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Gintama live-action movie adaptation

Throughout history, anime films and live-action adaptations, is kind of like adding water to oil, they just don’t mix very well, from a theoretical standpoint. They just won’t mix together no matter how hard you mix the two ingredients. However 

sometimes, just sometimes, we witness a brief moment of gods-work. When something that should never have happened, becomes a fantastic reality. In conventional English we call such occurrences as miracles. And when a higher being happens to mix thee water and oil that is the live-action-anime genre, we get the miraculously good mixture that we fail to believe exists on this planet, and that is the Gintama live-action film.

The live-action adaptation genre is infamous for being poor representations of a franchise, because of reasons like being unfaithful to the original story, or poor acting, generally a bad adaptation of what was once a better form of entertainment. Popular examples being deathnote, dragon BallZ, and other stuff that I will not discuss further into. So despite my prejudices, expectations, and experience with the genre, I can assure you that Gintama is one of the very few that managed to break away and become a good live-action movie adaptation.

Before I finished watching it, I actually watched for arguments sake, expecting it to be like another poor adaptation, and talk about how inferior it is compared to the original material, but I was wrong. For all of you who don’t know what gintama is, it is a tremenduously popular series that was hosting since 2006 to 2018. If you go to My anime list, and look at the top rated anime series, then you would see this just dominate that list. But there is a good reason for that, it not just because of the weebs, and the memes, but just because it really is a good show, filled with comedy and action packed story arcs, while making references to other popular franchises in a funny sarcastic way. In addition to their goofy, and likable characters, it is not a wonder that it is popular in the past and present.

In the beginning of the movie, they adapted a part of the first episode of the series, followed by a 3DCG-chibi commentary of the main characters, explaining that there is not enough time to explain the show for those who are not familiar with the franchise, then arguing that people who went through the trouble of watching the movie are most likely those who are already familiar with the said franchise. Then they followed with the rhinoceros beetle arc, to introduce the side-characters who will appear throughout the movie, and then they blend that, into the main story that is the benizakura arc where the main movie begins. I think it was a genius idea to just cut the story and break the fourth wall all the while being satirical, informative and comedic just so that they could create a decent movie.

And in concern to the writers and the directors of this movie, they managed to do this one thing that many live actions fail in, and that is they did not change the story. I get it that many movies change the story in order to acquire a larger audience, time and budget constraints, and cultural limitations. But in this movie they changed almost zero portions of the original story, other than adding some original jokes, and a few changes to the original dialogue, just to spice it up a bit. The acting in this movie too was I thought not that bad, in fact I thought that it was pretty good. One thing that the gintama series is known for is its ridiculous facial expressions and movement characters make. And despite the limitations in the media, the actors managed to pull of the looks pretty well, they nailed the characters down, the kind of jokes their character makes, everything was really put well together in my opinion. And the best part of it all, it was actually funny. I genuinely was just laughing in my seat while I was watching the movie, because it really was funny.

All in all, I really think that this movie is a really good movie, if they would make a sequel of this movie, then I probably will watch as long as it has the same cast, directors and writers from this film, the CG was great, the acting was great, my point is it is a great movie. If you haven’t watched it and if you are wondering if it is worth your time, then I recommend that you watch it right now, unless you have more important things to do or if you are totally unfamiliar with the genre then I advise you stay away from it as you might find it not to your tastes. It is a great movie.

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From Far to Near

Media/design: Printed and blog

Stance: How useful having an inspiration would be

Purpose: To determine the how related the phenomena is

Genre: Cause and Effects

Audience: Teacher & Online readers

           I’ve heard many love stories which started common like “his hand touched mine as our eyes met..” that makes it their lucky charm or inspiration. I would like to call mine Near. Whenever people talk about their inspirations, it shows the kind of effect it has on them. An inspiration can be anything really, even a pair of socks you really like. To most, it would be their love lives, the things they really care about and someone or the people they love and care. As for I, I never found my inspiration until I started my singing. But this isn’t about my singing career; my kind of inspiration is quite unique to everyone else’s. The setting starts in school.

           For a student to describe school, most would be using the word hell or might as well say boring. The very idea of studying to most teenage students is like intentionally missing to attend a concert you like. My idea of school is challenging and of course, tiring.

 Being lazy is also one of the things stuck inside me. Laziness cannot be avoided if you are taking a break. For me, I would like to think that I am always on break. 

I had averages grades like an average student would have, sometimes low on some subjects I struggled with. I spent my high school years without giving myself any goals or achievements in the end, which is quite sad for ending one’s high school. Afterwards, I made a promise to myself that I would strive hard to achieve my goal of seeing my name on the honor’s list.

           Senior high came and the things that were taught to us were now in the highest level of difficulty.

 Some terms were alien to me. However, I cannot help myself to procrastinate a lot of times. Trying to overcome my weakness, I did everything I can. Discipline was a severe factor too, but it takes a lot of sacrifices I do not want to lose. If others see this as an opportunity to change, I see it as an opportunity to escape from every responsibility I have. But, there was one thing that saved me from my procrastinating attitude.

Before entering senior high, we all experienced the dancing with partners or also known as Prom. Not being able to socialize that much, I was a keen observer and my partner was-honestly-no fun at all. 

At that night, I met the one that is now my inspiration. He was indeed handsome at that moment. But when he was in school, he seemed more dashing and naturally gifted in his looks. 

Because of him, I am now an honor student. It actually felt nice seeing my name up on the list again in my entire life. Still, that doesn’t mean that I attend school just because of him. I thought that if I was in the same league or path as him since he is an honor student too-it would make it easier for me to actually communicate with him.

           My grades now are quite good and the course I took is, of course, the biggest of them all. I took no sacrifices at all; I still watch my favorite shows and sometimes do it in school.

         Many told me that I have grown blooming and charming since I became conscious of my hygiene too. It practically changed me as a great person now.

   I would like to thank him someday. Even if he thinks he didn’t do anything at all, his mere existence is the cause of my change. If only I could find ways to talk to him.

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italic: topic sentence

Bold: thesis statement

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How Traveling Made Me Fall Deeper In Love With My Country

Everytime I travel with my family, my sister always reminds me that “comparisons are easily done once you’ve had a taste of perfection.” My family and I spend quality time by traveling as much as our bodies and budget can. Everytime we visit a new country, I always seem to make tiny notes in the back of my head certainly on how this country is way different from my home country, the Philippines. And eventually, traveling made me fall in love with my country even more.

For travellers, perhaps there goes that sigh of relief when the wheels of the plane they’re on touches the runway of a foreign airport. Well for me, it is even more relieving when we arrive back home to the Philippines. It’s that moment when I can finally sigh and say, “back to reality.” I must admit that I love exploring different places, and finding out more about different cultures. I may have not realized it at first, but every time I travel, I am also representing my country at the same time.

At the end of the day, I realized that all places had something different to offer. If Canada had beautiful snow-covered mountain tops, the Philippines had breathtaking white sand beaches. The moment I get back from a different country, I tend to appreciate the hospitality of my fellow countrymen more. From their simple “Magandang umaga po” to how even strangers hold the door for you at the supermarket when both of your hands are full of grocery bags. It’s even fulfilling how you see smiles from construction workers after a long day under the scorching heat of the sun. And indeed, it is more fun here in the Philippines.

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Wow, very interesting, I was able to read it to the end.

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“There’s a misconception that anxious people are antisocial, short-fused or over-dramatic. But they’re most likely processing everything around them so intensely that they can’t handle a lot of questions, people or heavy information all at once. Anxiety is when you feel everything.” — Katie Crawford

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this blog was very informative.

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I myself have anxiety. I get scared and nervous when I am on stage or am the center of attention, when I do something wrong, or when I talk to people.

Whether I like it or not, my anxiety has become a part of my life. It’s become my shadow; always following me wherever I go.

(that’s how it feels)

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Having anxiety is not your fault, so its okay to admit it.

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Battling Emotions

Majority of teenagers went through social problems such as anxiety.

This doesn’t happen because they’re undergoing a ‘phase’, but because they come to understand more things but think negatively about it. 

Anxiety is not just overthinking. 

It’s being excessively worried over the judgement of others, future events, or being the center of attention.

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I now feel sorry for those who have anxiety, this was a real eye opener for me.

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Detach

Sometimes in life, it’s okay to take a break from everything. Sometimes you need to find yourself to be able to make good decisions. And one way to do that is to detach yourself from everyone.

When everything gets hard, remember to prioritize your own happiness. Don’t think of other people first, make sure to think of your own.

You’ll eventually get through everything.

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I read your blog, very thought provoking.

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How to handle commitment problems

Many students, such as Barnie, has a commitment problem. Like a lot of teenagers, he surfs the net, clicking on links posted on social networks, then 

proceeds to do his homework, review in case test comes tomorrow, and then grows restless, then apathetic, and finally gives in to the internet. In the process, he puts off his homework for tomorrow. This causes cramming the day just before the deadline with results that are barely satisfactory.

Welcome to the 21st century. A world filled with distractions everywhere you turn. How is it even possible to get homework done at all, let alone focus on doing homework without being distracted by a wide variety of social media. I really try, I really do, but a few minutes later and then I’m online again. It’s like your eyes are passing over the words but you’re not taking in what they say, because you really don’t want to study. Then you decide you’re taking a break, and when you realize what’s happening, it’s already 10 pm and you haven’t even started with your other homework. The next morning you’re really sleepy because you just woke up after 4 hours of sleep, imagine repeating this for a whole week, and let’s see you try staying awake in class.

Researchers speculate that evolution has wired our brains to be constantly scanning for changes in our environment; if a change is sensed, our minds direct our attention towards that thing. For our primitive ancestors this ability was a safeguard against dangers and predators. In the modern age, that sense has been hijacked by the constant stream of incoming stimuli. “Look, I see a bear!” has become “Look a funny video on Youtube! An interesting article on this news site! A photo of my friend on Facebook….”

The brain was not designed for homework. There are no genes for homework like there are for language or vision and other lifecycles. In fact, sitting on your chair writing and reading for longer than 10 minutes, is actually bad for you. The human body is not designed for such tasks, but spurred by the emergence of Egyptian hieroglyphics, the Phoenician alphabet, Chinese paper and, finally, the Gutenberg press, the brain has adapted to read and write.

           But thanks to the internet, we have applications that keep us from being distracted such as stayfocused, it is free to download application that limits the use of sites that we are frequently distracted with. Just enter the name of the site and then set the amount of time you are allowed to use it. If you stay on a site longer than what you had allowed yourself, the site will no longer be accessible until the cool down time is over. But you can change the settings so you can use a site for a while longer than you are allowed to. So in the end, you just have to learn some self-control so you can finish your tasks, with results that just might surprise you. By implementing these methods to curb my mindless surfing, I suddenly found myself with a ton of free time I didn’t know existed. Give it a try if you’re looking to be a more productive, industrious, and successful member of society.

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The Neighbourhood and Everyday life

           I live in a normal neighbourhood. It is just like any neighbourhood for the most part. But for me, this neighbourhood is special as it has become a part of my everyday life, from the stray cat that sleeps under the family car, to the loud

lady that sells bitsu-bitsu, kamote and banana cue, pinaypay and other snack standards on the street, shouting the names of her merchandise with her cart every Saturday around 4 pm. They had become a part of my everyday life in my 9 years of occupancy here.

           I like my house, although it isn’t an up and down, my family can live together and stay under one roof. My house is far away from shopping-centers and far away from school, generally it is far from the center of the city. But at least there is a pool resort just a few yards away from my neighbourhood, and that there isn’t much noise because there is not a lot of cars come and go around the neighbourhood, and that the air is clean because there are rice fields and trees around my neighbourhood. And also, commuting from my house is easy because there is a terminal just outside the subdivision gates that allows access to transportation, except when rush hour is over and there are not many tricycles around.

           The internet in my house is just as bad as everyone else’s. Whenever my sisters use the net, the speed is reduced by around 30%. I really hate it when the site takes too long to load to the point I can’t use my messenger. The other day, I was making research for my homework, and there was this one site that would take forever to load, actually, it did not load at all. It took so long to load that I had to go out of my way and choose a different site for my research.

           The signal for sun in my neighbourhood is also bad. My phone used to have Sun as a mobile service network, my parents as well had sun as their mobile service provider. Every time we had to make a call or send a text message, we had to go to the living room all the time because the message won’t send or we won’t understand what the other person on the phone is saying because the signal is really bad. It was so inconvenient that we had to go out of our way to subscribe to globe.

           Because my neighbourhood is in Gensan, the heat really gets to you when it is around 12 noon. The day gets so hot that I would lie on the floor and flip around the way people sunbathe, but in my case the cold floor. Sometimes, it gets too hot and I turn the air conditioner in the living room. There my family would join me in the living room and rejoice in the cool air from the air conditioner.  My parents would tell us siblings that the electric bill went up again because we kept using the air conditioner in the living room whenever we were at home. But we couldn’t help ourselves, and were you not there using the air conditioner with us? But these days, the weather is cold, it is so cold that I have trouble waking up in the morning, but at least I don’t have to turn on the air conditioner all the time right.

            The point is I like my neighbourhood, the neighbour next door has a store so I don’t have to go walk a long way to buy a soda. There aren’t any noisy neighbours, except for the B’laan children who every night, go carolling in the streets, bringing their entire group of six teams, each team having at least two people. They are loud, so loud that I can hear them coming 100 meters away. Sometimes I can even hear them carolling in the streets even when they are not there, have they come to haunt me because of my thrift? Otherwise, the neighbourhood is quiet so quiet that I can hear the chirping of crickets at night, so quiet that I can hear what the neighbours are talking about. So from what i have said, this is a good neighbourhood to live in.

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Driving School

I attended a driving school during my 2 week long semestral break, there I practiced driving with a manual car. Manual cars are difficult to drive. Not only do you have to know how to steer and deal with other cars, but you also need to know how to use the clutch and the gear shift. That being said, I would rather have to drive an automatic.

Pedals

On the first day of driving school, I was thought the functions of the switches and levers in the car. First, there are three pedals, from left to right are the clutch, brake, and the gas. On your right, there is a hand break and gear shift, you can easily tell one from the other because the gearshift has numbers on it (some cars don’t have a hand break, but instead a foot brake that functions similarly, it is located at the fourth pedal from your right.). 

Wiper and Light signal controls

And in front of you is the steering wheel and two levers. The lever on the right is for the wind shield and on the left is the controls for the headlights and turn signals (some cars have the positions switched).

What now?

The clutch and the gear shift are features exclusive to manual cars, it is what differentiates an automatic from a manual. The clutch functions as a safety device that prevents the engine from stopping when the car is not moving, stepping on it also allows you to turn on the engine with your car key. The gear shift allows you to change gears and to drive in reverse. However you are only able to move the gearshift when you step on the clutch.

As a beginner, I encountered many problems beginners face when driving a car. Not being able to start your car smoothly and not being able to shift gears properly are one of the many problems that manual transmission drivers, such as myself, come across when they are not experienced.

This lack of experience can result to your engine dying, preventing the car from moving and causing inconvenience to you and other motorists. But with time and practice, I too will soon overcome barriers like these and hopefully, barriers in school as well.

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Mga Kaugaliang Filipino

         Tayong mga Pilipino ay may maraming magagandang at katangi-tanging kaugalian at saloobin na namana natin sa ating mga ninuno at sa mga dayuhang sumakop sa ating bansa. Ipinapakita ng mga Pilipino ang taglay nilang katangian sa iba’t ibang larangan sa buhay. Talagang kahanga-hanga ang ugali nating mga Pilipino.

         Ang mga Pilipino ay malikhain. Naiipakita ito sa mga piyesta na ipinagdidiriwang ng mga Pilipino tulad ng Parol Festival at Higantes Festival sa Pilipinas. Dito ipinapakita ang talento ng mga Pilipino sa musika, pagsayaw, paggawa at pagpinta. Malikhain ang mga Pilipino sa larangan ng sining.

         Isang magandang pag-uugali ng mga Pilipino ang pagrerespeto sa mga matatanda. Ipininpakita ito sa paghahalik ng mga kamay o pagmamano sa mga matatanda. Karaniwang ginagawa ito ng mga bata bago umalis ng bahay, kapag may bumibisitang at kapag nakasalubong nila ang kanilang mga matatandang kamag-anak. Ipinakikita rin ang paggalang ng mga batang Pilipino tuwing nakikipag-usap sila sa mga matatanda.  Gumagamit sila ng po at opo at magalang na pananalita at pagbati gaya ng "Salamat po" at "Magandang hapon po." Gumagamit din sila ng magagalang na pantawag sa matatanda gaya ng kuya, ate, manong, manang, lolo, lola at iba pa.

         Nagsisimula ang pagtutulungan sa sariling tahanan. Nagtutulung-tulong ang mga kasapi ng pamilya sa mga gawaing pambahay. Tumutulong rin ang ilan sa kanilang kapitbahay upang maisaayos at mapaunlad ang kanilang pamayanan. Ang karaniwang tawagan sa pagtutulungang ito ay bayanihan. Tumatawag ang magkakapitbahay ng bayanihan kapag may malaking gawain isasagawa sa maikling panahon. Nagtutulungan ang bawa't isa upang maging magaan ang isang mahirap na gawain. Kalimitang ginagawa ito tuwing panahon ng pagtatanim at pag-aani at sa paglilipat ng isang bahay sa ibang lugar.

         Isa pang magandang katangian ng mga Pilipino ang pagtitiwala sa Panginoon. Karamihan sa kanilang ay matapat sa pananampalataya. Naniniwala silang may isang Panginoong pumapatnubay sa lahat ng kanilang gawain. Batid din nilang tumutulong siya sa mga taong tumutulong sa kanilang sariling kapwa.

          Ang mga Pilipino ay may likas na magandang kaugalian at kalooban. Maraming magagandang kaugalian mayroon ang mga Pilipino na dapat nating ipagmamalaki.

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AMERICA

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Pagsusuri sa Artikulo 14, Seksyon 8 ng Philippine Konstitusyon

         “This Constitution shall be promulgated in Filipino and English and shall be translated into major regional languages, Arabic, and Spanish.”

         Ang Konstitusyon ng Pilipinas ng 1987 ay orihinal na isinulat sa wikang Ingles at ang pahayag sa itaas ay ang isinasaad ng Artikulo 14, Seksiyon 8. Ang probisyon na ito ay nagsasabi na kailangan mailimbag ang Konstitusyon ng Pilipinas sa mga pangunahing wika ng bansa. Malamang ito ay para mas maintindihan ng masa ang nilalaman ng Konstitusyon sa tulong ng midyum na Mother Tongue.

         Pagkatapos ng isang maikli na pagsusuri kung naisagawa ba talaga ng pamahalaan ang nilalaman ng probisyon na ito, ay nahanap ang sumusunod na pagsasalin sa isang opisyal na webpage (gov.ph, 2016) ng gobyerno.

         “Ang Konstitusyong ito ay dapat ipahayag sa Filipino at Ingles at dapat isalin sa mga pangunahing wikang panrehyon, Arabic, at Kastila.”

- Linangan ng mga Wika sa Pilipinas (1991)

         Sa ngayon, ito lang ang nag-iisang pagsasalin ng Philippine Konstitusyon at, sa masamang palad, ay hindi pa nga ito totoong opisyal. Mapapalalim ang kaintindihan nito kapag binasa ang isang excerpt sa ibaba na galing sa dyaryo ng Inquirer.

         Senator Loren Legarda states the need for an official Filipino version of the Philippine Constitution but she also wants it translated into major regional languages, Arabic and Spanish.

         “Although there was an ad hoc Filipino version, this was apparently appended to the English version much later than the ratification of the Constitution in its English form. In other words, twenty-seven (27) years have passed since the ratification of the Constitution, there is still no official version of the Constitution in Filipino or in other languages specified therein.” 

         The senator then pushed for the passage of the proposed measure. It was provided in a proposal under the Senate Bill 2862, which she has filed at the Senate.

- Legarda Wants Filipino, Spanish, Arabic Versions of Constitution (2015)

         Sa huli ay masasabi na hindi naisagawa ng gobyerno ang probisyon na ito.

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Another random pug fact that you might already know:

Pugs have flat faces which makes them have breathing problems.

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I know this is slightly evil, but I just thought about throwing my pug on the floor and using it to clean the mess I made with the lemonade...

I don’t have a pug tho, so don’t worry XD

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Now we all need pugs like that :D