"There's nothing fair about who lives and who dies." It's the only explanation Robert Ramsey can offer his band of struggling survivors. Whatever consolation the group may take from those words, they're not worth much for the audience watching the ragged bunch trying to escape from a capsized ocean luxury liner. Regardless of who makes it off the ship alive, it's unfair to have to watch the struggle for survival reduced to such a shallow, high budget stunt show.

The story opens with a taste of the best thing the film has offer: visual effects. You're treated to a stem to stern sunset flyover of the massive Poseidon in all its glory. Take a hard look; it's the last time you'll see the ship looking so good. The passengers and crew are preparing to usher in the New Year with some serious festivities, unaware that a rare marine event known as a rogue wave is about to crash their party.

In a torrent of carnage and collateral damage, the 200 foot wall of water effortlessly tosses the giant cruise ship upside down resulting in the most violent and gut-wrenching cinematic sequence since James Cameron sank the Titanic. It's a horrifying and stunning start that sets the stage for a potentially incredible story of danger and survival. I sat back and awaited an adventure of heightened emotional conflict and stirring struggles of will. An hour and a half later the credits started scrolling but I was still waiting.

Rather than capitalize on its talented cast, most of Poseidon is reduced to screaming, panicking, and frantic swimming. Kurt Russell, Emmy Rossum, Josh Lucas, Richard Dreyfuss... these are the names of people you hire to play at least semi-challenging dramatic roles. For what little acting actually took place, the studio could have saved itself several millions in salaries by hiring the cast of Anacondas instead. Shamelessly borrowing plot devices from movies all across the Hollywood spectrum, the filmmakers neglected to consult the one film that could have really helped: the original 1972 Poseidon Adventure.

Based on the same novel, the older movie may not have offered state of the art digital effects and massive rotating sound stages to dazzle and hypnotize the audience. On the other hand, its Academy Award winning cast wasn't wasted either. The movie offered dark psychological themes and intense character interactions that created more tension than all the flooding hallways in the world. Once again, Hollywood has reinvented a film by stripping away everything that made the story truly absorbing by pumping it full of high budget frenzies and predictable life or death scenarios.

I expected something better from Wolfgang Petersen, who just two movies ago directed The Perfect Storm, a moving story about another doomed seafaring vessel. What we've ended up with in Poseidon is Petersen falling prey to George Lucas syndrome: spending too much time on stunts and special effects and too little time on characters and their interactions. I suppose it's only fair to point out that he may have been slightly limited by his script. Screenplay writer Mark Protosevich's only previous credit is The Cell. Draw your own conclusions.

Even though it's lacking in almost every other department, Poseidon hits a homerun with big action and big visual effects. Poseidon is an incredible vessel, as beautiful to look at upright as it is terrifying to watch upside down. There's something awe inspiring about watching a five-story-high ball room rotate upside down as the actors go from sitting in their chairs to clinging to the underside of the table before plummeting to the ceiling below. If you're in the mood to switch off your mind and indulge in a Hollywood disaster flick of Titanic proportions, look no further. Expect anything more and you're in for a monumental disappointment.

Kaya mo bang harapin ang iyong nakaraan? Ako..? ahmm... Kinaya ko! Hahaha.. Nakasama ko na naman mga kaibigan ko mula sa pagkabata, at naungkat na naman ang kwento tungkol sa unang babaeng minahal ko ng seryoso. Una at kaisa-isang nang busted sa akin. At unang nagpaiyak sa inosenteng puso ko noon.. Kamusta naman yun di ba? Hahaha.. Kung dati, pinaka ayokong pagusapan ang bagay na yan dahil nasasaktan ako.. Totoo.. Masakit sa akin un na di man lang na appreciate ung nararamdman ko sa kanya. Pero di ko naman siya masisisi dahil di naman pwedeng diktahan ang puso.. Di pwede ung "mahal ko-mahal ako.' Nagpapasalamat ako sa kanya kasi kundi dahil sa kanya eh di ko kayang harapin ang mga nangyari.. Natanggap ko na rin sa wakas na binusted nia ko <*ouch!*> Hahaha.. Naisip ko rin na mali ako, dahil batang bata pa kami noon. Pero may kumokontra sa utak ko na nagsasabing totoo yung nararamdaman mo kaya hayaan mong malaman niya. Yun nga ginawa ko.. Kahit bata pa kami noon alam ko ginagawa ko at seryoso ako sa nararamdaman ko kaya sinabi ko sa kanya ang totoo, ang mali ko nanaman e ung umasa ako na baka mahalin niya rin ako..

Taon din ang binilang para mawala yung pagkakailangan, at nung isang araw lang natuldukan yon.. Sa halos apat na taon na nagkikita kami, hindi kami naguusap.. pero nung isang araw, nagusap na rin kami na parang walang nangyari.. pero pasaway talaga mga kaibgan namin, inungkat na naman yung isyung un… kaya naisip ko na siguro kailangan na ngang harapin yun at mapagusapan na naming lahat. Sabi nga nila e graduate na ko sa kanya, din a ko umasa, di ko na siya ginulo. Ngayon, may boyfriend na siya, bute naman.. Tinanong nila ko kung mahal ko pa ba siya, sabi ko.. "oo, pro bilang isang kaibgan na lang" Totoo naman yung sinabi ko.. At ngayon e masaya na mga kaibgan ko dahil inamin ko na ung totoong nangyari.. Hay.. Magaan ang pakiramdam ko dahil nasabi ko na rin ang isang kwento sa buhay ko na hindi ko talaga makakalimutan.. pag naiisip ko yun natatawa ko sa sarili ko kasi pangkaraniwang tao rin pala ko, kala ko kasi dati bato ako..

A man concerned with self-image, self-indulgence and money. (Usually urban, heterosexual, probably affluent). A man who is seen, sociologically, as having attributes common to homosexuals, but is in fact heterosexual.

An urban male with a strong aesthetic sense who spends a great deal of time and money on his appearance and lifestyle. -metrosexuality n.

Both refer to the urban male who dresses well and spends money on his appearance. However, both also fall into the pit fall of trying to emphasis the spending and by highlighting the cash element.

I disagree. Metrosexuality isn't about how concerned with cash you are or how much you spend. Neither is it about self indulgence. Could you really define a man who over indulges with food and booze and spends thousands on branded suits that don't fit, a metrosexual? No! These definitions are weak.

The metrosexual man has also been defined as "being in touch with his feminine side" As with the previous definitions the answer is in some ways yes and in some ways no.

The fact is the metrosexual man has realized the importance, and the matching benefits, of taking care of one's appearance. The metrosexual man has taken this realization and has been smart enough to put a price on it.

It is believed that first impressions are made in 3 -6 seconds, 55% of the impression is determined by appearance, 30% based on tone of voice and only 15% based on what you say.

Put a price on it! Dressing well gets you 55% of the way there. Knowing you look great adds a tone of confidence to your voice and gets you through the next 30%. Bingo! First impression - 85% before you've said anything.

Metrosexuality therefore isn't measured by self indulgence or how much you spend it's measured by that first impression. The cost? Whatever it takes for YOU as an individual to create that perfect first impression.

And so I give you my definition of a metrosexual: A new breed of man, unafraid to look and feel his best at all times.

Its simple and it's flexible, spend what you need to spend, act how you want to act but feel great about it.

A kind of attraction with no reason, no base, with some kind of spirituality, is what is called Love. When there are no feelings for the person, and you know it very well that this won't last and you don't want it to last either, but you want to have a fling, it is Lust. Love at first sight is a simpler but a deeper feeling as you don't know the person's traits nor background, but still you feel attracted because something in you says that this is the person you have been waiting for.

From a guys perspective, I'd rather be loved than lusted after. I think a lot of people feel the same but are too scared to admit it. You go into a relationship with either the right or wrong reasons. If it is the wrong reasons <*lust*> then the relationship will be short term, however if it is <*love*> and both parties are committed it will be for the long-term. It quite simple. I don't believe in love at first sight, but I do believe people can have feelings for someone at first sight. For instance a person may have feelings for another simply because that person reminds them of someone they knew as a child, or who they had good memories of.

I believe that if someone is committed to his or her relationship, love at first sight is definitely possible provided that both parties are in love. However, if the someone is somebody who is not committed to his or her relationship, he could have a few hundred more love at first sight, which to him could be just chances for him to satisfy his lust with other people but an excuse that it was love at first sight.

Other cases could be someone who loved another person at first sight but the person being liked either do not like him or were even just strangers. I think these are purely crashes or wishful thinkings. It could be caused by what you were feeling at that moment which caused you to like her when you first saw her. Such love often fades very soon.

Sometimes, I think that love is a matter of fate. If fate brings you and another person together, that is it. But if fate wants to hold you back, then there is really nothing you could do. Besides fate, having the chemistry between the both of you could another matter to be considered.

Ngayong araw na ito ay ipinagdiriwang sa buong mundo ang Mothers Day. Kaya kaninang umaga ay nagpunta ako ng SM San Lazaro para bumili ng munting regalo para sa aking pinakamamahal na ina.

Wala akong maisip na mairegalo kaya bumili na lang ako ng Black Forest cake sa Red Ribbon. Ang haba nang pila.. Grabe.. Parang pila ng libreng lugaw ng mga pulitiko. Pinapakita lang nito na maraming tao sa Pilipinas ang ipinagdiriwang pa rin ang araw ng mga ina kahit wala gaanong pera.

Pagkaorder ko, matagal pa akong nagintay. Ok lang namang magintay, marami naman kasing tao sa mall kaya naaliw ako. Lakaran ng lakaran. May mga mayayaman na nakakarami na sa nashoshoping para sa kanilang ina. Ung iba na namang walang gaanong pera, naglalakad lang. Patingin tingin sa mga salamin ng mga naggagandahang store. Ang mahalaga naman ay yung buo ang pamilya at masaya kahit walang sapat na pera diba?

Sa wakas, nakuha ko na ang cake... after 48years... Mejo nagtaka lang ako sa sa ribbon dahil hindi red ang ang kulay nito di tulad ng sinasaad ng pangalan ng bakeshop na "Red Ribbon" hehehe.. Yung karton ang red at hindi ang ribbon! Irereklamo k yan sa mga otoridad... Aabot tayo sa Korte Suprema.. <*LOL*>

Who I Want to Meet..? Haha..!! Friends and potential lovers of course!! haha ;) My friends say that I'm picky. That, I'd definitely have to agree with. I want someone that I'm attracted to of course, but not attracted JUST to their appearance and at the expense of sounding really cliche, someone I'm attracted to who they are and what they have on the inside. It's not what you have on the outside that matters to me the most. I want someone to spoil with my emotional support. Someone that wants a happy relationship... I want other's to look at us and be like "they are so happy together, why can't we be like that?" that's hot. Also, someone who will give me attention, someone who wants to be together as much as our schedules allow. I want someone to wake up to in the morning that puts a smile on my face and gives me that extra boost to start my day.

As for me, I'm the type of guy who will hold you when you're crying and wipe away your tears. I'm the guy who is content to just be able to hold you and wants nothing more. I'm the guy who's perfectly happy with staying in and watching movies and cuddling. I'm the guy who will text you and tell you "I miss you and wish you were here" just because. I'm the guy who kisses you on the forehead. I'm the guy who will hold you while we watch the sunset and make sure you know you're the most precious thing in my life. I'm the type of guy that will bring happiness into my and your world no matter the circumstances. You'll never feel so loved in your life and that's for sure. I will go beyond means to make you happy just to see that beautiful smile of yours.

To me, there's nothing better in life than knowing your partner appreciates you as much as you appreciate them. Feeling loved and being in love is one of life's greatest blessings... you can label me as a hopeless romantic... I love doing things for people (especially people I'm interested in romantically). I can get pretty creative too... To me... the most important thing in life you can ever give someone is TIME... because it's something you cant control and have very little of. I just hope one day I can find that one person that I can give my time to...

I want someone that has goals in life... and isn't afraid to go for them... someone that actually deserves the love and effort I put forth in a relationship... someone that I can be in love with... and be loved by. I know that finding love in "my world" is difficulty if not nearly impossible... but I’d like to think that their is someone for everyone... and that one of these days someone will come up to me... and all we have to do is look into each others eyes... and just smile... because we won't have to say anything... we'll just know... because we'll feel it... I want to find that someone that I can connect with deeply... emotionally and physically... someone that is willing to be my soul mate and my best friend...

Binagyo ni CALOY ang buhok ko kanina nung nasa airport ako! Grabe ka Caloy! Lamig tuloy dito sa Manila.. Gusto ko yung lamig pero ayoko nang ULAN!! Asar..! di tuloy ako makapaglakad sa labas. Di man lang makapasyal. Miss ko na mga Mall! Hahaha.. Ngayon, umuulan nanaman sa labas. Yan ang pinaka ayaw ko.. Ulan.. pra kasing ang lungkot pag umuulan, ewn ko lang. Adik lang talaga siguro ako. Kapag umuulan, madami akong nami miss, lalo na yung mga tao na malapit sa puso ko. <*Shet!*> hahaha.. Sana wag nang umulan, pero sana wag namang uminet. Gulo noh? Hay.. Rain, rain, GO AWAY! Come again sa pasukan. Para baha sa harap ng UST.. sa Espana.. <*LOL*>

When there is love, there is always sacrifice.
When we love someone, we never easily give up on that person.
Even if we get hurt badly, we always try to find a way to ease the pain and learn to understand and forgive.

Loving too much doesn't hurt... it is when we expect this love to be reciprocated that we begin to seek approval and acceptance of the things we have done and when we are taken for granted and rejected, we curse the very same love that we once freely and happily offered.

DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME WAITING FOR SOMEONE WHO NEVER REALLY CARED ABOUT HOW YOU WOULD HAVE FELT. OPEN YOUR HEART AGAIN AND GIVE YOURSELF THE CHANCE TO FIND THE ONE WHO WOULD MAKE LOVING WORTH THE PAIN AND THE SACRIFICE.

When we fail in our relationships, we ask ourselves what went wrong. There are times when nothing is wrong. Sometimes love just naturally fades away and this happens to people who are not really meant for each other. I know it is difficult to comprehend why relationships suddenly take unexpected turns. But such things happen. People we treasure go away for a reason. Sometimes we have to stop asking and just accept it. We should stop being bitter just been thankful for once we have loved and shared our life with the person and made beautiful memories together. The acceptance will give us the courage to move on and make us realize that when God takes away something from us, he doesn't do it to hurt us. He takes it away because He wants us to have something better...
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Yeah, it takes time to finally accept things and kailangan mo nang mag-let go lalo na if you've shared enough memories with the person. pero isipin mo na lang na the more you hold on to that feeling, the harder for you to realize that what you're trying to keep just wants his own freedom. syempre yung masakit na part yung iisipin mo na sayang lahat... yung memories, yung bonding, saka yung dream mo na siya na yung makakasama mo someday. pero di ba all are parts of a good relationship? ganon talaga kaya masakit. paulit-ulit lang yan until you found that person you're to share your life with. you really have to let him go... it takes time pero it's the best thing you can do para na rin sa sarili mo.

Nabaling ang usapan, sa hindi maintindihang dahilan, sa mga ex. The tale of the ex. of course, one of the biggest problems when entering a new relationship is the ex. suddenly one is struck by lightning that even the name of the ex may or may nor trigger a certain queasyness that may or may not cause you to throw up all of a sudden. like it or not, unless you're entering a relationship for the first time (yeah, right. feeling virginal.) the ex is someone both has to contend with, even of the relationship is long gone.ni hindi nga kailangan na ex-boyfriend o ex-girlfriend ng kalaban mo. pwedeng kahit anong ex - ex-bestfriend, ex-classmate, ex-schoolmate, ex-roomate, ex-officemate, ex-friend, ex-enemy, ex-pet, ex-hobby, ex-convict, ex-bisyo, ex-buddy, ex-fucking buddy, ex-kissing friend, ex-friendster, ex-barkada, ex-men, ex-woman, ex-cetera, ex-cetera. ang mahalaga lang naman sa tunggaliang ito ay dalawang titik: ex = ang nakaraan. gaano ka ka-handang tanggapin ang nakaraan ng isang tao?

They say those who fail to look into the past, look forward into failure. babagsak ka kung hindi mo ito pag-aaralan, ang kasaysayan na lang ang mgsasabi sa iyo niyan. pagdating sa mga bagay na may kinalaman sa relasyon, masasabing kalaban mo ang nakaraan. kalaban mo ang lahat ng katangin ng kanyang nakaraan, lahat ng bahagi nito, lahat ng pagkakamali nito dahil higit pa sa lahat, ikaw ang kanyang ngayon. ikaw ngayon ang lahat ng hindi katulad ng dati, at pareho ninyong mas gustong maging hindi katulad ng dati. sabi nga, "iba na ngayon". (kung tutuusin, ilan nga bang "ngayon" ang lagi nating sinasabing "iba"?)

Gaano ka ka-handang harapin ang ex ng iyong girlfriend, gaano siya kahandang harapin ang ex mo? tanong: hindi kaya sa sa pagpapakilala ng mga ex ay lalo lang kayong mapapamahal sa isa't isa o kabaliktaran kaya? doesn't it feel like, when you drag your ex into your present, it's like letting space for your past in you and your present's future?

Kung buong puso ninyong matatanggap ang mga ex ng isa't isa, mas lalo ninyo lang naman mapapatunayan na hindi lang taong kaharap mo ang minahal mo kundi ang buo niyang kaluluwa (past lives included!). kung sa tao din lang, libog lang yan, init na lumulipas sa minutong mabanyusan ng konting laman. kung lahat pwede mong lulunin sa nakaraan niya, at kahit na ano pang sabihin nilang nangyari noon, magaling ka. marunong ka ngang magmahal. but of course, all ex-es should ba taken with a grain of salt. remember, everyone doesn't love a martyr. hehehe.simple lang yan: ng unang hakbang: pag-usapan ang ex. kung naiilang ka, hmm... i smell issues. kung okay lang, wala ka namang dapat ika-takot di ba?

As secret agent Ethan Hunt in "Mission: Impossible III," Tom Cruise gets to show off his "vulnerable" side, which means that for a total of maybe five minutes, his gritted teeth and laser stare are toned down a tad.

Cruise's sleek professionalism as a performer generally carries over into his movies, many of which he produces, and "M:I:III" is no exception. It's an expertly engineered popcorn movie - hold the butter substitute - but it also tries (and fails) to be a love story for the ages.

As the film begins, Ethan has retired from active service in the Impossible Mission Force but, of course, keeps signing on for new missions anyway. He is also set to marry the love of his life, a smiley nurse named Julia (Michelle Monaghan). "Our approach," director and co-writer J.J. Abrams was quoted as saying, "is not to make a movie about a spy, but to tell a story about a man who is a spy."

This man has no trouble keeping a straight face while telling Julia that he works as a traffic manager for the Department of Transportation. (Couldn't he at least have said that he works for Homeland Security?) "M:I:III" resembles "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" except that here the wife is a non-pro (i.e., clueless). When Ethan returns home without a scratch - after a rough night with his buddies blowing things sky high and being chased by rocket-launching attack planes and attempting to extract an implanted bomb from the brain of one of his agents - all he can say to Julia is that he's kind of bushed and that he needs her to trust him. And she falls for it. If this union ever goes on the rocks, I pity the poor marriage counselor.

The effort to turn Ethan into a real live human being instead of a just a lethal acrobat never really succeeds. Probably just as well. After all, who really wants to see Tom Cruise get all vulnerable? As an actor he has two modes: Intense and intenser. This is what makes him a forceful presence in his movies and, ultimately, such an uninteresting one. The "M:I:III" series, minus the heart tugs, is in his most effective range. He reportedly even did many of his own stunts (none of which involve couch jumping).

But the difference between a star machine like Cruise and a great actor like Philip Seymour Hoffman is amply demonstrated by this film. Hoffman is Owen Davian, a bad-boy billionaire who makes most Bond villains look like wusses. Davian is behind a plot to incinerate the world with a substance code-named "rabbit's foot."

Or at least I think that's what he's up to. Hoffman could easily have camped or cartooned up the role but, remarkably, he underplays it. Maybe he was trying to get away from his portrayal of Truman Capote, who, come to think of it, would have made a great Bond villain. Davian is truly scary because Hoffman is truly gifted. He captures the sub-zero psychopathology of a man who gets a kick out of killing.

Besides Cruise, the other actors playing Mission Impossiblers, including Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Maggie Q, and Ving Rhames, are sturdy action figures. Their job is to foil Davian, and at one point, when Ethan's wife is in danger and he plans a daring rescue, Rhames's Luther very sensibly tells him, "There's a point when bold becomes stupid."

That point is never reached in "M:I:III" because, unlike the lovefest between Ethan and Julia, the action scenes were never meant to be taken seriously.

That's why they're fun. When Ethan is swinging over and around the skyscrapers in Shanghai - which the on-screen title helpfully informs us is in China - we're practically in Spider-Man country. If you go to "M:I:III" with no illusions about getting helpful marital tips, you'll have a good time. As Ethan says to his wife, "I need you to trust me on this." Grade: B+

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of frenetic violence and menace, disturbing images, and some sensuality.

Sex/Nudity: 3 instances of innuendo or implied sex. Violence: 20 intense scenes. Profanity: 25 expressions, including 3 strong. Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: 2 instances of drinking.