GOMBURZA

I saw this movie, GomBurZa, yesterday, an All Day Bargain Tuesday, February 27th, 2024, at the Century 14 Vallejo, here in Vallejo, CA. The price of admission was $6.50. 

Synopsis: Three innocent native priests are charged with inciting an insurrection based on false testimony. And are then condemned to death.

PG, 1h & 52m

Auditorium 4, B-7

Scene Commentaries:

Here's my personal observation of the christian Proselytization Movement. It's wrong in a number of ways! It goes against the teachings of Yeshua Ha'Mashiach, Himself. He only sent His Apostles & Disciples to spread the Word of God! Spreading God's Word is achieved in only either of 2 ways: Through preaching and through procreating to "plant the seeds of Faith" in the mind and in the body of the believer! What better way to account for John 10:16, then? And The Word Becomes flesh in this procreative way, too. ( John 1: 14 )

Believers should be allowed and encouraged to read the Bible for themselves instead of having to irresponsibly rely on someone else's interpretation of The Word! When you appoint someone over you, even though we are all made equal in the Eyes of God, then "the blind will lead the blind astray" ( Matthew 15:14 ). But always pray to God for Wisdom and Discernment. God doesn't reward solely based on achievements but more importantly on COMMENSURATE Sincere Efforts! ( St. John, the Revelator's Book Of The Apocalypse 12:17 ) And another Apostle, St. James, the brother of Yeshua, who knew Him for up to 30 years prior to His Ministry and was with Him in His last 3 years, opposed the notion that "faith without works" ( salvation through faith ) will earn one a rightful place in Heaven. ( Book of James 2:17-26 )

Who would you rather believe, a 👉Divinely Ordained👈 by the Holy Spirit Apostle and blood brother of Yeshua Ha'Mashiach ... 

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or the rabbis' secret agent of Operation Disinformation, the self-appointed ( false witness is one of the 10 Commandments ) wolf-in-sheep's-clothing, paul? 

To have an image of paul juxtaposed with that of the Church's 👉TRUE👈 Founder, the Apostle St. Peter, Is A Cultic, IDOLATROUS ( one of the 10 Commandments ) and Sacrilegious form of BLASPHEMY ❗❗❗ Remember, The One Unpardonable Sin IS BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT!!! ( Matthew 12:31 )

What happens when you go around proselytizing others to your way of thinking? Your Faith In God Diminishes proportionately! Because you had little Faith in God to begin with! Your so-called "faith" rests in the sense of "security in numbers"! Yeshua Ha'Mashiach, and The Prophets before Him, Each Stood Alone Against The Whole World---THAT IS THE VERY DEFINITION OF COURAGEOUS FAITH❗❗❗( Matthew 10:22, John 15:18-25 )

That's why I find it very amusing for a believer of one denomination, like the mormons and the jehovah's witnesses, to try to convert the members of another denomination❗ "Misery loves Company", perhaps. 😕 And, as I've said it previously in my blog on THE CHOSEN: SEASON 4, you have paul to "thank" for dividing God's Kingdom into over 32,000 denominations ❗👎❗ 👉Remember, only ONE denomination is the Right One👈❗❗❗

Lastly, if your marriage proposal is refused by the parents of the one that you're interested in marrying UNLESS You Convert To Their Own religion, just remember that they're guilty of PROSTITUTING their own daughter to you❗( Leviticus 19:29 )

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When the natives saw the Europeans arrive in technological resplendence, they 👉COVETED👈 ( one of the 10 Commandments ) what the foreigners displayed before their very own eyes! From then on, it was a simple task for the missionaries to convert the wannabe "ELITIST christian believers" who craved and hungered for the "carrot-on-a-stick" dangled before the mesmerized natives' mouths!

What the crest-fallen Indio native priest, Fr. Pelaez, soon realized was that the white Spanish friars Never Intended To Share The "White Man's Mojo"  with the Indio native priests ❗Even though the natives would be more receptive to the teachings of someone who identified with them. The mendicant friars simply never wanted to share their wealth, power, influence, prestige and position with the Indio or even the mestizo priests ❗❗Fr. Pelaez decided to form his own pseudo christian church. That act was enough for the friars to condem him to death for heresy❗❗❗But this progenitor had already sown the seeds of rebellion amongst the Indios.

A sense of nationalism, Los Filipinos, was starting to simmer as the Spanish friars' abusive rulership was gradually coming to a boil! An Indio was asked how he would describe himself as. Innocently enough, he said that he was a Tagalog. Yeah, I have no problem with that because I, myself, prefer to be called a Bisaya---"To each his own."

But I don't know why the Indios and even the Mestizos didn't propose to give the Philippine Archipelago its former name:

This empire was ruled over

from Tondo, Manila. 

This summary is the backdrop for the GomBurZa movement. The mestizo priests Gomez, Burgos and Zamora were framed for a crime that they never committed! The failed insurrection only sealed their fate!! The garrote's creaking sound as it was turned tighter and tighter against each of its victims' necks was very unpleasant for me to hear!!! 

The priest giving the condemned priests their last rites tried to console them with, "Even Christ, Himself, was innocent." Gee, thanks, padre, for your words of DIScouragement! Here, have a seat!!🪑 Come join us!!! 😒  Sit your innocent ass down❗🙄❗

I didn't know that Dr. Jose Rizal, as a young boy, witnessed the GomBurZa execution. Which influenced his novel, El Filibusterismo.

Whites and Blacks would be shocked to see the battle flag of the Kagalang-galangan, Kataas-taasang Katipunan.  😁 😁 😁

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TIDBITS:

I was in 6th Grade when I learned about the GomBurZa. And if I recall correctly, the images of the 3 priests were drawn to make them look more native instead of the mestizos that they were! The subject was all just introductory material, though. I'm glad that I got to see this movie and learned more about the subject. And I appreciate the fact that the film production really made every effort to make this movie a better quality one!  It deserves its 2nd place win at the MMFF ( Metro Manila Film Festival ). 🤓👍 A lot of people were very much involved in the making of this movie. 

It is strange how I still remember a lot of the Spanish words used in this movie; I could say the same thing about the Tagalog words used, too. Mind you, these are all words that I neither used nor heard in DECADES ❗ And I couldn't help but ask myself a number of times what some of the Tagalog words' Bisayan equivalents are!

My father, on the other hand, spoke Bisaya, Moros, Tagalog, Spanish, Japanese, Latin and English. And my mother spoke Bicol, Tagalog, Bisaya and English.

I would love to learn to speak other languages, too, God willing. 🤞🏽 If only to keep my mind healthy and active in my senior years. 👨🏽‍🦳

Today, a form of Creole Spanish is spoken in Luzon's Cavite, a combination of Tagalog and Castilian Spanish. In Mindanao's Zamboanga, a slightly different form of Creole Spanish is also spoken, a combination of Bisaya and Mexican Spanish. Either Philippine creole Spanish languages is called, Chavacano or Tsabakano--if you want to go native on it. 😒 

By the way, we call Spanish people, Castilla. 

Today, a day after watching these 2 movies, I went to Kaiser Permanente Hospital for my Opthalmology appointment. The tech put Tropicamide eye drops in each eye for the Retinal Scan. After it was all over, I was given a slip-on sunshade for my eyeglasses because the eye drops really dilated my irises. I got to my car in the parking garage and thought that there was something wrong with my car's cabin lights and headlights because I could barely see anything in the dark. Then, it dawned on me that I had the slip-on sunshade attached to my eyeglasses! 🤦‍♂️

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Then, I went to BofA to withdraw some money. As I walked outside the bank branch, one of the tellers chased me down because I left my wallet on the counter! 👴🏼 Speaking of chase, I went to Chase Bank, too! 😀

I got $8.00 worth of gas ⛽ , which is only 2.0 gallons/7.6 liters ( no thanks to the occupier of the White House 😒 ) at J&R Mini Mart. Then, I went to India Bazaar to buy my favorite herbal toothpaste, Dant Kanti. And my eyes were still too dilated for me to focus on distant objects! 😶

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I asked the proprietor's son if he speaks Punjabi. He said that he does. I told him that I saw a Punjabi romance movie recently, JEE VE SOHNEYA JEE. He laughed and said that Punjabi movies usually are about romance. Now that I think about it, he is right! 👍🏼 Then, I asked him to translate the title into English. He said that it says, "Live Long, Handsome." Did he just flatter me?  😏

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And, now, for the winners of the recent 24-Hour Le Cine-Man's Race. Drumroll 🥁 please ....

Singapore, congratulations on

your 1st place win!

🎉🎇🏆🎆🎊

🇸🇬🥇🇸🇬

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China, congratulations on

your 2nd place win!

🇨🇳🥈🇨🇳

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Australia and the USA

tie for 3rd place!

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And Germany and Israel

tie for 4th place.

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Thanks to all of the countries that participated in the latest 24-Hour Le Cine-Man's Race to the Finish Line! 🏁 🛣️ 🏎️

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MALLARI

I went to see this today, an All Day Bargain Tuesday, at the Century 14 Vallejo, here in Vallejo, CA. The price of admission was $6.50. I brought with me a 20 oz ( 591 ml ) bottle of iced Dasani Water, a stick of Pure Kick Zero Sugar Strawberry Watermelon Hydrate to flavor my water, a Weight Watcher's Fiber One Peanut Butter Cocoa Crumble protein bar and ⅓ cup of low sodium Mixed Nuts. 

Synopsis: In the early 1800's, a young parish priest becomes the first Philippine serial killer. Believing that his mother's unexplainable sudden illness is the result of a mangkukolam ( witch ) putting a hex on her, the priest is compelled to kill at least 57 people; in the hope of finding the cure for his mother's illness. 

R-13, 2h & 9m

Auditorium 4, B-9

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Scene Commentaries:

This is the first time that I come across an R-13 movie rating! 😐

This movie hits below the belt when an elder priest tells the doctor that a seminarian ran off with an altar boy! 😁

It's interesting to hear the elder priest think of the killer priest as some kind of a vigilante serial killer. 

Traditionally speaking, artwork for St. Bartholomew depict him holding a knife 🗡️, not a sword.

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The word Aswang ( ghost ) is also used to describe other evil entities like vampires and Manananggal ( a bat-like humanoid that detaches itself from its lower body at the waist to achieve flight as it searches for prey ). A manananggal is not real UNTIL IT BECOMES REAL AS SOON AS YOU ENCOUNTER ONE FOR YOURSELF❗😬❗ Like I Did As A 10-year old boy living in Barrio Matina, Davao City, Mindanao, Philippines! It was stalking me!!! I believe that I already wrote about this many years ago. 🤔

An artist's depiction of

a manananggal. 

And in the late '90s or in the early '00s, a supermarket tabloid here in California printed an article about a manananggal sighting in the town of Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippines. There were a number of people who witnessed it! A Vietnamese co-worker of mine also said that they have similar night creatures in Vietnam. And there's even an account of it as told by a Vietnam war vet in a book about supernatural encounters.

I really thought that this racist song was a fake:

👉 https://youtu.be/d6pMZ71LAic?si=4pRHmE0ENTfjLUZc

Heck, even Beaver Cleaver sang it! I'll have to look for Beaver's rendition. 🔎

Yeah, this movie mentions the Hukbalahap to explain some of the atrocities that happened in World War 2 Luzon. I wouldn't doubt it. But, more than likely though, the victims were possibly the Japanese soldiers and their collaborators.

His Hawaiian wife sure speaks English with a hint of a Pinoy accent. 😏

Okay, I'm gonna have to Spoiler Alert this movie here! If the possessed needs to have a serving of human entrails every now and then, How Was The Evil Guy Able To Satisfy Its Craving For Entrails While Buried 6 Feet 🪦 Under❗🤷‍♂️❗🤷‍♂️❗And why were its nose 👃 and eyes 👀 not wedged with dirt❓🤦‍♂️❓🤦‍♂️❓

Tidbits:

Gloria Diaz is a 2nd cousin of mine from my mother's maternal side of the family! My mother told me that Gloria, as a little girl, and her mom would always visit with my mother's family at their farm house in Bicol ( Sorsogon ), Philippines.

I actually planned to see this movie and the GomBurZa movie on Monday. But a business call that I waited to get never happened. So I had to reschedule the movie trip for today AFTER I realized that the call which I expected to receive in the morning would be scheduled in the afternoon, instead! It left me with no possibility of seeing the 3 Bollywood movies playing for only this week in a limited engagement. Well, you see some; you miss some ( to paraphrase a famous expression ).  🙁

Note:

The result of the 24-Hour Le Cine-Man's race will be posted along with my blog on GomBurZa! 

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SWIMMING WITH MEN

I watched this movie tonight, Monday, February 26th, 2024, via the TUBI streaming app on my computer 💻 while in bed.

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Scene Commentaries:

This movie is the "watered down" 😉 version of the hit British comedy film, THE FULL MONTY ( 1997 ).

Watching this was somewhat of a way for me to pay my last respects to one of The Full Monty actors who passed away recently, Tom Wilkinson. RIP

And there's a scene that brings to mind Bill Murray's movie, CADDY SHACK ( 1980 ).

👉 https://youtu.be/QpmECKEHSQs?si=Ze7iPV7Q30lDsSom

I liked this light-hearted comedy. I especially liked the last scene at the fountain. ⛲ I didn't know that this movie is actually based on a true story about a Swedish Men's Synchronized Swimming Team. And the actual Swedish team members also star in this movie! 🤯

Tidbit:

I was going to go see 2 movies today, Monday, on the Big Screen. But something came up. I waited for a return call which never came. By then, it was already too late to catch both movies!  😕

Tomorrow, an All Day Bargain Tuesday, isn't looking too promising, either, for a planned 3-movie day!  😐

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And, now, for the winners of today's 24-Hour Le Cine-Man's Race. Drumroll 🥁 please .... 

Congratulations to Singapore

for winning 1st place!

🎆🎉🏆🎊🎇

🇸🇬🥇🇸🇬

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And to Israel for taking

the 2nd place!

🇮🇱🥈🇮🇱

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Thanks to both countries for going one-on-one in this race to the finish!!! 🏁 🛣️ 🏎️

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THE CHOSEN: SEASON 4

I went to see this today, Friday, February 23, 2024, here at the Vallejo, CA, Century 14 Vallejo. The price of admission was $12.50. I brought my own 20 oz ( 591 ml ) Dasani bottled water & a stick of Wyler's Light Zero Calorie Radical Lemon Berry Island Punch to flavor the water with. Also, I brought a ProMax Cookies 'n Cream Protein Bar, a ⅔ cup of low sodium Mixed Nuts and 4 pieces of Love Good Sugar Free Dark Chocolate ( mint & nibs ) Thins, for added fiber, as my lunch. 

Synopsis: Concerned with the rise of Yeshua's popularity and influence among the poor people, the Jewish religious leaders plot with the Romans to put a stop to His Ministry! 

NR, 3h & 25m

Auditorium 10, B-7

Scene Commentaries:

Okay, they did their homework well when it comes to the fruits and vegetables, as far as I noticed, in the scene where they're preparing food. The produce that I noticed are either native to the area or were imported and grown in the area well before the birth of Yeshua Ha'Mashiach. 👌

Likewise, Yeshua's and His followers' clothes worn day in and day out for the length and duration of His Ministry also check ✅ out! 👍 ( Has one of them been reading my movie blogs ...? 🤔 )

But I still wonder why the Peter character is dressed in a sleeveless tunic. 😕 Does it owe to the fact that St. Peter was the first-called Apostle? His brother Andrew was also called by Yeshua to His Ministry.

The Apostles John and James, nicknamed as "The Sons of Thunder," had the power to destroy a whole town, as did the other Apostles! But Yeshua forbade any of them from using such a power. 

The socks 🧦 with sandals 🩴 are a new one for me. I thought that it was a recent fashion trend popularized in liberal Berkeley, CA, among the Birkenstock sandals crowd! 🤨

I didn't know that St. Thomas, Patron Saint of India, had a wife. It's not mentioned in The Bible. This raises a Red Flag! 🧐 But the "doubting Thomas" did pose a valid point which was just summarily dismissed with a quote from the Book of Isaiah 55: 8-9. IMHO, this Extended "creative license" Scene really is unnecessary and does not help to advance the movie's Scriptural narrative. 

Yeshua's leather backpack 🎒 should have had a cross-chest strap. It would only have made sense. Especially since one would naturally expect that He should have known everything! 😐

I was fascinated by how the Olive Press works!  🙂

That wooden gift box came with a cover and carrying straps that I didn't see any of His followers use to put the box in to facilitate ease of carrying.  😕

They transported their items in a wheelbarrow even though it would have been better had they used a cart for it like in an earlier scene! 🤦‍♂️

The Roman soldiers accosting them on the road is something new to me! 😶

Yes, it is true that, according to Scripture, Hanukkah 🕎 is the only Jewish Holiday that Yeshua observed in The New Testament. But I thought that He also attended the ceremony at the Temple! 😒

Antiochus IV Epiphanes is the first Antichrist whose "Abomination of Desolation" caused a Jewish Rebellion when he sacrificed a pig at the altar! 😳 The leaders of this rebellion were the Maccabees.

Interestingly, the Irish surname McCabe is derived from Maccabees! Many Old Testament Patriarchs had red hair, fair skin and green eyes. This eye color originated in the Middle East.

Also, according to a "myth," a daughter of pharaoh voluntarily exiled herself, upon her father's death, to a faraway land. The natives of the land loved her so much that, upon her own death, they named their land "Scota Land, i.e. the Land of Princess Scota," later on shortened to Scotland. So the story goes. 😯

The Dietary Law against the eating of Pork was abolished in St. Peter's time. If you read carefully what God said in the vision of Unclean Animals, you'll know this to be true. So, the believers in Yeshua Ha'Mashiach should be symbolized with the profile image of a Pig, not of a fish!  Because, if you think about it, of the 3 monotheistic religions, only the believers in the Son of God eat Pork!

I don't know about you, but I suddenly developed a craving for Pork Adobo, Pork Humba & Pork Longanisa. 🤤  I'm gonna have to go to Selecta Pilipino Buffet Restaurant tomorrow, Sunday, to satisfy my sudden craving for anything & everything Pork❗ Nom, nom, nom, nom. Yummy for the tummy ....👌😋👍

Here's a recipe for Pork Humba, Bisaya Style:

👉 https://youtu.be/oRP2c10EBYY?si=zRgw-C4pmQeEA_bA

Just tap the Close Caption icon on the upper right corner for the English subtitle. And some comments share a few versions of this recipe. 

It looks like the Jews invented the Nunchucku after all!  😁

Sorry, but my friend Soberund

doesn't sell this!  😄

Not legal. 🙁

I didn't know of Judas's prior vocation! I always thought that he was a part of the rebellious Zealots. That's what I learned in my World Religions class:

The religious leaders in Ancient Israel did not believe in the Resurrection. They believed that one can live on in one's future descendants. That was why it was considered a tragedy for any couple not to have children. Hench, the need for a Kinsman Redeemer. And which was/is the Israelites/Jews' enemies' driving motivation to commit Genocidal Acts or Ethnic Cleansing against them❗The Holocaust and the "river to the sea" rhetoric come to mind. 😢

Speaking of carts, why did the religious leaders have a cartful of rocks parked outside of the Temple?  🤷‍♂️ Didn't they know that it was against the Mosaic Law to throw rocks at someone within a city or town? 🤦‍♂️ Anyone guilty of a crime was first dragged outside of the city or town proper THEN ... and only then, was stoned to death! ☠️ And why didn't Yeshua heal the wounded Apostle who shielded Him from getting hit with rocks?!?!?! 🪨

Word Of Advice: If you really want to better know The Bible, learn about the subjects that they "sweep under the rug": Enoch, King Melchizedek, 10 Commandments, Yeshua's "sinlessness", paul's rivalry against St. Peter and Judas Iscariot. Who do you think is the most important one of the Apostles? Judas Iscariot Is The Most Important One--And He Wasn't Replaced At All As His Calling Was THE MOST UNENVIABLE, CRITICAL MISSION AMONG THE APOSTLES ❗

FYI: There are over 32,000 "christian" denominations in the world at present! And what was that which Yeshua said? Something about a kingdom divided unto itself will perish ( Matthew 12:25 )❗And ONLY ONE IS THE RIGHT DENOMINATION ❗❗Yes, you have paul to "thank" for it❗😡❗👎❗

Tidbits:

I had my Hyundai Accent's flat tire replaced this Wednesday, 2 days ago. But The Idiots Had Me Waiting For 7 Hours For it to get fixed❗ I dropped it off at around 11:00 a.m. And they got done working on it after 6:00 p.m. while I patiently waited at a Wendy's Restaurant just a block away❗❗I could have fixed it myself since I've done it before❗❗❗I'm reporting the inconsiderate Asshole IDIOTS to their corporate headquarters!!!!

I still had to wait for over an hour after this

timestamp for them to work on fixing the

flat tire! They LITERALLY WAITED To

Work On It Until Closing Time!

As I've said, I could have done it myself but didn't because the tire is still under warranty. This WheelWorks shop is Irresponsible, Inconsiderate, Incompetent and a Scammer! I've had to put up with them for a few years now!! The next time that I need a new set of tires, I'll go someplace else!!!

Here's a picture of the high fiber Dark Chocolate Thins:

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After the movie was over, I went to the men's room 🚹 and noticed something new:

Three of the 5 urinals are out of order!

I went for a walk before and after watching this movie to walk at least 7,000 steps.

I did a little shopping at the 99-Cents Only Store on Sonoma Boulevard before heading on home. I reached 9,171 steps by the end of the day.

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And, now, for the result of the 24-Hour Le Cine-Man's Race. Drumroll 🥁 please ....

Only Singapore finished the race!

Congratulations to Singapore!

That is just amazing! 😲

🎉🎆🏆🎇🎊

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The "other" one is the

camera guy. 🙄

Which doesn't count at all! 😄

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MADAME WEB

I went to see this last night, February 20th, 2024, an All Day Bargain Tuesday, at the Century 14 Vallejo, here in Vallejo, CA. The price of admission was $6.50. I also bought a $4.90 bottle of 20 oz ( 591 ml ) DASANI Water.

Synopsis: A near death experience unleashes a paramedic's long dormant superpowers. As she confronts her past, she realizes the need for such powers to help 3 girls develop their own set of superpowers. An origin movie of the liberal kind! 

PG-13, 1 h & 56 m

Auditorium 7, C-9

This isn't auditorium 7. I guess that

they forgot to update the screen.

Auditorium 7 is way bigger

than this auditorium! 

Scene Commentaries: 

How were they able to breastfeed the baby, absent of its mother or any lactating women in the group? 🤷‍♂️

Why couldn't she hear the loud siren of an approaching ambulance? 🚑

Okay, that car was balancing precariously at the edge of the bridge. And delicately held in place by the crash victim's own bodyweight. Why wasn't it kept secure from falling over the edge as the victim was being pulled to safety? Some of the emergency responders could have pulled at the rear bumper; or, if there was already a fire 🚒 truck present, they could have tied a hose to the back of the car! 🚗

I'm not a paramedic but I think it's a bad idea to do chest compressions on a crash victim who has a SERIOUS Chest Wound! Just saying .... 😐

If you yank-off a car's license plates, you should hide the evidence in the dumpster. Instead of having them just laying around in front of, and at the back of, the stolen vehicle! 😕

These girls never saw the Smokey Bear's PSA on Forest Fires! 🔥 Because they just left a campfire unattended ❗🤦‍♂️❗

👉  https://youtu.be/Ult6-NHeYCw?si=XuhCc2Doak5zfLZJ

If a hot girl in a really SHORT Skirt were to get up on a restaurant table to dance, BELIEVE ME THAT TEENAGE GUYS WITH RAGING HORMONES WILL NOT BE ADMIRING HER DANCE MOVES❗😉❗ Why Do You Think That Strippers Perform On A Stage For❗😜❗( Don't ask me how I know .... 😏 ) And The Waitress Would Be Compelled To Dance On The Table To Compete For Tips, Too❗😁❗But I don't think that the young guys would be interested in seeing a MATRONLY woman--who might just remind them of their own moms--dancing seductively on a table for tips❗😂❗

She trekked through the jungle and was not once--not even once--offered food & water by a native! I guess that is what they do in a Peruvian jungle. 😒  Had she trekked in a Philippine jungle, not only would she have been given food & water by a native but also would have been given some ba'on ( food to-go ) before she was sent off! "It's More Hospitable In The Philippines," should be the Philippine Tourism Board's new slogan ❗🤤❗😋❗

I was the only one watching this movie in the auditorium on a Bargain Tuesday, OF ALL DAYS. That's how bad it seems to be! 👎  This #d.i.e. movie flopped at the Box Office way worse than MORBIOUS did---And I Enjoyed MORBIOUS Enough To Go See It 3 Times❗😲❗

Tidbits: After seeing 2 movies at the Regal Edwards Fairfield & I-Max, and after walking around the block to reach my target goal of at least 7,000 steps, I noticed that I still had plenty of time to catch another movie. I wanted to see MADAME WEB 🕸️ here at Regal. But their last show was scheduled for 7:00 p.m. So, I decided to just catch it at the Century cineplex in Vallejo on my way home.

At the 2nd intersection from the Regal cineplex, I ran a red light as I was preparing to make a right turn. There was no way that I could have stopped in time as the road was still wet from a recent rain. I would have lost control of my car had I slammed on the brakes!

On the freeway, midway between the Regal and the Century cineplexes, at approximately 10:10 p.m., I was fast approaching an accident scene on the 2nd from the left lane; I was on the lane immediately to the right of it. Although its rear lights were flashing, because it was dark and because of the light rain, I didn't have a depth perception to properly assess the situation. There were debris on the lane that I was on that I couldn't swerve to avoid even though the right lane next to my lane was wide open! I just hoped and prayed that none of my tires got damaged by it. Especially since I already paid over $200 to have a damaged tire replaced on my Saturn SC-1 last year, and because my Hyundai Accent also has a flat tire right now because some asshole left wood screws laying on the road❗🤬❗

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And now, without further ado, here are the winners of today's 24-Hour Le Cine-Man's Race. Drumroll 🥁 please ....

Singapore, Congratulations on such

a commanding lead!

🎉🎇🏆🎆🎊

🇸🇬🥇🇸🇬

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And a FIRST, a 

3-way Tie

for 2nd

place.

Congratulations to Kazakhstan,

Russia and the USA!

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Thanks to all of the countries that participated in this race to the Finish Line! 🏁 🛣️ 🏎️

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JEE VE SOHNEYA JEE/LAND OF BAD

I went to see this movie today, a $5.00 All Day Bargain Tuesday, February 20th, 2024, at the Regal Edwards Fairfield & I-Max. The price of admission was $5.00. And I bought a medium bag of Popcorn 🍿 for $4.90. I brought my own 20 oz ( 591 ml ) iced bottled Aquafina water; and a stick of Wyler's Light Island Punch Blue Ocean Breeze to flavor the water. As well, I brought a Weight Watcher's Fiber One Peanut Butter Cocoa Crumble protein bar. This was my lunch!  🤤

SYNOPSIS: A Pakistani man and a Hindu woman seem destined for each other. Which is a symbolic representation of the hope for the reunification of Pakistan and India after the August 1947 British Partition Mandate. And how this movie is set in England illustrates the divisive interaction between the peoples of the 3 nations. 

NR (?) 2 h & 20 m

Auditorium 3, B-9

WORD of ADVICE: If you do decide to go see this movie, skip the 1st 5 minutes and the last 15 minutes or so. Then, it is a perfect Romance movie❗ You've been warned! 

I'll just leave it right there ( and refrain from making scene commentaries ) so that I don't spoil it for the rest of you who still want to go see this movie.  🤐

TIDBIT: I was about to buy a movie ticket when my cellphone rang. The podiatrist wants me to come in sometime this April to get fitted for a pair of customized orthopedic shoes. Since it's covered 100% by Medi-Cal, I might as well get a pair-- or two or ....  😀

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The Next Movie Is ....

I saw this next movie about 45 minutes after the 1st one ended.  And I brought with me half a package of Water Chestnut plus 8 pieces of roasted Cashews ( that I went to fetch from my car ) to snack on as I watched this movie.

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SYNOPSIS: A Spec-Op team, on a hostage rescue mission, goes deep into the Philippine jungle but are ambushed. The rookie of the team must put his complete trust in an Air Force drone pilot when he decides that no one is to be left behind before missiles obliterate the jihadist compound! 

R, 1 h & 50 m

Auditorium 7, C-10

SCENE COMMENTARIES:

A Q&A is posed by Reaper, "How do you know if someone is a vegan? They will tell you!" I would have answered with, They FART 🤢 A Lot!! I noticed this when I switched to a high-fiber diet to help control Arterial Plaque buildup!!!  😁😁😁

Good doggie, stupid homie!  🙃

He was finally just 1.2 kilometers ( ¾ mile ) away  from the Landing Zone ( LZ ) and it was still bright and sunny. But ... as soon as he was at the LZ, It Was Already Dark! WTF? 🤦‍♂️ Did he take a nap along the way?!?!?! 🤷‍♂️

The molar tooth sure came out clean instead of cracked or broken. 😯 He must have a badly receded gumline and also suffer from major jawbone loss!  😏

Lastly, why were the native moslems speaking in Tagalog? This movie made the same language Faux Pas ( bad mistake ) as Gerard Butler's 2023 PLANE movie about the same kind of insurgents! 🧐

Why is this movie made in Australia? I thought those big trees looked suspicious because they didn't have vines on them like the native Balete Trees do! And the islamist hide-out is just glaringly out of place! Just like Gerard Butler's PLANE movie had marshlands that looked out of place because They Were Out Of Place Since It Was Filmed In Puerto Rico. Likewise, the dilapidated islamist hideout in Gerard's movie looked out of place simply by its architecture. 

Yes, those idiots need to be court martialed! 

If you know a particular scandal involving Russell Crowe, you'd have expected him to throw the phone at the senior officer, too ❗🤣🤣🤣

BUT, overall, it's a good movie to go see once the firefight begins!  🥤🙂🍿

FYI: Listen, Whollyweird, if you're going to make a movie about moslem insurgents in the Philippines, DON'T HIRE TAGALOG-SPEAKING ACTORS TO PLAY THE PARTS❗❗❗ Otherwise, you'll just be exposing your Demographics ignorance. Insurgents that speak Tagalog are communists ( i.e. Hukbalahap ) that are based in Luzon! Insurgents in the Visayan and Mindanao regions speak any of the Moros dialects or any of the Bisaya dialects!! I could have told you THAT had you consulted with me first, Cine-Man, the Bisaya Language "expert!!!" 🤓 And I have 1st cousins in Mindanao that are fluent in the Moros language, too. And a cousin who's a Hostage Negotiator.👌😎 👍

Whollyweird Should Really Hire My Services If They Need Their movies To Appeal To Those Of Us Movie-Goers With Common Sense! 

P.S. The result of the 24-Hour Le Cine-Man's Race will be posted in the next blog since I also went and saw a 3rd movie at another Cineplex.  🙂

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CIRCLE OF BONES

I saw this movie tonight, Thursday, February 15th, 2024, via my computer's TUBI Streaming App, from the comfort of my living room chair. 🪑

This Pinoy Horror movie is written, directed

and also stars a Vincent Soberano. I

thought that he might be related

to Liza Soberano. But I was

wrong about it. 

SCENE COMMENTARIES:

The site location of this movie, the island of Bohol, looks so much nicer and modernized now. Back in the '50s to the '60s, it was still mostly backwards country. And the rest of the country regarded the Boholanos as somewhat like the American Hillbillies---No, not The Beverly Hillbillies! 😀 A movie was made about a Bohol native back in the early '70s. The lawyer whom the movie producer hired to handle the production's legal matters was a close relative of mine! The movie, by the way, is BOL-ANON KO NYOR ( I'm A Boholano, Sir ), which stars Yoyoy Villame.

👉 https://edgedavao.net/vantage-points/2021/07/13/fast-backward-filmmakers-of-davao/

I mentioned Yoyoy Villame in my blog on 1521: THE QUEST FOR LOVE AND FREEDOM. ( Friday the 13th, October, 2023. Just scroll down to where it says, 👉And here's a popular, brief lesson .... ) 🤓

Unfortunately, my siblings and I were already getting ready to immigrate to the USA before I even got a chance to see this "Boholano" movie. If it even made it to the Big Screen!  😕

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Why didn't the FBI retrieve their own female agent for debriefing, evaluation and psychiatric care? 

When they entered the Devil's Lair, the first thing that they saw was a candlelit altar that had a stupid-looking fake human skull 💀 on it! With all of the surplus skulls that they had laying around from their victims, you'd think that the cultists would have enough sense to put a real skull 💀 on the altar!  🙄

I didn't know, before watching this movie, that there is a Tagalog version of The Lord's Prayer! But, don't they have a Bisayan version of it, too? After all, missionaries hand-out Bibles in Tagalog and in Bisaya ( and in other Pilipino languages ) all over the Philippines. 🧐

Yawa is the Bisayan word for Devil. It's not to be confused with Yahweh--Heaven forbid! 🤨

From Sex Tourism to Sacrifice Tourism. Yeah, that should liven things up with the tourism slogan, "There's More Fun In The Philippines!"  🤪

We know that Sex Tourism is evil. 👿 But this movie takes it to a whole new level of evil, evil Sacrifice Tourism Cult Evil! 😈

If she really wanted to hide her daughter, there are 7,641 islands in the Philippine Archipelago, or 7,637 islands, to hide her daughter in, depending on whether or not you ask a native Pilipino or a chinese foreigner! 😒  Or she could just hitch a ride on one of those islamist supply boats illegally coming to and going back to Malaysia or Borneo for weapons and bombs. She could easily pass for a "milf" 😉 and go for a ride with members of the MILF ( Moro Islamic Liberation Front )!  😜

Instead of just standing there pointing her gun at the demon-possessed man, why didn't she just go ahead and squeezed off a few rounds when she had the chance?  🤷‍♂️

FBI agent Karen seemed to carry 17-round clips. I'd carry extended 32-round clips, myself! 😎

Why didn't the Daylight ☀️ affect the demon-possessed one? Is it part of the new power that it possessed? The reason could be that it might have a Congestive Heart Failure disease if it had to walk 2 hours a day!  A trade-off because nothing's ever free, Even In The Afterlife❗  😁 😁 😁

So, nobody reported a missing police vehicle which probably had a GPS tracker on it?!?!?! 🤷‍♂️  And not to mention the missing police officers who rode in it! 🤦‍♂️ Yeah, right ....  😒

FYI:

There's something cute but scary that you'll likely encounter at night in Bohol--you've been warned:

👉 https://youtu.be/6Jz0JcQYtqo?si=iKLQFnD7U4zu4yMb

😱

And, now, for the winners of today's suspenseful 24-Hour Le Cine-Man's Race! Drumroll 🥁 please ....

Singapore takes the lead in 1st place!

🎆🎉🏆🎇🎊

🇸🇬🥇🇸🇬

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Hong Kong is in 2nd place.

🇭🇰🥈🇭🇰

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USA is in 3rd place.

🇺🇸🥉🇺🇸

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And Germany & Netherlands

tie in 4th place.

🇩🇪🏅🇳🇱

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Thanks to all of the countries that participated in today's suspenseful race to the Finish Line! 🏁 🛣️ 🏎️

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LISA FRANKENSTEIN

I went to see this yesterday, February 13th, 2024, a 5 Dollar All Day Tuesday, at the Regal Edwards Fairfield & I-Max, after I watched OUT OF DARKNESS. The price of admission was $5.00. And I bought a Large tub of Popcorn for $5.40. I brought a stick of Wyler's Light Zero Sugar Island Punch to flavor my Aquafina bottled water. I also brought my own special, secret popcorn seasoning blend that I made myself. It's savory 😋 and somewhat spicy! 🥵

Auditorium 8, C-12

SCENE COMMENTARIES: 

This movie, set in 1989, is somewhat like a Horror Comedy version of the 1985 movie, DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN.

I never saw this movie nor would I

want to! Because madonna had

a bad influence on two girls

that I know from around

the time when she

became famous.

The tanning bed reminds me so much of a Panini press sandwich maker. Towards the movie's end is when I realized that I was right. 👌

My friend Soberund has a Panini press for sale in his on-line store:

www.soberundgoodes.com

Prospective US 🇺🇲 and 🇨🇦 Canadian buyers can find them in the Kitchenware & Appliances collection. 

That was quite a distance traveled to the party! Did she, or did she not, walk back home? 

Why did Lisa have a closet full of men's clothes and shoes? 🤷‍♂️

How did the "creature" learn how to drive a car?

As for the other things wrong with this movie, let's just say that all of the science courses that I took in college makes it hard for this movie to suspend my disbelief--which is what movies are supposed to do❗ Attention, Whollyweird: You Only Have One Job And That Is To Suspend Your Moviegoers' Disbelief❗❗ That's it❗❗❗Why do you keep failing at such a simple, SINGLE Job❓🤷‍♂️❓🤦‍♂️❓

The Pinay American actress Liza Soberano, who plays the role of Taffy, Is The Only Reason Why I Went To See This Movie! I've heard of her but never saw her on the Big ( or small ) Screen before now. She reminds me so much of a classmate of mine back in elementary school in Davao City, Mindanao, Philippines. This girl, whose name is Joy, has the same kind of eyes as Liza's. She was also very beautiful with her twinkly eyes and dimpled smile. But knowing that I would be immigrating with my siblings to the USA soon made me obsess with all things--and girls--that are European American! Had I known then what I know now, I would have pursued and courted her; especially since I seem to have met with her mother's approval! Now that I've spent the better part of my life here in the States, I've come to appreciate what is meant by the proverb on unrealized love, "Absence makes the heart grow fonder." And what is meant by Shakespeare's Juliete when she said, "Parting is such sweet sorrow ...." ☹️  But I should not even quote Tennyson's, "'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all," since I never even got THE Chance to share joy with Joy at all!  😢💔😭 ( Did I just add a line to Tennyson's poem? 😏 )

Because the surname Soberano is the Spanish word for Sovereign, I asked Soberund if that is what his name means. He said that his father Mr. Goode Sr. gave it to him to uphold and to treasure. Mr. Goode Sr. was a verbally and physically abusive alcoholic at some point in his life. One day, he finally realized what he was doing to himself and, more importantly, to his pregnant wife so decided to quit drinking alcohol, Cold-Turkey❗ He never touched the stuff ever again so as to serve as a good role model to his own future son. So, he came up with the name of Soberund ( phonetically pronounced, Sew Bee Roond ) for his newborn son. It means, "Sober and ...."  It's a fitting name, I must say not only because my friend's last name is Goode but also because Soberund grew up morally upright, in keeping with his promise to his father! 👍

TIDBITS:

I went for a walk after watching OUT OF DARKNESS and before seeing this movie.

I was walking when I took this picture of a

parked car across the street from the

Cineplexes' parking lot. The car is

surrounded by 6 police cars. I

am sorry for the blurriness

of the photo because I

didn't stop when I

shot it.📱

🙄

I got the Blood Draw & Urine Test results back late this evening. My Thyroid, Prostate, Electrolytes, Cholesterol and Triglycerides are all normal. My Hgb A1C is at 6.9 which is 1.3 above normal; but it's going down because it was at 13.5 at one time in September 2020! 

My Albumin to Creatinine ratio is high. As well as my Protein to Creatinine ratio. But I suspect that it's because I don't really drink that much water each day! I usually have between 5 to 7 cups of water each day. I'll try drinking 10 to 12 cups between now and my next Lab Tests in May or June.

An Iranian doctor discovered that many

diseases can be cured simply by 

drinking plenty of water.

I'll see if it's really

true! 👌👍

The doctor's name is

Batmanghelidj.

I have an appointment with my cardiologist on April 3rd. I'm interested in knowing what my new BNP Score will be. I hope that it will be lower, if not back to normal!  🤞

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Now, for today's winners of the highly competitive 24-Hour Le Cine-Man's Race. Drumroll 🥁 please ....

Congratulations, Singapore on

your 1st place win!

🎉🎇🏆🎆🎊

🇸🇬🥇🇸🇬

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Congratulations, Hong Kong on

your 2nd place win!

🇭🇰🥈🇭🇰

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Congratulations, USA on

your 3rd place win!

🇺🇲🥉🇺🇲

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And, lastly, congratulations to

Germany on your 4th

place win!

🇩🇪🏅🇩🇪

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Thanks to all countries that took part in this extreme 24-Hour Le Cine-Man's Race to the Finish Line! 🏁 🛣️ 🏎️

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OUT OF DARKNESS

I went to see this movie at the Regal Edwards Fairfield & I-Max in Fairfield, CA, today, Tuesday, February 13th, 2024, a Five Dollar All Day Tuesday. The price of admission was $5.00. I brought my own 20 oz ( 591 ml ) bottle of iced Aquafina water. 

I really like how the central

image resembles that

of a reptilian eye. 

This movie was actually released 

back in October 6th of 2022.

It is originally titled,

The Origin. 

Auditorium 1, C-9

SCENE COMMENTARIES:

But why did they use the "reptilian eye" image for? My guess is that it is a symbolic reference to the primal brain: The Reptilian Brain 🧠.

This part of the brain is the one

responsible for the "Fight

or Flight" action or

reaction to any

type of outside stimulus. It is 

fear-driven without thought

of consequence for one's

very own actions. 

Shirts, pants and shoes weren't invented way back then. They were invented THOUSANDS of years later. AND ... it would have made more sense for the prehistoric people to have worn such items inside-out for insulation from the cold weather. 😕

They didn't just walk around with wooden spears and flintrock daggers. They also used animal thigh bones, antlers and mandibles as weapons! 

There are 2 good reasons why ancient cultures lived near rivers and streams: Water & Fish food! They didn't have to travel inland for food because it was relatively easier & safer to just catch fish. Even without fish hooks! And, Yes, they DID have fish hooks back then which were fashioned out of bone. My Anthropology textbook has pictures and illustrations of such!  🤓

Why were the men not so hairy? 🤷🏽‍♂️ Body hair was/is a necessary survival response to the colder regions of Europe. The Eskimos are an exceptional oddity to this rule: They have darker skin to protect them from the Sun's UV rays and their females are supposedly absent of pubic hair!

Those carved necklace baby figurines are likely not from such a time period. The craftsman style is similar to those craftsmen style of civilizations contemporaneous with Old Testament times! 

This movie's not-so-well-hidden message is about a territorial encroachment's negative impact on the native peoples. Yeah, so what else is new under the Sun?  🤷‍♂️

Here are the things that I learned in my Anthropology and Archaeology classes:

We, as Cro-Magnons, didn't co-exist with the Neanderthals. We were a food source to them! Although the Cro-Magnons were stronger than us, Modern Homo Sapiens, they were inferior in strength to the Neanderthals❗

If you believe in Evolution, the Neanderthals branched off from the Cro-Magnons a long, long time ago in a parallel form. The Cro-Magnons descended from Apes. Whereas, the Neanderthals descended from Monkeys! Why do I make this assertion? Simple, the ANSWER lies in their food gathering preferences. 

When the Dinosaurs ruled Earth, our Mammalian ancestors were small in size and were forced to search/gather food at night. They developed a biological adaptation to NOCTURNAL hunting and gathering; and had little use for color vision, exhibiting a preference for black & white vision. After the Dinosaurs became "extinct," some Mammals grew in size to find food during the day as DIURNAL hunters and/or gatherers, and needed Color Vision. There are no Apes that can see in the dark. But there are 2 kinds of Monkeys that can see in the dark because they evolved to have a special visual layer in the back of their eyes, the Tapetum Lucidum. 

The Neanderthals came into existence to fill-in the need for competitive food gathering against the Cro-Magnons. Where the Cro-Magnons specialized in daytime food-finding, the Neanderthals specialized in nighttime hunting. The Cro-Magnons' color vision necessitated the need for a more complex Brain development to help process the myriad environments at the expense of their other Senses. The Neanderthals, on the other hand, didn't need to develop a more complex Brain structure because of their black & white vision BUT ... their senses of Smell and Hearing became more acute to help them track prey in the dark!

Which this movie illustrates when the Cro-Magnons are only attacked at night! But, even then, the Neanderthal's fast movement in the dark is so laughably over-exaggerated!! They were fast, But Not That Crazy Fast, based off the sound effects!!! 👎🏿 

Also, the Neanderthals not only competed with each other But Also Cannibalized Each Other! The remnant two seems an inconceivable possibility since they would have been helplessly/hopelessly hunted down by their own kind! 😕

On top of Speed and Strength, the Neanderthals had thicker Skin and denser Bones, as well. They evolved to hunt bigger prey by sheer Brute Force! Which enabled them to hunt Cave Bears and Cave Lions to extinction❗😳

How did the inferior Cro-Magnons fare in comparison? Intelligence allowed the Cro-Magnons to use Fire 🔥 to help them "see" at night. And what they lacked for in the Speed department, they made up for it in the Endurance and Stamina departments ❗👌

Humans, along with our ancient ancestors, the Neanderthals and the Cro-Magnons, are classified as Cursorial Predators. It means that we are adapted for running down prey like other such predators. But the Neanderthals specialized in Speed hunting. Whereas, the Cro-Magnons specialized in Distance hunting.

The Cro-Magnons developed a survival ability to run NON-STOP for a few Hundred Miles ❗🤯 This particular man somehow was able to physiologically reactivate such a long dormant Cro-Magnon gene:

👉  https://youtube.com/shorts/GmCaFDeAP3w?si=47Tq9ok08OtTC4BT

🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏻‍♂️

And if you think that THAT is such an awesome feat, how much more awesome ( awesomer? 🤔 ) would it be if a human can combine super speed with super endurance plus super stamina ...? Well, hold on to your hat! Such a superhuman feat was already accomplished❗ It has been done by some advanced Tibetan monks, and famously so by the Old Testament Prophet, Elijah:

😲❗😳❗🤯

As it has always been throughout History, those who conquered their enemies killed the males and raped the females! ( Am I gonna be "moderated" again by simply stating an Anthropological fact? 🧐  ) It was the same way with the Neanderthals when they hunted down the Cro-Magnons, too!! What happened was that the resulting NeaCro hybrids eventually produced viable offsprings, which is why non-africans have Neanderthal genes in them!!! For this movie to suggest that the Neanderthals only wanted to save the boy was certifiably laughable! 😂 Unless, of course, they were saving the boy as a future meat source! 😬

FYI: Both of the Neanderthals and the Cro-Magnons would not have thought twice about eating choice Organ Meats. The weaker ones among them were left mostly with the less nutritious Flesh meat. So, the scene wherein the Cro-Magnons took part in cannibalism should have been about slurping up/scarfing down the delicious & yummy 🤤 Organs AND ... the Bone Marrow, too!  👌😋👍

They should have used my services, as Cine-Man, the Anthropology Consultant! 😎 I could have offered my services for cheaper pay!  🤑

TIDBITS:

The first order of the day was for me to go to Kaiser Permanente Hospital for some appointments. 

My 1st appointment, a follow-up with

my primary care physician.

My 2nd appointment was for some

blood draw lab work.

This guy photo bombed

the shoot! 😠

My 3rd appointment was for a podiatric

debridement of the callouses of my

left foot and toes! As well as the

trimming of my thickened

toe nails. The doctor

told me to just 

have a pedicurist handle the nail

trimming in the future because

it will be much cheaper that

way. But my Medi-Cal lets

me get it for free!  🤑

The podiatrist wants to see me

again in a month's time.

Before the podiatrist could see me, I was

told to remove my shoes and socks. I

wanted a thorough check so I took

out my foot bones, too! 🤣

The callous looks much better this time

around. Unlike when I was admitted

to the emergency room 2X for a

severely ulcerated foot which

almost cost me my left foot

the 2nd time around and

put me on disability! 

The podiatrist gave me a tube of honey.

I asked if it was edible. He said that

it's for wound dressing ( not as a

salad 🥗 dressing ). 😄

But it's New Zealand Manuka Honey!

I've never had it before but am

curious about its taste. 🤤 

The podiatrist also recommended that

I get Urea Cream to help remove the

callouses. Urea Cream is the syn-

thetic version of the Urea which

is found in Urine. But Why Would I Have

To Buy Such A Cream When I Can Just

Put My Own Pee In A Dish Pan And

Soak My Foot In It For Cheap? 🤷‍♂️

Hey, I'm all for going Natural! 😜

But I Do Not Want To Rinse 

My Hair With It Like They

Do In Some Other

Countries ❗

🤣🤣

Okay, I'll need to designate a

dish pan for such foot

care so that I don't

end-up using it

in food prep.

🤢❗🤮

 

I still have to have an Opthalmic Retinal Scan, an Echocardiogram and a Heart Stress Test to do.  😕

Do you remember the last time that I was here and used my Rewards Card for the first time in 20 years to get an on-line movie ticket discount? Well, as it turns out, I was charged for 2 tickets! I talked to the theatre's manager as soon as I got to the cineplex. He checked the previous transaction and told me that I have a free movie pass 'til May 5th, Cinco de Mayo. I just hope to save it for a good movie to go see. Now, if only I don't forget ....  😒

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Finally, for the winners of today's 24-Hour Le Cine-Man's race! Drumroll 🥁 , please ....

In 1st place is Singapore. Congratulations!

🎆🎉🏆🎇🎊

🇸🇬🥇🇸🇬

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Hong Kong takes 2nd place. 

🇭🇰🥈🇭🇰

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And the USA takes 3rd place.

🇺🇲🥉🇺🇸

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Thanks to all of the countries that took part in this 24-Hour Le Cine-Man's Race to the finish line. 

🏁 🛣️ 🏎️

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