I was watching the late news tonight and I was shocked to learn that MDMA or molly, as they call it abroad, has reached Manila na! I am so naive talaga to think that these drugs will never reach the rave parties here. How sad!
Madonna, being the 'bad' girl herself, actually named her former dance album MDNA to sound like that molly party drug, MDMA.
Yun lang, acquaintances have said to me that it's really harmless, it just makes you really happy and you should be fine - kaya it came as a shock na it can be quite a killer din pala!
I guess the hot humid weather plus the heat pa in the venue fried the internal organs of those poor ravers.
Buti na lang I grew up in a generation where the "Just say no!" slogan for drug use was repeated and was really drilled in our young heads.
So even when nice and well-meaning friends offer us molly or whatever, to give you that extra kick, I just say no, and say ok lang ako!
I guess those who couldn't say no end up paying the ultimate price.
I made the mistake of not buying the tickets early for last year's Virgin Labfest so I was greeted with many SOLD OUT signs in my Ticketworld when I did decide to clear up my schedule. Since the event opens when Wimbledon is in full swing, I've had to choose the dates more carefully so I won't miss any of the major matches.
Ayun, since ang tagal ko nagdecide, naubusan tuloy ng tickets.
Not gonna happen this year.
This year, I decided to buy tickets after Wimbledon, so everything after July 3 na. And I decided to buy early so I can see all the sets! I did not even bother to read who's in or who's out. I just know they are all going to be good and that some of them will be very interesting to me!
Looking forward to two weekends and some weekdays of great local theater from our new and veteran playwrights!
I failed to watch the run of The Normal Heart last year so it's great to know that they are bringing it to Quezon City at the nearby PETA Theater, just 5 minutes from my house!
I just read through the story without really reading the plot line since I want to be surprised! I don't even know if it's a straight play or a musical! But I think it's more of a play.
Anyway, from the reviews, I believe that the subject matter is heavy and serious. Anyhow, I hope I still get to enjoy it.
My attraction to the lives of people who lived through World War II continues, as I quickly read through Maureen Lee's After The War is Over.
It is the second book of hers that I've read and she has stuck to the same time zone and type of characters as that other book of hers that I've read.
It's actually a telenovaela-esque type of novel about three women who were close friends in the UK army during World War II and it tells the story of their lives right after the war in 1945 until they become senior citizens in the early 1970s!
That's almost 35 years of three different life stories to digest!
It can be quite a tedious read because there are so many characters as the three women have big families and they also end up having families of their own.
I swear at one point, I did not bother anymore to carefully identify who was who. I just wanted to see the events unravel, especially for my favorite characters.
Just like in an expansive telenovela with so many characters, one would normally just concentrate on the few characters one really cares about.
I also said telenovela-esque because the plot has every event in any writer's bag of tricks - a rape, an unwanted pregnancy, a baby boy given to the best friend, women behaving like Madame Bovary, etc etc. This book could actually work well as a TV miniseries.
There's always something salacious happening at every turn of the page. However, this is not Anna Karenina and there are no philosophical musings of any kind.
It's more like being a voyeur in the lives of people when life meant no gadgets to immediately spread the bad news, and when indiscreet affairs were still considered public scandals.
The theme of friendship and the importance of one's family are the things that make the book interesting, especially for Filipinos who hold these two things close to our hearts.
Ma. Isabel Lopez might have upstaged her in the Cannes red carpet, but Jaclyn Jose ends up getting the bigger honor - the Cannes Best Actress award!
She won over two of my favorite actresses, Sonia Braga and Isabelle Huppert, among others, including Kristen Stewart.
At least now, a Filipino actress has something in common with Meryl Streep, who is the usual barometer for acting prowess. Meryl won hers in 1989 in that disturbing Australian movie, A Cry in the Dark.
Jaclyn's journey from that bold starlet in Private Show way back in 1986, to her present achievement is just amazing.
She bared everything in Private Show which was not unusual in the 80s when bomba films were de rigueur. Funny thing is, what I find more memorable in that movie was Gino Antonio. Any gay man who was a teenager in the 80s would know Gino Antonio, charot!
Interesting addition, last year's winner, Rooney Mara, went on to snag an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for the movie Carol. Oscar voters have nominated foreign actresses several times before, so with the right PR push in Hollywood, who knows?
