January 2013 - Montalut

2013 is a sponge year — possibilities again!

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Used to say this a lot. Then the world of heartbreak and responsibilities happened.

Glad to say I’m slowly believing it again.

Vacillate. We are always swaying.

It’s healthy.

Two mindsets* : Positive mindset is firm, not easily swayed by externalities. Most passionate people are of this mindset. Negative mindset is a sponge, easily influenced by the outside: people, events, experiences. Negative people are chameleons — they change along with the people they’re with.

We can’t hold on to either extreme. To be healthy and progressive (as opposed to stagnant), we swing. No other way. To deny the swinging is to deny the truth.

And now, I’m swinging negative. The world is my oyster, it’s going to be a sponge year.

Bright-eyed and in wonderland, I say “Hello, 2013.”

How are you swinging this year, this month, this week?

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*Loosely summarized from Rudolph Steiner’s Transforming the Soul.

where do you watch movies in the South?

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One of my city errands whenever I head to Ortigas is to watch new movies that are showing at the cinema. There have been days when I\’ve marathoned three movies in a row — yes, that\’s how movie-deprived I\’ve been getting in the South.

I\’ve tried watching in ATC, but the cinemas there leave much to be desired. Friends who\’ve lived in the South for a while say the closest safe bet is Newport City, but it\’s still a good 30 to 40-minute drive away from Nuvali.

Every time I pass by Laguna Central\’s soon-to-rise complex next to Paseo de Sta. Rosa, I get hopeful that the two-storey structure will have within it a decent cinema…

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A friend got me excited when he said he heard the new Greenfield commercial area would indeed have one … Can anyone confirm this? Fingers-crossed the rumors are true!

Nuvali lakeside at night

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Saw recent pics of a wedding held at The Monochrome Events Place in Nuvali — glad to know it\’s finally up and running!

Got to visit that area and spend a few minutes by the Nuvali lakeside sometime in December. Stopped and parked the car because I noticed the well-lit walkway fronting the events place– was happy to see people actually passing there at night.

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