Bourne Ultimatum

I had just finished reading the book last yesterday. I really intended to finish it so I could compare it with the movie, which we planned to watch in the afternoon. The movie has been showing for weeks and only a few theaters are still showing it. When I checked the papers yesterday morning, it was still showing at Glorietta so we planned to watch it there. At 4pm, my best friend, who was at the cinema lobby ahead of me, informs me that they changed picture at 3pm that afternoon. What a…! Cinema programming should be changed first thing in the morning at opening and not in the middle of the afternoon.

Well, so much for my intended comparison, my supervisor told me the plot and the characters were different. But I really want to know the extent of the difference and I want to see Matt Damon in action. L There’s nothing I can do about it but wait until I can grab a DVD copy. Grrrr…

Anyway, as for the book, it was my third Bourne reading and I can say I had enough of all the conspiracies and killings. I can never relate to the ways and thinking of an assassin, whether real or impostor. Also, I had enough of all the coercion any institution (like the CIA), military and government can make. I can’t imagine what has been done and currently being done and planned by the powerful countries to control our world history. There must be so many cover ups and corruption that has transpired much more than my mind can take. It is never the world for me.

Of the three Bourne books that I read, I like the first one, Bourne Identity, best. I read through the second, Bourne Supremacy and the third, Bourne Ultimatum, with tedious tolerance. Still like its predecessors, one can still be lost and awed by the dizzying twists and turns of the story. There is still so much action. The best part is Jason’s ultimate defeat of Carlos the Jackal.

But with three books, I just had too much.

Pasalubong - Rambutan, Moron, Galletas, Jackfruit and DURIAN!

Today is one of the best days of my life :)

For a starter, my best friend is coming over...He would be teaching in ILS and DME specialization courses at Civil Aviation Training Center. He would be staying here for three weeks. That would mean three weeks of fun. Yehey!

And because he comes, I would have lots of pasalubong from Davao. Harvest season is nearing its end but fruits are still cheap at this time. Double Yehey! He brought seven kilos of Maharlika Rambutan. . And he has also brought pasalubong from his mom, who just came from Leyte - moron and galletas. It was my first time to eat a moron, and it liked it simply because of the rich chocolate filling. The galletas, I still have to taste.

My parents are also very thoughtful of sending me my favorite fruit, durian! That’s triple (and the biggest) Yehey! I can’t relate with its description of

tastes like heaven but smells like hell

because for me it tastes and smells like heaven. :P

And they also sent a large jack fruit (langka), approximately weighing 25 kilos. It cost Arneil (my best friend) P 1050 for excess baggage charge. My gosh, what an expensive jackfruit! My father insisted on sending the whole of it because it is not yet fully ripe and he said it was the last fruit this season. I reasoned with him last night that I could buy more of it here with the amount I’ll be paying for the freight. Yet he still went ahead of his plans and volunteered to shoulder the excess baggage fee. Sometimes, Papa can really be so stubborn. In fairness, the jackfruit in our front yard has produced sweet and thick-meat fruits. I hope this one is worth its price.

I'm still so full writing this. ;-)