Whew! 2015 is here...

Four hours more to go and we will all have to pull out our calendar and replace it with a newly designed 2015...

Recalling how my 2014 went, it was a bit topsy-turvy. In January, I failed my MA Psychology comprehensive exam in Statistics that hindered me from proceeding to thesis writing. By April, we separated from my inlaws and started from real scratch. Most of the year, I couldn't breathe from financial crisis. Bubblews was introduce to me and have lifted us up for few months. Then it went off again. November had the worst fight between me and hubby. Which I'm afraid caused me to be this numb and insensitive for him until now. December came in with overflowing blessings. I did not hesitate to give myself a treat. I needed a way to get distressed.

For awhile I thought...God had been looking through and is feeling all my frustrations. For sure not only mine but with every soul here on earth. With all those life's test I have gracefully passed, it's always rewarded with sweet prices. 

With that, I'd say I will be a better woman by 2015. ;D

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Movie Review: THE EQUALIZER

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A retired Assasin is challenged to take control of his exceptional skill to gundown men when he met a young Russian girl who was force for whoring. 

Denzel Washington known here as Mr.Mccall, gave so much justice to the character. He showed symptoms of having an Obsessive-compulsive disorder that enables him to detect when something/someone is about to harm him. When he tried to buy the freedom of Ariana (played by Chloë Grace Moretz ) from the Russian gangster for $9800, he was sent to shame by refusing his offer. That's when he killed all five men in one room for 16 minutes. He counted it before executing. A man named Nicolai (Marton Csokas) came to avenge his people. Believing that he could outdo McCall, he did everything to track him and send him to his own grave.

The movie ended with Mc Call succesfully killed the head of the snake. He travelled all the way to Russia and electricuted the head of all after scraping all their money in the US. 

It's not your ordinary Assasin-turned-into-changed-man...the moves that Denzel applied to this is beyond that of Liam Neeson in Taken. He got tactics that are so clean yet deadly. It took my breath away. You should watch it. :D

Toilet Paper Can Be Eaten...Seriously?

Seriously, a woman is said to have been eating a toilet paper. According to the news, the 25-year old mother of four from Lincolnshire, England had develop this eating habit when she was pregnant with her fourth child.

It's an eating disorder called Pica according to experts. It's related to mental illness. People who may have been distress, or having an Obsessive Compulsive symptoms may crave to eat odd things like charcoal, paints, etc. Aside from the fact that it's really disturbing, it can damage our health too. However, there is no clear cure of Pica.

This woman in the news said she like the texture of it. It's tasteless but it feels good in her mouth. She can eat eight pieces every visit in the bathroom. In fact, she separated a pack of toilet paper for eating consumption and another for usage. Wohaa!

This woman needs help.

Related article:https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/moms-toilet-paper-pregnancy-craving-explained-by-104941792307.html

Punishment VS Reinforcement

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According to Behaviorist B.F.Skinner, punishment can decrease behavior while reinforcement increases it. For instance, if you are an employee with a rotten Boss who gives you additional workloads because you are late. And he wont listen that you had to attend to your sick child or parent.

In result, you become unproductive and not meeting your boss requirement. Whereas, if you were offered the ears and listening heart, then you are told to relax and take your time...That's being reinforced. In turn, you'd feel grateful and will be more inspired to accomplish work stuff even exceeding the expectation of your Boss.

But not all employs this. We'd be lucky to be under a leadership who reinforces than punishes.

Thursday & Alanis on My Playlist

It’s a warm Thursday as I can see it through the office window. It’s cold here inside but the songs of my all-time favorite female vocalist Alanis Morissette sets my mood in warming up for a paper work that’s waiting to be finished. Haha!

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If you are into music then you’d know how Alanis conquered rock music back in the 90s. From her ‘Jagged Little Pill’ album, to ‘Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie’, I just can’t stop patronizing this woman. She dragged my being through her lyrics. How she play with words and intertwined those in paragraph up to the rhythm is just incomparable. That’s coming from a bias fan of course. Haha!

One of my favorite lines from her songs are; ‘I can be an asshole of the grandest kind..’, and something like ‘I’m broke but I’m happy, poor but kind, short but healthy’..then she wrote about Ryan Reynolds entitled Torch where it said ‘Miss your take on anything and the music you would play, miss cracking up and wrestling our debriefs at end of day’… Ahw. I can feel the pain there and the urge to move on from a perfect relationship with a gorgeous guy.

That pretty much wrap up my Thursday morning I guess. 

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Does it Bring Pleasure to Inflict Pain?

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An Indonesian maid in Hongkong claimed that she had been tortured by her female employer. The last straw that sent her to the hospital is when a vacuum cleaner's tube is inserted to her mouth down to her throat that caused laceration. Agghh.

The pain is so unimaginable. It's recorded that citizens in poor countries from Asia like Indonesia and Philippines seek employment as a domestic helper in Hongkong. Although, this is a rare case in the country, but it sparked anger to the public that numbers of activist expressed their disappointment.

 Erwiana Sulistyaningsih's employer, Law Wan-tung faces 20 charges that includes grievious infliction of physical pain. Erwiana revealed that she had been slapped, punched, hit with hangers, mop handler and even a ladder.

Does it give pleasure if you inflict physical pain to another person? What can you really get from it?

I think only an animal of lowest form can dare.

Related article: https://ph.news.yahoo.com/indonesian-maid-says-tortured-vacuum-cleaner-tube-hong-095656379.html

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“MOVIE REVIEW: Annie 2014”

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Annie played by Quvenzhané Wallis is a goofy and happy foster kid under the care of Hannigan starred by Cameron Diaz. Among the girls in Hannigan’s house, she’s the only one who got positive hope that they will all find their families soon. Annie keeps a note and a necklace left to her the day she’s abandoned. While Queens NY is busy rustling over the upcoming election, the tycoon Will Stack played by Jamie Foxx had been trying to increase potential votes in the poll.

One day, Stack decided to take a walk to breathe. While Annie was chasing a lost dog about to be beaten by two other kids. Annie bumped into Stack. She fell down and was hurriedly grabbed by Stacked when a car was coming their way. Someone was able to capture the scene and posted it in social media. Stack’s survey increased because of that. He then asked Annie to do political relationship with him by taking photos, having lunch together and all that sort of drama. Until Annie is asked to move to his ‘smart house’ which is very huge for Stack to live alone. Their political relationship elevated into something else. Stack learned how to value Annie. One day he decided to adopt Annie and make it legal. There were bumps along the way when a pretend-parent of Annie came into the picture paid by Stack’s dishonest employee. But they got away from it.

It’s musical. The actors sing songs in almost every scene but it’s very lovely. The 10-year old Annie may have to do more workshop for her facial expressions to convey the audience but she’s cute whenever she start singing and dancing. If you don’t mind watching corny, mushy, children’s movie then this is for you…