The Mortal Instruments: City of Heavenly Fire (THE END)

 I have finished reading the 6th and last book of one of my favorite young adult fiction book, CohF (City of heavenly fire). So I supposed I have to make a review a least. 

I'll make it short because I have to blog also my favorite parts of the book and judge the characters, that too. 

It's been months... or years? since I've read this series. The first book really fascinates me, I've been a huge fan of story about demons and angels (sorry for being cliche) that's why I felt I need to read this. So thus it was the beginning of an addiction I never knew I'll be able to.

I have a confession to make first, one of the reason why I wanted to read TMI (The Mortal Instruments) because of it's unique book tittle. 

The book was wonderfully written and I love the author (for the first book, City of Bones)  I fell in love with it right away like how in an instant a cat would fell in love with milk (okay so my comparison weren't exactly good but I need to make a point.) I remember the feeling of a "brokenhearted bookworm" when I found out the Jace and Clary were siblings. But that didn't stop me from shipping them. 

For the first time, I decided that this will be my favorite young adult fiction book. 

For the next books:

Book 2: this is where my viewpoint in every characters changed. 

Book 3: my favorite of all. This is the almost-happy-ending. 

Book 4 & 5: The pain, the I-want-more!, the another broken heart when Magnus and Alec broke up, and a lot of things happened here that I actually disliked.

And now, for the last book, the book I have waited for months to read this and finally, I found an e-book and read it for a day (yes, I just read it this morning) 

I am disappointed. 

Not really disappointed disappointed but the kind of disappointment when a book that you have a lot of expectations suddenly became... not boring, but actually you'll prepare not reading just so your expectations would live on. 

And after reading the book, I was like:

The book 6, lack actions! and I was waiting for something, like the most heartbreaking part and it showed none. I mean come on?! I would've prepared that Clary and Jace would die together at the demon realm. 

Okay, I'll be a little bit straightforward, I didn't like the book 6 after all except the part that Alec and Magnus got back together and willing to take the risk and Simon and Isabelle who finally said the sacred words : I love you to each other.

But of course, on the brighter side, I also love the book (not that my dislike mattered at all) because I felt the happiness once again while reading, having that I-miss-this-character-moments, and my eagerness to finish it and to love it but not just as much as the other five.

It was a bit different though, it felt like the characters made a progress as the series goes on. Actually, I'm really not at my best when explaining things but I love the book do not be confuse, it wasn't just what I expected, what ending I wanted, what story... I desired to commence. 

I was disappointed yes but all throughout it always remind me how I love the series, and it never fails to amuse on every chapter. I know it's difficult to understand what I'm trying to point out (but I understand myself so BLEH!) it's just that I wanted more of it, more of something and Cassandra Clare didn't supply that.

THE C H A R A C T E R S:

Clarissa Morgernstern/Clary Fray: I love her. She's tiny and brave and exquisite. She was like the fire of the blazing hell, the one that lit up everything, she gave the excitement and she has the courage. In the last book, she was great but I almost hate her because of hating Sebastian (the villain, because Sebastian is one of my favorite characters) and still not accepting him but oh well, he's her brother so I understand. lol

Jace Herondale: On the first book, I loved him, but after reading the fifth and sixth, my feelings for him decreased. But I do love him too.

Simon: I LOVE THIS GUY. Seriously, he was not that kind of fictional character you would fall in love with in that instant, he was the kind of the fictional character you think was the OK-guy but he wasn't. I love him as the story continue because he's brave just like Clary and he loves Isabelle. hehe. 

Isabelle: Well, the girl with elegant elements and the fierce one. At first I actually doesn't give a shit about her but she was different and I love her for it. She's a great person and loves to hide her feelings yet, like me, I feel that she's just craving for affection, craving something for Simon! I seriously ship this two!

Magnus Bane & Alec Lighwood: No words can explain how I SHIP and love them, individually and as lovers. (P.S I'm not being lazy okay?)

Maia: I love her first then hate her. She said she didn't loved Jordan at all, like what the hell bitch?! You flirted with him AND HAD SEX. 

Jordan: RIP

Raphael: RIP

Queen of Seelie Court: Well, fuck you bitch. 

Sebastian/ Jonathan : The villain, in the first three books it was his father (Clary's father too) but then on the next three, he was the villain. He's the villain you'll never hate, I don't know I actually don't hate him not even a bit (and I'm not saying that I approved his works, NO) even if he killed a lot of Shadowhunters (I hate them too actually) and he has this incest love to his sister. I felt the opposite, I felt pity and how I wonder if Sebastian wasn't like that, if he didn't have the blood of the demons. He died though but I wasn't sad because I knew he would die (psh) but at least he regrets everything and apologized to his mother and sister. OKAY, I've said too much but I really like his character. NO HATE. 

Jocelyn and Luke: CONGRATS on your wedding!

If there are some main characters and I didn't put them here then that means I actually don't care if they die or not. 

It isn't sinking in actually, that this series is finished and I don't have anything to wait anymore. Sad yes, but a bit of happy too because finally, after everything, they now have (NOT ENDING) but a new beginning and I hope BY THE ANGEL there won't be no blood war again and I won't be reading the "The Dark Artifices" the new series of Cassandra Clare. I know some of the characters of TMI might be there too but... it's... I can't take it anymore.

This isn't goodbye, of course I'll remember that once upon my college life, I read a book of trying to change your destiny, of being free. 

You'll always going to be in my heart and head, especially Magnus and Alec. 

I might add some details sooner or later but I can't, I mean not now. Chao!

END OF THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS SERIES.

Sherlock Series & Why I am addicted into it.

    From the original works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and now showing as a television series that contains three seasons with three episodes, yet it doesn't supply my satisfaction. Sherlock had solved lots of major cases around Britain with his ever so loyal bachelor assistant/friend, Dr. John Watson, and I love his blog by the way.

Months ago while I was utterly bored of those cliche movies/series here in my unscrupulous country, I discovered Sherlock Holmes series. And how it turned me on (not physically I mean.)

I became a huge fan of Dan Brown who created: Angels and Demons, Da Vinci Code (one of his bests I suppose), Inferno and a lot more. All of this books are thriller/crime/mystery genres, which I presumed that Dan Brown is specialized into. The connection about the Sherlock Holmes series and Dan Brown books are obvious, only dumb people won't get it, and I hope as a reader, you are not.

Basically, it's solving crimes blah blah blah, but the main reason why I was attracted to this series was how he managed to predict the outcomes, the "way" of the killers, even his almost-correct theories (which happen often) because he always get it exactly correct. That is Sherlock Homes. And Dr. John Watson, he's helpful and... not exactly calculable but still unique in his own way. The best thing is how I expected the unexpected, and it surely doesn't disappoint me. 

As an internet addict, I found the whole series on the famous "Youtube" which how I came curious on why it isn't banned. But thanks the angel for that (Mortal Instruments words, huge fan here), because I had the opportunity to watch and enjoy its every amazing episodes. I anticipated Sherlock's every movement and how, oh how it entertains me.

He speak fast that he might say 1.000 words per minute (I do not know if he can do that, just an expression, but I think he actually can). It annoys me actually because sometimes I can't understand his words fully well. But on the bright side, it's fascinating, he looks more "Sherlock" in that way.

Before, I wanted to watch the "Supernatural" series because... I love the twist and plots and the actors but now I may have put it on my pending list with "Vampire Diaries" and "Game of Thrones" because of this famous Sherlock. I love Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman (Sherlock and Watson) because they acted professionally. For some reason I can't describe how great they were but..okay they're incredible.

I wonder how Sherlock's mind works, how he can see the tiniest detail that you have to use a microscope for it (am I right?). He study a person in just one look and he can gather all the details he needed. I praise him that much.

And because of this series, I'm going to write a mystery story on Wattpad that I hope my fans/readers would appreciate too just like my very fist story "A gangster love story" which is plain, annoying and cliche. But! I have almost 70, 000 readers and a hundred plus comments for that. Bwahahaha.

Back to my topic, as I was saying Sherlock influenced me to a lot of things especially this blog post. If you are my follower from the start you know how lazy I am to create blog post that I would just use photographs and poems to explain things. And this is unnatural isn't it? That's how marvelous Sherlock Series is.

I highly recommend this one!

Love,

Supergirl x

Random Shots

Watching fireworks:

My Ginang Balete mom:

My half blood princess

"Alexandria"

Struggling for what I can be.

     As an ABcomm student, I have to choose whether I want to pursue my writing career or to try my opportunity on advertising. This is a dillema I am currently facing. It's been my problem for the past few months and I have a hard time deciding which. Most of all my friends are going to take journalism as their elective and somewhat, I, too, wanted it.

Ever since high school, I've never dream of taking up communications as a course in college. Actually, I wanted to be a lawyer and make my family proud. And then one day, while I was sitting on a bench in the registrar's office, I saw this flyer. 

"OFFERING NEW COURSES:

MULTIMEDIA ARTS
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN COMMUNICATION"

And then out of nowhere, exactly when I was going to write "Legal Management" on my application, I erased it and then wrote "Bachelor of Arts in Communication". I don't believe in destiny or fate or whatever romantic words that will describe perfectly on why did I chose this program. Maybe because I knew I can do better in communicating with other people or maybe because I wanted to try if I can manage to be a broadcaster someday. And here I am realizing things that may or may not change my future. 

On journalism:

I want to write. I want to make a book, a novel to be specific. I want to be exactly like Dan Brown, or Stephen King or James Patterson and those famous young adult fiction writers like Cassandra Claire, John Green, David Levithian, Suzanna Collins, Veronica Roth and many more. I want to be a broadcast journalist like Karen Davila, Mel Tiangco, and Ted Failon. I want to be a feature writer in a popular magazine. 

But there are things which made me realized that maybe I have no future in journalism. My reasons are:

1. I don't even know if I have an opportunity in writing. 
2. Money is my priority. After graduating in college, I would be the breadwinner of my family. I need a lot of money to support my little brother and sister's education and even my family's expenses. And I've heard that on journalism, you have to be a passionate writer but I am not
3. I am not good in English unlike my friends Gianne, Pauline and Fae. I have a lot of grammatical errors which is not usual for a writer. 
4. In a way, writing bores me. I can't write if someone told me to write something, I have to read a lot of stories and articles before I write something.
5. 1/4 part of me wanted journalism because my friends would be there and I want to be with them so they can help in times I needed one.

And there are a lot of thoughts that arrived in my mind in this exact moment, am I fit enough to take up journalism?

On Advertising:

Welcome to  the world of advertising, the lifeblood of any newspaper. It had been my dream to become an advertising executive of the famous and well known "SUMMIT MEDIA" where the Candy Magazine, FHM, Pop Fiction books are created. Actually I have a confession to make, I really don't know what I am going to do if  I became a part of an advertising group. I know it would be very difficult and exhausting but everything will pay off after all the hard works. In the world of advertising, money is the priority. 

But somehow, there is a part of me doubting that I can do "advertising." It takes a whole lot of level before you finish an advertising as an elective. There is going late at home, there are lots of tiring works, COMRES, preferably, you have to be a superstudent. Advertising as an elective will make you crazy according to my seniors, and I, as a lazy and superbly tardy student, I can't do every paper works that needed to be done in a couple of days. I always hated paperworks because I'm not good at it. I always fail to make a good paper to submit whenever we needed to make one as a project. The least I can do is to revised everything again and again. 

But somehow, advertising might give me a preferable future. I mean, in an advertising company, there are lots of money invested, a lot of chances, and a lot of opportunities. I have a family to feed, expenses to pay, a house to build, and a future to create where everyone would want to be with me. I wanted money so badly that if someone ask me to do dangerous things like jumping outside the airplane using an umbrella and they will pay for it with a million bucks, for my family, I would do it with gratitude. I can survive I know that,but there would be just a lot of my bones damage. I'm simply implying that I needed money and those money can be found if I chose advertising. 

I know that I need to make my final decision, there is only a month left before I choose what I wanted to do. I keep silently praying that whatever or whichever I chose would help me deal with all my problems. 

I wanted to thank ms. Pauline Navarro for writing a good article and somehow inspired me to write something.  I'm still confuse and there would be times that I would say I want "journ" and there would be those times where I want "advert" as an elective. But currently, I'm trying to figure out if I can really make a good headline for my news in my assignment on Wriprin.

Intertown Basketball League 2014

"Photo ops with my idols"

Espinosa:

Cabangon:

Selfie with them: 

(sorry for the first photo, I looked like a drug addict so I edited it. This two are my idols and I am a huge fan of them so I took the opportunity to have selfie with them, here it goes)

MVP of Intertown Basketball League:

Javier - 12 (Talisay)

With the handsome player of Balete, he's not my idol actually. just wanted a photo with him:

MACUHA:

The players & me:

The most enjoying part of covering the Intertown. I had this awesome moments that I will never forget. I didn't had a chance to shake hands with them but everything's worth it. 

Photoshoot

"Alexandria"

Simple ang buhay kaya ngiti lang. So this is my sister, napapaenglish na ako, hehe. We just had a photoshoot chu chu. She doesn't want this kind of things but I forced her! #lol

Ang aking idolo sa larangan ng basketball.

"Cabangon"

The 1995 Earthquake Tragedy of Kobe, Japan

Isang kahindik hindik balahibo ang nangyaring trahedya noong taong 1995 sa Kobe, Japan. Niyanig ng magnitude 7 na lindol ang bansang Japan. Matapos ang lindol, nagkaroon ng sunog sa iba't ibang parte ng Kobe. Maraming establisyamento ang nasira, nasunog at gumuho. Isa na rito ang limbagan ng isang "daily newspaper" na Kobe Shimbun...ngunit hindi rito natatapos ang kwento. 

Ang mga dedikadong journalist ng Kobe Shimbun ay nagpatuloy sa kanilang trabaho. Pinilit nilang nilabanan ang uhaw at gutom. Nagkaroon man ng maliit at malalaking problema, hindi ito naging hadlang upang makalimbag sila ng dyaryo na magbibigay impormasyon sa lahat ng tao sa Kobe. 

Ilang bagay ang aking natutunan nang mapanuod ko at malaman ang kwento sa likod ng trahedya sa mga journalist ng Kobe Shimbun publishing. Una rito ay ang isang mahalagang dahilan kung bakit kinakailangan na ilathala ang mga di kaaya-ayang pangyayari matapos ang lindol, ito ay para sa record. Ang record na magbibigay ala-ala sa malabangungot na pangyayari na halos burahin ang buong Kobe, Japan. Ang record, isang mahalagang bagay para sa hinaharap, ang makitang muli ang nakaraan. Hindi lahat sumasang-ayon sa kasabihang past is past. Paano mo nga ba makakamtan ang hinaharap kung hindi mo titingnan ang iyong nakaraan? Ang nakaraan ang dahilan kung bakit mo nararanasan ang mga bagay sa kasalukuyan. Ipinaalala sa akin ng palabas na "Kobe Shimbun Tragedy" na may mga bagay kang dapat i-record upang malaman mong nang dahil sa iyong nakaraan, naranasan mo ang iyong kasalukuyan.

Pangalawang bagay na tumatak sa isip ko, bilang isang AB Communication student ng mataas na paaralan na De La Salle Lipa, ang pagiging journalist ay hindi lamang trabaho, ito rin ay isang uri ng serbisyo para sa tao. Sa oras na maging journalist ang isang tao, dapat ay laging handa ang puso at isip nito sa mga bagay bagay. Nararapat na tapusin ang kung anumang tungkulin at hindi dapat ipagsabahala ito. Sa palabas na iyon ko naunawaan ang serbisyo na binibigay ng isang manunulat sa dyaryo, ang pagiging balanse at pagbibigay ng tamang impormasyon, ang pagiging totoo, ang pagsisikap at kasama na rin dito ang pagbuhos ng pawis at dugo sa iyong trabaho. 

Pangatlong bagay na aking natutunan ay ang pagkamit ng kasiyahan matapos ang isang buwis buhay na gawain. Kahit na nahihirapan ka na, ang kailangan mo lang gawain ay ang ipagpatuloy ang bagay na iyon at tapusin. Hintayin ang maaring premyo mo pagkatapos ng lahat ng bagay. Hindi natatagpuan ang swerte, hinahanap ito, kaya sa bawat hirap, may kapalit na kasiyahan. Kung ang isang tao ay nasa ibaba ng kanyang buhay, na puro sakit at hirap ang nararanasan niya, dapat lang na siya ay magpasalamat dahil kapag tayo ay nasa ibaba, wala tayong maaring gawain kung hindi ang tumaas muli at magbago. 

Kung pagsasamahin itong lahat ng aking natutunan, isang bagay ang importante dito, ang maging dedikado sa kung ano man ang iyong gagawin.

Ang aking kababata at ang aking batang kapatid.

"Selfie"

Tampok sina Leona Jejean at Alexandria Jane

Dapithapon.

Nang dumating ang dapithapon, nagliwanag ang paligid at nakita ko ang kakaibang paraiso.