Finding "Inner Peace" Watching Kung Fu Panda 2

Watching Kung Fu Panda 2 in 3-D had changed my gloomy mood that Sunday evening to being lively and giggly. My two guy friends were enjoying as much as I did. We've been laughing and smiling the whole time! We were as excited as the children around us.

I don't want to over-analyze things but the movie was timely and appropriate. I find depth in the story. Finding "inner peace" is something that an adult like me, amidst all the chaos in our career, in our personal lives and everything else, should learn. Seeking for who we truly are and accepting the truths will help us achieve our inner peace.

The film is truly entertaining, action-packed and humorous, that I feel like I could watch it again and again. Watching it in 3-D makes it all fun with the visuals more alive and fantastic.

I read a negative review about the film, nevertheless I wasn't affected by it because it wouldn't change anything on how the movie made me feel. My feelings are subjective of course. I guess, you have to watch and judge it for yourself.

The movie takes us to the adventure of the cuddly Po (Jack Black) and the the Furious Five: Tigress (Angeline Jolie), Viper (Lucy Liu), Monkey (Jacky Chan), Mantis (Seth Rogen) and  Crane (David Cross) as they journey to fight Lord Shen (Gary Oldman).

Lord Shen, a peacock was set to destroy kung-fu and entire China with its powerful  firework weaponry. But the goat soothsayer (Michelle Yeoh) had long foretold that a panda would defeat him.  Lord Shen exterminated the pandas long time ago when Po was still a baby to change the prophecy . It was Shen who was responsible of separating Po from his panda clan.

The events lead Po to finally discover that his goose father Ping wasn't his real father (wow! ain't that surprising huh!).

When Po finally understands and accepts his past, he finds his "inner peace". And with his "inner peace", Po has more control over things even over Lord Shen's cannon balls. He redirects the cannon balls back to Shen's army that cause his destruction.

Someone like you

I was busy rehearsing my report. I feel really awful today because of my sinusitis and fever but it seems that I would have to drag myself to work just to present it, not to mention having a very important phone conference right after.

Anyway, as I was practicing or as it seems to be, I was scanning the tv channels at the same time.  Someone Like You was being shown. I think this is a late 90's chick flick, if I am not mistaken, that starred Hugh Jackman and Ashley Judd.

My attention wasn't entirely in it.  But I knew this movie. I watched it from before.  This was the movie that compared women to cow.  I think it did mentioned something that after milking the cow, men look for another cow - a younger cow? It also mentioned something about women being used like an ATM machine.

This movie had made me laugh and it made me cry at the same time.  Well, it's a chick flick for crying out loud!  It always follow the same ingredients. And it always makes us feel good at the end.

I'm pretty sure that a lot of women in this generation could relate to this movie. That feeling that they are being reduced to play things or they are simply being used or manipulated. With that, we accused men of being users, manipulative and insensitive.  I know that it is unfair to generalize men to be like that.  But what can we do?  We are emotional creatures. That is a characteristic of women.

Some women jump from one relationships to another, hoping to find their match instead of waiting for the right man. Some stick to a relationship or so-called relationship or something like it believing that it turns out right in the future when it all started as a mistake.  Well, some are very fortunate to have found someone that are best for them.

Whatever the endings of our stories, I just hope that we will be all happy with our choices - whether we decide to be alone and have a dog as a lifetime partner or decide to get married and have a bunch of kids.

Avatar: The Last Airbender

I am so elated that a film was produced based on my favorite Nickelodeon animated series. I have seen the movie trailer when I watched GI Joe and though it is yet to be released by summer of 2010, I can't hide my excitement.



Aang is the charming protagonist of the story. He is the incarnation of the Avatar, the spirit of the planet manifested in human form. As an airbender, he has this unique ability to manipulate the air.




He has this task to put the 4 nations - Air, Water, Earth and Fire at peace. He also has to master the skills to manipulate all elements.

Visit the Official site and watched the movie trailer: http://www.thelastairbendermovie.com/%20