Indy movie marathon

I finally bought the Indiana Jones Adventure pack DVD. After watching the 4th Indy movie during the world premier, I must admit, I wanted more archaeological adventure overdose too.

I think the first time I saw Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark was when I was in the 1st grade elementary. I was able to recall some scenes, including the melting faces towards the end. Pristine watched the movies with us while sitting on my lap. Boy, did she have so many questions during the entire run of the movie!

Watching the movie again, I wonder why this was such a big hit back then. I did not find it interesting and action packed - I even like the 4th new Indy movie a lot better!

Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom delivered some actions I wanted in an action-adventure film. Pristine liked this and as of this writing, she has viewed it three times. We have to say no when she asked to see it again this morning though because she had been having dreams and screaming, “Don’t take my heart!” (referring to the Thugee ritual in the movie where a man took out the heart of another by using his bare hands dug into the chest)

Indy’s lady was annoying but as whiny and annoying as she is, she surely captured the director, Steven Spielberg’s heart those days. They got married after the movie wrapped up and still married now.

Of the three Indy movies included in the DVD pack, I like the last one, Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade best. I think Sean Connery’s portrayal of Indy’s father is so convincing although he is just12 years senior of Harrison Ford. So many lessons in this movie too, I had a wonderful time sharing those to the babe. I also like their rapport and bond as father and son. Loads of humor and action too.

So, which Indy movie do you like best?

Aloha Friday #26

Do you have a pet? If not, what pet would you like to have?

We don’t have a pet right now but someday when our home is bigger and having a backyard or front lawn, I’d love to have a dog.  

Aloha Friday is a weekly posting all in the spirit of fun and relaxation. No heavy, brain-stormed posts, just ask a simple question for readers to answer in the comments. Visit the Aloha Friday HQ @ An Island Life.

a “cool” lesson in independence

“Mom, can I have that ice cream sundae?”, asked my daughter while pointing at the McDonald’s poster in the wall at the food court. We were having lunch, rice and viand because you can’t force a McD into her. The ice cream sundae seem to attract her attention, though. My husband and I looked at each other and we were thinking of one same thing.

M handed Pristine 2 coins and told her she can have her sundae if she can go and buy by herself. Honestly, I expected she’d freak out, refuse, give up the ice cream but the opposite happened! She gladly held the coins and confidently went to the counter, with big proud steps like and army ready for war!

It was lunch time and the big people were queuing at McD’s. Pristine, at 4 and a half years old can barely be seen from the counter. I think the crew can only see the part from her eyes and above.

Looking from afar, we were nervous. Will the crew take notice? A couple of minutes passed, no one minded her and she kept on looking back at us - we tried to pretend we were not looking. One time, I wasn’t able to help it and attempted to stand to go and help her although she was not sending any SOS signal. I restrained myself and instead gave her an approving nod.

I could see the adults smiling and looking at this little girl in the counter. In a big, confident voice, she blurted out, “Excuse me!” then again until one crew saw her.

“Can I have one ice cream sundae, please?”

The magic words came out! Added with, “in chocolate please”. She then handed the coins and with a beaming smile, held the ice cream cone in her hands and walked back to us.

We were so proud. Our girl is not a baby anymore; she conquered one huge task by battling adults twice her height and got what she wanted - without the help of either mom or dad.  I held back some tears. Yeah, you can say I’ve become corny since having a mom and you know what? It’s true and I don’t think it’s bad.

WW - Don’t give him another bottle

morning started earlier than usual

I woke up at 4 am this morning due to painful abdominal cramps that occur once a month (ladies should know what I mean). Whoever said that cramps are gone after childbirth must be lying because in my case, it’s just the same.

What’s a girl to do at 4 am when it’s still dark and silent? Read the news, catch up on blogs - finally I found the time to comment to blogger and wordpress.com blogs. The internet police at the office has loosened the rules and we are allowed to browse but man, what use is that if I can access blogger blogs but can’t open the comment form or can’t access wordpress.com (the free blog platform not the paid ones) blogs at all?

I was able to do what I wanted to do without any interruptions. At 6:00, my mom woke up to cook breakfast but I told her to go back to bed as I will be the kitchen mistress for today. With question mark written all over her face (I could sense she was about to ask me what got into me but she was too sleepy), she went back to bed.

P woke up at 6:30 and seeing so many things I cooked in the kitchen, asked me, “Who’s birthday is it, mom?”

*****

Speaking of birthdays, happy birthday to a dear friend who reads this blog but never leaves a comment thinking I would bite. You know who you are!

I wish you lots of happiness and many and many more birthdays to come.

who would have thought I’d miss the gym

I had not been going to the gym for four days now. Right when I’ve been planning to go back, with a vengeance, physically I can’t. The for-women-only-monthly thing has attacked leaving me incapacitated to work out.

Bummer.

I can’t workout at this time of the month because I usually have severe abdominal pain, bloating and headache. I’ll be back in three/four days. I miss my alone time in the gym already!

the scale that lies

I can’t believe I’ve taken a too long off from the gym. Last Thursday I did not workout to give my body some time to rest after working out for 5 consecutive days. The instructor told me I need to take at least a day off and so I did. The next day, Friday, I planned to be back but since it was my day off, the little boss did not give me a release.

Last Saturday (at this point I could sense anyone who reads this will smirk and say, I am writing all the excuses I could think of…) we went for a desert safari and left home at 2:30 pm and came back at 11.

Three days straight without going to the gym is the longest ever since I started working out. I felt so guilty. I had been faced with the dreaded weight loss plateau, a situation in which you have exercised and being conscious of diet yet the scales are not moving. Weight loss plateaus are great motivation killers. Googling “weight loss plateau” will take you to articles on how to overcome it. One of the ways to overcome the weight loss plateau was to rest and have a normal life! Well, guess what, I did rest and ate normally and the scale finally moved again!

But honestly, I won’t quit exercising even if the scale don’t move for weeks and driving me stark raving mad. I am healthier and happier with what I am right now. I don’t want to go back to being sluggish and complaining of backache every single day. Oh, and it’s funny that the scale was not moving for two weeks but I am losing a dress size.

For people trying to lose weight by exercising including weight training, bear in mind that health and fitness can’t be measured by the scales alone.

This writing exercise is fueled by the writing prompt “quitting” at Sunday Scribblings.

Marital Counseling

A husband and wife came for counseling after 20 years of marriage. When asked what the problem was, the wife went into a passionate, painful tirade listing every problem they had ever had in the 20 years they had been married.

She went on and on and on: neglect, lack of intimacy, emptiness, loneliness, feeling unloved and unlovable, an entire laundry list of unmet needs she had endured over the course of their marriage.

Finally, after allowing this to go on for a sufficient length of time, the therapist got up, walked around the desk and, after asking the wife to stand, embraced and kissed her passionately as her husband watched with a raised eyebrow. The woman shut up and quietly sat down as though in a daze.

The therapist turned to the husband and said,

“This is what your wife needs at least three times a week. Can you do this?”

The husband thought for a moment and replied,

“Well, I can drop her off here on Mondays and Wednesdays, but on Fridays, I fish.”

Aloha Friday #25

(If you are married) How old were you when you got married? Was it close to your desired age to get married?

(If you’re single) At what age do you plan to marry?

I got married when I was 27 but when I was 12, I thought I’d get married at 24, have 4 children by the time I’m 30. I guess we can’t really predict these things correctly.

Aloha Friday is a weekly posting all in the spirit of fun and relaxation. No heavy, brain-stormed posts, just ask a simple question for readers to answer in the comments. Visit the Aloha Friday HQ @ An Island Life.

The new Indiana Jones movie is out!

Today premiers the new Indiana Jones movie! I am excited to see Dr. Jones again onscreen, after 20 years!? I can’t believe it’s that long already! 

I am a huge Harrison Ford fan. I think I haven’t missed any of his movies, heck, including the boring ones. I just love the guy and him playing Indy again? Count me in!

To secure tickets ahead of time, we went to the movie house and asked for the movie rating. We intend to bring Pristine along although M was worried about the presence of guns and shooting scenes. Well, I am worried too that’s why we had to ask for the movie rating - though I had a very strong feeling it is not for General Patronage. The poster says, “Only children above 5″.

Above 5
  above 5
  above 5…

does that include 5? or the child should be 6 to be able to go in? Pristine is 4 and 1/2 years old, round that off, she is 5. Can she see the movie? Is she too young for some Indy action? 

If I can’t take her, then I guess I have to wait for the DVD to come out. I’d be ok with that, I think, but man, I want to see Dr. Jones whipping bad as ses in the big screen!!