Joker rules the Golden Globe

This year’s Golden Globes has just concluded. Despite much buzz about the early favorites like Brad Pitt’s film “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, and “Frost/Nixon”, each earning a total of 5 nominations, “Slumdog Millionaire” was the shock of the night after bagging best screenplay and musical score award and leaving those top nominees empty-handed by the end of the night.

However, the biggest winner for this year’s Golden Globe was the late Heath Ledger. After nearly a year since his death, he earned a supporting actor Golden Globe award for his diabolical depiction of the Joker in the blockbuster movie, The Dark Knight. This made the prospects of him earning a post-humous Oscar award that much closer, an achievement that only Peter Finch has previously been able to do, and that has been over 30 years since (1976, to be exact).

Accepting the award on Ledger’s behalf was the film director, Christopher Nolan. Says Nolan, “All of us who worked with Heath on ‘The Dark Knight’ accept with an awful mixture of sadness and incredible pride…After Heath passed, you saw a hole ripped in the future of cinema.”

Like the performer that he is, Heath Ledger finally took his final bow.

“Heath’s Joker has no grey areas – he’s all rampaging id. He creates a Joker for the ages.”

- Rolling Stone critic Peter Travers

For complete details on the Golden Globe winners, check out here.

UP Quotes

I was fighting the urge to post these in fear of earning criticism from the readers of this blog, if any. But what the hell, it’s my blog and just took the liberty to proceed…

When I visited Amor’s blog, I saw her post a quotable quote from UP Professors. Finding it quite amusing, I went on to visit the site she has linked on her page. Thus, I have decided to compile various quotes from various UP professors that in one way or another I found funny or relatable. Some might find these quotes obscene; others might find it sarcastic, but for those belonging to the UP community, it is something that we could all laugh together at.

*”The aim of policy is to invoke action! Because action speaks louder than words! You do not just say I love you. You say: If you love me, enter me!” -Dr. Alfonso Pacquing

*”Class, next week na lang yung result sa exam niyo. I am having a hard time checking it. I will seek first the divine guidance on what to do about it. Class, don’t worry about your grade. Let me worry about it.” – Sir de Jesus (Envi Sci1)

*”Ma’am: Many people believe that we, psychology graduates can read minds… (silence)

Ma’am: Actually, we can.

Class: Weh… sample.

Ma’am: Right now, you think that I’m bluffing. – Ms. Billedo (Psych)

*”Last sem was the first time that I gave a grade of 5 and it felt GOOD!!!” – Prof. Goldie (Comm3)

*”Try everything once except incest.” – Sir Eliserio (CW)

*”I do not know many. I know enough just to teach my classes.” – Dr. David

*”Running for summa ka? Mapapagod ka lang.” – Unknown

*”Domestication of the human male is one of the greatest achievement of the human race.” – Dr. David

*”Birds of the same feather FLOCK together…don’t forget the L.” – SocSci1 Prof

*”Do not memorize! Analyze!” – Dr. Nic, advising her students never to memorize reaction mechanisms

*”Oh, this is good. It’s poetic because it’s perfectly stupid.” – Prof. Ricky de Ungria, UP Mindanao former chancellor

*”It’s okay to smoke inside my class. As long as you don’t breathe it out.” – Dr. Obsioma, BioDiversity Class, UP Mindanao

update on the sporting world

This is rather late for the first post of this new year. But hey, a person’s got some work to do. Still, it’s better late than never. I was just trying to screen out my ideas in search of finding the best subject to discuss on this blog. Something that would kick off my blogging year right. Too much for my obsessive-compulsive behavior, it’s actually an update on the latest sporting events (for those who are yet unaware that I DO have a sporting side to me).

I’ve been out of the loops on the NBA for a while, so NBA fans better look someplace else. I did manage to catch up on the Celtics’ loss to the Cavs last Saturday though, Friday night in Cleveland. Looks like the Celtics tough winning form from last season’s championship crew is not so evident this time around. And with the Cavs and Magic hot on its heels, they better get back to the drawing board. I am keeping my eyes peeled on local basketball league this time, so NBA better had to wait.

Another major update is the upcoming Australian Open. If you did not know, this is the first of four grand slam tournaments and it will unveil exactly a week from now, January 19th. Melbourne is the hottest place to be in Australia during this time of the year. Let’s see if Novak Djokovic will be able to successfully defend his title from last year’s tournament or if Roger Federer, 3-time Aussie Open champ before Djokovic snatched it from him last year, will rise to the challenge.

Jayjay Helterbrand slicing through the defense of SMB's Danny Seigle (left) and Marc Pingris (right).

Last, but definitely not least, on my list is the recent events on the PBA. Last night’s matchup between sister teams Ginebra Gin Kings and San Miguel Beermen were pitted to be a major on-court battle and it certainly was! Racela’s early ejection saw the SMB squad’s fate turn from bad to worse, trailing by as much as 22 points at some time during the game. But with a deep bench and a talent-laden lineup, who says my Beermen are going to back out? Several players contributed but Hontiveros was the biggest contributor to that epic comeback. Lineup-wise, it was supposed to be a lopsided match but Ginebra surely did give SMB a run for their money. Glad it was over and on to TNT for Wednesday. The other end of the semis match pits Sta.Lucia against Alaska. I can’t wait!