Weekend Getaway: Divisoria on Christmas Season

Pouring rains on a Saturday evening accompanied us on our way back as we drove home from Pasig. I still had my headache but we need to drop-by at the Podium before heading home. My friend had promised her kids they will be watching Twilight: the Newmoon, the next day so we had to buy advanced tickets.

Purchasing a movie ticket at eight thirty in the evening wasn’t a problem that in no time we were heading down for a sip of coffee. Starbucks was full, so we ended at the nearest Café Briton. I’m supposed to order a macchiato but the waiter said it comes in a small sized cup, so I served myself with a cappucino instead. Somehow the hot coffee seems to absorb my system that my headache slowly disappears.

Early on, at ten in the morning we were at Divisoria scouting items for Christmas and I swear showing yourself in the place at this time of the season is not a very good idea.

Because seriously, to make a successful entry you need to be a superhero equipped with the power of agility and super reflexes to endure the mess while slithering around the maze of Divisoria as not to miss the way out.

The crowd was outrageous you swear coming back would be a heinous crime. For nearly four hours of walking, running at times and of course get tottered in between while in search of items needed for Christmas, finally we agreed we have all the goods in our bags.

Hungry and exhausted, we decided our lunch at Toho. The food were inviting that we have eaten as if tomorrow won’t be coming. After the sumptuous lunch we’re off to Glorietta to meet some people.

My headache started to unleash!

The Glorietta encounter was done smoothly and we were able to find good pointers on the project we’re cooking. Next stop, Caniogan, Pasig, one of our contacts invited us to his place to discuss about the proposal he introduced to us. The meeting went well that in about thirty minutes of discussion everything we want to know was addressed.

At ten minutes past eight we’re off for home but we need to buy movie tickets first we need to stop at the Podium. Drops of rains followed us on our way to Pasig Boulevard.

Yeehaw! What a long day it has been!

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Heroes 3

Possessed of extra-ordinary power; freezing the time, read people’s mind, ability to fly and of course healing.

Usually composed of two opposing sides, one faction should be a team of bad guys, the so-called power monger maniacs while the other group – surprise, surprise… the good guys.

They have to battle each other for supremacy by displaying their powers in public (it is very important there should be a witness to what they can do). At some points the bad guys seems to dominate the game but lo and behold, the good guys will eventually prevail victorious.

As they work for strategies to nailing each other, twist has to come out automatically (a standard for a serial stories, you know). And to unlock very important clues, they need to travel back time or going ahead to the future, depending on the plots.

Along the way, some have to lose control of their powers while others have to die but don’t worry they always comes to life (ala Professor X).

And here comes the most exciting part – witch-hunting, of course this should be commissioned by the government. These ordinary people with only guns as their protection will be taking down, one-by-one these so-called individuals with extra-ordinary power and locked them in a concentration camp.

Of course this is not the God Loves, Man Kills saga of the classic Claremont X-MEN story. I am talking about the HEROES season 3. For nearly a week, this has been my nightly routines after office work. Thanks God I was able to finish last night.

A story about ordinary people who each battles a pressured life after discovering they possessed superhuman abilities. This American science fiction TV drama series created by Tim Kring was premiered on September 25, 2006 and was easily a big hit giving NBC their highest rating TV drama series in five years.

The series emulates the aesthetic style and storytelling of American comic books by using short and multi-episode story arcs to create a larger and encompassing plot.

For someone who regarded comic books as the bible (lol), this TV series easily wins my heart, the first time I seen the program over RPN 9. Watching the series is like reading the X-Men titles. Well, what do you expect when Jeph Loeb co-writing and co-producing this TV drama. For sure he incorporates some of the plots he did when he was writing the X titles plus those twists on his Detective Comics.

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