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Eclipse, what?!

Here's the first official movie trailer of the last book of one of the greatest fictional series of all time, Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows. The new trailer possibly came out as a gentle reminder to the book-loving-movie-going folks that there's more to life than teenage vampires and Bella Swan.




The Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows trailer is very gripping, action-packed and mysterious. The book was adapted into two movies which will be shown on November 2010 and July 2011 respectively. I can't wait! How about you?

Haven't read HP Book 7 yet?
Go to Amazon.com now & order!

The most wonderful time of the year is already here! The first week of December already gave me some Christmas joys and I cannot help but be merry and cheery about it. Our Christmas Package was already given (with the four hams), I already got some early gifts, I was able to watch Vince & Reese's Four Christmases with Tin, and the December breeze is here! Christmas is definitely just around the corner.

I've been nice this year so I prepared a Christmas Wish List. I've been wanting some of these for the longest time and I hope to get them before the year ends (though some I must say are bonus-dependent). So, benefactors, friends, and bosses who will decide the pay-out, please take pity on me and put the following under my tree. :)

1. Canon 1000D
My current point & shoot camera is giving me blah, blah, blah pictures in the last couple of months so I decided to look for a new one. I was actually set on buying the new Canon G10 but I learned that the Canon 1000D is just a couple of thousands more than the G10, so DSLR it is!



2. A Trip To Ilocos Norte
My good friend Tin wants us to celebrate her 30th either in Shanghai, Singapore or Puerto Princesa in Palawan. But due to the recession, busy Holiday schedule, overseas travel next year and the super peak season, we just decided to have another roadtrip to Ilocos. We've always wanted to go to Pagudpod and check out the Bangui Windmills so we hope that the trip will push through.



3. Linksys Wireless Router
This is more of a necessity than a luxury. We have to get this one ASAP to avoid further family squabbles over broadband connections.



4. A Flickr Pro Account
Flickr is the BEST photo repository site in the World Wide Web. Period. I really need a pro account for all the neat pictures I will have from item #1.

5. L'Oreal True Match Minerals
I've been dying to have this since the glowing reviews I read some months ago. I'm just consuming some of my other stuff before buying a bottle. It promises a good, fine, matte finish. Definitely a must-try-must-buy!



6. The Tales of Beedle The Bard
A true Potter fan knows what's The Tales of Beedle The Bard is all about. It is supposed to be one of the "what's the fuss about?" books of 2008 (but no thanks to Breaking Dawn with Reneesme on it for beating it a hundredfold). Since this is not a truly legitimate Harry Potter book and it cost P650.00, I decided to be a cheapskate about it and will just wait for someone to gift me with it.



7. Belle de Jour 2009 Power Planner
This is my planner choice for 2009. The Starbucks Planners are good and nice but everyone has one.



8. World Peace
Or in my world at least. :)

Credits to Tonie S. for the Pagudpod Beach photo above.

Greetings Potter Fans!

The first official trailer of the Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince movie was shown and released just last week. Unlike the past films which was primarily centered on Harry, this sixth installment will also focus on the young Voldemort known as Tom Riddle. The film is expected to be as dark and as sinister as it was in the book. I can't wait!

Here's the trailer:



Photos:


The young Tom Riddle will be played by Hero Fiennes-Tippin,
nephew of Ralph Fiennes who plays Voldemort








Watch out for the death of Dumbledore!

Some Spoilers (skip this if you don't want to know what's in the movie!):
This is the movie where Harry will get together with Ginny, and Ron with Lavender Brown. Hermione will stay single but will be pissed at the latter. Harry will be Captain of Quidditch and Ron will also be a team member. This is also where Dumbledore dies.

Showing on November 21, 2008 July 2009

*Careful! This contains some Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows spoilers!

July 21, 2007 is known worldwide as Harry Potter Day or P-Day. The final and seventh book of the Harry Potter epic was unveiled today at 12:01 am at the United Kingdom (7:01 am, Manila Time). I have mixed emotions on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows like most Potter fans. First, I am happy because it's finally here! The sixth book, Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince, was released in July 16, 2005 and all the fans are dying to know what happens next after its unexpected twist and ending. I am also sad since this is the FINAL book. There will be no other Harry Potter books after this. It's like parting ways and saying goodbye to my childhood; even if I was already 23 years old when I first read HP Book 1.



I republished the above photos in honor of this great day!
Photos were taken in June 21, 2003 and July 16, 2005 on the books' launch dates.



Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows
21 July 2007

Author Joanne Rowling made a definite period and said that this will be her last for the series despite the growing numbers of pleas and petitions from fans and publishers. You will truly know that this is indeed the ending since there is even an Epilogue chapter in the book (yeah, I accidentally read this part in the table of contents while I was reading the dedication page, damn!). Though she did say in an interview that there's still a small window to write about it some more. But I highly doubt it if there will be a next book.

I got my book today before closing at Powerbooks Greenbelt. I was not planning to wake up early and queue at 7:01 am to get a copy but I was planning to go to the 3:00 pm festivities at Powerbooks. Unfortunately, work and e-mails got in the way and I was able to leave the house after dinner. Good thing Powerbooks closes at 10:00 pm.



There will be long HP nights this week!



Even my cute niece, Gabbie, was not spared from the Harry Potter hoopla



I Heart Harry!
Happy Reading Potter Fans!

Powerbooks really went all out on the preparations for this last installment launch of HP. They recreated the Great Hall at their activity area at the 2nd floor and even had a snake on glass display. Potter activities and Powerbook's version of the Triwizard Tournament was also held earlier in the day. I also scored another Harry Potter box but they are now charging 10 bucks for it. Anyway, I am glad I got my book today.

Here are some snaps at Powerbooks:






The book has no synopsis as an added mystery. I was very very very careful not to read the titles of the chapters to avoid spoilers (except the one mentioned above). My brother was pestering me the whole evening and was trying to read the ending parts of the epilogue out loud! Argh! #%$@&! The theme of the book is obviously 'death'. There were even two passages in the beginning about it. If you're a reader and doesn't have a copy yet, go and grab one now! My friends who are fast reading said that it is really really great and is living up to the hype and hoopla it created. I am done with Chapter 1 and is taking my own sweet time in reading it. I think that I would be able to finish by next Saturday (or earlier if it is really really exciting!).

Long Live Harry Potter!

I love books. I enjoy reading. I read everything that I can put my hands on. I found this book survey at Ida's Multiply site weeks ago and I decided to try it and share my answers with you. Tag to my dear friends Aileen, Charo, Tin and Mitz! Thanks to all the wonderful books you lent me through the years. Do try this!

One book that changed your life.
I have two answers. First are the Sweet Valley Twins books by Francine Pascal. They are the very first books that I've read. I think I was only in 4th Grade when I started reading them. Second is the He's Just Not That Into You book by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo (I hate self-help books but this one is just great). I was able to read it in 2005 and it made me think really hard. It helped me assess and do something about in my then relationship.

One book you have read more than once.
Plenty!
Harry Potter 1 to 6 (I read some of them more than twice) by J. K. Rowling
Something Borrowed and Something Blue both by Emily Giffin
Doctors and The Class by Erich Segal
Whitney, My Love by Judith McNaught (one of the best love stories ever)
Sidney Sheldon, John Grisham and Sophie Kinsella books

One book you would want on a desert island.
Tough choice. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown or Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden.

One book that made you laugh.
Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella

One book that made you cry.
I remember that I cried really hard at the ending chapters of The Chamber by John Grisham (weird, huh?)

One book you wish had been written.
Harry Potter 8, 9, 10, 11, 12... (there's still hope depending on Book 7, Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows, to be released on July 21st this year)

One book you wish had never been written.
Self-help books that earns a lot of money for the authors but gives little to me.

One book you are currently reading.
I just finished The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. It's such a different kind of book! Very very well written.

One book you have been meaning to read.
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

"It was near midnight and the Prime Minister was sitting alone in his office, reading a long memo that was slipping through his brain without leaving the slightest trace of meaning behind. He was waiting for a call from the President of a far distant country, and between wondering when the wretched man would telephone, and trying to suppress unpleasant memories of what had been a very long, tiring, and difficult week, there was not much space in his head for anything else."

There goes the first lines of the sixth Harry Potter installment, Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince. I just got my copy and I truly and absolutely can't wait to read and finish it. I've never been excited, elated, and happy for something like this in the longest time. I cannot wait to plop down in my bed and return to the magical world of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

I was very determined to be up and about by 6 this morning and drive to Powerbooks Alabang to be one of the first buyers of the new HP book at 7:01am. Unfortunately, I was so tired from some party last night so I overslept. I got my copy before lunch prior to proceeding to Goodyear's last special screening of Lindsay Lohan's "Herbie Fully Loaded".



Author JK Rowling stands in front of Edinburgh Castle for the worldwide launch of the latest book, 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'



"With "Half-Blood Prince", she wisely excised the digressions that marred "Order of the Phoenix" and "Goblet of Fire". This author, who is no Melville (or even Tolkien) would do well to take the same approach with her denouement. If she can play to her strengths and avoid her excesses with book seven, she may indeed prove to be one of the great storytellers of our time"
~ John Mark Eberhart/Knight Ridder Newspapers

Be back later! I am SO excited! NO POSTING OF SPOILERS PLEASE! :)