shoulda, only

Time flies extra fast. I can't seem to get my bearings and explore and write. I've been watching available Amalia Fuentes early films in repeat. I've done loads of phone reading in procrastination. For archaic trivia from the primordial 60's, I should consult my mom and conduct an in-depth discussion of my discoveries. But she's not here. She's not been here for almost a decade. That hurts. My mom was a connoisseur of trivia on popular culture. Her mind could absorb a lot of facts and informations. I'm left to wander and bump into new discoveries on personalities she used to know well.

From the 80's onwards, I'm quite within my grasp. I know my Champoy and John en Marsha, even Duplex. If we could have just preserved all the periodicals from those moment of childhood.

Oh well, those skirts (pictured above) from then teens Sharon and Jackie still wouldn't look out of place in today's era.

this October

Just realised my October blog list is empty and my sked has been hectic all the time. I couldn't breathe, literally. My cough is such a hindrance to living life to the fullest. I have rest here and there but not thorough, cozy, complete bed rest.

As I navigate the month, I've been watching old Amalia Fuentes films from way, way back, almost 60 years ago, in dying to be restored black and white features. I've seen a few snapchats of them in the 80's and I grew up staring at her photographs in my mom's scrapbooks. But thirty years later, I just realised that her kind of beauty is truly and utterly stunning. And throughout a long lifetime and through studying her press and interviews, she is also authentic. She doesn't pretend. Of all the queens and superstars of the philippine movie industry, she has the sharpest business acumen and the enviable foresight that not only stars but people in general should emulate.

I watch Amalia Fuentes' kilig films in her teens. The dramas are kilig and I keep on watching. I can't find her later films, those released in the 60's, but technology will become even more high-tech, so let's see.