200 bucks fer 5 hours?
tat's a bargain, dawn thought.
5 hours of motorcycling galore. haha
so he and best bud wee decided to tag along their roommates.
"i'll just ride along wit you best.", wee said.
dumaguete is a real small city.
5 minutes drive from the dorm would take you to the shoreline.
10 minutes is already out of town.
hehe.
Valencia is always a good spot to drive through.
great view.
cold breeze.
dawn's was the last motorcycle in a convoy of five.
wee wasn't tat comftable ridin wit dawn.
he just started learnin.
a week, tat's it.
i'm so gonna die a virgin, wee panicked.
haha.
the guys ahead of 'em were pretty fast drivers.
, and dawn wasnt willin to eat dirt.
uphill now.
"man, you dunno how to drive uphill!"
"slow down jackass!", wee nagged him.
so he did.
talk bout brisk walkin.
the road was pitch black.
the only visible light was tat of their bike.
and the others were nowhere in sight.
"wee, there's somethin on curve up ahead"
-"geez. tricycle ata."
indeed it was.
a really messed up ride at tat.
"must've drove so fast down the curve"
- "let's help"
the driver was covered in blood, unconscious.
his bike turned over and fell wit its dead weight on his leg.
it was impossible fer 2 really thin guy to lift the tricycle.
well just enough to get the guy out.
at round 2am.
there was no help close.
"i've been here before dawn, during the dayight"
"... and the nearest house is like a mile downhill"
-"yea i know, and it's damn cold."
wee tried texting the others fer help.
the two then concentrated on lifting the ride off the guy.
in a sitting position.
sweating now.
out of the darkness came two men.
hmmm. slippers. old ones.
seemed natives.
as the 2 men started lifting the side-car, the 2 buddies hurriedly pulled the guy out.
the light of bike made like a 3-meter radius around the wreck.
still sittin wit the injured driver,
wee noticed pairs of legs just along the light.
women and children.
they must be wit the 2 men who helped us, wee thought.
too occupied to even bother.
"whew! glad you're here"
dawn was relieved to see their other mates arriving.
everyone rushed to dawn's aid.
one mate volunteered to drive the tricycle wit the injured to the docs.
E.R. now.
dawn was inside filling up some form, answering questions.
the others were in the parking.
wee was by the door waitin fer his bud.
"san nyo ba nakita yun sir?", a security guard asked.
tryin to collect himself, wee said, "Valencia manong"
the guard was insisting wee to describe the exact place.
woah, you're persistent.
he really din know the place, so he described the drive leadin to tat place.
"ndi na yun Valencia sir"
-"ah ganun ba", sarcastic now.
"buti walang nagparamdam sa inyo dun"
a sudden twinge.
-"huh?"
"matagal na kasi walang nakatira dun banda..."
duh, it's private property, wee thought.
"...mga 40 plus years na rin"
his eyebrows met.
-"there were people who helped us..."
"isang barangay yun sila sir, sinunog ng mga hapon mga bahay nila"
"habang natutulog"
"dami nga mga babae at bata nun, kawawa"
gulp.
"walang nangangahas na tumigil dun sa parte na yun"
"marami nagpapakita eh"
no way!
tsk tsk.
bad trip.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Bad trip. Two close fer comfort.
“what the hell! It’s freakin hot!”
‘tis comin from a helper who accompanied me I the front seat.
I probly shon’t be teachin ‘em English.
Hehe.
Not curse words at anyways.
As usual, my blasted dino car acted up again.
Bad civic!
No aircon.
Sunday is work day fer me.
Usually spend half the day at the shop.
Still, tat’s work. Lazy ass.
Haha.
Had to drop by torres fer a quick delivery.
Jun, my helper din show up.
Dang! And I had a hangover too.
The city hasn’t completely used the new traffic system yet.
Actually when they first ran it… spell chaos.
Even heard mayor got pissed.
So they decided to skip some blocks,
And shut ‘em off.
Magallanes corner Quirino was one of those shut off.
Halfway through tat crossing,
I noticed the red light above me.
“doesn’t tat mean stop, not? (my nickname)”,
Mickey exclaimed.
I haulted.
Already occupied the adjacent lane when tat happened.
Gulp.
My first instinct was to do a reverse real quick.
And I did.
Almost hit a cab behind me.
There he was in front of me.
The green nightmare of all motorists,
Traffic cop.
“Go straight ahead, then pull over the curve”
Im in deep shit.
“chief, I din realize they turned tat thing on”,
I hurriedly explained, as I rolled my window down.
-“tsk tsk”
-“pangatlong araw na po ngayon sir”
While reaching fer this book of ticket violations.
-“license and registration please”
I was sweatin like a pig.
The humidity din help too.
“it’s my first time violation sir”
“swear to god”
Hittin my forehead wit my palm.
So stupid, I thought.
Constantly shakin my head back and forth.
And he bought it.
He actually let me off the hook.
Sigh.
Couldn’t stop trembling.
Things like ‘tis don’t happen to people like me.
I’m a freakin careful driver.
Haha.
Such a sissy.
My passenger was laughin the entire trip back.
Tsk.
You’re so gonna get fired.
Heh.
‘Tat incident got me real paranoid.
It has been a week since tat stupidity.
Same block,
Hmmm. Ok green means go.
It was night then.
A cop pointed to the curve again.
JesusMaryAndJosesph!
What did I do now!?
-“defective headlight sir”
Geez
-“oie! It’s no longer your first time”,
‘wit a grin on his face.
Almost insulting.
Good God!
You thought right.
It’s the same cop!
Talk about bad luck.
‘tis is gettin really ridiculous.
“fine. Gimme the ticket”
Tsk tsk.
Badtrip.
‘tis comin from a helper who accompanied me I the front seat.
I probly shon’t be teachin ‘em English.
Hehe.
Not curse words at anyways.
As usual, my blasted dino car acted up again.
Bad civic!
No aircon.
Sunday is work day fer me.
Usually spend half the day at the shop.
Still, tat’s work. Lazy ass.
Haha.
Had to drop by torres fer a quick delivery.
Jun, my helper din show up.
Dang! And I had a hangover too.
The city hasn’t completely used the new traffic system yet.
Actually when they first ran it… spell chaos.
Even heard mayor got pissed.
So they decided to skip some blocks,
And shut ‘em off.
Magallanes corner Quirino was one of those shut off.
Halfway through tat crossing,
I noticed the red light above me.
“doesn’t tat mean stop, not? (my nickname)”,
Mickey exclaimed.
I haulted.
Already occupied the adjacent lane when tat happened.
Gulp.
My first instinct was to do a reverse real quick.
And I did.
Almost hit a cab behind me.
There he was in front of me.
The green nightmare of all motorists,
Traffic cop.
“Go straight ahead, then pull over the curve”
Im in deep shit.
“chief, I din realize they turned tat thing on”,
I hurriedly explained, as I rolled my window down.
-“tsk tsk”
-“pangatlong araw na po ngayon sir”
While reaching fer this book of ticket violations.
-“license and registration please”
I was sweatin like a pig.
The humidity din help too.
“it’s my first time violation sir”
“swear to god”
Hittin my forehead wit my palm.
So stupid, I thought.
Constantly shakin my head back and forth.
And he bought it.
He actually let me off the hook.
Sigh.
Couldn’t stop trembling.
Things like ‘tis don’t happen to people like me.
I’m a freakin careful driver.
Haha.
Such a sissy.
My passenger was laughin the entire trip back.
Tsk.
You’re so gonna get fired.
Heh.
‘Tat incident got me real paranoid.
It has been a week since tat stupidity.
Same block,
Hmmm. Ok green means go.
It was night then.
A cop pointed to the curve again.
JesusMaryAndJosesph!
What did I do now!?
-“defective headlight sir”
Geez
-“oie! It’s no longer your first time”,
‘wit a grin on his face.
Almost insulting.
Good God!
You thought right.
It’s the same cop!
Talk about bad luck.
‘tis is gettin really ridiculous.
“fine. Gimme the ticket”
Tsk tsk.
Badtrip.
Bad trip. attack of the serial-liar gf.
I met her in the most unexpected time.
Three months after my graduation to be exact.
Idealistic brat, tryin to make his way.
A friend asked fer a favor,
“can you help me find a new flat?”
A bum in the couch, I said yes.
I was bored anyways.
Hmmmm.
Always thought tis gal had a crush on me. Lmfao.
“let’s drive by Jacinto to fetch my roommate”
-“sure thing”
It’s been ten minutes,
And I double parked.
Where the hell is tis roommate?
Almost lunch time then.
Out of the heavy traffic frontin ateneo gate,
Came tis chinita girl. Kaye.
All smiles, pouts.
Hint of apology.
Hmmmm.
A bit agitated coz of the dozens of cars congestin behind me.
She went into the car, then I drove off.
The scorchin heat of the sun got into my nerve.
We really din haf any destination.
Damn aircon is bein stupid too.
Argh.
“Somewhere downtown, near my school would be good”, Kaye said.
So we’ll be drivin around the entire afternoon. Haiz.
Around 5’2” in height.
The most cheerful personality.
All the while I was drivin, she kept sharing gory stories.
Of her exploits in the ER of the medical center.
Still grumpy, I glanced at the rear view mirror.
Hmmmm.
Oddly interesting.
Not a fan of stories involving blood. Hehe
My tensed expression turned into disgust.
But I was eager to listen though.
Bit by bit, I found myself attracted to her.
She was still wit her bf then, who was my arch nemesis.
Didn’t know.
To cut the story short, I bumped into her three months later.
Fortunately, she was unattached.
Realized she was into me, so we hit off.
A month into the relationship.
Out of absolutely nowhere,
She said,
“you should’ve met my dad, he was pure Taiwanese”
-“oh ok.”
Which later on waived, when I met her sister.
“tipid talaga yun si dad eh, kapampangan kasi”
-“oh ok?”
Not tat it mattered.
She was a caring girl.
Even saw myself bein wit her longer.
At one time she told me she also teached yoga at certain a gym.
-“oh ok.”
Which proved to be a lie, when I transferred to tat gym.
Haiz.
No tat it had any bearing.
Well aside from the flebility factor. hehe
Months passed and the white lies kept comin.
It seemed tat the lies are real to her.
I mean, it seemed tat these things are true to her.
Weird.
I would ask her where she is.
And she would tell me some location,
Tat I would eventually go to…
But guess what?
She wasn’t there.
Lies tat didn’t matter if it happened, or not.
She would make up a story right then and there,
My brows would meet, it’s obviously a lie.
Tis’ is tiring, I thought.
Annoying even.
We were in a club at one time.
It was her grad after-party.
Her ex was there.
Pissed, I told her,
“it’s gettin late, let’s go home”
-“one sec, gotta get my locker keys from Darl at the VIP”
Met her ex by the door.
I went in wit her, holdin her hand.
In the middle of the crowd, I felt her let go.
Tight crowd, I thought.
Saw her went up.
5… 10… 15 minutes.
What’s happenin up there?
“I’ll just go on home.”
“I’ll call her later.”
As I was bout to get into my car, she shouted,
“hun, I’m here.”
Raised her right hand, showin me the keys.
What the hell?
Those look exactly like her flat keys.
Key chain and all.
Darn furious, I was quiet the entire drive home.
Was thinkin of ending the relationship the next week.
Bumbed into Darl.
“Hey. Sorry wasn’t able to bump into you at POPS”
-“huh? When was tis actually?”
”Your grad night”
-“I went home. Spent time at our province”
Oh ok.
It’s over.
Tsk tsk.
Bad trip.
Three months after my graduation to be exact.
Idealistic brat, tryin to make his way.
A friend asked fer a favor,
“can you help me find a new flat?”
A bum in the couch, I said yes.
I was bored anyways.
Hmmmm.
Always thought tis gal had a crush on me. Lmfao.
“let’s drive by Jacinto to fetch my roommate”
-“sure thing”
It’s been ten minutes,
And I double parked.
Where the hell is tis roommate?
Almost lunch time then.
Out of the heavy traffic frontin ateneo gate,
Came tis chinita girl. Kaye.
All smiles, pouts.
Hint of apology.
Hmmmm.
A bit agitated coz of the dozens of cars congestin behind me.
She went into the car, then I drove off.
The scorchin heat of the sun got into my nerve.
We really din haf any destination.
Damn aircon is bein stupid too.
Argh.
“Somewhere downtown, near my school would be good”, Kaye said.
So we’ll be drivin around the entire afternoon. Haiz.
Around 5’2” in height.
The most cheerful personality.
All the while I was drivin, she kept sharing gory stories.
Of her exploits in the ER of the medical center.
Still grumpy, I glanced at the rear view mirror.
Hmmmm.
Oddly interesting.
Not a fan of stories involving blood. Hehe
My tensed expression turned into disgust.
But I was eager to listen though.
Bit by bit, I found myself attracted to her.
She was still wit her bf then, who was my arch nemesis.
Didn’t know.
To cut the story short, I bumped into her three months later.
Fortunately, she was unattached.
Realized she was into me, so we hit off.
A month into the relationship.
Out of absolutely nowhere,
She said,
“you should’ve met my dad, he was pure Taiwanese”
-“oh ok.”
Which later on waived, when I met her sister.
“tipid talaga yun si dad eh, kapampangan kasi”
-“oh ok?”
Not tat it mattered.
She was a caring girl.
Even saw myself bein wit her longer.
At one time she told me she also teached yoga at certain a gym.
-“oh ok.”
Which proved to be a lie, when I transferred to tat gym.
Haiz.
No tat it had any bearing.
Well aside from the flebility factor. hehe
Months passed and the white lies kept comin.
It seemed tat the lies are real to her.
I mean, it seemed tat these things are true to her.
Weird.
I would ask her where she is.
And she would tell me some location,
Tat I would eventually go to…
But guess what?
She wasn’t there.
Lies tat didn’t matter if it happened, or not.
She would make up a story right then and there,
My brows would meet, it’s obviously a lie.
Tis’ is tiring, I thought.
Annoying even.
We were in a club at one time.
It was her grad after-party.
Her ex was there.
Pissed, I told her,
“it’s gettin late, let’s go home”
-“one sec, gotta get my locker keys from Darl at the VIP”
Met her ex by the door.
I went in wit her, holdin her hand.
In the middle of the crowd, I felt her let go.
Tight crowd, I thought.
Saw her went up.
5… 10… 15 minutes.
What’s happenin up there?
“I’ll just go on home.”
“I’ll call her later.”
As I was bout to get into my car, she shouted,
“hun, I’m here.”
Raised her right hand, showin me the keys.
What the hell?
Those look exactly like her flat keys.
Key chain and all.
Darn furious, I was quiet the entire drive home.
Was thinkin of ending the relationship the next week.
Bumbed into Darl.
“Hey. Sorry wasn’t able to bump into you at POPS”
-“huh? When was tis actually?”
”Your grad night”
-“I went home. Spent time at our province”
Oh ok.
It’s over.
Tsk tsk.
Bad trip.
bad trip. detour. ( a more serious note )
boy glances at girl,
took his breath away.
time passed, but he never got to know her.
2 years, is more like it.
at a beach party, he saw her familiar face.
"siya yun"
common friends, so he took her number.
"hey i'm louie, from the party, hope you dun mind tat i textd you"
"sure thing"
i know tis is a cliche, but she was no ordinary girl.
she enjoye playin pool.
wall-climbs.
well-read.
opinionated.
oddly enough, enjoys everythin the boy does.
a week of texts and calls, were more like years.
he could finish her sentences,
she could understand his clumsiness.
maybe it's time to go out, the boy thought.
so he asked.
"i dunno bout tat", she replied.
gimik tonight.
"still, i just wanna see you"
persistent tat he was, he got her to agree.
"since you dun haf a favorite cake, let mine be yours"
the card said.
tat's the cheesiest.
"i'll just take you to tat bar myself"
he had never been tat eager before.
waited at her gate fer quite some time.
then she went in the car.
"hi"
"hello"
a school boy wit a crush.
tat's what he thought.
it was a very short drive, but he'd never been happier,
in such a long time.
days passed, and he slipped in deep.
everythin was good, never really expectin anythin.
just enjoyin the moment.
in the middle of late conversations over the phone,
she asked, "what do you want out of this?"
she caught him offguard.
one moment they were agreen bout mellow music bein redundant,
the next thing she asked him what were his plans.
"hmmmm"
bein speechless is not somethin his familiar wit.
"get to know you more"
- "and?"
"i dunno"
- "do you expect me to be your girl?"
"uhmmm.. i dunno"
- "you better stop then"
pale as grey.
felt like someone close to him died.
a bucket of freezin cold water over his head.
plus the bucket.
ouch.
"im not ready fer anything serious right now"
"im not even lookin fer a fling"
"so stop whatever it is your planning"
what is he supposed to do?
tat's a classic in-your-face shooin.
haiz.
so he stopped.
and they stopped.
it's a pretty small city.
they were bound to bump into each other.
a famous club.
she was anchored to some guy's arm.
he was cuddlin some girl while quein fer the loo.
he stood right up at the sight of her.
a nod.
show of teeth. oh, a smile. a scary one.
vodka bottles, and half a dozen girlfriends later..
still he reacts tat way whenever she's in the room.
worse, when she tries to talk to him.
it wasn't love, he believes.
tsk tsk,
but as he said before, "i never met anyone like her before"
tsk tsk
bad trip.
took his breath away.
time passed, but he never got to know her.
2 years, is more like it.
at a beach party, he saw her familiar face.
"siya yun"
common friends, so he took her number.
"hey i'm louie, from the party, hope you dun mind tat i textd you"
"sure thing"
i know tis is a cliche, but she was no ordinary girl.
she enjoye playin pool.
wall-climbs.
well-read.
opinionated.
oddly enough, enjoys everythin the boy does.
a week of texts and calls, were more like years.
he could finish her sentences,
she could understand his clumsiness.
maybe it's time to go out, the boy thought.
so he asked.
"i dunno bout tat", she replied.
gimik tonight.
"still, i just wanna see you"
persistent tat he was, he got her to agree.
"since you dun haf a favorite cake, let mine be yours"
the card said.
tat's the cheesiest.
"i'll just take you to tat bar myself"
he had never been tat eager before.
waited at her gate fer quite some time.
then she went in the car.
"hi"
"hello"
a school boy wit a crush.
tat's what he thought.
it was a very short drive, but he'd never been happier,
in such a long time.
days passed, and he slipped in deep.
everythin was good, never really expectin anythin.
just enjoyin the moment.
in the middle of late conversations over the phone,
she asked, "what do you want out of this?"
she caught him offguard.
one moment they were agreen bout mellow music bein redundant,
the next thing she asked him what were his plans.
"hmmmm"
bein speechless is not somethin his familiar wit.
"get to know you more"
- "and?"
"i dunno"
- "do you expect me to be your girl?"
"uhmmm.. i dunno"
- "you better stop then"
pale as grey.
felt like someone close to him died.
a bucket of freezin cold water over his head.
plus the bucket.
ouch.
"im not ready fer anything serious right now"
"im not even lookin fer a fling"
"so stop whatever it is your planning"
what is he supposed to do?
tat's a classic in-your-face shooin.
haiz.
so he stopped.
and they stopped.
it's a pretty small city.
they were bound to bump into each other.
a famous club.
she was anchored to some guy's arm.
he was cuddlin some girl while quein fer the loo.
he stood right up at the sight of her.
a nod.
show of teeth. oh, a smile. a scary one.
vodka bottles, and half a dozen girlfriends later..
still he reacts tat way whenever she's in the room.
worse, when she tries to talk to him.
it wasn't love, he believes.
tsk tsk,
but as he said before, "i never met anyone like her before"
tsk tsk
bad trip.
bad trip. not-so-blind date.
tis happened way back.
hafen't really been dating much since ceejae.
months even.
those were the times when i was such a gym rat.
it helped wit the heartbreak. hah.
dating slipped my mind really.
not until krishna, the receptionist,
started forwardin messages from tis girl.
i never gave tat much attention to it,
but then it became more frequent.
i got curious, and asked krish to point her out from the crowd.
unfortunately, she gets out, by the time she gets in. bummer.
later on, eager as hell, i agreed to a blind date tat weekend.
krish gave our numbers to each other.
hmmmm.
still, i had doubts.
some rats in the gym told me she was pretty.
a bit chubby though.
but still pretty.
hehe.
then saturday came.
reservations in a bistro. like 400 bucks per head.
followed by a film.
at least tat was the plan.
she approached me and asked, "are you louie?"
i said yes, "are you toooooot!!!?" (haha. i think she's here)
stood up, to grab her a seat.
she said thank you.
hmmm. pretty indeed.
face of an angel.
chubby? yea, kinda.
she asked me to order fer both of us,
so i did.
"t-bone steak and fillet mignon fer the lady"
"medium rare please"
the conversation din go quite well.
every time i gave a compliment,
she'd intercept wit somethin negative bout her body and weight.
it was ok the first 2 times,
but it got old, and i got pissed.
hehe.
talk bout insecurities.
when i was done eatin,
i noticed only a quarter of the hearty portion of the steak was eaten.
holy quacomoli!!
and she had extra rice!
furck tat.
kung alam ko lang na ganun, eh di nagPENONGS na lang sana kami!
all you KAN-ON pa dun.
sheeeet!
talk bout feeding your insecurities.
haha.
chubby? more like chuboy!
"are you gonna finish tat?", i asked.
so i did.
no more film fer you.
no more second date too.
tsk tsk
bad trip.
hafen't really been dating much since ceejae.
months even.
those were the times when i was such a gym rat.
it helped wit the heartbreak. hah.
dating slipped my mind really.
not until krishna, the receptionist,
started forwardin messages from tis girl.
i never gave tat much attention to it,
but then it became more frequent.
i got curious, and asked krish to point her out from the crowd.
unfortunately, she gets out, by the time she gets in. bummer.
later on, eager as hell, i agreed to a blind date tat weekend.
krish gave our numbers to each other.
hmmmm.
still, i had doubts.
some rats in the gym told me she was pretty.
a bit chubby though.
but still pretty.
hehe.
then saturday came.
reservations in a bistro. like 400 bucks per head.
followed by a film.
at least tat was the plan.
she approached me and asked, "are you louie?"
i said yes, "are you toooooot!!!?" (haha. i think she's here)
stood up, to grab her a seat.
she said thank you.
hmmm. pretty indeed.
face of an angel.
chubby? yea, kinda.
she asked me to order fer both of us,
so i did.
"t-bone steak and fillet mignon fer the lady"
"medium rare please"
the conversation din go quite well.
every time i gave a compliment,
she'd intercept wit somethin negative bout her body and weight.
it was ok the first 2 times,
but it got old, and i got pissed.
hehe.
talk bout insecurities.
when i was done eatin,
i noticed only a quarter of the hearty portion of the steak was eaten.
holy quacomoli!!
and she had extra rice!
furck tat.
kung alam ko lang na ganun, eh di nagPENONGS na lang sana kami!
all you KAN-ON pa dun.
sheeeet!
talk bout feeding your insecurities.
haha.
chubby? more like chuboy!
"are you gonna finish tat?", i asked.
so i did.
no more film fer you.
no more second date too.
tsk tsk
bad trip.
bad trip. not erotic,
monday is off day.
2.30pm now.
slackin off. bummin round.
surfin the tube fer 3 hours straight.
too many channels, nothin to watch.
while lyin in bed, a thought entered my mind.
a dirty thought at tat.
hafen't done tis in a bit.
hmmm. happy go jackie? haha.
turned my lappie on, to surf fer some goodstuff.
hmmm. spankwire.
cranked up the volume of my tube,some local channel,
to cover up some unnecessary noise.
haha. kinky.
can't hide the excitement.
tv at max.
browsin fer some teen action.
hmmmm.. nice.
some hot blond sitter gettin flopped.
dang.
shifting my head to get a better view.
haha. hot some more.
reaching under my pants.
reaching..
holding..
"Pumanaw ka Hesus...."
the 3 o'clock habit.
Wth!
i am most certainly goin to hell.
haha.
how can i go on wit tat.
rushed to stop.
goin to nap.
bad trip.
2.30pm now.
slackin off. bummin round.
surfin the tube fer 3 hours straight.
too many channels, nothin to watch.
while lyin in bed, a thought entered my mind.
a dirty thought at tat.
hafen't done tis in a bit.
hmmm. happy go jackie? haha.
turned my lappie on, to surf fer some goodstuff.
hmmm. spankwire.
cranked up the volume of my tube,some local channel,
to cover up some unnecessary noise.
haha. kinky.
can't hide the excitement.
tv at max.
browsin fer some teen action.
hmmmm.. nice.
some hot blond sitter gettin flopped.
dang.
shifting my head to get a better view.
haha. hot some more.
reaching under my pants.
reaching..
holding..
"Pumanaw ka Hesus...."
the 3 o'clock habit.
Wth!
i am most certainly goin to hell.
haha.
how can i go on wit tat.
rushed to stop.
goin to nap.
bad trip.
The Mummy 3.: tomb of the dragon emperor. (review)
The feisty couple, Rick and Evelyn O'Connell (played by Brendan Fraser and Maria Bello respectively), returns in this third installment of The Mummy. The film begins with a narration of the rise of Emperor Han, who built the Great Wall of China amidst strong conflicts between the Chinese people. Han, played by Jet Li, conquered every town and city, enslaved the citizen, and to build the Great Wall. Those who opposed him were buried beneath the walls. Han conquered not only the physical world, but also the five elements. Alas, there was one thing he could not conquer, and that was death. Upon hearing that a witch, Zi Yuan (Michelle Yeoh), knew the secret of immortality, he hurriedly commanded General Ming to fetch her. Han was smitten by the beauty of Zi Yuan, consequently declaring that no one is to touch her. Alas, Zi Yuan and the general fell in love while searching for the spell that could grant the emperor his wish. Not realizing that the emperor knew of their treachery, Zi Yuan supposedly casted the immortality spell unto Han. The emperor then took Zi Yuan to the balcony and became witness as her love was torn apart by horses. Dragging him from limb to limb. Zi Yuan then revealed that she casted Han a curse instead. One that turned him and his army into statues.
Present time, the late forties. All seemed hopeless for a group of Archaeologists, who are desperately in search of the remains of the Han Dynasty. Until a young man, named Alexander O' Connell (Luke Ford) came along. The defiant offspring of Rick and Evelyn.
The couple, now retired for quite some time, are missing their adventurous journeys. So they thought. They were given the pleasure of returning the Eye of Shangri-La to China. The family then reunites at Jonathan's club, the Imhotep, in a not so heart-warming fashion. Soon they discover that everything was planned out to resurrect Han. Leading them to embark in an extraordinary journey to save the world.. again.
The Mummy franchise started the trend of digital evolution on film. Not the first, but one of the pioneers. Growing up watching the first and second installments really had me all juiced up for the third one. A year or so passed, then I got to see the trailer. I said to myself, "wow, this would be good". But wait, where the hell was Rachel Weisz? The film wouldn't be complete without that sexy English accent. apparently, she declined to be starred in this installment. As optimistic as I am, I thought the actor didn't really matter. The story does. So i thought.
It was tragic. One scene after the other. The characters got old, and so did everything else. Rick's sarcasm, the one-liners. Jonathan's clumsiness and luck. Don't get me started with Eve's fake accent. What in hell were they thinking? I want to give a blow by blow review of each scene, but I can't. This film was so overrated. It's like something was brought back from the dead. Stinks!
Flashback into Ancient China was good. Nothing fancy with special effects. Great details on costumes, location and stunts. Michelle Yeoh's acting was impeccable as ever. Jet Li should have been given more lines. English lines for that matter. Nonetheless, he delivered he's acting quite nicely. For the record,the reason why I'm not giving this a 1 rating, it's because of the Asian actors. Thank God for Asian actors!
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