Hethler

Originally posted @ my Personal Blog:
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I. Prologue
We had our long weekend holiday in Baguio City – known to be the “Summer Capital of the Philippines”. For my part, it was an unplanned vacation; I am supposed to spend the long vacation in my hometown Anilao – which is also rich for lively sceneries and houses some of the best diving spots in the archipelago, but Tere begged to accompany her and Tiny. I previously said “no” because it was impossible for me to pack-up things in such short notice. Until, I finally say “yes” moving the date of departure in Manila from November 1st to 2nd. Tere’s real purpose in Baguio is to fulfill BenCab’s promised of drawing her so the voyage wasn’t the top priority. BenCab for all you know has been awarded as the “2006 National Artist for the Visual Arts”, and known for his work “Sabel” – which he described a symbol of dislocation, despair and isolation - the personification of human dignity threatened by circumstances. Undergoing numerous transformations over the coming years, she becomes a landmark for every stylistic painting transition. BenCab himself wasn’t a stranger for Tere; he’s a friend of his dad. We left for Baguio by Friday at 7:00 in the morning, it was a long trip for us but for sure it’ll be a worthy trip. Though this is my second time in Baguio, I still am looking forward for it since I wasn’t able to enjoy my first time up there, we didn’t really go out and explore the vastness of Baguio City. We arrived around 2:00 in the afternoon, look for an inn and finally have our lunch at Café by the Ruins. Tasty food, nice ambiance, that we instantly love their “mountain rice”. Afterwards, we headed to Sybling’s Nook located at SM to have some coffee and to witness the sunset which is one of favorite attraction there. Surely, Henry Sy has the perfect location for putting up his mall at the heart of city. Funny thing, we weren’t able to catch the sunset as we are busy talking about sex and some sorts of naughty things. After few hours of having some dirty talks, we headed to Burnham Park to have our dinner, some grilled foodstuffs that every serving proves to be a mouthful, enough to satisfy somebody’s hunger, and man I am telling you, even if it’s on the sidewalk and the fumes was like all around us, we didn’t care at all. I was like bloated for the time being and asked if we can stay a bit since I can barely move. Day 1 ended as Tere and I spent few minutes in the Internet Café while Tiny preferred to rest and sleep early.

II. The Big Day
Tere and Tiny woke up early; as usual I’m the last one to get up on my bed. I can see that Tere is excited; well, we all are excited and looking forward for Tere’s session with BenCab. After dressing up, we headed somewhere north and have breakfast at PNKY Café – another gastronome experience. While waiting for the food, we have some photo ops at the café’s garden. After 3 clicks on my DigiCam, it died out. I blamed Tere for the happening, I instructed her to buy an Energizer battery but she had Eveready instead. I shouldn’t have replaced the bundled battery of the DigiCam. Tere made her way out by saying that she once watched an Oprah episode where the host said that it doesn’t matter whatever your battery’s brand is, that they are basically using the same substance. Luckily, Tiny has the DigiCam with her. Couple of hours past, and we head to Pinsao Pilot, somewhere south to meet up with the master Mr. BenCab. We got lost on our way but we’ve finally got to his place after having some ups and downs, twists and turns on this maze-like road. BenCab was standing on their driveway, though we have no idea [at least Tiny and I] where in the world is his place located, we are very much sure that it’s him standing on the driveway and waiting for us. He humbly welcomes us to his place, what else should you expect from an artist lair but fantastic works of art. Man, I am stupefied as I gazed on his gallery. After a short tour on his place, time has come for Tere and so she lay back as the master draws her. Tiny and I, on the other hand wanders on BenCab’s garden. There was like 5 levels of his garden beautifully trimmed wherein a pond and a hut lies on the 5th level. As Tere strikes a pose for BenCab, Tiny and I on the other hand, are busy taking pictures, striking our own pose for the sake of photography. Few hours passed and Tere sent us a message telling that she’s done and that she’s looking for us. I said to Tiny if it was BenCab who’s slow or it was us that really didn’t notice the passing of time. Looking up from the 5th level of his garden – it was a long and tiring walk, but it’s all worth it. Tere, approached us with the masterpiece – yes, BenCab let Tere have his work. Before we left BenCab’s place, he took a picture of the three of us and offered to drive us downtown since he’s also going to meet some colleague for lunch. Again, we had our lunch at Café by the Ruins; there we’ve also met Dave, a colleague from ABS-CBN Global. For lunch, I tried their “pinikpikan”, heard it was their specialty, silly thing is Tiny described pinikpikan as made from blood with some organs in it, that’s why I refused to have it the first time we had lunch, but for this time she insisted for me to try it out. Surprise! Pinikpikan was like the typical “tinolang manok”. After the mouthful lunch, we headed to North Haven SPA, to reward ourselves by having some massage. We decided to be in the same room, all the three of us – the reason – so we can still chat, funny thing is as soon as we lay down on our respective couch, we are all still throughout the session, I even fall asleep that the attendant has to wake me up to tell that we’re done. We then have some lemon grass tea afterwards. For our dinner, its time to try Barrio Fiesta, just across SM, well, I must commend Tiny for a job well done having all the places researched prior to our trip; she’s been like our tour guide. Back to the food, another mouth-watering native food we had. Now, I must say this is the most exciting part of the trip – our photo ops on Barrio Fiesta. The compound houses amusing statues, some of them are Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Former Presidents Cory Aquino and Fidel Ramos, the late Cardinal Sin and members of the famous Igorot tribe. To wrap up the evening, we travelled few kilometers leading us to Camp John Hay and have some coffee at Starbucks. Day 2 of our trip ended the same way as Day 1.

III. Realization
“Wake me up, when September ends”, famous line from Greenday’s popular song. Day 3 of our trip, Tiny left 5 hours earlier than us. Now it was only the two of us, Tere and I have our brunch at Don Henrico’s but we were able to gazed upon on the display at Vocas, an art space that defies any notions of gallery in your head, Vocas is a wonderland located on the roof of the La Azotea Building along Session Road. You’d be hard pressed to find a right angle anywhere in this place, crafted out of old wood, twisted metal and creative juices. Sorry Tiny for not seeing the place, that’s for leaving early. Tere and I left for Manila at 12 noon, its time to finally bid goodbye. Surely we will miss Baguio, time flies but memories linger for people who treasure every bit of experience. I guess that applies on this experience. And as what Tiny, Tere and I always say, “It was a blast!”

IV. Aftermath

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Naruto anime series is finally down to its very last filler episodes before the much anticipated Naruto: Hurricane Chronicles or simply Naruto Part II which is set to hit Japan TV screen on February 15th, and that is in less than 5 weeks from now. To be exact, there are 3 more episodes left which is still part of "Shiitenshounin" arc, and another episode [Episode 220: Setting Off] which features Naruto leaving Konohagakure with Jiraiya to undergo training; basically, for Naruto to got even stronger before he meets again Orochimaru and hopefully to retrieve Sasuke. It is remembered that Orochimaru have to wait 3 long years before he can take over Sasuke’s body as his new vessel and that gives Naruto a window to improve himself and hopefully to retrieve his cast-away comrade.

Though it remains unclear if there will be an intermission between Naruto Parts I and II . If there is, Naruto Episode 221 will feature Kakashi Gaiden - a special episode showing how Hatake Kakashi got his Sharingan eye. And then, "Rescue Gaara" arc will immediately follow. But that doesn’t really matter whether there’ll be an intermission between timeskip or not, what matters is that Naruto Part II starts February 15th.

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Version 1:
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It was Wednesday night; the much-awaited movie of the year is set to premier – Superman Returns! Though it was raining hard outside, and I almost slip on the wet floor while waiting for a cab, nothing can stop me! I’m again heading to SM North, though my officemates asked me to try Gateway instead of SM cause according to them SM is “baduy”. But then again I’m persistent, hell yeah, my place is just 5 minutes away from SM so why bother and travel far. They told me I could’ve take MRT anyway but I said, “Nah… Ang raming nandadakma dun based on experience”. My colleague then said, “Bakit, don’t you like it?”. My reply was kinda naughty, I said “Well, they can ask permission from me anyway, then we’ll just need to check-in, they don’t need to do that, grabbing the bulge in you!”. And we all laugh like there’s no tomorrow!

Since, our boss is out of the country for a business trip, I stepped out at the office earlier than my regular hour. Though it was raining hard outside, I was able to arrive in SM North within 15 minutes. Luckily, out of 8 cinemas, 3 were reserved for Superman Returns. I can really say now that the producers of the film were actually pushing hard Superman merchandise. Range from DVD’s [Smallville, Superman movies] to action figures and the likes. They even upgraded Superman’s costume on their action figures. Moving on, when I’m already inside of the cinema I was surprised that people really came in though it was raining hard. The lobby was full of bystanders; luckily the upperbox wasn’t that full. I headed on the upperbox and have a nice seat where I can clearly see every inch of the film. The national anthem is currently playing so I arrived on the right time.

Film Premise:

Superman returns on Earth. He’s been absent for five long years. Superman left to see whether anything remained after the astronomers on Earth pointed out the location of his home world – Planet Krypton.

During Superman’s absence, Lois Lane became engaged to Richard, nephew of the Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Planet Perry White and gave birth to Jason. Her essay titled “Why the World Doesn’t Need Superman?” earned her a Pulitzer Prize. The essay was a result of Lois’ strong sense of disillusionment and resentment over Superman’s departure and her lingering feelings for him.

Lex Luthor on the other hand, was also released from jail during Superman’s absence. Lex steals several crystals from Superman’s Fortress of Solitude and uses holographic recordings of Superman’s father Jor-El to learn that on Krypton, such crystals were routinely used to "grow" useful objects such as buildings and vehicles, and could even be used to grow entire new landmasses. Lex sets out to grow a new continent in the Atlantic Ocena, the size and displacement which will cause most of the United States to flood. In the ensuing chaos, he will leverage his possession of the crystals technology to become a world superpower. He succeeds in planting the “seed” crystal and the continent begins to grow, but luckily, Superman were able to prevent large-scale catastrophe by lifting the new-formed landmass directly out of the ocean and throwing it into the space, though at significant cost to himself.

Siperman had already been weakened by a fight with Lex in which he was stabbed with a shard of kryptonite, and the seed crystal of the continent also contained kryptonite. After throwing it into the space, Superman lapses into unconciousness and falls back to Earth, where he is rushed into a hospital. The doctors’ effort to help him prove futile, since Superman’s skin can’t be penetrated by needles or electricity. He hover near death before recovering.

Lex [and Kitty] on the other hand, find themselves on a deserted island.

The movie ends with Superman telling Lois that he’s always be around. Hell yeah, their love story left unresolved. For this Superman movie, they focused on Lois-and-Clark love story, and it lacks action. But hell yeah, praise the team for a job well done. Visual as well as special effects were good. Nothing is impossible on this film, they can really make you fly if they want.

But what’s interesting in this film is the sub-plot implying that Jason were actually Superman’s son. Yes, you heard me right. And I really do belief that Superman is in fact, Jason father.

Need proofs? Here:

1. When Lois and Jason are being held hostage by Lex, Jason shows an aversion to a kryptonite crystal. Lex notices this too, and seems to draw the same connection.

2. On Lex’s yacht, one of his henchmen is prevented from attacking Lois by a flying piano, which Jason was playing only moments before. Although Jason isn’t shown lifting or throwing the piano, he is seen with both hands outstretched, implying he had pushed it.

3. After Brutus is killed by the piano, Jason is about to take a breath from his inhaler, but realizes he no longer needs it [same with Clark to his eyeglasses].

4. After Lois rescued Superman from drowning, he then asks Lois how they find him. Jason then turns back with a grin smile as if saying that “It was me who found you”. Ironic is, Jason is wearing a pilot’s headset and it is unusual from an ordinary person to hear that unless otherwise Jason inherits Superman super hearing ability.

5. Towards the end of the film, Superman visits the sleeping Jason and speaks to him, reciting the words his own father had left him in the holographs of the Fortress of Solitude.

6. Jason is around five years old, which is roughly the same amount of time that Superman was away from Earth. 

Though I wasn’t able to watch Superman Returns on IMAX and missed that 20-minute 3D special, am contented enough of what I’ve seen and it’s really a great experience watching such amazing movie like this. But did you know that Superman producers bump-up the schedule [original premier date is June 30] for them to collect three more days worth of Box Office revenue before the debut of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Mans Chest.

Sequel for Superman Returns is set on Summer of 2009. While X-Men movie series will have its Spin-Off for “Wolverine” and “Magnetto”.

Happy 23rd birthday to me this coming July 15th.

Eversince, I always says that God and life were unfair to me. There are so many insecuruties that bothers me. But looking back from where I came from, I can say that God isn’t unfair, its me whose always unfair and didn’t see the greatness He had given to me. Now, I’m starting to appreciate all the good and the bad thing God had given me. Everything happens for a reason, and yeah whatever that thing is, whether good or bad, its just matter of how you handle that thing. Often times I blame God for every mess that’s coming into my life. And so, I realized that I haven’t thank him for all the goodness he had done to me. I always weigh how many bad lucks had come to me without even counting how much blessing he had done to me. I must say I had changed my perspective. And now I realized that He’s my last Saviour, believe me.

Lost? Hell yeah. I must admit the fact that am not getting any younger. In fact, I’m turning 23 this July 15. I’ve been working for almost 2 years now, and with that very short span of year I already feel bored, stressed, uncontented. I guess its because am not happy with what I’m doing, or perhaps my working environment. Last Wednesday night, while I was on the cab on my way back to the apartment, I suddenly feel emptiness and at the same time, insecurities. I’ve been trying to land a job abroad but just dont know whats wrong. I mean, hell yeah, am not planning to got rotten here in the Philippines. I can’t wait anymore for another 2 years just to see that I still have no savings. Though I believe that patience is a virtue, I just don’t get why I can’t make it on any job abroad? I mean, I have a Bachelors Degree, an excellent work background, and yet can’t land on any job abroad. Ironic is, those who are low-profiled people have a decent job there, earning an overwhelming bucks. Nah, perhaps this is my fate and I’m unlucky in that aspects. Am telling you that there’s no career growth here in the Philippines that’s why am trying to get out and look up at the door ’cause the opportunity might be just hanging there. Poof! Back to the real world, I have to get out on the cab now.

It was Monday night when I
saw the trailer of the last installment for the X-Men trilogy so I shook my
head and decided to give myself a break. Whoalla! I’m going to watch this movie,
I exclaimed. Now, I have to work fast so I can catch the movie on Thursday night
that week. I decided not to watch it on the opening day since it will be a
total chaos probably with x number of fans of this graphic novel who are going
to watch out for the movie version of their favorite comic strip book.

Three days past. I’m going
crazy ‘cause the clock is ticking to 7pm. And yet, I still have to meet one of
my colleagues to hand her materials for the project she’s doing for us. I was
walking back and forth to the lobby and feels I was there waiting for her for
almost 5 years when in fact I was there for only a minute. I can’t help it so I
called her up, no answer. I send her sms saying “Hey where are you? Hurry up! I
need to catch-up X-Men tonight!”. Again, no reply. What’s eating her, damn! I
called her up again because I’m getting impatient. Luckily, she picked-up her
phone. “Hey! Where are you?”, I said, “Am already at the elevator”. *Ting!* the
elevator’s door opened-up and it was she who’s coming out! “Where you able to
read my sms?”, I told her. “No”, said she. Nah, I’m going to watch X-Men
tonight and I’m late. I handed her the material she’ll be needing and I bid
goodbye. I know she’s still yelling at me but I have no idea what she’s talking
about. I just wave my hand and went back to our office upstairs to pack-up my
things. It caught to my attention that there are only three of us left in the
office. I thought I’ll be the one to bid goodbye first but its not. The moment
I was fixing my things, I said to my colleague [aloud] that I’ll be watching
X-Men that night [so our boss won’t make a crap and chit-chat on you, know why?
Because our boss has this habit that every time you bid goodbye to her, she’ll
tell a story about what happened to them when they went to this place,
sometimes she’ll asks you for the status of the project even you already
emailed the details, etc. that kind of personality]. I went to her cubicle, I
hold tight my bag [make see to it that’s she saw me grabbing my bag that tight]
and said, “I’ll go ahead”. Luckily she’s nothing much to say than “Okay”. My
colleague asked me for a free ride but I denied and just take a cab on the way
to SM North. Found yah! Luckily, I was able to catch the last full show.

“Extra Scene”

My night ended well. I
just feel sorry for those who weren’t able to catch the “extra scene” after the film credits. Shame on them. Luckily, am
staying at the uppermost-box of the movie house, in effect, I’m the one who
come out last [though there weren’t much people]. I almost didn’t catch the “extra scene” cause I’m stepping down
already thru the stairs. “Oh man!”, I exclaimed.

The next day…

Since my colleague was
able to catch the premiere night of the movie, the first thing he asked me is,
“Hith, were you able to finish the movie? I mean, after the credits?”. I know
what he’s talking so we just laugh out loud and really feel sorry for those who
weren’t able to catch the “extra scene”.
For a day, 90% of it where topic about X-Men. We already spoiled our
officemates, and everytime a got a call from my desk, I can’t help but tell
them about X-Men.

Since it was Friday, I’ll
be returning home to Lipa, that night I decided to go online thru Yahoo [though
am 24/7 online thru Yahoo Mobile]. Ding! I’ve got message from my YM. Hell
yeah, it was my friend Brian who’s studying at States. He’s the first one who
talks about movies. We talked about “Poseidon”
and we both believed that it is such a “trash”
movie. It was not worth to see. Am just too excited to see Poseidon, yet it
disappoints me, there’s nothing much on the story. It was not crafted very
well. If given a choice I preferred watching “Mirmo” anime than this movie. Until our conversation diverts to
the controversy film “Da Vinci Code”. I haven’t read the book, I haven’t seen
the film, but I seen a couple of documentary thru National Geographic Channel
and thru watching that docu I am convinced that Jesus was really a man, and he
had relationship with Mary Magdalene. Well Brian and I agreed on this belief.
Everything is smooth-sailing when I suddenly asked him about X-Men if he was
able to catch it. Hell yeah, X-Men premiered on the

Philippines

[22 countries actually] May 24^th, and will be available on the

US

on the 26^th.
Bingo, my friend hasn’t seen the movie yet that’s why he’s mum about the topic.
I started to piss him off by telling him the story. He yells at me, asking not
to spoil him but I can’t help it. My fingers were typing fast. It ended driving
him away – he logs-out. LOLS. After an hour, he’s back, there I promise that I
won’t spoil him anymore. Maybe there’s really a karma ‘cause by the time I’m
posting this thru Friendster Blogs, the laptop suddenly restarts itself. Now
[as in now] I have to re-type everything.

Anyway, here’s the movie
premise of X-Men III : The Last Stand.
Well X-Men trilogy already ended but I’m very much sure that this isn’t the
last. X-Men movie series will continue, that’s for sure.

Movie Premise:

Twenty years before the
events of X-Men, Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr, two mutant-rights activists, encounter an extremely powerful
telepathic pre-teen — Jean Grey. At the behest of her
parents, the two men bring her into their care to teach her how to control her
powers.

Ten years later, another
young mutant — Warren Worthington III — deals with his own mutation. Having sprouted
feathery wings, he attempts to cut them off in his bathroom with a rasp. When
his father stumbles in on him, the older man vows to find a cure for his son’s "sickness".

Shortly after the events
of X2, Logan (Wolverine) and Ororo
Munroe (Storm) lead several young
mutants in a survival exercise in the Danger
Room, a special combat simulator
at the X-Mansion. Meanwhile, a heartbroken Scott Summers (Cyclops) is haunted by memories of his deceased
partner. He is not alone in his turmoil — Professor Xavier also senses her
presence. Cyclops decides to return to

Alkali

Lake

,
where Jean Grey apparently sacrificed herself to rescue her fellow X-Men.
Shortly thereafter, Professor X is teaching an ethics course, using either video
or a live feed of his colleague Dr. Moira MacTaggert, Xavier discusses the possibility of transplanting
one’s mind into a brain-dead person in order to sustain one’s life. The ethics
class is then interrupted by a telepathic disturbance in which Xavier pauses
and dismisses his class immediately. Moments later shocking news comes over the
television: Warren Worthington II,
head of the Worthington Pharmaceutical Company, has announced that scientist Dr. Kavita Rao has developed an antigen that suppresses mutation. Suddenly, the
X-Men face the philosophical dilemma of whether or not their mutant powers are
gifts or hindrances. Especially affected is young Rogue, who cannot touch another person without draining
their energy. Dr. Hank McCoy, a former student of Xavier and US Cabinet member,
returns to the mansion to offer his counsel.

In a

San Francisco

office building, resisting his father’s wishes to cure mutation,
Warren Worthington III (Angel in the
comics, though that name is unused in the film), escapes from a high-rise
office building using his now full-grown wings.

All over the country,
mutants rally together to discuss the ramifications of the "cure". At a rally in a crumbling
church, Magneto and Pyro
warn their fellow mutants that the cure will be used to exterminate mutants on
a genocidal level. Recruiting Callisto, Arclight, and Kid Omega (whose powers appear to be those of Quill in the comics), Magneto attempts to
locate Mystique, who had been captured trying to steal information about the "cure". The group ambushes a
prison convoy, freeing her along with the Juggernaut and the Multiple
Man, and prepare to assemble an
army to ambush the medical facility holding the source of the antigen - a
pre-teen mutant named Jimmy,
codenamed Leech in his government file, whose own power is to remove the mutant
abilities of others while in their proximity — and whose blood is the ultimate
source of the "cure". In
their escape from the convoy, however, a guard shoots Mystique with a "cure" gun. As her blue color
and morphing abilities wither, Magneto — who sees the gun as proof of his
beliefs regarding forced treatment — abandons her as a casualty of war.

At

Alkali

Lake

,
Scott re-encounters Jean, evidently alive, but then he suffers a terrible fate.
Sensing trouble, Professor X deploys Wolverine and Storm to investigate. When
they arrive at the lake, they encounter an unconscious Jean. Returning to the
mansion, a grave Professor X explains that when Jean survived the dam collapse
depicted in X2, she unleashed a
powerful split-personality which he calls

Phoenix

,
previously kept in check by his telepathic blocks. Across the country, Callisto
senses that Jean is now a "Class 5"
mutant, and more powerful than even Magneto. Waking from her sleep, Jean again
loses control, and escapes to her parents’ house.

There, Magneto and
Professor X vie for her loyalty. The enraged and resentful Jean disintegrates
Professor X for his manipulation of her mind, and escapes with Magneto just as
Wolverine and Storm attempt to intervene. Devastated by their loss, the
remaining X-Men hold a funeral for their teacher, and then prepare to band
together under Storm’s leadership. Students Colossus, Kitty Pryde, and Bobby
Drake (Iceman) unite with Storm, Wolverine, and McCoy, who now
resurrects his old X-Men codename: Beast. Notably absent is Rogue,
who has snuck off to seek “the cure”.

Using information from the
de-powered Mystique, the army attempts to capture Magneto’s army only to
realize they have been deceived by Multiple Man. Magneto and his Brotherhood of Mutants have already moved on to San Francisco. To reach
the Worthington Laboratories facility on

Alcatraz

Island

, Magneto manipulates the

Golden
  Gate

Bridge

to it. As his mutants rush onto the island, the
army counterattacks by firing syringes of the antigen. As mutant after mutant
is de-powered, Arclight unleashes her shock wave powers, smashing through the
army barrier. She, Kid Omega and Psylocke break into the facility. Inside, they
find Dr. Rao and Warren Worthington II. Kid Omega kills Rao, while Psylocke and
Arclight drag

Worthington

to the roof where he is rescued by Angel.

In the midst of the chaos,
the X-Men arrive to defend the island against the Brotherhood. As old friends
Pyro and Iceman engage in battle, Kitty Pryde follows Juggernaut into the lab,
looking for Jimmy. When they each locate the boy, Kitty tricks Juggernaut into
charging toward them, knocking himself unconscious running full-force into a
wall, depowered around Jimmy. Outside, the battle rages, with Storm killing
Callisto and Iceman defeating Pyro. Magneto encourages Jean to channel her full
power against the labs. As Jean disintegrates mutants and humans by the dozen,
Wolverine manages to distract Magneto long enough for Beast to stab him with
four syringes full of the antigen. As Magneto’s powers fade, he escapes from
the island a broken man, muttering in horror, "What have I done?"

With Jean raging out of
control, Storm and the rest of the X-Men get to safety. Wolverine, with his
healing power that resists disintegration, is the only one who can reach Jean,
and he makes his way to her step by painful step as she unrelentingly tries to
kill him. When he reaches her, the old Jean returns for a moment, horrified
herself, and asks that he kill her. Telling Jean, "I love you," he stabs her with his adamantium claws and
she dies in his arms.

In the aftermath, Storm
and Wolverine resume duties of running and maintaining the mutant academy. Rogue
has returned, and confesses to Bobby she has taken the "cure", having
decided that giving up her powers is better than living a life untouchable.
McCoy is appointed to an ambassador position at the United Nations, with the President declaring an
end to mutant oppression.

Cliff-hanger scene:

In a park, Erik Lehnsherr, now simply an ordinary
old man, sits alone at a chessboard, looking tired and despondent. Then he
reaches out, tentatively, toward a metal chess piece, and it gives an almost
imperceptible shake, hinting either that he may have retained some of his
mutant power after all or that the cure itself may be temporary, despite the
claims that the cure is permanent.

The film credits roll. In

Ireland

, Dr.
MacTaggert suddenly hears Xavier’s voice, realizing that Xavier had
transplanted his consciousness into the mind of her brain-dead patient. (This
can be assumed since in the ethics class near the beginning of the movie, he is
seen telling his students about the possibility of shifting one’s mind into a
brain-dead person in order to sustain one’s life).

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Naruto:
“I will be a great Hokage someday…
Dattebayo!!!”

by: Eraserheads / Cueshe

I find it hard to believeThat all the pain that we are feelingHas some meaning in this worldIt's so hard to believeThat everything you see is differentFrom the things that you've been told

I wanted life to be this wayJust a little bit of love could mean so muchO please don't take it all awayBut with you heaven is still close enough to touch

I find it hard to believeThat someone up there is waitingWith arms open wide and smilingIt's so hard to believeWhen someone told me that your sufferingIs what you get for living

I wanted life to be this wayJust a little bit of love could mean so muchO please don't take it all awayBut with you heaven is still close enough to touchBecause your love is still the only thingThat matters in this world

The only thing I can believe...

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Naruto: "I will be a great Hokage someday... Dattebayo!!!

After all I’m right. Naruto Filler episodes will run until September 6, 2006.

It’s been a year since they shown filler episodes of my favorite Anime.

Studio Perriot is currently cooking up the third movie of Naruto which will hit the Japan moviehouses August this year.

The subbed version of the second movie of Naruto is already out, while I don’t know when is Dattebayo gonna move their asses and work with the subbed version of the 3rd OVA for Naruto.

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Naruto: "I will be a great Hokage someday… Dattebayo!!!"