal hall and post it to the magazine.

Hey!, have a thought of it.




You probably got used to the idea that plagiarism haunts you everywhere. And you know for sure that the Internet is a kind of “plagiarism residence” – when something gets here, it often becomes “common knowledge” which means that defining authorship might be simply impossible because everybody can access and copy-paste what is published.

You know that in web space the boundary between “my” and “yours” erases naturally, and the Internet becomes a stock of ideas and solutions. You are free to use them, but the thing you should keep in mind is to be cautious. When people are given unlimited freedom, violations occur more frequently, and content checker tool can prove it.

You are lucky to have access to global information resources for no fee and anywhere the Internet connection is. Thus, according to the research conducted by Pew Research Center, 55% of college presidents admit that the number of plagiarized papers has increased over the recent ten years. 89% of them agree the Internet influenced students.