STILL BORED...

am not doing anything in the office. I took the day off yesterday and yet i didn't feel guilty at all. Gosh, I'm getting paid just to be physically in the office. I'm not really complaining. it gives me enough time to search for jobs in the internet, edit my resume and make application letters. however, it's boring me out of my wits. i mean, i would rather spend the day at home, waking up late and watching TV or reading every goddamn book at home. but no, i have to be here in the office and find ways to amuse myself. the appeal of surfing, checking and writing emails, blogs and egroups messages has lost some of its novelty.

i slept late again last night (good thing, migraine didn't attack). I read 3 chapters of HP3. Borrowed a copy from eric because i couldnt stand not reading it after watching HP2. i'm so stuck with harry potter that i even read a fan-written HP5! the writer based the story on the hints that Rowling gave out early this year, I think. It was quite amusing. The story might even come close to what Rowling will write. well, that remains to be seen. I watched HP2 with Jaja last week. Technically, I didn't really like it. The cinematography and the production set (s) weren't really impressive. And there wasn't even a great score to help the film! Masyadong flat ang "sounds" ng movie. Moreover, there could have been many seens na funny or cute but the film wasn't able to translate it. Also, Hermione was getting to be a cry-baby. I didn't like that. Radcliffe also needs to improve his acting skills because he's the star of the show. Unlike Hermione, Ron, and the rest who (I think) did justice to their roles. And Fawkes was way ugly and acted to "robotic". The climax in the book wasn't translated well in the film. It didn't feel like climax at all: wala masyadong visual and audio effects (except for the basilisk which was quite OK), plus it wasn't faithful to that particular scene in the book.

Of course, Im saying these because I constantly compare it to the quality of Lord of the Rings. But in fairness to the film, I liked the kitchen of the Weasly home. It was exactly as i pictured it in my mind when I was reading it (just a little darker in my mind though). At ang cute nung clock! Pero it didn't show Ron's room that was decorated with Quidditch posters. I also liked the Aragog scene. It looked real and the visual (for that scene) was great. Especially ung escape scene. Kadiri yung crawling spiders!!!! There were exaggerated scenes also: flying car and Harry almost falling out, Hermione making dramatics about being a mudblood, Hermione's cat look, moaning myrtle was kinda cute (unlike in the book), and the last scene with Dumboldore, Lucius, and Harry where Harry assured Lucius that he'll be there to 'save the day'. I mea, whoa, where did that come from?!?!? That wasn't in the book. It didn't give much appeal to the ending of the movie...

Oh well, we could just hope that the 3rd movie will be better, if not, that book five will be a better read than book 4.

enuf of this harry potter craze. have to pretend to do work... hay...